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 (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, 5 yrs/$62.5M (07-11), 2 yrs/$21M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 14.080, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Bob LaMonte [*]
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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
1997 22 TOR AL 3 7 .300 5.09 14 13 1 1 1 0 81.1 108 55 46 7 37 0 55 2 1 7 374 89 1.783 12.0 0.8 4.1 6.1 1.49
1998 23 TOR AL 12 7 .632 4.37 33 24 4 1 1 0 175.0 177 97 85 18 61 1 136 5 0 5 742 106 1.360 9.1 0.9 3.1 7.0 2.23
1999 24 TOR AL 9 8 .529 4.38 24 24 0 4 1 0 150.0 177 81 73 16 48 1 106 3 1 9 663 113 1.500 10.6 1.0 2.9 6.4 2.21
2000 25 TOR AL 10 12 .455 6.26 34 27 1 2 0 0 175.1 204 130 122 30 83 1 113 5 0 3 795 81 1.637 10.5 1.5 4.3 5.8 1.36
2001 26 TOR AL 11 11 .500 4.09 34 34 0 3 2 0 215.2 229 112 98 29 75 5 157 16 0 5 930 113 1.410 9.6 1.2 3.1 6.6 2.09
2002 27 TOR AL 4 5 .444 5.28 13 13 0 1 0 0 73.1 89 45 43 11 27 0 45 4 0 3 327 88 1.582 10.9 1.4 3.3 5.5 1.67
2004 29 STL NL 15 5 .750 3.46 28 28 0 1 0 0 182.0 169 75 70 24 38 2 152 8 0 4 746 124 1.137 8.4 1.2 1.9 7.5 4.00
2005 30 STL NL 21 5 .808 2.83 33 33 0 7 4 0 241.2 204 82 76 18 51 0 213 3 0 5 953 150 1.055 7.6 0.7 1.9 7.9 4.18 AS,CYA-1,MVP-8
2006 31 STL NL 15 8 .652 3.09 32 32 0 5 3 0 221.2 194 81 76 21 43 3 184 10 0 3 896 144 1.069 7.9 0.9 1.7 7.5 4.28 AS,CYA-3,MVP-19
2007 32 STL NL 0 1 .000 7.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 5 5 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 29 62 1.667 13.5 0.0 1.5 4.5 3.00
2008 33 STL NL 0 1 .000 1.76 4 3 0 0 0 0 15.1 16 5 3 0 4 0 7 0 0 0 63 247 1.304 9.4 0.0 2.3 4.1 1.75
2009 34 STL NL 17 4 .810 2.24 28 28 0 3 1 0 192.2 156 49 48 7 38 1 144 7 0 1 750 182 1.007 7.3 0.3 1.8 6.7 3.79 CYA-2,MVP-14
2010 35 STL NL 16 9 .640 3.22 35 35 0 1 0 0 235.0 214 99 84 21 63 4 179 13 0 3 969 120 1.179 8.2 0.8 2.4 6.9 2.84 AS
2011 36 STL NL 11 9 .550 3.45 34 34 0 4 2 0 237.1 243 98 91 16 55 5 191 6 1 3 996 105 1.256 9.2 0.6 2.1 7.2 3.47
14 Seasons 144 92 .610 3.76 347 329 6 33 15 0 2202.1 2189 1014 920 218 624 23 1685 83 3 51 9233 116 1.277 8.9 0.9 2.6 6.9 2.70
162 Game Avg. 14 9 .610 3.76 35 33 1 3 2 0 222 220 102 93 22 63 2 169 8 0 5 929 116 1.277 8.9 0.9 2.6 6.9 2.70
STL (8 yrs) 95 42 .693 3.06 195 194 0 21 10 0 1331.2 1205 494 453 107 293 15 1073 48 1 19 5402 134 1.125 8.1 0.7 2.0 7.3 3.66
TOR (6 yrs) 49 50 .495 4.83 152 135 6 12 5 0 870.2 984 520 467 111 331 8 612 35 2 32 3831 99 1.510 10.2 1.1 3.4 6.3 1.85
NL (8 yrs) NL 95 42 .693 3.06 195 194 0 21 10 0 1331.2 1205 494 453 107 293 15 1073 48 1 19 5402 134 1.125 8.1 0.7 2.0 7.3 3.66
AL (6 yrs) AL 49 50 .495 4.83 152 135 6 12 5 0 870.2 984 520 467 111 331 8 612 35 2 32 3831 99 1.510 10.2 1.1 3.4 6.3 1.85

