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Brayan Pena C Tigers

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2013 Projections (seasonal age 31) - Rest of Season Projections
PA AVG HR R RBI SB TAv WARP
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Birth Date1-7-1982
Height5' 11"
Weight235 lbs
Age31 years, 4 months, 11 days
BatsB
ThrowsR
0.52009
0.22010
-0.02011
-0.82012
0.32013
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Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2005 ATL 23 18 40 39 2 7 2 0 0 9 1 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 .179 .200 .231 .136 -4.5 0.3 -0.4
2006 ATL 24 23 43 41 9 11 2 0 1 16 2 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 .268 .302 .390 .255 2.0 0.1 0.2
2007 ATL 25 16 33 33 2 7 0 0 1 10 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 .212 .212 .303 .161 -1.7 -0.1 -0.2
2008 ATL 26 14 15 14 3 4 1 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .333 .357 .255 0.2 0.0 0.0
2009 KCA 27 64 183 165 17 45 10 0 6 73 12 18 0 2 4 18 0 0 .273 .318 .442 .264 5.3 -0.1 0.5
2010 KCA 28 60 174 158 11 40 10 0 1 53 12 27 1 2 1 19 2 0 .253 .306 .335 .225 1.3 0.4 0.2
2011 KCA 29 72 240 222 17 55 11 0 3 75 12 24 2 4 0 24 0 0 .248 .287 .338 .223 1.1 -1.5 -0.0
2012 KCA 30 68 226 212 16 50 10 1 2 68 9 24 0 4 1 25 0 1 .236 .262 .321 .208 -7.1 -0.7 -0.8
2013 DET 31 12 50 46 6 12 1 0 2 19 2 6 0 1 1 8 0 0 .261 .286 .413 .251 1.5 0.1 0.2
Career3471004930832314711632851116313710622.248.286.353.225-2.0-1.6-0.4

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
2001 DNV Rk 64 269 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .420 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 MCN A 81 300 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .252 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 MYR A+ 6 22 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .267 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 MYR A+ 82 306 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .313 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 GRN AA 77 299 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .340 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 ATL MLB 18 40 .136 .260 .318 .416 .000 .219 98 -5.3 1.0 0.6 0.3 -0.2 -4.5 -0.4 -4.5 -0.4
2005 RIC AAA 81 319 .251 .270 .334 .425 .000 .342 97 -1.6 4.0 2.2 -0.8 -3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 ATL MLB 23 43 .255 .262 .331 .435 .000 .286 102 -0.2 1.2 0.6 0.1 0.9 2.0 0.2 2.0 0.2
2006 RIC AAA 87 352 .264 .262 .327 .399 .000 .327 98 0.7 4.2 2.7 -1.8 -3.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 ATL MLB 16 33 .161 .263 .328 .423 .000 .207 105 -3.6 0.9 0.5 -0.1 -0.1 -1.7 -0.2 -1.7 -0.2
2007 RIC AAA 94 370 .267 .268 .334 .411 .000 .322 99 1.4 5.1 -0.5 -1.0 -3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 ATL MLB 14 15 .255 .267 .328 .416 .000 .333 99 -0.1 0.4 0 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0
2008 OMA AAA 60 266 .293 .275 .340 .443 .000 .304 96 10 7.5 3.2 -1.5 -2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 KCA MLB 64 183 .264 .263 .323 .419 .000 .273 98 0.7 5.3 0.5 -0.1 -0.5 5.3 0.5 5.3 0.5
2009 OMA AAA 22 98 .282 .276 .343 .437 .000 .299 103 2.2 2.7 -0.6 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 KCA MLB 60 174 .225 .257 .317 .399 .000 .295 102 -6.2 4.9 2.4 0.4 -0.2 1.3 0.2 1.3 0.2
2011 KCA MLB 72 240 .223 .259 .313 .405 .000 .261 104 -8.8 4.3 3.9 -1.5 -1.8 1.1 -0.0 1.1 -0.0
2011 ESC Wnt 22 81 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .206 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 KCA MLB 68 226 .208 .253 .312 .403 .000 .253 102 -11.7 4.1 2.6 -0.7 -2.0 -7.1 -0.8 -7.1 -0.8
2013 DET MLB 12 50 .251 .252 .311 .407 .261 .256 97 -0.4 1.4 0.8 0.1 -0.1 1.5 0.2 1.5 0.2
CareerMLB1004.225.258.317.409.259.265101-35.226.511.9-1.7-4.0-0.7-0.3-0.7-0.3

