1975
Born April 27, 1975
Exeter, NH, USA
Chris Carpenter Marquee
Starting pitcher · b. April 27, 1975
Toronto let him go after the 2002 season with a torn labrum. St. Louis signed him, he missed all of 2003, and then went 15-5, 21-5 and 15-8 in the next three years. The 2005 season brought the Cy Young Award with 19 of the 32 first-place votes; the 2006 one ended with a World Series.
In 2009, after another two years mostly lost to elbow reconstruction, he went 17-4 with a 2.24 earned run average, the best in the National League, and finished second in the Cy Young voting. He was Comeback Player of the Year twice, five years apart.
Fifteen seasons gave him 144 wins against 94, a 3.76 earned run average, 2,219 innings and 1,697 strikeouts. In October 2011 he beat Roy Halladay 1-0 in the fifth game of the Division Series and started the seventh game of the World Series on three days' rest, and St. Louis won both. The 2018 ballot gave him two votes of 422.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 3 | 2005, 2006, 2010 |
| MLB Players Choice Comeback Player | 2 | 2004, 2009 |
| MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher | 2 | 2005, 2006 |
| Player of the Week | 2 | 2005, 2006 |
| The Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year | 2 | 2004, 2009 |
| The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year | 2 | 2005, 2006 |
| Cy Young Award | 1 | 2005 |
| Pitcher of the Month | 1 | 2009 |
| This Year in Baseball Starter of the Year | 1 | 2005 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | TOR | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1998 | TOR | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1999 | TOR | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2000 | TOR | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2001 | TOR | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .167 |
| 2002 | TOR | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2004 | STL | 28 | 62 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | .081 |
| 2005 | STL | 33 | 77 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 0 | .065 |
| 2006 | STL | 32 | 71 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | .127 |
| 2007 | STL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2008 | STL | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| 2009 | STL | 28 | 63 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .175 |
| 2010 | STL | 35 | 72 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 0 | .111 |
| 2011 | STL | 34 | 71 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 0 | .155 |
| 2012 | STL | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .167 |
| Career | — | 350 | 439 | 18 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 144 | 0 | .118 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | TOR | 3 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 81.1 | 108 | 46 | 37 | 55 | 5.09 |
| 1998 | TOR | 12 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 0 | 175.0 | 177 | 85 | 61 | 136 | 4.37 |
| 1999 | TOR | 9 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 150.0 | 177 | 73 | 48 | 106 | 4.38 |
| 2000 | TOR | 10 | 12 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 175.1 | 204 | 122 | 83 | 113 | 6.26 |
| 2001 | TOR | 11 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 215.2 | 229 | 98 | 75 | 157 | 4.09 |
| 2002 | TOR | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 73.1 | 89 | 43 | 27 | 45 | 5.28 |
| 2004 | STL | 15 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 182.0 | 169 | 70 | 38 | 152 | 3.46 |
| 2005 | STL | 21 | 5 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 241.2 | 204 | 76 | 51 | 213 | 2.83 |
| 2006 | STL | 15 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 221.2 | 194 | 76 | 43 | 184 | 3.09 |
| 2007 | STL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7.50 |
| 2008 | STL | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15.1 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1.76 |
| 2009 | STL | 17 | 4 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 192.2 | 156 | 48 | 38 | 144 | 2.24 |
| 2010 | STL | 16 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 235.0 | 214 | 84 | 63 | 179 | 3.22 |
| 2011 | STL | 11 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 237.1 | 243 | 91 | 55 | 191 | 3.45 |
| 2012 | STL | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17.0 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 3.71 |
| Career | — | 144 | 94 | 350 | 332 | 0 | 2219.1 | 2205 | 927 | 627 | 1697 | 3.76 |
On this day & linked events
1997
Major-league debut: Chris Carpenter
Chris Carpenter made a major-league debut on May 12, 1997.
2012
Final major-league game: Chris Carpenter
Chris Carpenter played a final major-league game on October 2, 2012.
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