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Full Name: Christopher John Carpenter	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 6"/215	First Game: May 12, 1997
Birthdate: April 27, 1975	MLB Experience: 9 years
Birthplace: Exeter, New Hampshire
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on April 27, 1975 in Exeter, New Hampshire, Chris Carpenter (Christopher John Carpenter) played for the Toronto Blue Jays and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 9 year career. Carpenter broke into the bigs on May 12, 1997 with the Toronto Blue Jays, and put up a 5.09 ERA in 81.1 innings pitched in 1997, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Chris Carpenter's best season was 2005, when he posted a 2.83 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 213 batters.

Scouting Report

Finally lived up to potential in 2004 and 2005. 93-95 mph 4 seam fastball—91-93 two seamer than runs into right-handed batters. Picture perfect 12-6 curveball that locks hitters hands and causes hitters to chase. Throws a mid-80's cutter that bores in on left-handers and then drops off to table with late action. Great command of the strike-zone. Can work deep into games and seems to get better as the game progresses.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1997	TOR	A	14	13	3	7	5.09	55	55	46	1	1	81.1	108	7	37	0	7	2
1998	TOR	A	33	24	12	7	4.37	136	97	85	1	1	175	177	18	61	1	5	5
1999	TOR	A	24	24	9	8	4.38	106	81	73	4	1	150	177	16	48	1	9	3
2000	TOR	A	34	27	10	12	6.26	113	130	122	2	0	175.1	204	30	83	1	3	5
2001	TOR	A	34	34	11	11	4.09	157	112	98	3	2	215.2	229	29	75	5	5	16
2002	TOR	A	13	13	4	5	5.28	45	45	43	1	0	73.1	89	11	27	0	3	4
2004	STL	N	28	28	15	5	3.46	152	75	70	1	0	182	169	24	38	2	4	8
2005	STL	N	33	33	21	5	2.83	213	82	76	7	4	241.2	204	18	51	0	5	3
2006	STL	N	32	32	15	8	3.09	184	81	76	5	3	221.2	194	21	43	3	3	10
2007	STL	N	1	1	0	1	7.50	3	5	5	0	0	6	9	0	1	0	0	1
Total	NL		94	94	51	19	3.14	552	243	227	13	7	651.1	576	63	133	5	12	22
Total	AL		152	135	49	50	4.83	612	520	467	12	5	870.2	984	111	331	8	32	35
Total			246	229	100	69	4.10	1164	763	694	25	12	1522	1560	174	464	13	44	57

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1997	TOR	A	P	14	13	81.1	7	5	1	1	1	4	7	0	.923
1998	TOR	A	P	33	24	175	20	13	1	2	1	9	11	0	.971
1999	TOR	A	P	24	24	150	10	15	1	3	1	3	6	0	.962
2000	TOR	A	P	34	27	175.1	7	12	1	2	2	4	7	0	.950
2001	TOR	A	P	34	34	215.2	11	25	0	6	1	8	8	0	1.000
2002	TOR	A	P	13	13	73.1	7	3	0	0	2	4	4	0	1.000
2004	STL	N	P	28	28	182	12	34	1	4	2	0	3	0	.979
2005	STL	N	P	33	33	241.2	15	40	1	2	1	1	5	2	.982
2006	STL	N	P	32	32	221.2	11	25	0	3	0	3	7	0	1.000
2007	STL	N	P	1	1	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	246	229	1522	101	173	6	23	11	36	58	2	.979

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1997	TOR	A	14	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1998	TOR	A	33	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1999	TOR	A	24	1	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	1	1	0	0
2000	TOR	A	34	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
2001	TOR	A	34	6	0	1	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	3	1	0
2002	TOR	A	13	1	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	1	0
2004	STL	N	28	62	1	5	1	.081	.095	.081	0	1	21	4	0
2005	STL	N	33	77	7	5	2	.065	.120	.091	2	5	23	10	2
2006	STL	N	32	71	2	9	2	.127	.127	.127	0	0	27	9	0
2007	STL	N	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		94	211	10	19	5	.090	.115	.100	2	6	71	23	2
Total	AL		152	11	1	2	0	.182	.250	.182	0	1	5	2	0
Total			246	222	11	21	5	.095	.122	.104	2	7	76	25	2

Transactions

Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (15th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1993 - signed August 10, 1993).
Released by Toronto Blue Jays (October 9, 2002).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 13, 2002).
Granted free agency (November 3, 2003).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 2, 2003).

Trivia

National League Cy Young winner, 2005

Wikia

Chris Carpenter

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