What years did Brandon Kintzler play?

Brandon Kintzler played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2021.

Was Brandon Kintzler a pitcher?

Yes. Brandon Kintzler pitched in the major leagues, recording 24 wins and 335 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Brandon Kintzler hit?

Brandon Kintzler hit 0 career home runs.

What teams did Brandon Kintzler play for?

Brandon Kintzler played for 6 teams: the Milwaukee Brewers (2010–2015), the Minnesota Twins (2016–2017), the Washington Nationals (2017–2018), the Chicago Cubs (2018–2019), the Miami Marlins (2020), and the Philadelphia Phillies (2021).

Did Brandon Kintzler win a Cy Young Award?

No. Brandon Kintzler did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Brandon Kintzler win?

Brandon Kintzler was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Brandon Kintzler's career stats?

In 483 games, Brandon Kintzler went 24-24 with a 3.50 ERA, 335 strikeouts, 478.1 innings pitched, and 61 saves.

What was Brandon Kintzler's salary?

Brandon Kintzler's last recorded salary was $1,075,000, in 2015. His highest recorded salary was $1,075,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $414,000, in 2011. The Salary History table lists each season from 2011 to 2015.

What position did Brandon Kintzler play?

Brandon Kintzler played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Brandon Kintzler and how much did he weigh?

Brandon Kintzler was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 200 pounds.

What was Brandon Kintzler's career ERA?

Brandon Kintzler finished with a 3.50 career ERA, going 24-24 with 335 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Brandon Kintzler have?

Brandon Kintzler recorded 335 career strikeouts.

Is Brandon Kintzler in the Hall of Fame?

No. Brandon Kintzler has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Brandon Kintzler

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2010-2021)

Brandon Kintzler was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2021 for 6 teams, including the Milwaukee Brewers, a span of 12 seasons. Across 483 career appearances, he went 24-24 with a 3.50 ERA, 335 strikeouts, and 61 saves. Brandon Kintzler was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 3263.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 24–24

ERA 3.50

WHIP 1.28

SO 335

Pitcher PIV 3263.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 200 lb
Born: 8/1/1984 in Las Vegas, NV, USA
MLB Debut: 2010-09-10
Last Game: 2021-07-29
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Brandon Lee Kintzler

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Career Pitching Statistics

Brandon Kintzler — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
24	24	483	1	0	0	61	478.1	485	186	47	129	335	3.50	3263.1

Career ERA 3.50 vs. league average 4.11 across their career seasons — 14.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Brandon Kintzler Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2010	MIL	NL	0	1	7	0	0	7.1	10	6	4	9	7.36	—	0.0
2011	MIL	NL	1	1	9	0	0	14.2	14	6	3	15	3.68	3.94 (+7%)	-113.8
2012	MIL	NL	3	0	14	0	0	16.2	18	7	7	14	3.78	4.01 (+6%)	234.1
2013	MIL	NL	3	3	71	0	0	77.0	66	23	16	58	2.69	3.87 (+30%)	2589.3
2014	MIL	NL	3	3	64	0	0	58.1	62	21	16	31	3.24	3.74 (+13%)	-1362.8
2015	MIL	NL	0	1	7	0	0	7.0	12	5	5	7	6.43	—	0.0
2016	MIN	AL	0	2	54	0	17	54.1	59	19	8	35	3.15	4.19 (+25%)	801.0
2017	MIN	AL	2	2	45	0	28	45.1	41	14	11	27	2.78	4.36 (+36%)	767.5
2017	WAS	NL	2	1	27	0	1	26.0	25	10	5	12	3.46	4.36 (+21%)	281.7
2018	WAS	NL	1	2	45	0	2	42.2	40	17	13	31	3.59	4.15 (+14%)	760.7
2018	CHN	NL	2	1	25	0	0	18.0	27	14	9	12	7.00	4.15 (-69%)	-680.3
2019	CHN	NL	3	3	62	0	1	57.0	45	17	13	48	2.68	4.51 (+40%)	1355.3
2020	MIA	NL	2	3	24	0	12	24.1	21	6	11	14	2.22	4.45 (+50%)	-332.4
2021	PHI	NL	2	1	29	1	0	29.2	45	21	8	22	6.37	4.27 (-49%)	-1037.5
Career · 14 seasons			24	24	483	1	61	478.1	485	186	129	335	3.50	—	3,263

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Brandon Kintzler — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
483	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .253 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .320 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .729 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Brandon Kintzler Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2010	MIL	NL	7	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	MIL	NL	9	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	MIL	NL	14	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	MIL	NL	71	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	MIL	NL	64	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	MIL	NL	7	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	MIN	AL	54	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	MIN	AL	45	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	WAS	NL	27	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	WAS	NL	45	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	CHN	NL	25	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	CHN	NL	62	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	MIA	NL	24	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	PHI	NL	29	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			483	3	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Brandon Kintzler — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Brandon Kintzler — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2020	NLDS2	MIA	1	.000
2020	NLWC3	MIA	2	.000
2017	NLDS2	WAS	3	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Brandon Kintzler — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	6	0	1	6.1	4	2	2	7	2.84