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2001 DNV Rk 269 39 87 16 2 1 33 31 30 3 1 .370 .442 .468 .098 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 MCN A 300 26 62 10 0 3 25 22 37 0 3 .229 .289 .299 .070 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 MYR A+ 22 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 .211 .318 .263 .053 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 MYR A+ 306 24 84 14 1 2 27 11 28 2 5 .294 .316 .371 .077 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 GRN AA 299 30 87 10 4 2 30 15 29 3 5 .314 .347 .401 .087 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 RIC AAA 319 27 92 21 2 0 25 28 19 3 1 .326 .380 .415 .089 .251 0.0 -0.8 0.0
2005 ATL MLB 40 2 7 2 0 0 4 1 7 0 0 .179 .200 .231 .051 .136 -4.5 0.3 -0.4
2006 RIC AAA 352 32 98 18 1 1 33 21 28 6 6 .302 .345 .372 .071 .264 0.0 -1.8 0.0
2006 ATL MLB 43 9 11 2 0 1 5 2 5 0 0 .268 .302 .390 .122 .255 2.0 0.1 0.2
2007 RIC AAA 370 42 104 20 2 6 48 19 38 5 7 .301 .339 .423 .122 .267 0.0 -1.0 0.0
2007 ATL MLB 33 2 7 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 .212 .212 .303 .091 .161 -1.7 -0.1 -0.2
2008 OMA AAA 266 33 71 17 1 6 31 26 17 7 3 .303 .374 .462 .158 .293 0.0 -1.5 0.0
2008 ATL MLB 15 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .286 .333 .357 .071 .255 0.2 0.0 0.0
2009 OMA AAA 98 11 27 6 1 4 18 4 9 2 1 .307 .351 .534 .227 .282 0.0 -0.6 0.0
2009 KCA MLB 183 17 45 10 0 6 18 12 18 0 0 .273 .318 .442 .170 .264 5.3 -0.1 0.5
2010 KCA MLB 174 11 40 10 0 1 19 12 27 2 0 .253 .306 .335 .082 .225 1.3 0.4 0.2
2011 KCA MLB 240 17 55 11 0 3 24 12 24 0 0 .248 .287 .338 .090 .223 1.1 -1.5 -0.0
2011 ESC Wnt 81 5 15 1 0 2 7 4 12 0 0 .200 .235 .293 .093 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 KCA MLB 226 16 50 10 1 2 25 9 24 0 1 .236 .262 .321 .085 .208 -7.1 -0.7 -0.8
2013 DET MLB 50 6 12 1 0 2 8 2 6 0 0 .261 .286 .413 .152 .251 1.5 0.1 0.2

