Chris Perez
Christopher Ralph (Mercedes) Perez
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: July 1, 1985 in Bradenton, FL
High School: The Pendleton School (Bradenton, FL)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (42nd pick) of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 28, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 2008
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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
2008 22 STL NL 3 3 .500 3.46 41 0 23 0 0 7 41.2 34 18 16 5 22 0 42 1 0 2 177 123 1.344 7.3 1.1 4.8 9.1 1.91
2009 23 TOT MLB 1 2 .333 4.26 61 0 16 0 0 2 57.0 41 28 27 8 27 0 68 6 0 8 239 98 1.193 6.5 1.3 4.3 10.7 2.52
2009 23 STL NL 1 1 .500 4.18 29 0 8 0 0 1 23.2 17 12 11 3 15 0 30 3 0 4 106 98 1.352 6.5 1.1 5.7 11.4 2.00
2009 23 CLE AL 0 1 .000 4.32 32 0 8 0 0 1 33.1 24 16 16 5 12 0 38 3 0 4 133 97 1.080 6.5 1.4 3.2 10.3 3.17
2 Seasons 4 5 .444 3.92 102 0 39 0 0 9 98.2 75 46 43 13 49 0 110 7 0 10 416 107 1.257 6.8 1.2 4.5 10.0 2.24
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .444 3.92 68 0 26 0 0 6 66 50 31 29 9 33 0 73 5 0 7 277 107 1.257 6.8 1.2 4.5 10.0 2.24
STL (2 yrs) 4 4 .500 3.72 70 0 31 0 0 8 65.1 51 30 27 8 37 0 72 4 0 6 283 113 1.347 7.0 1.1 5.1 9.9 1.95
CLE (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.32 32 0 8 0 0 1 33.1 24 16 16 5 12 0 38 3 0 4 133 97 1.080 6.5 1.4 3.2 10.3 3.17
NL (2 yrs) 4 4 .500 3.72 70 0 31 0 0 8 65.1 51 30 27 8 37 0 72 4 0 6 283 113 1.347 7.0 1.1 5.1 9.9 1.95
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.32 32 0 8 0 0 1 33.1 24 16 16 5 12 0 38 3 0 4 133 97 1.080 6.5 1.4 3.2 10.3 3.17

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
2008 22 STL NL 41 177 150 18 34 9 3 5 3 1 22 42 .227 .324 .427 .751 .274 64 7 1 1 3 0
2009 23 CLE AL 32 133 117 16 24 5 0 5 6 2 12 38 .205 .293 .376 .669 .253 44 3 3 0 1 0
2009 23 STL NL 29 106 87 12 17 3 0 3 1 2 15 30 .195 .330 .333 .664 .255 29 1 3 0 1 0
2009 23 TOT MLB 61 239 204 28 41 8 0 8 7 4 27 68 .201 .310 .358 .667 .254 73 4 6 0 2 0
2 Seasons 102 416 354 46 75 17 3 13 10 5 49 110 .212 .316 .387 .703 .263 137 11 7 1 5 0
162 Game Avg. 68 277 236 31 50 11 2 9 7 3 33 73 .212 .316 .387 .703 .263 91 7 5 1 3 0
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
2008 22 STL NL 41 41 23 3 3 11 7 4 64% 17 6 11 3 27% 9 1.375 15 10 14 28 5 8 8 33 8 11 8 6 3.0 19
2009 23 TOT MLB 61 61 16 1 2 5 2 3 40% 12 7 38 14 37% 0.931 18 8 33 26 6 29 21 40 8 19 11 9 2.8 16
2009 23 STL NL 29 29 8 1 1 2 1 1 50% 5 3 15 2 13% 8 0.876 6 4 19 13 2 14 9 20 1 10 3 6 2.4 15
2009 23 CLE AL 32 32 8 0 1 3 1 2 33% 7 4 23 12 52% 8 0.974 12 4 14 13 4 15 12 20 7 9 8 3 3.1 17
2 Seasons 102 102 39 4 5 16 9 7 56% 29 13 49 17 35% 1.120 33 18 47 54 11 37 29 73 16 30 19 15 2.9 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%
2008 22 STL NL 177 41% 2.8% 23.7% 12.4% 9.6% 50% 0.63 0.89 60% 16% 8.2% 10% 35 7 20%
2009 23 TOT MLB 239 34% 3.4% 28.5% 11.3% 6.7% 39% 0.56 0.82 54% 19% 10.8% 16% 50 4 8%
2009 23 STL NL 106 30% 2.8% 28.3% 14.2% 5.7% 35% 0.58 0.82 52% 21% 10.3% 19% 24 1 4%
2009 23 CLE AL 133 38% 3.8% 28.6% 9.0% 7.5% 42% 0.54 0.82 56% 18% 11.1% 13% 26 3 12%
2 Seasons 416 37% 3.1% 26.4% 11.8% 7.9% 44% 0.59 0.85 57% 18% 9.6% 13% 85 11 13%
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
2008 22 STL NL 177 759 4.29 477 63% 31% 16% 30% 23% 69% 0% 44% 77% 59% 7% 13 11 23% 40 22 3 21% 8 2 0 0 0
2009 23 TOT MLB 239 977 4.09 610 62% 31% 16% 30% 23% 69% 0% 43% 76% 57% 5% 13 7 25% 59 34 2 28% 12 6 0 0 0
2009 23 STL NL 106 422 3.98 260 62% 29% 18% 31% 22% 71% 0% 44% 75% 55% 5% 5 0 28% 30 15 1 20% 5 5 0 0 0
2009 23 CLE AL 133 555 4.17 350 63% 32% 15% 30% 23% 68% 0% 43% 77% 59% 6% 8 7 22% 29 19 1 34% 7 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons 416 1736 4.17 1087 63% 31% 16% 30% 23% 69% 0% 43% 77% 58% 6% 26 18 24% 99 56 5 25% 20 8 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
2008 22 STL NL 177 34 1 0 5 0 5 3 2 3 2 11 4 1 36% 2 2 0 73 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2009 23 TOT MLB 239 41 2 0 8 2 14 5 3 2 6 21 9 6 43% 2 8 1 84 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 15 0
2009 23 STL NL 106 17 2 0 3 0 8 2 1 1 2 8 3 1 38% 2 4 1 42 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
2009 23 CLE AL 133 24 0 0 5 2 6 3 2 1 4 13 6 5 46% 0 4 0 42 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2 Seasons 416 75 3 0 13 2 19 8 5 5 8 32 13 7 41% 4 10 1 157 10 5 67% 9 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 21 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+
2008 22 3 3 .500 3.46 41 0 23 0 0 7 41.2 34 18 16 5 22 0 42 1 0 2 177 123 1.344 7.3 1.1 4.8 9.1 1.91 123
2009 23 4 5 .444 3.92 102 0 39 0 0 9 98.2 75 46 43 13 49 0 110 7 0 10 416 107 1.257 6.8 1.2 4.5 10.0 2.24 107

Neutralized Pitching

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 22 2 2 .500 3.60 40.0 34 18 16 5 22 40 1 1.400 7.7 5.0 9.0 1.82 1.1 41
2009 23 3 3 .500 4.50 54.0 42 30 27 8 28 64 6 1.296 7.0 4.7 10.7 2.29 1.3 61
2 Seasons 5 5 .500 4.12 94.0 76 48 43 13 50 104 7 1.340 7.3 10.0 2.08 1.2 102

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