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
1997 22 TOR AL 81.1 13 55 53 1 1.1 -2 -0.2 $150,000
1998 23 TOR AL 175.0 24 97 117 0 1.0 20 1.8 $190,000
1999 24 TOR AL 150.0 24 81 101 1 1.0 20 1.9 $483,333
2000 25 TOR AL 175.1 27 130 128 0 .9 -2 -0.3 $733,333
2001 26 TOR AL 215.2 34 112 145 -1 .9 33 3.1 $2,583,333
2002 27 TOR AL 73.1 13 45 50 0 1.1 5 0.5 $3,450,000
2004 29 STL NL 182.0 28 75 102 8 1.1 27 2.8 $300,000
2005 30 STL NL 241.2 33 82 128 12 1.0 46 4.8 $2,000,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-8
2006 31 STL NL 221.2 32 81 130 5 1.0 49 5.0 $5,000,000 AS,CYA-3,MVP-19
2007 32 STL NL 6.0 1 5 4 0 .8 -1 -0.1 $8,500,000
2008 33 STL NL 15.1 3 5 9 1 1.0 4 0.4 $10,500,000
2009 34 STL NL 192.2 28 49 104 4 1.0 55 5.9 $13,302,583 CYA-2,MVP-14
2010 35 STL NL 235.0 35 99 129 1 1.0 30 3.2 $15,840,971 AS
2011 36 STL NL 237.1 34 98 131 -1 1.1 33 3.7 $14,259,403
14 Seasons 2202.1 329 1014 1332 31 1.0 318 32.5 $77,292,956
STL (8 yrs) 1331.2 194 494 738 30 1.0 244 25.7 $69,702,957
TOR (6 yrs) 870.2 135 520 594 1 1.0 74 6.8 $7,589,999

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2005 30 STL NL NLDS W SDP 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 22 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
2005 30 STL NL NLCS L HOU 1 0 1.000 3.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.0 14 6 5 2 4 0 9 1 0 0 63 1.200 8.4 1.2 2.4 5.4 2.25
2006 31 STL NL NLDS W SDP 2 0 1.000 2.03 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 12 3 3 0 4 0 12 0 0 0 54 1.200 8.1 0.0 2.7 8.1 3.00
2006 31 STL NL NLCS W NYM 0 1 .000 5.73 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 13 7 7 3 4 0 5 1 0 0 50 1.545 10.6 2.5 3.3 4.1 1.25
2006 31 STL NL WS W DET 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 26 0.375 3.4 0.0 0.0 6.8
2009 34 STL NL NLDS L LAD 0 1 .000 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 9 4 4 1 4 0 3 1 0 0 29 2.600 16.2 1.8 7.2 5.4 0.75
2011 36 STL NL NLDS W PHI 1 0 1.000 3.00 2 2 0 1 1 0 12.0 8 4 4 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 47 0.917 6.0 0.0 2.3 3.8 1.67
2011 36 STL NL NLCS W MIL 1 0 1.000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 23 1.800 10.8 1.8 5.4 5.4 1.00
2011 36 STL NL WS W TEX 2 0 1.000 2.84 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.0 17 6 6 3 5 0 13 1 0 0 78 1.158 8.1 1.4 2.4 6.2 2.60
4 Seasons (9 Series) 9 2 .818 3.05 15 15 0 1 1 0 94.1 85 33 32 10 30 1 59 6 0 1 392 1.219 8.1 1.0 2.9 5.6 1.97
4 NLDS 4 1 .800 2.72 6 6 0 1 1 0 36.1 32 11 11 1 14 0 23 2 0 0 152 1.266 7.9 0.2 3.5 5.7 1.64
3 NLCS 2 1 .667 4.35 5 5 0 0 0 0 31.0 33 16 15 6 11 1 17 3 0 0 136 1.419 9.6 1.7 3.2 4.9 1.55
2 WS 3 0 1.000 2.00 4 4 0 0 0 0 27.0 20 6 6 3 5 0 19 1 0 1 104 0.926 6.7 1.0 1.7 6.3 3.80

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2005 STL NL 30 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 STL NL 31
2010 STL NL 35

