Chris Reitsma

Christopher Michael Reitsma

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 31, 1977 in Minneapolis, MN
High School: Calgary Christian HS (Calgary, AB)
Drafted
by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (34th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2001
Teams (by GP): Braves/Reds/Mariners 2001-2007
Agents: Brian Goldberg,Mike Paolercio [*]
Final Game: July 29, 2007
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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
2001 23 CIN NL 7 15 .318 5.29 36 29 1 0 0 0 182.0 209 121 107 23 49 6 96 5 0 5 800 87 1.418 10.3 1.1 2.4 4.7 1.96
2002 24 CIN NL 6 12 .333 3.64 32 21 6 1 1 0 138.1 144 73 56 17 45 5 84 5 0 4 598 118 1.366 9.4 1.1 2.9 5.5 1.87
2003 25 CIN NL 9 5 .643 4.29 57 3 36 0 0 12 84.0 92 41 40 14 19 6 53 0 0 2 351 96 1.321 9.9 1.5 2.0 5.7 2.79
2004 26 ATL NL 6 4 .600 4.07 84 0 12 0 0 2 79.2 89 38 36 9 20 3 60 3 0 1 344 105 1.368 10.1 1.0 2.3 6.8 3.00
2005 27 ATL NL 3 6 .333 3.93 76 0 37 0 0 15 73.1 79 32 32 3 14 3 42 0 0 2 307 108 1.268 9.7 0.4 1.7 5.2 3.00
2006 28 ATL NL 1 2 .333 8.68 27 0 16 0 0 8 28.0 46 27 27 7 8 3 13 3 0 0 142 52 1.929 14.8 2.3 2.6 4.2 1.63
2007 29 SEA AL 0 2 .000 7.61 26 0 6 0 0 0 23.2 37 22 20 3 9 1 11 0 0 4 115 58 1.944 14.1 1.1 3.4 4.2 1.22
7 Yrs 32 46 .410 4.70 338 53 114 1 1 37 609.0 696 354 318 76 164 27 359 16 0 18 2657 93 1.412 10.3 1.1 2.4 5.3 2.19
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .410 4.70 59 9 20 0 0 6 106 121 62 55 13 29 5 62 3 0 3 462 93 1.412 10.3 1.1 2.4 5.3 2.19
ATL (3 yrs) 10 12 .455 4.72 187 0 65 0 0 25 181.0 214 97 95 19 42 9 115 6 0 3 793 91 1.414 10.6 0.9 2.1 5.7 2.74
CIN (3 yrs) 22 32 .407 4.52 125 53 43 1 1 12 404.1 445 235 203 54 113 17 233 10 0 11 1749 97 1.380 9.9 1.2 2.5 5.2 2.06
SEA (1 yr) 0 2 .000 7.61 26 0 6 0 0 0 23.2 37 22 20 3 9 1 11 0 0 4 115 58 1.944 14.1 1.1 3.4 4.2 1.22
NL (6 yrs) 32 44 .421 4.58 312 53 108 1 1 37 585.1 659 332 298 73 155 26 348 16 0 14 2542 95 1.391 10.1 1.1 2.4 5.4 2.25
AL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 7.61 26 0 6 0 0 0 23.2 37 22 20 3 9 1 11 0 0 4 115 58 1.944 14.1 1.1 3.4 4.2 1.22

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
2001 23 CIN NL 182.0 36 29 121 5.98 4.80 -0.26 0.15 106.0 5.52 -9 -0.9 .5 -0.1 0.3 9 .474 .494 $200,000
2002 24 CIN NL 138.1 32 21 73 4.75 4.59 0.00 0.10 103.7 4.86 1 0.1 .8 -0.1 1.1 15 .504 .501 $252,000
2003 25 CIN NL 84.0 57 3 41 4.39 4.70 0.03 -0.24 97.5 4.31 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.2 0.4 8 .498 .499 $
2004 26 ATL NL 79.2 84 0 38 4.29 4.74 0.27 -0.35 99.7 4.10 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.2 0.2 6 .498 .499 $950,000
2005 27 ATL NL 73.1 76 0 32 3.93 4.68 0.38 -0.36 100.3 3.96 0 0.0 1.5 -0.2 0.4 7 .500 .500 $1,650,000
2006 28 ATL NL 28.0 27 0 27 8.68 4.93 -0.09 -0.36 97.7 4.55 -13 -1.2 1.6 -0.4 -1.4 -10 .455 .493 $2,750,000
2007 29 SEA AL 23.2 26 0 22 8.37 5.20 -0.40 -0.38 96.3 5.02 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .467 .495 $1,350,000
7 Seasons 609.0 338 53 354 5.23 4.74 -0.01 -0.08 102.0 4.77 -33 -3.2 1.4 -1.2 0.3 29 .491 .497 $7,152,000
ATL (3 yrs) 181.0 187 0 97 4.82 4.74 0.26 -0.35 99.6 4.11 -15 -1.4 1.4 -0.8 -0.8 4 .493 .497 $5,350,000
CIN (3 yrs) 404.1 125 53 235 5.23 4.71 -0.11 0.05 103.4 5.05 -9 -0.9 1.3 -0.4 1.8 31 .493 .498 $452,000
SEA (1 yr) 23.2 26 0 22 8.37 5.20 -0.40 -0.38 96.3 5.02 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .467 .495 $1,350,000

