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Brian Givens

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-6, 220lb (198cm, 99kg)

Born: November 6, 1965 in Lompoc, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 10th round of the 1984 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Trinidad State College (Trinidad, CO).

High School: Overland HS (Aurora, CO)

School: Trinidad State College (Trinidad, CO)

Debut: June 24, 1995 (Age 29-230d, 16,698th in major league history)
vs. DET 4.1 IP, 6 H, 7 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: June 26, 1996 (Age 30-233d)
vs. KCR 2.2 IP, 8 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Full Name: Brian Allen Givens

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

5.86

121.1

WHIP

1.723

Summary of 14 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 6 go ahead

1 Tm
MIL	14

Platoon
vs RHB	14

Home/Road
Away	8
Home	6

Outs
2	8
1	5
0	1

9 Opps
BAL	3
KCR	2
OAK	2
CLE	2
MIN	1
TEX	1
SEA	1
DET	1
TOR	1

11 Batters
Mike Macfarlane	2
Bobby Bonilla	2
Mark McGwire	2
Robert Pérez	1
Juan González	1
Ron Tingley	1
Albert Belle	1
Chris Widger	1
Kirby Puckett	1
Manny Ramirez	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1

8 Parks
County Stad (MIL)	6
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	8
78	5
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	4
4	3
6	2
5	2
2	1
7+	1
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	8
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	6
1--	3
-2-	2
--3	1
-23	1
1-3	1

24 Runs
RISP	5
0 on	6
1 on	6
2 on	2
Any on	8

Inning
1	3
2	4
3	3
4	1
5	1
6	2

1-3	10
4-6	4

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	2
+1	2
Tied	6
-2	1
-4..	1

Ahead	6
Tied	6
Behind	2

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	4
3-2	3
2-1	2
0-2	1
1-2	1
Unk	1
1-0	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	4
RF	4
1B	2
LF	1
DH	1
SS	1
3B	1

OrderPos
4th	6
5th	2
6th	2
3rd	2
9th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Medium Lev	8
Low Lev	5

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1995-07-04	Mark McGwire	OAK		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	8,(3-2) SFB1FB11BFX	2	4	3	18%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Sierra Scores
2	2	2	1	1995-07-26	Chris Widger	SEA		MIL	tied 2-2	b 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
3	3	3	1	1995-08-06	Bobby Bonilla	BAL		MIL	behind 0-2	b 6	2	-2-		2	4	9	27%	52%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Alexander Scores
4	4	4	1	1995-08-11	Ron Tingley	DET	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	4,(0-2) 1>S.SFX	1	9	2	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
5	5	5	1	1995-08-16	Juan González	TEX		MIL	behind 2-12	b 6	2	-2-	5,(1-2) BFCFX	2	4	DH	0%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); L. Frazier Scores
6	6	6	1	1995-09-01	Kirby Puckett	MIN		MIL	tied 3-3	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	9	11%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
7	7	7	1	1995-09-06	Albert Belle	CLE	@	MIL	ahead 4-1	t 2	2	1-3	4,(2-1) CBBX	3	4	7	14%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Lofton Scores/unER; C. Baerga Scores/unER; A. Belle Scores/unER
8	8	8	2	1995-09-06	Manny Ramirez	CLE	@	MIL	ahead 7-2	t 5	2	---	4,(2-1) >B.FBX	1	6	9	3%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	1995-09-17	Robert Pérez	TOR		MIL	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	10%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	10	1	1995-09-22	Bobby Bonilla	BAL	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	5	14%	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); C. Ripken Scores
11	11	11	2	1995-09-22	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	MIL	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	-23	6,(3-2) BSBBCX	3	3	6	14%	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Smith Scores; J. Huson Scores
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1996-06-15	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	16%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Bournigal Scores
13	13	2	1	1996-06-26	Mike Macfarlane	KCR		MIL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	5,(2-2) BFSBX	1	5	2	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Macfarlane Scores
14	14	3	2	1996-06-26	Mike Macfarlane	KCR		MIL	ahead 4-0	b 3	2	--3	6,(3-2) FBBCBX	2	5	2	7%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); T. Goodwin Scores; M. Macfarlane Scores