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Chris Short

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-4, 205lb (193cm, 92kg)

Born: September 19, 1937 in Milford, DE us

Died: August 1, 1991 in Wilmington, DE

Buried: Union Cemetery, Georgetown, DE

School: Bordentown Military Institute (Bordentown, NJ)

Debut: April 19, 1959 (Age 21-212d, 11,631st in major league history)
vs. CIN 3.2 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 5 ER

Last Game: September 18, 1973 (Age 35-364d)
vs. CLE 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: J Christopher Short

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.7

135

132

ERA

3.43

501

308

2325.0

1629

WHIP

1.299

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-29 / in Starts: 4-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 12

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	46	3	Apr 13	PHI	@	LAD	W,8-7	3-7		99	3.2	3	2	2	2	6	0	0	4.91	0.94	17	5	5	3	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.53	-0.094	3.57	-0.13%	0.72	3b -2- 1 out d3	7b -2- 0 out tie
2	47	6	Apr 16	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	0.86	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.10	-0.012	.24	-0.02%	-0.51	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
3	48	9	Apr 22	PHI		CHC	L,4-6	GS-6		5	5.2	8	4	4	2	2	2	0	5.23	4.51	27	12	3	0	0	8	37			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.38	-0.261	2.47	-0.28%	-1.37	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d1
4	49	13	Apr 28	PHI	@	STL	L,9-10	2-4		5	2.1	2	3	0	4	2	0	0	4.26	4.78	14	5	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	2	.70	-0.097	1.19	-0.10%	-1.36	2b 1-3 2 out d2	4b 3 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	50	22	May 8	PHI		LAD	L,3-4	7-GF(10)	L(0-1)	9	3.1	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.94	4.45	13	5	4	2	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.12	-0.020	1.97	-0.01%	0.70	7t 1-- 2 out tie	10t end d 1
6	51	27	May 14	PHI		STL	W,6-4	8-GF	BW(1-1)	5	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.63	4.48	7	4	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	-0.194	1.41	-0.06%	-1.08	8t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
7	52	29	May 17	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.26	4.44	7	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.088	.32	0.02%	0.98	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
8	53	32	May 21	PHI		PIT	L,11-13	5-7		3	2.1	3	3	0	1	2	1	0	2.91	4.79	14	4	4	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.71	-0.330	.53	-0.06%	-3.95	5t 123 1 out a6	7t 1-3 2 out tie
9	54	33	May 23	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	10-GF(10)	S(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.78	4.60	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.59	0.203	.83	0.03%	0.51	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
10	55	35	May 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.70	4.59	4	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	.30	-0.010	.09	0.00%	-0.05	8b --3 1 out d2	8b end d 3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	56	40	Jun 1	PHI		CHC	L,3-10	6-8		4	3.0	5	6	6	4	4	0	0	4.44	4.51	18	2	3	0	2	5		0	0	1	0	0	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	.58	-0.262	.10	-0.03%	-4.52	6t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d7
12	57	46	Jun 7	PHI	@	SFG	L,3-4	9-GF(11)	L(1-2)	5	2.1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.40	4.49	10	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.37	-0.096	.68	-0.02%	-0.44	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
13	58	56	Jun 18(2)	PHI		CIN	L,0-10	GS-5	L(1-3)	10	4.2	11	6	6	4	4	0	0	5.40	4.34	28	3	6	3	0	11	18			2	0	0	24	3	0	3	0	0	0	.87	-0.254	.04	-0.01%	-3.97	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d6
14	59	60	Jun 24	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-2	GS-7	W(2-3)	5	6.0	5	2	2	2	1	1	0	5.03	4.51	25	11	8	0	0	3	53			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	.77	0.063	.01	0.00%	0.02	1b start a 3	7b 12- 0 out a4
15	60	65	Jun 28	PHI		SFG	T,7-7	GS-7		3	6.2	8	3	3	2	6	0	0	4.89	4.10	29	6	7	2	2	8	50			2	1	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.67	0.036	.01	0.00%	1.13	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out tie
16	61	68	Jun 30	PHI		LAD	L,6-10	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.86	4.11	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.43	9t 12- 2 out d4	9t end d 4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	62	72	Jul 4(2)	PHI	@	STL	W,10-6	GS-4		3	4.0	8	6	6	2	2	0	1	5.54	4.08	20	5	5	1	2	5	22			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.328	.00	0.00%	-3.79	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
18	63	76	Jul 7	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-9	GS-3	L(2-4)	2	2.2	5	7	7	5	5	1	0	6.45	4.35	18	0	3	0	2	5	20			0	0	0	13	2	0	1	0	0	0	.99	-0.378	.00	0.00%	-5.80	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d6
19	64	77	Jul 8	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.33	4.24	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
