Cris Carpenter
Cris Howell Carpenter
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 5, 1965 in St. Augustine, FL
High School: Gainesville (Gainesville, GA)
Schools: University of Georgia, Piedmont College
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 1988
Final Game: April 26, 1996
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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
1988 23 STL NL 2 3 .400 4.72 8 8 0 1 0 0 47.2 56 27 25 3 9 2 24 1 0 1 203 74 1.364 10.6 0.6 1.7 4.5 2.67
1989 24 STL NL 4 4 .500 3.18 36 5 10 0 0 0 68.0 70 30 24 4 26 9 35 2 0 1 303 114 1.412 9.3 0.5 3.4 4.6 1.35
1990 25 STL NL 0 0 4.50 4 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 5 4 4 2 2 1 6 0 0 0 32 84 0.875 5.6 2.3 2.3 6.8 3.00
1991 26 STL NL 10 4 .714 4.23 59 0 19 0 0 0 66.0 53 31 31 6 20 9 47 0 0 1 266 87 1.106 7.2 0.8 2.7 6.4 2.35
1992 27 STL NL 5 4 .556 2.97 73 0 21 0 0 1 88.0 69 29 29 10 27 8 46 4 0 5 355 115 1.091 7.1 1.0 2.8 4.7 1.70
1993 28 TOT MLB 4 2 .667 3.50 56 0 17 0 0 1 69.1 64 30 27 5 25 3 53 4 0 7 293 121 1.284 8.3 0.6 3.2 6.9 2.12
1993 28 FLA NL 0 1 .000 2.89 29 0 9 0 0 0 37.1 29 15 12 1 13 2 26 2 0 5 154 148 1.125 7.0 0.2 3.1 6.3 2.00
1993 28 TEX AL 4 1 .800 4.22 27 0 8 0 0 1 32.0 35 15 15 4 12 1 27 2 0 2 139 99 1.469 9.8 1.1 3.4 7.6 2.25
1994 29 TEX AL 2 5 .286 5.03 47 0 16 0 0 5 59.0 69 35 33 7 20 7 39 0 0 1 263 96 1.508 10.5 1.1 3.1 5.9 1.95
1996 31 MIL AL 0 0 7.56 8 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 12 8 7 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 39 69 1.680 13.0 1.1 2.2 2.2 1.00
8 Seasons 27 22 .551 3.91 291 13 86 1 0 7 414.1 398 194 180 38 131 39 252 11 0 16 1754 99 1.277 8.6 0.8 2.8 5.5 1.92
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .551 3.91 65 3 19 0 0 2 93 89 43 40 9 29 9 56 2 0 4 392 99 1.277 8.6 0.8 2.8 5.5 1.92
STL (5 yrs) 21 15 .583 3.66 180 13 51 1 0 1 277.2 253 121 113 25 84 29 158 7 0 8 1159 97 1.214 8.2 0.8 2.7 5.1 1.88
TEX (2 yrs) 6 6 .500 4.75 74 0 24 0 0 6 91.0 104 50 48 11 32 8 66 2 0 3 402 97 1.495 10.3 1.1 3.2 6.5 2.06
FLA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 2.89 29 0 9 0 0 0 37.1 29 15 12 1 13 2 26 2 0 5 154 148 1.125 7.0 0.2 3.1 6.3 2.00
MIL (1 yr) 0 0 7.56 8 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 12 8 7 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 39 69 1.680 13.0 1.1 2.2 2.2 1.00
NL (6 yrs) 21 16 .568 3.57 209 13 60 1 0 1 315.0 282 136 125 26 97 31 184 9 0 13 1313 102 1.203 8.1 0.7 2.8 5.3 1.90
AL (3 yrs) 6 6 .500 4.98 82 0 26 0 0 6 99.1 116 58 55 12 34 8 68 2 0 3 441 94 1.510 10.5 1.1 3.1 6.2 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1988 23 STL NL 8 203 188 27 56 10 3 3 2 2 9 24 .298 .327 .431 .758 .321 81 4 1 1 4 2
