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Chris Capuano

Christopher Frank Capuano

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: August 19, 1978 in Springfield, MA
High School: Cathedral (West Springfield, MA)
School: Duke University
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 8th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed August 24, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 2003
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Mets/Diamondbacks 2003-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 1 yr/$1.5M (11), 2 yrs/$10M (12-13) & 14 mutual option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.001, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #552. Ed Seward… #553. Jim Devlin… #554. Yovani Gallardo… #555. CHRIS CAPUANO… #556. Ben McDonald… #557. Shane Reynolds… #558. Bryn Smith…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #552. Ed Seward… #553. Jim Devlin… #554. Yovani Gallardo… #555. CHRIS CAPUANO… #556. Ben McDonald… #557. Shane Reynolds… #558. Bryn Smith…

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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
2000	21	ARI-min	A	10	4	.714	2.21	18	18	0	0	0	0	101.2	68	35	25	2	45	0	105	5	2	2	408		1.111	6.0	0.2	4.0	9.3	2.33	SBN · MIDW
2001	22	ARI-min	AA	10	11	.476	5.31	28	28	0	2	2	0	159.1	184	109	94	13	75	0	167	11	2	9	733		1.626	10.4	0.7	4.2	9.4	2.23	ELP · TL
2002	23	ARI-min	AAA	4	1	.800	2.72	6	6	0	0	0	0	36.1	30	12	11	1	11	0	29	0	0	1	146		1.128	7.4	0.2	2.7	7.2	2.64	TUC · PCL
2003	24	ARI-min	AAA	9	5	.643	3.34	23	23	0	0	0	0	142.2	133	66	53	9	43	2	108	11	1	6	602		1.234	8.4	0.6	2.7	6.8	2.51	TUC · PCL
2003	24	ARI	NL	2	4	.333	4.64	9	5	2	0	0	0	33.0	27	19	17	3	11	1	23	6	0	3	139	102	1.152	7.4	0.8	3.0	6.3	2.09
2004	25	MIL-min	AAA,A,A+	0	2	.000	10.12	4	4	0	0	0	0	13.1	19	16	15	3	9	0	15	1	0	2	66		2.100	12.8	2.0	6.1	10.1	1.67	INA,BEL,HDS · IL,MIDW,CALL
2004	25	MIL	NL	6	8	.429	4.99	17	17	0	0	0	0	88.1	91	55	49	18	37	1	80	5	1	3	385	88	1.449	9.3	1.8	3.8	8.2	2.16
2005	26	MIL	NL	18	12	.600	3.99	35	35	0	0	0	0	219.0	212	105	97	31	91	6	176	12	4	3	949	107	1.384	8.7	1.3	3.7	7.2	1.93
2006	27	MIL	NL	11	12	.478	4.03	34	34	0	3	2	0	221.1	229	108	99	29	47	4	174	9	0	7	936	113	1.247	9.3	1.2	1.9	7.1	3.70	AS
2007	28	MIL	NL	5	12	.294	5.10	29	25	0	0	0	0	150.0	170	93	85	20	54	2	132	8	0	10	669	87	1.493	10.2	1.2	3.2	7.9	2.44

2010	31	MIL-min	AAA,A+	3	1	.750	1.59	7	7	0	0	0	0	39.2	33	8	7	1	4	0	33	1	0	1	158		0.933	7.5	0.2	0.9	7.5	8.25	NVL,BRE · PCL,FLOR
2010	31	MIL	NL	4	4	.500	3.95	24	9	5	0	0	0	66.0	65	29	29	9	21	1	54	1	0	5	278	102	1.303	8.9	1.2	2.9	7.4	2.57
2011	32	NYM	NL	11	12	.478	4.55	33	31	0	1	1	0	186.0	198	99	94	27	53	5	168	5	0	4	802	82	1.349	9.6	1.3	2.6	8.1	3.17
7 Seasons				57	64	.471	4.39	181	156	7	4	3	0	963.2	992	508	470	137	314	20	807	46	5	35	4158	97	1.355	9.3	1.3	2.9	7.5	2.57
162 Game Avg.				12	13	.471	4.39	37	31	1	1	1	0	194	200	103	95	28	63	4	163	9	1	7	839	97	1.355	9.3	1.3	2.9	7.5	2.57