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
1997 22 TOR AL 14 374 332 55 108 18 0 7 4 7 37 55 .325 .394 .443 .837 .371 147 13 2 1 2 0 5
1998 23 TOR AL 33 742 667 97 177 42 2 18 9 11 61 136 .265 .329 .415 .745 .307 277 18 5 4 5 1 8
1999 24 TOR AL 24 663 602 81 177 38 4 16 3 6 48 106 .294 .346 .450 .796 .331 271 13 3 4 6 1 9
2000 25 TOR AL 34 795 703 130 204 47 4 30 4 7 83 113 .290 .369 .496 .865 .310 349 19 5 3 1 1 8
2001 26 TOR AL 34 930 835 112 229 45 7 29 8 8 75 157 .274 .345 .449 .794 .308 375 25 16 3 1 5 9
2002 27 TOR AL 13 327 291 45 89 15 1 11 4 4 27 45 .306 .368 .478 .846 .326 139 8 4 1 4 0 3
2004 29 STL NL 28 746 691 75 169 28 1 24 0 3 38 152 .245 .291 .392 .683 .280 271 16 8 6 3 2 7
2005 30 STL NL 33 952 884 82 204 46 3 18 1 5 51 213 .231 .273 .351 .624 .282 310 22 3 7 7 0 5
2006 31 STL NL 32 896 827 81 194 38 3 21 3 7 43 184 .235 .279 .364 .643 .276 301 17 10 12 4 3 7
2007 32 STL NL 1 29 26 5 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .346 .393 .385 .777 .391 10 0 1 1 0 0 1
2008 33 STL NL 4 63 56 5 16 3 0 0 0 0 4 7 .286 .328 .339 .667 .320 19 3 0 2 1 0 0
2009 34 STL NL 28 750 691 49 156 29 4 7 2 4 38 144 .226 .272 .310 .581 .274 214 23 7 10 4 1 1
2010 35 STL NL 35 969 877 99 214 46 4 21 3 9 63 179 .244 .302 .377 .680 .282 331 25 13 9 7 4 13
2011 36 STL NL 34 996 921 98 243 33 4 16 5 6 55 191 .264 .309 .360 .669 .317 332 20 6 11 3 5 13
14 Seasons 347 9232 8403 1014 2189 429 37 218 46 77 624 1685 .261 .316 .398 .714 .301 3346 222 83 74 48 23 89
162 Game Avg. 35 929 845 102 220 43 4 22 5 8 63 169 .261 .316 .398 .714 .301 337 22 8 7 5 2 9
MLB Averages .265 .334 .421 .755 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1997 22 TOR AL -7.2 -0.7 391 -0.4 7.0 -7.4 1.05 -1.0 0.6 -8.7 -0.8 1.05 -10.4 0 0 1
1998 23 TOR AL 2.7 0.2 766 1.5 13.2 -11.7 .96 0.5 1.0 5.3 0.5 0.96 7.1 1 0 8
1999 24 TOR AL 8.5 0.8 679 -0.1 12.4 -12.5 1.04 0.0 -0.1 4.9 0.4 1.04 2.3 0 0 0
2000 25 TOR AL -21.3 -1.9 809 -1.5 13.1 -14.6 .93 -2.3 0.7 -21.8 -1.9 0.93 -23.2 0 3 4
2001 26 TOR AL 10.3 1.0 952 1.1 16.8 -15.7 .95 -0.1 1.2 11.8 1.1 0.95 1.0 0 0 0
2002 27 TOR AL -4.0 -0.4 338 0.0 6.3 -6.3 1.10 -0.6 0.6 -3.0 -0.3 1.10 -7.2 0 0 0
2004 29 STL NL 17.2 1.7 752 2.2 14.7 -12.5 1.05 1.9 0.2 18.3 1.9 1.05 19.1 0 0 0
2005 30 STL NL 37.8 4.0 966 4.6 18.1 -13.5 .97 4.5 0.3 44.3 4.8 0.97 52.8 0 0 0
2006 31 STL NL 34.8 3.6 906 3.1 17.1 -14.0 1.02 3.7 -0.7 38.9 4.0 1.02 43.7 0 0 0
2007 32 STL NL -1.7 -0.2 29 -0.2 0.3 -0.6 .84 -0.1 -0.2 -1.9 -0.2 0.84 -0.9 0 0 0
2008 33 STL NL 3.6 0.4 63 0.4 1.1 -0.7 .96 0.3 0.1 4.4 0.5 0.96 3.4 0 0 1
2009 34 STL NL 41.9 4.6 759 5.6 15.2 -9.6 1.03 4.6 0.8 46.5 5.2 1.03 49.6 0 0 0
2010 35 STL NL 15.3 1.6 982 1.0 17.3 -16.2 .97 1.5 -0.5 14.9 1.6 0.97 14.2 0 0 0
2011 36 STL NL 5.8 0.6 1012 0.6 18.6 -18.0 1.05 0.7 -0.1 10.9 1.2 1.05 6.7 0 0 0
14 Seasons 143.5 15.4 9404 17.8 171.1 -153.3 1.00 13.7 4.0 164.7 18.0 1.00 158.4 1 3 14