Postseason Pitching

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 26 ATL NL NLDS L HOU 0 0 18.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 6 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 15 2.000 15.0 6.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
2005 27 ATL NL NLDS L HOU 0 0 16.20 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 7 6 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 19 2.700 18.9 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 0 17.05 7 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 12 12 12 2 3 2 2 0 0 1 34 2.368 17.1 2.8 4.3 2.8 0.67
2 NLDS 0 0 17.05 7 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 12 12 12 2 3 2 2 0 0 1 34 2.368 17.1 2.8 4.3 2.8 0.67

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
2001 23 CIN NL 36 800 725 121 209 54 4 23 7 5 49 96 .288 .334 .469 .803 .303 340 5 5 13 8 6 8
2002 24 CIN NL 32 598 540 73 144 36 2 17 5 3 45 84 .267 .327 .435 .762 .287 235 14 5 4 4 5 11
2003 25 CIN NL 57 351 327 41 92 15 1 14 1 0 19 53 .281 .320 .462 .782 .299 151 12 0 4 1 6 3
2004 26 ATL NL 84 344 313 38 89 15 0 9 1 1 20 60 .284 .327 .419 .746 .320 131 7 3 2 6 3 5
2005 27 ATL NL 76 307 290 32 79 13 0 3 5 0 14 42 .272 .304 .348 .652 .308 101 8 0 1 2 3 1
2006 28 ATL NL 27 142 127 27 46 10 2 7 1 0 8 13 .362 .410 .638 1.048 .361 81 0 3 3 1 3 0
2007 29 SEA AL 26 115 103 22 37 9 0 3 4 0 9 11 .359 .407 .534 .941 .378 55 3 0 2 1 1 1
7 Yrs 338 2657 2425 354 696 152 9 76 24 9 164 359 .287 .333 .451 .784 .308 1094 49 16 29 23 27 29
162 Game Avg. 59 462 422 62 121 26 2 13 4 2 29 62 .287 .333 .451 .784 .308 190 9 3 5 4 5 5
MLB Averages .265 .333 .424 .757 .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
2001 23 CIN NL -15.5 -1.5 819 -2.4 12.6 -15.1 .94 -1.3 -1.3 -21.2 -2.0 0.94 -13.2 0 2 5
2002 24 CIN NL 4.9 0.5 611 -0.8 11.0 -11.8 1.09 -0.5 -0.2 -6.2 -0.6 1.09 -3.9 3 2 6
2003 25 CIN NL -0.4 -0.0 355 0.6 8.0 -7.4 1.22 0.4 0.0 4.9 0.5 1.22 6.1 24 10 18
2004 26 ATL NL 2.9 0.3 347 -0.4 8.0 -8.4 1.41 0.1 -0.4 6.3 0.6 1.41 2.8 31 23 30
2005 27 ATL NL 3.8 0.4 315 -0.8 8.3 -9.2 1.63 1.0 -1.5 3.5 0.3 1.63 11.4 33 17 24
2006 28 ATL NL -12.0 -1.1 145 -0.8 3.6 -4.4 1.63 -1.0 0.5 -15.0 -1.4 1.63 -13.5 14 4 9
2007 29 SEA AL -8.8 -0.8 121 -0.8 1.6 -2.3 .86 -1.1 0.2 -10.9 -1.0 0.86 -10.2 9 4 11
7 Yrs -25.0 -2.3 2713 -5.5 53.1 -58.6 1.18 -2.4 -2.3 -38.4 -3.5 1.18 -20.5 114 62 103

