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Chris Archer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: September 26, 1988 in Raleigh, NC us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 2006 MLB June Amateur Draft from Clayton HS (Clayton, NC).

High School: Clayton HS (Clayton, NC)

Debut: June 20, 2012 (Age 23-268d, 20,222nd in major league history)
vs. WSN 6.0 IP, 3 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: September 10, 2022 (Age 33-349d)
vs. CLE 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2013 season

Agents: VC Sports Group • Previously: The Legacy Agency, ISE Baseball

National Team: us USA (WBC,Pro)

Full Name: Christopher Alan Archer

Nicknames: Flaco Fuerte

Twitter: @ChrisArcher22

Instagram: @chrisarcher24

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.5

ERA

3.93

243

240

1357.0

1454

WHIP

1.259

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-13 / in Starts: 14-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2018 Pitching Game Log

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2018 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	163	1	Mar 29	TBR		BOS	W,6-4	GS-7		99	6.0	6	4	4	1	6	1	0	6.00	3.83	24	81	56	10	12	7	10	5	3	0	49			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.159	.60	-0.10%	-1.65	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out d4
2	164	5	Apr 3	TBR	@	NYY	L,4-11	GS-5		4	5.0	6	4	4	3	8	1	0	6.55	4.07	23	96	59	15	14	5	7	5	1	0	44			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.227	.90	-0.13%	-1.44	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
3	165	10	Apr 9	TBR	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-6	W(1-0)	5	5.2	6	4	3	3	8	1	1	5.94	4.30	28	102	68	12	17	7	9	5	1	0	48			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.43	-0.160	.85	-0.06%	-1.43	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out a1
4	166	14	Apr 14	TBR		PHI	L,4-9	GS-4	L(1-1)	4	4.0	8	7	7	2	2	1	0	7.84	4.81	21	80	54	14	8	6	11	5	1	0	18			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.377	.39	-0.11%	-5.02	1t start tie	4t 3 out d7
5	167	19	Apr 20	TBR		MIN	W,8-7	GS-7		5	6.2	4	2	2	1	5	1	0	6.59	4.62	24			14	12	12	6	1	0	0	62			0	1	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.135	.48	0.04%	1.24	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a1
6	168	23	Apr 26	TBR	@	BAL	W,9-5	GS-6	W(2-1)	5	5.1	11	4	4	1	7	1	0	6.61	4.45	27	115	78	15	19	9	10	2	2	0	36			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.002	.50	0.00%	-1.91	1b start a 2	6b 12- 1 out a4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	169	28	May 1	TBR	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-6	L(2-2)	4	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	0	6.05	4.01	24			17	10	5	12	8	0	0	57			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.044	.79	0.02%	1.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
8	170	32	May 6	TBR		TOR	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	0	5.32	3.62	26	97	64	15	14	6	14	5	1	0	69			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.233	.80	0.11%	2.47	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
9	171	36	May 12(1)	TBR	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS-7	L(2-3)	5	7.0	7	6	6	3	4	3	0	5.64	4.32	31	101	62	10	13	11	13	4	2	0	40			2	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.355	.37	-0.11%	-2.49	1b start a 3	7b 3 out d3
10	172	42	May 17	TBR	@	LAA	W,7-1	GS-7	W(3-3)	4	6.2	2	0	0	4	5	0	1	5.01	4.27	26	104	63	23	9	9	7	3	1	0	71			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.380	.62	0.14%	3.28	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a5
11	173	47	May 23	TBR		BOS	L,1-4	GS-6		5	6.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	0	4.68	4.12	22	95	57	17	9	5	8	4	3	0	63			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	0.170	.84	0.07%	1.97	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