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
1997 22 TOR AL 14 13 3 7 3 0 2 4 9 .308 2 0 1 1 7 54% 43 82 11 10 5 0 7 3.4 3.9 5.8 97 2 3 8 0 115
1998 23 TOR AL 33 24 11 7 6 2 0 14 10 .583 3 1 1 1 11 46% 49 80 16 19 6 0 12 5.9 6.4 6.3 101 3 5 12 4 134
1999 24 TOR AL 24 24 9 8 7 3 4 12 12 .500 2 3 4 1 14 58% 48 84 20 23 6 0 11 5.6 4.9 6.3 101 2 7 12 3 131
2000 25 TOR AL 34 27 8 12 7 2 2 10 17 .370 3 3 2 0 11 41% 41 68 2 21 9 0 14 5.0 5.0 5.8 96 7 5 11 4 129
2001 26 TOR AL 34 34 11 11 12 1 4 18 16 .529 6 3 3 2 17 50% 50 87 8 19 11 0 15 5.2 5.1 6.3 97 3 15 13 3 124
2002 27 TOR AL 13 13 4 5 4 2 2 5 8 .385 3 0 1 0 5 38% 45 72 20 6 3 0 5 4.3 4.9 5.6 90 4 5 4 0 114
2004 29 STL NL 28 28 15 5 8 5 2 20 8 .714 1 4 1 0 18 64% 56 82 23 9 0 0 18 4.2 4.4 6.5 96 3 12 11 2 122
2005 30 STL NL 33 33 21 5 7 0 2 26 7 .788 1 4 7 4 27 82% 61 94 8 12 6 0 12 5.4 5.2 7.3 103 1 11 20 1 120
2006 31 STL NL 32 32 15 8 9 3 1 20 12 .625 3 3 5 3 19 59% 59 90 30 6 2 0 9 4.8 5.2 6.9 102 4 5 22 1 122
2007 32 STL NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 36 36 0 0 0 1 1.0 0.0 6.0 101 0 0 1 0 101
2008 33 STL NL 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 0 0% 52 63 44 2 2 0 2 4.8 0.0 4.8 61 3 0 0 0 67
2009 34 STL NL 28 28 17 4 7 3 2 18 10 .643 2 3 3 1 22 79% 62 93 25 2 1 0 10 4.6 4.3 6.9 95 2 14 12 0 114
2010 35 STL NL 35 35 16 9 10 1 2 22 13 .629 2 7 1 0 25 71% 56 79 14 10 4 0 7 4.8 4.0 6.7 101 2 12 21 0 118
2011 36 STL NL 34 34 11 9 14 2 3 16 18 .471 1 6 4 2 21 62% 55 93 15 6 4 0 16 4.0 3.6 7.0 106 0 9 22 3 132
14 Seasons 347 329 141 92 96 24 26 187 142 .568 29 38 33 15 197 60% 53 94 2 145 59 0 139 4.8 4.7 6.5 99 36 103 169 21 134
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 105 -21 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% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1997 22 TOR AL 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.055 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18.0 111
1998 23 TOR AL 33 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 7 .956 1 0 8 1 1 7 4 5 9 0 9 0 7.6 41
2000 25 TOR AL 34 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 4 .931 0 3 4 1 1 5 3 4 6 0 6 1 8.0 39
2008 33 STL NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .963 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 24
4 Seasons 85 18 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 25% .965 1 3 14 3 2 13 7 11 16 0 16 1 8.1 43

