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Brian Duensing

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: February 22, 1983 in Marysville, KS us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, NE).

High School: Millard South HS (Omaha, NE)

School: University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)

Debut: April 10, 2009 (Age 26-047d, 19,504th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 24, 2018 (Age 35-214d)
vs. PIT 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Agents: GSE Worldwide • Previously: The Legacy Agency, Select Sports Group

National Team: us USA (Oly,Pro)

Full Name: Brian Matthew Duensing

Nicknames: Deuce

Pronunciation: \DONE-sing\

Twitter: @BrianDuensing52

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.1

ERA

4.19

484

762.2

523

WHIP

1.392

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2005	22	MIN-min	Rk	4	3	.571	2.32	12	9	0	0	0	0	50.1	49	19	13	4	16	0	55	0	0	6	215			1.291	8.8	0.7	2.9	9.8	3.44	ELZ APPY
2006	23	MIN-min	A,AA,A+	5	10	.333	3.49	28	27	0	0	0	0	160.0	166	80	62	13	40	1	118	2	0	2	672			1.288	9.3	0.7	2.3	6.6	2.95	BEL,NBR,FTM MIDW,EL,FLOR
2007	24	MIN-min	AAA,AA	15	6	.714	3.07	28	28	0	3	1	0	167.1	162	73	57	15	37	0	124	6	0	1	689			1.189	8.7	0.8	2.0	6.7	3.35	ROC,NBR IL,EL
2008	25	MIN-min	AAA	5	11	.313	4.28	25	24	0	0	0	0	138.2	150	75	66	16	34	2	77	5	0	4	590			1.327	9.7	1.0	2.2	5.0	2.26	ROC IL
2009	26	MIN-min	AAA	4	6	.400	4.66	13	13	0	0	0	0	75.1	87	40	39	2	19	2	44	2	0	2	321			1.407	10.4	0.2	2.3	5.3	2.32	ROC IL
2009	26	MIN	AL	5	2	.714	3.64	24	9	3	0	0	0	84.0	84	37	34	7	31	1	53	3	0	1	359	121	4.13	1.369	9.0	0.8	3.3	5.7	1.71
2010	27	MIN	AL	10	3	.769	2.62	53	13	11	1	1	0	130.2	122	42	38	11	35	5	78	3	0	1	535	156	3.85	1.202	8.4	0.8	2.4	5.4	2.23
2011	28	MIN	AL	9	14	.391	5.23	32	28	0	1	1	0	161.2	193	102	94	21	52	3	115	1	0	3	711	77	4.27	1.515	10.7	1.2	2.9	6.4	2.21
2012	29	MIN	AL	4	12	.250	5.12	55	11	8	0	0	0	109.0	126	71	62	10	27	3	69	2	0	5	472	80	3.82	1.404	10.4	0.8	2.2	5.7	2.56
2013	30	MIN	AL	6	2	.750	3.98	73	0	9	0	0	1	61.0	68	28	27	4	22	4	56	2	0	6	268	103	3.24	1.475	10.0	0.6	3.2	8.3	2.55
2014	31	MIN	AL	3	3	.500	3.31	62	0	10	0	0	0	54.1	52	20	20	6	20	2	33	1	0	2	229	118	4.51	1.325	8.6	1.0	3.3	5.5	1.65
2015	32	MIN	AL	4	1	.800	4.25	55	0	9	0	0	1	48.2	46	24	23	5	21	4	24	4	0	3	209	96	5.02	1.377	8.5	0.9	3.9	4.4	1.14
2016	33	KCR-BAL-min	AAA,AA,Rk	1	0	1.000	2.23	20	0	5	0	0	2	32.1	27	8	8	0	6	0	34	1	0	1	130			1.021	7.5	0.0	1.7	9.5	5.67	OMA,BOW,NFK,OLS PCL,EL,IL,GULF
2016	33	BAL	AL	1	0	1.000	4.05	14	0	4	0	0	0	13.1	13	6	6	2	3	1	10	0	0	1	55	109	4.27	1.200	8.8	1.4	2.0	6.8	3.33
2017	34	CHC-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	10			0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	15.0		IWA PCL
2017	34	CHC	NL	1	1	.500	2.74	68	0	12	0	0	0	62.1	58	19	19	6	18	1	61	2	0	2	257	161	3.41	1.219	8.4	0.9	2.6	8.8	3.39
2018	35	CHC-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	5.40	6	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	7	4	4	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	27			1.350	9.5	1.4	2.7	2.7	1.00	IWA,KNX PCL,SOUL
2018	35	CHC	NL	3	0	1.000	7.65	48	0	7	0	0	1	37.2	42	33	32	6	29	2	24	1	0	0	181	55	6.35	1.885	10.0	1.4	6.9	5.7	0.83
2019	36	CHC-min	AAA	1	1	.500	6.92	12	0	2	0	0	1	13.0	21	10	10	3	5	2	5	0	0	1	62			2.000	14.5	2.1	3.5	3.5	1.00	IWA PCL
10 Yrs				46	38	.548	4.19	484	61	73	2	2	3	762.2	804	382	355	78	258	26	523	19	0	24	3276	99	4.14	1.392	9.5	0.9	3.0	6.2	2.03
162 Game Avg.				6	5	.548	4.19	60	8	9	0	0	0	95	100	48	44	10	32	3	65	2	0	3	409	99	4.14	1.392	9.5	0.9	3.0	6.2	2.03

MIN (7 yrs)				41	37	.526	4.13	354	61	50	2	2	2	649.1	691	324	298	64	208	22	428	16	0	21	2783	99	4.07	1.384	9.6	0.9	2.9	5.9	2.06
CHC (2 yrs)				4	1	.800	4.59	116	0	19	0	0	1	100.0	100	52	51	12	47	3	85	3	0	2	438	94	4.52	1.470	9.0	1.1	4.2	7.7	1.81
BAL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	4.05	14	0	4	0	0	0	13.1	13	6	6	2	3	1	10	0	0	1	55	109	4.27	1.200	8.8	1.4	2.0	6.8	3.33

AL (8 yrs)				42	37	.532	4.13	368	61	54	2	2	2	662.2	704	330	304	66	211	23	438	16	0	22	2838	100	4.08	1.381	9.6	0.9	2.9	5.9	2.08
NL (2 yrs)				4	1	.800	4.59	116	0	19	0	0	1	100.0	100	52	51	12	47	3	85	3	0	2	438	94	4.52	1.470	9.0	1.1	4.2	7.7	1.81

Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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