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Chris Zachary
William Christopher Zachary

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 19, 1944 in Knoxville, TN
High School: Central (Knoxville, TN)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1963
Final Game: September 29, 1973
Died: April 19, 2003 in Knoxville, TN
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Chris Zachary
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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
1963	19	HOU	NL	22	15	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.071	.000	.071	-77	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1964	20	HOU	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1965	21	HOU	NL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1966	22	HOU	NL	10	19	18	0	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	.222	.211	.333	.544	53	6	0	0	0	1	0	1
1967	23	HOU	NL	10	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.100	.182	.100	.282	-15	1	1	0	0	0	0	/1

1969	25	KCR	AL	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	181	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1971	27	STL	NL	24	33	33	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.242	.242	.242	.485	36	8	2	0	0	0	0	1
1972	28	DET	AL	25	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	248	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1973	29	PIT	NL	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
9 Seasons				110	88	83	5	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	31	.181	.207	.205	.412	18	17	3	0	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	130	122	7	22	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	46	.181	.207	.205	.412	18	25	4	0	1	1	0

HOU (5 yrs)				47	48	44	2	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	22	.114	.149	.159	.308	-10	7	1	0	1	1	0
KCR (1 yr)				8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	181	1	0	0	0	0	0
PIT (1 yr)				6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				24	33	33	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.242	.242	.242	.485	36	8	2	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				25	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	248	1	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				77	83	79	5	13	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	29	.165	.183	.190	.373	7	15	3	0	1	1	0
AL (2 yrs)				33	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.500	.600	.500	1.100	220	2	0	0	0	0	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
1963	19	HOU	NL	15	14	0	0.0	84	.000	.000	.247	.071	.308	.000	.370	.071	.678	-77	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.077	.077	.000
1964	20	HOU	NL	1	1	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.258	.000	.314	.000	.382	.000	.696	-100	.000	-0.2	0.0	.000	.000	.000
1965	21	HOU	NL	2	2	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.248	.000	.311	.000	.376	.000	.687	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1966	22	HOU	NL	19	15	1	1.8	90	.444	.222	.256	.211	.314	.333	.386	.544	.700	53	.173	-1.0	-0.1	.429	.111	.111
1967	23	HOU	NL	11	10	0	0.0	87	.200	.100	.253	.182	.315	.100	.372	.282	.687	-15	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.200	.100	.000

1969	25	KCR	AL	2	1	1	27.0	95	1.000	.500	.254	.500	.331	.500	.384	1.000	.714	181	.968	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

1971	27	STL	NL	33	27	1	1.0	96	.286	.242	.264	.242	.331	.242	.387	.485	.718	36	.071	-3.0	-0.3	.296	.000	.000
1972	28	DET	AL	3	1	1	26.9	85	1.000	.500	.250	.667	.319	.500	.360	1.167	.680	248	.975	0.5	0.1	2.000	.500	.000
1973	29	PIT	NL	2	2	0	0.0	95		.000	.260	.000	.329	.000	.387	.000	.716	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
9 Seasons				88	73	4	1.5	91	.283	.181	.257	.207	.320	.205	.381	.412	.702	18	.136	-8.9	-1.0	.282	.060	.024
162 Game Avg.				130	108	6	1.5	91	.283	.181	.257	.207	.320	.205	.381	.412	.702	18	.136	-8.9	-1.0	.282	.060	.024

HOU (5 yrs)				48	42	1	0.6	88	.217	.114	.253	.149	.312	.159	.377	.308	.690	-10	.033	-6.1	-0.7	.225	.091	.045
KCR (1 yr)				2	1	1	27.0	95	1.000	.500	.254	.500	.331	.500	.384	1.000	.714	181	.968	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
PIT (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	95		.000	.260	.000	.329	.000	.387	.000	.716	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
STL (1 yr)				33	27	1	1.0	96	.286	.242	.264	.242	.331	.242	.387	.485	.718	36	.071	-3.0	-0.3	.296	.000	.000
DET (1 yr)				3	1	1	26.9	85	1.000	.500	.250	.667	.319	.500	.360	1.167	.680	248	.975	0.5	0.1	2.000	.500	.000

