LF Michael 'Dr. Smooth' Brantley #25
Chicago Cubs MLB
Age: 33 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Angry
09/24/2020
 OA: 55 POT: 55
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LF MICHAEL 'DR. SMOOTH' BRANTLEY #25 - AGE: 33 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: ANGRY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
111 454 133 28 1 6 63 38 57 .293 .345 .399 5 1.6
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 65 55 70 65
Gap 55 45 60 55
Power 45 40 50 45
Eye 50 45 50 50
Avoid K's 75 65 75 75
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 30 55
Errors: - 35 55
Arm: - 50 50
Turn DP: - 25 -
Ability: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 60
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: 45
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 35
Stealing Ability: 65
Baserunning Inst.: 70
Sacrifice Bunt: 70
Bunt for Hit: 45
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/23/2020 @ PIT Win, 17-1 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 0
09/22/2020 @ PIT Win, 9-5 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 1
09/20/2020 COL Win, 7-4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/19/2020 COL Loss, 3-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/18/2020 COL Win, 10-5 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
09/17/2020 PIT Win, 10-6 5 2 3 4 0 0 0 0
09/16/2020 PIT Win, 13-10 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
09/15/2020 PIT Win, 8-7 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/14/2020 PIT Loss, 2-7 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/13/2020 @ STL Loss, 3-6 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Michael wants to be known as a good teammate.
Birthday:05/15/1987
Born in:Bellevue, WA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$15,000,000
Signed Through:2020 Season
Major Service:10 Years, 28 Days
Service This Yr:285 Days
40-Man Service:10 Years, 28 Days
Pro Service:14 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2020 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 111 454 133 28 1 6 63 60 38 57 .293 .345 .399 .743 .323 .106 95
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 111 496 0 1 0 14 0 4 181 35 5 0 100.0 61.8 4.92 1.6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   117 31 5 0 0 10 11 11 22 0 0 0 .265 .328 .308 .636
Versus Right   337 102 23 1 6 53 49 27 35 4 0 0 .303 .351 .430 .781
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   9 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 .333 .500 .444 .944
Last Week   28 7 1 0 0 4 5 4 2 0 0 0 .250 .344 .286 .629
March   24 4 0 0 1 2 3 1 4 0 0 0 .167 .200 .292 .492
April   98 25 9 0 0 6 14 8 13 2 0 0 .255 .306 .347 .652
June   44 17 3 0 1 9 9 4 6 0 0 0 .386 .438 .523 .960
July   99 31 5 0 1 8 7 4 15 0 0 0 .313 .340 .394 .734
August   101 31 8 1 1 22 10 9 9 1 0 0 .307 .360 .436 .796
September   88 25 3 0 2 16 17 12 10 1 0 0 .284 .366 .386 .753
Last Year   575 179 40 2 22 90 88 51 66 4 0 7 .311 .372 .503 .875
2 Years Ago   570 176 36 2 17 76 89 48 60 6 1 5 .309 .364 .468 .832
Career   5084 1507 316 22 115 681 691 440 602 48 12 31 .296 .353 .435 .788
Home   231 72 13 1 1 26 30 15 20 0 0 0 .312 .354 .390 .743
Road   223 61 15 0 5 37 30 23 37 4 0 0 .274 .336 .408 .744
Grass   427 125 26 1 6 60 57 38 55 4 0 0 .293 .348 .400 .748
Turf   27 8 2 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 .296 .296 .370 .667
