Chris Booker

Christopher Scott Booker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: December 9, 1976 in Monroeville, AL
High School: Monroeville HS (Monroeville, AL)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 20th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 2005
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Reds/Royals 2005-2007

Final Game: July 25, 2007
About biographical information

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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1995	18	CHC-min	Rk	3	2	.600	2.76	13	7	2	0	0	1	42.1	36	22	13	0	16	0	43	0	1	4	173		1.228	7.7	0.0	3.4	9.1	2.69	CBF · GULF
1996	19	CHC-min	A-,A+	4	6	.400	5.12	15	15	0	0	0	0	63.1	58	52	36	2	54	1	54	3	2	8	303		1.768	8.2	0.3	7.7	7.7	1.00	WPT,DYT · NYPL,FLOR
1997	20	CHC-min	A-	1	5	.167	3.35	24	3	11	0	0	1	45.2	39	20	17	2	25	0	60	0	0	9	200		1.401	7.7	0.4	4.9	11.8	2.40	WPT · NYPL
1998	21	CHC-min	A	1	2	.333	3.36	44	1	22	0	0	4	64.1	47	32	24	2	53	4	78	4	1	8	287		1.554	6.6	0.3	7.4	10.9	1.47	RFD · MIDW
1999	22	CHC-min	A+	2	5	.286	3.95	42	0	29	0	0	6	73.0	72	45	32	6	37	1	68	3	0	5	328		1.493	8.9	0.7	4.6	8.4	1.84	DYT · FLOR
2000	23	CHC-min	A+,AA	1	2	.333	2.76	43	0	27	0	0	10	42.1	35	20	13	1	26	1	55	1	0	2	187		1.441	7.4	0.2	5.5	11.7	2.12	DYT,WTN · FLOR,SOUL
2001	24	CHC-CIN-min	AA	4	6	.400	4.24	61	0	17	0	0	2	68.0	52	36	32	8	47	2	101	1	0	7	307		1.456	6.9	1.1	6.2	13.4	2.15	WTN,CNG · SOUL
2002		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2003	26	CIN-min	Rk,A	0	2	.000	8.64	17	0	10	0	0	2	16.2	21	16	16	4	12	0	17	0	0	1	84		1.980	11.3	2.2	6.5	9.2	1.42	RDL,DAY · GULF,MIDW
2004	27	CIN-min	AA,AAA	2	1	.667	2.12	35	0	14	0	0	5	51.0	36	12	12	2	35	4	66	1	0	9	226		1.392	6.4	0.4	6.2	11.6	1.89	CNG,LOU · SOUL,IL
2005	28	CIN-min	AAA	8	4	.667	2.49	59	0	48	0	0	20	65.0	45	20	18	2	28	1	91	1	0	3	263		1.123	6.2	0.3	3.9	12.6	3.25	LOU · IL
2005	28	CIN	NL	0	0		31.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	8	7	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	15	16	5.000	27.0	9.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
2006	29	WSN-PHI-KCR-min	A+,AAA,AA	2	2	.500	4.29	35	0	12	0	0	0	42.0	37	22	20	5	21	0	67	0	0	2	179		1.381	7.9	1.1	4.5	14.4	3.19	NOR,OMA,CLW,SWB,WCH · PCL,FLOR,IL,TL
2006	29	TOT	MLB	0	0		9.72	11	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	10	9	9	4	4	0	7	0	0	1	38	48	1.680	10.8	4.3	4.3	7.6	1.75
2006	29	KCR	AL	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	6	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	12	8.000	45.0	27.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
2006	29	WSN	NL	0	0		3.68	10	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	5	3	3	1	1	0	7	0	0	1	27	122	0.818	6.1	1.2	1.2	8.6	7.00
2007	30	WSN-min	AAA	2	5	.286	2.95	55	0	51	0	0	30	58.0	37	19	19	4	39	0	83	0	0	2	246		1.310	5.7	0.6	6.1	12.9	2.13	CLB · IL
2007	30	WSN	NL	0	1	.000	18.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	32	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2008	31	WSN-min	AAA	1	3	.250	4.94	21	0	12	0	0	8	23.2	18	13	13	3	18	1	38	1	0	3	108		1.521	6.8	1.1	6.8	14.5	2.11	CLB · IL
3 Yrs				0	1	.000	14.29	17	0	4	0	0	0	11.1	17	19	18	7	9	0	10	0	0	2	58	34	2.294	13.5	5.6	7.1	7.9	1.11
162 Game Avg.				0	4	.000	14.29	68	0	16	0	0	0	45	68	76	72	28	36	0	40	0	0	8	232	34	2.294	13.5	5.6	7.1	7.9	1.11

