Brandon Woodruff

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 244lb (193cm, 110kg)

Team: Milwaukee Brewers (majors, 60-day IL)

Born: February 10, 1993 in Tupelo, MS us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wheeler HS (Wheeler, MS) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 11th round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS).

High School: Wheeler HS (Wheeler, MS)

School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Debut: August 4, 2017 (Age 24-175d, 21,482nd in major league history)
vs. TBR 6.1 IP, 7 H, 6 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$2.5M (24) & 25-26 team/mutual option

Service Time (01/2024): 5.161 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: McKinnis Sports

Full Name: Brandon Kyle Woodruff

Nicknames: Woody

Twitter: @B_Woody24

Instagram: @b_woodruff24

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.4

ERA

3.10

130

115

680.1

788

WHIP

1.045

Summary of 75 Home Runs Allowed

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

4 leading off, 0 walk-off, 10 tying, 27 go ahead

1 Tm
MIL	75

Platoon
vs RHB	38
vs LHB	37

Home/Road
Home	43
Away	32

Outs
0	31
1	25
2	19

19 Opps
CIN	10
STL	9
PIT	9
ARI	6
LAD	6
CHC	5
PHI	5
COL	4
ATL	4
TBR	2
SFG	2
TEX	2
SDP	2
WSN	2
MIA	2
CHW	2
MIN	1
NYY	1
CLE	1

63 Batters
Tyler O'Neill	3
Ian Happ	3
Daniel Descalso	2
Brad Miller	2
Christian Walker	2
Joey Votto	2
Mookie Betts	2
Gregory Polanco	2
Brandon Belt	2
Joc Pederson	2
Mitch Garver	1
Josh Donaldson	1
C.J. Cron	1
Seiya Suzuki	1
José Ramírez	1
Enrique Hernández	1
Randy Arozarena	1
Dylan Carlson	1
Brandon Drury	1
Andrew Knapp	1
Marcell Ozuna	1
Tyler Flowers	1
Tommy Pham	1
Bryce Harper	1
Alec Bohm	1
Jake Burger	1
Mike Moustakas	1
Yoán Moncada	1
Josh Bell	1
Endy Rodríguez	1
Garrett Hampson	1
Paul DeJong	1
Kevin Newman	1
Alex Avila	1
Dansby Swanson	1
Eugenio Suárez	1
Cooper Hummel	1
Manny Machado	1
Ronald Acuña Jr.	1
Ben Gamel	1
Jesse Winker	1
Colin Moran	1
Lars Nootbaar	1
Brian Dozier	1
Freddie Freeman	1
Francisco Mejia	1
Elehuris Montero	1
Connor Joe	1
Joey Gallo	1
Paul Goldschmidt	1
Jorge Soler	1
Luis García Jr.	1
Yu Chang	1
Andrew McCutchen	1
Josh Rojas	1
Chris Iannetta	1
Starling Marte	1
Nathaniel Lowe	1
Kyle Farmer	1
Freddy Galvis	1
Lane Thomas	1
Tucker Barnhart	1
Eloy Jiménez	1

14 Parks
Am Fam Field (MIL)	43
Coors Fld (DEN)	4
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	4
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Chase Field (PHO)	4
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	4
Truist Pk (ATL)	3
loanDepot pk (MIA)	2
GlbLifeField (ARL)	2
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1

Where Hit
9	20
7	19
89	14
8	11
78	11

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	14
4	13
1	12
3	12
5	10
6	9
7+	5

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	40
2·HR gms	16
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	51
1--	10
12-	4
--3	3
-2-	3
1-3	2
123	1
-23	1

108 Runs
RISP	14
0 on	51
1 on	16
2 on	7
3 on	1
Any on	24

Inning
1	13
2	7
3	9
4	16
5	9
6	15
7	4
8	1
9	1

1-3	29
4-6	40
7-end	6

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	2
+2	3
+1	11
Tied	24
-1	11
-2	8
-3	7
-4..	7

Ahead	18
Tied	24
Behind	33

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	12
2-2	11
3-2	9
1-0	9
2-1	9
1-2	6
1-1	5
0-1	5
2-0	4
0-2	3
3-1	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	13
LF	13
3B	13
C	8
CF	7
RF	7
2B	5
DH	5
SS	4

OrderPos
3rd	12
4th	12
5th	11
7th	10
1st	9
8th	8
2nd	7
6th	5
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	38
Low Lev	24

