Chris Carpenter
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1997
| TOR
| A
| 14
| 13
| 3
| 7
| 5.09
| 55
| 55
| 46
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 81.1
| 108
| 7
| 37
| 0
| 7
| 2
|
| 1998
| TOR
| A
| 33
| 24
| 12
| 7
| 4.37
| 136
| 97
| 85
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 175
| 177
| 18
| 61
| 1
| 5
| 5
|
| 1999
| TOR
| A
| 24
| 24
| 9
| 8
| 4.38
| 106
| 81
| 73
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 150
| 177
| 16
| 48
| 1
| 9
| 3
|
| 2000
| TOR
| A
| 34
| 27
| 10
| 12
| 6.26
| 113
| 130
| 122
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 175.1
| 204
| 30
| 83
| 1
| 3
| 5
|
| 2001
| TOR
| A
| 34
| 34
| 11
| 11
| 4.09
| 157
| 112
| 98
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 215.2
| 229
| 29
| 75
| 5
| 5
| 16
|
| 2002
| TOR
| A
| 13
| 13
| 4
| 5
| 5.28
| 45
| 45
| 43
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 73.1
| 89
| 11
| 27
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| 2004
| STL
| N
| 28
| 28
| 15
| 5
| 3.46
| 152
| 75
| 70
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 182
| 169
| 24
| 38
| 2
| 4
| 8
|
| 2005
| STL
| N
| 33
| 33
| 21
| 5
| 2.83
| 213
| 82
| 76
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 241.2
| 204
| 18
| 51
| 0
| 5
| 3
|
| 2006
| STL
| N
| 32
| 32
| 15
| 8
| 3.09
| 184
| 81
| 76
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 221.2
| 194
| 21
| 43
| 3
| 3
| 10
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 93
| 93
| 51
| 18
| 3.10
| 549
| 238
| 222
| 13
| 7
| 0
| 645.1
| 567
| 63
| 132
| 5
| 12
| 21
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 152
| 135
| 49
| 50
| 4.83
| 612
| 520
| 467
| 12
| 5
| 0
| 870.2
| 984
| 111
| 331
| 8
| 32
| 35
|
| Total
|
|
| 245
| 228
| 100
| 68
| 4.09
| 1161
| 758
| 689
| 25
| 12
| 0
| 1516
| 1551
| 174
| 463
| 13
| 44
| 56
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1997
| TOR
| A
| P
| 14
| 13
| 81.1
| 7
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 7
| 0
| .923
|
| 1998
| TOR
| A
| P
| 33
| 24
| 175
| 20
| 13
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 11
| 0
| .971
|
| 1999
| TOR
| A
| P
| 24
| 24
| 150
| 10
| 15
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 6
| 0
| .962
|
| 2000
| TOR
| A
| P
| 34
| 27
| 175.1
| 7
| 12
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 7
| 0
| .950
|
| 2001
| TOR
| A
| P
| 34
| 34
| 215.2
| 11
| 25
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2002
| TOR
| A
| P
| 13
| 13
| 73.1
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2004
| STL
| N
| P
| 28
| 28
| 182
| 12
| 34
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| .979
|
| 2005
| STL
| N
| P
| 33
| 33
| 241.2
| 15
| 40
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 2
| .982
|
| 2006
| STL
| N
| P
| 32
| 32
| 221.2
| 11
| 25
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 245
| 228
| 1516
| 100
| 172
| 6
| 23
| 0
| 11
| 36
| 58
| 2
| .978
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1997
| TOR
| A
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| TOR
| A
| 33
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| TOR
| A
| 24
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .500
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| TOR
| A
| 34
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2001
| TOR
| A
| 34
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| TOR
| A
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2004
| STL
| N
| 28
| 62
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .081
| .095
| .081
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 21
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2005
| STL
| N
| 33
| 77
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .065
| .120
| .091
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 23
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 2006
| STL
| N
| 32
| 71
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 2
| .127
| .127
| .127
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 93
| 210
| 10
| 19
| 0
| 5
| .090
| .115
| .100
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 71
| 0
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 152
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .182
| .250
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 245
| 221
| 11
| 21
| 0
| 5
| .095
| .122
| .104
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 76
| 0
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] 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).
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