Chad Paronto
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 250 lb.

Born: July 28, 1975 in Haverhill, NH
High School: Woodsville (Woodsville, NH)
School: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 8th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 23, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 2001
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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
2001 25 BAL AL 1 3 .250 5.00 24 0 9 0 0 0 27.0 33 24 15 5 11 0 16 1 0 1 128 86 1.630 11.0 1.7 3.7 5.3 1.45
2002 26 CLE AL 0 2 .000 4.04 29 0 11 0 0 0 35.2 34 19 16 3 11 1 23 2 0 2 154 108 1.262 8.6 0.8 2.8 5.8 2.09
2003 27 CLE AL 0 2 .000 9.45 6 0 5 0 0 0 6.2 7 8 7 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 29 46 1.500 9.5 1.4 4.1 8.1 2.00
2006 30 ATL NL 2 3 .400 3.18 65 0 11 0 0 0 56.2 53 23 20 5 19 3 41 3 0 3 237 140 1.271 8.4 0.8 3.0 6.5 2.16
2007 31 ATL NL 3 1 .750 3.57 41 0 12 0 0 1 40.1 47 20 16 1 19 5 14 3 0 2 180 122 1.636 10.5 0.2 4.2 3.1 0.74
2008 32 HOU NL 0 1 .000 4.35 6 0 3 0 0 0 10.1 11 5 5 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 41 97 1.258 9.6 1.7 1.7 3.5 2.00
2009 33 HOU NL 0 0 12.15 6 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 15 9 9 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 36 35 2.400 20.3 5.4 1.4 4.1 3.00
7 Seasons 6 12 .333 4.32 177 0 52 0 0 1 183.1 200 108 88 21 66 9 107 9 0 8 805 101 1.451 9.8 1.0 3.2 5.3 1.62
162 Game Avg. 2 5 .333 4.32 68 0 20 0 0 0 70 77 41 34 8 25 3 41 3 0 3 309 101 1.451 9.8 1.0 3.2 5.3 1.62
ATL (2 yrs) 5 4 .556 3.34 106 0 23 0 0 1 97.0 100 43 36 6 38 8 55 6 0 5 417 132 1.423 9.3 0.6 3.5 5.1 1.45
CLE (2 yrs) 0 4 .000 4.89 35 0 16 0 0 0 42.1 41 27 23 4 14 1 29 2 0 2 183 90 1.299 8.7 0.9 3.0 6.2 2.07
HOU (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 7.41 12 0 4 0 0 0 17.0 26 14 14 6 3 0 7 0 0 0 77 57 1.706 13.8 3.2 1.6 3.7 2.33
BAL (1 yr) 1 3 .250 5.00 24 0 9 0 0 0 27.0 33 24 15 5 11 0 16 1 0 1 128 86 1.630 11.0 1.7 3.7 5.3 1.45
NL (4 yrs) 5 5 .500 3.95 118 0 27 0 0 1 114.0 126 57 50 12 41 8 62 6 0 5 494 111 1.465 9.9 0.9 3.2 4.9 1.51
AL (3 yrs) 1 7 .125 4.93 59 0 25 0 0 0 69.1 74 51 38 9 25 1 45 3 0 3 311 88 1.428 9.6 1.2 3.2 5.8 1.80

