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Chris Reitsma PBraves

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
11 338 609 32 46 37 4.70 4.2
Birth Date12-31-1977
Height6' 5"
Weight240 lbs
Age46 years, 4 months, 16 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2001 CIN MLB 36 29 182.0 7 15 0 209 49 96 23 103 10.3 2.4 1.1 4.7 0% .297 1.42 4.48 5.29 109 5.67 117.6 0.3
2002 CIN MLB 32 21 138.3 6 12 0 144 45 84 17 103 9.4 2.9 1.1 5.5 0% .284 1.37 4.34 3.64 102 4.99 107.0 0.9
2003 CIN MLB 57 3 84.0 9 5 12 92 19 53 14 104 9.9 2.0 1.5 5.7 0% .294 1.32 4.55 4.29 100 4.82 101.1 0.6
2004 ATL MLB 84 0 79.7 6 4 2 89 20 60 9 94 10.1 2.3 1.0 6.8 0% .317 1.37 3.77 4.07 89 3.75 77.4 1.6
2005 ATL MLB 76 0 73.3 3 6 15 79 14 42 3 99 9.7 1.7 0.4 5.2 0% .306 1.27 2.94 3.93 94 4.30 92.6 1.0
2006 ATL MLB 27 0 28.0 1 2 8 46 8 13 7 92 14.8 2.6 2.3 4.2 0% .351 1.93 6.60 8.68 104 5.91 120.4 -0.1
2007 SEA MLB 26 0 23.7 0 2 0 37 9 11 3 95 14.1 3.4 1.1 4.2 0% .370 1.94 5.16 7.61 107 5.88 121.6 -0.1
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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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
1997 GRL A MDW 9 9 49.7 4 1 0 57 13 41 4 10.3 2.4 0.7 7.4 0% .338 1.41 3.76 2.90 0 0.00 0.0
1998 SAR A+ FSL 8 8 12.7 0 0 0 12 5 9 0 8.5 3.5 0.0 6.4 0% -.857 1.34 3.22 2.83 0 0.00 0.0
1999 SAR A+ FSL 19 19 96.3 4 10 0 116 31 79 11 10.8 2.9 1.0 7.4 0% -.861 1.53 4.26 5.61 0 0.00 0.0
2000 SAR A+ FSL 11 11 64.0 3 4 0 57 17 47 3 8.0 2.4 0.4 6.6 0% -.806 1.16 3.32 3.66 0 0.00 0.0
2000 TRN AA EAS 14 14 90.7 7 2 0 78 21 58 7 7.7 2.1 0.7 5.8 0% -.816 1.09 3.85 2.58 0 0.00 0.0
2001 CIN MLB NL 36 29 182.0 7 15 0 209 49 96 23 103 10.3 2.4 1.1 4.7 0% .297 1.42 4.48 5.29 109 5.67 117.6
2002 CIN MLB NL 32 21 138.3 6 12 0 144 45 84 17 103 9.4 2.9 1.1 5.5 0% .284 1.37 4.34 3.64 102 4.99 107.0
2002 LOU AAA INT 3 3 21.0 2 0 0 17 8 13 2 7.3 3.4 0.9 5.6 0% .238 1.19 4.23 3.86 0 0.00 0.0
2003 CIN MLB NL 57 3 84.0 9 5 12 92 19 53 14 104 9.9 2.0 1.5 5.7 0% .294 1.32 4.55 4.29 100 4.82 101.1
2003 LOU AAA INT 4 4 18.0 1 2 0 22 5 11 1 11.0 2.5 0.5 5.5 0% .333 1.50 3.62 4.00 0 0.00 0.0
2004 ATL MLB NL 84 0 79.7 6 4 2 89 20 60 9 94 10.1 2.3 1.0 6.8 0% .317 1.37 3.77 4.07 89 3.75 77.4
2005 ATL MLB NL 76 0 73.3 3 6 15 79 14 42 3 99 9.7 1.7 0.4 5.2 0% .306 1.27 2.94 3.93 94 4.30 92.6
2006 ATL MLB NL 27 0 28.0 1 2 8 46 8 13 7 92 14.8 2.6 2.3 4.2 0% .351 1.93 6.60 8.68 104 5.91 120.4
2006 CDA wor WBC 2 0 2.1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 8.6 4.3 0.0 4.3 0% .286 1.43 5.66 12.86 0 0.00 0.0
2007 SEA MLB AL 26 0 23.7 0 2 0 37 9 11 3 95 14.1 3.4 1.1 4.2 0% .370 1.94 5.16 7.61 107 5.88 121.6
2007 TAC AAA PCL 2 1 3.0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 90 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 0% .125 0.33 2.19 0.00 94 3.57 73.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

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
2007-07-30 2007-10-01 60-DL 63 59 Right Elbow Surgery Arthritis 2007-07-30 -
2007-06-11 2007-07-06 15-DL 25 23 Right Elbow Inflammation - -
2007-05-19 2007-06-06 15-DL 18 18 Right Elbow Inflammation - -
2006-07-02 2006-10-01 60-DL 91 80 Right Elbow Surgery Ulnar Nerve Transposition 2006-07-18
2006-06-12 2006-06-30 15-DL 18 15 Right Hand Nerve Injury Numbness -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 SEA $2,050,000
2006 ATL $2,750,000
2005 ATL $1,650,000
2004 ATL $950,000
2002 CIN $252,000
2001 CIN $200,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$7,852,000
6 yrTotal$7,852,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 152 dMike Paolercio

Details
  • retired after 08 Olympics (played for Canada)
  • req`d released from SEA 3/08
  • re-signed as a free agent 1/10/08 (minor-league contract)
  • SEA declined 08 option 11/2/07 signed as a free agent from ATL 1/07, 1 year/$2.05M (07)+$2.7M 08 club option
  • 07:$1.35M, 08:$2.7M club option $0.7M buyout
  • non-tendered 12/06 avoided arbitration 1/06, 1 year/$2.75M (06)+$75K bonuses ($25K 40 games finished, $50K 45 games finished)
  • re-signed 1/05, 1 year/$1.65M (05)
  • acquired in trade from CIN 3/04
  • 1 year/$0.95M (04), lost arbitration 2/04 ($1.45M-$0.95M) recalled 4/03 optioned to Triple-A 3/03 re-signed 3/03 recalled 8/02 Triple-A 7/02
  • 1 year/$0.252M (02) 3/02

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Chris Reitsma threw 339 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2007, including pitches thrown in . In 2007, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (91mph) and Change (81mph), also mixing in a Slider (83mph) and Curve (79mph). He also rarely threw a Sinker (83mph) and Cutter (86mph).