WSN (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	5.40	13	0	3	0	0	0	8.1	6	5	5	2	2	0	8	0	0	2	32	86	0.960	6.5	2.2	2.2	8.6	4.00
KCR (1 yr)				0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	6	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	12	8.000	45.0	27.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		31.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	8	7	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	15	16	5.000	27.0	9.0	18.0	9.0	0.50

NL (3 yrs)				0	1	.000	10.45	16	0	4	0	0	0	10.1	12	13	12	4	6	0	10	0	0	2	47	45	1.742	10.5	3.5	5.2	8.7	1.67
AL (1 yr)				0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	6	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	12	8.000	45.0	27.0	27.0	0.0	0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2005	28	CIN	NL	2.0	3	0	8	36.00	4.58	-0.36	-0.35	102.0	4.69	-7	-0.6	.2	0.2	-0.3	-7	.305	.496	$
2006	29	KCR	AL	1.0	1	0	6	54.00	4.92	0.43	-0.36	98.0	4.05	-6	-0.3	.1	0.2	-0.2	-5	.161	.498	$
2006	29	WSN	NL	7.1	10	0	3	3.68	5.21	-0.20	-0.38	93.3	4.69	1	0.1	.9	-0.0	0.1	2	.508	.501	$
2007	30	WSN	NL	1.0	3	0	2	18.00	6.57	-0.10	-0.47	102.8	6.37	-1	-0.1	2.5	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.459	.499	$
3 Seasons				11.1	17	0	19	15.09	5.20	-0.16	-0.38	96.1	4.78	-13	-1.0	1.0	0.3	-0.6	-12	.443	.499	$

WSN (2 yrs)				8.1	13	0	5	5.40	5.38	-0.18	-0.39	94.4	4.89	-0	-0.0	1.3	-0.1	-0.1	0	.497	.500	$
KCR (1 yr)				1.0	1	0	6	54.00	4.92	0.43	-0.36	98.0	4.05	-6	-0.3	.1	0.2	-0.2	-5	.161	.498	$
CIN (1 yr)				2.0	3	0	8	36.00	4.58	-0.36	-0.35	102.0	4.69	-7	-0.6	.2	0.2	-0.3	-7	.305	.496	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2005	28	CIN	NL	3	15	11	8	6	1	0	2	1	0	4	2	.545	.667	1.182	1.848	.571	13	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	29	KCR	AL	1	11	8	6	5	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	.625	.727	1.875	2.602	.400	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	29	TOT	MLB	11	38	34	9	10	2	0	4	1	0	4	7	.294	.368	.706	1.074	.261	24	1	0	0	0	0	0
2006	29	WSN	NL	10	27	26	3	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	7	.192	.222	.346	.568	.222	9	1	0	0	0	0	0
2007	30	WSN	NL	3	5	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.400	1.333	1.733	.000	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
3 Yrs				17	58	48	19	17	3	0	7	2	0	9	10	.354	.448	.854	1.302	.313	41	1	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				68	232	192	76	68	12	0	28	8	0	36	40	.354	.448	.854	1.302	.313	164	4	0	0	4	0	0
MLB Averages																.267	.334	.425	.759	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2005	28	CIN	NL	-6.0	-0.5	17	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.14	-0.5	-0.3	-6.8	-0.6	0.14	-4.8	0	0	3
2006	29	TOT	MLB	-4.1	-0.3	40	0.1	0.5	-0.4	.74	-0.2	0.3	-2.3	-0.1	0.76	-2.9	2	3	5
2006	29	KCR	AL	-4.9	-0.4	11	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.05	-0.4	0.2	-5.7	-0.4	0.05	-5.4	0	0	1
2006	29	WSN	NL	0.8	0.1	29	0.1	0.5	-0.4	1.03	0.2	-0.1	3.4	0.3	1.03	2.5	2	3	4
2007	30	WSN	NL	-1.4	-0.1	6	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	2.30	-0.1	-0.0	-1.8	-0.2	2.30	-1.4	3	0	0
3 Yrs				-11.5	-1.0	63	-0.3	0.6	-1.0	.74	-0.8	0.3	-10.9	-0.9	0.74	-9.0	5	3	8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2005	28	CIN	NL	3	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.139	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	3	2	0	0	2.0	25
2006	29	TOT	MLB	11	11	2	0	0	0		3	2	6	0	0%		.742	2	3	5	3	0	8	3	8	4	1	1	2.3	14
2006	29	KCR	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.045	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3.0	43
2006	29	WSN	NL	10	10	2	0	0	0		3	2	6	0	0%	6	1.026	2	3	4	3	0	7	3	7	4	0	1	2.2	11
2007	30	WSN	NL	3	3	1	1	1	1	0%	1	0	3	1	33%	6	2.300	3	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	3	0	1	1.0	7
3 Yrs				17	17	4	1	1	1	0%	4	2	9	1	11%		.720	5	3	8	5	2	10	5	12	9	1	2	2.0	15