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%
1997 22 TOR AL 374 49% 1.9% 14.7% 9.9% 6.7% 23% 0.95 1.54 73% 29% 5.3% 8% 89 13 15%
1998 23 TOR AL 742 47% 2.4% 18.3% 8.2% 8.4% 35% 1.02 1.45 70% 21% 7.7% 11% 139 18 13%
1999 24 TOR AL 663 54% 2.4% 16.0% 7.2% 8.8% 33% 0.83 1.04 73% 21% 6.9% 15% 137 13 9%
2000 25 TOR AL 795 53% 3.8% 14.2% 10.4% 10.2% 40% 0.79 1.13 71% 26% 10.8% 10% 152 19 13%
2001 26 TOR AL 930 51% 3.1% 16.9% 8.1% 8.7% 35% 0.94 1.39 70% 26% 9.4% 7% 165 25 15%
2002 27 TOR AL 327 44% 3.4% 13.8% 8.3% 8.3% 30% 0.60 0.99 73% 31% 8.5% 11% 79 8 10%
2004 29 STL NL 746 55% 3.2% 20.4% 5.1% 7.1% 31% 1.13 1.61 69% 18% 10.3% 8% 129 16 12%
2005 30 STL NL 953 51% 1.9% 22.4% 5.4% 7.0% 33% 1.20 1.84 69% 17% 6.3% 6% 154 22 14%
2006 31 STL NL 896 56% 2.3% 20.5% 4.8% 6.9% 32% 1.18 1.71 70% 19% 7.6% 7% 150 17 11%
2007 32 STL NL 29 34% 0.0% 10.3% 3.5% 3.5% 11% 1.88 2.75 79% 17% 0.0% 0% 7 0 0%
2008 33 STL NL 63 65% 0.0% 11.1% 6.4% 4.8% 19% 1.13 2.00 79% 19% 0.0% 9% 14 3 21%
2009 34 STL NL 750 53% 0.9% 19.2% 5.1% 5.3% 26% 1.26 1.89 73% 17% 3.4% 13% 122 23 19%
2010 35 STL NL 969 56% 2.2% 18.5% 6.5% 7.3% 33% 1.05 1.43 71% 18% 6.7% 9% 177 25 14%
2011 36 STL NL 996 53% 1.6% 19.2% 5.5% 5.3% 22% 0.88 1.20 72% 24% 4.6% 10% 196 20 10%
14 Seasons 9233 52% 2.4% 18.3% 6.8% 7.4% 31% 1.00 1.44 71% 21% 7.3% 9% 1710 222 13%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.2% 8.7% 7.9% 34% 0.79 1.08 70% 20% 7.9% 13% 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
1997 22 TOR AL 374 1369 3.66 850 62% 24% 14% 29% 33% 76% 0% 47% 82% 57% 3% 10 7 20% 75 33 5 35% 9 3 0 0 0
1998 23 TOR AL 742 2786 3.75 1711 61% 25% 15% 28% 32% 75% 0% 46% 80% 56% 4% 32 21 19% 139 78 9 34% 21 10 0 0 0
1999 24 TOR AL 663 2424 3.66 1522 63% 25% 14% 27% 33% 75% 0% 47% 81% 60% 3% 22 16 17% 115 60 5 30% 16 6 0 0 0
2000 25 TOR AL 795 2870 3.61 1698 59% 30% 12% 23% 35% 70% 0% 41% 83% 56% 6% 47 26 14% 110 52 3 31% 25 20 0 0 0
2001 26 TOR AL 930 3281 3.53 2075 63% 27% 15% 25% 33% 73% 2% 46% 79% 62% 5% 46 28 22% 207 120 15 34% 40 13 0 0 0
2002 27 TOR AL 327 1165 3.56 737 63% 26% 13% 27% 34% 74% 0% 47% 82% 62% 4% 13 6 19% 63 38 7 33% 9 7 0 0 0
2004 29 STL NL 746 2694 3.61 1722 64% 29% 15% 25% 32% 71% 1% 46% 79% 61% 3% 20 13 23% 175 89 10 32% 26 5 0 0 0
2005 30 STL NL 953 3388 3.56 2233 66% 29% 17% 24% 31% 71% 0% 47% 76% 64% 3% 27 22 25% 235 121 10 27% 45 5 0 0 1
2006 31 STL NL 896 3251 3.63 2135 66% 28% 15% 26% 31% 72% 1% 47% 79% 63% 3% 28 22 21% 191 90 13 32% 25 3 0 0 0
2007 32 STL NL 29 101 3.48 65 64% 35% 9% 18% 37% 65% 0% 42% 86% 62% 10% 3 3 21% 6 2 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0
2008 33 STL NL 63 206 3.27 123 60% 28% 11% 19% 42% 72% 0% 43% 85% 52% 3% 2 2 6% 4 1 0 29% 1 0 0 0 0
2009 34 STL NL 750 2669 3.56 1746 65% 29% 15% 24% 32% 71% 0% 46% 79% 62% 3% 19 17 23% 170 95 10 30% 28 1 0 0 0
2010 35 STL NL 969 3534 3.65 2247 64% 30% 15% 24% 32% 70% 1% 45% 79% 58% 4% 34 19 22% 213 119 10 24% 33 12 0 0 0
2011 36 STL NL 997 3613 3.62 2348 65% 27% 16% 26% 32% 73% 2% 47% 79% 64% 4% 44 29 24% 236 130 15 29% 42 10 -1 0 0
14 Seasons 9234 33351 3.61 21212 64% 28% 15% 25% 32% 72% 1% 46% 80% 60% 4% 347 231 21% 1939 1028 112 30% 321 95 -1 0 1
MLB Averages 3.76 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 21% 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
1997 22 TOR AL 374 108 9 0 7 0 7 3 4 5 2 25 13 4 52% 5 7 1 163 4 7 36% 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1998 23 TOR AL 742 177 37 2 18 0 14 10 8 11 7 46 24 10 52% 8 5 1 268 9 11 45% 8 8 1 1 0 2 0 0 13 0