MIL (5 yrs)				44	48	.478	4.34	139	120	5	3	2	0	744.2	767	390	359	107	250	14	616	35	5	28	3217	101	1.366	9.3	1.3	3.0	7.4	2.46
ARI (1 yr)				2	4	.333	4.64	9	5	2	0	0	0	33.0	27	19	17	3	11	1	23	6	0	3	139	102	1.152	7.4	0.8	3.0	6.3	2.09
NYM (1 yr)				11	12	.478	4.55	33	31	0	1	1	0	186.0	198	99	94	27	53	5	168	5	0	4	802	82	1.349	9.6	1.3	2.6	8.1	3.17

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2003	24	ARI	NL	33.0	5	19	20	0	1.0	1	0.1	$
2004	25	MIL	NL	88.1	17	55	57	-1	1.0	2	0.2	$305,000
2005	26	MIL	NL	219.0	35	105	133	-3	1.0	28	2.9	$340,000
2006	27	MIL	NL	221.1	34	108	149	-9	1.0	41	4.0	$450,000	AS
2007	28	MIL	NL	150.0	25	93	98	-5	1.0	5	0.4	$3,250,000

2010	31	MIL	NL	66.0	9	29	38	-2	.8	9	0.9	$
2011	32	NYM	NL	186.0	31	99	115	-10	1.0	16	1.7	$1,500,000
7 Seasons				963.2	156	508	610	-30	1.0	102	10.2	$5,845,000

MIL (5 yrs)				744.2	120	390	475	-20	1.0	85	8.4	$4,345,000
ARI (1 yr)				33.0	5	19	20	0	1.0	1	0.1	$
NYM (1 yr)				186.0	31	99	115	-10	1.0	16	1.7	$1,500,000

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2000	21	ARI-min	A	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SBN · MIDW
2001	22	ARI-min	AA	28	17	13	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	.154	.250	.308	.558		4	0	0	1	1	0	ELP · TL
2002	23	ARI-min	AAA	6	11	9	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.556	.778		5	0	0	2	0	0	TUC · PCL
2003	24	ARI-min	AAA	23	35	32	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.094	.121	.094	.215		3	0	0	2	0	0	TUC · PCL
2003	24	ARI	NL	9	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2004	25	MIL-min	A,AAA,A+	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BEL,INA,HDS · MIDW,IL,CALL
2004	25	MIL	NL	17	32	30	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.200	.250	.267	.517	34	8	0	1	0	0	0	1
2005	26	MIL	NL	35	79	71	5	12	3	0	0	9	0	0	2	33	.169	.189	.211	.400	5	15	1	0	5	1	0	1
2006	27	MIL	NL	35	75	68	3	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	35	.118	.143	.132	.275	-29	9	0	0	5	0	0	1	AS
2007	28	MIL	NL	29	48	41	2	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	16	.220	.256	.293	.548	42	12	1	0	5	0	0	1

2010	31	MIL-min	AAA,A+	7	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400		1	0	0	1	0	0	NVL,BRE · PCL,FLOR
2010	31	MIL	NL	24	18	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.056	.056	.056	.111	-70	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	32	NYM	NL	34	62	56	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	.071	.071	.107	.179	-51	6	1	0	6	0	0	1
7 Seasons				183	322	292	12	40	8	0	1	17	0	0	7	141	.137	.159	.175	.334	-12	51	3	1	21	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	285	258	11	35	7	0	1	15	0	0	6	125	.137	.159	.175	.334	-12	45	3	1	19	1	0