1989 24 STL NL 36 303 267 30 70 15 4 4 8 3 26 35 .262 .328 .393 .721 .284 105 2 2 4 4 9
1990 25 STL NL 4 32 30 4 5 0 0 2 1 0 2 6 .167 .219 .367 .585 .136 11 0 0 0 0 1
1991 26 STL NL 59 266 241 31 53 17 0 6 3 4 20 47 .220 .278 .365 .643 .247 88 2 0 3 2 9
1992 27 STL NL 73 355 313 29 69 13 2 10 11 3 27 46 .220 .288 .371 .659 .227 116 7 4 8 3 8
1993 28 TOT MLB 56 293 258 30 64 13 2 5 5 1 25 53 .248 .320 .372 .692 .289 96 4 4 2 4 3
1993 28 FLA NL 29 154 137 15 29 8 1 1 5 0 13 26 .212 .288 .307 .594 .252 42 2 2 1 1 2
1993 28 TEX AL 27 139 121 15 35 5 1 4 0 1 12 27 .289 .355 .446 .801 .333 54 2 2 1 3 1
1994 29 TEX AL 47 263 237 35 69 10 1 7 2 3 20 39 .291 .342 .430 .773 .320 102 4 0 3 3 7
1996 31 MIL AL 8 39 36 8 12 1 1 1 3 0 2 2 .333 .359 .500 .859 .324 18 0 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 291 1754 1570 194 398 79 13 38 35 16 131 252 .254 .312 .393 .705 .277 617 23 11 21 21 39
162 Game Avg. 65 392 351 43 89 18 3 9 8 4 29 56 .254 .312 .393 .705 .277 138 5 2 5 5 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1988 23 STL NL 8 8 2 3 3 0 0 3 5 .375 2 1 1 0 3 38% 47 78 24 4 3 0 4 3.4 4.2 6.0 86 2 5 1 0 116
1989 24 STL NL 36 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 3 .400 1 0 0 0 2 40% 50 73 36 18 2 3 1 4.3 5.4 5.4 77 3 2 0 0 87
2 Seasons 44 13 3 5 5 0 0 5 8 .385 3 1 1 0 5 38% 48 78 24 22 5 3 5 3.7 4.6 5.7 82 5 7 1 0 116
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1989 24 STL NL 36 31 10 3 2 2 0 2 0% 4 2 17 10 59% 7 0.932 9 5 15 5 7 19 9 22 14 11 16 7 4.0 22
1990 25 STL NL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 7 0.398 0 4 0 0 0 4 2 2 3 1 3 0 6.0 26
1991 26 STL NL 59 59 19 10 4 0 0 0 12 11 37 8 22% 8 0.972 20 17 20 15 12 32 20 39 19 20 20 14 3.4 17
1992 27 STL NL 73 73 21 5 4 8 1 7 13% 15 7 64 19 30% 7 1.200 24 22 26 18 14 41 36 37 27 22 31 19 3.6 17
1993 28 TOT MLB 56 56 17 4 2 4 1 3 25% 19 14 45 14 31% 1.062 26 11 18 22 6 28 28 28 25 17 27 7 3.7 20
1993 28 FLA NL 29 29 9 0 1 2 0 2 0% 6 3 17 5 29% 7 0.737 9 5 14 6 1 22 11 18 12 8 13 3 3.9 20
1993 28 TEX AL 27 27 8 4 1 2 1 1 50% 13 11 28 9 32% 8 1.422 17 6 4 16 5 6 17 10 13 9 14 4 3.6 20
1994 29 TEX AL 47 47 16 2 5 11 5 6 45% 16 5 44 19 43% 8 1.210 21 9 16 22 7 18 27 20 22 16 28 10 3.8 20
1996 31 MIL AL 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 7 0.647 0 3 5 4 1 3 6 2 3 2 5 1 3.1 16
7 Seasons 283 278 86 24 17 25 7 18 28% 66 39 219 76 35% 1.054 100 71 100 86 47 145 128 150 113 89 130 58 3.7 19

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1988 23 STL NL 203 45% 1.5% 11.8% 4.4% 7.9% 29% 0.76 1.00 81% 25% 4.8% 35% 37 4 11%
1989 24 STL NL 303 51% 1.3% 11.6% 8.6% 7.6% 33% 0.67 0.80 77% 21% 3.6% 22% 50 2 4%
