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Chris Volstad

Christopher Kenneth Volstad

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 8", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: September 23, 1986 in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
High School: Palm Beach Gardens HS (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 2008
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Cubs 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.66M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.076, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: DRM Brothers [*]
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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
2005	18	FLA-min	A-,Rk	4	3	.571	2.22	13	13	0	0	0	0	65.0	68	33	16	1	15	0	55	5	1	3	281		1.277	9.4	0.1	2.1	7.6	3.67	JAM,JUM · NYPL,GULF
2006	19	FLA-min	A	11	8	.579	3.08	26	26	0	0	0	0	152.0	161	73	52	12	36	1	99	6	0	6	636		1.296	9.5	0.7	2.1	5.9	2.75	GBO · SALL
2007	20	FLA-min	A+,AA	12	11	.522	4.16	28	27	0	2	1	0	168.2	193	95	78	12	47	1	118	7	0	12	744		1.423	10.3	0.6	2.5	6.3	2.51	JUP,CAR · FLOR,SOUL
2008	21	FLA-min	AA	4	4	.500	3.36	15	15	0	1	0	0	91.0	86	37	34	0	30	3	56	2	0	3	383		1.275	8.5	0.0	3.0	5.5	1.87	CAR · SOUL
2008	21	FLA	NL	6	4	.600	2.88	15	14	0	0	0	0	84.1	76	30	27	3	36	4	52	5	0	0	365	151	1.328	8.1	0.3	3.8	5.5	1.44
2009	22	FLA-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	3	3	2	2	0	7	0	0	0	18		1.750	11.2	4.5	4.5	15.8	3.50	NOR · PCL
2009	22	FLA	NL	9	13	.409	5.21	29	29	0	1	1	0	159.0	169	100	92	29	59	3	107	3	0	8	682	82	1.434	9.6	1.6	3.3	6.1	1.81
2010	23	FLA-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.18	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	13	6	6	1	9	0	13	0	0	0	71		1.294	6.9	0.5	4.8	6.9	1.44	NOR · PCL
2010	23	FLA	NL	12	9	.571	4.58	30	30	0	2	1	0	175.0	187	94	89	17	60	5	102	8	1	8	758	91	1.411	9.6	0.9	3.1	5.2	1.70
2011	24	FLA-min	AAA	1	1	.500	4.42	3	3	0	1	1	0	18.1	20	9	9	1	9	0	14	0	0	1	80		1.582	9.8	0.5	4.4	6.9	1.56	NOR · PCL
2011	24	FLA	NL	5	13	.278	4.89	29	29	0	0	0	0	165.2	187	96	90	23	49	6	117	1	1	2	719	80	1.425	10.2	1.2	2.7	6.4	2.39
2012	25	CHC-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	3.46	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	16	5	5	1	2	0	10	0	0	0	51		1.385	11.1	0.7	1.4	6.9	5.00	IWA · PCL
2012	25	CHC	NL	0	6	.000	7.46	8	8	0	0	0	0	41.0	51	36	34	3	15	2	24	1	1	0	191	52	1.610	11.2	0.7	3.3	5.3	1.60
5 Yrs				32	45	.416	4.78	111	110	0	3	2	0	625.0	670	356	332	75	219	20	402	18	3	18	2715	86	1.422	9.6	1.1	3.2	5.8	1.84
162 Game Avg.				10	14	.416	4.78	34	34	0	1	1	0	192	206	110	102	23	67	6	124	6	1	6	835	86	1.422	9.6	1.1	3.2	5.8	1.84

FLA (4 yrs)				32	39	.451	4.59	103	102	0	3	2	0	584.0	619	320	298	72	204	18	378	17	2	18	2524	90	1.409	9.5	1.1	3.1	5.8	1.85
CHC (1 yr)				0	6	.000	7.46	8	8	0	0	0	0	41.0	51	36	34	3	15	2	24	1	1	0	191	52	1.610	11.2	0.7	3.3	5.3	1.60

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
2008	21	FLA	NL	84.1	15	14	30	3.20	4.78	0.06	0.18	102.9	5.04	18	2.0	.9	-0.1	2.5	25	.631	.512	$
2009	22	FLA	NL	159.0	29	29	100	5.66	4.57	-0.35	0.18	102.1	5.20	-8	-0.8		-0.1	0.2	7	.471	.495	$400,000
2010	23	FLA	NL	175.0	30	30	94	4.83	4.46	-0.15	0.17	103.2	4.93	1	0.2		-0.1	1.3	18	.505	.501	$420,000
2011	24	FLA	NL	165.2	29	29	96	5.22	4.14	-0.48	0.15	99.4	4.75	-10	-1.0		-0.1	0.1	6	.465	.494	$445,000
2012	25	CHC	NL	41.0	8	8	36	7.90	4.52	0.25	0.17	100.3	4.45	-16	-1.5		-0.0	-1.2	-12	.317	.491	$
5 Seasons				625.0	111	110	356	5.13	4.45	-0.23	0.17	101.7	4.93	-15	-1.2	.9	-0.4	2.9	45	.489	.499	$1,265,000

