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Christian
Carpenter		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: February 25, 1927 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Glove Award 1955   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 25 LB CL $ 5,900,000  
1953 26 LB CL $ 5,900,000  
1954 27 HOU PL $ 5,900,000  
1955 28 HOU PL $ 6,000,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 5,900,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 25 LB CL 140 490 90 125 25 7 9 58 52 9 70 54 .255 .351 .390 .741 78.1 10.7
1953 26 LB CL 134 507 102 145 34 3 16 60 38 7 72 70 .286 .380 .460 .840 92.1 12.6
1954 27 LB CL 55 217 40 73 11 1 8 34 24 5 25 19 .336 .407 .507 .913 44.7 9.0
  HOU PL 82 248 55 73 18 3 9 43 27 5 50 34 .294 .413 .500 .913 54.4 10.8
  TOT   137 465 95 146 29 4 17 77 51 10 75 53 .314 .410 .503 .913 99.0 19.8
1955 28 HOU PL 138 490 105 148 31 11 14 109 63 6 96 56 .302 .412 .496 .908 113.0 20.9
4 Years Sim 549 1952 392 564 119 25 56 304 204 32 313 233 .289 .388 .462 .850 382.1 64.0
162 Game Average 576 115 166 35 7 16 89 60 9 92 68 .289 .388 .462 .850 112.8  
Career Highs 140 507 105 148 34 11 17 109 63 10 96 70 .314 .412 .503 .913 113.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1476 288 422 87 19 41 245 157 23 251 179 .286 .391 .454 .845 284.0
vs LH   476 104 142 32 6 15 59 47 9 62 54 .298 .379 .485 .864 90.0
Home 267 917 201 262 64 10 26 139 111 15 161 104 .286 .394 .462 .857 182.0
Away 282 1035 191 302 55 15 30 165 93 17 152 129 .292 .383 .461 .844 192.0
RISP   514 0 145 37 3 16 237 0 0 96 60 .282 .383 .459 .842 94.5
Pinch Hitting   37 13 8 3 1 1 7 5 0 13 3 .216 .420 .432 .852 8.7
Close/Late   227 33 67 14 3 4 38 0 0 37 28 .295 .393 .436 .829 39.2
Mar/Apr 59 200 38 66 18 1 4 40 22 2 30 20 .330 .415 .490 .905 41.9
May 103 350 75 113 23 6 9 45 41 5 66 38 .323 .428 .500 .928 78.7
June 105 396 67 90 8 4 9 62 38 6 59 56 .227 .330 .336 .666 53.0
July 95 340 74 88 20 4 10 45 33 6 56 44 .259 .370 .429 .800 58.8
August 110 397 87 123 24 7 19 67 41 8 58 43 .310 .394 .549 .944 86.7
Sep/Oct 77 269 51 84 26 3 5 45 29 5 44 32 .312 .415 .487 .902 54.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 25 LB CL CF 120 120 1076.3 226 8 6 5 .975 1.96   2.8
    LF 4 2 16.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.55    
1953 26 LB CL CF 132 125 1126.0 343 7 4 2 .989 2.80   4.6
1954 27 LB CL CF 35 30 311.0 84 2 1 0 .989 2.49   1.1
    LF 18 16 158.3 39 2 1 0 .976 2.33   0.0
  HOU PL CF 53 45 383.0 103 2 1 1 .991 2.47   1.5
    LF 26 24 195.0 47 2 1 1 .980 2.26   0.0
  TOT   CF 88 75 694.0 187 4 2 1 .990 2.48   2.6
      LF 44 40 353.3 86 4 2 1 .978 2.29   0.0
1955 28 HOU PL LF 135 131 1166.3 295 8 9 3 .971 2.34   2.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 342 320 2900.3 756 19 12 8 .985 2.40   10.0
  LF 183 173 1536.0 382 12 11 4 .973 2.31   2.0
Career Totals   525 493 4436.3 1138 31 23 12 .981 2.37   12.0
Career Highs   137 131 1170.3 343 8 9 5 .989 2.80    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1955 28 HOU PL 7 24 6 5 3 0 1 5 1 1 7 7 .208 .387 .458 .845
Career Post-Season Batting 7 24 6 5 3 0 1 5 1 1 7 7 .208 .387 .458 .845
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
XR
1955-3-113.0
CAR-25-382.1
 Games
1952-3-140
1955-9-138
CAR-10-549
 At-Bats
CAR-30-1952
 Runs
1953-3-102
1955-7-105
CAR-10-392
 Hits
CAR-49-564
 Total Bases
CAR-38-901
Doubles
CAR-41-119
 Triples
1952-10-7
1955-3-11
CAR-23-25
 Homeruns
CAR-45-56
 RBIs
1955-5-109
CAR-47-304
 Stolen Bases
1952-7-52
1955-8-63
CAR-10-204
 Walks
1952-7-70
1953-7-72
1955-6-96
CAR-16-313
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 24
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 17th overall pick, by Long Beach in 1952
Had first career hit (double) on 4/22/1952, off Richard Hairston (LA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1952, off Francis Wachter (SD)
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Sacramento on 4/18/1954
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1954, hitting .467 with 5 HR, 10 RBI
Traded from Long Beach to Houston on 6/16/1954 (Going to LB: P Jason Pruneda, 3B Richard Ballard. Going to HOU: CF Christian Carpenter)
7/7/1954: Signed a contract extension with Houston, $6,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Platinum Glove Award at Leftfield in 1955
 
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