MIL (5 yrs)				140	252	228	10	36	6	0	1	17	0	0	7	103	.158	.186	.197	.383	-0	45	2	1	15	1	0
ARI (1 yr)				9	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				34	62	56	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	.071	.071	.107	.179	-51	6	1	0	6	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2003	24	ARI	NL	8	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
2004	25	MIL	NL	32	-3	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$305,000	1
2005	26	MIL	NL	79	-10	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$340,000	1
2006	27	MIL	NL	75	-13	0	-1	1	0	9	2	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$450,000	1	AS
2007	28	MIL	NL	48	-3	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$3,250,000	1

2010	31	MIL	NL	18	-4	-1	-0	0	0	2	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	1
2011	32	NYM	NL	62	-11	0	0	-0	0	6	2	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.4	0.0	$1,500,000	1
7 Seasons				322	-47	-1	-1	1	0	35	8	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.5	0.0	$5,845,000

MIL (5 yrs)				252	-33	-1	-1	1	0	28	6	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$4,345,000
ARI (1 yr)				8	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
NYM (1 yr)				62	-11	0	0	-0	0	6	2	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.4	0.0	$1,500,000

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
2003	ARI	NL	24	P	9			33.0	10	1	8	1	1	.900	2	12	2.45	1.00	.957	1.83	1.83
2004	MIL	NL	25	P	17			88.1	19	3	16	0	0	1.000	4	9	1.94	1.12	.965	1.84	1.82
2005	MIL	NL	26	P	35			219.0	48	7	37	4	1	.917	4	4	1.81	1.26	.960	1.75	1.73
2006	MIL	NL	27	P	34			221.1	47	14	31	2	1	.957	6	5	1.83	1.32	.958	1.72	1.71					AS
2007	MIL	NL	28	P	29			150.0	38	8	29	1	2	.974	3	4	2.22	1.28	.965	1.68	1.67
2010	MIL	NL	31	P	24			66.0	12	2	10	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.64	0.50	.954	1.73	1.72
2011	NYM	NL	32	P	33	31	1	186.0	35	7	28	0	2	1.000	2	2	1.69	1.06	.955	1.80	1.79	9	5	36%	3
	7 Seasons			P	181	31	1	963.2	209	42	159	8	7	.962	21	4	1.88	1.11	.960	1.75	1.74	9	5	36%	3
	7 Seasons			TOT	181	31	1	963.2	209	42	159	8	7	.962	21	26	1.88	1.11	.960	1.75	1.74	9	5	36%	3

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2006	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2006 NL 4.0 (10th)	Wins s c a p y 2005 NL 18 (4th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2006 NL 1.247 (10th)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 2006 NL 1.911 (6th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 2006 NL 221.3 (7th)	Games Started s c a p y 2005 NL 35 (1st) 2006 NL 34 (6th)	Complete Games s c a p y 2006 NL 3 (5th)
Shutouts s c a p y 2006 NL 2 (3rd) 2011 NL 1 (6th) Active 3 (48th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2005 NL 31 (6th) 2006 NL 29 (5th) 2011 NL 27 (5th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2005 NL 91 (3rd)	Hits s c a p y 2006 NL 229 (10th)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2006 NL 3.702 (7th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 2011 NL 94 (8th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2007 NL 10 (4th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2005 NL 12 (6th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 2005 NL 949 (5th) 2006 NL 936 (8th)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 2005 NL 4 (2nd)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2011 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 15 (1235), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1143), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 8th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed August 24, 1999.
December 1, 2003: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Craig Counsell, Chad Moeller, Lyle Overbay, Jorge De La Rosa and Junior Spivey to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later, Shane Nance and Richie Sexson. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Noochie Varner (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.
December 12, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
December 17, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
November 28, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
January 3, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
December 2, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2004	25	Milwaukee Brewers	$305,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	26	Milwaukee Brewers	$340,000
2006	27	Milwaukee Brewers	$450,000
2007	28	Milwaukee Brewers	$3,250,000
2008	29	Milwaukee Brewers	$3,750,000

2011	32	New York Mets	$1,500,000

2012	33	Los Angeles Dodgers	$3,000,000
2013	34	Los Angeles Dodgers	$6,000,000
2014	35	Los Angeles Dodgers	*$6,000,000	$6M Mutual Option, $1M Buyout

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$9,595,000	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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