NL (7 yrs)				83	71	2	0.8	91	.255	.165	.258	.183	.320	.190	.382	.373	.702	7	.044	-9.6	-1.1	.246	.051	.025
AL (2 yrs)				5	2	2	26.9	90	1.000	.500	.252	.600	.324	.500	.372	1.100	.696	220	.972	0.7	0.1	1.500	.250	.000

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1972	28	DET	AL	ALCS	OAK	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1963	19	HOU	NL	15	0.0%	40.0%	6.7%	0.0%		6.00	2.2		1.33	47%
1964	20	HOU	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%					0.00	100%
1965	21	HOU	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			50%
1966	22	HOU	NL	19	0.0%	52.6%	0.0%	10.5%	50%		1.8	6.0	0.25	47%
1967	23	HOU	NL	11	0.0%	45.5%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	5.00	2.0		4.00	45%

1969	25	KCR	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0			50%

1971	27	STL	NL	33	0.0%	15.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		6.6		1.00	85%
1972	28	DET	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	2.0			33%
1973	29	PIT	NL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0			0%
9 Seasons				88	0.0%	35.2%	3.4%	2.3%	13%	10.33	2.7	27.7	1.05	60%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1963	19	HOU	NL	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	20	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	21	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	22	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	23	HOU	NL	0	0	50%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1969	25	KCR	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1971	27	STL	NL	0	0	38%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1972	28	DET	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1973	29	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Seasons				1	0	28%	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	25%	6	5	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
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
1963	19	HOU	NL	15	80%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		11	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1964	20	HOU	NL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1965	21	HOU	NL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1966	22	HOU	NL	19	84%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	4	1	25%	13	3	23%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
1967	23	HOU	NL	11	73%	1			1	0	0	0	2.97	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1969	25	KCR	AL	2	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1971	27	STL	NL	33	73%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	2	22%	6	1	17%	18	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1972	28	DET	AL	3	67%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1973	29	PIT	NL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Seasons				88	75%	15			1	0	0	0	2.97	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	13	3	23%	12	2	17%	53	3	6%	3	1	33%	5	2	40%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1963	19	22	15	13	1	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.071	.000	.071	-77	0	0	1	0
1964	20	23	16	14	1	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.067	.000	.067	-78	0	0	1	0
1965	21	27	18	16	1	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.059	.000	.059	-81	0	0	1	0
1966	22	37	37	34	1	4	2	3	1	17	.118	.139	.176	.315	-9	6	0	1	1
1967	23	47	48	44	2	5	2	3	2	22	.114	.149	.159	.308	-10	7	1	1	1
1968	24	47	48	44	2	5	2	3	2	22	.114	.149	.159	.308	-10	7	1	1	1
1969	25	55	50	46	2	6	2	3	2	23	.130	.163	.174	.337	-2	8	1	1	1
1970	26	55	50	46	2	6	2	3	2	23	.130	.163	.174	.337	-2	8	1	1	1
1971	27	79	83	79	5	14	2	3	2	28	.177	.195	.203	.398	14	16	3	1	1
1972	28	104	86	81	5	15	2	3	3	29	.185	.212	.210	.422	21	17	3	1	1
1973	29	110	88	83	5	15	2	3	3	31	.181	.207	.205	.412	18	17	3	1	1

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
1963	19	22	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	22
1964	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1965	21	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1966	22	10	19	18	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	10
1967	23	10	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	10

1969	25	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	8

1971	27	24	33	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	24
1972	28	26	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	25
1973	29	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
9 Seasons		111	87	83	4	1	0	0	0	4	0	3	31	.012	.046	.012	.058	6	110
162 Game Avg.		162	127	121	6	1	0	0	0	6	0	4	45	.012	.046	.012	.058	9	110

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1963 NL--born 1944-02-19--6th

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