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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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Cubs/Rockies 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.5M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.019, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Moye Sports Assoc. (DRM Bros.) [*]
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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
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 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 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 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 NL 3 12 .200 6.31 21 21 0 0 0 0 111.1 137 81 78 16 43 4 61 3 1 2 507 65 1.617 11.1 1.3 3.5 4.9 1.42
2013 26 COL NL 0 0 8.53 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 13 6 6 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 34 56 2.211 18.5 0.0 1.4 4.3 3.00
6 Yrs 35 51 .407 4.90 128 123 1 3 2 0 701.2 769 407 382 88 248 22 442 21 3 20 3065 85 1.449 9.9 1.1 3.2 5.7 1.78
162 Game Avg. 9 14 .407 4.90 35 33 0 1 1 0 190 208 110 103 24 67 6 120 6 1 5 830 85 1.449 9.9 1.1 3.2 5.7 1.78
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
COL (1 yr) 0 0 8.53 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 13 6 6 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 34 56 2.211 18.5 0.0 1.4 4.3 3.00
CHC (1 yr) 3 12 .200 6.31 21 21 0 0 0 0 111.1 137 81 78 16 43 4 61 3 1 2 507 65 1.617 11.1 1.3 3.5 4.9 1.42

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2008 21 FLA NL 84.1 15 14 30 3.20 4.75 0.06 0.18 103.4 5.03 18 1.9 .9 -0.1 2.6 24 .629 .512
2009 22 FLA NL 159.0 29 29 100 5.66 4.56 -0.35 0.18 102.2 5.20 -8 -0.8 -0.1 0.4 5 .471 .495 $400,000
2010 23 FLA NL 175.0 30 30 94 4.83 4.47 -0.15 0.17 104.3 4.99 2 0.3 -0.1 1.6 18 .509 .502 $420,000
2011 24 FLA NL 165.2 29 29 96 5.22 4.14 -0.48 0.15 99.6 4.75 -10 -1.0 -0.1 0.3 4 .464 .494 $445,000
2012 25 CHC NL 111.1 21 21 81 6.55 4.27 0.01 0.16 100.7 4.44 -27 -2.6 -0.1 -1.7 -17 .377 .484 $2,655,000
2013 26 COL NL 6.1 4 0 6 8.53 5.25 0.06 -0.39 97.4 4.68 -3 -0.3 .6 0.0 -0.2 -2 .428 .498 $1,500,000
6 Seasons 701.2 128 123 407 5.22 4.42 -0.22 0.16 102.0 4.90 -28 -2.6 .6 -0.4 3.0 33 .480 .497 $5,420,000
FLA (4 yrs) 584.0 103 102 320 4.93 4.44 -0.27 0.17 102.3 4.99 2 0.3 .9 -0.4 4.9 52 .503 .500 $1,265,000
COL (1 yr) 6.1 4 0 6 8.53 5.25 0.06 -0.39 97.4 4.68 -3 -0.3 .6 0.0 -0.2 -2 .428 .498 $1,500,000
CHC (1 yr) 111.1 21 21 81 6.55 4.27 0.01 0.16 100.7 4.44 -27 -2.6 -0.1 -1.7 -17 .377 .484 $2,655,000

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 21 507 448 81 137 21 5 16 19 2 43 61 .306 .365 .482 .847 .319 216 10 3 5 8 4 6
2013 26 COL NL 4 34 32 6 13 4 0 0 1 0 1 3 .406 .441 .531 .972 .448 17 0 1 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 128 3065 2728 407 769 142 16 88 92 22 248 442 .282 .343 .442 .785 .306 1207 62 21 39 29 22 32
162 Game Avg. 35 830 739 110 208 38 4 24 25 6 67 120 .282 .343 .442 .785 .306 327 17 6 11 8 6 9
MLB Averages .258 .326 .408 .734 .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
2008 21 FLA NL 13.4 1.4 380 1.4 7.0 -5.5 1.08 1.1 0.3 14.5 1.5 1.08 10.7 0 1 0
2009 22 FLA NL -16.2 -1.6 718 -1.6 10.9 -12.5 .90 -1.8 -0.1 -17.0 -1.6 0.90 -19.4 0 0 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 0 0
2011 24 FLA NL -16.7 -1.7 737 -2.0 12.0 -14.0 1.02 -2.2 0.2 -18.6 -1.8 1.02 -22.9 0 0 0
2012 25 CHC NL -27.9 -2.6 532 -3.2 6.7 -9.9 .89 -1.9 -1.7 -27.8 -2.6 0.89 -21.2 0 0 0
2013 26 COL NL -2.0 -0.2 35 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .38 -0.2 0.0 -3.5 -0.3 0.38 -2.8 1 0 3
6 Yrs -56.0 -5.4 3200 -6.9 48.9 -55.8 .96 -5.7 -1.5 -60.4 -5.7 0.96 -64.6 1 1 3

