Chris Volstad
Christopher Kenneth Volstad
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 23, 1986 in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
High School: Palm Beach Gardens (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
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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 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 81 1.434 9.6 1.6 3.3 6.1 1.81
2 Seasons 15 17 .469 4.40 44 43 0 1 1 0 243.1 245 130 119 32 95 7 159 8 0 8 1047 97 1.397 9.1 1.2 3.5 5.9 1.67
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .469 4.40 34 34 0 1 1 0 190 191 102 93 25 74 5 124 6 0 6 818 97 1.397 9.1 1.2 3.5 5.9 1.67

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
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
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
2 Seasons 44 1047 926 130 245 43 5 32 33 12 95 159 .265 .337 .425 .762 .288 394 24 8 14 4 7
162 Game Avg. 34 818 724 102 191 34 4 25 26 9 74 124 .265 .337 .425 .762 .288 308 19 6 11 3 5
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2008 21 FLA NL 15 14 5 4 5 1 1 8 6 .571 2 1 0 0 9 64% 54 75 36 8 4 0 7 3.6 3.9 5.9 92 2 8 4 0 106
2009 22 FLA NL 29 29 9 13 7 4 4 13 16 .448 1 4 1 1 13 45% 46 83 11 20 8 0 13 4.5 4.5 5.5 89 6 17 6 0 116
2 Seasons 44 43 14 17 12 5 5 21 22 .488 3 5 1 1 22 51% 49 83 11 28 12 0 20 4.2 4.3 5.6 90 8 25 10 0 116
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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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 1.078 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 28
1 Season 15 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.078 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 28

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%
2008 21 FLA NL 365 53% 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 53% 4.3% 15.7% 8.7% 8.9% 36% 1.00 1.56 70% 17% 12.9% 9% 110 18 16%
2 Seasons 1047 53% 3.1% 15.2% 9.1% 7.6% 33% 1.06 1.59 71% 17% 9.8% 12% 179 24 13%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

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
2008 21 FLA NL 365 1311 3.59 803 61% 29% 12% 25% 34% 71% 3% 43% 82% 55% 7% 25 14 19% 70 45 7 23% 8 7 0 0 0
2009 22 FLA NL 682 2585 3.79 1582 61% 28% 13% 26% 32% 72% 1% 44% 82% 57% 5% 37 22 20% 136 76 7 26% 23 12 0 0 0
2 Seasons 1047 3896 3.72 2385 61% 28% 13% 26% 33% 72% 2% 44% 82% 57% 6% 62 36 20% 206 121 14 25% 31 19 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
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
2 Seasons 1047 245 34 9 32 0 23 13 19 18 14 51 25 7 49% 11 8 1 370 33 12 73% 28 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 18 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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 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 97 1.397 9.1 1.2 3.5 5.9 1.67 97

Neutralized Pitching

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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 5.30 151.0 167 99 89 29 58 102 3 1.490 10.0 3.5 6.1 1.76 1.7 29
2 Seasons 12 13 .480 4.42 234.0 242 128 115 32 94 153 8 1.436 9.3 5.9 1.63 1.2 44

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
2009 NL--1--6th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  3. Mark Bomback (984)
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  5. Aaron Laffey (982)
  6. Ross Ohlendorf (980)
  7. Jackson Todd (979)
  8. Jack Brewer (978)
  9. Kurt Kepshire (978)
  10. Jim Winford (978)
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  2. Brett Myers (985)
  3. Jim Clancy (985)
  4. Moose Haas (982)
  5. Joe Moeller (981)
  6. Early Wynn (976) *
  7. Jake Peavy (976)
  8. Tom Griffin (974)
  9. Mike Cvengros (973)
  10. Rich Hand (973)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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