Chris Coste

Christopher Robert Coste

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 4, 1973 in Fargo, ND
High School: Fargo South HS (Fargo, ND)
School: Concordia College-Moorhead (Moorhead, MN)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 2006
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Astros 2006-2009
Agents: Pat Arter [*]
Final Game: October 2, 2009
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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
2000	27	CLE-min	AA,AAA	96	361	336	47	109	22	4	6	39	1	3	18	45	.324	.367	.467	.834		157	11	5	1	1	2		AKR,BFL · EL,IL
2001	28	CLE-min	AAA,AA	81	320	295	32	81	16	2	7	50	0	2	16	53	.275	.317	.414	.730		122	11	4	1	4	1		BFL,AKR · IL,EL
2002	29	CLE-min	AAA	124	528	478	59	152	32	1	8	67	0	0	34	54	.318	.377	.439	.816		210	14	13	0	3	2		BFL · IL
2003	30	BOS-min	AAA,Rk	40	139	126	8	25	7	1	2	14	0	0	11	23	.198	.261	.317	.578		40	5	0	1	1	1		PAW,RES · IL,GULF
2004	31	MIL-min	AAA	78	291	262	34	77	21	1	2	26	2	3	20	37	.294	.353	.405	.758		106	6	5	2	2	0		INA · IL
2005	32	PHI-min	AAA	134	562	506	73	148	26	1	20	89	3	4	40	85	.292	.351	.466	.817		236	25	9	0	7	0		SWB · IL
2006	33	PHI-min	AAA	39	161	147	12	26	8	0	2	14	1	1	9	28	.177	.236	.272	.508		40	2	3	0	2	1		SWB · IL
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-min	AA,AAA,A+	56	228	208	25	56	11	0	5	42	0	0	15	28	.269	.322	.394	.716		82	6	2	1	2	1		REA,OTT,CLW · EL,IL,FLOR
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	2/3D
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	91	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 Yrs				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	99	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

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
2006	33	PHI	NL	65	213	6	-1	-1	-5	3	2	0.2	6	8	0.8	.503	.501	1.2	-0.2	12	$	2/3
2007	34	PHI	NL	48	137	-3	-0	1	0	2	-1	-0.1	4	2	0.2	.498	.499	0.2	0.2	2	$385,000	2/3
2008	35	PHI	NL	98	305	-2	-2	-1	-1	4	-2	-0.2	8	7	0.6	.498	.499	0.7	0.3	8	$415,000	2/3D
2009	36	PHI	NL	45	118	-1	0	0	-2	1	-2	-0.2	3	2	0.1	.496	.499	0.4	-0.1	4	$460,000	2/D3
2009	36	HOU	NL	43	112	-10	-1	-0	-2	1	-12	-1.3	3	-9	-1.0	.470	.492	-0.8	-0.1	-7	$	23
4 Seasons				299	885	-10	-4	-1	-10	10	-15	-1.6	24	9	0.7	.495	.498	1.7	0.0	19	$1,260,000

PHI (4 yrs)				256	773	-1	-3	-1	-8	10	-3	-0.3	21	18	1.7	.499	.500	2.5	0.2	26	$1,260,000
HOU (1 yr)				43	112	-10	-1	-0	-2	1	-12	-1.3	3	-9	-1.0	.470	.492	-0.8	-0.1	-7	$

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
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	.270	.325	.342	.423	.430	.748	.772	93	.473	-3.0	-0.3	.671	.215	.161	.0
2009	36	TOT	NL	230	166	21	3.4	106	.295	.224	.265	.301	.338	.317	.421	.618	.759	64	.346	-10.3	-1.0	.537	.200	.093	.0
2009	36	PHI	NL	118	80	14	4.7	108	.315	.245	.267	.342	.340	.382	.424	.724	.764	91	.488	-1.1	-0.1	.684	.275	.137	.0
2009	36	HOU	NL	112	86	7	2.2	105	.276	.204	.263	.259	.336	.252	.418	.511	.755	37	.191	-9.3	-0.9	.400	.126	.049
4 Yrs				885	616	111	4.8	111	.312	.272	.272	.329	.344	.416	.435	.744	.779	91	.489	-11.7	-1.1	.666	.207	.144	.0
162 Game Avg.				479	334	60	4.8	111	.312	.272	.272	.329	.344	.416	.435	.744	.779	91	.489	-11.7	-1.1	.666	.207	.144

PHI (4 yrs)				773	530	104	5.3	112	.316	.282	.273	.339	.345	.440	.438	.779	.783	99	.526	-2.4	-0.2	.709	.219	.158	.0
HOU (1 yr)				112	86	7	2.2	105	.276	.204	.263	.259	.336	.252	.418	.511	.755	37	.191	-9.3	-0.9	.400	.126	.049

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
2007	34	PHI	NL	NLDS	COL	L	1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2008	35	PHI	NL	NLCS	LAD	W	1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
2008	35	PHI	NL	WS	TBR	W	1	4	4	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							3	6	6	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1
1 NLDS							1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 NLCS							1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
1 WS							1	4	4	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

