Chris Britton

Christopher Daniel Britton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 255 lb.

Born: December 16, 1982 in Hollywood, FL
High School: Plantation HS (Plantation, FL)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 8th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 2006
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Yankees 2006-2008

Final Game: September 26, 2008
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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	18	BAL-min	Rk	2	3	.400	2.76	12	3	2	0	0	0	32.2	35	20	10	3	12	1	20	5	0	1	153		1.439	9.6	0.8	3.3	5.5	1.67	OLS · GULF
2002	19	BAL-min	Rk	3	0	1.000	4.54	9	8	1	0	0	0	35.2	30	21	18	5	10	0	27	0	0	0	145		1.121	7.6	1.3	2.5	6.8	2.70	BLD · APPY
2003		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2004	21	BAL-min	A	9	4	.692	3.75	27	8	3	1	0	1	84.0	76	38	35	11	31	2	80	2	0	2	356		1.274	8.1	1.2	3.3	8.6	2.58	DEL · SALL
2005	22	BAL-min	A+	6	0	1.000	1.60	46	0	15	0	0	6	78.2	47	15	14	5	23	0	110	1	0	1	298		0.890	5.4	0.6	2.6	12.6	4.78	FDK · CARL
2006	23	BAL-min	AA	1	0	1.000	2.81	13	0	4	0	0	2	16.0	14	5	5	0	6	1	24	0	0	0	67		1.250	7.9	0.0	3.4	13.5	4.00	BOW · EL
2006	23	BAL	AL	0	2	.000	3.35	52	0	12	0	0	1	53.2	46	22	20	4	17	3	41	0	0	0	221	136	1.174	7.7	0.7	2.9	6.9	2.41
2007	24	NYY-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.51	37	0	17	0	0	8	57.1	51	19	16	3	14	0	58	0	0	0	233		1.134	8.0	0.5	2.2	9.1	4.14	SWB · IL
2007	24	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	3.55	11	0	4	0	0	0	12.2	9	5	5	2	4	0	5	0	0	0	51	131	1.026	6.4	1.4	2.8	3.6	1.25
2008	25	NYY-min	AAA,Rk	3	1	.750	2.05	23	2	6	0	0	0	30.2	28	7	7	2	7	1	29	0	0	0	124		1.141	8.2	0.6	2.1	8.5	4.14	SWB,YNK · IL,GULF
2008	25	NYY	AL	0	0		5.09	15	0	14	0	0	0	23.0	28	13	13	4	11	1	12	0	0	1	105	88	1.696	11.0	1.6	4.3	4.7	1.09
2009	26	SDP-min	AA,AAA	2	2	.500	10.45	15	0	5	0	0	1	20.2	39	25	24	4	8	2	10	0	1	2	104		2.274	17.0	1.7	3.5	4.4	1.25	SAN,POR · TL,PCL
3 Yrs				0	3	.000	3.83	78	0	30	0	0	1	89.1	83	40	38	10	32	4	58	0	0	1	377	119	1.287	8.4	1.0	3.2	5.8	1.81
162 Game Avg.				0	3	.000	3.83	68	0	26	0	0	1	78	72	35	33	9	28	3	51	0	0	1	329	119	1.287	8.4	1.0	3.2	5.8	1.81

NYY (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	4.54	26	0	18	0	0	0	35.2	37	18	18	6	15	1	17	0	0	1	156	100	1.458	9.3	1.5	3.8	4.3	1.13
BAL (1 yr)				0	2	.000	3.35	52	0	12	0	0	1	53.2	46	22	20	4	17	3	41	0	0	0	221	136	1.174	7.7	0.7	2.9	6.9	2.41

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
2006	23	BAL	AL	53.2	52	0	22	3.69	5.09	-0.05	-0.38	98.3	4.67	5	0.5	.8	-0.2	0.9	13	.510	.503	$
2007	24	NYY	AL	12.2	11	0	5	3.55	4.82	-0.10	-0.36	102.0	4.65	1	0.1	.6	-0.1	0.2	3	.513	.501	$
2008	25	NYY	AL	23.0	15	0	13	5.09	4.83	-0.28	-0.36	101.8	4.84	-1	-0.1	.1	-0.0	0.1	2	.493	.499	$
3 Seasons				89.1	78	0	40	4.03	4.98	-0.11	-0.37	99.7	4.71	6	0.6	.7	-0.3	1.2	18	.507	.501	$

NYY (2 yrs)				35.2	26	0	18	4.54	4.83	-0.21	-0.36	101.9	4.77	0	0.0	.3	-0.1	0.3	5	.501	.500	$
BAL (1 yr)				53.2	52	0	22	3.69	5.09	-0.05	-0.38	98.3	4.67	5	0.5	.8	-0.2	0.9	13	.510	.503	$

