Biographical

Portrait of Brandon Medders

Brandon Medders P

Player Cards | Team Audit | Depth Chart

Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
10 210 234.7 16 7 1 3.61 0.9
Birth Date1-26-1980
Height6' 1"
Weight195 lbs
Age44 years, 3 months, 0 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
Multiple stints are are currently shownClick to hide.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2005 ARI MLB 27 0 30.3 4 1 0 21 11 31 2 105 6.2 3.3 0.6 9.2 0% .247 1.05 2.98 1.78 83 3.29 70.9 0.8
2006 ARI MLB 60 0 71.7 5 3 0 76 28 47 5 100 9.5 3.5 0.6 5.9 0% .303 1.45 3.95 3.64 105 5.85 119.1 -0.1
2007 ARI MLB 30 0 29.3 1 2 0 30 16 23 9 104 9.2 4.9 2.8 7.1 0% .266 1.57 7.33 4.30 115 5.96 123.3 -0.2
2008 ARI MLB 18 0 19.7 1 0 0 17 11 8 2 99 7.8 5.0 0.9 3.7 0% .231 1.42 5.59 4.58 126 7.93 169.2 -0.6
2009 SFN MLB 61 0 68.7 5 1 1 63 32 58 6 92 8.3 4.2 0.8 7.6 0% .284 1.38 4.02 3.01 96 3.82 81.9 1.1
2010 SFN MLB 14 0 15.0 0 0 0 26 6 8 3 85 15.6 3.6 1.8 4.8 0% .411 2.13 5.83 7.20 110 5.68 128.2 -0.1
CareerMLB2100234.7167123310417527988.94.01.06.739%.2891.444.533.611035.10107.30.9

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
Minor league stats are currently shownClick to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2001 LNC A+ CLF 31 0 41.0 1 2 3 26 15 53 1 5.7 3.3 0.2 11.6 0% -.347 1.00 2.80 1.32 0 0.00 0.0
2002 LNC A+ CLF 43 12 98.7 4 8 15 111 36 104 9 10.1 3.3 0.8 9.5 0% .358 1.49 4.05 5.38 0 0.00 0.0
2003 ELP AA TXS 56 0 69.3 5 3 7 65 26 72 3 8.4 3.4 0.4 9.4 0% .316 1.31 3.02 4.42 0 0.00 0.0
2003 SCO Wnt AFL 11 0 12.3 0 1 2 7 7 19 0 5.1 5.1 0.0 13.9 0% -.269 1.14 2.89 1.46 0 0.00 0.0
2004 TUC AAA PCL 11 0 12.7 0 0 0 15 4 17 3 10.6 2.8 2.1 12.0 0% .333 1.50 4.84 4.25 0 0.00 0.0
2005 ARI MLB NL 27 0 30.3 4 1 0 21 11 31 2 105 6.2 3.3 0.6 9.2 0% .247 1.05 2.98 1.78 83 3.29 70.9
2005 TUC AAA PCL 36 0 36.3 3 2 8 31 18 44 3 88 7.7 4.5 0.7 10.9 0% -.424 1.35 3.73 2.48 78 3.01 59.4
2006 ARI MLB NL 60 0 71.7 5 3 0 76 28 47 5 100 9.5 3.5 0.6 5.9 0% .303 1.45 3.95 3.64 105 5.85 119.1
2006 TUC AAA PCL 5 0 6.1 0 1 0 4 1 9 0 113 5.9 1.5 0.0 13.3 0% .333 0.82 0.87 1.48 43 1.73 36.3
2007 ARI MLB NL 30 0 29.3 1 2 0 30 16 23 9 104 9.2 4.9 2.8 7.1 0% .266 1.57 7.33 4.30 115 5.96 123.3
2007 TUC AAA PCL 35 0 48.0 5 3 5 55 24 38 3 111 10.3 4.5 0.6 7.1 0% .338 1.65 4.32 4.69 100 4.68 96.0
2008 ARI MLB NL 18 0 19.7 1 0 0 17 11 8 2 99 7.8 5.0 0.9 3.7 0% .231 1.42 5.59 4.58 126 7.93 169.2
2008 TUC AAA PCL 26 0 38.7 1 2 0 45 24 33 4 118 10.5 5.6 0.9 7.7 0% .336 1.78 5.29 7.44 109 5.38 110.1
2009 SFN MLB NL 61 0 68.7 5 1 1 63 32 58 6 92 8.3 4.2 0.8 7.6 0% .284 1.38 4.02 3.01 96 3.82 81.9
2010 SFN MLB NL 14 0 15.0 0 0 0 26 6 8 3 85 15.6 3.6 1.8 4.8 0% .411 2.13 5.83 7.20 110 5.68 128.2
2010 FRE AAA PCL 22 0 28.0 2 1 1 28 10 26 5 9.0 3.2 1.6 8.4 0% .291 1.36 5.22 5.46 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 288 0.4722 0.4271 0.8699 0.6912 0.1908 0.9362 0.6552 0.1301
2009 1107 0.4806 0.4255 0.7686 0.5921 0.2713 0.8857 0.5321 0.2314
2010 266 0.5489 0.4586 0.8115 0.5959 0.2917 0.8736 0.6571 0.1885
Career16610.49010.43110.79300.60990.26060.89250.57350.2070

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2010-06-21 2010-07-21 Minors 30 0 Not Disclosed -
2010-05-20 2010-06-04 15-DL 15 13 Right Knee Inflammation -
2009-10-06 2009-10-06 Off 0 0 Left Knee Surgery Meniscus 2009-10-06
2006-03-24 2006-04-19 15-DL 26 14 Right Shoulder Recovery From Strain Scapular Muscles -
2006-02-19 2006-03-24 Camp 33 0 Right Shoulder Strain Scauplar Muscles -
2005-09-17 2005-09-28 DTD 11 9 Left Groin Strain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2010 SFN $820,000
2009 SFN $475,000
2008 ARI $409,500
2007 ARI $390,500
2006 ARI $327,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$2,422,000
5 yrTotal$2,422,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 74 d1 year/$0.82M (2010)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.82M (2010). Re-signed by San Francisco 1/15/10 (avoided arbitration). Sent outright to Triple-A by San Francisco 6/5/10 after being DFA.
  • 1 year/$0.475M (2009). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 12/12/08 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by San Francisco 4/4/09.
  • 1 year/$0.4095M (2008). Re-signed by Arizona 3/9/08. DFA by Arizona 5/22/08.
  • 1 year/$0.3905M (2007). Re-signed 2/07.
  • 1 year/$0.327M (2006). Renewed 3/06.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
Weighted Mean?????0.0?00?.0000.000.00?0.00.0

BP Annual Player Comments

The rest of this card is restricted to Baseball Prospectus Subscribers.

Not a subscriber? Click here for a free card so you can see what's missing.

Click here for more information on Baseball Prospectus subscriptions or to subscribe and get instant access to the best baseball content on the web.

BP Articles

Click here to see articles tagged with Brandon Medders

BP Chats

No BP chats have mentioned this guy.

BP Roundtables

No BP Roundtables have mentioned this guy.

 

PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

A Collaboration between BrooksBaseball.net and Baseball Prospectus - Pitch classifications provided by Pitch Info LLC


Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Brandon Medders threw 1,854 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2010, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2010, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (89mph), Curve (69mph) and Sinker (89mph), also mixing in a Slider (83mph). He also rarely threw a Change (82mph).