Starting Pitching*

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
2001 23 CIN NL 36 29 6 15 8 0 5 10 19 .345 3 5 0 0 16 55% 44.3 70 8 20 7 0 12 4.6 4.5 6.0 92 7 11 10 1 122
2002 24 CIN NL 32 21 4 10 7 1 1 8 13 .381 2 4 1 1 8 38% 47.3 78 19 18 1 1 10 3.6 3.2 5.6 86 5 12 4 0 115
2003 25 CIN NL 57 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 1 33% 34.7 67 7 8 5 1 2 5.2 4.5 5.8 93 1 1 1 0 104
3 Yrs 125 53 11 26 16 1 6 20 33 .377 5 10 1 1 25 47% 45 78 7 46 13 2 24 4.2 4.0 5.8 90 13 24 15 1 122
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 100 -12 4.8 4.8 5.9 95

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
2001 23 CIN NL 36 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0% 6 .935 0 2 5 1 0 6 3 4 4 2 4 1 3.9 19
2002 24 CIN NL 32 11 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 8 1.085 3 2 6 4 3 4 2 9 6 1 6 1 5.7 28
2003 25 CIN NL 57 54 36 8 4 18 12 6 67% 21 3 21 5 24% 9 1.220 24 10 18 25 9 20 11 43 17 4 19 13 3.7 18
2004 26 ATL NL 84 84 12 6 4 9 2 7 22% 42 31 20 3 15% 8 1.412 31 23 30 64 6 14 10 74 6 17 8 24 2.8 14
2005 27 ATL NL 76 76 37 3 6 24 15 9 63% 37 13 27 8 30% 8 1.632 33 17 24 57 11 8 15 61 9 16 11 25 2.9 14
2006 28 ATL NL 27 27 16 1 2 12 8 4 67% 15 3 9 2 22% 9 1.626 14 4 9 16 1 10 5 22 6 7 7 6 3.1 18
2007 29 SEA AL 26 26 6 0 2 1 0 1 0% 7 6 12 5 42% 8 .857 9 4 11 11 3 12 7 19 3 8 5 5 2.7 18
7 Yrs 338 285 114 21 20 64 37 27 58% 123 57 96 24 25% 1.182 114 62 103 178 33 74 53 232 51 55 60 75 3.2 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%
2001 23 CIN NL 800 55% 2.9% 12.0% 6.1% 10.1% 39% 0.65 0.88 77% 26% 7.4% 16% 126 5 4%
2002 24 CIN NL 598 57% 2.8% 14.1% 7.5% 9.2% 38% 0.97 1.34 74% 22% 8.5% 9% 99 14 14%
2003 25 CIN NL 351 58% 4.0% 15.1% 5.4% 8.6% 33% 1.13 1.83 74% 19% 11.7% 6% 50 12 24%
2004 26 ATL NL 344 53% 2.6% 17.4% 5.8% 7.0% 27% 1.14 1.54 73% 18% 7.9% 6% 71 7 10%
2005 27 ATL NL 307 43% 1.0% 13.7% 4.6% 5.2% 20% 1.13 1.52 80% 18% 2.9% 10% 78 8 10%
2006 28 ATL NL 142 51% 4.9% 9.2% 5.6% 13.4% 41% 1.02 1.45 76% 18% 14.6% 14% 26 0 0%
2007 29 SEA AL 115 60% 2.6% 9.6% 7.8% 10.4% 32% 0.86 1.07 78% 21% 7.3% 18% 23 3 13%
7 Yrs 2657 54% 2.9% 13.5% 6.2% 8.9% 34% 0.91 1.26 76% 21% 8.1% 12% 473 49 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 12% 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
2001 23 CIN NL 803 2795 3.48 1835 66% 27% 13% 24% 35% 73% 2% 48% 82% 62% 3% 25 16 22% 179 91 11 33% 19 4 -3 0 0
2002 24 CIN NL 599 2118 3.54 1316 62% 27% 14% 25% 35% 73% 2% 46% 81% 60% 5% 31 17 18% 107 53 8 24% 14 9 -1 0 0
2003 25 CIN NL 351 1263 3.60 809 64% 24% 16% 25% 34% 76% 5% 49% 79% 55% 5% 18 9 17% 61 41 5 26% 12 3 0 0 0
2004 26 ATL NL 344 1215 3.53 811 67% 24% 17% 27% 32% 76% 2% 51% 78% 66% 2% 7 3 23% 79 46 11 22% 15 1 0 0 0
2005 27 ATL NL 307 1072 3.49 710 66% 25% 13% 27% 35% 75% 3% 50% 82% 62% 4% 11 5 20% 62 37 6 33% 6 3 0 0 0
2006 28 ATL NL 142 476 3.35 294 62% 25% 13% 21% 40% 75% 7% 46% 82% 56% 3% 4 1 18% 26 11 0 38% 2 0 0 0 0
2007 29 SEA AL 115 479 4.17 293 61% 26% 16% 26% 32% 74% 2% 45% 79% 57% 7% 8 6 27% 31 15 3 27% 2 1 0 0 0
7 Yrs 2661 9418 3.54 6068 64% 26% 14% 25% 35% 74% 3% 48% 81% 61% 4% 104 57 20% 545 294 44 28% 70 21 -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 59% 5% 21% 26%

