Chris Bootcheck
Christopher Brandon Bootcheck
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 24, 1978 in Laporte, IN
High School: Laporte (Laporte, IN)
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
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 46 2.129 13.9 4.4 5.2 6.1 1.17
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 79 125 1.232 9.2 0.5 1.9 3.9 2.00
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 44 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 LAA AL 0 1 .000 10.12 10 0 4 0 0 0 16.0 30 18 18 2 12 0 14 0 0 2 90 44 2.625 16.9 1.1 6.8 7.9 1.17
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 37 1.705 9.8 0.6 5.5 8.0 1.44
6 Seasons 3 7 .300 6.54 90 3 32 0 0 1 147.1 178 111 107 19 64 4 105 6 1 10 677 68 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 68 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 74 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 37 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 74 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 37 1.705 9.8 0.6 5.5 8.0 1.44

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6 Seasons 90 677 595 111 178 37 5 19 10 3 64 105 .299 .370 .474 .844 .333 282 15 6 6 6 4
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
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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 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% 40 61 18 3 1 0 2 5.0 5.0 4.8 78 2 0 0 0 79
2 Seasons 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 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP 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 0.389 0 0 2 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 0.672 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 0.694 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 0.483 6 13 32 13 3 35 21 30 28 10 31 13 4.5 25
2008 29 LAA AL 10 10 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 40% 8 0.416 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 0.511 1 2 10 1 0 12 4 9 3 4 3 1 3.4 22
6 Seasons 90 87 32 3 5 2 1 1 50% 8 6 56 16 29% 0.509 10 17 58 17 4 66 34 53 46 18 49 15 4.6 27

Ratio Pitching*

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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 47% 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 47% 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 44% 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 43% 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 41% 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 36% 1.4% 18.6% 12.9% 10.0% 44% 0.54 0.72 61% 17% 4.8% 25% 17 0 0%
6 Seasons 677 43% 2.8% 15.5% 9.5% 9.0% 34% 0.69 0.92 70% 20% 7.5% 13% 135 15 11%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 331 1297 3.92 831 64% 27% 13% 30% 30% 73% 2% 46% 82% 56% 5% 16 11 24% 81 59 7 21% 11 2 0 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 Seasons 677 2598 3.84 1624 63% 27% 13% 29% 31% 73% 1% 46% 82% 55% 6% 41 21 23% 156 104 17 27% 24 16 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
2003 24 0 1 .000 9.58 4 1 2 0 0 0 10.1 16 13 11 5 6 0 7 0 0 0 53 46 2.129 13.9 4.4 5.2 6.1 1.17 46
2004 25 0 1 .000 9.58 4 1 2 0 0 0 10.1 16 13 11 5 6 0 7 0 0 0 53 46 2.129 13.9 4.4 5.2 6.1 1.17 46
2005 26 0 2 .000 5.59 9 3 3 0 0 1 29.0 35 20 18 6 10 1 15 0 0 1 132 77 1.552 10.9 1.9 3.1 4.7 1.50 77
2006 27 0 3 .000 6.86 16 3 8 0 0 1 39.1 51 32 30 9 19 1 22 0 0 2 186 64 1.780 11.7 2.1 4.3 5.0 1.16 64
2007 28 3 6 .333 5.48 67 3 25 0 0 1 116.2 132 75 71 16 43 4 78 5 1 8 517 81 1.500 10.2 1.2 3.3 6.0 1.81 81
2008 29 3 7 .300 6.04 77 3 29 0 0 1 132.2 162 93 89 18 55 4 92 5 1 10 607 74 1.636 11.0 1.2 3.7 6.2 1.67 74
2009 30 3 7 .300 6.54 90 3 32 0 0 1 147.1 178 111 107 19 64 4 105 6 1 10 677 68 1.643 10.9 1.2 3.9 6.4 1.64 68

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 9.90 10.0 16 12 11 3 9 7 0 2.500 14.4 8.1 6.3 0.78 2.7 7
2007 28 3 5 .375 4.68 75.0 79 43 39 7 23 54 5 1.360 9.5 2.8 6.5 2.35 0.8 51
2008 29 0 1 .000 10.12 16.0 30 20 18 2 12 14 0 2.625 16.9 6.8 7.9 1.17 1.1 10
2009 30 0 1 .000 11.40 15.0 16 21 19 1 9 13 1 1.667 9.6 5.4 7.8 1.44 0.6 13
6 Seasons 4 10 .286 6.52 145.0 176 116 105 19 63 103 6 1.648 10.9 6.4 1.63 1.2 90

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