12	174	52	May 28	TBR	@	OAK	W,1-0	GS-6		4	6.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	0	4.29	3.93	22			11	14	6	7	3	2	0	69			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.354	.75	0.14%	2.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	175	57	Jun 2	TBR	@	SEA	L,1-3	GS-5	L(3-4)	4	5.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	1	4.24	3.84	23	92	52	16	5	8	6	3	0	0	49			1	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.024	.65	-0.01%	0.40	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	176	90	Jul 9	TBR		DET	W,10-9	GS-4		36	3.1	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.41	3.81	18			10	9	9	4	3	0	0	37			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	-0.100	.19	-0.01%	-1.93	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out a4
15	177	95	Jul 14	TBR	@	MIN	W,19-6	GS-5		4	4.1	5	2	1	1	7	1	0	4.29	3.80	20			12	18	2	10	5	0	0	53			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.038	.21	0.00%	0.66	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out a3
16	178	99	Jul 22	TBR		MIA	W,6-4	GS-6		7	6.0	8	4	3	0	13	0	1	4.30	3.50	28	101	76	24	20	8	6	5	0	0	55			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.170	.08	-0.01%	-1.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
17	179	104	Jul 27	TBR	@	BAL	L,5-15	GS-6	L(3-5)	4	6.0	7	4	3	2	3	1	0	4.31	3.62	26	93	63	10	14	11	10	4	1	0	45			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.165	.12	-0.01%	-0.99	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Tampa Bay Rays to Pittsburgh Pirates
18	180	110	Aug 3	PIT		STL	W,7-6	GS-5		6	4.1	7	5	3	4	6	1	1	4.40	3.76	25			16	15	6	8	3	1	0	35			0	0	0	20	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.38	-0.220	1.23	-0.12%	-2.55	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out a2
19	181	115	Aug 8	PIT	@	COL	W,4-3	GS-5	W(4-5)	4	5.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	4.36	3.85	22			20	6	9	8	3	0	0	50			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.100	.76	0.04%	0.83	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a1
20	182	121	Aug 15	PIT	@	MIN	L,4-6	GS-6		6	5.0	6	4	4	0	7	0	0	4.49	3.69	21	96	64	18	13	7	7	5	0	0	46			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.143	.60	-0.05%	-0.80	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a1
21	183	126	Aug 20	PIT		ATL	L,0-1	GS-4	L(4-6)	4	4.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.41	3.65	18	76	50	12	8	6	8	3	4	0	50			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.076	.37	0.02%	0.86	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
22	184	131	Aug 26	PIT	@	MIL	L,4-7	GS-4	L(4-7)	5	4.0	7	6	6	2	5	2	0	4.72	3.82	21			7	9	7	7	5	0	0	27			1	0	0	18	2	1	1	0	1	0	.87	-0.296	.09	-0.02%	-4.03	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	185	136	Sep 1	PIT	@	ATL	L,3-5	GS-6		5	6.0	2	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.56	3.73	21	86	56	16	8	9	6	2	1	0	68			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.254	.02	0.00%	1.93	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
24	186	141	Sep 7	PIT		MIA	W,5-3	GS-6		5	6.0	5	3	3	3	6	1	0	4.56	3.78	25	91	55	20	7	8	8	3	2	0	53			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.155	.02	0.00%	-0.22	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
25	187	146	Sep 14	PIT	@	MIL	L,4-7	GS-5	L(4-8)	6	5.0	6	4	4	2	8	2	0	4.66	3.88	23	103	67	19	16	3	10	4	0	0	45			2	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.04	-0.218	.00	0.00%	-1.53	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
26	188	151	Sep 19	PIT		KCR	W,2-1	GS-7	W(5-8)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	8	1	0	4.49	3.84	25	93	62	18	15	7	9	5	0	0	68			1	1	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.06	0.322	.00	0.00%	2.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
27	189	156	Sep 25	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-0	GS-6	W(6-8)	5	6.0	4	0	0	2	9	0	1	4.31	3.75	24	91	63	19	14	7	5	2	1	0	71			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.215	.00	0.00%	3.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out a6
							14-13		W-L:6-8	4.7	148.1	155	77	71	49	162	19	6	4.31	3.75	638	1793	65%	23%	18%	0.86		25%	6%	0	51		---%	10	4	1	579	39	1	3	14	3	5	1.00	-0.446	.45	-0.17%	-4.00

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