FLA (4 yrs)				584.0	103	102	320	4.93	4.44	-0.27	0.17	101.8	4.97	1	0.3	.9	-0.4	4.1	57	.503	.500	$1,265,000
CHC (1 yr)				41.0	8	8	36	7.90	4.52	0.25	0.17	100.3	4.45	-16	-1.5		-0.0	-1.2	-12	.317	.491	$

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
2008	21	FLA	NL	15	365	317	30	76	15	1	3	12	2	36	52	.240	.326	.322	.648	.278	102	6	5	6	1	4	3
2009	22	FLA	NL	29	682	609	100	169	28	4	29	21	10	59	107	.278	.343	.479	.822	.294	292	18	3	8	3	3	8
2010	23	FLA	NL	30	758	675	94	187	34	4	17	29	4	60	102	.277	.340	.415	.755	.302	280	15	8	8	7	5	6
2011	24	FLA	NL	29	719	647	96	187	40	2	23	10	4	49	117	.289	.335	.464	.799	.317	300	13	1	12	10	6	9
2012	25	CHC	NL	8	191	169	36	51	12	1	3	9	1	15	24	.302	.356	.438	.794	.331	74	1	1	3	3	2	4
5 Yrs				111	2715	2417	356	670	129	12	75	81	21	219	402	.277	.339	.434	.772	.303	1048	53	18	37	24	20	30
162 Game Avg.				34	835	744	110	206	40	4	23	25	6	67	124	.277	.339	.434	.772	.303	322	16	6	11	7	6	9
MLB Averages																.259	.327	.408	.736	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd
2008	21	FLA	NL	13.4	1.4	380	1.4	7.0	-5.5	1.08	1.1	0.3	14.6	1.5	1.08	10.9	1
2009	22	FLA	NL	-16.2	-1.6	718	-1.6	10.9	-12.5	.90	-1.7	-0.1	-16.9	-1.6	0.90	-19.4	0
2010	23	FLA	NL	-6.5	-0.6	798	-1.3	12.2	-13.5	.97	-0.7	-0.6	-8.1	-0.8	0.97	-9.0	0
2011	24	FLA	NL	-16.7	-1.7	737	-2.0	12.0	-14.1	1.02	-2.2	0.2	-18.5	-1.8	1.02	-21.3	0
2012	25	CHC	NL	-15.6	-1.4	202	-2.0	2.2	-4.2	.92	-0.7	-1.5	-17.1	-1.6	0.92	-8.7	0
5 Yrs				-41.7	-4.0	2835	-5.5	44.3	-49.8	.98	-4.3	-1.4	-46.0	-4.3	0.98	-47.5	1

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
2008	21	FLA	NL	15	14	5	4	5	1	1	8	6	.571	2	1	0	0	9	64%	53.9	75	36	8	4	0	7	3.6	3.9	5.9	92	2	7	5	0	106
2009	22	FLA	NL	29	29	9	13	7	4	4	13	16	.448	1	4	1	1	13	45%	46.2	83	11	20	8	0	13	4.5	4.5	5.5	89	6	17	6	0	116
2010	23	FLA	NL	30	30	12	9	9	3	4	14	16	.467	3	4	2	1	15	50%	47.6	82	20	27	9	0	15	5.1	5.6	5.8	94	2	19	9	0	118
2011	24	FLA	NL	29	29	5	13	11	1	6	12	17	.414	2	4	0	0	15	52%	47.1	66	17	13	5	0	14	3.5	3.7	5.7	90	5	18	6	0	114
2012	25	CHC	NL	8	8	0	6	2	0	1	0	8	.000	0	2	0	0	1	13%	39.0	50	27	0	0	0	3	3.1	2.0	5.1	87	1	6	1	0	101
5 Yrs				111	110	31	45	34	9	16	47	63	.427	8	15	3	2	53	48%	47	83	11	68	26	0	52	4.2	4.4	5.7	91	16	67	27	0	118
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	100	-13					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

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
2008	21	FLA	NL	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	1.076	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	28
1 Yr				15	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			1.076	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	28

