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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 (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
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Rangers/Marlins/Brewers 1988-1996

Final Game: April 26, 1996
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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 75 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 89 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 88 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 7 293 122 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 5 154 150 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 2 139 100 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 97 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 71 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 100 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 4 392 100 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 98 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 98 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 5 154 150 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 71 1.680 13.0 1.1 2.2 2.2 1.00
NL (6 yrs) NL 21 16 .568 3.57 209 13 60 1 0 1 315.0 282 136 125 26 97 31 184 9 0 13 1313 103 1.203 8.1 0.7 2.8 5.3 1.90
AL (3 yrs) AL 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

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
1988 23 STL NL 47.2 8 27 25 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
1989 24 STL NL 68.0 5 30 33 4 .9 3 0.1 $
1990 25 STL NL 8.0 0 4 4 0 .3 0 0.0 $100,000
1991 26 STL NL 66.0 0 31 35 1 .9 4 0.0 $120,000
1992 27 STL NL 88.0 0 29 43 0 1.1 14 1.1 $170,000
1993 28 FLA NL 37.1 0 15 25 -1 .8 10 0.6 $725,000
1993 28 TEX AL 32.0 0 15 19 0 1.4 4 0.2 $
1994 29 TEX AL 59.0 0 35 45 -2 1.2 10 0.5 $1,000,000
1996 31 MIL AL 8.1 0 8 6 0 .6 -2 -0.2 $150,000
8 Seasons 414.1 13 194 235 2 1.0 41 2.1 $2,265,000
STL (5 yrs) 277.2 13 121 140 5 1.0 19 1.0 $390,000
TEX (2 yrs) 91.0 0 50 64 -2 1.3 14 0.7 $1,000,000
FLA (1 yr) 37.1 0 15 25 -1 .8 10 0.6 $725,000
MIL (1 yr) 8.1 0 8 6 0 .6 -2 -0.2 $150,000

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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
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 Seasons 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: 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
1988 23 STL NL 17 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1989 24 STL NL 11 1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1990 25 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $100,000 /1
1991 26 STL NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $120,000 1
1992 27 STL NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $170,000 1
5 Seasons 36 -1 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $390,000

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1988 STL NL 23 P 8 8 1 47.2 10 6 4 0 1 1.000 1.89 1.25 .955 1.96 1.96 2 2 50% 0
1989 STL NL 24 P 36 5 0 68.0 13 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.72 0.36 .947 1.87 1.87 8 3 27% 0
1990 STL NL 25 P 4 0 0 8.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 .960 1.80 1.80 1 0 0% 0
1991 STL NL 26 P 59 0 0 66.0 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.20 .955 1.85 1.85 3 4 57% 0
1992 STL NL 27 P 73 0 0 88.0 17 7 10 0 1 1.000 1.74 0.23 .954 1.94 1.94 11 3 21% 0
1993 TOT MLB 28 P 56 0 0 69.1 15 3 12 0 1 1.000 1.95 0.27 .953 1.82 1.81 5 1 17% 0
1993 FLA NL 28 P 29 0 0 37.1 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.41 0.34 .953 1.83 1.83 5 0 0% 0
1993 TEX AL 28 P 27 0 0 32.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.41 0.19 .952 1.80 1.78 0 1 100% 0
1994 TEX AL 29 P 47 0 0 59.0 11 2 8 1 1 .909 1.53 0.21 .956 1.72 1.71 2 3 60% 0
1996 MIL AL 31 P 8 0 0 8.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.73 1.76 3 0 0% 0
8 Seasons P 291 13 1 414.1 79 25 52 2 5 .975 1.67 0.26 .953 1.86 1.84 35 16 31% 0
8 Seasons TOT 291 13 1 414.1 79 25 52 2 5 .975 1.67 0.26 .953 1.86 1.84 35 16 31% 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.
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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.
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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)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1991 NL  1.000 (1st)
1993 NL  1.000 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1554), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199025St. Louis Cardinals$100,000USA Today
199126St. Louis Cardinals$120,000USA Today survey
199227St. Louis Cardinals$170,00011/4/92 Toronto SunIncludes $20,000 earned bonus
199328Florida Marlins$725,000USA Today
199429Texas Rangers$1,000,0004/5/94 USA Today
199631Milwaukee Brewers$150,0004/10/96 Baseball Weekly survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,265,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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