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
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 Yrs				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%	17.3%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	2.01	5.1	33.0	7.6	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2006	33	PHI	NL	5.6	0.5	218	0.3	4.2	-3.9	.98	0.6	-0.3	6.3	0.6	0.98	6.0	1.85	9
2007	34	PHI	NL	-4.0	-0.4	140	-0.7	1.8	-2.6	1.00	-0.2	-0.6	0.4	0.0	1.04	-1.2	1.77	16
2008	35	PHI	NL	-3.3	-0.3	310	-1.6	4.6	-6.1	1.10	-0.3	-1.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.97	-3.6	1.75	21
2009	36	TOT	NL	-10.3	-1.0	232	-0.4	3.3	-3.7	.96	-0.8	0.4	-4.7	-0.5	0.93	-8.7	1.95	15
2009	36	PHI	NL	-1.1	-0.1	118	-0.3	1.6	-1.9	.99	0.0	-0.3	-1.2	-0.1	1.00	-1.4	2.28	12
2009	36	HOU	NL	-9.3	-0.9	114	-0.1	1.7	-1.8	.94	-0.8	0.7	-3.5	-0.3	0.86	-7.3	0.62	3
4 Yrs				-12.1	-1.2	900	-2.4	13.9	-16.3	1.02	-0.7	-1.7	0.4	0.0	0.97	-7.5	1.82	61

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2006	33	PHI	NL	1	25%	88	0		0	2	6	21%	8	7	1	2	1	1	4	3	1
2007	34	PHI	NL	1	27%	50	0		0	0	7	9%	6	6	0	3	3	0	2	1	1
2008	35	PHI	NL	3	21%	94	1	0%	1	3	6	32%	9	6	3	3	2	1	7	4	2
2009	36	TOT	NL	1	19%	68	0		0	3	3	17%	9	9	0	2	0	2	7	6	1
2009	36	PHI	NL	1	26%	32	0		0	2	1	38%	4	4	0	2	0	2	2	1	1
2009	36	HOU	NL	0	10%	36	0		0	1	2	0%	5	5	0	0	0	0	5	5	0
4 Yrs				6	23%	300	1	0%	1	8	22	21%	32	28	4	10	6	4	20	14	5

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
2006	33	PHI	NL	213	30%	65	7	0	9	3	0	2	1.85	7	0	8	4	3	4	3	0	0	0		37	6	16%	16	0	0%	153	26	17%	17	5	29%	7	3	43%	0
2007	34	PHI	NL	137	28%	36	4	0	16	5	1	3	1.77	5	0	6	5	0	5	0	0	2	2	100%	30	1	3%	16	6	38%	108	18	17%	9	6	67%	6	4	67%	0
2008	35	PHI	NL	305	30%	72	7	0	21	4	0	0	1.75	9	0	7	5	4	7	2	0	4	3	75%	66	7	11%	29	6	21%	202	28	14%	16	8	50%	7	3	43%	0
2009	36	TOT	NL	230	27%	46	6	0	15	1	0	1	1.95	2	0	6	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	100%	52	5	10%	19	7	37%	140	16	11%	13	8	62%	5	2	40%	0
2009	36	PHI	NL	118	32%	25	3	0	12	1	0	1	2.28	2	0	6	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	100%	29	2	7%	13	3	23%	88	6	7%	9	4	44%	5	2	40%	0
2009	36	HOU	NL	112	21%	21	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		23	3	13%	6	4	67%	52	10	19%	4	4	100%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				885	29%	219	24	0	61	13	1	6	1.82	23	0	27	14	9	18	5	0	7	6	86%	185	19	10%	80	19	24%	603	88	15%	55	27	49%	25	12	48%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			15%			51%			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
2006	33	PHI	NL	214	802	3.75	534	67%	23%	17%	29%	31%	77%	1%	51%	77%	18%	2%	5	0	11%	24	13	6%	12	9	13%	-1	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%	16%	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%	27%	17%	31%	26%	73%	0%	50%	77%	24%	2%	2	1	8%	9	6	4%	5	0	21%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				886	3309	3.73	2168	66%	25%	16%	28%	30%	75%	1%	49%	78%	21%	3%	30	2	13%	119	65	6%	55	34	15%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.79		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2006	33	65	213	198	25	65	14	7	32	0	10	31	.328	.376	.505	.881	119	100	6	5	0	0	1
2007	34	113	350	327	40	101	17	12	54	0	14	51	.309	.351	.471	.822	105	154	7	7	2	0	2
2008	35	211	655	601	68	173	34	21	90	1	30	102	.288	.338	.449	.788	100	270	14	17	5	2	3
2009	36	299	885	806	83	219	47	23	108	1	52	157	.272	.329	.416	.744	91	335	19	18	6	3	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2006	33	65	207	193	22	60	13	6	28	9	31	.311	.357	.472	.829	32	65
2007	34	48	135	127	14	34	3	5	20	4	20	.268	.301	.409	.710	15	48
2008	35	98	304	273	27	71	17	9	35	16	51	.260	.322	.421	.744	34	98
2009	36	88	231	206	15	47	13	2	18	22	55	.228	.304	.320	.625	20	88
4 Yrs		299	877	799	78	212	46	22	101	51	157	.265	.323	.406	.728	101	299
162 Game Avg.		162	475	433	42	115	25	12	55	28	85	.265	.323	.406	.728	55	299

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