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Chris Carpenter

Christopher John Carpenter

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

Born: April 27, 1975 in Exeter, NH
High School: Trinity HS (Manchester, NH)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed August 10, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1997
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/BlueJays 1997-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$21M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 14.080, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Bob LaMonte [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1997 22 TOR AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 23 TOR AL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 24 TOR AL 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 25 TOR AL 34 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 26 TOR AL 34 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -12 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2002 27 TOR AL 13 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 428 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2004 29 STL NL 28 67 62 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21 .081 .095 .081 .176 -53 5 0 0 4 0 0 1
2005 30 STL NL 33 93 77 7 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 5 23 .065 .120 .091 .211 -43 7 2 0 10 1 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-8
2006 31 STL NL 32 80 71 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 27 .127 .127 .127 .254 -34 9 0 0 9 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-19
2007 32 STL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2008 33 STL NL 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2009 34 STL NL 28 69 63 3 11 3 0 1 7 0 0 2 13 .175 .212 .270 .482 28 17 1 1 3 0 0 1 CYA-2,MVP-14
2010 35 STL NL 35 84 72 2 8 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 25 .111 .135 .153 .288 -21 11 2 1 10 0 0 1 AS
2011 36 STL NL 34 82 71 2 11 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 25 .155 .178 .197 .375 4 14 0 0 9 0 0 1
14 Yrs 347 495 433 18 51 8 0 2 21 0 1 12 142 .118 .145 .150 .295 -21 65 5 2 47 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 231 202 8 24 4 0 1 10 0 0 6 66 .118 .145 .150 .295 -21 30 2 1 22 0 0
STL (8 yrs) 195 481 422 17 49 8 0 2 21 0 1 11 137 .116 .142 .149 .291 -22 63 5 2 45 1 0
TOR (6 yrs) 152 14 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .182 .250 .182 .432 15 2 0 0 2 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 195 481 422 17 49 8 0 2 21 0 1 11 137 .116 .142 .149 .291 -22 63 5 2 45 1 0
AL (6 yrs) 152 14 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .182 .250 .182 .432 15 2 0 0 2 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1997 22 TOR AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $150,000 1
1998 23 TOR AL 33 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $190,000 1
1999 24 TOR AL 24 2 0 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $483,333 1
2000 25 TOR AL 34 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $733,333 1
2001 26 TOR AL 34 7 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,583,333 1
2002 27 TOR AL 13 2 1 -0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .508 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $3,450,000 1
2004 29 STL NL 28 67 -14 -0 0 0 10 -4 -0.4 2 -3 -0.4 .484 .497 -0.4 0.0 -3 $300,000 1
2005 30 STL NL 33 93 -17 -0 1 0 13 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .489 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $2,000,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-8
2006 31 STL NL 32 80 -15 0 0 0 12 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $5,000,000 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-19
2007 32 STL NL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .480 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $8,500,000 /1
2008 33 STL NL 4 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .482 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $10,500,000 /1
2009 34 STL NL 28 69 -7 -0 0 0 10 3 0.3 2 4 0.3 .510 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $13,302,583 1 CYA-2,MVP-14
2010 35 STL NL 35 84 -13 -0 0 0 11 -2 -0.3 2 -0 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 0.0 -0 $15,840,971 1 AS
2011 36 STL NL 34 82 -10 -0 0 0 10 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $14,259,403 1
14 Seasons 347 495 -79 -2 1 0 69 -11 -1.1 13 3 -0.9 .497 .500 -0.9 0.1 3 $77,292,956
STL (8 yrs) 195 481 -78 -1 1 0 67 -11 -1.1 13 2 -1.0 .494 .499 -1.0 0.0 2 $69,702,957
TOR (6 yrs) 152 14 -1 -1 0 0 2 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $7,589,999

