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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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
1963 19 HOU NL 2 2 .500 4.89 22 7 12 0 0 0 57.0 62 38 31 5 22 0 42 3 1 2 258 64 1.474 9.8 0.8 3.5 6.6 1.91
1964 20 HOU NL 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 5 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 20 38 1.750 13.5 2.3 2.3 4.5 2.00
1965 21 HOU NL 0 2 .000 4.22 4 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 12 6 5 0 6 1 4 0 0 0 50 79 1.688 10.1 0.0 5.1 3.4 0.67
1966 22 HOU NL 3 5 .375 3.44 10 8 1 0 0 0 55.0 44 22 21 1 32 2 37 1 0 6 236 99 1.382 7.2 0.2 5.2 6.1 1.16
1967 23 HOU NL 1 6 .143 5.70 9 7 0 0 0 0 36.1 42 27 23 5 12 1 18 2 0 1 163 57 1.486 10.4 1.2 3.0 4.5 1.50
1969 25 KCR AL 0 1 .000 7.85 8 2 2 0 0 0 18.1 27 17 16 4 7 0 6 0 0 4 87 47 1.855 13.3 2.0 3.4 2.9 0.86
1971 27 STL NL 3 10 .231 5.32 23 12 4 1 1 0 89.2 114 58 53 3 26 7 48 4 0 3 399 68 1.561 11.4 0.3 2.6 4.8 1.85
1972 28 DET AL 1 1 .500 1.41 25 1 9 0 0 1 38.1 27 6 6 2 15 2 21 1 0 1 154 224 1.096 6.3 0.5 3.5 4.9 1.40
1973 29 PIT NL 0 1 .000 3.00 6 0 2 0 0 1 12.0 10 4 4 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 48 117 0.917 7.5 0.8 0.8 4.5 6.00
9 Seasons 10 29 .256 4.57 108 40 30 1 1 2 321.1 344 183 163 22 122 13 184 11 1 18 1415 74 1.450 9.6 0.6 3.4 5.2 1.51
162 Game Avg. 5 13 .256 4.57 50 18 14 0 0 1 148 158 84 75 10 56 6 85 5 0 8 650 74 1.450 9.6 0.6 3.4 5.2 1.51
HOU (5 yrs) 6 16 .273 4.64 46 25 13 0 0 0 163.0 166 98 84 12 73 4 103 6 1 9 727 71 1.466 9.2 0.7 4.0 5.7 1.41
KCR (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.85 8 2 2 0 0 0 18.1 27 17 16 4 7 0 6 0 0 4 87 47 1.855 13.3 2.0 3.4 2.9 0.86
PIT (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.00 6 0 2 0 0 1 12.0 10 4 4 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 48 117 0.917 7.5 0.8 0.8 4.5 6.00
STL (1 yr) 3 10 .231 5.32 23 12 4 1 1 0 89.2 114 58 53 3 26 7 48 4 0 3 399 68 1.561 11.4 0.3 2.6 4.8 1.85
DET (1 yr) 1 1 .500 1.41 25 1 9 0 0 1 38.1 27 6 6 2 15 2 21 1 0 1 154 224 1.096 6.3 0.5 3.5 4.9 1.40
NL (7 yrs) 9 27 .250 4.79 75 37 19 1 1 1 264.2 290 160 141 16 100 11 157 10 1 13 1174 71 1.474 9.9 0.5 3.4 5.3 1.57
AL (2 yrs) 1 2 .333 3.49 33 3 11 0 0 1 56.2 54 23 22 6 22 2 27 1 0 5 241 95 1.341 8.6 1.0 3.5 4.3 1.23

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1972 28 DET AL ALCS L OAK 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.00
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.00

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
1963 19 HOU NL 22 258 228 38 62 9 5 5 3 0 22 42 .272 .340 .421 .761 .310 96 3 3 2 3 0
1964 20 HOU NL 1 20 18 5 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333 .368 .500 .868 .333 9 0 0 1 0 0
1965 21 HOU NL 4 50 44 6 12 3 1 0 1 1 6 4 .273 .360 .386 .746 .300 17 0 0 0 0 1
1966 22 HOU NL 10 236 199 22 44 7 1 1 3 3 32 37 .221 .330 .281 .612 .265 56 4 1 3 1 2
1967 23 HOU NL 9 163 145 27 42 9 1 5 1 3 12 18 .290 .352 .469 .821 .303 68 0 2 4 0 1
1969 25 KCR AL 8 87 78 17 27 6 0 4 1 0 7 6 .346 .395 .577 .972 .333 45 1 0 1 1 0
1971 27 STL NL 23 399 361 58 114 14 2 3 6 4 26 48 .316 .364 .391 .754 .352 141 11 4 3 5 7
1972 28 DET AL 25 154 134 6 27 4 0 2 3 1 15 21 .201 .283 .276 .559 .221 37 2 1 2 2 2
1973 29 PIT NL 6 48 45 4 10 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 .222 .234 .289 .523 .231 13 0 0 1 1 0
9 Seasons 108 1415 1252 183 344 52 10 22 19 12 122 184 .275 .341 .385 .726 .304 482 21 11 17 13 13
162 Game Avg. 50 650 575 84 158 24 5 10 9 6 56 85 .275 .341 .385 .726 .304 221 10 5 8 6 6
MLB Averages

