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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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #133. Dizzy Trout… #134. Kenny Rogers… #135. Johan Santana… #136. CHRIS CARPENTER… #137. Curt Simmons… #138. Claude Osteen… #139. Freddie Fitzsimmons… 

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
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

Postseason Gamelog
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

Standard Batting

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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
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 43 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 -54 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 32 82 71 2 11 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 25 .155 .178 .197 .375 5 14 0 0 9 0 0 1
14 Seasons 345 495 433 18 51 8 0 2 21 0 1 12 142 .118 .145 .150 .295 -21 65 5 2 47 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 232 203 8 24 4 0 1 10 0 0 6 67 .118 .145 .150 .295 -21 31 2 1 22 0 0
STL (8 yrs) 193 481 422 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) 193 481 422 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: 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
1998 23 TOR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $190,000 1
1999 24 TOR AL 2 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $483,333 1
2000 25 TOR AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $733,333 1
2001 26 TOR AL 7 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $2,583,333 1
2002 27 TOR AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $3,450,000 1
2004 29 STL NL 67 -14 0 0 0 0 7 2 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $300,000 1
2005 30 STL NL 93 -16 0 0 1 0 9 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $2,000,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-8
2006 31 STL NL 80 -14 0 0 0 0 9 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $5,000,000 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-19
2007 32 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $8,500,000 /1
2008 33 STL NL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $10,500,000 /1
2009 34 STL NL 69 -7 -0 -1 0 0 7 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $13,302,583 1 CYA-2,MVP-14
2010 35 STL NL 84 -12 -1 -1 0 0 9 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $15,840,971 1 AS
2011 36 STL NL 82 -9 -0 -1 0 0 8 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $14,259,403 1
13 Seasons 495 -76 -2 -2 2 0 51 13 -15 -1.5 -15 -1.5 0.0 $77,142,956
STL (8 yrs) 481 -74 -1 -2 2 0 50 13 -13 -1.3 -13 -1.3 0.0 $69,702,957
TOR (5 yrs) 14 -2 -1 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $7,439,999

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 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (9 Series) 14 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 3 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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
1997 TOR AL 22 P 14 81.1 13 7 5 1 1 .923 1.33 0.86 .955 1.70 1.69
1998 TOR AL 23 P 33 175.0 34 20 13 1 2 .971 1.70 1.00 .958 1.78 1.76
1999 TOR AL 24 P 24 150.0 26 10 15 1 3 .962 1.50 1.04 .952 1.69 1.66
2000 TOR AL 25 P 34 175.1 20 7 12 1 2 .950 0.98 0.56 .956 1.62 1.60
2001 TOR AL 26 P 34 215.2 36 11 25 0 6 1.000 1.50 1.06 .955 1.75 1.74
2002 TOR AL 27 P 13 73.1 10 7 3 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.77 .957 1.69 1.67
2004 STL NL 29 P 28 182.0 47 12 34 1 4 .979 3 3 2.27 1.64 .965 1.84 1.82
2005 STL NL 30 P 33 241.2 56 15 40 1 2 .982 5 4 2.05 1.67 .960 1.75 1.73 AS,CYA-1,MVP-8
2006 STL NL 31 P 32 221.2 36 11 25 0 3 1.000 4 4 1.46 1.13 .958 1.72 1.71 AS,CYA-3,MVP-19
2007 STL NL 32 P 1 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 2.00 .965 1.65 1.70
2008 STL NL 33 P 4 15.1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.93 1.25 .960 1.70 1.72
2009 STL NL 34 P 28 192.2 40 21 19 0 2 1.000 -3 -3 1.87 1.43 .955 1.72 1.70 CYA-2,MVP-14
2010 STL NL 35 P 35 235.0 65 35 29 1 4 .985 5 4 2.45 1.83 .954 1.73 1.72 AS
2011 STL NL 36 P 34 34 4 237.1 54 28 23 3 3 .944 -2 -2 1.93 1.50 .955 1.80 1.79 5 6 55% 0
14 Seasons P 347 34 4 2202.1 444 185 249 10 32 .977 12 1 1.77 1.25 .957 1.74 1.72 5 6 55% 0
14 Seasons TOT 347 34 4 2202.1 444 185 249 10 32 .977 12 10 1.77 1.25 .957 1.74 1.72 5 6 55% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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
Active  31.0 (50th)

WAR for Pitchers† s 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)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Active  47 (48th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1998 AL  20 (3rd)
2009 NL  21 (4th)
2010 NL  35 (1st)
2011 NL  28 (3rd)
Active  185 (6th)

Assists as P s c a p y
Active  249 (24th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
2010 NL  1.83 (2nd)
Active  1.25 (21st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2001 AL  1.000 (1st)


† 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

Player rank in (·)

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

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Dennis Leonard (958)
  2. Freddy Garcia (957)
  3. Ramon Martinez (932)
  4. Don Newcombe (931)
  5. Jack McDowell (928)
  6. Bruce Hurst (928)
  7. Roy Oswalt (925)
  8. Bartolo Colon (925)
  9. Schoolboy Rowe (923)
  10. Josh Beckett (923)
Similar Pitchers through 36 
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  1. Bartolo Colon (942)
  2. Jack Billingham (928)
  3. Bruce Hurst (928)
  4. Jason Schmidt (921)
  5. Bob Forsch (920)
  6. John Burkett (919)
  7. David Wells (917)
  8. Mike Cuellar (915)
  9. Charlie Leibrandt (914)
  10. Mike Garcia (913)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Kyle Lohse (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Steve Woodard (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jaret Wright (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Kyle Lohse (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Sterling Hitchcock (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Adam Eaton (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pedro Astacio (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Charles Nagy (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. John Burkett (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kevin Tapani (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Schoolboy Rowe (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bartolo Colon (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bartolo Colon (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199722Toronto Blue Jays$150,0001997 postseason AP survey
199823Toronto Blue Jays$190,0004/3/98 USA Today
199924Toronto Blue Jays$483,3334/6/99 USA Today
200025Toronto Blue Jays$733,3334/5/00 AP
200126Toronto Blue Jays$2,583,3334/6/01 USA Today
200227Toronto Blue Jays$3,450,0004/3/02 AP
200328St. Louis Cardinals$300,0004/3/03 AP
200429St. Louis Cardinals$300,000*
200530St. Louis Cardinals$2,000,000
200631St. Louis Cardinals$5,000,000
200732St. Louis Cardinals$8,500,000
200833St. Louis Cardinals$10,500,000
200934St. Louis Cardinals$13,302,583
201035St. Louis Cardinals$15,840,971
201136St. Louis Cardinals$14,259,403
201237St. Louis Cardinals$10,500,000
201338St. Louis Cardinals$10,500,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$77,592,956Does not include future salaries
Disputed Salaries
*2004 - $500,000 - 4/7/04 AP -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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