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1998 23 TOR AL 1 1 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .271 .000 .339 .000 .431 .000 .770 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1999 24 TOR AL 2 1 0 0.0 114 .000 .275 .500 .348 .000 .440 .500 .788 44 .000 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
2000 25 TOR AL 2 2 0 0.0 118 .000 .000 .280 .000 .354 .000 .450 .000 .804 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2001 26 TOR AL 7 6 0 0.0 109 .333 .167 .270 .167 .337 .167 .433 .333 .770 -12 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
2002 27 TOR AL 2 1 1 26.7 109 1.000 1.000 .269 1.000 .337 1.000 .432 2.000 .769 428 .956 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
2004 29 STL NL 67 61 1 0.4 110 .122 .081 .268 .095 .340 .081 .435 .176 .775 -53 .011 -14.4 -1.4 .105 .016 .000
2005 30 STL NL 93 86 1 0.3 109 .091 .065 .270 .120 .340 .091 .430 .211 .770 -43 .006 -16.6 -1.6 .147 .078 .026
2006 31 STL NL 80 71 2 0.8 112 .205 .127 .271 .127 .342 .127 .440 .254 .782 -34 .029 -14.5 -1.4 .145 .000 .000
2007 32 STL NL 1 1 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .272 .000 .341 .000 .434 .000 .775 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2008 33 STL NL 5 5 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .265 .000 .336 .000 .423 .000 .759 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2009 34 STL NL 69 56 4 1.9 105 .204 .175 .263 .212 .336 .270 .418 .482 .755 28 .156 -6.8 -0.7 .377 .127 .095 .0
2010 35 STL NL 84 76 2 0.7 100 .152 .111 .258 .135 .328 .153 .407 .288 .735 -21 .031 -12.4 -1.2 .197 .056 .042 .0
2011 36 STL NL 82 69 3 1.2 97 .239 .155 .257 .178 .324 .197 .400 .375 .724 4 .080 -9.3 -1.0 .267 .070 .042
14 Yrs 495 436 14 0.9 106 .169 .118 .265 .145 .335 .150 .422 .295 .757 -21 .041 -77.2 -7.6 .201 .058 .032 .0
162 Game Avg. 231 204 7 0.9 106 .169 .118 .265 .145 .335 .150 .422 .295 .757 -21 .041 -77.2 -7.6 .201 .058 .032
STL (8 yrs) 481 425 13 0.8 105 .165 .116 .265 .142 .335 .149 .422 .291 .757 -22 .038 -75.8 -7.4 .198 .057 .033 .0
TOR (6 yrs) 14 11 1 2.4 111 .333 .182 .272 .250 .342 .182 .436 .432 .778 15 .201 -1.5 -0.1 .333 .091 .000
NL (8 yrs) 481 425 13 0.8 105 .165 .116 .265 .142 .335 .149 .422 .291 .757 -22 .038 -75.8 -7.4 .198 .057 .033 .0
AL (6 yrs) 14 11 1 2.4 111 .333 .182 .272 .250 .342 .182 .436 .432 .778 15 .201 -1.5 -0.1 .333 .091 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 30 STL NL NLDS SDP W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 30 STL NL NLCS HOU L 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0
2006 31 STL NL NLDS SDP W 2 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 1 0 0
2006 31 STL NL NLCS NYM W 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 31 STL NL WS DET W 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2009 34 STL NL NLDS LAD L 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2011 36 STL NL NLDS PHI W 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 1 0 0 0 0
2011 36 STL NL NLCS MIL W 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 36 STL NL WS TEX W 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (9 Series) 15 37 32 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .094 .094 .094 .188 3 1 0 5 0 0
4 NLDS 6 16 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 2 1 0 2 0 0
3 NLCS 5 12 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0 0 2 0 0
2 WS 4 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 STL NL 30 as P
2006 STL NL 31 DNP
2010 STL NL 35 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1998 23 TOR AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 0.0% 0%
1999 24 TOR AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0% 1.00 1.0 0%
2000 25 TOR AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