1990 25 STL NL 32 41% 6.3% 18.8% 6.3% 6.3% 40% 0.29 0.38 69% 29% 12.5% 6% 2 0 0%
1991 26 STL NL 266 52% 2.3% 17.7% 7.5% 8.7% 43% 0.59 0.81 71% 19% 6.3% 21% 39 2 5%
1992 27 STL NL 355 51% 2.8% 13.0% 7.6% 7.0% 36% 0.65 0.90 73% 16% 8.4% 26% 73 7 10%
1993 28 TOT MLB 293 44% 1.7% 18.1% 8.5% 6.8% 31% 0.63 0.88 70% 22% 4.7% 17% 67 4 6%
1993 28 FLA NL 154 44% 0.7% 16.9% 8.4% 6.5% 35% 0.79 0.93 72% 12% 2.0% 21% 33 2 6%
1993 28 TEX AL 139 45% 2.9% 19.4% 8.6% 7.2% 29% 0.48 0.81 67% 33% 7.0% 14% 34 2 6%
1994 29 TEX AL 263 44% 2.7% 14.8% 7.6% 6.8% 26% 0.77 0.88 74% 22% 7.2% 14% 52 4 8%
1996 31 MIL AL 39 33% 2.6% 5.1% 5.1% 7.7% 25% 0.48 0.35 87% 29% 5.9% 26% 4 0 0%
8 Seasons 1754 48% 2.2% 14.4% 7.5% 7.4% 33% 0.66 0.84 74% 21% 6.1% 22% 324 23 7%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1988 23 STL NL 203 684 3.37 458 67% 27% 7% 29% 37% 73% 3% 49% 90% 58% 2% 5 2 17% 35 24 2 46% 6 1 0 0 0
1989 24 STL NL 300 1044 3.48 658 63% 24% 12% 27% 36% 76% 8% 48% 83% 57% 7% 21 7 16% 49 33 4 38% 8 6 3 0 4
1990 25 STL NL 32 104 3.25 74 71% 30% 15% 23% 32% 70% 13% 50% 79% 63% 6% 2 0 38% 12 9 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0
1991 26 STL NL 266 992 3.73 626 63% 23% 14% 31% 32% 77% 9% 48% 82% 55% 5% 12 3 15% 40 18 1 32% 7 1 0 0 0
1992 27 STL NL 355 1258 3.54 801 64% 20% 15% 30% 35% 80% 7% 51% 81% 58% 5% 18 7 21% 73 36 3 15% 10 3 0 0 0
1993 28 TOT MLB 287 1091 3.80 685 63% 22% 16% 32% 30% 78% 3% 49% 80% 62% 7% 20 11 27% 78 41 1 17% 19 6 6 0 0
1993 28 FLA NL 148 559 3.78 351 63% 24% 14% 32% 31% 76% 3% 48% 82% 62% 5% 7 3 28% 42 24 1 24% 10 2 6 0 0
1993 28 TEX AL 139 532 3.83 334 63% 21% 18% 32% 29% 79% 2% 50% 78% 63% 9% 13 8 26% 36 17 0 11% 9 4 0 0 0
1994 29 TEX AL 247 897 3.63 594 66% 22% 15% 31% 32% 78% 8% 52% 81% 65% 5% 12 2 32% 79 50 7 15% 9 3 16 0 0
1996 31 MIL AL 31 111 3.58 73 67% 15% 14% 34% 37% 85% 0% 56% 84% 67% 0% 0 0 26% 8 5 1 0% 0 0 8 2 0
8 Seasons 1721 6181 3.59 3969 64% 23% 14% 30% 34% 77% 6% 50% 82% 59% 5% 90 32 22% 374 216 20 26% 60 21 33 2 4
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1988 23 STL NL 203 56 6 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 13 10 1 77% 1 1 1 75 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1989 24 STL NL 303 70 6 2 4 0 11 3 1 2 2 23 14 0 61% 6 1 0 107 8 3 73% 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1990 25 STL NL 32 5 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 26 STL NL 266 53 18 4 6 0 15 6 0 2 4 19 8 2 42% 1 1 0 86 3 4 43% 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
1992 27 STL NL 355 69 21 5 10 0 13 4 6 5 5 27 10 3 37% 2 5 1 145 11 3 79% 10 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 0
