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Chris Duncan RF

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
12 1317 .257 .348 .458 99 1.8
Birth Date5-5-1981
Height6' 5"
Weight230 lbs
Age42 years, 11 months, 14 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2005 SLN 24 9 10 2 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 .200 .200 .600 77 -0.3 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2006 SLN 25 90 314 82 11 3 22 30 69 2 0 0 .293 .363 .589 121 10.1 0.5 0.3 1.7
2007 SLN 26 127 432 97 20 0 21 55 123 1 2 1 .259 .354 .480 114 9.5 1.4 -2.5 1.8
2008 SLN 27 76 257 55 8 0 6 34 52 0 2 1 .248 .346 .365 81 -5.2 -1.4 -1.9 -0.4
2009 SLN 28 87 304 59 15 2 5 41 67 0 0 1 .227 .329 .358 71 -9.9 -0.6 -8.7 -1.3
Career389131729555555160316343.257.348.458994.2-0.1-12.91.8

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1999 JCY Rk APL 0 227 .000 .000 .000 .278 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 PEO A MDW 0 492 .000 .000 .000 .323 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 PEO A MDW 80 337 .000 .000 .000 .341 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 POT A+ CRL 49 180 .000 .000 .000 .227 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 PEO A MDW 129 544 .000 .000 .000 .328 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 PMB A+ FSL 121 476 .000 .000 .000 .343 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 TEN AA SOU 10 25 .000 .000 .000 .222 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 TEN AA SOU 120 455 .000 .000 .000 .347 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 SLN MLB NL 9 10 .261 .330 .406 .250 102 -0.3 0.3 0 77 22 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2005 MEM AAA PCL 128 500 .271 .339 .436 .304 92 3.4 4.7 -2.8 112 0 -4.7 -2.9 9.9 0.4
2006 SLN MLB NL 90 314 .264 .328 .432 .314 94 21.1 9.5 -2.8 121 9 0.3 0.5 10.1 1.7
2006 MEM AAA PCL 52 206 .263 .338 .401 .347 99 4.7 5.9 -2.1 109 0 -11.0 0.5 3.2 -0.4
2007 SLN MLB NL 127 432 .265 .331 .423 .328 101 9.5 12.8 -3.2 114 11 -2.5 1.4 9.5 1.8
2008 SLN MLB NL 76 257 .266 .332 .428 .297 96 -2.5 7.4 -2.5 81 8 -1.9 -1.4 -5.2 -0.4
2008 MEM AAA PCL 7 30 .280 .356 .455 .200 125 -2.5 0.9 -0.2 53 0 -0.3 0.3 -1.9 -0.1
2009 SLN MLB NL 87 304 .260 .334 .419 .283 93 -3.6 8.7 -2.3 71 9 -8.7 -0.6 -9.9 -1.3
2009 PAW AAA INT 27 94 .258 .323 .399 .222 100 -6.2 2.7 -0.9 56 0 0.5 -0.3 -4.1 -0.2
2010 SYR AAA INT 82 296 .261 .330 .403 .230 103 -21.4 8.9 -4.6 59 0 2.1 -1.3 -12.4 -0.7

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1999 JCY Rk APL 227 201 23 43 8 1 6 71 34 25 62 3 1 .214 .304 .353 .139 0 0
2000 PEO A MDW 492 450 52 115 34 0 8 173 57 36 111 1 2 .256 .319 .384 .129 0 0
2001 POT A+ CRL 180 168 12 30 6 0 3 45 16 10 47 4 4 .179 .228 .268 .089 1 1
2001 PEO A MDW 337 297 44 91 23 2 13 157 59 36 55 13 3 .306 .387 .529 .222 0 0
2002 PEO A MDW 544 487 58 132 25 4 16 213 75 44 118 5 5 .271 .340 .437 .166 1 1
2003 PMB A+ FSL 476 425 26 108 20 0 2 134 42 44 115 4 4 .254 .325 .315 .061 1 1
2003 TEN AA SOU 25 25 1 5 1 0 1 9 3 0 6 0 0 .200 .200 .360 .160 0 0
2004 TEN AA SOU 455 387 57 112 23 0 16 183 65 64 94 8 4 .289 .394 .473 .183 0 0
2005 SLN MLB NL 10 10 2 2 1 0 1 6 3 0 5 0 0 .200 .200 .600 .400 0 0
2005 MEM AAA PCL 500 431 57 114 21 2 21 202 73 63 104 1 3 .265 .361 .469 .204 0 0
2006 MEM AAA PCL 206 181 23 49 11 0 7 81 31 25 53 1 2 .271 .359 .448 .177 0 0
2006 SLN MLB NL 314 280 60 82 11 3 22 165 43 30 69 0 0 .293 .363 .589 .296 2 0
2007 SLN MLB NL 432 375 51 97 20 0 21 180 70 55 123 2 1 .259 .354 .480 .221 1 0
2008 MEM AAA PCL 30 25 5 4 2 0 0 6 3 4 5 0 0 .160 .300 .240 .080 0 0
2008 SLN MLB NL 257 222 26 55 8 0 6 81 27 34 52 2 1 .248 .346 .365 .117 1 0
2009 SLN MLB NL 304 260 25 59 15 2 5 93 32 41 67 0 1 .227 .329 .358 .131 3 0
2009 PAW AAA INT 94 85 8 16 3 0 2 25 10 7 20 0 0 .188 .258 .294 .106 0 0
2010 SYR AAA INT 296 262 25 50 8 0 7 79 27 31 68 4 5 .191 .276 .302 .111 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 976 0.4682 0.4436 0.7621 0.6805 0.2351 0.8810 0.4590 0.2379 -0.0017
2009 1167 0.4499 0.4242 0.7414 0.6248 0.2601 0.8659 0.4970 0.2586 0.0096
Career21430.45820.43300.75080.65020.24870.87280.47970.24920.0044