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
1963 19 HOU NL 22 7 2 2 3 0 0 5 2 .714 0 0 0 0 2 29% 49 66 34 11 3 1 5 4.9 4.8 4.4
1964 20 HOU NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 33 33 0 0 0 1 3.0 4.5 4.0
1965 21 HOU NL 4 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 47 57 36 4 0 0 1 0.5 0.0 4.3
1966 22 HOU NL 10 8 3 4 1 2 3 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 4 50% 57 82 39 14 4 2 5 3.5 3.1 6.3
1967 23 HOU NL 9 7 1 6 0 0 2 1 6 .143 0 0 0 0 3 43% 43 61 27 9 7 1 6 1.9 1.9 4.7
1969 25 KCR AL 8 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 23 35 11 2 1 1 1 2.5 3.9 3.0
1971 27 STL NL 23 12 2 8 2 1 2 4 8 .333 1 2 1 1 4 33% 42 86 19 26 14 2 4 4.4 4.2 5.4
1972 28 DET AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46 46 46 10 0 0 1 2.0 0.0 5.0
8 Seasons 102 40 8 25 7 3 8 13 27 .325 1 3 1 1 14 35% 46 86 11 76 29 7 24 3.4 3.4 5.1
MLB Averages

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
1963 19 HOU NL 22 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.628 0 0 12 0 0 15 0 15 8 1 8 1 5.3
1965 21 HOU NL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.810 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 3.0
1966 22 HOU NL 10 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.160 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 6.5
1967 23 HOU NL 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.892 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 5.0
1969 25 KCR AL 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 5 0.384 0 0 6 0 0 6 2 4 6 0 6 0 6.2
1971 27 STL NL 23 11 4 1 2 1 0 1 0% 2 0 11 3 27% 5 1.069 4 3 4 2 2 7 5 6 9 1 9 0 6.8
1972 28 DET AL 25 24 9 1 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 17 5 29% 7 0.560 4 3 17 3 1 20 8 16 15 6 15 7 4.2
1973 29 PIT NL 6 6 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 1 17% 1 0.876 2 1 3 1 1 4 3 3 4 0 4 0 6.0
8 Seasons 107 68 30 2 4 4 2 2 50% 5 0 37 9 24% 0.867 11 8 45 6 5 57 18 50 46 10 46 9 5.2

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%
1963 19 HOU NL 258 51% 1.9% 16.3% 8.5% 7.4% 31% 1.11 71% 46 3 7%
1964 20 HOU NL 20 35% 5.0% 10.0% 5.0% 5.0% 17% 2.33 75% 8 0 0%
1965 21 HOU NL 50 52% 0.0% 8.0% 12.0% 8.0% 33% 0.69 80% 10 0 0%
1966 22 HOU NL 236 40% 0.4% 15.7% 13.6% 3.8% 21% 1.03 69% 41 4 10%
1967 23 HOU NL 163 48% 3.1% 11.0% 7.4% 9.2% 36% 0.73 75% 35 0 0%
1969 25 KCR AL 87 48% 4.6% 6.9% 8.1% 11.5% 37% 0.81 79% 16 1 6%
1971 27 STL NL 399 43% 0.8% 12.0% 6.5% 4.8% 17% 1.11 79% 100 11 11%
1972 28 DET AL 154 32% 1.3% 13.6% 9.7% 3.9% 22% 0.77 73% 28 2 7%
1973 29 PIT NL 48 50% 2.1% 12.5% 2.1% 2.1% 10% 0.67 81% 7 0 0%
9 Seasons 1415 44% 1.6% 13.0% 8.6% 5.9% 24% 0.96 75% 291 21 7%
MLB Averages

