Chris Bootcheck

Christopher Brandon Bootcheck

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 24, 1978 in La Porte, IN
High School: LaPorte HS (LaPorte, IN)
School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)
Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed September 13, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 2003
Teams (by GP): Angels/Pirates 2003-2009
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.098 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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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
2001	22	ANA-min	A+,AA	11	7	.611	4.38	21	20	0	2	0	0	123.1	123	70	60	14	34	0	108	3	1	5	520		1.273	9.0	1.0	2.5	7.9	3.18	RCU,ARK · CALL,TL
2002	23	ANA-min	AA,AAA	12	10	.545	4.50	28	28	0	4	1	0	174.0	194	97	87	16	51	0	128	8	0	5	764		1.408	10.0	0.8	2.6	6.6	2.51	ARK,SLK · TL,PCL
2003	24	ANA-min	AAA	8	9	.471	4.25	28	26	0	3	0	0	171.1	194	103	81	19	43	1	82	7	0	1	737		1.383	10.2	1.0	2.3	4.3	1.91	SLK · PCL
2003	24	ANA	AL	0	1	.000	9.58	4	1	2	0	0	0	10.1	16	13	11	5	6	0	7	0	0	0	53	47	2.129	13.9	4.4	5.2	6.1	1.17

2004	25	ANA-min	AAA	11	9	.550	5.12	28	28	0	3	1	0	163.1	202	109	93	22	60	2	105	6	0	7	734		1.604	11.1	1.2	3.3	5.8	1.75	SLK · PCL
2005	26	ANA-min	AAA	7	4	.636	5.63	20	20	0	0	0	0	110.1	140	74	69	13	49	0	85	1	0	4	499		1.713	11.4	1.1	4.0	6.9	1.73	SLK · PCL
2005	26	LAA	AL	0	1	.000	3.38	5	2	1	0	0	1	18.2	19	7	7	1	4	1	8	0	0	1	79	128	1.232	9.2	0.5	1.9	3.9	2.00
2006	27	ANA-min	AAA	4	3	.571	6.72	40	5	14	0	0	1	65.2	84	56	49	10	34	0	43	6	0	5	308		1.797	11.5	1.4	4.7	5.9	1.26	SLK · PCL
2006	27	LAA	AL	0	1	.000	10.45	7	0	5	0	0	0	10.1	16	12	12	3	9	0	7	0	0	1	54	45	2.419	13.9	2.6	7.8	6.1	0.78
2007	28	LAA	AL	3	3	.500	4.77	51	0	17	0	0	0	77.1	81	43	41	7	24	3	56	5	1	6	331	95	1.358	9.4	0.8	2.8	6.5	2.33
2008	29	ANA-min	AAA,A+	1	0	1.000	3.32	25	0	10	0	0	1	38.0	38	19	14	2	23	0	44	2	0	7	178		1.605	9.0	0.5	5.4	10.4	1.91	SLK,RCU · PCL,CALL
2008	29	LAA	AL	0	1	.000	10.13	10	0	4	0	0	0	16.0	30	18	18	2	12	0	14	0	0	2	90	45	2.625	16.9	1.1	6.8	7.9	1.17
2009	30	PIT-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.38	40	0	32	0	0	20	42.2	40	16	16	1	7	0	55	1	0	0	170		1.102	8.4	0.2	1.5	11.6	7.86	INA · IL
2009	30	PIT	NL	0	0		11.05	13	0	3	0	0	0	14.2	16	18	18	1	9	0	13	1	0	0	70	39	1.705	9.8	0.6	5.5	8.0	1.44
2010	31	YKO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	4.62	15	2		0	0	0	25.1	38	16	13	5	7	0	25	1	0	0	122		1.776	13.5	1.8	2.5	8.9	3.57	YKO · JPCL
2011	32	TBD-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.57	16	7	3	0	0	1	58.0	46	27	23	9	19	0	48	1	1	1	236		1.121	7.1	1.4	2.9	7.4	2.53	DHM · IL
2012	33	DET-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.27	19	0	15	0	0	9	22.0	15	10	8	0	14	1	21	0	0	0	95		1.318	6.1	0.0	5.7	8.6	1.50	TOL · IL
6 Yrs				3	7	.300	6.54	90	3	32	0	0	1	147.1	178	111	107	19	64	4	105	6	1	10	677	69	1.643	10.9	1.2	3.9	6.4	1.64
162 Game Avg.				2	5	.300	6.54	66	2	23	0	0	1	108	130	81	78	14	47	3	77	4	1	7	495	69	1.643	10.9	1.2	3.9	6.4	1.64

