Craig Chamberlain

Craig Phillip Chamberlain

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 2, 1957 in Hollywood, CA
High School: Los Alamitos HS (Los Alamitos, CA)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1979
Team: Royals 1979-1980

Final Game: September 28, 1980
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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
1979	22	KCR-min	AA	12	9	.571	2.59	22	22		11	3	0	160.0	142	57	46	10	45	3	117	6	5	7			1.169	8.0	0.6	2.5	6.6	2.60	JCK · SOUL
1979	22	KCR	AL	4	4	.500	3.75	10	10	0	4	0	0	69.2	68	31	29	7	18	0	30	1	0	2	287	115	1.234	8.8	0.9	2.3	3.9	1.67
1980	23	KCR-min	AAA	11	10	.524	4.76	27	27		3	0	0	170.0	184	105	90	23	81	0	81	1	0	6			1.559	9.7	1.2	4.3	4.3	1.00	OMA · AA
1980	23	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	6.75	5	0	2	0	0	0	9.1	10	8	7	3	5	2	3	0	0	1	43	62	1.607	9.6	2.9	4.8	2.9	0.60
1981	24	KCR-min	AAA	6	7	.462	3.72	21	19	0	4	1	0	133.0	110	64	55	12	73	1	58	2	0	2			1.376	7.4	0.8	4.9	3.9	0.79	OMA · AA
1982	25	SFG-min	AAA	2	13	.133	6.91	31	16	6	3	0	0	125.0	156	110	96	19	83	1	70	6	0	12			1.912	11.2	1.4	6.0	5.0	0.84	PHX · PCL
1983	26	SFG-min	AA,AAA	4	9	.308	7.45	24	17	4	0	0	0	110.0	164	102	91	21	42	0	42	4	0	4			1.873	13.4	1.7	3.4	3.4	1.00	SHV,PHX · TL,PCL
1987	30	SBR	A	6	4	.600	2.43	11	11	0	5	2	0	85.1	63	33	23	3	39	0	65	4	0	9			1.195	6.6	0.3	4.1	6.9	1.67	SBR · CALL
1988	31	BAL-min	AA	4	7	.364	5.43	18	8	5	1	0	0	64.2	73	48	39	9	32	3	40	4	6	2			1.624	10.2	1.3	4.5	5.6	1.25	CHR · SOUL
1991	34	CLE-min	AA,AAA	0	1	.000	9.82	3	1	1	0	0	1	11.0	15	14	12	2	5	0	4	1	0	0			1.818	12.3	1.6	4.1	3.3	0.80	CAK,CSP · EL,PCL
2 Yrs				4	5	.444	4.10	15	10	2	4	0	0	79.0	78	39	36	10	23	2	33	1	0	3	330	104	1.278	8.9	1.1	2.6	3.8	1.43
162 Game Avg.				11	14	.444	4.10	41	27	5	11	0	0	215	212	106	98	27	63	5	90	3	0	8	898	104	1.278	8.9	1.1	2.6	3.8	1.43

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1979	22	KCR	AL	69.2	10	10	31	4.00	4.83	0.21	0.15	99.9	4.77	6	0.6		-0.0	1.2	14	.562	.504	$
1980	23	KCR	AL	9.1	5	0	8	7.71	4.38	0.14	-0.35	99.3	3.86	-4	-0.4	1.3	-0.1	-0.4	-3	.421	.498	$
2 Seasons				79.0	15	10	39	4.44	4.78	0.20	0.10	99.8	4.66	2	0.2	1.3	-0.1	0.8	11	.515	.501	$

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
1979	22	KCR	AL	10	287	261	31	68	9	3	7	3	2	18	30	.261	.306	.398	.705	.268	104	8	1	3	4	0	1
1980	23	KCR	AL	5	43	37	8	10	3	0	3	1	0	5	3	.270	.349	.595	.943	.219	22	0	0	0	1	2	1
2 Yrs				15	330	298	39	78	12	3	10	4	2	23	33	.262	.312	.423	.735	.262	126	8	1	3	5	2	2
162 Game Avg.				41	898	811	106	212	33	8	27	11	5	63	90	.262	.312	.423	.735	.262	343	22	3	8	14	5	5
MLB Averages																.265	.328	.393	.721	.286

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
1979	22	KCR	AL	4.8	0.5	294	0.8	5.1	-4.3	.95	0.7	0.1	8.8	0.9	0.95	7.3	0	0
1980	23	KCR	AL	-2.7	-0.3	45	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	.48	-0.3	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.48	-3.7	2	3
2 Yrs				2.1	0.2	339	0.7	5.5	-4.8	.89	0.4	0.3	6.7	0.7	0.89	3.6	2	3

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
1979	22	KCR	AL	10	10	4	4	2	0	1	5	5	.500	1	1	4	0	5	50%	52.7	79	33	8	6	3	2	4.8	4.8	7.0
1 Yr				10	10	4	4	2	0	1	5	5	.500	1	1	4	0	5	50%	53	79	33	8	6	3	2	4.8	4.8	7.0
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	99	-1					4.4	4.4	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1980	23	KCR	AL	5	5	2	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	6	2	33%	2	.480	2	0	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	1	3	0	5.6
1 Yr				5	5	2	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	6	2	33%		.480	2	0	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	1	3	0	5.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1979	22	KCR	AL	287	41%	2.4%	10.5%	6.3%	6.6%	28%	0.49	79%	53	8	15%
1980	23	KCR	AL	43	58%	7.0%	7.0%	11.6%	14.0%	60%	0.47	74%	6	0	0%
2 Yrs				330	44%	3.0%	10.0%	7.0%	7.6%	32%	0.49	79%	59	8	14%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.5%	8.3%	6.7%	28%	1.10	76%			11%

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
1979	22	KCR	AL	287	68			7	0	2	3	4	4	3	7	6	0	86%	1	2	1	108	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1980	23	KCR	AL	43	10			3	0	2	2	1	2	1	4	1	1	25%	1	1	0	15	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2 Yrs				330	78			10	0	4	5	5	6	4	11	7	1	64%	2	3	1	123	4	2	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
MLB Averages																		54%							66%

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+
1979	22	4	4	.500	3.75	10	10	0	4	0	0	69.2	68	31	29	7	18	0	30	1	0	2	287	115	1.234	8.8	0.9	2.3	3.9	1.67	115
1980	23	4	5	.444	4.10	15	10	2	4	0	0	79.0	78	39	36	10	23	2	33	1	0	3	330	104	1.278	8.9	1.1	2.6	3.8	1.43	104

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1979	22	3	4	.429	4.03	67.0	69	33	30	7	18	29	1	1.299	9.3	2.4	3.9	1.61	0.9	10
1980	23	0	0		8.00	9.0	11	9	8	3	6	3	0	1.889	11.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	3.0	5
2 Yrs		3	4	.429	4.50	76.0	80	42	38	10	24	32	1	1.368	9.5		3.8	1.33	1.2	15

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