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Cris Carpenter
Cris Howell Carpenter

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
Schools University of Georgia, Piedmont College

Debut May 14, 1988
  vs. ATL 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER
Final Game April 26, 1996
Born April 5, 1965 in St. Augustine, FL

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1988 23 STL NL   2   3   8   8   1   0   0  0   47.7   56   27   25   3    9   24   1   1   203   2   0  4.72  3.49   74 1.364
 1989 24 STL NL   4   4  36   5   0   0  10  0   68.0   70   30   24   4   26   35   2   1   303   9   0  3.18  3.61  114 1.412
 1990 25 STL NL   0   0   4   0   0   0   1  0    8.0    5    4    4   2    2    6   0   0    32   1   0  4.50  3.80   84 0.875
 1991 26 STL NL  10   4  59   0   0   0  19  0   66.0   53   31   31   6   20   47   0   1   266   9   0  4.23  3.69   87 1.106
 1992 27 STL NL   5   4  73   0   0   0  21  1   88.0   69   29   29  10   27   46   4   5   355   8   0  2.97  3.40  115 1.091
 1993 28 TOT      4   2  56   0   0   0  17  1   69.3   64   30   27   5   25   53   4   7   293   3   0  3.50  4.23  121 1.284
         FLA NL   0   1  29   0   0   0   9  0   37.3   29   15   12   1   13   26   2   5   154   2   0  2.89  4.29  148 1.125
         TEX AL   4   1  27   0   0   0   8  1   32.0   35   15   15   4   12   27   2   2   139   1   0  4.22  4.16   99 1.469
 1994 29 TEX AL   2   5  47   0   0   0  16  5   59.0   69   35   33   7   20   39   0   1   263   7   0  5.03  4.85   96 1.508
 1996 31 MIL AL   0   0   8   0   0   0   2  0    8.3   12    8    7   1    2    2   0   0    39   0   0  7.56  5.20   69 1.680
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .551  27  22 291  13   1   0  86  7  414.3  398  194  180  38  131  252  11  16  1754  39   0  3.91  3.88   99 1.277
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   4  65   2   0   0  19  1   92.7   89   43   40   8   29   56   2   3   392   8   0  3.91  3.88   99 1.277
 Career High     10   5  73   8   1   0  21  5   88.0   70   35   33  10   27   53   4   7   355   9   0  2.97  4.85  121 1.091

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1988 23 STL NL   8   14    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .143  .143  .143  -18    2   3   0   0   0   0
 1989 24 STL NL  36    9    1    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .444  .444  .444  153    4   2   0   0   0   0
 1990 25 STL NL   4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1991 26 STL NL  59    3    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   89    1   0   0   0   0   1
 1992 27 STL NL  73    3    0    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   93    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1993 28 TOT     56    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0                               0   1   0   0   0   0
         FLA NL  29    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      291   30    2    8   0  0   0    5   0  0   0   6  .267  .267  .267   53    8   7   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         17    1    4   0  0   0    3   0  0   0   3  .267  .267  .267   53    4   4   0   0   0   1
 Career High     73   14    1    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   3                           4   3   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1988 23 STL NL   17   15    0   0.0    90| .143  .257| .143  .321| .143  .378| .286  .699| -18  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1989 24 STL NL   11    7    2   7.7    93| .444  .257| .444  .325| .444  .383| .888  .708| 153  .764   0.5   0.1   0%
 1990 25 STL NL    1    1    0   0.0    98| .000  .264| .000  .331| .000  .397| .000  .728|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1991 26 STL NL    3    3    0   0.0    94| .333  .258| .333  .325| .333  .386| .666  .711|  89  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1992 27 STL NL    4    3    0   0.0    90| .333  .256| .333  .321| .333  .376| .666  .697|  93  .000  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1993 28 TOT       1    1    0   0.0      |           |           |           |           |      .000   0.0   0.0   0%
         FLA NL    1    1    0   0.0      |           |           |           |           |      .000   0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons        37   30    2   1.8    92| .267  .257| .267  .323| .267  .381| .534  .704|  53  .183  -2.0  -0.1     

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1988 23 STL NL P 8 6 4 0 1 1.000 .952 1.25 0.69 1.89 1.96 8 47.7 1989 24 STL NL P 36 3 10 0 1 1.000 .949 0.36 0.63 1.72 1.87 5 68.0 1990 25 STL NL P 4 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.57 0.00 1.80 0 8.0 1991 26 STL NL P 59 4 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.20 0.59 1.64 1.85 0 66.0 1992 27 STL NL P 73 7 10 0 1 1.000 .955 0.23 0.60 1.74 1.94 0 88.0 1993 28 TOT P 56 3 12 0 1 1.000 .955 0.27 0.55 1.95 1.82 0 69.3 FLA NL P 29 2 8 0 1 1.000 .952 0.34 0.54 2.41 1.83 0 37.3 TEX AL P 27 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.19 0.56 1.41 1.80 0 32.0 1994 29 TEX AL P 47 2 8 1 1 .909 .952 0.21 0.52 1.53 1.72 0 59.0 1996 31 MIL AL P 8 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.53 0.00 1.73 0 8.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1988 23 STL NL P 8 6 4 0 1 1.000 .952 1.25 0.69 1.89 1.96 8 47.7 1989 24 STL NL P 36 3 10 0 1 1.000 .949 0.36 0.63 1.72 1.87 5 68.0 1990 25 STL NL P 4 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.57 0.00 1.80 0 8.0 1991 26 STL NL P 59 4 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.20 0.59 1.64 1.85 0 66.0 1992 27 STL NL P 73 7 10 0 1 1.000 .955 0.23 0.60 1.74 1.94 0 88.0 1993 28 TOT P 56 3 12 0 1 1.000 .955 0.27 0.55 1.95 1.82 0 69.3 FLA NL P 29 2 8 0 1 1.000 .952 0.34 0.54 2.41 1.83 0 37.3 TEX AL P 27 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.19 0.56 1.41 1.80 0 32.0 1994 29 TEX AL P 47 2 8 1 1 .909 .952 0.21 0.52 1.53 1.72 0 59.0 1996 31 MIL AL P 8 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.53 0.00 1.73 0 8.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 291 25 52 2 5 .975 .953 0.26 0.58 1.67 1.86 13 414.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 291 25 52 2 5 .975 .953 0.26 0.58 1.67 1.86 13 414
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Won-Loss %
1991 NL-.714-1

Games
1992 NL-73-6
1994 AL-47-6

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1826) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1334) (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 2, 1986: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 7th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.

November 17, 1992: Drafted by the Florida Marlins from the St. Louis Cardinals as the 37th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

July 17, 1993: Traded by the Florida Marlins to the Texas Rangers for Robb Nen and Kurt Miller.

December 23, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 9, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 16, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 29, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 9, 1996: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1990St. Louis Cardinals$100,000
1991St. Louis Cardinals$120,000
1992St. Louis Cardinals$170,000
1993Florida Marlins$725,000
1994Texas Rangers$1,000,000
1996Milwaukee Brewers$150,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,265,000

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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