Chris Britton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 275lb (190cm, 124kg)

Born: December 16, 1982 in Hollywood, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 8th round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from Plantation HS (Plantation, FL).

High School: Plantation HS (Plantation, FL)

Debut: April 12, 2006 (Age 23-117d, 18,839th in major league history)
vs. TBD 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 26, 2008 (Age 25-285d)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Full Name: Christopher Daniel Britton

Pronunciation: \brit-TON\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.3

ERA

3.83

89.1

WHIP

1.287

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2001	18	BAL-min	Rk	2	3	.400	2.76	12	3	2	0	0	0	32.2	35	20	10	3	12	1	20	5	0	1	153			1.439	9.6	0.8	3.3	5.5	1.67	OLS GULF
2002	19	BAL-min	Rk	3	0	1.000	4.54	9	8	1	0	0	0	35.2	30	21	18	5	10	0	27	0	0	0	145			1.121	7.6	1.3	2.5	6.8	2.70	BLD APPY
2003			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injured)
2004	21	BAL-min	A	9	4	.692	3.75	27	8	3	1	0	1	84.0	76	38	35	11	31	2	80	2	0	2	356			1.274	8.1	1.2	3.3	8.6	2.58	DEL SALL
2005	22	BAL-min	A+	6	0	1.000	1.60	46	0	15	0	0	6	78.2	47	15	14	5	23	0	110	1	0	1	298			0.890	5.4	0.6	2.6	12.6	4.78	FDK CARL
2006	23	BAL-min	AA	1	0	1.000	2.81	13	0	4	0	0	2	16.0	14	5	5	0	6	1	24	0	0	0	67			1.250	7.9	0.0	3.4	13.5	4.00	BOW EL
2006	23	BAL	AL	0	2	.000	3.35	52	0	12	0	0	1	53.2	46	22	20	4	17	3	41	0	0	0	221	136	3.54	1.174	7.7	0.7	2.9	6.9	2.41
2007	24	NYY-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.51	37	0	17	0	0	8	57.1	51	19	16	3	14	0	58	0	0	0	233			1.134	8.0	0.5	2.2	9.1	4.14	SWB IL
2007	24	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	3.55	11	0	4	0	0	0	12.2	9	5	5	2	4	0	5	0	0	0	51	131	5.45	1.026	6.4	1.4	2.8	3.6	1.25
2008	25	NYY-min	AAA,Rk	3	1	.750	2.05	23	2	6	0	0	0	30.2	28	7	7	2	7	1	29	0	0	0	124			1.141	8.2	0.6	2.1	8.5	4.14	SWB,YNK IL,GULF
2008	25	NYY	AL	0	0		5.09	15	0	14	0	0	0	23.0	28	13	13	4	11	1	12	0	0	1	105	88	5.78	1.696	11.0	1.6	4.3	4.7	1.09
2009	26	SDP-min	AA,AAA	2	2	.500	10.45	15	0	5	0	0	1	20.2	39	25	24	4	8	2	10	0	1	2	104			2.274	17.0	1.7	3.5	4.4	1.25	SAN,POR TL,PCL
3 Yrs				0	3	.000	3.83	78	0	30	0	0	1	89.1	83	40	38	10	32	4	58	0	0	1	377	119	4.39	1.287	8.4	1.0	3.2	5.8	1.81
162 Game Avg.				0	3	.000	3.83	68	0	26	0	0	1	78	72	35	33	9	28	3	51	0	0	1	329	119	4.39	1.287	8.4	1.0	3.2	5.8	1.81

NYY (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	4.54	26	0	18	0	0	0	35.2	37	18	18	6	15	1	17	0	0	1	156	100	5.67	1.458	9.3	1.5	3.8	4.3	1.13
BAL (1 yr)				0	2	.000	3.35	52	0	12	0	0	1	53.2	46	22	20	4	17	3	41	0	0	0	221	136	3.54	1.174	7.7	0.7	2.9	6.9	2.41

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