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Chris Pérez

Christopher Ralph Perez (Pure Rage) (twitter: @ChrisPerez54)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: July 1, 1985 in Bradenton, FL
High School: The Pendleton School (Bradenton, FL)
School: University of Miami (Coral Gables, 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
Teams (by GP): Indians/Cardinals 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$4.5M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.136, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Nez Balelo) [*]
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All-Star

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
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 99 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 99 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 99 1.080 6.5 1.4 3.2 10.3 3.17
2010 24 CLE AL 2 2 .500 1.71 63 0 37 0 0 23 63.0 40 15 12 4 28 3 61 5 0 4 260 231 1.079 5.7 0.6 4.0 8.7 2.18
2011 25 CLE AL 4 7 .364 3.32 64 0 57 0 0 36 59.2 46 24 22 5 26 4 39 3 0 1 248 119 1.207 6.9 0.8 3.9 5.9 1.50 AS
2012 26 CLE AL 0 1 .000 2.66 22 0 19 0 0 17 20.1 14 6 6 0 7 0 20 0 0 0 85 148 1.033 6.2 0.0 3.1 8.9 2.86
5 Yrs 10 15 .400 3.09 251 0 152 0 0 85 241.2 175 91 83 22 110 7 230 15 0 15 1009 132 1.179 6.5 0.8 4.1 8.6 2.09
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .400 3.09 68 0 41 0 0 23 65 47 25 22 6 30 2 62 4 0 4 273 132 1.179 6.5 0.8 4.1 8.6 2.09
CLE (4 yrs) 6 11 .353 2.86 181 0 121 0 0 77 176.1 124 61 56 14 73 7 158 11 0 9 726 140 1.117 6.3 0.7 3.7 8.1 2.16
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
AL (4 yrs) 6 11 .353 2.86 181 0 121 0 0 77 176.1 124 61 56 14 73 7 158 11 0 9 726 140 1.117 6.3 0.7 3.7 8.1 2.16
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

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 Awards
2008 22 STL NL 41.2 41 0 18 3.89 4.68 0.31 -0.34 98.7 3.98 1 0.1 1.4 -0.1 0.3 5 .502 .500 $
2009 23 STL NL 23.2 29 0 12 4.56 4.50 0.11 -0.33 98.9 4.01 -1 -0.2 1.1 -0.1 0.0 1 .495 .499 $
2009 23 CLE AL 33.1 32 0 16 4.32 4.72 -0.10 -0.35 95.6 4.27 -0 -0.0 1.1 -0.1 0.2 4 .499 .500 $
2010 24 CLE AL 63.0 63 0 15 2.14 4.66 -0.09 -0.36 94.5 4.15 14 1.5 1.9 0.5 2.5 21 .523 .509 $423,800
2011 25 CLE AL 59.2 64 0 24 3.62 4.43 -0.10 -0.34 96.7 4.06 3 0.3 2.1 0.0 0.9 10 .504 .502 $2,225,000 AS
2012 26 CLE AL 20.1 22 0 6 2.66 4.37 0.16 -0.32 91.9 3.57 2 0.2 1.8 0.0 0.5 4 .510 .501 $
5 Seasons 241.2 251 0 91 3.39 4.57 0.02 -0.34 96.2 4.05 17 1.8 1.7 0.3 4.4 45 .507 .502 $2,648,800
CLE (4 yrs) 176.1 181 0 61 3.11 4.56 -0.07 -0.34 95.2 4.08 18 1.9 1.8 0.4 4.1 39 .511 .503 $2,648,800
STL (2 yrs) 65.1 70 0 30 4.13 4.61 0.24 -0.34 98.8 3.99 -1 -0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.3 5 .499 .500 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2011 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

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 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 2
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 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 2
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
2010 24 CLE AL 63 260 220 15 40 11 1 4 9 0 28 61 .182 .287 .295 .583 .231 65 6 5 6 1 3 3
2011 25 CLE AL 64 248 214 24 46 10 1 5 8 0 26 39 .215 .307 .341 .648 .240 73 4 3 4 1 4 2
2012 26 CLE AL 22 85 77 6 14 2 1 0 1 0 7 20 .182 .247 .234 .481 .241 18 0 0 0 1 0 2
5 Yrs 251 1009 865 91 175 40 6 22 28 5 110 230 .202 .301 .339 .639 .246 293 21 15 11 8 7 11
162 Game Avg. 68 273 234 25 47 11 2 6 8 1 30 62 .202 .301 .339 .639 .246 79 6 4 3 2 2 3
MLB Averages .259 .327 .408 .736 .297

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 22 STL NL 3.6 0.4 185 -0.3 4.5 -4.8 1.33 -0.5 0.3 5.6 0.6 1.33 -1.4 15 8 18
2009 23 TOT MLB 0.3 0.0 260 -0.3 3.9 -4.2 .91 0.1 -0.4 -1.2 -0.1 0.91 3.9 18 7 34
2009 23 STL NL -0.2 -0.0 115 0.3 1.6 -1.2 .84 0.1 0.4 2.5 0.3 0.84 0.8 6 4 19
2009 23 CLE AL 0.5 0.0 145 -0.6 2.3 -3.0 .97 0.1 -0.7 -3.6 -0.4 0.97 3.1 12 3 15
2010 24 CLE AL 15.5 1.6 274 2.5 9.7 -7.3 2.03 0.7 0.5 13.9 1.5 2.03 8.9 39 8 15
2011 25 CLE AL 4.6 0.5 260 1.8 10.1 -8.3 2.14 0.7 0.1 3.1 0.3 2.14 5.1 41 11 12
2012 26 CLE AL 3.3 0.3 86 1.1 3.6 -2.6 2.34 0.5 0.0 3.9 0.4 2.34 4.4 10 10 2
5 Yrs 27.2 2.8 1065 4.7 31.9 -27.2 1.69 1.4 1.4 25.4 2.6 1.69 20.8 123 44 81

