Chris Coste
Christopher Robert Coste
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 4, 1973 in Fargo, ND
High School: Fargo South (Fargo, ND)
School: Concordia College
Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 2006
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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
2006 33 PHI NL 65 213 198 25 65 14 0 7 32 0 0 10 31 .328 .376 .505 .881 119 100 6 5 0 0 1 2/3
2007 34 PHI NL 48 137 129 15 36 3 0 5 22 0 0 4 20 .279 .311 .419 .730 84 54 1 2 2 0 1 2/3
2008 35 PHI NL 98 305 274 28 72 17 0 9 36 0 1 16 51 .263 .325 .423 .748 93 116 7 10 3 2 1 2/3
2009 36 TOT NL 88 230 205 15 46 13 0 2 18 0 0 22 55 .224 .301 .317 .618 64 65 5 1 1 1 1 23/D
2009 36 PHI NL 45 118 102 12 25 8 0 2 8 0 0 14 27 .245 .342 .382 .724 90 39 2 1 1 0 1 2/D3
2009 36 HOU NL 43 112 103 3 21 5 0 0 10 0 0 8 28 .204 .259 .252 .511 37 26 3 0 0 1 0 23
4 Seasons 299 885 806 83 219 47 0 23 108 0 1 52 157 .272 .329 .416 .744 91 335 19 18 6 3 4
162 Game Avg. 162 479 437 45 119 25 0 12 59 0 1 28 85 .272 .329 .416 .744 91 182 10 10 3 2 2
PHI (4 yrs) 256 773 703 80 198 42 0 23 98 0 1 44 129 .282 .339 .440 .779 98 309 16 18 6 2 4
HOU (1 yr) 43 112 103 3 21 5 0 0 10 0 0 8 28 .204 .259 .252 .511 37 26 3 0 0 1 0

Advanced Batting

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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
2006 33 PHI NL 213 139 36 6.9 117 .363 .328 .278 .376 .350 .505 .452 .881 .801 119 .637 5.6 0.5 .827 .227 .177 .0
2007 34 PHI NL 137 96 17 4.8 115 .298 .279 .278 .311 .347 .419 .444 .730 .791 84 .470 -4.0 -0.4 .638 .171 .140 .0
2008 35 PHI NL 305 215 37 4.6 110 .292 .263 .271 .325 .343 .423 .432 .748 .775 93 .473 -3.3 -0.3 .671 .215 .161 .0
2009 36 TOT NL 230 166 21 3.4 107 .295 .224 .266 .301 .340 .317 .423 .618 .763 64 .346 -10.6 -1.0 .537 .200 .093 .0
2009 36 PHI NL 118 80 14 4.7 108 .315 .245 .268 .342 .342 .382 .426 .724 .767 90 .488 -1.2 -0.1 .684 .275 .137 .0
2009 36 HOU NL 112 86 7 2.2 106 .276 .204 .265 .259 .338 .252 .420 .511 .758 37 .191 -9.4 -0.9 .400 .126 .049
4 Seasons 885 616 111 4.8 112 .312 .272 .273 .329 .344 .416 .436 .744 .781 91 .489 -12.4 -1.2 .666 .207 .144 .0
162 Game Avg. 479 334 60 4.8 112 .312 .272 .273 .329 .344 .416 .436 .744 .781 91 .489 -12.4 -1.2 .666 .207 .144
PHI (4 yrs) 773 530 104 5.3 113 .316 .282 .274 .339 .345 .440 .439 .779 .784 98 .526 -3.0 -0.3 .709 .219 .158 .0
HOU (1 yr) 112 86 7 2.2 106 .276 .204 .265 .259 .338 .252 .420 .511 .758 37 .191 -9.4 -0.9 .400 .126 .049

