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Chris Reitsma

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 214 lb.

Born: December 31, 1977 in Minneapolis, MN
High School: Christian (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
Final Game: July 29, 2007
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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
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	119	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	106	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	51	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 Seasons				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

Postseason Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2004	26	ATL	NL	NLDS	L	HOU	18.00	3	1	3.0	5	6	6	2	1	0	2	1	15	2.000	15.0	6.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
2005	27	ATL	NL	NLDS	L	HOU	16.20	4	0	3.1	7	6	6	0	2	2	0	0	19	2.700	18.9	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
2 Seasons (2 Series)							17.05	7	1	6.1	12	12	12	2	3	2	2	1	34	2.368	17.1	2.8	4.3	2.8	0.67
2 NLDS							17.05	7	1	6.1	12	12	12	2	3	2	2	1	34	2.368	17.1	2.8	4.3	2.8	0.67

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
7 Seasons				338	2657	2425	354	696	152	9	76	24	9	164	359	.287	.333	.451	.784	.308	1094	49	16	29	23	27
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
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
2001	23	CIN	NL	36	29	6	15	8	0	5	10	19	.345	1	5	0	0	16	55%	44	70	8	20	7	0	12	4.6	4.5	6.0	91	7	12	9	1	122
2002	24	CIN	NL	32	21	4	10	7	1	1	8	13	.381	2	4	1	1	8	38%	47	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%	35	67	7	8	5	1	2	5.2	4.5	5.8	93	1	1	1	0	104
3 Seasons				125	53	11	26	16	1	6	20	33	.377	3	10	1	1	25	47%	45	78	7	46	13	2	24	4.2	4.0	5.8	90	13	25	14	1	122
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%	1^stIP	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	0.937	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	1.081	3	3	5	4	3	4	2	9	6	1	6	1	5.7	27
2003	25	CIN	NL	57	54	36	8	4	18	12	6	67%	21	3	21	5	24%	9	1.258	25	11	16	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	1.427	40	13	31	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	1.657	36	15	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	1.644	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	0.859	9	4	11	11	3	12	7	19	3	8	5	5	2.7	18
7 Seasons				338	285	114	21	20	64	37	27	58%	123	57	96	24	25%		1.193	127	52	101	178	33	74	53	232	51	55	60	75	3.2	16

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%
2001	23	CIN	NL	800	46%	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	43%	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	42%	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	47%	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	57%	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	49%	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	40%	2.6%	9.6%	7.8%	10.4%	32%	0.86	1.07	78%	21%	7.3%	18%	23	3	13%
7 Seasons				2657	46%	2.9%	13.5%	6.2%	8.9%	34%	0.91	1.26	76%	21%	8.1%	12%	473	49	10%
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
2001	23	CIN	NL	800	2787	3.48	1830	66%	27%	13%	24%	36%	73%	2%	48%	82%	62%	3%	25	16	22%	179	91	11	33%	19	4	0	0	0
2002	24	CIN	NL	598	2113	3.53	1313	62%	27%	13%	25%	35%	73%	2%	46%	82%	60%	5%	31	17	18%	107	53	8	24%	14	9	0	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 Seasons				2657	9405	3.54	6060	64%	26%	14%	25%	35%	74%	3%	48%	81%	61%	4%	104	57	21%	545	294	44	28%	70	21	0	0	0
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
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	3	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	2	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 Seasons				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	6	0	61	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	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	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	9	1398	98	1.395	9.9	1.1	2.6	5.1	1.91	98
2003	25	22	32	.407	4.52	125	53	43	1	1	12	404.1	445	235	203	54	113	17	233	10	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	12	2093	99	1.378	9.9	1.2	2.5	5.4	2.20	99
2005	27	31	42	.425	4.38	285	53	92	1	1	29	557.1	613	305	271	66	147	23	335	13	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	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	18	2657	93	1.412	10.3	1.1	2.4	5.3	2.19	93

Neutralized Pitching

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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	4.72	183.0	200	107	96	22	47	97	5	1.350	9.8	2.3	4.8	2.06	1.1	36
2002	24	8	7	.533	3.51	136.0	141	59	53	17	44	83	5	1.360	9.3	2.9	5.5	1.89	1.1	32
2003	25	4	4	.500	4.50	80.0	93	44	40	14	19	50	0	1.400	10.5	2.1	5.6	2.63	1.6	57
2004	26	4	4	.500	3.92	78.0	87	38	34	9	20	59	3	1.372	10.0	2.3	6.8	2.95	1.0	84
2005	27	3	4	.429	4.06	71.0	79	36	32	3	14	41	0	1.310	10.0	1.8	5.2	2.93	0.4	76
2006	28	1	2	.333	8.04	28.0	46	28	25	7	8	13	3	1.929	14.8	2.6	4.2	1.63	2.3	27
2007	29	0	2	.000	7.43	23.0	37	21	19	3	9	11	0	2.000	14.5	3.5	4.3	1.22	1.2	26
7 Seasons		28	35	.444	4.49	599.0	683	333	299	75	161	354	16	1.409	10.3		5.3	2.20	1.1	338

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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

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Gray Ink Pitching - 3 (1834), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Fred Hutchinson (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Amaury Telemaco (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Milt Wilcox (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hank Fischer (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tex Clevenger (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tex Clevenger (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dan Miceli (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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