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
2001 23 CIN NL 800 209 18 0 23 0 6 13 10 11 12 50 29 9 58% 8 5 0 289 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
2002 24 CIN NL 598 144 15 5 17 0 13 7 10 13 4 39 21 4 54% 11 4 1 209 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
2003 25 CIN NL 351 92 18 1 14 0 4 5 9 9 5 18 7 2 39% 3 2 0 118 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2004 26 ATL NL 344 89 13 0 9 0 10 5 4 3 6 21 12 2 57% 5 1 0 133 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2005 27 ATL NL 307 79 14 2 3 2 18 2 1 1 2 27 12 3 44% 1 2 1 117 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2006 28 ATL NL 142 46 6 2 7 0 4 3 4 3 4 12 9 0 75% 0 0 0 51 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007 29 SEA AL 115 37 5 0 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 8 8 0 100% 1 4 0 58 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
7 Yrs 2657 696 89 10 76 2 57 36 40 42 34 175 98 20 56% 29 18 2 975 24 9 73% 21 9 3 0 0 0 3 0 61 0
MLB Averages 53% 70%

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+
2001 23 7 15 .318 5.29 36 29 1 0 0 0 182.0 209 121 107 23 49 6 96 5 0 5 800 87 1.418 10.3 1.1 2.4 4.7 1.96 87
2002 24 13 27 .325 4.58 68 50 7 1 1 0 320.1 353 194 163 40 94 11 180 10 0 9 1398 97 1.395 9.9 1.1 2.6 5.1 1.91 97
2003 25 22 32 .407 4.52 125 53 43 1 1 12 404.1 445 235 203 54 113 17 233 10 0 11 1749 97 1.380 9.9 1.2 2.5 5.2 2.06 97
2004 26 28 36 .438 4.44 209 53 55 1 1 14 484.0 534 273 239 63 133 20 293 13 0 12 2093 98 1.378 9.9 1.2 2.5 5.4 2.20 98
2005 27 31 42 .425 4.38 285 53 92 1 1 29 557.1 613 305 271 66 147 23 335 13 0 14 2400 100 1.364 9.9 1.1 2.4 5.4 2.28 100
2006 28 32 44 .421 4.58 312 53 108 1 1 37 585.1 659 332 298 73 155 26 348 16 0 14 2542 95 1.391 10.1 1.1 2.4 5.4 2.25 95
2007 29 32 46 .410 4.70 338 53 114 1 1 37 609.0 696 354 318 76 164 27 359 16 0 18 2657 93 1.412 10.3 1.1 2.4 5.3 2.19 93

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
2001 23 8 12 .400 4.70 184.0 198 107 96 22 46 97 5 1.326 9.7 2.3 4.7 2.11 1.1 36
2002 24 8 7 .533 3.51 136.0 140 59 53 17 44 83 5 1.353 9.3 2.9 5.5 1.89 1.1 32
2003 25 4 4 .500 4.50 80.0 92 44 40 14 19 50 0 1.388 10.4 2.1 5.6 2.63 1.6 57
2004 26 4 4 .500 4.04 78.0 88 39 35 9 20 58 3 1.385 10.2 2.3 6.7 2.90 1.0 84
2005 27 3 4 .429 4.00 72.0 78 36 32 3 14 41 0 1.278 9.8 1.8 5.1 2.93 0.4 76
2006 28 1 2 .333 7.76 29.0 45 28 25 7 8 13 3 1.828 14.0 2.5 4.0 1.63 2.2 27
2007 29 0 2 .000 7.83 23.0 37 22 20 3 9 11 0 2.000 14.5 3.5 4.3 1.22 1.2 26
7 Yrs 28 35 .444 4.50 602.0 678 335 301 75 160 353 16 1.392 10.1 5.3 2.21 1.1 338

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2004 NL  84 (3rd)
2005 NL  76 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2002 NL  1 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
2001 NL  15 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2001 NL  107 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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