Day   180 57 10 0 2 24 21 8 17 1 0 0 .317 .344 .406 .749
Night   274 76 18 1 4 39 39 30 40 3 0 0 .277 .345 .394 .739
As Starter   454 133 28 1 6 63 60 38 57 4 0 0 .293 .345 .399 .743
Close/Late   93 23 5 1 2 13 11 4 20 1 0 0 .247 .276 .387 .663
Inning 1-3   144 44 8 0 1 18 24 15 14 1 0 0 .306 .369 .382 .751
Inning 4-6   158 46 12 0 2 20 18 15 13 1 0 0 .291 .351 .405 .756
Inning 7-9   142 43 8 1 3 25 18 8 26 2 0 0 .303 .336 .437 .772
Extra Innings   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   136 38 6 1 1 10 26 7 19 2 0 0 .279 .310 .360 .671
1 Outs   160 49 10 0 4 22 22 17 24 2 0 0 .306 .369 .444 .812
2 Outs   158 46 12 0 1 31 12 14 14 0 0 0 .291 .349 .386 .735
Scoring Position   132 38 14 0 3 58 13 9 21 4 0 0 .288 .324 .462 .786
Bases Empty   236 70 10 1 2 2 31 23 28 0 0 0 .297 .359 .373 .732
Runner on 1st   86 25 4 0 1 3 16 6 8 0 0 0 .291 .337 .372 .709
Runner on 2nd   35 6 4 0 0 6 2 2 10 0 0 0 .171 .216 .286 .502
Runner on 3rd   12 3 0 0 1 7 2 1 2 1 0 0 .250 .286 .500 .786
Runner on 1st & 2nd   46 16 4 0 2 18 5 6 4 0 0 0 .348 .423 .565 .988
Runner on 1st & 3rd   14 5 3 0 0 8 1 0 3 0 0 0 .357 .357 .571 .929
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .400 .750 1.150
Bases Loaded   21 6 2 0 0 14 3 0 2 2 0 0 .286 .261 .381 .642
Two Strikes   190 45 12 0 1 23 23 19 57 1 0 0 .237 .305 .316 .621
First Pitch   75 26 4 0 2 10 13 1 0 1 0 0 .347 .351 .480 .831
Count 0-1   41 9 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220 .220 .293 .512
Count 0-2   27 6 3 0 0 6 3 0 8 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556
Count 1-0   43 21 5 0 0 7 6 0 0 1 0 0 .488 .477 .605 1.082
Count 1-1   45 15 2 1 2 13 7 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .326 .556 .882
Count 1-2   66 13 3 0 1 4 6 0 31 0 0 0 .197 .197 .288 .485
Count 2-0   16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Count 2-1   32 11 1 0 1 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 .344 .344 .469 .813
Count 2-2   59 13 3 0 0 3 5 0 9 0 0 0 .220 .220 .271 .492
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   12 4 1 0 0 1 4 9 0 0 0 0 .333 .619 .417 1.036
Full Count   38 13 3 0 0 10 9 19 9 1 0 0 .342 .552 .421 .973
Behind in Count   134 28 9 0 1 13 12 0 39 0 0 0 .209 .209 .299 .507
Ahead in Count   103 38 7 0 1 14 14 18 0 1 0 0 .369 .459 .466 .925
Batting 2nd   99 23 8 0 0 6 14 8 11 1 0 0 .232 .287 .313 .600
Batting 3rd   1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Batting 5th   11 4 3 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 .364 .364 .636 1.000
Batting 6th   343 105 16 1 6 53 45 30 44 3 0 0 .306 .359 .411 .770
Low Leverage   221 73 14 0 3 22 29 18 27 2 0 0 .330 .378 .434 .812
Medium Leverage   140 34 10 0 1 18 20 15 14 1 0 0 .243 .314 .336 .650
High Leverage   90 24 4 1 2 23 11 4 16 1 0 0 .267 .295 .400 .695
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2009 Cleveland - MLB 22 28 112 35 4 0 0 11 10 8 0 0 19 4 4 .313 .358 .348 .707 88 89 0.1
2010 Cleveland - MLB 23 72 297 73 9 3 3 22 38 22 0 2 38 10 2 .246 .296 .327 .623 71 67 -0.0
2011 Cleveland - MLB 24 114 451 120 24 4 7 46 63 34 3 5 76 13 5 .266 .318 .384 .702 93 89 0.8
2012 Cleveland - MLB 25 149 552 159 37 4 6 60 63 53 0 4 56 12 9 .288 .348 .402 .750 107 98 1.9
2013 Cleveland - MLB 26 151 556 158 26 3 10 73 66 40 4 8 67 17 4 .284 .332 .396 .728 102 99 1.6
2014 Cleveland - MLB 27 156 611 200 45 2 20 97 94 52 8 5 56 23 1 .327 .385 .506 .890 152 149 7.1