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 21 21 3 12 6 2 3 6 15 .286 0 6 0 0 5 24% 41.2 68 11 5 1 0 8 3.8 2.7 5.3 90 4 12 5 0 116
5 Yrs 124 123 34 51 38 11 18 53 70 .431 8 19 3 2 57 46% 47 83 11 73 27 0 57 4.2 4.2 5.6 91 19 73 31 0 118
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 101 -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% 1stIP 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
2013 26 COL NL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 .377 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 4 3 0 3 0 4.8 34
2 Yrs 19 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.016 1 1 3 2 0 3 0 5 4 0 4 0 5.0 33

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 1.72 72% 20% 9.9% 8% 124 13 10%
2012 25 CHC NL 507 59% 3.2% 12.0% 8.5% 8.3% 31% 1.04 1.33 75% 20% 9.4% 10% 99 10 10%
2013 26 COL NL 34 44% 0.0% 8.8% 2.9% 11.8% 31% 0.93 3.00 85% 34% 0.0% 7% 4 0 0%
6 Yrs 3065 51% 2.9% 14.4% 8.1% 8.0% 32% 1.03 1.48 73% 19% 8.7% 10% 530 62 12%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.5% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 0.81 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 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 507 1891 3.73 1165 62% 27% 11% 28% 34% 73% 2% 45% 84% 58% 6% 31 17 15% 77 37 3 34% 8 10 0 0 0
2013 26 COL NL 34 136 4.00 88 65% 22% 9% 36% 33% 78% 0% 51% 88% 50% 0% 0 0 15% 5 1 1 67% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 3068 11353 3.70 6986 62% 29% 12% 25% 34% 71% 2% 44% 83% 58% 6% 177 100 19% 568 289 37 30% 73 55 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 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 507 137 16 3 16 1 10 9 7 8 8 36 25 1 69% 6 2 0 194 19 2 90% 12 2 6 0 1 0 2 1 14 0
2013 26 COL NL 34 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 3065 769 94 16 88 1 59 32 56 38 50 165 102 17 62% 32 20 3 1106 92 22 81% 73 20 17 2 2 0 4 1 72 0
MLB Averages 52% 73%

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+
2008 21 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 1.44 151
2009 22 15 17 .469 4.40 44 43 0 1 1 0 243.1 245 130 119 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 0 3 2 0 418.1 432 224 208 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 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 90
2012 25 35 51 .407 4.87 124 123 0 3 2 0 695.1 756 401 376 88 247 22 439 20 3 20 3031 85 1.442 9.8 1.1 3.2 5.7 1.78 85
2013 26 35 51 .407 4.90 128 123 1 3 2 0 701.2 769 407 382 88 248 22 442 21 3 20 3065 85 1.449 9.9 1.1 3.2 5.7 1.78 85

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
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 3 8 .273 6.58 108.0 138 88 79 16 43 59 3 1.676 11.5 3.6 4.9 1.37 1.3 21
2013 26 0 0 6.43 7.0 12 6 5 0 1 3 1 1.857 15.4 1.3 3.9 3.00 0.0 4
6 Yrs 28 43 .394 5.11 676.0 771 428 384 89 248 425 21 1.507 10.3 5.7 1.71 1.2 128

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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)

Youngest s c a p y
2008 NL  born 1986-09-23 (10th)
2008 NL  born 1986-09-23 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (2013), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1890), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1460th), 2.6 career WAR/2.6 7yr-peak WAR/2.6 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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