Chris Carpenter
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1975 –
Who is Chris Carpenter?
Christopher John Carpenter is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball. During his MLB career, Carpenter pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays and the St. Louis Cardinals. Drafted by Toronto in the first round of the 1993 amateur draft, he broke into the majors as a 22 year-old highly-regarded prospect in 1997 and pitched for Toronto until the end of the 2002 season. However, injuries and ineffectiveness delayed a promising career as Carpenter managed a 4.83 earned run average in 870 innings pitched and 135 games started. The Blue Jays released him after the 2002 season.
Carpenter found new life when the Cardinals signed him as a free agent before the 2003 season. In 2004, he posted a 3.46 ERA and won 15 games while pitching 182 innings as the Cardinals won 105 games. The next season, he won a Cy Young Award with a 2.83 ERA while winning 21 games, striking out 213 and leading the National League with seven complete games. Carpenter started 32 games in 2006 as he won his first World Series. However, he missed nearly all of 2007 and 2008 to injury including Tommy John surgery.
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- Born
- Apr 27, 1975
Exeter - Also known as
- Christopher John Carpenter
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Trinity High School
- Lived in
- Exeter
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on July 23, 2013
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