What years did Brandon League play?

Brandon League played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2014.

Was Brandon League a pitcher?

Yes. Brandon League pitched in the major leagues, recording 27 wins and 375 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Brandon League hit?

Brandon League hit 0 career home runs.

What teams did Brandon League play for?

Brandon League played for 3 teams: the Toronto Blue Jays (2004–2009), the Seattle Mariners (2010–2012), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2012–2014).

Did Brandon League win a Cy Young Award?

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

What awards did Brandon League win?

Brandon League was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Brandon League's career stats?

In 498 games, Brandon League went 27-35 with a 3.65 ERA, 375 strikeouts, 532.0 innings pitched, and 74 saves.

What was Brandon League's salary?

Brandon League's last recorded salary was $7,500,000, in 2014. His highest recorded salary was $7,500,000, in 2014, and his lowest was $316,000, in 2005. The Salary History table lists each season from 2005 to 2014.

What position did Brandon League play?

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

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

Brandon League was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 200 pounds.

What was Brandon League's career ERA?

Brandon League finished with a 3.65 career ERA, going 27-35 with 375 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Brandon League have?

Brandon League recorded 375 career strikeouts.

Is Brandon League in the Hall of Fame?

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

Brandon League

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2004-2014)

Brandon League was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2014 for the Toronto Blue Jays, the Seattle Mariners, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, a span of 11 seasons. Across 498 career appearances, he went 27-35 with a 3.65 ERA, 375 strikeouts, and 74 saves. Brandon League was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 2918.3.

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 15, 2026

W–L 27–35

ERA 3.65

WHIP 1.33

SO 375

Pitcher PIV 2918.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 200 lb
Born: 3/16/1983 in Sacramento, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2004-09-21
Last Game: 2014-09-27
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Brandon Paul League

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Career Pitching Statistics

Brandon League — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
27	35	498	0	0	0	74	532.0	520	216	41	185	375	3.65	2918.3

Career ERA 3.65 vs. league average 4.19 across their career seasons — 12.7% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Brandon League Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2004	TOR	AL	1	0	3	0	4.2	3	0	1	2	0.00	—	0.0
2005	TOR	AL	1	0	20	0	35.2	42	26	20	17	6.56	4.29 (-53%)	-2266.8
2006	TOR	AL	1	2	33	1	42.2	34	12	9	29	2.53	4.53 (+44%)	1056.3
2007	TOR	AL	0	0	14	0	11.2	19	8	7	7	6.17	4.47 (-38%)	-140.2
2008	TOR	AL	1	2	31	1	33.0	28	8	15	23	2.18	4.32 (+50%)	134.1
2009	TOR	AL	3	6	67	0	74.2	72	38	21	76	4.58	4.32 (-6%)	1407.3
2010	SEA	AL	9	7	70	6	79.0	67	30	27	56	3.42	4.08 (+16%)	331.8
2011	SEA	AL	1	5	65	37	61.1	56	19	10	45	2.79	3.94 (+29%)	1803.6
2012	SEA	AL	0	5	46	9	44.2	48	18	19	27	3.63	4.01 (+10%)	633.0
2012	LAN	NL	2	1	28	6	27.1	17	7	14	27	2.30	4.01 (+43%)	858.4
2013	LAN	NL	6	4	58	14	54.1	69	32	15	28	5.30	3.87 (-37%)	-1439.4
2014	LAN	NL	2	3	63	0	63.0	65	18	27	38	2.57	3.74 (+31%)	540.1
Career · 12 seasons			27	35	498	74	532.0	520	216	185	375	3.65	—	2,918

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 League — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
498	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .333 vs. league average .327 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .411 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .333 vs. league average .739 across their career seasons — 54.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Brandon League Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2004	TOR	AL	3	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	TOR	AL	20	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	TOR	AL	33	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	TOR	AL	14	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	TOR	AL	31	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	TOR	AL	67	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	SEA	AL	70	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	SEA	AL	65	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	SEA	AL	46	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	LAN	NL	28	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	LAN	NL	58	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	LAN	NL	63	2	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			498	2	1	1	.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 League — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Brandon League — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2014	NLDS2	LAN	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Brandon League — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	4	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Brandon League — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2014	NLDS2	LAN	1	0	4	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Brandon League — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	254	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	244	1	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Brandon League — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	254	273.1	256	107	97	199	3.52
Away	244	258.2	264	109	88	176	3.79