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
1963 19 HOU NL 258 62 5 0 5 2 3 1 4 14 9 2 64% 5 2 0 104 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1964 20 HOU NL 20 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 21 HOU NL 50 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 1 0 0 21 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 HOU NL 236 44 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 9 4 1 44% 2 6 1 95 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0
1967 23 HOU NL 163 42 5 0 0 1 4 2 3 7 5 1 71% 4 1 0 64 1 3 25% 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1969 25 KCR AL 87 27 4 0 0 2 2 0 4 6 4 0 67% 1 4 0 38 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1971 27 STL NL 399 114 3 0 13 3 0 1 2 32 15 4 47% 9 3 1 153 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1972 28 DET AL 154 27 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 4 4 0 100% 0 1 0 60 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1973 29 PIT NL 48 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 50% 1 1 0 19 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
9 Seasons 1415 344 22 0 26 8 14 6 16 79 45 9 57% 24 18 2 564 19 12 61% 17 11 2 0 0 1 2 0 44 0
MLB Averages

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+
1963 19 2 2 .500 4.89 22 7 12 0 0 0 57.0 62 38 31 5 22 0 42 3 1 2 258 64 1.474 9.8 0.8 3.5 6.6 1.91 64
1964 20 2 3 .400 5.16 23 8 12 0 0 0 61.0 68 43 35 6 23 0 44 3 1 2 278 61 1.492 10.0 0.9 3.4 6.5 1.91 61
1965 21 2 5 .286 5.02 27 10 12 0 0 0 71.2 80 49 40 6 29 1 48 3 1 2 328 64 1.521 10.0 0.8 3.6 6.0 1.66 64
1966 22 5 10 .333 4.33 37 18 13 0 0 0 126.2 124 71 61 7 61 3 85 4 1 8 564 76 1.461 8.8 0.5 4.3 6.0 1.39 76
1967 23 6 16 .273 4.64 46 25 13 0 0 0 163.0 166 98 84 12 73 4 103 6 1 9 727 71 1.466 9.2 0.7 4.0 5.7 1.41 71
1968 24 6 16 .273 4.64 46 25 13 0 0 0 163.0 166 98 84 12 73 4 103 6 1 9 727 71 1.466 9.2 0.7 4.0 5.7 1.41 71
1969 25 6 17 .261 4.96 54 27 15 0 0 0 181.1 193 115 100 16 80 4 109 6 1 13 814 67 1.506 9.6 0.8 4.0 5.4 1.36 67
1970 26 6 17 .261 4.96 54 27 15 0 0 0 181.1 193 115 100 16 80 4 109 6 1 13 814 67 1.506 9.6 0.8 4.0 5.4 1.36 67
1971 27 9 27 .250 5.08 77 39 19 1 1 0 271.0 307 173 153 19 106 11 157 10 1 16 1213 67 1.524 10.2 0.6 3.5 5.2 1.48 67
1972 28 10 28 .263 4.63 102 40 28 1 1 1 309.1 334 179 159 21 121 13 178 11 1 17 1367 73 1.471 9.7 0.6 3.5 5.2 1.47 73
1973 29 10 29 .256 4.57 108 40 30 1 1 2 321.1 344 183 163 22 122 13 184 11 1 18 1415 74 1.450 9.6 0.6 3.4 5.2 1.51 74

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1963 19 2 4 .333 6.17 54.0 69 41 37 6 24 40 3 1.722 11.5 4.0 6.7 1.67 1.0 22
1964 20 0 0 11.25 4.0 7 6 5 1 1 2 0 2.000 15.8 2.3 4.5 2.00 2.3 1
1965 21 0 1 .000 5.40 10.0 13 7 6 0 6 4 0 1.900 11.7 5.4 3.6 0.67 0.0 4
1966 22 2 3 .400 4.24 51.0 47 27 24 1 34 34 1 1.588 8.3 6.0 6.0 1.00 0.2 10
1967 23 1 2 .333 7.41 34.0 47 31 28 6 13 17 2 1.765 12.4 3.4 4.5 1.31 1.6 9
1969 25 0 1 .000 9.00 17.0 28 19 17 4 7 6 0 2.059 14.8 3.7 3.2 0.86 2.1 8
1971 27 3 6 .333 6.29 83.0 118 64 58 3 27 44 4 1.747 12.8 2.9 4.8 1.63 0.3 23
1972 28 3 1 .750 1.95 37.0 31 9 8 2 17 20 1 1.297 7.5 4.1 4.9 1.18 0.5 25
1973 29 0 1 .000 3.75 12.0 11 6 5 1 1 6 0 1.000 8.3 0.8 4.5 6.00 0.8 6
9 Seasons 11 19 .367 5.60 302.0 371 210 188 24 130 173 11 1.659 11.1 5.2 1.33 0.7 108

* 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

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

                                         

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