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2010-07-12 2010-09-07 Minors 57 0 Not Disclosed -
2008-07-22 2008-09-29 60-DL 69 61 Neck Surgery Prosthetic Cervical Disc 2008-08-04
2008-04-02 2008-04-05 DTD 3 3 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2008-03-06 2008-03-11 Camp 5 0 Upper Back Soreness -
2007-09-16 2007-10-01 DTD 15 15 Surgery Sports Hernia 2007-09-20
2007-09-10 2007-09-15 DTD 5 5 Groin Hernia -
2007-05-28 2007-06-05 DTD 8 7 Left Knee Infection and Bursitis -
2007-04-26 2007-04-26 DTD 0 0 Head Laceration Falling Down Stairs -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2009 SLN $825,000
2008 SLN $439,000
2007 SLN $400,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,664,000
3 yrTotal$1,664,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 80 d1 year (2010)

Details
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Washington as a free agent 1/19/10 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.825M (2009). Re-signed by St. Louis 1/19/08 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Boston in trade from St. Louis 7/22/09 (Red Sox to pay $13.5M still due Julio Lugo in 2009 and 2010). Released by Boston 8/20/09.
  • 1 year/$0.439M (2008). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/4/08.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2007). Re-signed 2/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Re-signed 2/06.
  • 1 year (2005). Contract purchased 9/05.
  • Drafted 1999 (1s-46).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2010-02-17 16:00:00 (link to chat)It seems clear from most of the Nationals blogs that The Constituency is no longer patient, and Mike Rizzo's honeymoon is already over. I have been pretty happy with the moves the Nats made this off-season, but I have to agree that too much depends on the health of folks like Chien-Ming Wang, Scott Olsen and even Chris Duncan. The Nats will be better this year, because they can't help but be. However, is the view of the Nats' offseason more charitable at BP or anywhere else outside of Nats fans' disgruntled little world?
(HalfStreet from Fairfax VA)
The kinds of things the Nationals need to do to improve their team just can't be done in a single offseason. To evaluate them on that basis almost isn't fair. I feel the same way about Rizzo. I have a hard time identifying actual things he's done that are that bad. I don't love the Pudge signing and Wang is probably done (but it's a nice gamble). They have to focus on the draft and on international scouting. There's no other path to .500. (I'll hold off on a discussion of Adam Dunn for the next question.) (Tommy Bennett)
2008-11-19 13:00:00 (link to chat)Christina's roundup of the NL Central yesterday suggested that Chris Duncan's neck injury could be career-ending. That's the worst prognosis for it that I've read anywhere. Are you hearing anything on that one?
(Bill from New Mexico)
Its a good description. I'd say "career threatening" and I think that's the phrase doctors have used. (Will Carroll)
2008-05-05 12:30:00 (link to chat)ASU's Ike Davis: Chris Duncan 2.0?
(Mike from Philly)
I know where you're coming from, but I think you have to give Davis some credit for clearly being more athletic than Duncan, and he has that arm from the outfield that Duncan doesn't. Offensively, I could see that being a decent comp, without knowing Davis' specific LHP/RHP splits. (Bryan Smith)
2008-05-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)I'm thinking of trading Chris Duncan for Nick Johnson in an NL-only league. Thoughts on Johnson so far? Any hope he stays healthy in his walk year?
(mymrbig from NOLA)
They're all walk years for Nick Johnson. I'd make that deal...Duncan could see his PT chipped at in St. Louis. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-01-17 14:00:00 (link to chat)What do you think of the Cardinals offering Chris Duncan, Anthony Reyes and your choice of Wellemeyer, Thompson or Jiminez for Tom Gorzelany?
(Jack from (Charleston, WV))
As much as I really, really like Gorzelanny, that's too much to give up. But then I can't shake the anticipation I have of seeing the Cards line up a trio of lefty-hitting howitzers in their outfield at some point: Rick Ankiel, Duncan, and Colby Rasmus. That's just a fun bunch to have at your disposal. (Christina Kahrl)


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