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Chris George

Christopher Coleman George

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 16, 1979 in Houston, TX
High School: Klein HS (Klein, TX)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (31st pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed July 9, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 2001
Team: Royals 2001-2004
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.113 [*], Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1998	18	KCR-min	Rk	0	1	.000	2.87	5	4	0	0	0	0	15.2	14	9	5	1	4	0	10	0	0	0	65		1.149	8.0	0.6	2.3	5.7	2.50	ROY · GULF
1999	19	KCR-min	A+	9	7	.563	3.60	27	27	0	0	0	0	145.0	142	65	58	8	53	0	142	5	1	5	618		1.345	8.8	0.5	3.3	8.8	2.68	WMT · CARL
2000	20	KCR-min	AA,AAA	11	7	.611	3.68	26	26	0	0	0	0	142.0	139	70	58	13	71	1	107	7	3	3	623		1.479	8.8	0.8	4.5	6.8	1.51	WCH,OMA · TL,PCL
2001	21	KCR-min	AAA	11	3	.786	3.53	20	20	0	0	0	0	117.1	103	54	46	14	51	0	84	1	1	0	489		1.312	7.9	1.1	3.9	6.4	1.65	OMA · PCL
2001	21	KCR	AL	4	8	.333	5.59	13	13	0	1	0	0	74.0	83	48	46	14	18	0	32	0	2	3	313	86	1.365	10.1	1.7	2.2	3.9	1.78
2002	22	KCR-min	AAA	6	12	.333	5.87	22	21	0	1	0	0	127.1	145	86	83	15	65	0	94	3	0	7	580		1.649	10.2	1.1	4.6	6.6	1.45	OMA · PCL
2002	22	KCR	AL	0	4	.000	5.60	6	6	0	0	0	0	27.1	37	17	17	2	8	0	13	1	0	1	124	90	1.646	12.2	0.7	2.6	4.3	1.63
2003	23	KCR-min	AAA	3	5	.375	7.29	10	10	0	0	0	0	54.1	71	49	44	8	22	0	28	1	0	2	251		1.712	11.8	1.3	3.6	4.6	1.27	OMA · PCL
2003	23	KCR	AL	9	6	.600	7.11	18	18	0	0	0	0	93.2	120	75	74	22	44	2	39	3	3	5	441	69	1.751	11.5	2.1	4.2	3.7	0.89
2004	24	KCR-min	AAA	8	6	.571	3.42	20	19	0	2	1	0	105.1	97	45	40	7	40	0	74	2	1	4	435		1.301	8.3	0.6	3.4	6.3	1.85	OMA · PCL
2004	24	KCR	AL	1	2	.333	7.23	10	7	1	0	0	0	42.1	60	39	34	1	25	1	15	0	0	0	207	67	2.008	12.8	0.2	5.3	3.2	0.60
2005	25	KCR-min	AAA	8	8	.500	5.63	32	20	3	0	0	0	147.0	175	97	92	27	51	0	103	6	0	8	656		1.537	10.7	1.7	3.1	6.3	2.02	OMA · PCL
2006	26	FLA-min	AAA	5	6	.455	5.62	22	19	1	0	0	0	107.1	132	76	67	6	52	1	81	7	2	11	493		1.714	11.1	0.5	4.4	6.8	1.56	ABQ · PCL
2007	27	FLA-min	AAA	7	11	.389	5.56	26	26	0	0	0	0	139.1	157	94	86	21	68	1	95	4	0	8	632		1.615	10.1	1.4	4.4	6.1	1.40	ABQ · PCL
2008	28	TOR-COL-min	AAA	1	6	.143	5.85	49	2	13	0	0	1	67.2	84	47	44	5	33	0	60	2	0	6	316		1.729	11.2	0.7	4.4	8.0	1.82	SYR,CSP · IL,PCL
2009	29	BAL-BOS-min	AAA	4	2	.667	4.06	23	10	6	0	0	0	71.0	72	36	32	9	15	1	46	2	0	4	293		1.225	9.1	1.1	1.9	5.8	3.07	NFK,PAW,MCD · IL,MEX
2010	30	BAL-min	AAA	5	7	.417	4.20	26	20	0	0	0	0	124.1	129	66	58	16	36	2	101	2	1	4	532		1.327	9.3	1.2	2.6	7.3	2.81	NFK · IL
2011	31	BAL-min	AAA	7	5	.583	4.27	27	19	1	0	0	0	130.2	144	67	62	13	56	2	73	3	1	3	565		1.531	9.9	0.9	3.9	5.0	1.30	NFK · IL
2012	32	BAL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	11.25	4	1	2	0	0	0	8.0	13	10	10	2	5	1	5	0	0	1	41		2.250	14.6	2.2	5.6	5.6	1.00	NFK · IL
4 Yrs				14	20	.412	6.48	47	44	1	1	0	0	237.1	300	179	171	39	95	3	99	4	5	9	1085	75	1.664	11.4	1.5	3.6	3.8	1.04
162 Game Avg.				10	15	.412	6.48	35	33	1	1	0	0	177	224	134	128	29	71	2	74	3	4	7	811	75	1.664	11.4	1.5	3.6	3.8	1.04

