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Chris Waters

Christopher Myron Waters

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 17, 1980 in Lakeland, FL
High School: Lake Gibson HS (Lakeland, FL)
School: South Florida Community College (Avon Park, FL)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 5th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 2008
Team: Orioles 2008-2009

Final Game: October 1, 2009
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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 27 BAL AL 3 5 .375 5.01 11 11 0 1 1 0 64.2 70 38 36 9 29 0 33 3 1 1 291 89 1.531 9.7 1.3 4.0 4.6 1.14
2009 28 BAL AL 1 0 1.000 5.40 5 1 0 0 0 0 11.2 9 7 7 3 5 0 5 0 0 0 49 87 1.200 6.9 2.3 3.9 3.9 1.00
2 Yrs 4 5 .444 5.07 16 12 0 1 1 0 76.1 79 45 43 12 34 0 38 3 1 1 340 89 1.480 9.3 1.4 4.0 4.5 1.12
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .444 5.07 39 29 0 2 2 0 185 192 109 104 29 83 0 92 7 2 2 826 89 1.480 9.3 1.4 4.0 4.5 1.12

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 Awards
2008 27 BAL AL 64.2 11 11 38 5.29 4.83 -0.01 0.19 102.5 5.16 -2 -0.2 -0.0 0.3 7 .481 .499 $
2009 28 BAL AL 11.2 5 1 7 5.40 5.21 -0.12 -0.13 99.1 5.15 -0 -0.0 .5 -0.0 0.1 1 .492 .500 $
2 Seasons 76.1 16 12 45 5.31 4.89 -0.03 0.14 102.0 5.16 -2 -0.2 .5 -0.1 0.4 8 .485 .499 $

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 27 BAL AL 11 291 256 38 70 16 2 9 3 0 29 33 .273 .351 .457 .808 .281 117 5 3 0 3 0 2
2009 28 BAL AL 5 49 44 7 9 1 0 3 1 0 5 5 .205 .286 .432 .718 .167 19 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 16 340 300 45 79 17 2 12 4 0 34 38 .263 .341 .453 .795 .265 136 5 3 0 3 0 2
162 Game Avg. 39 826 729 109 192 41 5 29 10 0 83 92 .263 .341 .453 .795 .265 330 12 7 0 7 0 5
MLB Averages .263 .333 .417 .750 .300

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 27 BAL AL -3.4 -0.3 296 -0.4 5.2 -5.6 1.04 -0.2 -0.2 -4.5 -0.4 1.04 -3.4 0 0 0
2009 28 BAL AL -0.6 -0.1 50 0.3 0.6 -0.3 .61 0.2 0.3 -0.1 -0.0 0.61 1.0 0 1 3
2 Yrs -4.0 -0.4 346 -0.1 5.8 -5.9 .98 -0.0 -0.1 -4.6 -0.4 0.98 -2.4 0 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 27 BAL AL 11 11 3 5 3 1 2 4 7 .364 0 1 1 1 4 36% 45.1 80 25 12 3 0 3 4.9 5.7 5.9 98 0 5 6 0 109
2009 28 BAL AL 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 58.0 58 58 4 2 0 0 3.0 5.4 5.0 81 0 1 0 0 81
2 Yrs 16 12 4 5 3 2 2 5 7 .417 0 1 1 1 4 33% 46 80 25 16 5 0 3 4.8 5.6 5.8 96 0 6 6 0 109
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -10 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

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
2009 28 BAL AL 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 .609 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 4 0 4 0 5.0 29
1 Yr 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% .609 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 4 0 4 0 5.0 29

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 27 BAL AL 291 27% 3.1% 11.3% 10.0% 9.3% 39% 0.91 1.27 75% 17% 8.7% 11% 56 5 9%
2009 28 BAL AL 49 31% 6.1% 10.2% 10.2% 8.2% 44% 0.77 0.88 73% 13% 17.6% 23% 7 0 0%
2 Yrs 340 27% 3.5% 11.2% 10.0% 9.1% 39% 0.88 1.20 74% 16% 10.0% 13% 63 5 8%
MLB Averages 45% 2.7% 17.7% 8.8% 7.9% 34% 0.79 1.06 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 27 BAL AL 291 1074 3.69 649 60% 30% 10% 24% 35% 70% 0% 42% 85% 53% 4% 13 7 16% 47 24 5 42% 5 6 0 0 0
2009 28 BAL AL 49 197 4.02 114 58% 33% 9% 24% 34% 67% 0% 39% 87% 59% 8% 4 2 22% 11 6 1 40% 0 2 0 0 0
2 Yrs 340 1271 3.74 763 60% 31% 10% 24% 35% 69% 0% 42% 85% 54% 5% 17 9 17% 58 30 6 42% 5 8 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 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 27 BAL AL 291 70 10 2 9 0 7 6 3 6 3 16 11 1 69% 2 1 0 108 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2009 28 BAL AL 49 9 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 13 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 340 79 10 2 12 0 7 8 4 7 5 18 12 1 67% 2 1 0 121 4 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
MLB Averages 53% 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 27 3 5 .375 5.01 11 11 0 1 1 0 64.2 70 38 36 9 29 0 33 3 1 1 291 89 1.531 9.7 1.3 4.0 4.6 1.14 89
2009 28 4 5 .444 5.07 16 12 0 1 1 0 76.1 79 45 43 12 34 0 38 3 1 1 340 89 1.480 9.3 1.4 4.0 4.5 1.12 89

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 27 3 4 .429 5.00 63.0 69 39 35 9 29 32 3 1.556 9.9 4.1 4.6 1.10 1.3 11
2009 28 0 1 .000 4.50 12.0 9 7 6 3 5 5 0 1.167 6.8 3.8 3.8 1.00 2.3 5
2 Yrs 3 5 .375 4.92 75.0 78 46 41 12 34 37 3 1.493 9.4 4.4 1.09 1.4 16

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL  1 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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