Reliever Pitching*

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 1.333 15 8 18 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% .911 18 7 34 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 .840 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 .968 12 3 15 13 4 15 12 20 7 9 8 3 3.1 17
2010 24 CLE AL 63 63 37 2 2 27 23 4 85% 36 9 31 7 23% 9 2.028 39 8 15 42 12 9 17 46 10 8 11 13 3.0 17
2011 25 CLE AL 64 64 57 4 7 40 36 4 90% 40 0 13 5 38% 9 2.143 41 11 12 48 14 2 8 56 2 10 2 16 2.8 15
2012 26 CLE AL 22 22 19 0 1 18 17 1 94% 18 0 2 0 0% 9 2.342 10 10 2 19 3 0 1 21 0 4 0 7 2.8 16
5 Yrs 251 251 152 10 15 101 85 16 84% 123 22 95 29 31% 1.696 123 44 81 163 40 48 55 196 28 52 32 51 2.9 16

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 22 STL NL 177 59% 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 66% 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 70% 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 62% 3.8% 28.6% 9.0% 7.5% 42% 0.54 0.82 56% 18% 11.1% 13% 26 3 12%
2010 24 CLE AL 260 54% 1.5% 23.5% 10.8% 6.2% 40% 0.50 0.80 60% 22% 4.5% 17% 41 6 15%
2011 25 CLE AL 248 47% 2.0% 15.7% 10.5% 6.5% 35% 0.41 0.47 69% 19% 5.2% 22% 44 4 9%
2012 26 CLE AL 85 46% 0.0% 23.5% 8.2% 3.5% 21% 0.66 0.58 68% 19% 0.0% 14% 21 0 0%
5 Yrs 1009 55% 2.2% 22.8% 10.9% 6.7% 39% 0.52 0.69 62% 19% 6.3% 17% 191 21 11%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 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 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 240 980 4.08 612 62% 31% 17% 30% 23% 69% 0% 43% 76% 57% 5% 13 7 25% 59 34 2 28% 12 6 -1 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 134 558 4.16 352 63% 32% 16% 30% 23% 68% 0% 43% 77% 59% 6% 8 7 22% 29 19 1 34% 7 1 -1 0 0
2010 24 CLE AL 261 1061 4.07 684 64% 33% 13% 29% 24% 67% 3% 43% 80% 61% 7% 19 9 34% 90 59 2 28% 13 7 -1 0 0
2011 25 CLE AL 248 985 3.97 605 61% 32% 11% 27% 30% 68% 4% 42% 84% 55% 8% 19 13 25% 63 31 2 33% 5 2 0 0 0
2012 26 CLE AL 85 354 4.16 234 66% 34% 12% 29% 25% 66% 0% 44% 82% 59% 6% 5 1 38% 32 18 0 40% 4 4 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1011 4139 4.09 2612 63% 32% 14% 29% 25% 68% 2% 43% 80% 58% 7% 69 41 28% 284 164 9 29% 42 21 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 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 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
2010 24 CLE AL 260 40 2 1 4 1 9 1 3 1 3 13 3 5 23% 3 4 2 105 9 0 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2011 25 CLE AL 248 46 4 0 5 1 8 4 1 2 3 16 9 1 56% 2 1 0 89 8 0 100% 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2012 26 CLE AL 85 14 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 60% 2 0 0 35 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Yrs 1009 175 10 1 22 4 38 13 9 8 14 66 28 14 42% 11 15 3 386 28 5 85% 25 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 38 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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 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 10 416 108 1.257 6.8 1.2 4.5 10.0 2.24 108
2010 24 6 7 .462 3.06 165 0 76 0 0 32 161.2 115 61 55 17 77 3 171 12 0 14 676 135 1.188 6.4 0.9 4.3 9.5 2.22 135
2011 25 10 14 .417 3.13 229 0 133 0 0 68 221.1 161 85 77 22 103 7 210 15 0 15 924 130 1.193 6.5 0.9 4.2 8.5 2.04 130
2012 26 10 15 .400 3.09 251 0 152 0 0 85 241.2 175 91 83 22 110 7 230 15 0 15 1009 132 1.179 6.5 0.8 4.1 8.6 2.09 132

Neutralized Pitching

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 4.42 55.0 41 30 27 8 27 66 6 1.236 6.7 4.4 10.8 2.44 1.3 61
2010 24 5 1 .833 1.92 61.0 42 14 13 4 29 59 5 1.164 6.2 4.3 8.7 2.03 0.6 63
2011 25 3 3 .500 3.86 56.0 49 27 24 5 28 37 3 1.375 7.9 4.5 5.9 1.32 0.8 64
2012 26 1 1 .500 3.00 21.0 15 8 7 0 8 20 0 1.095 6.4 3.4 8.6 2.50 0.0 22
5 Yrs 14 10 .583 3.36 233.0 181 97 87 22 114 222 15 1.266 7.0 8.6 1.95 0.8 251

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2011 *

Saves s c a p y
2011 AL  36 (4th)
2012 AL  17 (1st)
Active  85 (26th)
Career  85 (160th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2011 AL  57 (3rd)
2012 AL  19 (5th)
Active  152 (44th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 6 (1780), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (828), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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