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Leslie Brea

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Born
1973 (52 years old)
San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic

Position
Pitcher

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
Hispanic

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Lesli Guillermo Brea (born October 12, 1973) is a former Major League Baseball player. A right-handed relief pitcher, Brea is 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall, and he weighed 170 pounds during his playing career. Some records list his year of birth as 1978, but this figure was subsequently found to be inaccurate.

Baseball career
Minor leagues
In 1996, Brea began his professional career by signing with the Seattle Mariners as an undrafted free agent. He was 22 years old, but represented himself as a 17-year-old in order to secure a more favorable response from Mariners scouts. Baseball scouts are sometimes reluctant to sign older international players, since younger players are generally farther from their physical peak, and thus are perceived as having a comparatively higher ceiling to their future performance.

Brea established himself as a prospect in 1998, when he saved 12 games as the closer for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers of the Midwest League. He compiled a 2.76 ERA and struck out 86 batters in only 58+2⁄3 innings pitched, but also struggled to control his pitches, walking 40 batters and throwing five wild pitches. This type of performance would continue to be the norm as Brea advanced through the minors; he finished his professional career with more than a strikeout per inning pitched, but also walked almost five batters per nine innings.

Trades
Brea was involved in two noteworthy trades before reaching the major leagues. On December 14, 1998, the Mariners traded Brea to the New York Mets, in exchange for outfielder Butch Huskey. Huskey played well as a regular for the Mariners in 1999, before being traded to the Boston Red Sox at midseason.

Two years later, Brea was one of six players involved in a trade deadline deal between the Mets and the Baltimore Orioles. The Mets sent Brea, Melvin Mora, Mike Kinkade, and pitching prospect Pat Gorman to the Orioles, receiving All-Star shortstop Mike Bordick. Bordick helped the Mets reach the 2000 World Series, but the deal was costly for the Mets, as Mora developed into a star and Bordick returned to the Orioles as a free agent that off-season. Questions about Brea's actual age surfaced after the deal, embarrassing Orioles' General Manager Syd Thrift.

Major leagues
Brea made his major league debut on August 13, 2000, starting against the Kansas City Royals. In his only major league start, he surrendered six runs in 3+1⁄3 innings, and the Orioles lost 10–5. Over the next two years, he pitched in eight major league games, surrendering 15 earned runs in 11 innings, for an ERA of 12.27. Control continued to be a problem, as he walked 13 batters and struck out only five, also hitting one batter and throwing one wild pitch. The loss on August 13 was his only decision.

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2000-2001

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	SO/BB	MLB	2001	0.00
	SO9	MLB	2001	0.0
	BB9	MLB	2001	13.5
	HR9	MLB	2001	9.0
	H9	MLB	2001	27.0
	WHIP	MLB	2001	4.500
	Fielding Independent Pitching	MLB	2001	20.55
	ERA+	MLB	2001	28
	Batters Faced	MLB	2001	14
	Wild Pitches	MLB	2001	0
	Balks	MLB	2001	0
	Home Runs Allowed	MLB	2001	2
	Earned Runs Allowed	MLB	2001	4
	Runs Allowed	MLB	2001	4
	Hits Allowed	MLB	2001	6
	Innings Pitched	MLB	2001	2.0
	Saves	MLB	2001	0
	Shutouts	MLB	2001	0
	Complete Games	MLB	2001	0
	Games Finished	MLB	2001	0
	Games Started	MLB	2001	0
	Games Pitched	MLB	2001	2
	ERA	MLB	2001	18.00
	Loss	MLB	2001	0
	Wins	MLB	2001	0
	Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers	MLB	2001	-0.3
	Positions Played	MLB	2001	/1
	Intentional Bases on Balls	MLB	2001	0
	Sacrifice Flies	MLB	2001	0
	Sacrifice Hits	MLB	2001	0
	Times Hit by a Pitch	MLB	2001	0
	GIDP	MLB	2001	0
	Total Bases	MLB	2001	0
	Strikeouts	MLB	2001	0
	Bases on Balls/Walks	MLB	2001	0
	Caught Stealing	MLB	2001	0
	Stolen Bases	MLB	2001	0
	Runs Batted In	MLB	2001	0
	Home Runs	MLB	2001	0
	Triples	MLB	2001	0
	Doubles	MLB	2001	0
	Hits	MLB	2001	0
	Runs Scored	MLB	2001	0
	At Bats	MLB	2001	0
	Plate Appearances	MLB	2001	0
	Games Played	MLB	2001	2
	Wins Above Replacement for position players	MLB	2001	0.0
	SO/BB	MLB	2000	0.50
	SO9	MLB	2000	5.0
	BB9	MLB	2000	10.0
	HR9	MLB	2000	1.0
	H9	MLB	2000	12.0
	WHIP	MLB	2000	2.444
	Fielding Independent Pitching	MLB	2000	7.13
	ERA+	MLB	2000	45
	Batters Faced	MLB	2000	49
	Wild Pitches	MLB	2000	1
	Balks	MLB	2000	0
	Times Hit by a Pitch	MLB	2000	1
	Strikeouts	MLB	2000	5
	Intentional Bases on Balls	MLB	2000	0
	Bases on Balls/Walks	MLB	2000	10
	Home Runs Allowed	MLB	2000	1
	Earned Runs Allowed	MLB	2000	11
	Runs Allowed	MLB	2000	11
	Hits Allowed	MLB	2000	12
	Innings Pitched	MLB	2000	9.0
	Saves	MLB	2000	0
	Shutouts	MLB	2000	0
	Complete Games	MLB	2000	0
	Games Finished	MLB	2000	3
	Games Started	MLB	2000	1
	Games Pitched	MLB	2000	6
	ERA	MLB	2000	11.00
	Win-Loss Percentage	MLB	2000	.000
	Loss	MLB	2000	1
	Wins	MLB	2000	0
	Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers	MLB	2000	-0.3

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