Chris Stynes
Christopher Desmond Stynes
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 19, 1973 in Queens, NY
High School: Boca Raton (Boca Raton, FL)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 19, 1995
Final Game: July 30, 2004
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Standard Batting

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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
1995 22 KCR AL 22 39 35 7 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 .171 .256 .200 .456 21 7 3 0 0 0 0 4/D
1996 23 KCR AL 36 95 92 8 27 6 0 0 6 5 2 2 5 .293 .309 .359 .667 69 33 1 0 1 0 0 7/4D5
1997 24 CIN NL 49 215 198 31 69 7 1 6 28 11 2 11 13 .348 .394 .485 .879 128 96 5 4 2 0 1 7/45
1998 25 CIN NL 123 388 347 52 88 10 1 6 27 15 1 32 36 .254 .323 .340 .663 74 118 5 4 4 1 1 7594/86
1999 26 CIN NL 73 129 113 18 27 1 0 2 14 5 2 12 13 .239 .310 .301 .610 54 34 2 0 3 1 1 4/57
2000 27 CIN NL 119 420 380 71 127 24 1 12 40 5 2 32 54 .334 .386 .497 .883 120 189 5 2 3 3 2 54/79
2001 28 BOS AL 96 386 361 52 101 19 2 8 33 4 5 20 56 .280 .322 .410 .732 90 148 12 3 1 1 0 54/7
2002 29 CHC NL 98 225 195 25 47 9 1 5 26 1 1 21 29 .241 .314 .374 .688 82 73 5 1 5 3 1 54
2003 30 COL NL 138 502 443 71 113 31 3 11 73 3 1 48 76 .255 .335 .413 .748 83 183 8 6 3 2 1 *5/4
2004 31 PIT NL 74 174 162 16 35 10 0 1 16 0 0 9 23 .216 .266 .296 .562 46 48 2 2 1 0 2 5
10 Seasons 828 2573 2326 351 640 118 9 51 265 49 16 191 308 .275 .335 .399 .734 87 929 48 22 23 11 9
162 Game Avg. 162 503 455 69 125 23 2 10 52 10 3 37 60 .275 .335 .399 .734 87 182 9 4 5 2 2
CIN (4 yrs) 364 1152 1038 172 311 42 3 26 109 36 7 87 116 .300 .358 .421 .779 99 437 17 10 12 5 5
KCR (2 yrs) 58 134 127 15 33 7 0 0 8 5 2 6 8 .260 .293 .315 .608 56 40 4 0 1 0 0
COL (1 yr) 138 502 443 71 113 31 3 11 73 3 1 48 76 .255 .335 .413 .748 83 183 8 6 3 2 1
PIT (1 yr) 74 174 162 16 35 10 0 1 16 0 0 9 23 .216 .266 .296 .562 46 48 2 2 1 0 2
BOS (1 yr) 96 386 361 52 101 19 2 8 33 4 5 20 56 .280 .322 .410 .732 90 148 12 3 1 1 0
CHC (1 yr) 98 225 195 25 47 9 1 5 26 1 1 21 29 .241 .314 .374 .688 82 73 5 1 5 3 1
NL (7 yrs) 674 2053 1838 284 506 92 7 43 224 40 9 165 244 .275 .340 .403 .743 89 741 32 19 21 10 9
AL (3 yrs) 154 520 488 67 134 26 2 8 41 9 7 26 64 .275 .315 .385 .700 81 188 16 3 2 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1995 22 KCR AL 39 32 1 0.8 110 .188 .171 .272 .256 .345 .200 .429 .456 .774 21 .033 -4.2 -0.4 .344 .143 .029
1996 23 KCR AL 95 69 10 3.9 115 .310 .293 .276 .309 .349 .359 .443 .667 .792 69 .339 -4.4 -0.4 .559 .120 .065 .0
1997 24 CIN NL 215 138 38 7.4 110 .352 .348 .273 .394 .345 .485 .428 .879 .773 128 .682 7.5 0.7 .882 .237 .136 7.8
1998 25 CIN NL 388 270 42 4.2 109 .268 .254 .271 .323 .342 .340 .428 .663 .770 74 .432 -13.8 -1.3 .634 .219 .086 8.6
1999 26 CIN NL 129 94 11 3.1 118 .253 .239 .279 .310 .355 .301 .450 .610 .805 54 .275 -8.3 -0.8 .544 .195 .062 2.9