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%
2008	21	FLA	NL	365	47%	0.8%	14.3%	9.9%	5.2%	25%	1.19	1.65	72%	17%	3.0%	17%	69	6	9%
2009	22	FLA	NL	682	47%	4.3%	15.7%	8.7%	8.9%	36%	1.00	1.56	70%	17%	12.9%	9%	110	18	16%
2010	23	FLA	NL	758	53%	2.2%	13.5%	7.9%	7.3%	29%	0.92	1.24	74%	19%	6.3%	10%	124	15	12%
2011	24	FLA	NL	719	50%	3.2%	16.3%	6.8%	9.0%	35%	1.13	1.73	72%	20%	9.9%	8%	124	13	10%
2012	25	CHC	NL	191	57%	1.6%	12.6%	7.9%	8.4%	31%	1.06	1.13	76%	18%	4.6%	7%	38	1	3%
5 Yrs				2715	50%	2.8%	14.8%	8.1%	8.0%	32%	1.04	1.48	72%	18%	8.4%	10%	465	53	11%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			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
2008	21	FLA	NL	366	1312	3.58	803	61%	29%	12%	25%	34%	71%	3%	43%	82%	55%	7%	25	14	19%	70	45	7	23%	8	7	-1	0	0
2009	22	FLA	NL	684	2588	3.78	1583	61%	28%	13%	26%	32%	72%	1%	44%	82%	57%	5%	37	22	20%	136	76	7	26%	23	12	-2	0	0
2010	23	FLA	NL	758	2827	3.73	1747	62%	30%	10%	26%	34%	70%	2%	43%	85%	59%	6%	42	24	18%	134	59	12	36%	16	13	0	0	0
2011	24	FLA	NL	719	2599	3.61	1600	62%	29%	14%	23%	35%	71%	2%	44%	80%	60%	6%	42	23	20%	146	71	7	28%	18	13	0	0	0
2012	25	CHC	NL	191	697	3.65	438	63%	28%	9%	29%	34%	72%	3%	45%	88%	60%	5%	9	5	16%	31	20	0	25%	6	2	0	0	0
5 Yrs				2718	10023	3.69	6171	62%	29%	12%	25%	34%	71%	2%	44%	83%	58%	6%	155	88	19%	517	271	33	29%	71	47	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

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
2008	21	FLA	NL	365	76	12	2	3	0	11	2	1	1	2	18	7	3	39%	3	0	1	140	12	2	86%	9	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
2009	22	FLA	NL	682	169	22	7	29	0	12	11	18	17	12	33	18	4	55%	8	8	0	230	21	10	68%	19	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	14	0
2010	23	FLA	NL	758	187	19	1	17	0	13	6	11	3	14	40	26	4	65%	6	8	0	264	29	4	88%	25	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	20	0
2011	24	FLA	NL	719	187	24	3	23	0	13	4	19	9	14	36	24	5	67%	9	2	2	261	10	4	71%	7	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	20	0
2012	25	CHC	NL	191	51	5	2	3	1	6	3	0	2	1	19	12	0	63%	4	0	0	73	9	1	90%	6	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
5 Yrs				2715	670	82	15	75	1	55	26	49	32	43	146	87	16	60%	30	18	3	968	81	21	79%	66	19	14	2	1	0	3	1	63	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	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+
2008	21	6	4	.600	2.88	15	14	0	0	84.1	76	30	27	3	36	4	52	5	0	0	365	151	1.328	8.1	0.3	3.8	5.5	1.44	151
2009	22	15	17	.469	4.40	44	43	1	1	243.1	245	130	119	32	95	7	159	8	0	8	1047	98	1.397	9.1	1.2	3.5	5.9	1.67	98
2010	23	27	26	.509	4.47	74	73	3	2	418.1	432	224	208	49	155	12	261	16	1	16	1805	95	1.403	9.3	1.1	3.3	5.6	1.68	95
2011	24	32	39	.451	4.59	103	102	3	2	584.0	619	320	298	72	204	18	378	17	2	18	2524	90	1.409	9.5	1.1	3.1	5.8	1.85	90
2012	25	32	45	.416	4.78	111	110	3	2	625.0	670	356	332	75	219	20	402	18	3	18	2715	86	1.422	9.6	1.1	3.2	5.8	1.84	86

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2008	21	6	3	.667	2.82	83.0	75	29	26	3	36	51	5	1.337	8.1	3.9	5.5	1.42	0.3	15
2009	22	6	10	.375	5.36	151.0	167	100	90	29	58	102	3	1.490	10.0	3.5	6.1	1.76	1.7	29
2010	23	7	11	.389	4.77	168.0	187	99	89	17	60	98	8	1.470	10.0	3.2	5.3	1.63	0.9	30
2011	24	6	11	.353	5.38	159.0	192	106	95	24	50	112	1	1.522	10.9	2.8	6.3	2.24	1.4	29
2012	25	1	3	.250	8.10	40.0	53	40	36	3	16	24	1	1.725	11.9	3.6	5.4	1.50	0.7	8
5 Yrs		26	38	.406	5.03	601.0	674	374	336	76	220	387	18	1.488	10.1		5.8	1.76	1.1	111

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Complete Games s c a p y 2010 NL 2 (6th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2009 NL 1 (6th) 2010 NL 1 (8th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2009 NL 29 (4th)	Losses s c a p y 2009 NL 13 (4th) 2012 NL 6 (1st)
Earned Runs s c a p y 2012 NL 34 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 2008 NL born 1986-09-23 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1994), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1714), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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