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Brandon League — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2014-09-27	LAD	COL	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
2014-09-26	LAD	COL	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	2
2014-09-22	LAD	SFG	—	1.2	4	0	0	0	1
2014-09-20	LAD	CHC	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
2014-09-19	LAD	CHC	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
2014-09-16	LAD	COL	—	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
2014-09-15	LAD	COL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2014-09-09	LAD	SDP	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
2014-09-07	LAD	AZ	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	3
2014-09-03	LAD	WAS	—	1.0	3	2	2	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Brandon League — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	498	0	44	68	15	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Brandon League — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
2004	TOR	P	3	0	0	0	0
2005	TOR	P	20	3	4	1	0
2006	TOR	P	33	3	13	2	0
2007	TOR	P	14	0	4	1	0
2008	TOR	P	31	8	4	0	0
2009	TOR	P	67	10	4	2	2
2010	SEA	P	70	7	10	0	0
2011	SEA	P	65	1	4	3	0
2012	SEA	P	46	4	5	1	1
2012	LAN	P	28	0	2	0	0
2013	LAN	P	58	4	8	2	0
2014	LAN	P	63	4	10	3	3

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Brandon League Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	498

Salary History

Brandon League's recorded salaries total $22,693,800 over 8 seasons, 2005 to 2014. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and League's career ran from 2004 to 2014. No salary is recorded for 2004, 2006, and 2007.

Brandon League — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2014	LAN	NL	$7,500,000
2013	LAN	NL	$5,500,000
2012	SEA	AL	$5,000,000
2011	SEA	AL	$2,250,000
2010	SEA	AL	$1,087,500
2009	TOR	AL	$640,000
2008	TOR	AL	$400,300
2005	TOR	AL	$316,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$22,693,800

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Career Spans

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Brandon League: the record in brief

Brandon League played a first major league game on September 21, 2004 and a last one on September 27, 2014. The season rows list, in order, the Toronto Blue Jays (2004 to 2009), the Seattle Mariners (2010 to 2012), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2012 to 2014). At 6-foot-2 and 200 pounds, League is listed as a pitcher. The bio says League threw and hit right-handed. The recorded birth is March 16, 1983, in Sacramento, CA, USA. Brandon League was the playing name; the full given name is Brandon Paul.

League went 27-35 with a 3.65 ERA in 498 games, 0 of them starts. The totals include 375 strikeouts and 74 saves. Against a 4.19 league ERA for the same years, League was 12.7% better. No season topped the 9 wins of 2010. The strikeout high was 76 in 2009. League saved 37 games in 2011, the season high. In 2014, one of the busiest seasons, League posted a 2.57 ERA; the league figure that year was 3.74.

Frequently Asked Questions about Brandon League

What years did Brandon League play?: Brandon League played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2014.
Was Brandon League a pitcher?: Yes. Brandon League pitched in the major leagues, recording 27 wins and 375 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Brandon League hit?: Brandon League hit 0 career home runs.
What teams did Brandon League play for?: Brandon League played for 3 teams: the Toronto Blue Jays (2004–2009), the Seattle Mariners (2010–2012), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2012–2014).
Did Brandon League win a Cy Young Award?: No. Brandon League did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Brandon League win?: Brandon League was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Brandon League's career stats?: In 498 games, Brandon League went 27-35 with a 3.65 ERA, 375 strikeouts, 532.0 innings pitched, and 74 saves.
How much did Brandon League earn in his career?: Brandon League's recorded salaries total $22,693,800 over 8 seasons, 2005 to 2014. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and League's career ran from 2004 to 2014. No salary is recorded for 2004, 2006, and 2007.
What was Brandon League's salary?: Brandon League's last recorded salary was $7,500,000, in 2014. His highest recorded salary was $7,500,000, in 2014, and his lowest was $316,000, in 2005. The Salary History table lists each season from 2005 to 2014.
What position did Brandon League play?: Brandon League played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Brandon League and how much did he weigh?: Brandon League was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 200 pounds.
What was Brandon League's career ERA?: Brandon League finished with a 3.65 career ERA, going 27-35 with 375 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Brandon League have?: Brandon League recorded 375 career strikeouts.
Is Brandon League in the Hall of Fame?: No. Brandon League has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.