2000 27 CIN NL 420 266 74 7.4 118 .363 .334 .276 .386 .353 .497 .450 .883 .804 120 .648 11.8 1.1 .869 .255 .163 7.1
2001 28 BOS AL 386 279 44 4.2 109 .312 .280 .270 .322 .337 .410 .433 .732 .770 90 .418 -6.0 -0.6 .614 .183 .130 5.3
2002 29 CHC NL 225 162 23 3.8 105 .256 .241 .263 .314 .337 .374 .419 .688 .756 82 .395 -4.8 -0.5 .617 .241 .133 1.7
2003 30 COL NL 502 344 63 4.9 122 .285 .255 .285 .335 .360 .413 .458 .748 .818 83 .497 -11.9 -1.1 .705 .271 .158 4.7
2004 31 PIT NL 174 130 13 2.7 110 .246 .216 .268 .266 .340 .296 .435 .562 .775 46 .240 -13.1 -1.2 .457 .136 .080 .0
10 Seasons 2573 1784 319 4.8 114 .298 .275 .274 .335 .347 .399 .440 .734 .787 87 .477 -47.4 -4.5 .671 .221 .124 50.0
162 Game Avg. 503 349 62 4.8 114 .298 .275 .274 .335 .347 .399 .440 .734 .787 87 .477 -47.4 -4.5 .671 .221 .124 10
CIN (4 yrs) 1152 768 165 5.8 114 .316 .300 .274 .358 .348 .421 .439 .779 .787 99 .557 -2.9 -0.3 .750 .233 .121 30.2
KCR (2 yrs) 134 101 11 2.9 114 .277 .260 .275 .293 .348 .315 .439 .608 .787 56 .239 -8.6 -0.8 .490 .126 .055 .0
COL (1 yr) 502 344 63 4.9 122 .285 .255 .285 .335 .360 .413 .458 .748 .818 83 .497 -11.9 -1.1 .705 .271 .158 4.7
PIT (1 yr) 174 130 13 2.7 110 .246 .216 .268 .266 .340 .296 .435 .562 .775 46 .240 -13.1 -1.2 .457 .136 .080 .0
BOS (1 yr) 386 279 44 4.2 109 .312 .280 .270 .322 .337 .410 .433 .732 .770 90 .418 -6.0 -0.6 .614 .183 .130 5.3
CHC (1 yr) 225 162 23 3.8 105 .256 .241 .263 .314 .337 .374 .419 .688 .756 82 .395 -4.8 -0.5 .617 .241 .133 1.7
NL (7 yrs) 2053 1404 264 5.0 114 .297 .275 .275 .340 .349 .403 .441 .743 .790 89 .502 -32.8 -3.2 .696 .234 .128 41.4
AL (3 yrs) 520 380 55 3.9 110 .302 .275 .271 .315 .340 .385 .434 .700 .774 81 .371 -14.6 -1.4 .581 .168 .111 8.5

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1995 22 KCR AL 39 0.0% 7.7% 10.3% 2.6% 17% 0.75 11.7 17.5 0.78 0.81 82% 6% 0.0% 17%
1996 23 KCR AL 95 0.0% 5.3% 2.1% 6.3% 22% 2.50 18.4 15.3 1.64 1.82 92% 16% 0.0% 21%
1997 24 CIN NL 215 2.8% 6.1% 5.1% 6.5% 20% 1.18 15.2 33.0 7.1 1.13 1.15 83% 20% 9.7% 26%
1998 25 CIN NL 388 1.6% 9.3% 8.3% 4.4% 19% 1.13 9.6 57.8 12.9 1.30 1.81 79% 22% 5.0% 12%
1999 26 CIN NL 129 1.6% 10.1% 9.3% 2.3% 11% 1.08 8.7 56.5 8.1 1.11 1.00 77% 13% 5.4% 21%
2000 27 CIN NL 420 2.9% 12.9% 7.6% 8.8% 29% 1.69 7.0 31.7 9.5 0.82 1.09 75% 28% 7.9% 13%
2001 28 BOS AL 386 2.1% 14.5% 5.2% 7.5% 29% 2.80 6.4 45.1 10.9 1.08 1.51 77% 24% 6.7% 16%
2002 29 CHC NL 225 2.2% 12.9% 9.3% 6.7% 32% 1.38 6.7 39.0 7.5 0.57 0.81 73% 23% 5.9% 18%
2003 30 COL NL 502 2.2% 15.1% 9.6% 9.0% 40% 1.58 5.8 40.3 6.1 1.08 1.49 71% 17% 6.9% 10%
2004 31 PIT NL 174 0.6% 13.2% 5.2% 6.3% 31% 2.56 7.0 162.0 10.1 1.01 1.10 79% 14% 1.7% 15%
10 Seasons 2573 2.0% 12.0% 7.4% 6.9% 28% 1.61 7.6 45.6 8.8 1.03 1.29 77% 21% 6.1% 15%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1995 22 KCR AL 0 0 70% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50% 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 3