20	65	79	Jul 9(2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-8	4-6	L(2-5)	0	2.0	2	3	3	3	2	0	0	6.59	4.27	11	2	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.20	-0.293	.00	0.00%	-1.82	4b -23 2 out a1	6b 12- 2 out d2
21	66	82	Jul 15	PHI	@	LAD	W,7-2	CG	W(3-5)	5	9.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	5.95	4.04	33	14	14	1	4	0	68			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	1	.78	0.247	.00	0.00%	2.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
22	67	87	Jul 20	PHI		MLN	L,1-5	GS-1	L(3-6)	4	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	1	6.37	4.13	4	0	0	0	0	2	33			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.258	.00	0.00%	-2.99	1t start tie	1t 12- 0 out d2
23	68	89	Jul 22	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	GS-6	W(4-6)	1	5.0	6	3	3	1	4	1	0	6.30	4.13	22	3	8	1	2	6	46			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.126	.00	0.00%	-0.92	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a1
24	69	93	Jul 27	PHI		LAD	L,6-11	GS-5		4	4.1	9	4	4	2	4	0	0	6.42	4.01	21	4	11	8	0	0	31			2	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.31	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-1.06	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out a2
25	70	97	Jul 30	PHI		SFG	L,2-5	8-9		2	1.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6.30	4.07	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.21	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.31	8t --- 0 out d3	9t -2- 1 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	71	99	Aug 2(2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-4	L(4-7)	2	3.0	5	3	3	3	4	0	1	6.41	4.06	18	3	2	0	0	5	38			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.288	.00	0.00%	-3.30	1b start tie	4b 123 0 out d2
27	72	101	Aug 4	PHI	@	STL	L,8-9	7-7		1	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.47	4.05	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.09	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 12- 2 out d1
28	73	107	Aug 8(2)	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	GS-9	L(4-8)	3	8.2	10	3	3	3	3	1	0	6.14	4.09	38	15	7	1	1	10	52			0	1	0	34	3	1	0	0	1	0	1.01	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.94	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out d1
29	74	111	Aug 13	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-13	4-5		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.00	4.05	7	5	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.33	0.048	.00	0.00%	1.00	4b --- 0 out d4	5b 3 out d2
30	75	114	Aug 16	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-9	GS-2	L(4-9)	2	1.2	6	4	4	3	0	0	0	6.28	4.12	14	0	5	0	3	6	24			0	0	0	11	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.76	-0.341	.00	0.00%	-3.76	1b start a 1	2b 123 2 out d3
31	76	118	Aug 20(1)	PHI	@	MLN	L,2-5	GS-5	L(4-10)	3	4.2	6	5	3	2	1	1	0	6.26	4.22	25	10	6	1	4	6	35			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.12	-0.384	.00	0.00%	-3.15	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d3
32	77	124	Aug 27(1)	PHI		MLN	L,10-11	GS-3		6	2.1	4	5	5	2	0	1	0	6.57	4.38	12	4	2	1	1	4	27			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.313	.00	0.00%	-3.46	1t start tie	3t --3 1 out d3
33	78	128	Aug 29(2)	PHI		STL	W,4-3	2-GF	W(5-10)	1	7.2	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	6.09	4.28	27	12	7	0	1	2		2	0	1	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.78	0.674	.00	0.00%	4.62	2t 1-3 1 out d3	9t end a 1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	79	133	Sep 4(1)	PHI		CIN	L,0-5	1-5		5	4.1	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	6.02	4.18	19	3	5	1	2	7		1	0	1	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.59	-0.024	.00	0.00%	0.29	1t -2- 2 out d2	5t 3 out d4
35	80	137	Sep 8	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-4	3-7		3	4.1	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	5.79	4.13	16	3	5	1	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.080	.00	0.00%	1.62	3b --- 0 out d3	7b 12- 1 out d3
36	81	141	Sep 12	PHI	@	LAD	W,19-10	1-9	W(6-10)	3	7.2	9	6	6	2	2	3	0	5.87	4.37	35	12	18	5	2	1		2	1	0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	1	.16	0.054	.00	0.00%	-2.09	1b -23 1 out d1	9b 1-3 0 out a10
37	82	146	Sep 19	PHI	@	STL	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.82	4.38	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.55	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
38	83	150	Sep 24	PHI		PIT	L,3-4	6-7	L(6-11)	4	1.1	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	5.90	4.34	7	1	1	0	0	4		2	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	-0.265	.00	0.00%	-1.01	6t 1-3 2 out tie	7t 3 out d1
39	84	153	Sep 28	PHI		LAD	L,0-10	GS-3	L(6-12)	3	2.1	5	3	2	1	3	0	0	5.94	4.29	14	5	5	5	0	0	39			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	-0.247	.00	0.00%	-2.92	1t start tie	3t -23 1 out d3
							9-29		W-L:6-12,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.2	127.1	157	94	84	71	80	12	3	5.94	4.29	602	1.12		11%	9%	117	37	21	33%	11	5	0	517	28	4	11	16	1	17	1.10	-3.427	.33	-0.66%	-35.99

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