2015 Cleveland - MLB 28 137 529 164 45 0 15 84 68 60 2 5 51 15 1 .310 .379 .480 .859 136 130 4.3
2016 Cleveland - MLB 29 11 39 9 2 0 0 7 5 3 0 1 6 1 0 .231 .279 .282 .561 54 39 -0.2
2017 Cleveland - MLB 30 90 338 101 20 1 9 52 47 31 2 4 50 11 1 .299 .357 .444 .801 114 111 1.5
2018 Cleveland - MLB 31 143 570 176 36 2 17 76 89 48 5 6 60 12 3 .309 .364 .468 .832 128 127 3.7
2019 Houston - MLB 32 148 575 179 40 2 22 90 88 51 7 4 66 3 2 .311 .372 .503 .875 131 129 3.5
2020 Houston - MLB 33 29 122 29 9 0 1 8 17 9 0 2 17 2 0 .238 .286 .336 .622 59 61 -0.1
2020 Chicago - MLB 33 82 332 104 19 1 5 55 43 29 0 2 40 3 0 .313 .366 .422 .788 100 107 1.3
2020 Total - MLB 33 111 454 133 28 1 6 63 60 38 0 4 57 5 0 .293 .345 .399 .743 89 94 1.2
Total MLB 1310 5084 1507 316 22 115 681 691 440 31 48 602 126 32 .296 .353 .435 .788 115 112 25.6
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2005 Rocky Mountain - R 18 10 34 11 2 0 0 3 8 6 0 0 4 2 0 .324 .425 .382 .807 93 99 0.1
2005 Milwaukee (AZL) - R 18 44 173 60 3 1 0 19 34 22 2 0 13 14 5 .347 .426 .376 .802 109 109 1.2
2005 Total - R 18 54 207 71 5 1 0 22 42 28 2 0 17 16 5 .343 .426 .377 .803 106 107 1.3
2006 West Virginia - A 19 108 360 108 10 2 0 42 47 61 4 5 51 24 7 .300 .402 .339 .741 85 92 1.0
2007 West Virginia - A 20 56 218 73 15 1 2 32 41 31 1 4 22 18 6 .335 .413 .440 .854 111 108 1.3
2007 Biloxi - AA 20 59 187 47 6 1 0 21 28 29 1 1 25 17 3 .251 .353 .294 .647 69 75 0.2
2008 Biloxi - AA 21 106 420 134 17 2 4 40 80 50 4 2 27 28 8 .319 .395 .398 .793 105 102 2.0
2009 Columbus - AAA 22 116 457 122 21 2 6 37 80 59 1 3 48 46 5 .267 .350 .361 .711 78 84 0.9
2010 Columbus - AAA 23 67 273 87 13 2 4 29 54 34 2 2 28 13 5 .319 .395 .425 .820 105 102 1.2
2016 Mahoning Valley - A- 29 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 224 225 0.1
2016 Lake County - A 29 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 299 244 0.1
2016 Akron - AA 29 6 19 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 .211 .286 .263 .549 34 58 -0.1
2016 Columbus - AAA 29 3 9 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 .111 .182 .222 .404 0 26 -0.1
Total IL 186 739 210 35 4 10 67 136 94 3 6 77 59 10 .284 .365 .383 .748 87 90
Total EL 6 19 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 .211 .286 .263 .549 34 58
Total SL 165 607 181 23 3 4 61 108 79 5 3 52 45 11 .298 .382 .366 .748 94 93
Total MID 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 299 244
Total SAL 164 578 181 25 3 2 74 88 92 5 9 73 42 13 .313 .406 .377 .784 94 98
Total NYP 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 224 225
Total AZL 44 173 60 3 1 0 19 34 22 2 0 13 14 5 .347 .426 .376 .802 109 109
Total PIO 10 34 11 2 0 0 3 8 6 0 0 4 2 0 .324 .425 .382 .807 93 99
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2013 Cleveland - MLB 26 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 40 34 -0.7
2017 Cleveland - MLB 30 3 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 .091 .167 .091 .258 -27 -31 -0.5
2018 Cleveland - MLB 31 3 10 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 .200 .250 .200 .450 27 23 -0.8
2019 Houston - MLB 32 7 70 20 0 0 1 4 7 9 0 0 12 1 0 .286 .367 .329 .696 90 82 -0.7
Total MLB 14 95 24 0 0 1 5 7 11 0 1 17 1 0 .253 .327 .284 .611 68 61
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2009 Cleveland - MLB LF 8 7 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 63.1 1.85 0.0 .000
