Brandon Finnegan

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 216lb (180cm, 97kg)

Born: April 14, 1993 in Fort Worth, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 45th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Southwest HS (Fort Worth, TX) and the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (17th) of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX).

High School: Southwest HS (Fort Worth, TX)

School: Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)

Debut: September 6, 2014 (Age 21-145d, 20,776th in major league history)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 6, 2018 (Age 25-022d)
vs. MIA 3.1 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2015 season

Agents: CAA Sports

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Brandon Kyle Finnegan

Nicknames: Finny

Twitter: @bfinny29

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

ERA

4.11

260.2

230

WHIP

1.393

Summary of 43 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 13 go ahead

2 Tms
CIN	40
KCR	3

Platoon
vs RHB	36
vs LHB	7

Home/Road
Home	23
Away	20

Outs
0	18
2	14
1	11

13 Opps
STL	9
CHC	6
MIL	6
ARI	4
WSN	4
NYM	3
ATL	2
CLE	2
MIA	2
HOU	2
PHI	1
SDP	1
TOR	1

39 Batters
Addison Russell	2
Matt Carpenter	2
Kris Bryant	2
Greg Garcia	2
Curtis Granderson	1
Welington Castillo	1
Yoenis Céspedes	1
Paul Goldschmidt	1
Lorenzo Cain	1
Matt Holliday	1
Ryan Braun	1
Javier Báez	1
Luis Valbuena	1
Danny Espinosa	1
Jedd Gyorko	1
Jayson Werth	1
Randal Grichuk	1
Manny Piña	1
Jonathan Lucroy	1
Rajai Davis	1
Stephen Piscotty	1
Yasmany Tomás	1
Chris Carter	1
Ryan Zimmerman	1
Wilson Ramos	1
Khris Davis	1
Aaron Hill	1
Chris Johnson	1
Maikel Franco	1
José Reyes	1
Yadier Molina	1
Adonis García	1
Marcell Ozuna	1
Danny Valencia	1
Ozzie Albies	1
Drew Pomeranz	1
Ben Zobrist	1
Rickie Weeks	1
Brandon Moss	1

10 Parks
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	22
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	7
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Nationals Pk (WAS)	3
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
78	13
7	11
9	11
89	5
8	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	10
2	8
1	7
5	7
4	6
7+	3
6	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	16
2·HR gms	7
3·HR gms	3
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	27
1--	7
12-	2
-2-	2
-23	2
1-3	2
123	1

67 Runs
RISP	9
0 on	27
1 on	9
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	16

Inning
1	4
2	8
3	8
4	5
5	10
6	5
7	2
9	1

1-3	20
4-6	20
7-end	3

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	1
+2	5
+1	9
Tied	11
-1	5
-2	1
-3	3
-4..	6

Ahead	17
Tied	11
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	8
0-0	7
0-1	5
1-2	4
3-1	4
3-2	3
1-0	3
2-1	3
2-2	3
2-0	2
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	8
3B	8
C	5
LF	5
1B	4
CF	4
RF	4
SS	3
PH	1
P	1

