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Chris Lambert

Christopher Raymond Lambert

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 8, 1983 in Burlingame, CA
High School: Memorial HS (Manchester, NH)
School: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 26, 2008
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Orioles 2008-2009

Final Game: September 27, 2009
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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
2004	21	STL-min	A	1	1	.500	2.58	9	9	0	0	0	0	38.1	31	15	11	2	24	1	46	1	0	2	169		1.435	7.3	0.5	5.6	10.8	1.92	PEO · MIDW
2005	22	STL-min	AA,A+	10	9	.526	4.90	28	28	0	0	0	0	139.2	150	89	76	14	63	0	115	15	4	13	634		1.525	9.7	0.9	4.1	7.4	1.83	SPD,PLM · TL,FLOR
2006	23	STL-min	AA,AAA	10	10	.500	5.34	24	24	0	0	0	0	124.2	131	87	74	20	63	1	115	6	1	14	565		1.556	9.5	1.4	4.5	8.3	1.83	SPD,MEM · TL,PCL
2007	24	STL-DET-min	AA,AAA	1	6	.143	5.80	34	10	6	0	0	0	90.0	99	60	58	15	39	1	77	6	0	6	401		1.533	9.9	1.5	3.9	7.7	1.97	MEM,SPD,TOL · PCL,TL,IL
2008	25	DET-min	AAA	12	8	.600	3.50	26	26	0	3	1	0	149.1	143	69	58	7	48	0	124	2	1	3	631		1.279	8.6	0.4	2.9	7.5	2.58	TOL · IL
2008	25	DET	AL	1	2	.333	5.66	8	3	1	0	0	0	20.2	31	18	13	3	7	1	15	2	0	0	102	80	1.839	13.5	1.3	3.0	6.5	2.14
2009	26	BAL-DET-min	AAA	7	9	.438	3.84	24	24	0	1	0	0	138.1	139	63	59	11	34	1	115	5	0	3	583		1.251	9.0	0.7	2.2	7.5	3.38	NFK,TOL · IL
2009	26	TOT	AL	0	1	.000	10.22	6	0	2	0	0	0	12.1	20	14	14	5	7	0	11	0	0	1	62	47	2.189	14.6	3.6	5.1	8.0	1.57
2009	26	DET	AL	0	1	.000	14.85	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	12	11	11	3	6	0	4	0	0	0	36	32	2.700	16.2	4.1	8.1	5.4	0.67
2009	26	BAL	AL	0	0		4.76	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	8	3	3	2	1	0	7	0	0	1	26	101	1.588	12.7	3.2	1.6	11.1	7.00
2 Yrs				1	3	.250	7.36	14	3	3	0	0	0	33.0	51	32	27	8	14	1	26	2	0	1	164	63	1.970	13.9	2.2	3.8	7.1	1.86
162 Game Avg.				4	12	.250	7.36	56	12	12	0	0	0	132	204	128	108	32	56	4	104	8	0	4	656	63	1.970	13.9	2.2	3.8	7.1	1.86

DET (2 yrs)				1	3	.250	7.90	10	3	1	0	0	0	27.1	43	29	24	6	13	1	19	2	0	0	138	58	2.049	14.2	2.0	4.3	6.3	1.46
BAL (1 yr)				0	0		4.76	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	8	3	3	2	1	0	7	0	0	1	26	101	1.588	12.7	3.2	1.6	11.1	7.00

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
2008	25	DET	AL	20.2	8	3	18	7.84	4.97	-0.41	-0.05	100.2	5.34	-6	-0.6	.8	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.428	.496	$
2009	26	DET	AL	6.2	2	0	11	14.85	5.27	0.26	-0.39	105.7	4.89	-7	-0.5	.8	0.0	-0.4	-7	.232	.497	$
2009	26	BAL	AL	5.2	4	0	3	4.76	5.18	-0.12	-0.38	97.5	4.79	-0	-0.0	.1	-0.0	0.0	1	.499	.500	$
2 Seasons				33.0	14	3	32	8.73	5.07	-0.22	-0.18	100.8	5.15	-14	-1.1	.5	0.0	-0.8	-9	.420	.498	$

DET (2 yrs)				27.1	10	3	29	9.55	5.05	-0.24	-0.13	101.5	5.23	-14	-1.1	.8	0.0	-0.8	-10	.389	.497	$
BAL (1 yr)				5.2	4	0	3	4.76	5.18	-0.12	-0.38	97.5	4.79	-0	-0.0	.1	-0.0	0.0	1	.499	.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
2008	25	DET	AL	8	102	92	18	31	5	2	3	7	0	7	15	.337	.392	.533	.925	.373	49	1	2	0	1	1	2
2009	26	BAL	AL	4	26	25	3	8	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.320	.346	.560	.906	.375	14	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	26	DET	AL	2	36	30	11	12	0	1	3	1	1	6	4	.400	.500	.767	1.267	.391	23	1	0	0	0	0	0
2009	26	TOT	AL	6	62	55	14	20	0	1	5	1	1	7	11	.364	.435	.673	1.108	.385	37	1	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				14	164	147	32	51	5	3	8	8	1	14	26	.347	.409	.585	.994	.377	86	2	2	0	1	1	2
162 Game Avg.				56	656	588	128	204	20	12	32	32	4	56	104	.347	.409	.585	.994	.377	344	8	8	0	4	4	8
MLB Averages																.263	.333	.417	.750	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2008	25	DET	AL	-4.2	-0.4	109	-0.8	1.4	-2.1	.85	-0.7	-0.3	-8.7	-0.8	0.85	-6.8	1	0	4
2009	26	TOT	AL	-6.8	-0.6	65	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.35	-0.5	-0.6	-10.1	-0.9	0.36	-8.0	0	1	4
2009	26	DET	AL	-6.9	-0.6	38	-0.4	0.4	-0.7	.58	-0.5	-0.1	-7.9	-0.6	0.58	-6.9	0	1	1
2009	26	BAL	AL	0.1	0.0	27	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.04	-0.0	-1.5	-2.3	-0.2	0.04	-1.1	0	0	3
2 Yrs				-11.0	-1.0	174	-1.2	1.7	-2.9	.66	-1.2	-0.6	-18.9	-1.6	0.66	-14.7	1	1	8

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
2008	25	DET	AL	8	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	0	0%	37.7	41	33	4	2	0	2	5.0	4.5	3.9	81	1	2	0	0	90
1 Yr				8	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	0	0%	38	41	33	4	2	0	2	5.0	4.5	3.9	81	1	2	0	0	90
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	98	-10					4.7	4.7	5.8	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2008	25	DET	AL	8	5	1	1	4	4	100%	5	.845	1	0	4	0	1	4	2	3	4	1	4	5.4	34
2009	26	TOT	AL	6	6	2	1	5	4	80%		.355	0	1	4	1	0	5	3	3	4	1	4	6.2	36
2009	26	DET	AL	2	2	0	1	1	1	100%	2	.584	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	10.0	65
2009	26	BAL	AL	4	4	2	0	4	3	75%	3	.037	0	0	3	0	0	4	2	2	2	1	2	4.3	22
2 Yrs				14	11	3	2	9	8	89%		.660	1	1	8	1	1	9	5	6	8	2	8	5.8	35

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%
2008	25	DET	AL	102	52%	2.9%	14.7%	6.9%	9.8%	32%	0.67	0.68	74%	19%	9.1%	28%	17	1	6%
2009	26	TOT	AL	62	42%	8.1%	17.7%	11.3%	9.7%	30%	0.47	0.67	63%	27%	17.9%	7%	13	1	8%
2009	26	DET	AL	36	36%	8.3%	11.1%	16.7%	11.1%	33%	0.30	0.50	64%	31%	15.0%	0%	9	1	11%
2009	26	BAL	AL	26	50%	7.7%	26.9%	3.9%	7.7%	25%	0.80	1.00	62%	22%	25.0%	20%	4	0	0%
2 Yrs				164	48%	4.9%	15.9%	8.5%	9.8%	31%	0.59	0.67	70%	22%	13.1%	20%	30	2	7%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	17.7%	8.8%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.06	69%	19%	7.6%	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
2008	25	DET	AL	102	411	4.03	254	62%	24%	19%	27%	31%	76%	3%	47%	76%	60%	5%	5	3	23%	23	9	1	7%	2	1	0	0	0
2009	26	TOT	AL	62	218	3.52	136	62%	32%	13%	24%	32%	68%	0%	43%	82%	65%	6%	4	2	18%	11	6	1	18%	1	2	0	0	0
2009	26	DET	AL	36	130	3.61	77	59%	32%	12%	22%	34%	68%	0%	40%	83%	64%	11%	4	2	19%	7	5	1	25%	0	2	0	0	0
2009	26	BAL	AL	26	88	3.38	59	67%	31%	14%	25%	31%	69%	0%	47%	80%	65%	0%	0	0	15%	4	1	0	14%	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				164	629	3.84	390	62%	27%	16%	26%	31%	73%	2%	45%	78%	62%	5%	9	5	21%	34	15	2	12%	3	3	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		62%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	58%	5%			22%				25%

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
2008	25	DET	AL	102	31	3	0	3	0	5	2	1	3	0	9	2	4	22%	2	0	1	40	7	0	100%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2009	26	TOT	AL	62	20	0	0	5	0	2	4	1	0	5	2	2	0	100%	0	1	0	25	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2009	26	DET	AL	36	12	0	0	3	0	1	3	0	0	3	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	14	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	26	BAL	AL	26	8	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		0	1	0	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				164	51	3	0	8	0	7	6	2	3	5	11	4	4	36%	2	1	1	65	8	1	89%	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
2008	25	1	2	.333	5.66	8	3	1	0	0	0	20.2	31	18	13	3	7	1	15	2	0	0	102	80	1.839	13.5	1.3	3.0	6.5	2.14	80
2009	26	1	3	.250	7.36	14	3	3	0	0	0	33.0	51	32	27	8	14	1	26	2	0	1	164	63	1.970	13.9	2.2	3.8	7.1	1.86	63

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
2008	25	1	1	.500	5.57	21.0	31	14	13	3	7	15	2	1.810	13.3	3.0	6.4	2.14	1.3	8
2009	26	0	1	.000	9.75	12.0	19	14	13	5	7	11	0	2.167	14.3	5.3	8.3	1.57	3.8	6
2 Yrs		1	2	.333	7.09	33.0	50	28	26	8	14	26	2	1.939	13.6		7.1	1.86	2.2	14

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