2009 Cleveland - MLB CF 20 19 46 0 0 47 1 .979 166.0 2.49 0.0 .000
2010 Cleveland - MLB LF 7 7 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 63.0 0.71 0.0 .000
2010 Cleveland - MLB CF 65 62 156 0 0 158 2 .987 562.2 2.50 0.0 .000
2011 Cleveland - MLB LF 66 62 118 5 2 125 2 .984 558.1 1.98 0.0 .000
2011 Cleveland - MLB CF 52 46 118 0 0 119 1 .992 412.2 2.57 0.0 .000
2012 Cleveland - MLB CF 144 140 336 5 3 342 1 .997 1237.0 2.48 0.0 .000
2013 Cleveland - MLB LF 151 144 257 11 1 268 0 1.000 1293.1 1.86 0.0 .000
2013 Cleveland - MLB CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2014 Cleveland - MLB LF 107 106 165 10 2 175 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2014 Cleveland - MLB CF 46 40 106 2 0 109 1 .991 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2015 Cleveland - MLB LF 101 94 172 7 1 181 2 .989 828.2 1.94 0.0 .000
2015 Cleveland - MLB CF 28 24 40 1 0 41 0 1.000 206.0 1.79 0.0 .000
2016 Cleveland - MLB LF 11 10 18 1 0 19 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2017 Cleveland - MLB LF 87 86 135 8 1 144 1 .993 731.0 1.76 0.0 .000
2018 Cleveland - MLB LF 134 134 221 6 2 228 1 .996 1136.1 1.80 0.0 .000
2019 Houston - MLB LF 120 110 159 2 0 164 3 .982 948.2 1.53 0.0 .000
2019 Houston - MLB RF 9 8 8 1 0 9 0 1.000 58.0 1.40 0.0 .000
2020 Houston - MLB LF 28 28 68 0 0 69 1 .986 255.2 2.39 +1.6 1.022
2020 Chicago - MLB LF 43 41 77 1 0 78 0 1.000 369.2 1.90 +1.9 1.075
2020 Houston - MLB RF 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 4.0 6.75 +0.3 .998
2020 Chicago - MLB RF 41 41 77 1 1 81 3 .963 357.1 1.96 -2.0 .949
TOTAL LF 863 829 1408 51 9 1469 10 .993 6248.0 2.10 +3.4 1.049
TOTAL CF 356 331 802 8 3 816 6 .993 2588.1 2.82 0.0 .000
TOTAL RF 51 50 88 2 1 93 3 .968 419.1 1.93 -1.7 .950
PLAYER HISTORY
06/07/2005 Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 7th round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central HS (Fort Pierce, FL).
10/03/2008 Sent to the Cleveland Indians as the PTBNL from a previous trade (P CC Sabathia to MIL - 07/07/2008).
07/15/2014 Selected to the 2014 MLB All-Star Game.
11/01/2014 Voted the 2014 MLB AL Silver Slugger (OF).
07/02/2017 Was selected to the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
07/08/2018 Was selected to the 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
10/29/2018 Became a free agent.
12/19/2018 Signed a 2-year contract worth a total of $32,000,000 with the Houston Astros organization.
06/30/2019 Was selected to the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
04/28/2020 Injured (Oblique strain), out for 6 weeks.
06/11/2020 Was traded by the Houston Astros to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for SP Jose Quintana.
07/30/2020 Injured (Bruised shoulder), day-to-day for 3 days.
08/03/2020 Injured (Mild oblique strain), day-to-day for 4 days.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year H Rank
2014 200 2
2018 176 7
2019 179 8
Year TB Rank
2014 309 6
Year 2B Rank
2014 45 3
2015 45 1
2019 40 5
Year R Rank
2014 94 6
Year IBB Rank
2012 12 6
2015 8 9
Year SF Rank
2013 8 4
Year EBH Rank
2014 67 5
Year AVG Rank
2014 .327 3
2015 .310 4
2018 .309 5
2019 .311 4
Year OBP Rank
2014 .385 4
2015 .379 3
Year SLG Rank
2014 .506 9
Year RC Rank
2014 121.54 3
Year RC/27 Rank
2014 7.58 5
2015 6.91 8
Year WOBA Rank
2014 .382 5
Year OPS Rank
2014 .890 7
Year WAR Rank
2014 5.3 4
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