OrderPos
5th	9
1st	5
4th	5
2nd	5
8th	5
6th	5
3rd	4
9th	3
7th	2

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2015-04-28	Brandon Moss	CLE		KCR	behind 2-3	b 6	0	-23	3,(1-1) .B.FX	3	5	9	21%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Brantley Scores; C. Santana Scores
2	2	2	1	2015-06-29	Chris Carter	HOU		KCR	ahead 5-0	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	5	3	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
3	3	3	1	2015-07-11	Danny Valencia	TOR	@	KCR	ahead 3-2	t 9	0	-23	5,(3-1) BBBCX	3	2	5	5%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Travis Scores; J. Reyes Scores
4	4	4	1	2015-09-18	Khris Davis	MIL		CIN	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	12%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
5	5	5	1	2015-09-23	Randal Grichuk	STL		CIN	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	9	12%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
6	6	6	2	2015-09-23	Matt Carpenter	STL		CIN	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	4	16%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); T. Cruz Scores
7	7	7	3	2015-09-23	Matt Carpenter	STL		CIN	ahead 4-0	b 5	0	1--	4,(1-2) BFFX	2	1	4	4%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); L. Lynn Scores
8	8	8	1	2015-09-28	Wilson Ramos	WSN		CIN	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	---	5,(3-1) SBBBX	1	5	2	8%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2016-04-06	Maikel Franco	PHI	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	5	19%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Herrera Scores
10	10	2	1	2016-04-16	Stephen Piscotty	STL		CIN	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	1-3	3,(1-1) CBX	3	2	9	21%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Díaz Scores/unER; M. Carpenter Scores/unER; S. Piscotty Scores/unER
11	11	3	1	2016-04-21	Kris Bryant	CHC	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	5	15%	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); D. Fowler Scores
12	12	4	2	2016-04-21	Ben Zobrist	CHC	@	CIN	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	6	4	8%	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
13	13	5	1	2016-04-26	Yoenis Céspedes	NYM		CIN	behind 0-3	b 7	1	1-3	1,(0-0) .X	3	9	PH	35%	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Lagares Scores; K. Plawecki Scores
14	14	6	1	2016-05-07	Ryan Braun	MIL	@	CIN	behind 0-4	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	3	7	6%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
15	15	7	2	2016-05-07	Jonathan Lucroy	MIL	@	CIN	behind 2-6	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	4	2	5%	13%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
16	16	8	3	2016-05-07	Aaron Hill	MIL	@	CIN	behind 3-6	t 6	0	1--	10,(3-2) CCBFFB*BFFX	2	6	4	16%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Carter Scores/unER
17	17	9	1	2016-05-18	Rajai Davis	CLE	@	CIN	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	7,(3-2) BSCBFBX	1	1	8	10%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
18	18	10	1	2016-06-03	Jayson Werth	WSN	@	CIN	behind 0-5	t 7	1	---	8,(3-2) BSSFFBBX	1	5	7	2%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
19	19	11	1	2016-06-19	Luis Valbuena	HOU		CIN	ahead 2-0	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	5	7%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	12	1	2016-06-25	Drew Pomeranz	SDP	@	CIN	ahead 1-0	t 5	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	9	1	13%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
21	21	13	1	2016-06-30	Ryan Zimmerman	WSN		CIN	tied 1-1	b 1	2	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	6	3	24%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Werth Scores; A. Rendon Scores
22	22	14	2	2016-06-30	Danny Espinosa	WSN		CIN	ahead 4-1	b 3	1	123	6,(2-2) CBTFBX	4	8	6	9%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); W. Ramos Scores; A. Rendon Scores; R. Zimmerman Scores
23	23	15	1	2016-07-05	Javier Báez	CHC		CIN	behind 0-5	b 3	0	---	5,(1-2) CFFBX	1	9	4	5%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
24	24	16	2	2016-07-05	Kris Bryant	CHC		CIN	behind 1-5	b 3	1	---	4,(1-2) SFBX	1	2	5	7%	21%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
25	25	17	3	2016-07-05	Addison Russell	CHC		CIN	behind 2-5	b 3	2	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	5	6	18%	39%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF); A. Rizzo Scores
26	26	18	4	2016-07-05	Addison Russell	CHC		CIN	behind 4-6	b 5	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	6	12%	35%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF)
27	27	19	1	2016-07-18	Adonis García	ATL	@	CIN	behind 1-5	t 6	0	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	2	5	5%	13%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
28	28	20	1	2016-07-24	Yasmany Tomás	ARI	@	CIN	behind 1-2	t 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	9	11%	48%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
29	29	21	2	2016-07-24	Welington Castillo	ARI	@	CIN	tied 2-2	t 3	1	12-	3,(1-1) TBX	3	5	2	24%	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); P. Goldschmidt Scores; R. Weeks Scores
30	30	22	3	2016-07-24	Paul Goldschmidt	ARI	@	CIN	tied 5-5	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	3	3	14%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
31	31	23	1	2016-08-09	Yadier Molina	STL		CIN	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	2	11%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
32	32	24	2	2016-08-09	Matt Holliday	STL		CIN	behind 2-3	b 5	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	3	7	16%	51%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
33	33	25	1	2016-08-15	Chris Johnson	MIA	@	CIN	tied 1-1	t 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	3	13%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	26	2	2016-08-15	Marcell Ozuna	MIA	@	CIN	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	4	8	12%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
35	35	27	1	2016-08-26	Rickie Weeks	ARI		CIN	tied 1-1	b 4	2	---	4,(0-2) CFFX	1	5	7	13%	65%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
36	36	28	1	2016-09-06	Curtis Granderson	NYM	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	6,(2-2) CFBBFX	1	7	8	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
37	37	29	2	2016-09-06	José Reyes	NYM	@	CIN	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	5	10%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	2017-06-26	Jedd Gyorko	STL		CIN	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	1--	5,(3-1) BBFBX	2	4	5	15%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Piscotty Scores
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	2018-04-14	Greg Garcia	STL	@	CIN	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	5,(1-2) FFBFX	1	8	4	10%	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
40	40	2	2	2018-04-14	Greg Garcia	STL	@	CIN	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	-2-	4,(2-1) >B.FBX	2	8	4	14%	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); H. Bader Scores
41	41	3	1	2018-04-25	Ozzie Albies	ATL	@	CIN	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	9%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
42	42	4	1	2018-04-30	Manny Piña	MIL	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	6	2	13%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
43	43	5	2	2018-04-30	Lorenzo Cain	MIL	@	CIN	behind 1-2	t 5	0	1--	5,(2-2) BCF*BX	2	1	8	23%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Chacín Scores