Dodgers Bring Back RP Brandon League For 3 More Years

October 30, 2012 6:14 PM

LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 29: Closer Brandon League #31 of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches in the ninth inning on his way to picking up the save against the Colorado Rockies on September 29, 2012 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers won 3-0. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) The Los Angeles Dodgers have re-signed relief pitcher Brandon League to a three-year deal according to the team.

“We’re excited to bring back a key member of our bullpen, which was a team strength last season,” said Colletti. “”We were very pleased with what Brandon provided us after we acquired him. He pitched in a couple of different roles including the closer role most of the last month where he was very effective.”

League was acquired by the Dodgers after a nonwaiver trade on the deadline with the Seattle Mariners on July 31

The California native has saved 52 games (T-11^th, MLB), finished 99 games (9^th, MLB) and posted a 2.97 ERA in 139 games in the last two seasons, while compiling a 19-28 record, 60 saves and a 3.60 ERA in 377 appearances in his nine-year Major League career with Toronto (2004-09), Seattle (2010-12) and Los Angeles (2012). Since his first big league season in 2004, League ranks eighth among qualifying Major League relievers with a 74.5 ground ball percentage and has limited opponents to a .248 batting average in his career, including a .222 mark against right-handed hitters.