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2001	21	KCR	AL	74.0	13	13	48	5.84	5.04	0.34	0.19	105.2	5.14	-6	-0.6		-0.0	0.0	4	.456	.496	$
2002	22	KCR	AL	27.1	6	6	17	5.60	4.51	-0.14	0.17	109.5	5.28	-1	-0.1		-0.0	0.1	2	.482	.499	$
2003	23	KCR	AL	93.2	18	18	75	7.21	4.86	-0.35	0.18	109.7	5.92	-13	-1.2		-0.1	-0.4	-2	.432	.492	$303,500
2004	24	KCR	AL	42.1	10	7	39	8.29	5.30	-0.11	0.10	100.7	5.55	-13	-1.2	.0	0.1	-0.7	-7	.385	.493	$
4 Seasons				237.1	47	44	179	6.79	4.95	-0.07	0.17	106.7	5.54	-34	-3.1	.0	-0.1	-1.0	-3	.435	.495	$303,500

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2001	21	KCR	AL	13	313	288	48	83	21	3	14	5	1	18	32	.288	.326	.528	.854	.280	152	6	0	3	4	0	2
2002	22	KCR	AL	6	124	114	17	37	10	0	2	3	3	8	13	.325	.371	.465	.836	.350	53	2	1	0	1	0	1
2003	23	KCR	AL	18	441	388	75	120	18	1	22	6	2	44	39	.309	.380	.531	.911	.296	206	10	3	2	4	2	7
2004	24	KCR	AL	10	207	181	39	60	15	1	1	0	0	25	15	.331	.411	.442	.853	.355	80	6	0	0	1	1	2
4 Yrs				47	1085	971	179	300	64	5	39	14	6	95	99	.309	.369	.506	.875	.310	491	24	4	5	10	3	12
162 Game Avg.				35	811	726	134	224	48	4	29	10	4	71	74	.309	.369	.506	.875	.310	367	18	3	4	7	2	9
MLB Averages																.264	.333	.423	.756	.295

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
2001	21	KCR	AL	-4.6	-0.4	326	-0.8	4.9	-5.7	.89	-0.3	-0.6	-5.4	-0.5	0.89	-2.9	0
2002	22	KCR	AL	-1.0	-0.1	131	-0.2	2.5	-2.7	1.10	-0.2	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.10	-1.5	0
2003	23	KCR	AL	-18.9	-1.7	455	-0.9	7.1	-8.0	.94	-2.5	1.5	-19.3	-1.7	0.94	-26.7	0
2004	24	KCR	AL	-12.0	-1.1	210	-0.4	2.6	-3.0	.77	-0.5	0.0	-14.8	-1.3	0.77	-9.0	2
4 Yrs				-36.5	-3.3	1122	-2.2	17.2	-19.5	.91	-3.5	1.0	-40.2	-3.5	0.91	-40.1	2

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2001	21	KCR	AL	13	13	4	8	1	0	2	4	9	.308	1	0	1	0	6	46%	44.2	71	25	8	3	0	7	5.1	5.1	5.7	89	2	7	4	0	108
2002	22	KCR	AL	6	6	0	4	2	0	0	2	4	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0%	42.2	55	22	4	2	0	3	4.7	2.2	4.6	81	2	2	2	0	105
2003	23	KCR	AL	18	18	9	6	3	6	0	11	7	.611	1	2	0	0	3	17%	37.7	63	2	17	8	0	10	5.8	5.7	5.2	92	3	8	7	0	108
2004	24	KCR	AL	10	7	1	2	4	1	0	3	4	.429	1	0	0	0	2	29%	35.0	54	-4	9	2	0	6	4.2	5.3	5.0	90	1	3	3	0	105
4 Yrs				47	44	14	20	10	7	2	20	24	.455	3	2	1	0	11	25%	40	71	-4	38	15	0	26	5.2	5.1	5.2	89	8	20	16	0	108
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	100	-9					4.8	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2004	24	KCR	AL	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	5	.767	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	3	0	7.0	43
1 Yr				10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%		.767	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	3	0	7.0	43