2001 26 TOR AL 7 0.0% 42.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 0.50 2.00 43% 25% 0.0% 0%
2002 27 TOR AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 50% 50% 0.0% 0%
2004 29 STL NL 67 0.0% 31.3% 1.5% 0.0% 0% 21.00 3.0 62.0 2.15 2.33 61% 11% 0.0% 31%
2005 30 STL NL 93 0.0% 24.7% 5.4% 2.2% 40% 4.60 3.3 38.5 1.58 2.65 59% 9% 0.0% 5%
2006 31 STL NL 80 0.0% 33.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.6 35.5 2.07 3.30 55% 9% 0.0% 14%
2007 32 STL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
2008 33 STL NL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 0.00 0.00 40% 0% 0.0% 0%
2009 34 STL NL 69 1.5% 18.8% 2.9% 5.8% 36% 6.50 4.8 63.0 9.0 1.72 2.14 71% 8% 7.7% 28%
2010 35 STL NL 84 1.2% 29.8% 1.2% 1.2% 13% 25.00 2.9 72.0 18.0 1.65 2.86 55% 14% 6.3% 6%
2011 36 STL NL 82 0.0% 30.5% 2.4% 3.7% 27% 12.50 2.8 14.2 0.61 1.14 56% 16% 0.0% 18%
14 Yrs 495 0.4% 28.7% 2.4% 2.0% 20% 11.83 3.0 216.5 20.6 1.43 2.22 59% 12% 2.1% 16%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.2% 8.7% 7.9% 34% 1.98 5.2 32.5 7.6 0.79 1.08 70% 20% 7.9% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1997 22 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1998 23 TOR AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .34 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.61 -0.3 0
1999 24 TOR AL 0.0 0.0 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.40 -0.0 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.21 -0.2 0
2000 25 TOR AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .74 -0.1 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.68 -0.6 0
2001 26 TOR AL -1.0 -0.1 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .78 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.75 -1.3 0
2002 27 TOR AL 0.5 0.0 2 0.2 0.2 0.0 1.38 0.1 0.0 1.4 0.1 0.99 1.3 0
2004 29 STL NL -14.4 -1.4 67 -1.1 0.3 -1.4 .89 -1.2 -0.0 -11.9 -1.2 0.90 -13.4 0
2005 30 STL NL -16.6 -1.6 95 -1.3 0.4 -1.7 .80 -1.5 -0.1 -18.4 -1.8 1.01 -17.9 0
2006 31 STL NL -14.5 -1.4 81 -1.1 0.2 -1.3 .77 -1.4 -0.0 -14.5 -1.4 0.92 -16.1 0
2007 32 STL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.50 -0.1 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.25 -0.6 0
2008 33 STL NL -1.5 -0.1 5 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.45 -0.1 -0.0 -2.0 -0.2 1.14 -1.7 0
2009 34 STL NL -6.8 -0.7 70 -0.6 0.7 -1.3 .88 -0.7 0.1 -4.8 -0.5 0.89 -7.6 0
2010 35 STL NL -12.4 -1.2 84 -1.2 0.4 -1.6 .88 -1.2 -0.2 -16.4 -1.7 1.03 -13.7 0
2011 36 STL NL -9.1 -0.9 82 -1.0 0.6 -1.6 1.01 -0.9 -0.0 -8.2 -0.8 1.05 -9.1 0
14 Yrs -77.1 -7.6 500 -6.6 2.9 -9.4 .88 -7.3 -0.1 -77.7 -7.7 0.97 -81.1 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1998 23 TOR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 24 TOR AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 25 TOR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 26 TOR AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 27 TOR AL 0 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2004 29 STL NL 1 0 17% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
2005 30 STL NL 2 0 70% 17 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 29% 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
2006 31 STL NL 1 0 22% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
2007 32 STL NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 33 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 34 STL NL 0 0 15% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2010 35 STL NL 0 0 11% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
2011 36 STL NL 0 0 15% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
14 Yrs 4 0 25% 91 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 19% 18 15 3 0 0 0 9 7 2

