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Cal Eldred

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: November 24, 1967 in Cedar Rapids, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 26th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Urbana Community HS (Center Point, IA) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (17th) of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA).

High School: Urbana Community HS (Center Point, IA)

School: University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)

Debut: September 24, 1991 (Age 23-304d, 16,093rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 5.1 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, W

Last Game: October 1, 2005 (Age 37-311d)
vs. CIN 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: Calvin John Eldred

Pronunciation: \el-DRID\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.8

ERA

4.42

341

192

1368.0

939

WHIP

1.401

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
1989	21	MIL-min	A	2	1	.667	2.30	5	5	0	0	0	0	31.1	23	10	8	0	11	1	32	1	2	2				1.085	6.6	0.0	3.2	9.2	2.91	BEL MIDW
1990	22	MIL-min	AA,A+	9	6	.600	3.59	26	26	0	3	1	0	160.1	157	73	64	11	66	0	168	5	2	6				1.391	8.8	0.6	3.7	9.4	2.55	ELP,STK TL,CALL
1991	23	MIL-min	AAA	13	9	.591	3.75	29	29	0	3	1	0	185.0	161	82	77	13	84	2	168	12	2	8	784			1.324	7.8	0.6	4.1	8.2	2.00	DEN AA
1991	23	MIL	AL	2	0	1.000	4.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	20	9	8	2	6	0	10	0	0	0	73	91	4.36	1.625	11.3	1.1	3.4	5.6	1.67
1992	24	MIL-min	AAA	10	6	.625	3.00	19	19	0	4	1	0	141.0	122	49	47	9	42	0	99	4	0	3	570			1.163	7.8	0.6	2.7	6.3	2.36	DEN AA
1992	24	MIL	AL	11	2	.846	1.79	14	14	0	2	1	0	100.1	76	21	20	4	23	0	62	2	0	3	394	217	2.81	0.987	6.8	0.4	2.1	5.6	2.70	RoY-4
1993	25	MIL	AL	16	16	.500	4.01	36	36	0	8	1	0	258.0	232	120	115	32	91	5	180	10	0	2	*1087*	106	4.38	1.252	8.1	1.1	3.2	6.3	1.98
1994	26	MIL	AL	11	11	.500	4.68	25	25	0	6	0	0	179.0	158	96	93	23	84	0	98	4	0	2	769	107	5.18	1.352	7.9	1.2	4.2	4.9	1.17
1995	27	MIL	AL	1	1	.500	3.42	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.2	24	10	9	4	10	0	18	1	1	1	104	147	5.17	1.437	9.1	1.5	3.8	6.8	1.80
1996	28	MIL-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.34	6	6	0	0	0	0	32.1	24	12	12	2	17	0	30	1	0	1	135			1.268	6.7	0.6	4.7	8.4	1.76	NOR AA
1996	28	MIL	AL	4	4	.500	4.46	15	15	0	0	0	0	84.2	82	43	42	8	38	0	50	4	0	1	363	117	4.71	1.417	8.7	0.9	4.0	5.3	1.32
1997	29	MIL	AL	13	15	.464	4.99	34	34	0	1	1	0	202.0	207	118	112	31	89	0	122	9	0	5	885	94	5.35	1.465	9.2	1.4	4.0	5.4	1.37
1998	30	MIL	NL	4	8	.333	4.80	23	23	0	0	0	0	133.0	157	82	71	14	61	3	86	4	0	6	602	89	4.68	1.639	10.6	0.9	4.1	5.8	1.41
1999	31	MIL-min	AAA,AA	0	2	.000	6.16	6	6	0	1	0	0	30.2	32	22	21	6	13	0	31	2	0	0	141			1.467	9.4	1.8	3.8	9.1	2.38	LOU,HVL IL,SOUL
1999	31	MIL	NL	2	8	.200	7.79	20	15	2	0	0	0	82.0	101	75	71	19	46	0	60	1	1	8	392	58	6.40	1.793	11.1	2.1	5.0	6.6	1.30
2000	32	CHW-min	AAA	0	1	.000	7.20	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	4	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	20			0.800	7.2	3.6	0.0	1.8		CHR IL
2000	32	CHW	AL	10	2	.833	4.58	20	20	0	2	1	0	112.0	103	61	57	12	59	0	97	5	0	4	492	110	4.51	1.446	8.3	1.0	4.7	7.8	1.64
2001	33	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	13.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	12	9	9	1	3	1	6	3	0	0	34	36	6.22	2.500	18.0	1.5	4.5	9.0	2.00
2002			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
2003	35	STL	NL	7	4	.636	3.74	62	0	18	0	0	8	67.1	62	32	28	9	31	4	67	4	0	4	293	111	4.34	1.381	8.3	1.2	4.1	9.0	2.16
2004	36	STL	NL	4	2	.667	3.76	52	0	10	0	0	1	67.0	71	31	28	11	17	1	54	1	0	3	282	113	4.38	1.313	9.5	1.5	2.3	7.3	3.18
2005	37	STL-min	AA	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	21			0.833	7.5	0.0	0.0	1.5		SPD TL
2005	37	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	2.19	31	1	15	0	0	0	37.0	35	9	9	3	18	3	29	2	0	0	160	195	4.13	1.432	8.5	0.7	4.4	7.1	1.61
14 Yrs				86	74	.538	4.42	341	192	45	19	4	9	1368.0	1340	716	672	173	576	17	939	50	2	39	5930	103	4.71	1.401	8.8	1.1	3.8	6.2	1.63
162 Game Avg.				11	9	.538	4.42	44	24	6	2	1	1	175	171	91	86	22	73	2	120	6	0	5	757	103	4.71	1.401	8.8	1.1	3.8	6.2	1.63

MIL (9 yrs)				64	65	.496	4.51	174	169	2	17	3	0	1078.2	1057	574	541	137	448	8	686	35	2	28	4669	101	4.78	1.395	8.8	1.1	3.7	5.7	1.53
STL (3 yrs)				12	6	.667	3.41	145	1	43	0	0	9	171.1	168	72	65	23	66	8	150	7	0	7	735	123	4.31	1.366	8.8	1.2	3.5	7.9	2.27
CHW (2 yrs)				10	3	.769	5.03	22	22	0	2	1	0	118.0	115	70	66	13	62	1	103	8	0	4	526	100	4.60	1.500	8.8	1.0	4.7	7.9	1.66

AL (9 yrs)				68	52	.567	4.26	153	153	0	19	4	0	981.2	914	487	465	117	403	6	643	38	1	18	4201	109	4.64	1.342	8.4	1.1	3.7	5.9	1.60
NL (5 yrs)				18	22	.450	4.82	188	39	45	0	0	9	386.1	426	229	207	56	173	11	296	12	1	21	1729	89	4.88	1.550	9.9	1.3	4.0	6.9	1.71