LAA (5 yrs)				3	7	.300	6.04	77	3	29	0	0	1	132.2	162	93	89	18	55	4	92	5	1	10	607	75	1.636	11.0	1.2	3.7	6.2	1.67
PIT (1 yr)				0	0		11.05	13	0	3	0	0	0	14.2	16	18	18	1	9	0	13	1	0	0	70	39	1.705	9.8	0.6	5.5	8.0	1.44

AL (5 yrs)				3	7	.300	6.04	77	3	29	0	0	1	132.2	162	93	89	18	55	4	92	5	1	10	607	75	1.636	11.0	1.2	3.7	6.2	1.67
NL (1 yr)				0	0		11.05	13	0	3	0	0	0	14.2	16	18	18	1	9	0	13	1	0	0	70	39	1.705	9.8	0.6	5.5	8.0	1.44

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
2003	24	ANA	AL	10.1	4	1	13	11.32	4.87	0.17	-0.19	101.8	4.60	-8	-0.6	.0	0.2	-0.4	-6	.339	.496	$

2005	26	LAA	AL	18.2	5	2	7	3.38	5.02	0.31	-0.09	95.2	4.40	2	0.2	.4	-0.1	0.3	4	.541	.501	$
2006	27	LAA	AL	10.1	7	0	12	10.45	5.23	0.00	-0.39	99.1	4.80	-7	-0.6	.7	0.1	-0.4	-5	.415	.496	$
2007	28	LAA	AL	77.1	51	0	43	5.00	5.06	0.03	-0.37	100.7	4.68	-3	-0.3	.7	-0.2	0.2	7	.493	.498	$380,000
2008	29	LAA	AL	16.0	10	0	18	10.13	4.51	0.07	-0.33	102.1	4.19	-11	-1.0	.6	0.2	-0.7	-9	.400	.494	$415,000
2009	30	PIT	NL	14.2	13	0	18	11.05	4.52	0.16	-0.33	102.2	4.12	-11	-1.1	.6	0.2	-0.8	-10	.416	.493	$
6 Seasons				147.1	90	3	111	6.78	4.94	0.09	-0.32	100.3	4.54	-38	-3.5	.6	0.4	-1.8	-19	.462	.496	$795,000

LAA (5 yrs)				132.2	77	3	93	6.31	4.99	0.08	-0.32	100.0	4.59	-27	-2.4	.7	0.2	-1.0	-9	.469	.497	$795,000
PIT (1 yr)				14.2	13	0	18	11.05	4.52	0.16	-0.33	102.2	4.12	-11	-1.1	.6	0.2	-0.8	-10	.416	.493	$

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
2003	24	ANA	AL	4	53	47	13	16	3	0	5	0	0	6	7	.340	.415	.723	1.138	.314	34	1	0	0	0	0	1

2005	26	LAA	AL	5	79	74	7	19	4	1	1	1	1	4	8	.257	.291	.378	.670	.273	28	1	0	0	1	1	2
2006	27	LAA	AL	7	54	44	12	16	4	0	3	0	0	9	7	.364	.472	.659	1.131	.382	29	4	0	1	0	0	2
2007	28	LAA	AL	51	331	296	43	81	15	4	7	6	2	24	56	.274	.334	.422	.757	.312	125	9	5	2	4	3	3
2008	29	LAA	AL	10	90	78	18	30	5	0	2	1	0	12	14	.385	.467	.526	.992	.452	41	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	30	PIT	NL	13	70	56	18	16	6	0	1	2	0	9	13	.286	.388	.446	.834	.349	25	0	1	3	1	0	0
6 Yrs				90	677	595	111	178	37	5	19	10	3	64	105	.299	.370	.474	.844	.333	282	15	6	6	6	4	8
162 Game Avg.				66	495	435	81	130	27	4	14	7	2	47	77	.299	.370	.474	.844	.333	206	11	4	4	4	3	6
MLB Averages																.265	.334	.422	.756	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2003	24	ANA	AL	-6.5	-0.6	53	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.39	-0.7	-0.0	-5.9	-0.5	0.39	-6.6	0	0	3

