Chris Duncan
Christopher E. Duncan
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 5, 1981 in Tucson, AZ
High School: Canyon del Oro (Oro Valley, AZ)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (46th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 23, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 2005
Relatives: Brother of Shelley Duncan and Son of Dave Duncan
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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
2005 24 STL NL 9 10 10 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .600 .800 98 6 1 0 0 0 0 /39
2006 25 STL NL 90 314 280 60 82 11 3 22 43 0 0 30 69 .293 .363 .589 .952 140 165 4 2 0 2 0 793/D
2007 26 STL NL 127 432 375 51 97 20 0 21 70 2 1 55 123 .259 .354 .480 .834 115 180 4 1 0 1 3 73/D
2008 27 STL NL 76 257 222 26 55 8 0 6 27 2 1 34 52 .248 .346 .365 .711 88 81 9 0 0 1 3 73/9D
2009 28 STL NL 87 304 260 25 59 15 2 5 32 0 1 41 67 .227 .329 .358 .687 83 93 6 0 0 3 1 7/3D
5 Seasons 389 1317 1147 164 295 55 5 55 175 4 3 160 316 .257 .348 .458 .805 109 525 24 3 0 7 7
162 Game Avg. 162 548 478 68 123 23 2 23 73 2 1 67 132 .257 .348 .458 .805 109 219 10 1 0 3 3

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
2005 24 STL NL 10 9 1 3.0 109 .250 .200 .270 .200 .340 .600 .430 .800 .770 98 .291 -0.1 -0.0 .667 .400 .400 .0
2006 25 STL NL 314 204 61 8.0 112 .314 .293 .271 .363 .342 .589 .440 .952 .782 140 .696 15.7 1.4 .975 .404 .296 .0
2007 26 STL NL 432 284 67 6.3 110 .328 .259 .272 .354 .341 .480 .434 .834 .775 115 .600 8.2 0.8 .837 .371 .221 3.7
2008 27 STL NL 257 178 28 4.2 107 .297 .248 .266 .346 .338 .365 .424 .711 .762 88 .432 -3.1 -0.3 .655 .275 .117 3.0
2009 28 STL NL 304 211 32 4.1 106 .283 .227 .265 .329 .338 .358 .420 .687 .758 83 .424 -5.6 -0.6 .639 .285 .131 .0
5 Seasons 1317 886 189 5.7 109 .307 .257 .269 .348 .340 .458 .430 .805 .770 109 .563 15.0 1.4 .784 .341 .201 7.5
162 Game Avg. 548 369 79 5.7 109 .307 .257 .269 .348 .340 .458 .430 .805 .770 109 .563 6 1 .784 .341 .201 3

