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Chris Short
J. Christopher Short
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 19, 1937 in Milford, DE
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1959
Final Game: September 18, 1973
Died: August 1, 1991 in Wilmington, DE
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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
1959 21 PHI NL 0 0 8.16 3 2 0 0 0 0 14.1 19 13 13 3 10 0 8 1 0 2 72 50 2.023 11.9 1.9 6.3 5.0 0.80
1960 22 PHI NL 6 9 .400 3.94 42 10 13 2 0 3 107.1 101 55 47 8 52 5 54 3 0 6 467 98 1.425 8.5 0.7 4.4 4.5 1.04
1961 23 PHI NL 6 12 .333 5.94 39 16 11 1 0 1 127.1 157 94 84 12 71 11 80 3 0 14 602 69 1.791 11.1 0.8 5.0 5.7 1.13
1962 24 PHI NL 11 9 .550 3.42 47 12 16 4 0 3 142.0 149 66 54 13 56 6 91 8 1 7 621 113 1.444 9.4 0.8 3.5 5.8 1.63
1963 25 PHI NL 9 12 .429 2.95 38 27 3 6 3 0 198.0 185 77 65 12 69 6 160 3 4 8 829 110 1.283 8.4 0.5 3.1 7.3 2.32
1964 26 PHI NL 17 9 .654 2.20 42 31 4 12 4 2 220.2 174 63 54 10 51 5 181 4 0 4 867 157 1.020 7.1 0.4 2.1 7.4 3.55 AS,MVP-23
1965 27 PHI NL 18 11 .621 2.82 47 40 3 15 5 2 297.1 260 102 93 18 89 8 237 5 0 5 1216 123 1.174 7.9 0.5 2.7 7.2 2.66
1966 28 PHI NL 20 10 .667 3.54 42 39 2 19 4 0 272.0 257 120 107 28 68 2 177 9 0 6 1118 101 1.195 8.5 0.9 2.3 5.9 2.60 MVP-28
1967 29 PHI NL 9 11 .450 2.39 29 26 1 8 2 1 199.1 163 55 53 9 74 7 142 4 0 6 817 142 1.189 7.4 0.4 3.3 6.4 1.92 AS
1968 30 PHI NL 19 13 .594 2.94 42 36 4 9 2 1 269.2 236 99 88 25 81 10 202 9 0 3 1103 103 1.176 7.9 0.8 2.7 6.7 2.49
1969 31 PHI NL 0 0 7.20 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 11 8 8 2 4 0 5 1 0 0 45 49 1.500 9.9 1.8 3.6 4.5 1.25
1970 32 PHI NL 9 16 .360 4.30 36 34 1 7 2 1 199.0 211 100 95 13 66 3 133 6 1 2 863 93 1.392 9.5 0.6 3.0 6.0 2.02
1971 33 PHI NL 7 14 .333 3.85 31 26 3 5 2 1 173.0 182 85 74 22 63 2 95 3 0 6 745 92 1.416 9.5 1.1 3.3 4.9 1.51
1972 34 PHI NL 1 1 .500 3.91 19 0 9 0 0 1 23.0 24 12 10 3 8 2 20 0 0 2 100 92 1.391 9.4 1.2 3.1 7.8 2.50
1973 35 MIL AL 3 5 .375 5.12 42 7 8 0 0 2 72.0 86 42 41 5 44 7 44 2 0 2 336 73 1.806 10.8 0.6 5.5 5.5 1.00
15 Seasons 135 132 .506 3.43 501 308 78 88 24 18 2325.0 2215 991 886 183 806 74 1629 61 6 73 9801 103 1.299 8.6 0.7 3.1 6.3 2.02
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .506 3.43 42 26 7 7 2 2 195 186 83 74 15 68 6 137 5 1 6 824 103 1.299 8.6 0.7 3.1 6.3 2.02
PHI (14 yrs) 132 127 .510 3.38 459 301 70 88 24 16 2253.0 2129 949 845 178 762 67 1585 59 6 71 9465 105 1.283 8.5 0.7 3.0 6.3 2.08
MIL (1 yr) 3 5 .375 5.12 42 7 8 0 0 2 72.0 86 42 41 5 44 7 44 2 0 2 336 73 1.806 10.8 0.6 5.5 5.5 1.00
NL (14 yrs) 132 127 .510 3.38 459 301 70 88 24 16 2253.0 2129 949 845 178 762 67 1585 59 6 71 9465 105 1.283 8.5 0.7 3.0 6.3 2.08
AL (1 yr) 3 5 .375 5.12 42 7 8 0 0 2 72.0 86 42 41 5 44 7 44 2 0 2 336 73 1.806 10.8 0.6 5.5 5.5 1.00