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2005	28	CIN	NL	15	67%	13.3%	13.3%	26.7%	20.0%	50%	0.13	0.00	47%	33%	25.0%	0%	2	0	0%
2006	29	TOT	MLB	38	66%	10.5%	18.4%	10.5%	15.8%	60%	0.29	0.64	61%	30%	22.2%	14%	7	1	14%
2006	29	KCR	AL	11	73%	27.3%	0.0%	27.3%	36.4%	80%	0.33	2.00	45%	25%	60.0%	17%	3	0	0%
2006	29	WSN	NL	27	63%	3.7%	25.9%	3.7%	7.4%	40%	0.27	0.50	67%	32%	7.7%	13%	4	1	25%
2007	30	WSN	NL	5	40%	20.0%	20.0%	20.0%	20.0%	100%	0.00	0.00	40%	0%	50.0%	33%	1	0	0%
3 Yrs				58	64%	12.1%	17.2%	15.5%	17.2%	59%	0.22	0.44	55%	28%	25.0%	13%	10	1	10%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	16.8%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	11%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2005	28	CIN	NL	15	74	4.93	38	51%	26%	16%	34%	24%	74%	0%	38%	79%	60%	0%	0	0	7%	1	1	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0
2006	29	TOT	MLB	38	154	4.05	101	66%	31%	20%	23%	27%	69%	0%	45%	71%	74%	3%	1	0	39%	15	6	0	29%	1	1	0	0	0
2006	29	KCR	AL	11	43	3.91	23	53%	30%	17%	17%	35%	70%	0%	37%	75%	55%	9%	1	0	18%	2	1	0		0	1	0	0	0
2006	29	WSN	NL	27	111	4.11	78	70%	31%	21%	24%	24%	69%	0%	49%	70%	81%	0%	0	0	48%	13	5	0	29%	1	0	0	0	0
2007	30	WSN	NL	5	22	4.40	10	45%	50%	10%	10%	30%	50%	0%	23%	80%	20%	40%	2	2	0%	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				58	250	4.31	149	60%	31%	18%	25%	26%	69%	0%	41%	74%	66%	5%	3	2	28%	16	7	0	30%	2	1	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2005	28	CIN	NL	15	6	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	5	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	29	TOT	MLB	38	10	0	0	4	0	1	4	0	1	3	1	0	1	0%	0	1	0	12	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2006	29	KCR	AL	11	5	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	29	WSN	NL	27	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0%	0	1	0	7	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2007	30	WSN	NL	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	100%	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				58	17	0	0	7	1	2	5	2	3	4	3	2	1	67%	0	2	0	19	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MLB Averages																		53%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2005	28	0		31.50	3	1	2.0	6	8	7	2	4	2	0	15	16	5.000	27.0	9.0	18.0	9.0	0.50	16
2006	29	0		13.94	14	3	10.1	16	17	16	6	8	9	1	53	34	2.323	13.9	5.2	7.0	7.8	1.13	34
2007	30	1	.000	14.29	17	4	11.1	17	19	18	7	9	10	2	58	34	2.294	13.5	5.6	7.1	7.9	1.11	34

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2005	28	31.50	2.0	6	8	7	2	4	2	5.000	27.0	18.0	9.0	0.50	9.0	3
2006	29	9.00	8.0	10	9	8	4	4	7	1.750	11.3	4.5	7.9	1.75	4.5	11
2007	30	18.00	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	1	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	9.0	3
3 Yrs		13.91	11.0	17	19	17	7	9	10	2.364	13.9		8.2	1.11	5.7	17

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