2005	26	LAA	AL	2.3	0.2	82	0.0	0.9	-0.8	.66	-0.0	0.1	4.5	0.5	0.66	1.4	0	1	2
2006	27	LAA	AL	-6.1	-0.6	54	0.1	0.6	-0.4	.69	-0.6	0.8	-7.7	-0.7	0.69	-8.0	1	1	4
2007	28	LAA	AL	-1.4	-0.1	346	-0.1	3.0	-3.0	.49	0.3	-0.4	2.7	0.3	0.49	3.8	6	13	32
2008	29	LAA	AL	-9.0	-0.8	94	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.42	-0.6	-0.3	-10.5	-1.0	0.42	-7.7	2	0	8
2009	30	PIT	NL	-10.5	-1.0	72	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	.48	-0.3	-0.9	-9.9	-1.0	0.48	-3.4	1	2	9
6 Yrs				-31.3	-2.9	701	-1.1	5.4	-6.5	.51	-2.0	-0.3	-26.8	-2.4	0.51	-20.5	10	17	58

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2003	24	ANA	AL	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	14.0	14	14	2	2	0	1	1.0	0.0	3.3	69	1	0	0	0	69

2005	26	LAA	AL	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	0	1	50%	39.5	61	18	3	1	0	2	5.0	5.0	4.8	78	2	0	0	0	79
2 Yrs				9	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	.000	1	0	0	0	1	33%	31	61	14	5	3	0	3	3.7	3.5	4.3	75	3	0	0	0	79
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	100	-12					4.8	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2003	24	ANA	AL	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.386	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	3	0	3	0	7.0	42

2005	26	LAA	AL	5	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	4	0	0%	6	.661	0	1	2	1	0	2	2	1	3	0	3	0	9.0	43
2006	27	LAA	AL	7	7	5	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	8	4	50%	7	.694	1	1	4	0	0	7	4	3	4	2	4	0	4.4	29
2007	28	LAA	AL	51	51	17	3	3	1	0	1	0%	5	4	32	7	22%	6	.487	6	13	32	13	3	35	21	30	28	10	31	13	4.5	26
2008	29	LAA	AL	10	10	4	0	1	0	0	0		1	1	5	2	40%	8	.416	2	0	8	2	1	7	3	7	5	2	5	1	4.8	34
2009	30	PIT	NL	13	13	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	7	3	43%	6	.476	1	2	9	1	0	12	4	9	3	4	3	1	3.4	22
6 Yrs				90	87	32	3	5	2	1	1	50%	8	6	56	16	29%		.505	10	17	58	17	4	66	34	53	46	18	49	15	4.6	27

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%
2003	24	ANA	AL	53	53%	9.4%	13.2%	11.3%	15.1%	50%	0.67	1.00	66%	30%	22.7%	8%	13	1	8%

2005	26	LAA	AL	79	53%	1.3%	10.1%	5.1%	7.6%	32%	0.60	0.81	84%	16%	2.6%	10%	12	1	8%
2006	27	LAA	AL	54	56%	5.6%	13.0%	16.7%	13.0%	44%	0.54	0.85	63%	18%	15.0%	17%	11	4	36%
2007	28	LAA	AL	331	57%	2.1%	16.9%	7.3%	7.9%	32%	0.80	1.07	72%	19%	6.0%	14%	68	9	13%
2008	29	LAA	AL	90	59%	2.2%	15.6%	13.3%	7.8%	23%	0.62	0.62	69%	25%	5.4%	5%	14	0	0%
2009	30	PIT	NL	70	64%	1.4%	18.6%	12.9%	10.0%	44%	0.54	0.72	61%	17%	4.8%	25%	17	0	0%
6 Yrs				677	57%	2.8%	15.5%	9.5%	9.0%	34%	0.69	0.92	70%	20%	7.5%	13%	135	15	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.0%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	0.80	1.07	70%	19%	7.8%	12%			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
2003	24	ANA	AL	53	196	3.70	116	59%	32%	9%	25%	34%	68%	0%	40%	87%	47%	9%	5	3	15%	8	4	2	14%	1	2	0	0	0

