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Chris Coste \COAST\

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 (Age 33)
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Astros 2006-2009
Agents: Pat Arter [*]
Final Game: October 2, 2009 (Age 36)
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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
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 (v2.2): 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	7	9	0.8	.503	.501	1.3	-0.2	14		2/3
2007	34	PHI	NL	48	137	-3	-0	1	0	2	-1	-0.1	4	3	0.3	.498	.499	0.3	0.2	3	$385,000	2/3
2008	35	PHI	NL	98	305	-2	-2	-1	-1	4	-1	-0.2	10	8	0.7	.498	.499	0.8	0.3	9	$415,000	2/3D
2009	36	PHI	NL	45	118	-1	0	-0	-2	1	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.2	.497	.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	-8	-0.9	.471	.492	-0.7	-0.1	-7		23
4 Seasons				299	885	-10	-4	-1	-10	12	-14	-1.6	28	14	1.1	.495	.498	2.1	0.1	24	$1,260,000

PHI (4 yrs)				256	773	-1	-3	-1	-8	11	-2	-0.3	24	23	2.0	.499	.500	2.8	0.2	30	$1,260,000
HOU (1 yr)				43	112	-10	-1	-0	-2	1	-12	-1.3	3	-8	-0.9	.471	.492	-0.7	-0.1	-7

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

Standard Fielding

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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
2006	PHI	NL	33	C	54	46	43	434.1	344	328	12	4	0	.988	-2	-5	-6	-13	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	-10	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	-7	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	-9	9.73	8.33	.993	9.29	9.21
	4 Seasons			C	218	176	150	1641.2	1318	1253	58	7	10	.995	0	-8	0	-5	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	-9	1	-4	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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

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Transactions

November 13, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
April 5, 1999: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
November 16, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
October 15, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
November 7, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
October 15, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
November 6, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
October 15, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
November 13, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
October 29, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
November 15, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
July 10, 2009: Selected off waivers by the Houston Astros from the Philadelphia Phillies.
October 29, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
November 30, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
March 29, 2010: Selected off waivers by the Washington Nationals from the New York Mets.
June 5, 2010: Released by the Washington Nationals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2007	34	Philadelphia Phillies	$385,000
2008	35	Philadelphia Phillies	$415,000
2009	36	Philadelphia Phillies	$460,000
2010	37	Washington Nationals	$650,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,910,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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