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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: 25-17 / in Starts: 21-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 5

1968 Pitching Game Log

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1968 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	330	1	Apr 10	PHI	@	LAD	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	0	10	0	0	0.00	0.16	31	5	12	3	4	4	89			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.551	2.06	0.72%	3.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
2	331	6	Apr 14(2)	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-3	GS-6	L(1-1)	3	6.0	4	3	3	2	4	2	0	1.80	2.65	23	5	8	0	2	4	54			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.194	1.16	-0.19%	-0.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
3	332	9	Apr 19	PHI		HOU	W,2-1	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	9	1	1	1.50	2.59	30	7	9	1	2	3	85			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	0.525	1.73	0.45%	2.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	333	13	Apr 23	PHI		SFG	L,1-7	GS-7	L(2-2)	3	7.0	5	4	4	3	3	1	0	2.32	3.06	28	11	8	1	1	3	51			0	0	0	24	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.21	-0.180	2.76	-0.25%	-1.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
5	334	14	Apr 26	PHI	@	ATL	L,1-3	7-7		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.27	2.99	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.034	1.35	0.04%	0.42	7b 1-- 1 out d1	7b 3 out d1
6	335	17	Apr 30	PHI	@	NYM	L,0-1	GS-7	L(2-3)	3	7.0	4	1	1	1	7	1	0	2.09	2.93	25	3	10	3	2	4	71			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.130	1.63	0.17%	1.66	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
7	336	21	May 4	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	GS-9		3	8.1	8	2	2	3	2	1	0	2.11	3.21	34	18	7	1	3	4	58			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.013	1.69	0.02%	0.84	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out d2
8	337	25	May 8	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-2	GS-7		3	6.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	1.87	3.05	24	8	5	1	1	4	65			1	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.05	0.282	2.41	0.39%	2.06	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out a1
9	338	29	May 13	PHI		ATL	L,2-4	GS-9	L(2-4)	4	8.1	5	4	4	8	6	1	0	2.20	3.36	37	10	8	0	2	5	55			1	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.42	-0.036	3.24	-0.05%	0.00	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out tie
10	339	33	May 19	PHI		STL	W,4-3	GS-9		5	8.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	0	2.34	3.15	30	10	10	2	1	4	62			0	1	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.50	-0.288	3.83	-0.44%	0.15	1t start tie	9t --3 0 out tie
11	340	36	May 24	PHI	@	STL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(2-5)	4	6.1	6	5	5	1	4	3	0	2.74	3.53	26	13	4	2	0	4	44			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.187	1.97	-0.31%	-2.56	1b start a 1	7b --- 1 out d4
12	341	39	May 29(1)	PHI		CHC	L,2-9	GS-5	L(2-6)	4	4.2	5	5	1	1	3	1	0	2.69	3.59	22	8	7	0	0	3	44			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	0	2	.92	-0.340	2.85	-0.63%	-2.28	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d2
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
13	342	44	Jun 3	PHI	@	SFG	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-6)	4	9.0	5	0	0	5	9	0	1	2.42	3.47	34	13	3	1	0	3	81			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.89	0.690	4.97	1.09%	3.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
14	343	48	Jun 7	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-2	GS-8	L(3-7)	3	7.1	6	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.42	3.33	29	8	7	0	0	6	62			0	0	0	25	3	1	1	1	1	0	.78	-0.013	2.44	-0.03%	0.24	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d2
15	344	52	Jun 13	PHI		HOU	W,3-2	GS-9	W(4-7)	5	8.1	6	2	1	1	3	1	0	2.31	3.35	31	9	12	1	2	6	67			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.013	2.20	0.01%	0.64	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a1
16	345	57	Jun 18(1)	PHI		SFG	W,10-2	CG	W(5-7)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	1	2	0	2.29	3.56	37	10	17	2	6	6	63			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.067	1.22	0.08%	1.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
17	346	62	Jun 22	PHI	@	HOU	W,7-6	GS-6		3	6.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	0	2.40	3.47	26	12	4	0	0	3	49			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.171	1.54	-0.17%	-0.79	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
