Brandon
Larson
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 220
 
Born: May 24, 1976 in Kansas city Mo
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 31 SEA AL $ 1,500,000   57 57 61 57 50 52 63 59 60 16 13 14 26 26 26
2008 32 FLO NL $ 1,500,000   58 58 62 55 47 49 48 44 45 18 16 17 30 30 30
2009 33 FLO NL $ 1,500,000   55 55 59 55 47 49 46 42 43 19 17 18 31 31 31
2010 34 FLO NL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 4 4 4
2011 35 FLO NL $ 4,000,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 4 4 4
2012 36 FLO NL $ 4,000,000   4 4 5 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3
2013 37 KCA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   58 58 62 57 50 52 63 59 60 19 17 18 31 31 31
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2002 26 CIN   23 51 8 14 2 0 4 13 1 0 6 10 .275 .351 .549 .900 9.9  
2003 27 CIN   63 232 23 51 9 2 9 25 0 0 8 70 .220 .246 .392 .638 22.4  
2004 28 CIN   36 91 15 28 2 1 8 20 1 0 4 18 .308 .337 .615 .952 18.0  
2005 29 CIN   131 290 29 65 15 0 4 48 0 0 15 51 .224 .262 .317 .580 23.1  
2007 31 SEA AL 111 349 29 89 18 2 5 33 4 1 17 61 .255 .303 .361 .664 36.4 4.7
2008 32 FLO NL 126 383 54 103 12 3 13 67 2 4 18 82 .269 .315 .418 .733 49.7 5.8
2009 33 FLO NL 142 423 62 141 22 2 14 59 4 1 23 85 .333 .381 .494 .875 71.5 15.2
2010 34 FLO NL 157 560 58 154 17 5 12 68 1 3 26 144 .275 .320 .388 .707 68.7 9.5
2011 35 FLO NL 151 547 71 161 18 1 15 71 1 1 31 130 .294 .345 .413 .758 73.5 10.5
2012 36 FLO NL 101 260 19 50 3 0 4 16 1 0 11 81 .192 .245 .250 .495 15.5 0.0
2013 37 KCA AL 83 241 12 49 7 1 0 15 2 2 7 59 .203 .241 .241 .482 11.6 0.0
    AA   59 223 24 64 10 1 4 25 3 2 9 45 .287 .315 .395 .709 26.2  
7 Years Sim 871 2763 305 747 97 14 63 329 15 12 133 642 .270 .318 .384 .702 326.8 45.7
11 Years Pro 1124 3427 380 905 125 17 88 435 17 12 166 791 .264 .298 .388 .686 400.1  
1 Years AA 59 223 24 64 10 1 4 25 3 2 9 45 .287 .329 .395 .724 26.2  
162 Game Average 513 56 138 18 2 11 61 2 2 24 119 .270 .318 .384 .702 60.8  
Career Highs 157 560 71 161 22 5 15 71 4 4 31 144 .333 .381 .494 .875 73.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1894 194 493 67 10 36 219 8 9 81 467 .260 .304 .363 .667 192.1
vs LH   869 111 254 30 4 27 110 7 3 52 175 .292 .346 .429 .775 120.1
Home 425 1338 139 357 50 9 27 151 9 8 69 313 .267 .319 .378 .697 148.1
Away 446 1425 166 390 47 5 36 178 6 4 64 329 .274 .316 .389 .706 164.1
RISP   686 0 185 21 5 17 258 0 0 43 164 .270 .321 .389 .710 82.3
Pinch Hitting   104 13 33 6 1 4 16 0 1 3 18 .317 .339 .510 .849 16.0
Close/Late   339 35 90 10 1 12 44 0 0 17 77 .265 .318 .407 .725 40.9
Mar/Apr 134 455 45 124 23 0 6 48 2 5 22 131 .273 .318 .363 .680 47.2
May 118 358 34 83 7 3 12 39 1 1 15 96 .232 .276 .369 .645 34.5
June 140 421 52 108 16 2 8 56 0 0 14 102 .257 .297 .361 .658 40.8
July 144 435 52 122 19 3 9 52 1 3 18 84 .280 .326 .400 .726 50.6
August 159 522 57 143 9 1 15 57 5 2 33 104 .274 .325 .381 .706 63.2
Sep/Oct 176 572 65 167 23 5 13 77 6 1 31 125 .292 .344 .418 .762 75.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2007 31 SEA AL LF 52 43 382.7 63 2 4 0 .942 1.53 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 10 9 77.0 16 24 2 5 .952 4.68 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 7 7 62.0 18 24 1 11 .977 6.10 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 7 5 46.0 3 12 0 1 1.000 2.93 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 2 0 6.7 11 0 0 2 1.000 14.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
2008 32 FLO NL LF 65 55 493.7 79 3 3 1 .965 1.49 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 20 17 153.0 27 65 0 8 1.000 5.41 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    1B 25 10 111.7 123 9 2 17 .985 10.64 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 11 6 65.0 4 13 0 3 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0 0.3
2009 33 FLO NL 1B 80 44 453.3 510 35 6 42 .989 10.82 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 42 39 328.0 20 74 2 5 .979 2.58 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 7 7 62.0 10 1 0 1 1.000 1.60 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 6 4 35.7 8 10 1 3 .947 4.54 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 1 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0  
2010 34 FLO NL LF 129 129 1144.7 260 5 17 1 .940 2.08 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    1B 23 20 189.7 197 13 0 11 1.000 9.97 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 1 1 0 .500 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2011 35 FLO NL LF 136 135 1163.0 239 6 15 2 .942 1.90 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    1B 16 12 116.0 140 8 1 9 .993 11.48 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 3 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2012 36 FLO NL LF 61 50 453.0 107 0 2 0 .982 2.13 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    2B 16 8 83.0 16 20 3 7 .923 3.90 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 8 8 70.0 5 16 0 2 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 1 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 4 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
2013 37 KCA AL 2B 62 61 497.7 109 136 8 28 .968 4.43 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    3B 10 9 78.3 5 13 0 1 1.000 2.07 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 8 8 70.0 48 3 1 6 .981 6.56 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 3 25.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 454 422 3724.0 766 18 41 5 .950 1.89 0 0 .000 0 7.3
  1B 158 94 952.3 1032 68 10 87 .991 10.40 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  2B 116 99 849.3 176 256 15 51 .966 4.58 0 0 .000 0 2.3
  3B 82 67 590.3 37 130 2 13 .988 2.55 0 0 .000 0 2.1
  SS 8 7 64.0 18 24 1 11 .977 5.91 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  CF 3 1 19.0 5 0 1 0 .833 2.37 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   823 690 6205.9 2039 496 70 167 .973 3.68 0 0 .000 1 14.0
Career Highs   155 149 1338.3 552 153 18 51 .987 6.78 0 0 .000 1  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
2010-9-157
Strikeouts
2010-6-144
2011-9-130
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 8)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 47)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 33)
 
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  6. Brandon Wood (938)
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History
Released by San Diego on 1/31/2007
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/7/2007 to a 3-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Traded from Seattle to Florida on 7/15/2008 (Going to SEA: SS Nomar Garciaparra, P Timothy Romano, P Braden Looper. Going to FLO: P Bradley Miller, C Justin Brashear, SS Desi Relaford, LF Brandon Larson)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Atlanta on 7/17/2010
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against San Francisco on 8/26/2011
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 4/8/2013 to a minor league deal
Injured on 4/11/2013 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks