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Chris Narveson

Christopher Gregg Narveson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 20, 1981 in Englewood, CO
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 27, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 2006
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Cardinals 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$442k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.102, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

Standard Pitching

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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
2000	18	STL-min	Rk	2	4	.333	3.27	12	12	0	0	0	0	55.0	57	33	20	7	25	0	63	3	0	3	247		1.491	9.3	1.1	4.1	10.3	2.52	JOH · APPY
2001	19	STL-min	A+,A	7	6	.538	2.31	19	19	0	1	0	0	116.2	84	36	30	7	24	1	106	3	0	3	453		0.926	6.5	0.5	1.9	8.2	4.42	POT,PEO · CARL,MIDW
2002	20	STL-min	A,Rk	2	3	.400	4.60	15	15	0	0	0	0	60.2	72	36	31	7	14	0	52	1	0	3	267		1.418	10.7	1.0	2.1	7.7	3.71	PEO,JOH · MIDW,APPY
2003	21	STL-min	A+,AA	11	10	.524	2.91	25	24	0	1	0	0	148.1	139	55	48	10	45	2	99	2	1	8	616		1.240	8.4	0.6	2.7	6.0	2.20	PLM,KNX · FLOR,SOUL
2004	22	STL-COL-min	AA	5	13	.278	4.02	27	27	0	0	0	0	147.2	130	78	66	12	64	0	135	7	0	9	625		1.314	7.9	0.7	3.9	8.2	2.11	KNX,TUL · SOUL,TL
2005	23	BOS-STL-min	AAA	4	6	.400	5.19	23	22	1	0	0	0	118.0	120	71	68	17	53	0	74	11	1	4	514		1.466	9.2	1.3	4.0	5.6	1.40	PAW,MEM · IL,PCL
2006	24	STL-min	AAA,A+	8	5	.615	2.69	18	18	0	0	0	0	97.0	79	30	29	11	34	2	71	2	0	3	394		1.165	7.3	1.0	3.2	6.6	2.09	MEM,PLM · PCL,FLOR
2006	24	STL	NL	0	0		4.82	5	1	1	0	0	0	9.1	6	5	5	1	5	0	12	1	1	1	40	96	1.179	5.8	1.0	4.8	11.6	2.40

2009	27	MIL-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.70	26	6	8	0	0	5	75.1	59	36	31	3	26	0	76	1	0	4	313		1.128	7.0	0.4	3.1	9.1	2.92	NVL · PCL
2009	27	MIL	NL	2	0	1.000	3.83	21	4	5	0	0	0	47.0	45	22	20	7	16	1	46	2	0	4	205	108	1.298	8.6	1.3	3.1	8.8	2.88
2010	28	MIL	NL	12	9	.571	4.99	37	28	2	0	0	0	167.2	172	96	93	21	59	3	137	5	0	6	724	81	1.378	9.2	1.1	3.2	7.4	2.32
2011	29	MIL	NL	11	8	.579	4.45	30	28	0	0	0	0	161.2	160	82	80	17	65	1	126	1	1	4	699	88	1.392	8.9	0.9	3.6	7.0	1.94
4 Seasons				25	17	.595	4.62	93	61	8	0	0	0	385.2	383	205	198	46	145	5	321	9	2	15	1668	87	1.369	8.9	1.1	3.4	7.5	2.21
162 Game Avg.				11	8	.595	4.62	41	27	4	0	0	0	170	169	91	87	20	64	2	142	4	1	7	737	87	1.369	8.9	1.1	3.4	7.5	2.21

MIL (3 yrs)				25	17	.595	4.62	88	60	7	0	0	0	376.1	377	200	193	45	140	5	309	8	1	14	1628	87	1.374	9.0	1.1	3.3	7.4	2.21
STL (1 yr)				0	0		4.82	5	1	1	0	0	0	9.1	6	5	5	1	5	0	12	1	1	1	40	96	1.179	5.8	1.0	4.8	11.6	2.40

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
2006	24	STL	NL	9.1	1	5	5	0	.4	0	0.0	$

2009	27	MIL	NL	47.0	4	22	26	0	.7	4	0.3	$
2010	28	MIL	NL	167.2	28	96	97	-4	.9	1	0.1	$406,500
2011	29	MIL	NL	161.2	28	82	91	3	1.0	9	0.9	$441,500
4 Seasons				385.2	61	205	219	-2	.9	14	1.3	$848,000