2005	26	LAA	AL	79	285	3.61	183	64%	27%	10%	27%	37%	73%	4%	47%	87%	61%	4%	3	1	20%	16	9	1	38%	3	1	0	0	0
2006	27	LAA	AL	54	201	3.72	118	59%	26%	9%	32%	32%	74%	0%	43%	87%	50%	6%	3	2	26%	14	10	1	14%	1	1	0	0	0
2007	28	LAA	AL	333	1304	3.92	835	64%	28%	13%	30%	29%	72%	2%	46%	82%	56%	5%	16	11	25%	82	59	7	21%	11	2	-2	0	0
2008	29	LAA	AL	90	337	3.74	207	61%	27%	14%	29%	31%	73%	0%	45%	81%	58%	7%	6	1	26%	23	16	3	57%	6	5	0	0	0
2009	30	PIT	NL	70	282	4.03	169	60%	20%	18%	34%	28%	80%	0%	48%	77%	49%	11%	8	3	20%	14	6	3	23%	2	5	0	0	0
6 Yrs				679	2605	3.84	1628	62%	27%	13%	30%	31%	73%	1%	46%	82%	55%	6%	41	21	23%	157	104	17	27%	24	16	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		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
2003	24	ANA	AL	53	16	0	0	5	0	1	4	1	0	5	3	2	0	67%	1	0	0	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2005	26	LAA	AL	79	19	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	100%	2	1	0	30	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2006	27	LAA	AL	54	16	0	0	3	0	3	2	1	1	2	4	3	0	75%	2	1	0	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	28	LAA	AL	331	81	12	0	7	0	8	5	2	2	5	24	11	3	46%	3	6	0	139	6	2	75%	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
2008	29	LAA	AL	90	30	4	1	2	1	10	2	0	1	1	5	2	2	40%	0	2	1	41	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2009	30	PIT	NL	70	16	3	1	1	0	9	1	0	0	1	10	6	2	60%	0	0	0	23	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6 Yrs				677	178	19	2	19	1	32	14	5	4	15	48	26	7	54%	8	10	1	278	10	3	77%	8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
MLB Averages																		53%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	ERA+
2003	24	0	1	.000	9.58	4	1	2	0	10.1	16	13	11	5	6	0	7	0	0	0	53	47	2.129	13.9	4.4	5.2	6.1	1.17	47
2004	25	0	1	.000	9.58	4	1	2	0	10.1	16	13	11	5	6	0	7	0	0	0	53	47	2.129	13.9	4.4	5.2	6.1	1.17	47
2005	26	0	2	.000	5.59	9	3	3	1	29.0	35	20	18	6	10	1	15	0	0	1	132	79	1.552	10.9	1.9	3.1	4.7	1.50	79
2006	27	0	3	.000	6.86	16	3	8	1	39.1	51	32	30	9	19	1	22	0	0	2	186	65	1.780	11.7	2.1	4.3	5.0	1.16	65
2007	28	3	6	.333	5.48	67	3	25	1	116.2	132	75	71	16	43	4	78	5	1	8	517	82	1.500	10.2	1.2	3.3	6.0	1.81	82
2008	29	3	7	.300	6.04	77	3	29	1	132.2	162	93	89	18	55	4	92	5	1	10	607	75	1.636	11.0	1.2	3.7	6.2	1.67	75
2009	30	3	7	.300	6.54	90	3	32	1	147.1	178	111	107	19	64	4	105	6	1	10	677	69	1.643	10.9	1.2	3.9	6.4	1.64	69

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	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2003	24	0	1	.000	9.90	10.0	16	12	11	5	6	7	0	2.200	14.4	5.4	6.3	1.17	4.5	4

2005	26	1	1	.500	3.32	19.0	19	8	7	1	4	8	0	1.211	9.0	1.9	3.8	2.00	0.5	5
2006	27	0	1	.000	10.80	10.0	16	13	12	3	9	7	0	2.500	14.4	8.1	6.3	0.78	2.7	7
2007	28	3	5	.375	4.86	74.0	80	44	40	7	24	54	5	1.405	9.7	2.9	6.6	2.25	0.9	51
2008	29	0	1	.000	9.56	16.0	29	19	17	2	12	14	0	2.563	16.3	6.8	7.9	1.17	1.1	10
2009	30	0	1	.000	12.21	14.0	17	21	19	1	10	12	1	1.929	10.9	6.4	7.7	1.20	0.6	13
6 Yrs		4	10	.286	6.67	143.0	177	117	106	19	65	102	6	1.692	11.1		6.4	1.57	1.2	90

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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