1996 23 KCR AL 0 0 28% 35 5 2 71% 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 4 3 60% 7 3 4 0 0 0 3 1 2
1997 24 CIN NL 6 0 32% 105 11 2 85% 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 63% 8 4 4 5 1 3 6 1 5
1998 25 CIN NL 6 1 39% 182 15 1 94% 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 15 52% 24 14 10 11 4 7 11 4 7
1999 26 CIN NL 3 0 43% 56 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 63% 4 2 2 0 0 0 4 1 3
2000 27 CIN NL 3 0 40% 191 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 13 41% 21 13 8 13 9 3 15 6 9
2001 28 BOS AL 7 0 38% 152 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 10 44% 22 14 8 7 2 4 10 5 5
2002 29 CHC NL 4 0 31% 86 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 28% 9 7 2 0 0 0 9 6 3
2003 30 COL NL 9 0 39% 219 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 11 52% 23 13 10 9 4 5 10 3 7
2004 31 PIT NL 2 0 33% 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 57% 4 4 0 0 0 0 10 1 8
10 Seasons 40 1 37% 1130 49 16 75% 45 12 3 1 1 3 8 2 30 74 49% 127 77 50 46 21 22 82 29 52
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1995 22 KCR AL 39 79% 6 1 0 3 1 0 0 1.42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 6 1 17% 21 2 10% 2 1 50% 4 1 25% 0
1996 23 KCR AL 95 63% 27 5 0 6 1 0 0 1.09 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 17 1 6% 11 4 36% 46 6 13% 6 3 50% 2 1 50% 0
1997 24 CIN NL 215 21% 69 17 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 5 1 2 4 0 2 2 100% 42 5 12% 15 4 27% 126 24 19% 6 4 67% 16 11 69% 0
1998 25 CIN NL 389 33% 88 20 0 16 5 0 3 1.44 6 0 4 6 0 3 3 0 5 4 80% 49 5 10% 21 9 43% 201 23 11% 11 4 36% 23 9 39% 0
1999 26 CIN NL 129 21% 27 6 0 11 4 1 1 1.30 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 5 3 60% 22 2 9% 10 2 20% 77 13 17% 8 3 38% 8 2 25% 0
2000 27 CIN NL 420 24% 127 19 0 22 7 1 5 1.26 12 0 5 9 3 8 4 0 3 3 100% 57 5 9% 36 17 47% 210 30 14% 16 9 56% 24 11 46% 0
2001 28 BOS AL 386 29% 101 11 0 6 1 0 0 2.02 8 0 8 5 3 3 5 0 1 1 100% 76 12 16% 38 10 26% 226 27 12% 20 10 50% 23 9 39% 0
2002 29 CHC NL 225 48% 47 3 0 39 12 0 6 1.72 5 0 8 2 3 1 4 0 6 5 83% 48 5 10% 26 10 38% 147 23 16% 18 9 50% 12 6 50% 0
2003 30 COL NL 502 31% 113 6 0 14 6 1 6 1.64 11 1 16 9 2 10 1 0 3 3 100% 102 8 8% 51 22 43% 307 67 22% 24 18 75% 32 16 50% 0
2004 31 PIT NL 174 36% 35 2 0 6 2 0 1 0.92 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 33% 34 2 6% 22 6 27% 106 15 14% 9 5 56% 9 3 33% 0
10 Seasons 2574 32% 640 90 0 123 39 3 22 1.49 51 1 55 38 13 29 22 0 29 23 79% 455 48 11% 236 85 36% 1467 230 16% 120 66 55% 153 69 45% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1995 22 KCR AL 39 126 3.23 80 63% 29% 4% 28% 40% 71% 0% 45% 95% 31% 8% 3 0 18% 7 1 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
1996 23 KCR AL 89 276 3.10 199 72% 23% 6% 29% 42% 77% 0% 55% 92% 40% 2% 2 0 8% 7 2 3% 3 2 0% 6 0 0
1997 24 CIN NL 202 640 3.17 414 65% 26% 8% 24% 42% 74% 2% 48% 89% 30% 5% 10 1 14% 29 8 5% 10 8 38% 13 0 0