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1959 21 PHI NL 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1960 22 PHI NL 42 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 23 PHI NL 40 45 37 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 10 .162 .184 .162 .346 -6 6 2 0 7 0 0 1/2
1962 24 PHI NL 48 41 36 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .222 .216 .278 .494 34 10 0 0 4 1 0 1
1963 25 PHI NL 38 70 66 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 .106 .106 .136 .242 -30 9 0 0 4 0 0 1
1964 26 PHI NL 44 75 65 4 7 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 18 .108 .119 .138 .258 -27 9 1 0 8 1 0 1 AS,MVP-23
1965 27 PHI NL 47 108 99 2 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 .131 .140 .131 .271 -22 13 1 1 8 0 0 1
1966 28 PHI NL 42 108 106 6 22 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 31 .208 .215 .217 .432 21 23 2 0 1 0 0 1 MVP-28
1967 29 PHI NL 29 73 66 0 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 20 .091 .130 .106 .236 -32 7 1 1 4 0 0 1 AS
1968 30 PHI NL 43 91 79 7 12 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 18 .152 .181 .165 .345 5 13 2 1 8 1 0 1
1969 31 PHI NL 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1970 32 PHI NL 36 70 61 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 20 .049 .063 .049 .113 -69 3 3 0 7 1 0 1
1971 33 PHI NL 31 60 48 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 18 .083 .185 .083 .269 -21 4 1 0 6 0 0 1
1972 34 PHI NL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 35 MIL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Seasons 465 775 697 29 88 5 2 0 24 1 0 14 198 .126 .146 .139 .285 -19 97 13 3 57 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 270 243 10 31 2 1 0 8 0 0 5 69 .126 .146 .139 .285 -19 34 5 1 20 1 0
PHI (14 yrs) 464 775 697 29 88 5 2 0 24 1 0 14 198 .126 .146 .139 .285 -19 97 13 3 57 4 0
MIL (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (14 yrs) 464 775 697 29 88 5 2 0 24 1 0 14 198 .126 .146 .139 .285 -19 97 13 3 57 4 0
AL (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1959 PHI NL 21 P 3 2 14.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.26 0.67 .950 2.01 0.83
1960 PHI NL 22 P 42 10 107.1 27 8 18 1 2 .963 2.18 0.62 .963 2.09 0.87
1961 PHI NL 23 P 39 16 127.1 27 6 20 1 1 .963 1.84 0.67 .959 2.18 0.88
1961 PHI NL 23 C 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 0 0 0 0
1962 PHI NL 24 P 47 12 142.0 34 11 22 1 2 .971 2.09 0.70 .947 2.07 0.82
1963 PHI NL 25 P 38 27 198.0 61 15 46 0 3 1.000 2.77 1.61 .949 2.06 0.84
1964 PHI NL 26 P 42 31 220.2 43 7 35 1 1 .977 1.71 1.00 .951 2.14 0.84 AS,MVP-23
1965 PHI NL 27 P 47 40 297.1 52 9 39 4 3 .923 1.45 1.02 .958 2.08 0.81
1966 PHI NL 28 P 42 39 272.0 61 14 45 2 3 .967 1.95 1.40 .946 1.96 0.74 MVP-28
1967 PHI NL 29 P 29 26 199.1 42 7 35 0 1 1.000 1.90 1.45 .957 2.00 0.78 AS
1968 PHI NL 30 P 42 36 269.2 51 11 38 2 4 .961 1.64 1.17 .959 2.01 0.85
1969 PHI NL 31 P 2 2 10.0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.70 1.50 .967 1.98 0.80
1970 PHI NL 32 P 36 34 199.0 29 10 18 1 1 .966 1.27 0.78 .952 1.85 0.71
1971 PHI NL 33 P 31 26 173.0 39 10 26 3 0 .923 1.87 1.16 .956 1.90 0.78
1972 PHI NL 34 P 19 0 23.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 1.17 0.16 .950 1.76 0.73
1973 MIL AL 35 P 42 7 72.0 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 1.62 0.31 .946 1.86 0.86
15 Seasons P 501 308 2325.0 488 112 359 17 22 .965 1.82 0.94 .953 2.02 0.81
1 Season C 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons TOT 502 309 2325.0 488 112 359 17 22 .965 1.82 0.94 .919 2.02 0.82 0 0 0 0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1979 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1964 *
1967 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 NL (23, 1%)
1966 NL (28, 0%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1964 NL  2.202 (3rd)
1965 NL  2.815 (10th)
1967 NL  2.393 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1965 NL  18 (9th)
1966 NL  20 (5th)
1968 NL  19 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1964 NL  .654 (7th)
1966 NL  .667 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1964 NL  1.020 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 NL  7.097 (3rd)
1965 NL  7.870 (10th)
1967 NL  7.360 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 NL  7.273 (4th)
1964 NL  7.382 (8th)
1965 NL  7.174 (9th)
1968 NL  6.742 (9th)
Career  6.306 (172nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1965 NL  297.3 (4th)
1966 NL  272.0 (6th)
1968 NL  269.7 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1963 NL  160 (10th)
1964 NL  181 (9th)
1965 NL  237 (7th)
1966 NL  177 (10th)
1968 NL  202 (7th)
Career  1629 (127th)

Games Started s c a p y
1965 NL  40 (3rd)
1966 NL  39 (4th)
1968 NL  36 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1965 NL  15 (6th)
1966 NL  19 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1964 NL  4 (6th)
1965 NL  5 (7th)
1966 NL  4 (7th)
Career  24 (187th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1966 NL  28 (4th)
1968 NL  25 (3rd)
Career  183 (247th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1965 NL  89 (7th)
1966 NL  68 (9th)
1967 NL  74 (7th)
1968 NL  81 (4th)
Career  806 (233rd)

Hits s c a p y
1965 NL  260 (3rd)
1966 NL  257 (4th)
1968 NL  236 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1964 NL  3.549 (7th)
1965 NL  2.663 (10th)
Career  2.021 (245th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 NL  .408 (5th)
1965 NL  .545 (3rd)
1967 NL  .406 (7th)
1970 NL  .588 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1970 NL  16 (3rd)
1971 NL  14 (10th)
Career  132 (243rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1966 NL  107 (4th)
1968 NL  88 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1961 NL  14 (1st)
Career  73 (201st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 NL  8 (8th)
1966 NL  9 (5th)
1968 NL  9 (4th)
Career  61 (232nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1965 NL  1216 (4th)
1966 NL  1118 (8th)
1968 NL  1103 (5th)
Career  9801 (238th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1964 NL  157 (2nd)
1965 NL  123 (10th)
1967 NL  142 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 75 (329), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 31 (420), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 14, 1957: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

October 26, 1972: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 16, 1972: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

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