Chris Peters
Christopher Michael Peters
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 28, 1972 in Fort Thomas, KY
High School: Peters Township (McMurray, PA)
School: Indiana University
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 37th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1996
Final Game: May 28, 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
1996 24 PIT NL 2 4 .333 5.62 16 10 0 0 0 0 64.0 72 43 40 9 25 0 28 1 0 4 283 78 1.516 10.1 1.3 3.5 3.9 1.12
1997 25 PIT NL 2 2 .500 4.58 31 1 5 0 0 0 37.1 38 23 19 6 21 4 17 3 0 4 167 95 1.580 9.2 1.4 5.1 4.1 0.81
1998 26 PIT NL 8 10 .444 3.47 39 21 7 1 0 1 148.0 142 63 57 13 55 4 103 3 1 4 630 126 1.331 8.6 0.8 3.3 6.3 1.87
1999 27 PIT NL 5 4 .556 6.59 19 11 2 0 0 0 71.0 98 59 52 17 27 0 46 4 1 2 343 70 1.761 12.4 2.2 3.4 5.8 1.70
2000 28 PIT NL 0 1 .000 2.86 18 0 4 0 0 1 28.1 23 9 9 2 14 2 16 1 0 3 121 162 1.306 7.3 0.6 4.4 5.1 1.14
2001 29 MON NL 2 4 .333 7.55 13 6 1 0 0 0 31.0 47 26 26 7 15 1 14 2 0 4 149 59 2.000 13.6 2.0 4.4 4.1 0.93
6 Seasons 19 25 .432 4.81 136 49 19 1 0 2 379.2 420 223 203 54 157 11 224 14 2 21 1693 92 1.520 10.0 1.3 3.7 5.3 1.43
162 Game Avg. 7 9 .432 4.81 50 18 7 0 0 1 140 154 82 75 20 58 4 82 5 1 8 622 92 1.520 10.0 1.3 3.7 5.3 1.43
PIT (5 yrs) 17 21 .447 4.57 123 43 18 1 0 2 348.2 373 197 177 47 142 10 210 12 2 17 1544 97 1.477 9.6 1.2 3.7 5.4 1.48
MON (1 yr) 2 4 .333 7.55 13 6 1 0 0 0 31.0 47 26 26 7 15 1 14 2 0 4 149 59 2.000 13.6 2.0 4.4 4.1 0.93

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
1996 24 PIT NL 16 283 251 43 72 15 4 9 9 0 25 28 .287 .350 .486 .836 .290 122 8 1 3 3 0
1997 25 PIT NL 31 167 137 23 38 7 1 6 2 3 21 17 .277 .383 .474 .857 .278 65 8 3 5 1 4
1998 26 PIT NL 39 630 563 63 142 21 1 13 10 2 55 103 .252 .319 .362 .682 .285 204 19 3 4 5 4
1999 27 PIT NL 19 343 304 59 98 17 2 17 4 2 27 46 .322 .381 .559 .940 .331 170 6 4 4 4 0
2000 28 PIT NL 18 121 104 9 23 8 0 2 2 0 14 16 .221 .319 .356 .675 .244 37 3 1 2 0 2
2001 29 MON NL 13 149 128 26 47 5 1 7 4 3 15 14 .367 .435 .586 1.021 .367 75 2 2 2 2 1
6 Seasons 136 1693 1487 223 420 73 9 54 31 10 157 224 .282 .353 .453 .806 .299 673 46 14 20 15 11
162 Game Avg. 50 622 547 82 154 27 3 20 11 4 58 82 .282 .353 .453 .806 .299 247 17 5 7 6 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1996 24 PIT NL 16 10 1 4 5 0 0 3 7 .300 1 3 0 0 2 20% 42 61 22 7 3 0 3 3.2 3.5 5.4 86 4 3 1 1 130
1997 25 PIT NL 31 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 1 100% 60 60 60 14 3 0 1 4.5 1.5 7.0 87 0 1 0 0 87
1998 26 PIT NL 39 21 8 8 5 2 1 11 10 .524 1 1 1 0 9 43% 51 78 24 22 7 1 10 4.9 5.6 5.9 90 4 12 4 0 116
1999 27 PIT NL 19 11 4 4 3 3 1 6 5 .545 1 2 0 0 3 27% 41 71 19 10 3 0 7 5.9 7.2 5.1 87 3 6 2 0 102
2001 29 MON NL 13 6 2 3 1 2 0 2 4 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39 53 19 8 4 1 2 4.4 4.0 4.6 83 2 4 0 0 97
5 Seasons 118 49 15 19 15 7 2 23 26 .469 3 7 1 0 15 31% 46 78 19 61 20 2 23 4.7 5.2 5.5 87 13 26 7 1 130
MLB Averages