Playoff Pitching by Year

Brandon Kintzler — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2020	NLDS2	MIA	0	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0.00
2020	NLWC3	MIA	0	2	1	2.0	2	0	0	4	0.00
2017	NLDS2	WAS	1	3	0	3.1	1	2	2	2	5.40

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Brandon Kintzler — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	239	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	243	3	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Brandon Kintzler — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	239	229.2	261	106	57	165	4.15
Away	243	248.0	223	80	72	170	2.90

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Brandon Kintzler — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2021-07-29	PHI	WAS	—	2.0	4	1	0	1	2	0
2021-07-26	PHI	WAS	—	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0
2021-07-24	PHI	ATL	—	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0
2021-07-22	PHI	ATL	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2021-07-20	PHI	NYY	—	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	1
2021-07-11	PHI	BOS	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1
2021-07-09	PHI	BOS	—	1.2	3	2	2	1	2	0
2021-07-07	PHI	CHC	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2021-07-05	PHI	CHC	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2021-06-06	PHI	WAS	—	0.2	4	3	3	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Brandon Kintzler — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	483	1	48	90	1	10

Season-by-Season Fielding

Brandon Kintzler — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2010	MIL	P	7	0	0	1	0	0
2011	MIL	P	9	0	0	3	0	0
2012	MIL	P	14	0	2	4	0	0
2013	MIL	P	71	0	5	10	0	2
2014	MIL	P	64	0	9	13	0	1
2015	MIL	P	7	0	1	3	0	0
2016	MIN	P	54	0	5	15	0	0
2017	MIN	P	45	0	4	9	0	2
2017	WAS	P	27	0	1	5	0	0
2018	WAS	P	45	0	4	10	0	2
2018	CHN	P	25	0	1	2	0	0
2019	CHN	P	62	0	11	7	0	2
2020	MIA	P	24	0	2	3	1	0
2021	PHI	P	29	1	3	5	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Brandon Kintzler Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	483

Salary History

Brandon Kintzler's recorded salaries total $2,968,000 over 5 seasons, 2011 to 2015. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Kintzler's career ran from 2010 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2010 and 2016.

Brandon Kintzler — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2015	MIL	NL	$1,075,000
2014	MIL	NL	$507,000
2013	MIL	NL	$491,000
2012	MIL	NL	$481,000
2011	MIL	NL	$414,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$2,968,000

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Brandon Kintzler: the record in brief

September 10, 2010 and July 29, 2021 bracket Brandon Kintzler's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. By club, Kintzler's seasons break down as the Milwaukee Brewers (2010 to 2015), the Minnesota Twins (2016 to 2017), the Washington Nationals (2017 through 2018), the Chicago Cubs (2018 through 2019), the Miami Marlins (2020), and the Philadelphia Phillies (2021). At 5-foot-10 and 200 pounds, Kintzler is listed as a pitcher. The bio says Kintzler threw and hit right-handed. Kintzler was born on August 1, 1984, in Las Vegas, NV, USA. On the record, Brandon Kintzler was born Brandon Lee Kintzler.

Kintzler went 24-24 with a 3.50 ERA in 483 games, 1 of them starts. Kintzler had 335 strikeouts and 61 saves. The leagues Kintzler pitched in allowed 4.11 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 14.8% better than average. 2013 produced Kintzler's most strikeouts, 58. The most saves in one season was 28, in 2017.

Frequently Asked Questions about Brandon Kintzler

What years did Brandon Kintzler play?: Brandon Kintzler played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2021.
Was Brandon Kintzler a pitcher?: Yes. Brandon Kintzler pitched in the major leagues, recording 24 wins and 335 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Brandon Kintzler hit?: Brandon Kintzler hit 0 career home runs.
What teams did Brandon Kintzler play for?: Brandon Kintzler played for 6 teams: the Milwaukee Brewers (2010–2015), the Minnesota Twins (2016–2017), the Washington Nationals (2017–2018), the Chicago Cubs (2018–2019), the Miami Marlins (2020), and the Philadelphia Phillies (2021).
Did Brandon Kintzler win a Cy Young Award?: No. Brandon Kintzler did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Brandon Kintzler win?: Brandon Kintzler was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Brandon Kintzler's career stats?: In 483 games, Brandon Kintzler went 24-24 with a 3.50 ERA, 335 strikeouts, 478.1 innings pitched, and 61 saves.
How much did Brandon Kintzler earn in his career?: Brandon Kintzler's recorded salaries total $2,968,000 over 5 seasons, 2011 to 2015. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Kintzler's career ran from 2010 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2010 and 2016.
What was Brandon Kintzler's salary?: Brandon Kintzler's last recorded salary was $1,075,000, in 2015. His highest recorded salary was $1,075,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $414,000, in 2011. The Salary History table lists each season from 2011 to 2015.
What position did Brandon Kintzler play?: Brandon Kintzler played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Brandon Kintzler and how much did he weigh?: Brandon Kintzler was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 200 pounds.
What was Brandon Kintzler's career ERA?: Brandon Kintzler finished with a 3.50 career ERA, going 24-24 with 335 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Brandon Kintzler have?: Brandon Kintzler recorded 335 career strikeouts.
Is Brandon Kintzler in the Hall of Fame?: No. Brandon Kintzler has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.