MIL (3 yrs)				376.1	60	200	214	-2	.9	14	1.3	$848,000
STL (1 yr)				9.1	1	5	5	0	.4	0	0.0	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	29	MIL	NL	NLDS	W	ARI	11.57	2	0	2.1	2	3	3	2	1	0	5	11	1.286	7.7	7.7	3.9	19.3	5.00
2011	29	MIL	NL	NLCS	L	STL	10.80	4	2	5.0	5	6	6	3	1	1	8	22	1.200	9.0	5.4	1.8	14.4	8.00
1 Season (2 Series)							11.05	6	2	7.1	7	9	9	5	2	1	13	33	1.227	8.6	6.1	2.5	16.0	6.50
1 NLDS							11.57	2	0	2.1	2	3	3	2	1	0	5	11	1.286	7.7	7.7	3.9	19.3	5.00
1 NLCS							10.80	4	2	5.0	5	6	6	3	1	1	8	22	1.200	9.0	5.4	1.8	14.4	8.00

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
2000	18	STL-min	Rk	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	JOH · APPY
2001	19	STL-min	A,A+	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	PEO,POT · MIDW,CARL
2002	20	STL-min	A,Rk	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	PEO,JOH · MIDW,APPY
2003	21	STL-min	AA,A+	25	15	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.200	.385	.200	.585		2	0	0	2	0	0	KNX,PLM · SOUL,FLOR
2004	22	STL-COL-min	AA	28	48	42	6	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	18	.190	.277	.238	.515		10	0	0	1	0	0	KNX,TUL · SOUL,TL
2005	23	STL-BOS-min	AAA	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	MEM,PAW · PCL,IL
2006	24	STL-min	AAA,A+	18	25	19	2	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	.263	.333	.421	.754		8	0	0	4	0	0	MEM,PLM · PCL,FLOR
2006	24	STL	NL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

2009	27	MIL-min	AAA	26	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	NVL · PCL
2009	27	MIL	NL	21	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
2010	28	MIL	NL	37	59	49	3	16	1	0	0	7	0	0	2	15	.327	.365	.347	.712	94	17	0	1	7	0	0	1
2011	29	MIL	NL	29	59	49	2	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	19	.163	.212	.204	.416	14	10	0	0	7	0	0	1
4 Seasons				92	128	107	5	25	3	0	0	12	0	0	5	40	.234	.274	.262	.536	46	28	0	1	15	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	225	188	9	44	5	0	0	21	0	0	9	70	.234	.274	.262	.536	46	49	0	2	26	0	0

MIL (3 yrs)				87	127	106	5	25	3	0	0	12	0	0	5	39	.236	.277	.264	.541	48	28	0	1	15	0	0
STL (1 yr)				5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2006	24	STL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1

2009	27	MIL	NL	9	-2	0	-0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
2010	28	MIL	NL	59	-0	0	-0	0	0	6	2	8	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$406,500	1
2011	29	MIL	NL	59	-6	-1	-1	0	0	6	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$441,500	1
4 Seasons				128	-8	-1	-1	1	0	13	3	7	0.7	7	0.7	0.0	$848,000

MIL (3 yrs)				127	-8	-1	-1	1	0	13	3	7	0.7	7	0.7	0.0	$848,000
STL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	29	MIL	NL	NLDS	ARI	W	2	0	0	0
2011	29	MIL	NL	NLCS	STL	L	4	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 Season (2 Series)							6	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 NLDS							2	0	0	0
1 NLCS							4	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
2006	STL	NL	24	P	5			9.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0.96	0.20	.960	1.74	1.72
2009	MIL	NL	27	P	21			47.0	9	2	7	0	0	1.000	2	9	1.72	0.43	.956	1.72	1.70
2010	MIL	NL	28	P	37			167.2	34	7	25	2	1	.941	3	4	1.72	0.86	.954	1.73	1.72
2011	MIL	NL	29	P	30	28	0	161.2	33	7	25	1	0	.970	4	5	1.78	1.07	.955	1.80	1.79	12	8	40%	6
	4 Seasons			P	93	28	0	385.2	77	17	57	3	1	.961	9	4	1.73	0.80	.955	1.76	1.74	12	8	40%	6
	4 Seasons			TOT	93	28	0	385.2	77	17	57	3	1	.961	9	28	1.73	0.80	.955	1.76	1.74	12	8	40%	6

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Earned Runs s c a p y 2010 NL 93 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2010 NL 93 (8th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 27, 2000.
August 11, 2004: the St. Louis Cardinals sent Luis Martinez and Chris Narveson to the Colorado Rockies to complete an earlier deal made on August 6, 2004. August 6, 2004: The St. Louis Cardinals sent players to be named later and Jason Burch (minors) to the Colorado Rockies for Larry Walker.
March 30, 2005: Traded by the Colorado Rockies with Charles Johnson to the Boston Red Sox for Byung-Hyun Kim and cash.
August 8, 2005: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
December 4, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Salaries

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

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2010	28	Milwaukee Brewers	$406,500
2011	29	Milwaukee Brewers	$441,500
2012 Status		not updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$848,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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