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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2006 PHI NL 33 C 54 46 43 434.1 344 328 12 4 0 .988 -2 -5 -6 -14 7.05 6.30 .992 7.37 7.32 4 9 25 6 19% 28% 0
2006 PHI NL 33 1B 2 0 0 4.1 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 6.23 1.50 .993 9.35 9.35
2007 PHI NL 34 C 31 25 24 242.2 169 157 12 0 3 1.000 2 0 10 0 6.27 5.45 .991 7.39 7.36 2 3 15 6 29% 25% 1
2007 PHI NL 34 1B 1 1 0 7.0 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 34 0 7.71 6.00 .993 9.26 9.20
2008 PHI NL 35 C 78 69 51 612.2 514 488 23 3 6 .994 1 -1 2 -2 7.51 6.55 .993 7.65 7.60 1 15 44 13 23% 27% 0
2008 PHI NL 35 1B 1 1 1 9.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 53 0 8.00 8.00 .992 9.30 9.30
2008 PHI NL 35 DH 1 0
2009 TOT NL 36 C 55 36 32 352.0 291 280 11 0 1 1.000 -1 -3 -3 -10 7.44 5.29 .993 7.77 7.70 3 5 22 5 19% 29% 0
2009 TOT NL 36 1B 16 14 12 124.2 135 127 7 1 17 .993 1 -1 10 -9 9.67 8.38 .993 9.29 9.21
2009 PHI NL 36 C 29 22 19 211.0 170 164 6 0 1 1.000 0 -2 0 -11 7.25 5.86 .993 7.77 7.70 3 1 15 5 25% 29% 0
2009 PHI NL 36 DH 3 3
2009 PHI NL 36 1B 1 1 1 9.0 9 9 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 9.00 9.00 .993 9.30 9.20
2009 HOU NL 36 C 26 14 13 141.0 121 116 5 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -9 -9 7.72 4.65 .993 7.77 7.70 0 4 7 0 0% 29% 0
2009 HOU NL 36 1B 15 13 11 115.2 126 118 7 1 16 .992 1 -1 10 -10 9.73 8.33 .993 9.29 9.21
4 Seasons C 218 176 150 1641.2 1318 1253 58 7 10 .995 0 -9 0 -6 7.19 6.01 .992 7.56 7.52 10 32 106 30 22% 27% 1
4 Seasons 1B 20 16 13 145.0 152 143 8 1 19 .993 2 -1 13 -8 9.37 7.55 .993 9.29 9.23
4 Seasons TOT 238 192 163 1786.2 1470 1396 66 8 29 .995 2 -10 1 -6 7.36 6.14 .993 7.70 7.67 10 32 106 30 22% 27% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2006 PHI NL 33 C -2 -6 -2 -5 -14 -2 0 -2
2006 PHI NL 33 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 PHI NL 34 C 2 10 2 0 0 0 0 1
2007 PHI NL 34 1B 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 PHI NL 35 C 1 2 1 -1 -2 0 1 -3
2008 PHI NL 35 1B 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 PHI NL 36 C 0 0 0 -2 -11 0 -1 -1 -1
2009 PHI NL 36 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 HOU NL 36 C -1 -9 -1 -1 -9 0 0 0 -1
2009 HOU NL 36 1B 1 10 1 -2 3 0 -1 -10 -1 0 0
4 Seasons C 0 0 0 -9 -6 0 -3 0 -6
4 Seasons 1B 2 13 2 -1 3 0 -1 -8 -1 0 0
4 Seasons TOT 2 1 3 -3 6 0 -1 -10 -6 -1 0 -3 0 -6

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2006 PHI NL 33 65 46 65 56 0 54 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
2007 PHI NL 34 48 26 48 32 0 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2008 PHI NL 35 98 70 98 79 0 78 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 0
2009 PHI NL 36 45 26 45 30 0 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 0
2009 HOU NL 36 43 27 43 39 0 26 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4 Seasons 299 195 299 236 0 218 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 68 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
2006 PHI NL 33 1872 4.46 4.95 19 79% 2 0 328 12 2 10 304 12 1 0 0 4 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 33%
2007 PHI NL 34 1076 4.90 5.04 3 100% 0 0 157 2 3 2 150 12 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 100%
2008 PHI NL 35 2624 3.98 4.33 18 83% 2 1 488 11 6 13 458 23 6 0 0 5 3 0 2 1 0 6 0 3 4 4 50%
2009 PHI NL 36 899 4.69 4.78 7 71% 0 1 164 2 0 1 161 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 33%
2009 HOU NL 36 616 4.72 5.04 4 100% 0 0 116 2 0 1 113 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
4 Seasons 7087 4.40 4.72 51 82% 4 2 1253 29 11 27 1186 58 15 0 0 13 7 0 4 3 1 10 0 5 6 15 47%
MLB Averages 4.40 4.77 92% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
2006 PHI NL 33 4 9 663 25 6 6 19% 21 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 47 7 1.26 0.90
2007 PHI NL 34 2 3 442 15 6 6 29% 14 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 23 7 1.29 0.98
2008 PHI NL 35 1 15 977 44 13 8 23% 38 10 6 2 0 1 0 0 73 15 1.42 0.81
2009 PHI NL 36 3 1 319 15 5 2 25% 14 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 6 1.34 0.91
2009 HOU NL 36 0 4 225 7 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 1.21
4 Seasons 10 32 2626 106 30 22 22% 94 26 12 3 0 1 1 0 180 37 1.34 0.88
MLB Averages 27% 1.28 1.22

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2006 PHI NL 33 20 75% 65% 40% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2007 PHI NL 34 32 56% 75% 28% 2 50% 1 6 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 PHI NL 35 37 41% 76% 19% 2 100% 0 7 0 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2009 HOU NL 36 512 65% 76% 38% 28 93% 0 118 5 112 1 15 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 16 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2009 PHI NL 36 37 70% 78% 30% 1 100% 0 9 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 638 63% 76% 36% 33 91% 1 143 6 136 1 17 8 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 19 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 3 100%
MLB Averages 58% 76% 31% 94% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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