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Chris Carpenter
Chistopher John Carpenter

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 6", Weight 215 lb.

Debut May 12, 1997

Born April 27, 1975 in Exeter, NH

Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed August 10, 1993. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1997 22 TOR AL   3   7  14  13   1   1   1  0   81.3  108   55   46   7   37   55   2   7   374   0   1  5.09  4.53   89 1.783
 1998 23 TOR AL  12   7  33  24   1   1   4  0  175.0  177   97   85  18   61  136   5   5   742   1   0  4.37  4.61  105 1.360
 1999 24 TOR AL   9   8  24  24   4   1   0  0  150.0  177   81   73  16   48  106   3   9   663   1   1  4.38  4.92  112 1.500
 2000 25 TOR AL  10  12  34  27   2   0   1  0  175.3  204  130  122  30   83  113   5   3   795   1   0  6.26  5.07   81 1.637
 2001 26 TOR AL  11  11  34  34   3   2   0  0  215.7  229  112   98  29   75  157  16   5   930   5   0  4.09  4.62  113 1.410
 2002 27 TOR AL   4   5  13  13   1   0   0  0   73.3   89   45   43  11   27   45   4   3   327   0   0  5.28  4.65   88 1.582
 2004 29 STL NL  15   5  28  28   1   0   0  0  182.0  169   75   70  24   38  152   8   4   746   2   0  3.46  4.27  123 1.137
 2005 30 STL NL  21   5  33  33   7   4   0  0  241.7  204   82   76  18   51  213   3   5   953   0   0  2.83  4.23  149 1.055 MVP-8,CYA-1,AS
 2006 31 STL NL  15   8  32  32   5   3   0  0  221.7  194   81   76  21   43  184  10   3   896   3   0  3.09  4.45  144 1.069 MVP-19,CYA-3,AS
 2007 32 STL NL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    6.0    9    5    5   0    1    3   1   0    29   0   0  7.50  4.39   59 1.667
 2008 33 STL NL   0   1   4   3   0   0   0  0   15.3   16    5    3   0    4    7   0   0    63   0   0  1.76  4.25  242 1.304
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .588 100  70 250 232  25  12   6  0 1537.3 1576  768  697 174  468 1171  57  44  6518  13   2  4.08  4.56  112 1.330
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14   9  35  32   3   1   0  0  216.7  222  108   98  24   66  165   8   6   919   1   0  4.08  4.56  112 1.330
 Career High     21  12  34  34   7   4   4  0  241.7  229  130  122  30   83  213  16   9   953   5   1  2.83  5.07  149 1.055