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1998 23 TOR AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 24 TOR AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2000 25 TOR AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2001 26 TOR AL 7 29% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 27 TOR AL 2 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 29 STL NL 67 13% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 7 0 0% 11 1 9% 34 1 3% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
2005 30 STL NL 93 24% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 18 10 56% 23 2 9% 27 10 37% 73 4 5% 6 3 50% 6 2 33% 0
2006 31 STL NL 80 31% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 11 0 0% 14 4 29% 49 2 4% 4 2 50% 3 3 100% 0
2007 32 STL NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2008 33 STL NL 5 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2009 34 STL NL 69 23% 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 60% 8 1 13% 9 1 11% 43 6 14% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
2010 35 STL NL 84 23% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 14 10 71% 20 2 10% 22 6 27% 64 3 5% 6 1 17% 6 1 17% 0
2011 36 STL NL 82 15% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 19 0 0% 21 6 29% 55 5 9% 2 2 100% 5 3 60% 0
14 Yrs 495 22% 51 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20 1 1 0 2 0 66 47 71% 91 5 5% 107 29 27% 330 21 6% 24 9 38% 22 10 45% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1998 23 TOR AL 1 4 4.00 3 75% 33% 0% 33% 33% 67% 0% 50% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1999 24 TOR AL 2 8 4.00 4 50% 0% 50% 50% 0% 100% 0% 50% 50% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2000 25 TOR AL 2 6 3.00 5 83% 0% 80% 0% 20% 100% 0% 83% 20% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2001 26 TOR AL 7 25 3.57 19 76% 32% 26% 21% 21% 68% 0% 52% 62% 29% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2002 27 TOR AL 2 4 2.00 4 100% 25% 0% 25% 50% 75% 75% 100% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 29 STL NL 67 234 3.49 175 75% 31% 19% 23% 26% 69% 0% 51% 72% 31% 1% 1 0 3% 2 0 4% 3 3 14% 0 0 0
2005 30 STL NL 93 340 3.66 236 69% 31% 15% 27% 28% 69% 0% 48% 79% 34% 1% 1 0 4% 4 3 4% 4 1 35% 0 0 0
2006 31 STL NL 80 265 3.31 200 75% 31% 22% 21% 27% 69% 0% 52% 68% 38% 4% 3 0 8% 6 1 4% 3 2 30% 0 0 0
2007 32 STL NL 1 4 4.00 2 50% 50% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% 25% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 33 STL NL 5 29 5.80 20 69% 20% 25% 45% 10% 80% 0% 55% 69% 60% 0% 0 0 20% 1 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2009 34 STL NL 69 205 2.97 144 70% 28% 16% 19% 37% 72% 0% 51% 78% 42% 0% 0 0 10% 7 4 1% 1 0 8% 0 0 0
2010 35 STL NL 85 276 3.25 198 72% 32% 21% 19% 29% 68% 0% 49% 70% 29% 1% 1 0 8% 7 3 4% 3 0 8% -1 0 0
2011 36 STL NL 82 269 3.28 198 74% 28% 17% 27% 28% 72% 0% 53% 76% 35% 0% 0 0 6% 5 2 2% 2 1 24% 0 0 0
13 Yrs 496 1669 3.36 1208 72% 30% 19% 23% 28% 70% 0% 51% 73% 35% 1% 6 0 7% 33 13 3% 17 7 20% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1998 23 47 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 24 71 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 25 105 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -43 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 26 139 12 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .100 .182 .100 .282 -24 1 0 0 1 0 0
2002 27 152 14 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .182 .250 .182 .432 15 2 0 0 2 0 0
2003 28 152 14 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .182 .250 .182 .432 15 2 0 0 2 0 0
2004 29 180 81 73 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 26 .096 .120 .096 .216 -43 7 0 0 6 0 0
2005 30 213 174 150 9 12 2 0 0 3 0 1 7 49 .080 .120 .093 .214 -43 14 2 0 16 1 0
2006 31 245 254 221 11 21 2 0 0 5 0 1 7 76 .095 .122 .104 .226 -40 23 2 0 25 1 0
2007 32 246 255 222 11 21 2 0 0 5 0 1 7 76 .095 .122 .104 .225 -40 23 2 0 25 1 0
2008 33 250 260 227 11 21 2 0 0 5 0 1 7 79 .093 .119 .101 .220 -42 23 2 0 25 1 0
2009 34 278 329 290 14 32 5 0 1 12 0 1 9 92 .110 .140 .138 .277 -27 40 3 1 28 1 0
2010 35 313 413 362 16 40 5 0 2 16 0 1 10 117 .110 .139 .141 .280 -26 51 5 2 38 1 0
2011 36 347 495 433 18 51 8 0 2 21 0 1 12 142 .118 .145 .150 .295 -21 65 5 2 47 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1998 23 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
1999 24 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 24
2000 25 34 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 34
2001 26 34 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 34
2002 27 13 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 13
2004 29 28 67 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 .000 .016 .000 .016 0 28
2005 30 33 93 77 8 5 2 0 0 2 0 5 23 .065 .120 .091 .211 1 33
2006 31 32 79 70 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 27 .114 .114 .114 .229 1 32
2007 32 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
2008 33 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
2009 34 28 68 62 3 10 3 0 1 6 0 2 13 .161 .200 .258 .458 3 28
2010 35 35 83 71 1 7 0 0 1 3 0 1 25 .099 .123 .141 .264 1 35
2011 36 34 83 72 2 12 3 0 0 6 0 2 25 .167 .189 .208 .398 3 34
13 Yrs 333 493 431 17 43 8 0 2 19 0 12 142 .100 .128 .132 .260 10 333
162 Game Avg. 162 240 210 8 21 4 0 1 9 0 6 69 .100 .128 .132 .260 5 333

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2005 (P)
2006
2010

Awards (yr lg award)
2005 NL Cy Young
2005 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
2006 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
2009 NL Comeback Player of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2005 NL (8, 12%)
2006 NL (19, 1%)
2009 NL (14, 6%)
0.19 Career Shares (759th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2005 NL (1, 82%)
2006 NL (3, 39%)
2009 NL (2, 59%)
1 Cy Young
1.80 Career Shares (21st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2009 NL  6.6 (8th)
Active  31.8 (44th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Active  47 (40th)

                           

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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