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2017-08-09	Brian Dozier	MIN	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	6,(3-2) BBCSBX	1	1	4	10%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2	2	2	1	2017-09-11	Andrew McCutchen	PIT	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	8	17%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Frazier Scores
3	3	3	2	2017-09-11	Starling Marte	PIT	@	MIL	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	-2-	5,(2-2) CBBFX	2	1	7	12%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); S. Brault Scores
4	4	4	1	2017-09-27	Joey Votto	CIN	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	3	3	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
5	5	5	2	2017-09-27	Tucker Barnhart	CIN	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	10%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	2018-04-02	Paul DeJong	STL	@	MIL	ahead 5-2	t 6	2	1-3	2,(1-0) .BX	3	7	6	10%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Ozuna Scores; Y. Molina Scores
7	7	2	1	2018-05-11	Chris Iannetta	COL		MIL	ahead 4-3	b 4	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	8	2	10%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	3	1	2018-05-16	Daniel Descalso	ARI		MIL	behind 0-3	b 1	1	1--	6,(2-2) 1C1B1CBF>X	2	3	5	16%	42%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); J. Dyson Scores
9	9	4	1	2018-07-20	Enrique Hernández	LAD	@	MIL	ahead 3-2	t 9	2	12-	3,(1-1) BFX	3	5	8	15%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Muncy Scores; M. Kemp Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2019-04-05	Daniel Descalso	CHC	@	MIL	behind 0-8	t 4	0	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	4	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); K. Schwarber Scores; W. Contreras Scores
11	11	2	1	2019-04-16	Marcell Ozuna	STL	@	MIL	behind 0-8	t 6	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	7	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); P. DeJong Scores
12	12	3	1	2019-04-21	Joc Pederson	LAD	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	7	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
13	13	4	2	2019-04-21	Joc Pederson	LAD	@	MIL	ahead 4-0	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	7	5%	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
14	14	5	1	2019-05-19	Ronald Acuña Jr.	ATL		MIL	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	6,(2-2) CBBFFX	1	1	8	10%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
15	15	6	2	2019-05-19	Freddie Freeman	ATL		MIL	behind 1-2	b 7	0	---	8,(3-2) BSBCBFFX	1	3	3	21%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
16	16	7	1	2019-05-26	Andrew Knapp	PHI	@	MIL	behind 0-7	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	7	2	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	8	1	2019-06-07	Kevin Newman	PIT	@	MIL	behind 2-4	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	6	12%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
18	18	9	1	2019-06-18	Francisco Mejia	SDP		MIL	ahead 2-0	b 6	1	--3	3,(0-2) FFX	2	7	2	7%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Margot Scores
19	19	10	1	2019-06-23	Joey Votto	CIN	@	MIL	behind 0-7	t 6	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	2	3	4%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Peraza Scores; J. Winker Scores
20	20	11	1	2019-07-16	Tyler Flowers	ATL	@	MIL	behind 0-3	t 5	0	---	4,(1-2) CBSX	1	8	2	9%	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
21	21	12	1	2019-07-21	Alex Avila	ARI		MIL	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	1--	4,(2-1) BBTX	2	7	2	13%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); N. Ahmed Scores
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2020-07-24	Ian Happ	CHC		MIL	tied 0-0	b 3	1	1--	5,(3-1) B1BBCX	2	9	8	18%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); N. Hoerner Scores
23	23	2	1	2020-08-04	Eloy Jiménez	CHW	@	MIL	behind 0-2	t 6	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	7	22%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); Y. Grandal Scores
24	24	3	1	2020-08-09	Jesse Winker	CIN	@	MIL	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	DH	12%	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
25	25	4	1	2020-08-30	Gregory Polanco	PIT	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	5,(2-2) SSBBX	1	5	DH	10%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
26	26	5	2	2020-08-30	Josh Bell	PIT	@	MIL	tied 1-1	t 4	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	3	18%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Newman Scores
27	27	6	1	2020-09-05	José Ramírez	CLE		MIL	tied 1-1	b 5	1	-2-	10,(1-2) CSFFFBFFFX	2	2	5	20%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Hernández Scores
28	28	7	1	2020-09-16 (1)	Tyler O'Neill	STL	@	MIL	behind 0-2	t 2	2	---	5,(2-2) SFBBX	1	6	7	10%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
29	29	8	2	2020-09-16 (1)	Brad Miller	STL	@	MIL	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	DH	13%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
30	30	9	1	2020-09-21	Eugenio Suárez	CIN		MIL	behind 0-1	b 6	2	--3	5,(1-2) CSFBX	2	4	5	29%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); N. Castellanos Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	2021-05-01	Mookie Betts	LAD	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
32	32	2	1	2021-05-06	Alec Bohm	PHI		MIL	tied 0-0	b 7	1	---	5,(2-2) BBFCX	1	5	5	22%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33	33	3	1	2021-05-12	Tyler O'Neill	STL	@	MIL	behind 0-1	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	7	25%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	4	1	2021-06-05	Josh Rojas	ARI	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	6,(3-2) BCBSBX	1	1	4	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
35	35	5	1	2021-06-11	Ben Gamel	PIT	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	8	11%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
36	36	6	2	2021-06-11	Gregory Polanco	PIT	@	MIL	behind 1-2	t 6	2	---	6,(3-2) BSBBSX	1	3	9	17%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
37	37	7	1	2021-06-17	C.J. Cron	COL		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	123	3,(1-1) BFX	4	6	3	26%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Y. Daza Scores; T. Story Scores; R. McMahon Scores
