Chad Qualls
Chad Michael Qualls
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: August 17, 1978 in Lomita, CA
High School: Narbonne (Harbor City, CA)
School: University of Nevada, Reno
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed August 16, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 2004
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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
2004 25 HOU NL 4 0 1.000 3.55 25 0 4 0 0 1 33.0 34 13 13 3 8 1 24 4 0 0 141 123 1.273 9.3 0.8 2.2 6.5 3.00
2005 26 HOU NL 6 4 .600 3.28 77 0 19 0 0 0 79.2 73 33 29 7 23 2 60 6 0 1 329 129 1.205 8.2 0.8 2.6 6.8 2.61
2006 27 HOU NL 7 3 .700 3.76 81 0 13 0 0 0 88.2 76 38 37 10 28 6 56 6 0 0 356 118 1.173 7.7 1.0 2.8 5.7 2.00
2007 28 HOU NL 6 5 .545 3.05 79 0 16 0 0 5 82.2 84 29 28 10 25 5 78 3 0 2 345 146 1.319 9.1 1.1 2.7 8.5 3.12
2008 29 ARI NL 4 8 .333 2.81 77 0 21 0 0 9 73.2 61 29 23 4 18 2 71 3 0 6 300 165 1.072 7.5 0.5 2.2 8.7 3.94
2009 30 ARI NL 2 2 .500 3.63 51 0 44 0 0 24 52.0 53 23 21 5 7 2 45 2 0 2 217 126 1.154 9.2 0.9 1.2 7.8 6.43
6 Seasons 29 22 .569 3.32 390 0 117 0 0 39 409.2 381 165 151 39 109 18 334 24 0 11 1688 134 1.196 8.4 0.9 2.4 7.3 3.06
162 Game Avg. 5 4 .569 3.32 68 0 20 0 0 7 71 66 29 26 7 19 3 58 4 0 2 294 134 1.196 8.4 0.9 2.4 7.3 3.06
HOU (4 yrs) 23 12 .657 3.39 262 0 52 0 0 6 284.0 267 113 107 30 84 14 218 19 0 3 1171 129 1.236 8.5 1.0 2.7 6.9 2.60
ARI (2 yrs) 6 10 .375 3.15 128 0 65 0 0 33 125.2 114 52 44 9 25 4 116 5 0 8 517 146 1.106 8.2 0.6 1.8 8.3 4.64

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS 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
2004 25 HOU NL NLDS W ATL 0 0 6.75 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 17 1.250 9.0 2.3 2.3 6.8 3.00
2004 25 HOU NL NLCS L STL 0 1 .000 11.25 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 8 5 5 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 21 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
2005 26 HOU NL NLDS W ATL 0 0 6.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 13 2.333 15.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
2005 26 HOU NL NLCS W STL 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 14 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.7
2005 26 HOU NL WS L CHW 0 0 1.69 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 3 1 1 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 20 0.938 5.1 1.7 3.4 8.4 2.50
2 Seasons (5 Series) 1 1 .500 4.71 15 0 0 0 0 0 21.0 20 11 11 2 7 3 17 0 0 0 85 1.286 8.6 0.9 3.0 7.3 2.43
2 NLDS 0 0 6.43 6 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 5 5 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 30 1.714 11.6 1.3 3.9 5.1 1.33
2 NLCS 1 1 .500 5.19 6 0 0 0 0 0 8.2 8 5 5 0 2 1 8 0 0 0 35 1.154 8.3 0.0 2.1 8.3 4.00
1 WS 0 0 1.69 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 3 1 1 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 20 0.938 5.1 1.7 3.4 8.4 2.50