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2011-07-21 2011-07-23 DTD 2 1 Left Contusion Foul Ball - -
2008-05-05 2008-05-23 15-DL 18 17 Mid Back Strain -
2007-05-02 2007-05-17 15-DL 15 14 Head Concussion -
2006-08-18 2006-08-26 Minors 8 0 Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 DET $875,000
2012 KCA $835,000
2011 KCA $660,000
2010 KCA $428,000
2009 KCA $405,000
2008 ATL $390,000
2007 ATL $380,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$3,098,000
2011Current$875,000
7 yrPvs + Cur$3,973,000
7 yrTotal$3,973,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 81 dWasserman Media Group1 year/$0.875M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.875M (2013). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 12/10/12.
  • 1 year/$0.835M (2012). Re-signed by Kansas City 1/16/12 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Kansas City 11/20/12 (elected free agency 11/28/12).
  • 1 year/$0.66M (2011). Re-signed by Kansas City 12/2/10 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$0.428M (2010). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/28/10.
  • 1 year/$0.405M (2009). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/28/09 (split contract, $138,700 in minors). DFA by Kansas City 4/25/09, sent outright to Triple-A 5/6/09. Contract purchased by Kansas City 5/31/09.
  • 1 year/$0.39M (2008). Re-signed by Atlanta 3/3/08. Claimed off waivers by Kansas City 5/30/08 after being DFA by Atlanta 5/23/08. Contract purchased by Kansas City 11/3/08.
  • 1 year/$0.38M (2007). Re-signed 2/07. Optioned to Triple-A 5/18/07. Recalled 9/1/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Re-signed by Atlanta 2/06. Recalled 9/06.
  • 1 year (2005). Contract purchased by Atlanta 5/50. Optioned to Triple-A 6/05. Recalled 7/05. Optioned to Triple-A 8/05 Recalled 9/05.
  • Signed by Atlanta 2000 as an amateur free agent from Cuba.

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Platoon
SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .254 .283 .338 .215
11 vs R (Multi) .238 .275 .332 .219
18 Split (Multi) -.016 -.008 -.007 .003
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.003 .003 .004 .002
30 vs L (2012) .265 .278 .368 .225
31 vs R (2012) .222 .255 .299 .200
38 Split (2012) -.042 -.023 -.069 -.025
39 LgAvg (2012) -.003 .005 .005 .003

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BP Articles

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Overthinking It: This Week in Catcher Framing, 5/18Ben Lindbergh2013-05-18
The Week In Quotes: April 22-28Pete Barrett2013-04-29
The Week In Quotes: April 22-28Andrew Koo2013-04-29
The Week In Quotes: April 22-28Jonah Birenbaum2013-04-29
This article requires BP Premium accessWhat You Need to Know: Going on Strike(outs)Daniel Rathman2013-04-18
Daily Roundup: Around the League: March 31, 2013Joe Hamrahi2013-03-31
Daily Roundup: Around the League: March 31, 2013Clint Chisam2013-03-31
This article requires BP Premium accessIn A Pickle: Introducing the Bloop FactorJason Wojciechowski2012-09-20
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for August 5Larry Granillo2012-08-06
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: The Wages of EdwinR.J. Anderson2012-07-13
The Week In Quotes: June 4-June 10Jonah Birenbaum2012-06-11
The Week In Quotes: June 4-June 10Matthew Rocco2012-06-11
The Week In Quotes: June 4-June 10Hudson Belinsky2012-06-11
The Week In Quotes: June 4-June 10Andrew Koo2012-06-11
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for May 28Larry Granillo2012-05-29
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: The One Where They Sign ExtensionsR.J. Anderson2012-03-22
The BP Wayback Machine: Cuban ImportsJohn Perrotto2012-02-03
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Beat: Interview with Tout Wars AL Champ Larry SchechterJason Collette2011-10-19
Spinning Yarn: Removing the Mask Encore PresentationMike Fast2011-09-24
Transaction Analysis Blog: More Youth ArrivesR.J. Anderson2011-08-11
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Beat: Royalty Running WildJason Collette2011-07-29
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for May 29Larry Granillo2011-05-30
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for May 27Larry Granillo2011-05-28
BP Unfiltered: Catcher Interference LeadersMike Fast2011-05-23
Team Injury Projection: Kansas City RoyalsMarc Normandin2011-03-22
Team Injury Projection: Kansas City RoyalsCorey Dawkins2011-03-22
BP Unfiltered: Week LinksMike Fast2011-02-26
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This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Focus: Catcher Rankings ReviewMarc Normandin2011-02-01
This article requires BP Premium accessContractual Matters: AL Central Arbitration ForecastJeff Euston2010-11-08
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BP Unfiltered: UPDATED AL Projected Opening Day RostersJohn Perrotto2010-04-01
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Transaction of the Day: NL East RoundupChristina Kahrl2007-09-16
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Transaction Analysis: NL East CatchupChristina Kahrl2007-01-31
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