Postseason Batting

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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
2007 34 PHI NL NLDS COL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 35 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 35 PHI NL WS TBR W 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 3 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
2006 33 PHI NL 213 3.3% 14.6% 4.7% 9.9% 32% 3.10 6.4 28.3 6.2 0.72 1.02 75% 25% 8.0% 9%
2007 34 PHI NL 137 3.7% 14.6% 2.9% 5.8% 22% 5.00 6.5 25.8 5.9 0.76 0.92 76% 18% 10.0% 19%
2008 35 PHI NL 305 3.0% 16.7% 5.3% 8.5% 36% 3.19 5.4 30.4 7.6 0.65 0.89 71% 21% 7.6% 13%
2009 36 TOT NL 230 0.9% 23.9% 9.6% 6.5% 33% 2.50 3.7 102.5 11.4 0.72 1.20 65% 20% 2.9% 23%
2009 36 PHI NL 118 1.7% 22.9% 11.9% 8.5% 40% 1.93 3.8 51.0 12.8 0.63 1.26 62% 25% 5.4% 20%
2009 36 HOU NL 112 0.0% 25.0% 7.1% 4.5% 24% 3.50 3.7 10.3 0.81 1.15 68% 14% 0.0% 26%
4 Seasons 885 2.6% 17.7% 5.9% 7.9% 32% 3.02 5.1 35.0 7.5 0.70 1.00 71% 21% 7.1% 15%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
2006 33 PHI NL 1 0 25% 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 21% 8 7 1 2 1 1 4 3 1
2007 34 PHI NL 1 0 27% 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9% 6 6 0 3 3 0 2 1 1
2008 35 PHI NL 3 0 21% 94 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 32% 9 6 3 3 2 1 7 4 2
2009 36 TOT NL 1 0 19% 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 17% 9 9 0 2 0 2 7 6 1
2009 36 PHI NL 1 0 26% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 38% 4 4 0 2 0 2 2 1 1
2009 36 HOU NL 0 0 10% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0% 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 0
4 Seasons 6 0 23% 300 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 22 21% 32 28 4 10 6 4 20 14 5
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2006 33 PHI NL 213 30% 65 7 0 9 3 0 2 1.84 7 0 8 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 37 6 16% 16 0 0% 153 26 17% 17 5 29% 15 5 33% 0
2007 34 PHI NL 137 28% 36 4 0 16 5 1 3 1.78 5 0 6 5 0 5 0 0 2 2 100% 30 1 3% 16 6 38% 108 18 17% 9 6 67% 14 7 50% 0
2008 35 PHI NL 305 30% 72 7 0 20 4 0 0 1.78 9 0 7 5 4 7 2 0 4 3 75% 66 7 11% 29 6 21% 202 28 14% 16 8 50% 14 5 36% 0
2009 36 TOT NL 230 27% 46 6 0 15 1 0 1 1.98 2 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 100% 52 5 10% 19 7 37% 140 16 11% 13 8 62% 11 2 18% 0
2009 36 PHI NL 118 32% 25 3 0 12 1 0 1 2.31 2 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 100% 29 2 7% 13 3 23% 88 6 7% 9 4 44% 7 2 29% 0
2009 36 HOU NL 112 21% 21 3 0 3 0 0 0 0.64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 3 13% 6 4 67% 52 10 19% 4 4 100% 4 0 0% 0
4 Seasons 885 29% 219 24 0 60 13 1 6 1.84 23 0 27 14 9 18 5 0 7 6 86% 185 19 10% 80 19 24% 603 88 15% 55 27 49% 54 19 35% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2006 33 PHI NL 213 800 3.76 534 67% 23% 17% 29% 31% 77% 2% 52% 77% 18% 2% 5 0 11% 24 13 6% 12 9 13% 0 0 0
2007 34 PHI NL 137 501 3.66 333 66% 20% 17% 29% 33% 80% 2% 53% 79% 22% 2% 3 1 17% 23 14 4% 5 4 5% 0 0 0
2008 35 PHI NL 305 1142 3.74 734 64% 27% 14% 28% 31% 73% 1% 47% 80% 22% 4% 11 0 14% 44 25 7% 22 16 18% 0 0 0
2009 36 TOT NL 230 864 3.76 567 66% 29% 17% 28% 27% 71% 1% 47% 77% 23% 5% 11 1 12% 28 13 7% 16 5 18% 0 0 0
2009 36 PHI NL 118 435 3.69 273 63% 32% 16% 25% 28% 68% 2% 43% 77% 22% 8% 9 0 16% 19 7 9% 11 5 15% 0 0 0
2009 36 HOU NL 112 429 3.83 294 69% 26% 17% 31% 26% 74% 0% 51% 76% 25% 2% 2 1 8% 9 6 4% 5 0 21% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 885 3307 3.74 2168 66% 25% 16% 28% 30% 75% 1% 49% 78% 21% 3% 30 2 13% 119 65 6% 55 34 15% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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
2006 33 65 213 198 25 65 14 0 7 32 0 0 10 31 .328 .376 .505 .881 119 100 6 5 0 0 1
2007 34 113 350 327 40 101 17 0 12 54 0 0 14 51 .309 .351 .471 .822 106 154 7 7 2 0 2
2008 35 211 655 601 68 173 34 0 21 90 0 1 30 102 .288 .338 .449 .788 100 270 14 17 5 2 3
2009 36 299 885 806 83 219 47 0 23 108 0 1 52 157 .272 .329 .416 .744 91 335 19 18 6 3 4

Neutralized Batting

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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
2006 33 65 207 193 22 60 13 0 6 28 0 9 31 .311 .357 .472 .829 32 65
2007 34 48 133 127 13 34 3 0 5 20 0 4 20 .268 .301 .409 .710 15 48
2008 35 98 302 274 27 72 17 0 9 34 0 16 51 .263 .325 .423 .748 35 98
2009 36 88 230 206 15 47 13 0 2 18 0 22 55 .228 .304 .320 .625 20 88
4 Seasons 299 872 800 77 213 46 0 22 100 0 51 157 .266 .323 .406 .730 102 299
162 Game Avg. 162 472 433 42 115 25 0 12 54 0 28 85 .266 .323 .406 .730 55 299

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Johnnie Heving (919)
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