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
2004 25 HOU NL 25 141 128 13 34 7 0 3 1 1 8 24 .266 .326 .391 .717 .304 50 2 4 0 1 1
2005 26 HOU NL 77 329 293 33 73 9 1 7 4 2 23 60 .249 .314 .358 .672 .288 105 9 6 4 3 2
2006 27 HOU NL 81 356 314 38 76 12 1 10 3 4 28 56 .242 .313 .382 .695 .262 120 17 6 4 4 6
2007 28 HOU NL 79 345 309 29 84 6 2 10 7 5 25 78 .272 .330 .401 .732 .332 124 11 3 6 2 5
2008 29 ARI NL 77 300 272 29 61 11 2 4 3 0 18 71 .224 .277 .324 .601 .285 88 13 3 4 3 2
2009 30 ARI NL 51 217 207 23 53 12 1 5 3 0 7 45 .256 .287 .396 .683 .306 82 5 2 1 0 2
6 Seasons 390 1688 1523 165 381 57 7 39 21 12 109 334 .250 .308 .374 .682 .294 569 57 24 19 13 18
162 Game Avg. 68 294 266 29 66 10 1 7 4 2 19 58 .250 .308 .374 .682 .294 99 10 4 3 2 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
2004 25 HOU NL 25 25 4 4 0 2 1 1 50% 11 9 7 1 14% 6 0.866 6 9 10 16 1 8 3 22 12 5 12 8 4.0 21
2005 26 HOU NL 77 77 19 6 4 0 0 0 22 22 41 11 27% 8 1.318 35 21 20 36 19 22 23 54 17 26 18 27 3.1 14
2006 27 HOU NL 81 81 13 7 3 6 0 6 0% 29 23 54 15 28% 7 1.445 36 21 23 42 14 25 30 51 26 23 27 29 3.3 15
2007 28 HOU NL 79 79 16 6 5 10 5 5 50% 31 21 31 8 26% 8 1.555 42 16 20 43 19 17 22 57 14 17 15 30 3.1 16
2008 29 ARI NL 77 77 21 4 8 17 9 8 53% 39 22 32 11 34% 7 1.434 46 11 19 51 14 12 20 57 9 17 9 20 2.9 14
2009 30 ARI NL 51 51 44 2 2 29 24 5 83% 29 0 15 5 33% 9 1.818 24 13 11 39 6 6 8 43 6 4 6 10 3.1 15
6 Seasons 390 390 117 29 22 64 39 25 61% 161 97 180 51 28% 1.440 189 91 103 227 73 90 106 284 84 92 87 124 3.2 15