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
2006 25 STL NL NLDS SDP W 2 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .167 .375 .167 .542 1 0 0 0 0 0
2006 25 STL NL NLCS NYM W 5 8 8 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .500 .625 4 1 0 0 0 0
2006 25 STL NL WS DET W 3 10 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .125 .300 .250 .550 2 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season (3 Series) 10 26 22 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 7 .136 .269 .318 .587 7 2 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .167 .375 .167 .542 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 5 8 8 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .500 .625 4 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 10 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .125 .300 .250 .550 2 1 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
2005 24 STL NL 10 10.0% 50.0% 0.0% 20.0% 100% 2.0 10.0 3.3 0.25 1.00 40% 60% 25.0% 0%
2006 25 STL NL 314 7.0% 22.0% 9.6% 11.5% 44% 2.30 4.1 12.7 6.5 0.79 1.08 61% 22% 20.2% 8%
2007 26 STL NL 432 4.9% 28.5% 12.7% 9.5% 42% 2.24 3.0 17.9 5.4 0.68 1.09 54% 20% 15.3% 9%
2008 27 STL NL 257 2.3% 20.2% 13.2% 5.5% 26% 1.53 4.3 37.0 8.2 0.69 0.98 64% 23% 7.2% 18%
2009 28 STL NL 304 1.6% 22.0% 13.5% 7.2% 37% 1.63 3.9 52.0 8.1 1.09 1.25 63% 15% 6.3% 16%
5 Seasons 1317 4.2% 24.0% 12.2% 8.7% 39% 1.98 3.6 20.9 6.6 0.79 1.10 59% 20% 13.3% 12%
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
2005 24 STL NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 25 STL NL 1 0 41% 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 45% 15 13 2 3 2 1 11 1 10
2007 26 STL NL 2 0 23% 155 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 63% 23 11 12 4 1 3 13 3 10
2008 27 STL NL 2 0 24% 110 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 32% 19 17 2 4 2 2 8 1 6
2009 28 STL NL 2 0 21% 104 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 39% 19 12 6 3 1 2 6 3 3
5 Seasons 7 0 27% 466 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 28 46% 76 53 22 14 6 8 38 8 29
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
2005 24 STL NL 10 80% 2 0 0 9 1 1 1 1.32 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 8 2 25% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2006 25 STL NL 314 84% 82 3 0 18 5 2 3 0.88 22 0 10 20 2 9 13 0 0 0 71 4 6% 30 5 17% 200 21 11% 16 5 31% 15 4 27% 0
2007 26 STL NL 432 79% 97 6 0 26 7 2 4 1.19 21 2 13 20 1 8 13 0 0 0 82 4 5% 33 4 12% 274 50 18% 27 11 41% 30 7 23% 0
2008 27 STL NL 257 86% 55 2 0 14 2 1 2 1.22 6 0 7 5 1 4 2 0 0 0 52 9 17% 22 6 27% 177 23 13% 11 6 55% 16 5 31% 0
2009 28 STL NL 304 77% 59 3 0 12 4 0 0 1.29 5 0 7 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 60 6 10% 33 10 30% 219 27 12% 21 10 48% 13 5 38% 0
5 Seasons 1317 81% 295 14 0 79 19 6 10 1.16 55 2 37 49 6 24 31 0 0 0 268 24 9% 119 25 21% 878 123 14% 75 32 43% 75 21 28% 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
2005 24 STL NL 10 48 4.80 31 65% 26% 32% 26% 16% 74% 0% 48% 57% 60% 0% 0 0 10% 1 1 20% 2 2 60% 0 0 0
2006 25 STL NL 314 1283 4.09 761 59% 25% 18% 30% 28% 75% 0% 45% 77% 33% 5% 17 2 18% 57 32 11% 33 19 25% 0 0 0
2007 26 STL NL 432 1792 4.15 1064 59% 30% 19% 27% 24% 70% 1% 41% 73% 32% 6% 24 0 13% 56 24 10% 45 22 34% 0 0 0
2008 27 STL NL 257 1005 3.91 581 58% 24% 18% 28% 29% 76% 3% 44% 76% 31% 4% 10 0 18% 45 24 9% 24 18 29% 0 0 0
2009 28 STL NL 304 1190 3.91 702 59% 28% 19% 26% 28% 72% 1% 43% 74% 29% 5% 16 1 16% 50 27 8% 25 17 45% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1317 5318 4.04 3139 59% 27% 18% 28% 27% 73% 1% 43% 75% 32% 5% 67 3 16% 209 108 10% 129 78 34% 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
2005 24 9 10 10 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .600 .800 98 6 1 0 0 0 0
2006 25 99 324 290 62 84 12 3 23 46 0 0 30 74 .290 .358 .590 .948 139 171 5 2 0 2 0
2007 26 226 756 665 113 181 32 3 44 116 2 1 85 197 .272 .356 .528 .884 125 351 9 3 0 3 3
2008 27 302 1013 887 139 236 40 3 50 143 4 2 119 249 .266 .353 .487 .840 116 432 18 3 0 4 6
2009 28 389 1317 1147 164 295 55 5 55 175 4 3 160 316 .257 .348 .458 .805 109 525 24 3 0 7 7

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2005 24 9 10 10 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 9
2006 25 90 311 278 56 80 11 3 21 40 0 29 69 .288 .357 .576 .932 57 90
2007 26 127 430 374 48 96 20 0 21 66 2 54 123 .257 .351 .479 .830 63 127
2008 27 76 255 221 25 54 8 0 6 26 2 33 52 .244 .341 .362 .703 27 76
2009 28 87 306 261 25 60 15 2 5 32 0 42 67 .230 .333 .360 .693 32 87
5 Seasons 389 1312 1144 157 290 54 5 53 169 4 158 316 .253 .344 .448 .792 180 389
162 Game Avg. 162 546 476 65 121 22 2 22 70 2 66 132 .253 .344 .448 .792 75 389

* 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 - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Chuck Essegian (969)
  3. Rick Ankiel (967)
  4. Nelson Cruz (965)
  5. Dusty Rhodes (963)
  6. Jason Lane (959)
  7. Benny Agbayani (957)
  8. Brant Brown (957)
  9. Roy Foster (955)
  10. Wes Chamberlain (955)
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  1. Otto Velez (980)
  2. Henry Rodriguez (978)
  3. Glenallen Hill (972)
  4. Nelson Cruz (965)
  5. Daryle Ward (964)
  6. Sandy Amoros (962)
  7. Wes Chamberlain (957)
  8. Josh Willingham (957)
  9. Gates Brown (957)
  10. Matt Mieske (955)
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  1. Daryle Ward (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Leon Wagner (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Otto Velez (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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