• Brandon’s 123 Ks as a Kentucky junior set a new school record. It held up until 2002, when Joe Blanton broke Brandon’s mark.
• Brandon amassed 259 strikeouts as a Wildcat to rank third on Kentucky’s all-time list.
• The 16 consecutive quality starts Brandon made at the start of his career were the most since Steve Rogers in 1973.
• Brandon was Baseball America’s 2003 NL Rookie of the Year.
• Brandon was one of only six pitchers to log at least 180 innings and an ERA below 4.00 from 2003 through 2005.
• Brandon is a coach’s dream. In high school, college, the minors and the majors, he has been called a “sponge” for information.
• Brandon married his high school sweetheart, Alicia, in their hometown of Ashland. In 2006, they became parents for the first time with the arrival of daughter Reagan Lucille.
• Brandon became friends with David Wright at the 2006 All-Star Game. The two first-timers lockered next to each other.
• In 2005, Brandon established the Brandon Webb K Foundation to benefit at-risk children throughout Arizona by providing assistance, programs, and special events to help them set and achieve life goals. He is also a club spokesman for domestic violence prevention programs.
• Brandon enjoys sitting in the clubhouse before games playing guitar with fellow pitchers Brandon Medders and Brandon Lyon, and first baseman Conor Jackson.
• The Diamondback coaches watch Brandon carefully when he‘s on the mound. He is known to telegraph pitches to opposing batters and pickoffs to opposing base runners.
• Brandon always eats at International House of Pancakes on days he is starting.
• Brandon drives a black Hummer and a black Chevy Tahoe.

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