38	38	8	2	2021-06-17	Garrett Hampson	COL		MIL	ahead 4-0	b 1	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	7	4	5%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
39	39	9	1	2021-06-23	Christian Walker	ARI		MIL	behind 0-3	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	3	8%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
40	40	10	1	2021-07-31	Dansby Swanson	ATL		MIL	tied 1-1	b 6	1	1--	6,(3-2) *BBCFB>X	2	7	6	25%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Duvall Scores
41	41	11	1	2021-08-07	Brandon Belt	SFG	@	MIL	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	4,(1-2) CSBX	1	2	3	13%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
42	42	12	1	2021-08-19	Tyler O'Neill	STL		MIL	behind 2-4	b 5	2	12-	6,(2-2) B*BCFFX	3	4	7	41%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); P. Goldschmidt Scores; N. Arenado Scores
43	43	13	2	2021-08-19	Lars Nootbaar	STL		MIL	ahead 5-4	b 5	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	5	9	12%	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
44	44	14	1	2021-08-31	Brandon Belt	SFG		MIL	behind 0-6	b 6	0	---	3,(0-2) TFX	1	2	3	2%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
45	45	15	1	2021-09-06	Bryce Harper	PHI	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	3,(1-1) BSX	2	3	9	17%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Segura Scores
46	46	16	2	2021-09-06	Freddy Galvis	PHI	@	MIL	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	---	9,(3-2) BCSBBFFFX	1	8	5	9%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
47	47	17	3	2021-09-06	Brad Miller	PHI	@	MIL	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	3	6%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
48	48	18	1	2021-09-28	Dylan Carlson	STL		MIL	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	9	12%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	2022-05-03	Tommy Pham	CIN	@	MIL	behind 0-3	t 4	1	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	3	7	8%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
50	50	2	2	2022-05-03	Mike Moustakas	CIN	@	MIL	behind 1-3	t 4	1	---	9,(3-2) BSFFBFBFX	1	4	5	11%	34%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
51	51	3	1	2022-05-09	Colin Moran	CIN		MIL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	5,(2-2) BCBFX	1	4	3	10%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
52	52	4	2	2022-05-09	Brandon Drury	CIN		MIL	behind 2-3	b 5	0	-23	5,(2-2) *BBFFX	3	2	5	19%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Reynolds Scores; T. Friedl Scores
53	53	5	1	2022-05-15	Jorge Soler	MIA		MIL	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	7	10%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
54	54	6	1	2022-05-21	Lane Thomas	WSN	@	MIL	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---	3,(0-2) FCX	1	8	8	10%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
55	55	7	1	2022-05-27	Paul Goldschmidt	STL		MIL	tied 0-0	b 3	2	--3	4,(2-1) SBBX	2	2	3	20%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Bader Scores
56	56	8	1	2022-08-10	Yu Chang	TBR	@	MIL	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	4,(1-2) BSCX	1	6	5	14%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
57	57	9	2	2022-08-10	Randy Arozarena	TBR	@	MIL	tied 2-2	t 7	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	5	9	21%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
58	58	10	1	2022-08-16	Joey Gallo	LAD	@	MIL	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	7	11%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
59	59	11	2	2022-08-16	Mookie Betts	LAD	@	MIL	behind 1-2	t 5	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	1	9	14%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
60	60	12	1	2022-08-21	Ian Happ	CHC		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	3	7	10%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
61	61	13	2	2022-08-21	Seiya Suzuki	CHC		MIL	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	4	9	10%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
62	62	14	1	2022-09-01	Christian Walker	ARI		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	3	18%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Marte Scores
63	63	15	1	2022-09-06	Elehuris Montero	COL		MIL	behind 0-3	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	5	9%	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
64	64	16	1	2022-09-17	Josh Donaldson	NYY	@	MIL	behind 0-3	t 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	5	8%	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
65	65	17	1	2022-09-22	Kyle Farmer	CIN		MIL	behind 0-4	b 6	2	---	6,(2-2) BCFFBX	1	3	6	5%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
66	66	18	1	2022-10-03	Cooper Hummel	ARI	@	MIL	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	12%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	2023-04-01	Ian Happ	CHC		MIL	tied 0-0	b 6	2	---	9,(3-2) CCBFBFFBX	1	3	7	18%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
68	68	2	1	2023-08-06	Endy Rodríguez	PIT	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	6,(3-2) BBSFBX	1	7	2	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
69	69	3	2	2023-08-06	Connor Joe	PIT	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	2	DH	11%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
70	70	4	1	2023-08-12	Yoán Moncada	CHW		MIL	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	5	12%	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
71	71	5	1	2023-08-18	Nathaniel Lowe	TEX		MIL	behind 0-3	b 4	0	1--	4,(2-1) CB*BX	2	3	3	17%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Seager Scores
72	72	6	2	2023-08-18	Mitch Garver	TEX		MIL	behind 2-3	b 4	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	DH	13%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
73	73	7	1	2023-08-25	Manny Machado	SDP	@	MIL	behind 0-5	t 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	5	4%	12%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
74	74	8	1	2023-09-17	Luis García Jr.	WSN	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	4,(1-2) SBSX	1	6	4	11%	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
75	75	9	1	2023-09-23	Jake Burger	MIA		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	5	24%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Arráez Scores; J. Bell Scores