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2001 25 BAL AL 24 128 114 24 33 7 0 5 5 1 11 16 .289 .354 .482 .837 .298 55 3 1 1 1 0
2002 26 CLE AL 29 154 137 19 34 6 2 3 4 0 11 23 .248 .305 .387 .692 .270 53 2 2 0 4 1
2003 27 CLE AL 6 29 24 8 7 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .292 .357 .417 .774 .333 10 0 0 1 1 0
2006 30 ATL NL 65 237 210 23 53 8 1 5 2 4 19 41 .252 .322 .371 .693 .291 78 5 3 4 1 3
2007 31 ATL NL 41 180 153 20 47 7 1 1 6 2 19 14 .307 .388 .386 .773 .326 59 8 3 2 3 5
2008 32 HOU NL 6 41 38 5 11 3 1 2 0 0 2 4 .289 .325 .579 .904 .281 22 3 0 1 0 0
2009 33 HOU NL 6 36 33 9 15 3 0 4 0 0 1 3 .455 .457 .909 1.366 .407 30 0 0 1 1 0
7 Seasons 177 805 709 108 200 34 5 21 17 7 66 107 .282 .346 .433 .779 .302 307 21 9 10 11 9
162 Game Avg. 68 309 272 41 77 13 2 8 7 3 25 41 .282 .346 .433 .779 .302 118 8 3 4 4 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2001 25 BAL AL 24 24 9 1 3 1 0 1 0% 6 5 11 7 64% 8 0.806 8 4 11 8 5 11 8 16 9 8 10 3 3.4 19
2002 26 CLE AL 29 29 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 8 35% 8 0.465 4 4 19 3 4 22 11 18 9 4 12 2 3.7 19
2003 27 CLE AL 6 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 9 0.738 2 0 4 0 2 4 1 5 2 1 2 0 3.3 17
2006 30 ATL NL 65 65 11 2 3 2 0 2 0% 12 8 52 14 27% 7 0.858 17 16 29 22 11 32 25 40 7 23 8 20 2.6 14
2007 31 ATL NL 41 41 12 3 1 2 1 1 50% 4 2 25 8 32% 7 0.633 9 7 23 9 5 27 14 27 9 12 9 10 3.0 17
2008 32 HOU NL 6 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 0.353 0 1 5 1 1 4 2 4 4 2 4 0 5.2 26
2009 33 HOU NL 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.129 0 0 6 1 0 5 0 6 2 1 2 1 3.3 21
7 Seasons 177 177 52 6 12 5 1 4 20% 22 15 117 39 33% 0.662 40 32 97 44 28 105 61 116 42 51 47 36 3.1 17