1993 28 TOT MLB 293 64 5 0 5 0 12 2 3 3 2 27 10 5 37% 2 7 0 121 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1993 28 FLA NL 154 29 3 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 12 5 2 42% 2 5 0 59 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1993 28 TEX AL 139 35 2 0 4 0 5 1 3 3 1 15 5 3 33% 0 2 0 62 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1994 29 TEX AL 263 69 8 0 7 0 11 3 4 3 4 19 12 2 63% 6 1 0 110 2 3 40% 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1996 31 MIL AL 39 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 75% 1 0 0 17 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 1754 398 65 11 38 0 63 19 19 15 23 132 67 13 51% 20 16 2 668 35 16 69% 32 11 3 3 0 2 1 0 43 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1988 23 2 3 .400 4.72 8 8 0 1 0 0 47.2 56 27 25 3 9 2 24 1 0 1 203 74 1.364 10.6 0.6 1.7 4.5 2.67 74
1989 24 6 7 .462 3.81 44 13 10 1 0 0 115.2 126 57 49 7 35 11 59 3 0 2 506 93 1.392 9.8 0.5 2.7 4.6 1.69 93
1990 25 6 7 .462 3.86 48 13 11 1 0 0 123.2 131 61 53 9 37 12 65 3 0 2 538 93 1.358 9.5 0.7 2.7 4.7 1.76 93
1991 26 16 11 .593 3.99 107 13 30 1 0 0 189.2 184 92 84 15 57 21 112 3 0 3 804 91 1.271 8.7 0.7 2.7 5.3 1.96 91
1992 27 21 15 .583 3.66 180 13 51 1 0 1 277.2 253 121 113 25 84 29 158 7 0 8 1159 97 1.214 8.2 0.8 2.7 5.1 1.88 97
1993 28 25 17 .595 3.63 236 13 68 1 0 2 347.0 317 151 140 30 109 32 211 11 0 15 1452 101 1.228 8.2 0.8 2.8 5.5 1.94 101
1994 29 27 22 .551 3.83 283 13 84 1 0 7 406.0 386 186 173 37 129 39 250 11 0 16 1715 100 1.268 8.6 0.8 2.9 5.5 1.94 100
1995 30 27 22 .551 3.83 283 13 84 1 0 7 406.0 386 186 173 37 129 39 250 11 0 16 1715 100 1.268 8.6 0.8 2.9 5.5 1.94 100
1996 31 27 22 .551 3.91 291 13 86 1 0 7 414.1 398 194 180 38 131 39 252 11 0 16 1754 99 1.277 8.6 0.8 2.8 5.5 1.92 99

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1988 23 1 3 .250 5.60 45.0 59 31 28 3 9 23 1 1.511 11.8 1.8 4.6 2.56 0.6 8
1989 24 4 3 .571 3.49 67.0 74 29 26 4 27 34 2 1.507 9.9 3.6 4.6 1.26 0.5 36
1990 25 0 0 5.62 8.0 6 6 5 2 2 6 0 1.000 6.8 2.3 6.8 3.00 2.3 4
1991 26 3 4 .429 4.71 63.0 55 37 33 6 21 45 0 1.206 7.9 3.0 6.4 2.14 0.9 59
1992 27 5 4 .556 3.73 82.0 75 38 34 11 29 43 4 1.268 8.2 3.2 4.7 1.48 1.2 73
1993 28 4 3 .571 3.49 67.0 63 29 26 5 25 51 4 1.313 8.5 3.4 6.9 2.04 0.7 56
1994 29 4 5 .444 4.50 84.0 94 47 42 10 27 56 0 1.440 10.1 2.9 6.0 2.07 1.1 47
1996 31 0 0 6.00 9.0 11 7 6 1 2 2 0 1.444 11.0 2.0 2.0 1.00 1.0 8
8 Seasons 21 22 .488 4.24 425.0 437 224 200 42 142 260 11 1.362 9.3 5.5 1.83 0.9 291

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1992 NL--73--6th
1994 AL--47--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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