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 23 TOR AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1999 24 TOR AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .500  .000   43    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2000 25 TOR AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2001 26 TOR AL   3    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .167  .167  .167  -12    1   1   0   0   0   0
 2002 27 TOR AL   1    1    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  428    1   1   0   0   0   0
 2004 29 STL NL  27   62    1    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  21  .081  .095  .081  -54    5   4   0   0   0   0
 2005 30 STL NL  33   77    7    5   2  0   0    2   0  1   5  23  .065  .120  .091  -43    7  10   1   0   0   2 MVP-8,AS
 2006 31 STL NL  32   71    2    9   0  0   0    2   0  0   0  27  .127  .127  .127  -34    9   9   0   0   0   0 MVP-19,AS
 2007 32 STL NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2008 33 STL NL   4    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     118  227   11   21   2  0   0    5   0  1   7  79  .093  .119  .101  -42   23  25   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        312   15   29   3  0   0    7   0  1  10 108  .093  .119  .101  -42   32  34   1   0   0   3
 Career High     33   77    7    9   2  0   0    2   0  1   5  27                           9  10   1   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1998 23 TOR AL    1    1    0   0.0   109| .000  .272| .000  .340| .000  .432| .000  .772|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1999 24 TOR AL    2    1    0   0.0   115| .000  .276| .500  .349| .000  .442| .500  .791|  43  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
 2000 25 TOR AL    2    2    0   0.0   118| .000  .280| .000  .354| .000  .450| .000  .804|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2001 26 TOR AL    7    6    0   0.0   109| .167  .270| .167  .337| .167  .433| .334  .770| -12  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 2002 27 TOR AL    2    1    1  26.7   109|1.000  .269|1.000  .337|1.000  .432|2.000  .769| 428  .956   0.5   0.0   0%
 2004 29 STL NL   67   61    1   0.4   111| .081  .270| .095  .341| .081  .437| .176  .778| -54  .011 -14.4  -1.4   0%
 2005 30 STL NL   93   86    1   0.3   109| .065  .270| .120  .340| .091  .430| .211  .770| -43  .007 -16.6  -1.6   0%
 2006 31 STL NL   80   71    2   0.8   112| .127  .271| .127  .342| .127  .440| .254  .782| -34  .029 -14.5  -1.4   0%
 2007 32 STL NL    1    1    0   0.0   110| .000  .272| .000  .341| .000  .434| .000  .775|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2008 33 STL NL    5    5    0   0.0   107| .000  .266| .000  .338| .000  .424| .000  .762|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      260  235    5   0.6   111| .093  .270| .119  .341| .101  .435| .220  .776| -42  .019 -48.7  -4.7   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1997 22 TOR AL P 14 7 5 1 1 .923 .952 0.86 0.49 1.33 1.70 13 81.3 1998 23 TOR AL P 33 20 13 1 2 .971 .959 1.00 0.50 1.70 1.78 24 175.0 1999 24 TOR AL P 24 10 15 1 3 .962 .951 1.04 0.47 1.50 1.69 24 150.0 2000 25 TOR AL P 34 7 12 1 2 .950 .955 0.56 0.46 0.98 1.62 27 175.3 2001 26 TOR AL P 34 11 25 0 6 1.000 .955 1.06 0.49 1.50 1.75 34 215.7 2002 27 TOR AL P 13 7 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.77 0.48 1.23 1.69 13 73.3 2004 29 STL NL P 28 12 34 1 4 .979 .964 1.64 0.47 2.27 1.84 28 182.0 2005 30 STL NL P 33 15 40 1 2 .982 .960 1.67 0.46 2.05 1.75 33 241.7 AS 2006 31 STL NL P 32 11 25 0 3 1.000 .957 1.12 0.43 1.46 1.72 32 221.7 AS 2007 32 STL NL P 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 0.40 3.00 1.65 1 6.0 2008 33 STL NL P 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 0.42 2.94 1.71 3 15.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1997 22 TOR AL P 14 7 5 1 1 .923 .952 0.86 0.49 1.33 1.70 13 81.3 1998 23 TOR AL P 33 20 13 1 2 .971 .959 1.00 0.50 1.70 1.78 24 175.0 1999 24 TOR AL P 24 10 15 1 3 .962 .951 1.04 0.47 1.50 1.69 24 150.0 2000 25 TOR AL P 34 7 12 1 2 .950 .955 0.56 0.46 0.98 1.62 27 175.3 2001 26 TOR AL P 34 11 25 0 6 1.000 .955 1.06 0.49 1.50 1.75 34 215.7 2002 27 TOR AL P 13 7 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.77 0.48 1.23 1.69 13 73.3 2004 29 STL NL P 28 12 34 1 4 .979 .964 1.64 0.47 2.27 1.84 28 182.0 2005 30 STL NL P 33 15 40 1 2 .982 .960 1.67 0.46 2.05 1.75 33 241.7 2006 31 STL NL P 32 11 25 0 3 1.000 .957 1.12 0.43 1.46 1.72 32 221.7 2007 32 STL NL P 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 0.40 3.00 1.65 1 6.0 2008 33 STL NL P 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 0.42 2.94 1.71 3 15.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 250 101 178 6 23 .979 .958 1.12 0.47 1.63 1.73 232 1537.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 250 101 178 6 23 .979 .958 1.12 0.47 1.63 1.73 232 1537
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2005   NLDS  STL SDP     W   1   1   0.00  1  0  0  0   6     3   0   3   3 
        NLCS  STL HOU     L   2   2   3.00  1  0  0  0  15    14   5   4   9 
 2006   NLDS  STL SDP     W   2   2   2.02  2  0  0  0  13.1  12   3   4  12 
        NLCS  STL NYM     W   2   2   5.73  0  1  0  0  11    13   7   4   5 
        WS    STL DET     W   1   1   0.00  1  0  0  0   8     3   0   0   6 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   3   3   1.40  3  0  0  0  19.1  15   3   7  15 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   4   4   4.15  1  1  0  0  26    27  12   8  14 
  5 Postseason Ser      4-1   8   8   2.53  5  1  0  0  53.1  45  15  15  35 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2005   NLDS  STL SDP     W   1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0             
        NLCS  STL HOU     L   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0             
 2006   NLDS  STL SDP     W   2   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .200  .200  .200   0  0             
        NLCS  STL NYM     W   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0             
        WS    STL DET     W   1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   3   8   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   3  .125  .125  .125   0  0             
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   4   8   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0             
  5 Postseason Series   4-1   8  19   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   5  .053  .053  .053   0  0             
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 2005   STL NL   *  0  0  0   1     2   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 2006   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2005   STL NL       Replaced by designated hitter.
 2006   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2                                                                              
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2005 (P)
2006