1999 24 TOR AL 663 177 20 3 16 1 22 5 11 7 9 35 14 5 40% 9 9 1 252 3 6 33% 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 0
2000 25 TOR AL 795 204 21 6 30 1 24 18 12 15 15 40 25 2 63% 8 3 2 284 4 7 36% 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2001 26 TOR AL 930 229 21 2 29 0 23 16 13 17 12 58 23 6 40% 9 5 1 315 8 8 50% 6 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2002 27 TOR AL 327 89 7 4 11 0 6 3 8 1 10 21 13 2 62% 3 3 2 136 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2004 29 STL NL 746 169 19 2 24 1 13 8 16 5 19 33 17 5 52% 7 4 2 231 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2005 30 STL NL 953 204 19 2 18 0 7 4 14 11 7 31 17 7 55% 5 5 1 296 1 5 17% 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 15 0
2006 31 STL NL 896 194 19 1 21 0 14 11 10 7 14 37 23 5 62% 7 3 0 292 3 7 30% 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
2007 32 STL NL 29 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 33 STL NL 63 16 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 40% 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009 34 STL NL 750 156 19 2 7 0 10 4 3 2 5 26 11 5 42% 1 1 1 238 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2010 35 STL NL 969 214 22 0 21 1 15 14 7 12 9 48 17 15 35% 13 3 1 341 3 9 25% 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
2011 36 STL NL 996 243 37 3 16 0 24 9 7 5 11 50 23 5 46% 13 3 1 365 5 6 45% 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
14 Seasons 9233 2189 252 28 218 4 181 105 113 98 120 456 222 72 49% 89 51 14 3220 46 77 37% 40 70 6 4 0 3 2 1 126 0
MLB Averages 53% 70%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1997 22 3 7 .300 5.09 14 13 1 1 1 0 81.1 108 55 46 7 37 0 55 2 1 7 374 89 1.783 12.0 0.8 4.1 6.1 1.49 89
1998 23 15 14 .517 4.60 47 37 5 2 2 0 256.1 285 152 131 25 98 1 191 7 1 12 1116 100 1.494 10.0 0.9 3.4 6.7 1.95 100
1999 24 24 22 .522 4.52 71 61 5 6 3 0 406.1 462 233 204 41 146 2 297 10 2 21 1779 104 1.496 10.2 0.9 3.2 6.6 2.03 104
2000 25 34 34 .500 5.04 105 88 6 8 3 0 581.2 666 363 326 71 229 3 410 15 2 24 2574 96 1.539 10.3 1.1 3.5 6.3 1.79 96
2001 26 45 45 .500 4.79 139 122 6 11 5 0 797.1 895 475 424 100 304 8 567 31 2 29 3504 100 1.504 10.1 1.1 3.4 6.4 1.87 100
2002 27 49 50 .495 4.83 152 135 6 12 5 0 870.2 984 520 467 111 331 8 612 35 2 32 3831 99 1.510 10.2 1.1 3.4 6.3 1.85 99
2003 28 49 50 .495 4.83 152 135 6 12 5 0 870.2 984 520 467 111 331 8 612 35 2 32 3831 99 1.510 10.2 1.1 3.4 6.3 1.85 99
2004 29 64 55 .538 4.59 180 163 6 13 5 0 1052.2 1153 595 537 135 369 10 764 43 2 36 4577 102 1.446 9.9 1.2 3.2 6.5 2.07 102
2005 30 85 60 .586 4.26 213 196 6 20 9 0 1294.1 1357 677 613 153 420 10 977 46 2 41 5530 108 1.373 9.4 1.1 2.9 6.8 2.33 108
2006 31 100 68 .595 4.09 245 228 6 25 12 0 1516.0 1551 758 689 174 463 13 1161 56 2 44 6426 112 1.328 9.2 1.0 2.7 6.9 2.51 112
2007 32 100 69 .592 4.10 246 229 6 25 12 0 1522.0 1560 763 694 174 464 13 1164 57 2 44 6455 112 1.330 9.2 1.0 2.7 6.9 2.51 112
2008 33 100 70 .588 4.08 250 232 6 25 12 0 1537.1 1576 768 697 174 468 13 1171 57 2 44 6518 112 1.330 9.2 1.0 2.7 6.9 2.50 112
2009 34 117 74 .613 3.88 278 260 6 28 13 0 1730.0 1732 817 745 181 506 14 1315 64 2 45 7268 117 1.294 9.0 0.9 2.6 6.8 2.60 117
2010 35 133 83 .616 3.80 313 295 6 29 13 0 1965.0 1946 916 829 202 569 18 1494 77 2 48 8237 117 1.280 8.9 0.9 2.6 6.8 2.63 117
2011 36 144 92 .610 3.76 347 329 6 33 15 0 2202.1 2189 1014 920 218 624 23 1685 83 3 51 9233 116 1.277 8.9 0.9 2.6 6.9 2.70 116