Ratio Pitching*

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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 25 BAL AL 128 34% 3.9% 12.5% 8.6% 9.4% 36% 1.24 1.78 73% 23% 13.2% 10% 18 3 17%
2002 26 CLE AL 154 41% 2.0% 14.9% 7.1% 7.1% 32% 1.09 1.55 75% 22% 6.5% 16% 28 2 7%
2003 27 CLE AL 29 28% 3.5% 20.7% 10.3% 3.5% 14% 0.36 0.56 62% 30% 7.7% 7% 8 0 0%
2006 30 ATL NL 237 34% 2.1% 17.3% 8.0% 5.9% 26% 0.74 0.88 70% 23% 5.4% 5% 51 5 10%
2007 31 ATL NL 180 44% 0.6% 7.8% 10.6% 5.0% 19% 1.00 1.14 78% 14% 1.7% 17% 49 8 16%
2008 32 HOU NL 41 39% 4.9% 9.8% 4.9% 14.6% 55% 0.79 1.70 78% 14% 13.3% 21% 6 3 50%
2009 33 HOU NL 36 47% 11.1% 8.3% 2.8% 19.4% 47% 0.50 1.13 75% 19% 20.0% 0% 9 0 0%
7 Seasons 805 38% 2.6% 13.3% 8.2% 7.5% 30% 0.90 1.20 74% 20% 7.4% 11% 169 21 12%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2001 25 BAL AL 128 447 3.49 287 64% 25% 13% 28% 35% 75% 0% 48% 83% 65% 3% 4 2 14% 18 11 1 13% 2 2 0 0 0
2002 26 CLE AL 154 560 3.64 359 64% 22% 15% 30% 33% 78% 2% 50% 80% 54% 4% 6 3 17% 26 10 3 13% 1 2 0 0 0
2003 27 CLE AL 29 103 3.55 69 67% 22% 19% 30% 29% 78% 0% 52% 76% 52% 10% 3 1 17% 5 4 0 0% 0 2 0 0 0
2006 30 ATL NL 237 909 3.84 553 61% 22% 14% 33% 31% 78% 3% 48% 82% 53% 6% 14 7 17% 41 23 2 17% 6 4 0 0 0
2007 31 ATL NL 180 679 3.77 400 59% 23% 10% 31% 36% 77% 7% 45% 87% 51% 7% 12 4 21% 38 17 1 14% 1 3 0 0 0
2008 32 HOU NL 41 155 3.78 94 61% 28% 11% 24% 37% 72% 0% 44% 85% 54% 2% 1 1 7% 3 1 0 25% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 33 HOU NL 36 123 3.42 83 67% 22% 17% 23% 39% 78% 0% 53% 78% 67% 8% 3 2 19% 7 3 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0
7 Seasons 805 2976 3.70 1845 62% 23% 13% 30% 34% 77% 3% 48% 83% 55% 5% 43 20 17% 138 69 7 14% 11 14 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 25 BAL AL 128 33 4 0 5 0 7 5 0 3 2 7 5 1 71% 6 1 1 43 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2002 26 CLE AL 154 34 6 0 3 0 7 1 2 1 2 18 13 1 72% 2 2 2 56 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2003 27 CLE AL 29 7 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 30 ATL NL 237 53 7 1 5 0 13 4 1 5 0 16 6 2 38% 3 3 1 101 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 9 0
2007 31 ATL NL 180 47 8 1 1 0 12 0 1 1 0 17 10 1 59% 3 2 0 79 6 2 75% 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
2008 32 HOU NL 41 11 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 33 HOU NL 36 15 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Seasons 805 200 26 2 21 0 40 17 4 16 5 62 38 5 61% 15 8 5 324 17 7 71% 15 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 31 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2001 25 1 3 .250 5.00 24 0 9 0 0 0 27.0 33 24 15 5 11 0 16 1 0 1 128 86 1.630 11.0 1.7 3.7 5.3 1.45 86
2002 26 1 5 .167 4.45 53 0 20 0 0 0 62.2 67 43 31 8 22 1 39 3 0 3 282 98 1.420 9.6 1.1 3.2 5.6 1.77 98
2003 27 1 7 .125 4.93 59 0 25 0 0 0 69.1 74 51 38 9 25 1 45 3 0 3 311 88 1.428 9.6 1.2 3.2 5.8 1.80 88
2004 28 1 7 .125 4.93 59 0 25 0 0 0 69.1 74 51 38 9 25 1 45 3 0 3 311 88 1.428 9.6 1.2 3.2 5.8 1.80 88
2005 29 1 7 .125 4.93 59 0 25 0 0 0 69.1 74 51 38 9 25 1 45 3 0 3 311 88 1.428 9.6 1.2 3.2 5.8 1.80 88
2006 30 3 10 .231 4.14 124 0 36 0 0 0 126.0 127 74 58 14 44 4 86 6 0 6 548 106 1.357 9.1 1.0 3.1 6.1 1.95 106
2007 31 6 11 .353 4.00 165 0 48 0 0 1 166.1 174 94 74 15 63 9 100 9 0 8 728 109 1.425 9.4 0.8 3.4 5.4 1.59 109
2008 32 6 12 .333 4.02 171 0 51 0 0 1 176.2 185 99 79 17 65 9 104 9 0 8 769 109 1.415 9.4 0.9 3.3 5.3 1.60 109
2009 33 6 12 .333 4.32 177 0 52 0 0 1 183.1 200 108 88 21 66 9 107 9 0 8 805 101 1.451 9.8 1.0 3.2 5.3 1.62 101

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 25 1 1 .500 5.33 27.0 35 18 16 5 12 16 1 1.741 11.7 4.0 5.3 1.33 1.7 24
2002 26 1 2 .333 4.00 36.0 34 18 16 3 11 23 2 1.250 8.5 2.8 5.8 2.09 0.8 29
2003 27 0 0 12.00 6.0 7 9 8 1 3 5 0 1.667 10.5 4.5 7.5 1.67 1.5 6
2006 30 4 2 .667 3.11 55.0 51 21 19 5 18 40 3 1.255 8.3 2.9 6.5 2.22 0.8 65
2007 31 2 2 .500 3.55 38.0 45 17 15 1 18 13 3 1.658 10.7 4.3 3.1 0.72 0.2 41
2008 32 0 1 .000 5.00 9.0 11 6 5 2 2 3 0 1.444 11.0 2.0 3.0 1.50 2.0 6
2009 33 0 0 11.57 7.0 15 10 9 4 1 3 0 2.286 19.3 1.3 3.9 3.00 5.1 6
7 Seasons 8 8 .500 4.45 178.0 198 99 88 21 65 103 9 1.478 10.0 5.2 1.58 1.1 177

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