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Cris Carpenter

Cris Howell Carpenter

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 5, 1965 in St. Augustine, FL
High School: Gainesville HS (Gainesville, GA)
Schools: Piedmont College (Demorest, GA), University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 1988
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Rangers/Marlins/Brewers 1988-1996

Final Game: April 26, 1996
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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
1988 23 STL NL 8 17 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -18 2 0 0 3 0 0 /1
1989 24 STL NL 36 11 9 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .444 .444 .444 .889 153 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
1990 25 STL NL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1991 26 STL NL 59 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 89 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1992 27 STL NL 73 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 93 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1993 28 TOT MLB 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1993 28 FLA NL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1993 28 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 29 TEX AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 31 MIL AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
8 Yrs 291 37 30 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .267 .267 .267 .533 53 8 1 0 7 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 21 17 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .267 .267 .267 .533 53 4 1 0 4 0 0
STL (5 yrs) 180 36 30 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .267 .267 .267 .533 53 8 1 0 6 0 0
TEX (2 yrs) 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FLA (1 yr) 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 209 37 30 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .267 .267 .267 .533 53 8 1 0 7 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1988 23 STL NL 8 17 -2 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1989 24 STL NL 36 11 1 -1 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1990 25 STL NL 4 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $100,000 /1
1991 26 STL NL 59 3 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $120,000 1
1992 27 STL NL 73 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $170,000 1
1993 28 FLA NL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $725,000 1
1993 28 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1994 29 TEX AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,000,000 1
1996 31 MIL AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $150,000 /1
8 Seasons 291 37 -2 -1 -0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 2 $2,265,000
STL (5 yrs) 180 36 -2 -1 -0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 2 $390,000
TEX (2 yrs) 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,000,000
FLA (1 yr) 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $725,000
MIL (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $150,000

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
1988 23 STL NL 17 15 0 0.0 90 .182 .143 .257 .143 .321 .143 .378 .286 .699 -18 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .167 .000 .000
1989 24 STL NL 11 7 2 7.7 93 .571 .444 .257 .444 .325 .444 .383 .889 .708 153 .764 0.5 0.1 .800 .000 .000
1990 25 STL NL 1 1 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .264 .000 .331 .000 .397 .000 .728 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1991 26 STL NL 3 3 0 0.0 94 .333 .333 .258 .333 .325 .333 .386 .667 .711 89 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
1992 27 STL NL 4 3 0 0.0 90 .500 .333 .256 .333 .321 .333 .376 .667 .697 93 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1993 28 TOT MLB 1 1 0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0
1993 28 FLA NL 1 1 0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0
8 Yrs 37 30 2 1.8 92 .333 .267 .257 .267 .323 .267 .381 .533 .704 53 .183 -2.0 -0.2 .348 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 21 17 1 1.8 92 .333 .267 .257 .267 .323 .267 .381 .533 .704 53 .183 -2.0 -0.2 .348 .000 .000
STL (5 yrs) 36 29 2 1.9 92 .333 .267 .257 .267 .323 .267 .381 .533 .704 53 .194 -2.0 -0.2 .348 .000 .000
FLA (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0
NL (6 yrs) 37 30 2 1.8 92 .333 .267 .257 .267 .323 .267 .381 .533 .704 53 .183 -2.0 -0.2 .348 .000 .000

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
1988 23 STL NL 17 0.0% 17.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.7 14.0 65% 0%
1989 24 STL NL 11 0.0% 18.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.5 9.0 2.50 64% 22% 0.0% 0%
1990 25 STL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 0.0% 0%
1991 26 STL NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 2.00 100% 33% 0.0% 0%
1992 27 STL NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 1.5 1.00 50% 33% 0.0% 0%
1993 28 TOT MLB 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0%
1993 28 FLA NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0%
8 Yrs 37 0.0% 16.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 6.0 3.60 23.00 65% 13% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.3% 15.3% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 1.76 5.8 39.4 8.1 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.9% 19%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1988 23 STL NL -2.2 -0.2 17 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .81 -0.2 0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.87 -2.3 0
1989 24 STL NL 0.5 0.1 11 -0.0 0.1 -0.2 1.07 -0.0 -0.0 -0.5 -0.1 1.02 -0.2 0
1990 25 STL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .20 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.74 -0.3 0
1991 26 STL NL -0.1 -0.0 3 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .22 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 1.11 -0.1 0
1992 27 STL NL -0.1 -0.0 4 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .70 0.0 -0.0 1.3 0.1 1.26 0.1 0
1993 28 TOT MLB 0.0 0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.88 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.40 -0.1 0
1993 28 FLA NL 0.0 0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.88 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.40 -0.1 0
1993 28 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1994 29 TEX AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 31 MIL AL 0.0 0.0
8 Yrs -2.0 -0.2 37 -0.1 0.3 -0.5 .84 -0.3 0.1 -0.8 -0.1 0.98 -2.9 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
1988 23 STL NL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1989 24 STL NL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
1990 25 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
1991 26 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 0
1992 27 STL NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 TOT MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 FLA 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
8 Yrs 0 0 25% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13% 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 1

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
1988 23 STL NL 17 35% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 10 1 10% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1989 24 STL NL 11 45% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 9 1 11% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1990 25 STL NL 1 100% 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
1991 26 STL NL 3 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0 0 0 0 0
1992 27 STL NL 4 25% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 4 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 TOT MLB 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 FLA NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 37 35% 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 88% 9 1 11% 10 3 30% 28 5 18% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 58% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 57%

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
1988 23 STL NL 17 42 2.47 34 81% 9% 18% 32% 41% 91% 0% 74% 81% 65% 0% 0 0 6% 1 1 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
1989 24 STL NL 11 26 2.36 20 77% 15% 15% 25% 45% 85% 0% 65% 82% 64% 0% 0 0 18% 2 2 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1990 25 STL NL 1 3 3.00 3 100% 33% 33% 0% 33% 67% 67% 50% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 26 STL NL 3 13 4.33 7 54% 0% 14% 43% 43% 100% 0% 54% 86% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 1 1 0 0 0
1992 27 STL NL 4 12 3.00 10 83% 30% 30% 10% 30% 70% 0% 58% 57% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
1993 28 TOT MLB 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 FLA NL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 37 97 2.62 75 77% 13% 19% 27% 41% 87% 0% 67% 78% 62% 0% 0 0 8% 3 3 3% 1 1 33% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.65 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

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
1988 23 8 17 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -18 2 0 0 3 0 0
1989 24 44 28 23 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .261 .261 .261 .522 49 6 0 0 5 0 0
1990 25 48 29 24 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .250 .250 .250 .500 43 6 0 0 5 0 0
1991 26 107 32 27 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .259 .259 .259 .519 48 7 1 0 5 0 0
1992 27 180 36 30 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .267 .267 .267 .533 53 8 1 0 6 0 0
1993 28 236 37 30 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .267 .267 .267 .533 53 8 1 0 7 0 0
1994 29 283 37 30 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .267 .267 .267 .533 53 8 1 0 7 0 0
1995 30 283 37 30 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .267 .267 .267 .533 53 8 1 0 7 0 0
1996 31 291 37 30 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .267 .267 .267 .533 53 8 1 0 7 0 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
1988 23 8 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1989 24 36 11 9 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .444 .444 .444 .889 2 36
1990 25 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1991 26 59 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 59
1992 27 73 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 73
1993 28 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
6 Yrs 236 37 30 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .133 .133 .133 .267 2 236
162 Game Avg. 162 25 21 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 1 236

* 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.

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