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
2006	23	BAL	AL	52	221	202	22	46	7	3	4	6	1	17	41	.228	.286	.351	.638	.266	71	2	0	1	1	3	2
2007	24	NYY	AL	11	51	46	5	9	2	0	2	1	0	4	5	.196	.260	.370	.630	.179	17	0	0	1	0	0	0
2008	25	NYY	AL	15	105	93	13	28	7	3	4	0	0	11	12	.301	.371	.570	.941	.308	53	1	0	0	1	1	1
3 Yrs				78	377	341	40	83	16	6	10	7	1	32	58	.243	.307	.413	.720	.265	141	3	0	2	2	4	3
162 Game Avg.				68	329	297	35	72	14	5	9	6	1	28	51	.243	.307	.413	.720	.265	123	3	0	2	2	3	3
MLB Averages																.267	.335	.424	.759	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2006	23	BAL	AL	7.2	0.7	227	0.1	3.2	-3.1	.82	0.8	-0.7	7.9	0.8	0.82	11.4	10	11	29
2007	24	NYY	AL	1.7	0.2	52	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	.37	0.1	-0.8	4.4	0.4	0.37	2.8	2	2	7
2008	25	NYY	AL	-1.0	-0.1	107	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.06	0.1	0.3	-0.6	-0.1	0.06	-3.2	0	0	8
3 Yrs				8.0	0.8	386	-0.1	3.6	-3.7	.55	1.1	-1.2	11.6	1.1	0.55	11.0	12	13	44

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	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
2006	23	BAL	AL	52	52	12	2	3	1	2	33%	9	6	20	4	20%	6	.821	10	11	29	13	6	33	14	38	12	16	12	13	3.1	17
2007	24	NYY	AL	11	11	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	11	1	9%	8	.371	2	2	7	5	1	5	7	4	4	4	4	2	3.5	17
2008	25	NYY	AL	15	15	14	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	2	33%	9	.062	0	0	8	4	0	11	5	10	7	0	7	1	4.6	26
3 Yrs				78	78	30	3	3	1	2	33%	9	6	37	7	19%		.549	12	13	44	22	7	49	26	52	23	20	23	16	3.4	19

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%
2006	23	BAL	AL	221	63%	1.8%	18.6%	7.7%	6.3%	30%	0.50	0.45	71%	17%	4.3%	12%	37	2	5%
2007	24	NYY	AL	51	63%	3.9%	9.8%	7.8%	7.8%	44%	0.46	0.43	76%	14%	9.1%	21%	9	0	0%
2008	25	NYY	AL	105	50%	3.8%	11.4%	10.5%	13.3%	50%	0.37	0.36	74%	23%	7.3%	8%	21	1	5%
3 Yrs				377	59%	2.7%	15.4%	8.5%	8.5%	39%	0.46	0.42	73%	18%	5.8%	12%	67	3	4%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.1%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	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
2006	23	BAL	AL	222	860	3.87	560	65%	30%	11%	29%	29%	70%	4%	45%	84%	61%	4%	9	3	27%	60	37	4	32%	10	4	-1	0	0
2007	24	NYY	AL	51	186	3.65	113	61%	21%	12%	30%	37%	79%	0%	48%	85%	55%	4%	2	2	20%	10	5	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0
2008	25	NYY	AL	105	397	3.78	249	63%	30%	10%	27%	33%	70%	3%	44%	86%	55%	8%	8	7	19%	20	11	3	50%	4	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				378	1443	3.82	922	64%	29%	11%	29%	31%	71%	3%	45%	85%	59%	5%	19	12	24%	90	53	9	33%	14	4	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				25%

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
2006	23	BAL	AL	221	46	3	1	4	0	2	4	0	2	2	14	6	3	43%	2	0	0	84	6	1	86%	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2007	24	NYY	AL	51	9	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	0	67%	0	0	0	22	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	25	NYY	AL	105	28	0	0	4	0	2	3	1	3	1	5	2	0	40%	1	1	0	49	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				377	83	4	1	10	0	5	8	2	6	4	22	10	3	45%	3	1	0	155	7	1	88%	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2006	23	2	.000	3.35	52	12	1	53.2	46	22	20	4	17	3	41	0	221	136	1.174	7.7	0.7	2.9	6.9	2.41	136
2007	24	3	.000	3.39	63	16	1	66.1	55	27	25	6	21	3	46	0	272	135	1.146	7.5	0.8	2.8	6.2	2.19	135
2008	25	3	.000	3.83	78	30	1	89.1	83	40	38	10	32	4	58	1	377	119	1.287	8.4	1.0	3.2	5.8	1.81	119

Neutralized Pitching

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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	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2006	23	3	2	.600	3.23	53.0	45	21	19	4	17	40	1.170	7.6	2.9	6.8	2.35	0.7	52
2007	24	1	0	1.000	3.46	13.0	9	6	5	2	4	5	1.000	6.2	2.8	3.5	1.25	1.4	11
2008	25	1	1	.500	5.32	22.0	28	14	13	4	11	11	1.773	11.5	4.5	4.5	1.00	1.6	15
3 Yrs		5	3	.625	3.78	88.0	82	41	37	10	32	56	1.295	8.4		5.7	1.75	1.0	78

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