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1997 22 3 5 .375 5.14 77.0 105 49 44 7 36 52 2 1.831 12.3 4.2 6.1 1.44 0.8 14
1998 23 8 10 .444 4.31 169.0 172 90 81 17 59 131 5 1.367 9.2 3.1 7.0 2.22 0.9 33
1999 24 8 8 .500 4.01 148.0 169 73 66 15 46 105 3 1.453 10.3 2.8 6.4 2.28 0.9 24
2000 25 7 12 .368 5.43 174.0 191 117 105 28 78 112 5 1.546 9.9 4.0 5.8 1.44 1.4 34
2001 26 11 11 .500 4.06 206.0 222 103 93 28 73 150 16 1.432 9.7 3.2 6.6 2.05 1.2 34
2002 27 3 4 .429 5.27 70.0 87 46 41 11 26 43 4 1.614 11.2 3.3 5.5 1.65 1.4 13
2004 29 11 8 .579 3.39 178.0 167 74 67 24 38 148 8 1.152 8.4 1.9 7.5 3.89 1.2 28
2005 30 16 9 .640 2.95 232.0 203 84 76 18 51 204 3 1.095 7.9 2.0 7.9 4.00 0.7 33
2006 31 16 8 .667 2.93 218.0 189 79 71 20 42 181 10 1.060 7.8 1.7 7.5 4.31 0.8 32
2007 32 0 0 7.50 6.0 9 6 5 0 1 3 1 1.667 13.5 1.5 4.5 3.00 0.0 1
2008 33 1 0 1.000 1.80 15.0 15 3 3 0 4 7 0 1.267 9.0 2.4 4.2 1.75 0.0 4
2009 34 14 6 .700 2.46 183.0 157 56 50 7 38 137 7 1.066 7.7 1.9 6.7 3.61 0.3 28
2010 35 13 11 .542 3.59 223.0 221 99 89 22 65 170 13 1.283 8.9 2.6 6.9 2.62 0.9 35
2011 36 12 12 .500 4.08 225.0 258 113 102 17 58 181 6 1.404 10.3 2.3 7.2 3.12 0.7 34
14 Seasons 123 104 .542 3.78 2124.0 2165 992 893 214 615 1624 83 1.309 9.2 6.9 2.64 0.9 347

