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Brandon Waddell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Team: St. Louis Cardinals (minors, 40-man)

Born: June 3, 1994 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 5th round of the 2015 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA).

High School: Clear Lake HS (Houston, TX)

School: University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

Debut: August 14, 2020 (Age 26-072d, 22,184th in major league history)

Rookie Status: Still Intact through 2021

2021 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2021): 0.067 • Arb Eligible: 2024 • Free Agent: 2027

Full Name: Brandon David Waddell

Twitter: @BWaddell20

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

-0.3

ERA

6.75

5.68

9.1

12.2

WHIP

2.464

2.132

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
2015	21	PIT-min	A-	1	1	.500	5.75	6	6	0	0	0	0	20.1	24	14	13	0	7	0	18	0	0	3	95			1.525	10.6	0.0	3.1	8.0	2.57	WVA NYPL
2016	22	PIT-min	AA,A+	11	9	.550	3.49	27	25	1	0	0	0	147.0	135	63	57	10	63	1	120	7	0	9	624			1.347	8.3	0.6	3.9	7.3	1.90	ATO,BDT EL,FLOR
2017	23	PIT-min	AA,A-,Rk	5	3	.625	3.12	18	17	0	0	0	0	78.0	66	29	27	4	30	0	71	4	0	3	326			1.231	7.6	0.5	3.5	8.2	2.37	ATO,WVA,BRD EL,NYPL,GULF
2018	24	PIT-min	AAA,AA	7	9	.438	3.59	28	23	0	0	0	0	135.1	130	60	54	7	55	0	103	6	1	4	576			1.367	8.6	0.5	3.7	6.8	1.87	INA,ATO IL,EL
2019	25	PIT-min	AAA,AA	6	8	.429	6.29	36	14	4	0	0	1	97.1	107	72	68	11	49	1	111	1	0	4	449			1.603	9.9	1.0	4.5	10.3	2.27	INA,ATO IL,EL
2020	26	PIT	NL	0	0		2.70	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	14	183	3.79	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
2021	27	STL-BAL-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	2.02	11	0	1	0	0	0	13.1	14	4	3	1	3	0	12	0	0	1	54			1.275	9.5	0.7	2.0	8.1	4.00	MEM,NFK AAAE
2021	27	TOT	MLB	0	1	.000	6.75	9	0	5	0	0	0	9.1	14	8	7	2	9	0	7	0	0	1	51	68	7.35	2.464	13.5	1.9	8.7	6.8	0.78
2021	27	TOT	AL	0	1	.000	9.00	5	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	10	6	5	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	29	55	10.37	2.800	18.0	3.6	7.2	1.8	0.25
2021	27	MIN	AL	0	1	.000	11.25	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	10	6	5	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	25	41	11.42	3.250	22.5	4.5	6.8	2.3	0.33
2021	27	BAL	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4		6.17	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2021	27	STL	NL	0	0		4.15	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	4	2	2	0	5	0	6	0	0	1	22	102	3.86	2.077	8.3	0.0	10.4	12.5	1.20
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	5.68	11	0	6	0	0	0	12.2	16	9	8	2	11	0	9	0	0	1	65	82	6.41	2.132	11.4	1.4	7.8	6.4	0.82
162 Game Avg.				0	6	.000	5.68	68	0	37	0	0	0	79	99	56	49	12	68	0	56	0	0	6	402	82	6.41	2.132	11.4	1.4	7.8	6.4	0.82

MIN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	11.25	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	10	6	5	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	25	41	11.42	3.250	22.5	4.5	6.8	2.3	0.33
PIT (1 yr)				0	0		2.70	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	14	183	3.79	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
STL (1 yr)				0	0		4.15	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	4	2	2	0	5	0	6	0	0	1	22	102	3.86	2.077	8.3	0.0	10.4	12.5	1.20
BAL (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4		6.17	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

AL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	9.00	5	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	10	6	5	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	29	55	10.37	2.800	18.0	3.6	7.2	1.8	0.25
NL (2 yrs)				0	0		3.52	6	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	6	3	3	0	7	0	8	0	0	1	36	129	3.83	1.696	7.0	0.0	8.2	9.4	1.14