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%
2004 25 HOU NL 141 42% 2.1% 17.0% 5.7% 7.1% 29% 1.33 1.74 72% 16% 7.1% 7% 15 2 13%
2005 26 HOU NL 329 45% 2.1% 18.2% 7.0% 5.2% 23% 1.42 2.09 70% 18% 7.9% 8% 68 9 13%
2006 27 HOU NL 356 41% 2.8% 15.7% 7.9% 6.5% 30% 1.50 2.35 71% 14% 9.9% 3% 89 17 19%
2007 28 HOU NL 345 41% 2.9% 22.6% 7.3% 5.2% 21% 1.31 1.89 65% 17% 10.8% 8% 85 11 13%
2008 29 ARI NL 300 49% 1.3% 23.7% 6.0% 5.7% 28% 1.37 2.23 67% 20% 4.8% 3% 55 13 24%
2009 30 ARI NL 217 50% 2.3% 20.7% 3.2% 8.3% 34% 1.42 2.47 72% 19% 8.2% 8% 45 5 11%
6 Seasons 1688 44% 2.3% 19.8% 6.5% 6.1% 27% 1.40 2.14 69% 17% 8.3% 6% 357 57 16%
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
2004 25 HOU NL 141 517 3.67 333 64% 26% 16% 26% 32% 74% 2% 48% 78% 59% 4% 5 3 25% 35 21 2 21% 5 1 0 0 0
2005 26 HOU NL 329 1116 3.39 727 65% 26% 17% 24% 33% 74% 1% 48% 77% 59% 4% 13 7 23% 77 44 3 17% 15 4 0 0 0
2006 27 HOU NL 356 1183 3.32 758 64% 25% 16% 23% 35% 75% 5% 48% 78% 62% 6% 22 10 29% 105 72 6 18% 15 6 0 0 0
2007 28 HOU NL 345 1262 3.66 848 67% 23% 23% 26% 28% 77% 4% 52% 70% 65% 4% 15 10 32% 111 69 8 10% 27 1 0 0 0
2008 29 ARI NL 300 1059 3.53 708 67% 25% 18% 28% 29% 75% 2% 50% 76% 68% 2% 6 3 29% 86 47 2 14% 16 1 0 0 0
2009 30 ARI NL 217 756 3.48 520 69% 26% 16% 27% 31% 74% 3% 51% 79% 68% 4% 8 5 32% 69 40 4 9% 9 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1688 5893 3.49 3894 66% 25% 18% 26% 31% 75% 3% 50% 76% 64% 4% 69 38 29% 483 293 25 14% 87 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
2004 25 HOU NL 141 34 5 0 3 1 5 1 2 0 3 4 3 1 75% 0 0 0 48 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005 26 HOU NL 329 73 10 1 7 0 17 5 2 5 2 22 11 3 50% 5 1 3 122 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
2006 27 HOU NL 356 76 11 0 10 1 19 6 4 6 4 28 14 3 50% 3 0 0 135 3 4 43% 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2007 28 HOU NL 345 84 15 0 10 0 14 9 1 8 2 19 9 1 47% 3 2 0 150 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
2008 29 ARI NL 300 61 5 0 4 0 8 3 1 1 3 24 11 4 46% 7 6 2 117 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
2009 30 ARI NL 217 53 5 1 5 0 9 4 1 2 3 17 8 3 47% 5 2 1 79 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Seasons 1688 381 51 2 39 2 72 28 11 22 17 114 56 15 49% 23 11 6 651 21 12 64% 19 12 2 0 0 0 3 1 37 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+
2004 25 4 0 1.000 3.55 25 0 4 0 0 1 33.0 34 13 13 3 8 1 24 4 0 0 141 123 1.273 9.3 0.8 2.2 6.5 3.00 123
2005 26 10 4 .714 3.36 102 0 23 0 0 1 112.2 107 46 42 10 31 3 84 10 0 1 470 127 1.225 8.5 0.8 2.5 6.7 2.71 127
2006 27 17 7 .708 3.53 183 0 36 0 0 1 201.1 183 84 79 20 59 9 140 16 0 1 826 123 1.202 8.2 0.9 2.6 6.3 2.37 123
2007 28 23 12 .657 3.39 262 0 52 0 0 6 284.0 267 113 107 30 84 14 218 19 0 3 1171 129 1.236 8.5 1.0 2.7 6.9 2.60 129
2008 29 27 20 .574 3.27 339 0 73 0 0 15 357.2 328 142 130 34 102 16 289 22 0 9 1471 135 1.202 8.3 0.9 2.6 7.3 2.83 135
2009 30 29 22 .569 3.32 390 0 117 0 0 39 409.2 381 165 151 39 109 18 334 24 0 11 1688 134 1.196 8.4 0.9 2.4 7.3 3.06 134

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2004 25 2 1 .667 3.38 32.0 33 13 12 3 8 23 4 1.281 9.3 2.3 6.5 2.88 0.8 25
2005 26 5 3 .625 3.43 76.0 72 32 29 7 23 57 6 1.250 8.5 2.7 6.8 2.48 0.8 77
2006 27 5 4 .556 3.69 83.0 73 38 34 10 27 52 6 1.205 7.9 2.9 5.6 1.93 1.1 81
2007 28 5 3 .625 2.96 79.0 81 29 26 10 24 75 3 1.329 9.2 2.7 8.5 3.13 1.1 79
2008 29 6 2 .750 2.43 74.0 58 22 20 4 17 71 3 1.014 7.1 2.1 8.6 4.18 0.5 77
2009 30 3 2 .600 3.29 52.0 51 21 19 5 7 45 2 1.115 8.8 1.2 7.8 6.43 0.9 51
6 Seasons 26 15 .634 3.18 396.0 368 155 140 39 106 323 24 1.197 8.4 7.3 3.05 0.9 390

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2005 NL--77--8th
2006 NL--81--6th
2007 NL--79--9th
2008 NL--77--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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