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
1996 24 PIT NL 16 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 4 50% 7 1.099 3 3 0 3 2 1 5 1 4 2 5 1 5.0 23
1997 25 PIT NL 31 30 5 2 2 1 0 1 0% 4 2 25 8 32% 7 0.738 7 7 14 6 2 22 15 15 8 14 9 4 3.0 16
1998 26 PIT NL 39 18 7 0 2 1 1 0 100% 4 2 8 0 0% 7 0.988 7 3 7 5 3 10 5 13 7 5 8 4 3.9 20
1999 27 PIT NL 19 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 2 33% 7 0.888 2 1 5 3 0 5 3 5 7 0 7 0 5.8 37
2000 28 PIT NL 18 18 4 0 1 1 1 0 100% 3 1 15 4 27% 6 0.657 4 4 9 4 2 12 9 9 9 5 10 2 4.7 26
2001 29 MON NL 13 7 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 2 67% 6 0.934 0 2 5 1 0 6 2 5 0 5 0 0 1.4 11
6 Seasons 136 87 19 4 6 4 2 2 50% 15 8 65 20 31% 0.933 23 20 40 22 9 56 39 48 35 31 39 11 3.8 21

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%
1996 24 PIT NL 283 83% 3.2% 9.9% 8.8% 9.9% 39% 1.22 1.96 77% 20% 11.0% 19% 47 8 17%
1997 25 PIT NL 167 66% 3.6% 10.2% 12.6% 8.4% 37% 1.27 2.17 69% 15% 13.0% 12% 46 8 17%
1998 26 PIT NL 630 77% 2.1% 16.4% 8.7% 5.6% 25% 1.17 1.68 72% 19% 6.8% 10% 123 19 15%
1999 27 PIT NL 343 83% 5.0% 13.4% 7.9% 10.5% 37% 0.82 1.29 71% 21% 12.9% 8% 76 6 8%
2000 28 PIT NL 121 62% 1.7% 13.2% 11.6% 8.3% 44% 0.79 1.16 71% 26% 4.5% 8% 26 3 12%
2001 29 MON NL 149 79% 4.7% 9.4% 10.1% 8.7% 28% 0.63 0.85 73% 31% 11.5% 9% 32 2 6%
6 Seasons 1693 77% 3.2% 13.2% 9.3% 8.0% 32% 1.02 1.54 72% 21% 9.7% 11% 350 46 13%
MLB Averages

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
1996 24 PIT NL 260 912 3.51 558 61% 25% 12% 25% 38% 75% 0% 46% 84% 60% 4% 11 6 15% 38 23 4 22% 4 5 23 0 1
1997 25 PIT NL 162 561 3.46 321 57% 26% 11% 25% 38% 73% 7% 42% 85% 54% 8% 13 5 14% 22 11 2 29% 4 5 5 0 2
1998 26 PIT NL 630 2243 3.56 1352 60% 27% 15% 23% 35% 73% 1% 44% 79% 55% 6% 36 24 15% 92 49 5 26% 22 9 0 0 0
1999 27 PIT NL 343 1255 3.66 761 61% 26% 14% 24% 35% 74% 0% 45% 80% 57% 6% 21 16 19% 66 28 1 30% 6 5 0 0 0
2000 28 PIT NL 121 462 3.82 274 59% 25% 14% 28% 33% 75% 4% 44% 81% 48% 7% 9 3 19% 23 13 1 25% 1 4 0 0 0
2001 29 MON NL 149 576 3.87 328 57% 27% 11% 25% 36% 73% 2% 41% 84% 46% 9% 13 9 13% 19 9 0 21% 0 3 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1665 6009 3.61 3594 60% 26% 14% 24% 35% 74% 2% 44% 81% 55% 6% 103 63 16% 260 133 13 26% 37 31 28 0 3
MLB Averages