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

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 Replacements c a p y
Active  31.0 (50th)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
2005 NL  4.8 (8th)
2006 NL  5.0 (3rd)
2009 NL  5.9 (4th)
Active  32.5 (12th)
Career  32.5 (196th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2005 NL  2.83 (5th)
2006 NL  3.09 (2nd)
2009 NL  2.24 (1st)
Active  3.76 (20th)

Wins s c a p y
2004 NL  15 (9th)
2005 NL  21 (2nd)
2006 NL  15 (7th)
2009 NL  17 (2nd)
2010 NL  16 (6th)
Active  144 (14th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2004 NL  .750 (2nd)
2005 NL  .808 (2nd)
2006 NL  .652 (7th)
2009 NL  .810 (1st)
2010 NL  .640 (8th)
Active  .610 (11th)
Career  .610 (89th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2004 NL  1.137 (4th)
2005 NL  1.055 (5th)
2006 NL  1.069 (1st)
2009 NL  1.007 (2nd)
Active  1.277 (23rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 NL  7.597 (5th)
2006 NL  7.877 (4th)
2009 NL  7.287 (4th)
Active  8.946 (35th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 NL  1.879 (6th)
2005 NL  1.899 (7th)
2006 NL  1.746 (5th)
2009 NL  1.775 (3rd)
2010 NL  2.413 (10th)
Active  2.550 (19th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1998 AL  6.994 (10th)
2001 AL  6.552 (10th)
Active  6.886 (36th)
Career  6.886 (111th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2005 NL  241.7 (2nd)
2006 NL  221.7 (6th)
2010 NL  235.0 (2nd)
2011 NL  237.3 (1st)
Active  2,202.3 (13th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2005 NL  213 (2nd)
2006 NL  184 (6th)
Active  1,685 (13th)
Career  1,685 (120th)

Games Started s c a p y
2001 AL  34 (3rd)
2010 NL  35 (1st)
2011 NL  34 (1st)
Active  329 (15th)
Career  329 (233rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1999 AL  4 (7th)
2001 AL  3 (9th)
2005 NL  7 (1st)
2006 NL  5 (2nd)
2009 NL  3 (3rd)
2011 NL  4 (4th)
Active  33 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1997 AL  1 (9th)
1999 AL  1 (6th)
2001 AL  2 (4th)
2005 NL  4 (2nd)
2006 NL  3 (1st)
2009 NL  1 (6th)
2011 NL  2 (2nd)
Active  15 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
2000 AL  30 (7th)
2001 AL  29 (4th)
Active  218 (18th)
Career  218 (162nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  624 (25th)

Hits s c a p y
2001 AL  229 (6th)
2010 NL  214 (5th)
2011 NL  243 (2nd)
Active  2,189 (11th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2004 NL  4.000 (5th)
2005 NL  4.177 (3rd)
2006 NL  4.279 (3rd)
2009 NL  3.790 (8th)
2011 NL  3.473 (9th)
Active  2.700 (19th)
Career  2.700 (63rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 NL  0.670 (6th)
2009 NL  0.327 (1st)
2011 NL  0.607 (7th)
Active  0.891 (19th)

Losses s c a p y
Active  92 (31st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2000 AL  122 (1st)
2011 NL  91 (10th)
Active  920 (20th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1999 AL  9 (10th)
Active  51 (33rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2001 AL  16 (2nd)
2010 NL  13 (2nd)
Active  83 (15th)
Career  83 (135th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2001 AL  930 (10th)
2005 NL  953 (4th)
2010 NL  969 (2nd)
2011 NL  996 (1st)
Active  9,233 (13th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2005 NL  150 (4th)
2006 NL  144 (3rd)
2009 NL  182 (1st)
Active  116 (19th)
Career  116 (191st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2005 NL  38 (3rd)
2006 NL  35 (3rd)
2009 NL  42 (2nd)
Active  143 (10th)
Career  143 (138th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2005 NL  4.0 (3rd)
2006 NL  3.6 (3rd)
2009 NL  4.6 (2nd)
Active  15.3 (10th)
Career  15.3 (128th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
2005 NL  44.33 (3rd)
2006 NL  38.89 (2nd)
2009 NL  46.51 (1st)
Active  164.75 (8th)
Career  164.75 (64th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
2005 NL  4.6 (4th)
2006 NL  3.1 (7th)
2009 NL  5.6 (1st)
Active  17.8 (10th)
Career  17.8 (73rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)s c a p y
2005 NL  4.5 (3rd)
2006 NL  3.7 (2nd)
2009 NL  4.6 (1st)
Active  13.7 (14th)
Career  13.7 (81st)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
2005 NL  4.8 (3rd)
2006 NL  4.0 (2nd)
2009 NL  5.2 (1st)
Active  18.0 (8th)
Career  18.0 (62nd)

             

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 15 (148), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 105 (198), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 68 (173), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 26 (190), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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