Awards
2005-NL-CYA
2005-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
2006-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2005-NL-8-0.12
2006-NL-19-0.01
Car-819-0.13 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2005-NL-1-0.82
2006-NL-3-0.39
1 Cy Young
Car-36-1.21 shares

ERA
2005 NL-2.83-5
2006 NL-3.09-2

Wins
2004 NL-15-9
2005 NL-21-2
2006 NL-15-7

Won-Loss %
2004 NL-.750-2
2005 NL-.808-2
2006 NL-.652-8
Act-.588-20

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
2004 NL-1.137-4
2005 NL-1.055-5
2006 NL-1.069-1

Hits Allowed/9IP
2005 NL-7.60-5
2006 NL-7.88-4

Bases on Balls/9IP
2004 NL-1.88-6
2005 NL-1.90-7
2006 NL-1.75-5

Strikeouts/9IP
1998 AL-6.99-10
2001 AL-6.55-10
Car-6.86-95

Innings
2005 NL-241.7-2
2006 NL-221.7-6

Strikeouts
2005 NL-213-2
2006 NL-184-6

Games Started
2001 AL-34-3

Comp. Games
1999 AL-4-6
2001 AL-3-9
2005 NL-7-1
2006 NL-5-2
Act-25-16

Shutouts
1997 AL-1-9
1999 AL-1-6
2001 AL-2-4
2005 NL-4-2
2006 NL-3-1
Act-12-8

Home Runs Allow.
2000 AL-30-7
2001 AL-29-4

Hits Allowed
2001 AL-229-6

SO to Walk
2004 NL-4.00-5
2005 NL-4.18-3
2006 NL-4.28-3
Act-2.50-21
Car-2.50-80

Earned Runs Allow.
2000 AL-122-1

Wild Pitches
1999 AL-9-10

Hit Batsmen
2001 AL-16-2

Batters Faced
2001 AL-930-10
2005 NL-953-4

Adjusted ERA+
2005 NL-149-4
2006 NL-144-3

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 67 (359) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 13.0 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 37.5 (349) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed August 10, 1993.

October 9, 2002: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

December 13, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 3, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 2, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1997Toronto Blue Jays$150,000
1998Toronto Blue Jays$190,000
1999Toronto Blue Jays$483,333
2000Toronto Blue Jays$733,333
2001Toronto Blue Jays$2,583,333
2002Toronto Blue Jays$3,450,000
2003St. Louis Cardinals$300,000
2004St. Louis Cardinals$300,000
2005St. Louis Cardinals$2,000,000
2006St. Louis Cardinals$5,000,000
2007St. Louis Cardinals$8,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$23,689,999

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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