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
1996 24 PIT NL 283 72 8 0 9 0 6 8 1 2 7 21 16 1 76% 4 4 1 100 9 0 100% 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
1997 25 PIT NL 167 38 4 0 6 1 8 3 3 3 3 14 6 1 43% 4 4 0 80 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1998 26 PIT NL 630 142 45 4 13 0 11 9 4 7 6 29 14 3 48% 14 4 1 246 10 2 83% 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
1999 27 PIT NL 343 98 6 1 17 0 3 15 2 6 11 20 11 3 55% 9 2 0 150 4 2 67% 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9 0
2000 28 PIT NL 121 23 3 0 2 0 7 0 2 0 2 8 3 3 38% 1 3 0 45 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2001 29 MON NL 149 47 5 0 7 0 2 5 2 2 5 6 3 0 50% 0 4 1 68 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 0
6 Seasons 1693 420 71 5 54 1 37 40 14 20 34 98 53 11 54% 32 21 3 689 31 10 76% 23 5 8 4 0 1 3 1 50 0
MLB Averages

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+
1996 24 2 4 .333 5.62 16 10 0 0 0 0 64.0 72 43 40 9 25 0 28 1 0 4 283 78 1.516 10.1 1.3 3.5 3.9 1.12 78
1997 25 4 6 .400 5.24 47 11 5 0 0 0 101.1 110 66 59 15 46 4 45 4 0 8 450 83 1.539 9.8 1.3 4.1 4.0 0.98 83
1998 26 12 16 .429 4.19 86 32 12 1 0 1 249.1 252 129 116 28 101 8 148 7 1 12 1080 104 1.416 9.1 1.0 3.6 5.3 1.47 104
1999 27 17 20 .459 4.72 105 43 14 1 0 1 320.1 350 188 168 45 128 8 194 11 2 14 1423 94 1.492 9.8 1.3 3.6 5.5 1.52 94
2000 28 17 21 .447 4.57 123 43 18 1 0 2 348.2 373 197 177 47 142 10 210 12 2 17 1544 97 1.477 9.6 1.2 3.7 5.4 1.48 97
2001 29 19 25 .432 4.81 136 49 19 1 0 2 379.2 420 223 203 54 157 11 224 14 2 21 1693 92 1.520 10.0 1.3 3.7 5.3 1.43 92

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1996 24 3 4 .429 5.29 63.0 69 41 37 9 24 28 1 1.476 9.9 3.4 4.0 1.17 1.3 16
1997 25 1 2 .333 4.50 36.0 37 20 18 6 20 16 3 1.583 9.3 5.0 4.0 0.80 1.5 31
1998 26 10 6 .625 3.29 145.0 138 59 53 13 53 101 3 1.317 8.6 3.3 6.3 1.91 0.8 39
1999 27 3 5 .375 5.55 73.0 94 50 45 16 26 47 4 1.644 11.6 3.2 5.8 1.81 2.0 19
2000 28 2 1 .667 2.57 28.0 22 9 8 2 13 16 1 1.250 7.1 4.2 5.1 1.23 0.6 18
2001 29 1 2 .333 7.45 29.0 45 27 24 7 14 13 2 2.034 14.0 4.3 4.0 0.93 2.2 13
6 Seasons 20 20 .500 4.45 374.0 405 206 185 53 150 221 14 1.484 9.7 5.3 1.47 1.3 136

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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