1998 25 CIN NL 389 1321 3.40 827 63% 33% 8% 20% 38% 67% 1% 42% 88% 22% 8% 32 0 17% 67 16 9% 34 17 28% 0 0 0
1999 26 CIN NL 129 457 3.54 271 59% 31% 7% 24% 38% 69% 1% 41% 90% 28% 5% 6 0 15% 19 6 7% 9 5 54% 0 0 0
2000 27 CIN NL 420 1504 3.58 939 62% 27% 11% 26% 35% 73% 1% 45% 85% 26% 5% 21 0 17% 71 26 8% 33 19 26% 0 0 0
2001 28 BOS AL 386 1308 3.39 861 66% 30% 12% 22% 36% 70% 0% 46% 82% 28% 4% 15 1 13% 50 15 7% 28 13 21% 0 0 0
2002 29 CHC NL 225 851 3.78 522 61% 30% 12% 25% 33% 70% 1% 43% 83% 24% 2% 5 0 15% 33 14 9% 21 11 34% 0 0 0
2003 30 COL NL 502 1956 3.90 1199 61% 34% 9% 26% 31% 66% 1% 40% 87% 18% 7% 33 0 17% 83 25 11% 57 32 39% 0 0 0
2004 31 PIT NL 174 620 3.56 405 65% 28% 10% 27% 35% 72% 4% 47% 86% 27% 6% 10 0 10% 18 4 7% 13 10 35% 0 0 0
10 Seasons 2555 9059 3.55 5717 63% 30% 10% 24% 36% 70% 1% 44% 86% 25% 5% 137 2 15% 384 117 8% 208 117 32% 19 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 22 22 39 35 7 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 .171 .256 .200 .456 21 7 3 0 0 0 0
1996 23 58 134 127 15 33 7 0 0 8 5 2 6 8 .260 .293 .315 .608 56 40 4 0 1 0 0
1997 24 107 349 325 46 102 14 1 6 36 16 4 17 21 .314 .355 .418 .774 99 136 9 4 3 0 1
1998 25 230 737 672 98 190 24 2 12 63 31 5 49 57 .283 .338 .378 .716 86 254 14 8 7 1 2
1999 26 303 866 785 116 217 25 2 14 77 36 7 61 70 .276 .334 .367 .701 81 288 16 8 10 2 3
2000 27 422 1286 1165 187 344 49 3 26 117 41 9 93 124 .295 .351 .409 .761 94 477 21 10 13 5 5
2001 28 518 1672 1526 239 445 68 5 34 150 45 14 113 180 .292 .344 .410 .754 93 625 33 13 14 6 5
2002 29 616 1897 1721 264 492 77 6 39 176 46 15 134 209 .286 .341 .406 .746 92 698 38 14 19 9 6
2003 30 754 2399 2164 335 605 108 9 50 249 49 16 182 285 .280 .340 .407 .747 90 881 46 20 22 11 7
2004 31 828 2573 2326 351 640 118 9 51 265 49 16 191 308 .275 .335 .399 .734 87 929 48 22 23 11 9

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1995 22 25 41 38 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 3 3 .132 .195 .158 .353 1 22
1996 23 36 92 90 7 25 6 0 0 5 5 2 5 .278 .293 .344 .638 9 36
1997 24 49 212 197 29 68 7 1 6 26 11 11 13 .345 .392 .482 .874 36 49
1998 25 123 387 349 48 90 10 1 6 25 15 33 36 .258 .328 .344 .672 39 123
1999 26 73 125 112 16 26 1 0 2 12 5 12 13 .232 .304 .295 .599 10 73
2000 27 119 404 370 61 117 22 1 11 34 5 29 54 .316 .366 .470 .837 64 119
2001 28 96 375 353 49 93 17 2 7 31 4 18 56 .263 .304 .382 .686 41 96
2002 29 98 221 196 26 48 9 1 5 27 1 21 29 .245 .317 .378 .694 24 98
2003 30 138 488 435 59 105 29 3 10 61 3 45 76 .241 .320 .391 .710 53 138
2004 31 74 172 161 15 34 10 0 1 15 0 9 23 .211 .262 .292 .554 12 74
10 Seasons 831 2517 2301 315 611 112 9 48 238 49 183 308 .266 .324 .385 .709 289 828
162 Game Avg. 162 491 449 61 119 22 2 9 46 10 36 60 .266 .324 .385 .709 56 828

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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