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2001	21	KCR	AL	313	19%	4.5%	10.2%	5.8%	12.1%	46%	0.51	0.69	79%	25%	9.9%	12%	39	6	15%
2002	22	KCR	AL	124	27%	1.6%	10.5%	6.5%	9.7%	32%	0.57	0.83	81%	27%	4.0%	21%	26	2	8%
2003	23	KCR	AL	441	24%	5.0%	8.8%	10.0%	9.3%	34%	0.96	1.24	75%	19%	13.4%	9%	95	10	11%
2004	24	KCR	AL	207	21%	0.5%	7.3%	12.1%	8.2%	28%	0.57	0.67	80%	21%	1.1%	11%	46	6	13%
4 Yrs				1085	22%	3.6%	9.1%	8.8%	10.0%	36%	0.69	0.89	78%	22%	8.7%	12%	206	24	12%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.9%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	0.78	1.07	70%	21%	8.2%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2001	21	KCR	AL	315	1156	3.67	752	65%	23%	9%	33%	35%	77%	0%	50%	88%	57%	3%	10	8	19%	60	37	5	28%	7	2	-2	0	0
2002	22	KCR	AL	124	484	3.90	302	62%	23%	10%	34%	34%	77%	0%	48%	88%	55%	4%	5	3	27%	33	19	5	15%	0	2	0	0	0
2003	23	KCR	AL	441	1650	3.74	995	60%	29%	9%	26%	36%	71%	0%	43%	87%	59%	9%	38	18	17%	74	44	10	21%	6	18	0	0	0
2004	24	KCR	AL	207	756	3.65	456	60%	26%	8%	30%	37%	74%	1%	45%	90%	57%	5%	11	5	19%	39	17	2	13%	3	5	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1087	4046	3.72	2505	62%	26%	9%	30%	35%	74%	0%	46%	88%	57%	6%	64	34	19%	206	117	22	21%	16	27	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2001	21	KCR	AL	313	83	9	1	14	0	2	11	3	8	6	16	10	1	63%	2	3	0	100	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	10	0
2002	22	KCR	AL	124	37	2	1	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	6	2	1	33%	1	1	0	51	3	3	50%	2	3	1	0	0	0	5	3	2	0
2003	23	KCR	AL	441	120	13	0	22	1	6	15	7	9	13	31	18	2	58%	7	5	0	175	6	2	75%	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	14	0
2004	24	KCR	AL	207	60	4	2	1	0	9	1	0	1	0	21	11	1	52%	2	0	3	92	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4 Yrs				1085	300	28	4	39	1	18	29	10	19	20	74	41	5	55%	12	9	3	418	14	6	70%	10	4	4	2	0	0	6	4	31	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2001	21	4	8	.333	5.59	13	13	0	1	74.0	83	48	46	14	18	0	32	0	2	3	313	86	1.365	10.1	1.7	2.2	3.9	1.78	86
2002	22	4	12	.250	5.60	19	19	0	1	101.1	120	65	63	16	26	0	45	1	2	4	437	87	1.441	10.7	1.4	2.3	4.0	1.73	87
2003	23	13	18	.419	6.32	37	37	0	1	195.0	240	140	137	38	70	2	84	4	5	9	878	77	1.590	11.1	1.8	3.2	3.9	1.20	77
2004	24	14	20	.412	6.48	47	44	1	1	237.1	300	179	171	39	95	3	99	4	5	9	1085	75	1.664	11.4	1.5	3.6	3.8	1.04	75

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2001	21	3	5	.375	5.25	72.0	79	47	42	13	17	31	0	1.333	9.9	2.1	3.9	1.82	1.6	13
2002	22	1	1	.500	5.00	27.0	35	17	15	2	8	13	1	1.593	11.7	2.7	4.3	1.63	0.7	6
2003	23	3	7	.300	6.41	94.0	114	74	67	21	42	39	3	1.660	10.9	4.0	3.7	0.93	2.0	18
2004	24	1	3	.250	6.64	42.0	57	34	31	1	24	15	0	1.929	12.2	5.1	3.2	0.63	0.2	10
4 Yrs		8	16	.333	5.94	235.0	285	172	155	37	91	98	4	1.600	10.9		3.8	1.08	1.4	47

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Similarity Scores

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