18	347	66	Jun 27	PHI	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(5-8)	4	6.0	9	3	3	1	6	1	1	2.50	3.47	29	10	7	1	1	4	47			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.203	2.59	-0.24%	-0.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
19	348	70	Jul 1	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS-9	W(6-8)	3	8.1	7	4	4	1	7	0	1	2.61	3.35	34	9	13	2	2	3	59			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.091	1.30	0.06%	0.20	1b start a 1	9b 123 1 out a4
20	349	72	Jul 3	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.60	3.33	4	1	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.36	0.085	3.89	0.05%	-1.19	9b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 1
21	350	75	Jul 5	PHI		NYM	W,3-1	CG	W(7-8)	1	9.0	5	1	1	0	11	0	1	2.50	3.14	31	9	10	1	3	0	84			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	0.413	.98	0.24%	2.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
22	351	78	Jul 7(2)	PHI		NYM	L,2-4	8-GF		1	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.47	3.14	5	3	0	0	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.30	0.059	.26	0.03%	1.46	8t 1-3 1 out d2	9t end d 2
23	352	80	Jul 11(2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-1	GS-7	W(8-8)	3	7.0	8	1	0	3	6	0	0	2.36	3.09	32	12	6	1	1	5	62			0	1	0	27	1	0	2	1	1	2	1.23	0.169	.99	0.08%	1.61	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
24	353	82	Jul 13	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	14-GF(16)	W(9-8)	1	3.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.31	3.07	13	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	2	0	0	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	3.07	0.373	3.05	0.22%	1.12	14b --- 0 out tie	16b end a 1
25	354	86	Jul 16	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	GS-7		2	7.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.32	3.05	27	6	11	4	1	3	62			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.050	1.50	-0.04%	0.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
26	355	91	Jul 21	PHI	@	CIN	L,6-12	GS-5	L(9-9)	4	4.0	10	7	7	0	1	3	1	2.65	3.27	23	6	5	0	1	10	15			0	0	0	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.534	.63	-0.28%	-4.99	1b start tie	5b -2- 0 out d2
27	356	95	Jul 25	PHI	@	STL	L,0-5	GS-6	L(9-10)	3	6.0	9	4	2	0	5	0	0	2.66	3.18	28	12	5	2	1	6	47			0	1	0	28	3	1	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.200	.32	-0.04%	-1.74	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
28	357	101	Jul 29(2)	PHI		CIN	L,1-6	GS-4	L(9-11)	3	3.2	9	6	6	3	4	0	0	2.91	3.17	24	5	3	0	0	9	20			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.449	.08	-0.02%	-4.90	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d5
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
29	358	106	Aug 3	PHI	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	W(10-11)	4	9.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.82	3.10	32	10	10	3	2	4	73			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.78	0.504	.00	0.00%	2.32	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
30	359	112	Aug 9	PHI	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS-7	W(11-11)	5	7.0	7	2	2	3	4	1	0	2.81	3.15	29	13	4	0	1	5	56			0	1	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	.70	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
31	360	117	Aug 14	PHI		HOU	W,4-3	GS-7	W(12-11)	4	6.1	9	3	3	2	2	2	0	2.85	3.27	27	7	7	0	0	9	43			0	2	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-1.12	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
32	361	121	Aug 18	PHI		SFG	W,5-3	GS-7		3	7.0	7	3	3	1	11	0	1	2.89	3.16	29	3	6	0	0	7	61			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	-0.178	.00	0.00%	-0.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
33	362	125	Aug 22	PHI		STL	W,7-3	CG	W(13-11)	3	9.0	10	3	3	0	6	0	1	2.89	3.08	37	10	14	3	0	6	61			0	0	0	35	2	1	0	1	1	0	.95	0.108	.00	0.00%	0.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
34	363	129	Aug 26	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-4		3	3.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.02	3.13	15	3	4	0	2	5	32			0	0	0	14	1	1	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.221	.00	0.00%	-2.79	1b start tie	4b --- 0 out a1
35	364	134	Aug 30	PHI		CIN	W,7-4	GS-5	W(14-11)	3	5.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.95	3.10	18	7	5	0	0	2	65			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.196	.00	0.00%	1.90	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
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
36	365	142	Sep 7	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	8-8	W(15-11)	7	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.95	3.11	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.75	0.109	.00	0.00%	0.54	8b -23 2 out tie	8b 3 out tie
37	366	144	Sep 9	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-7	9-GF(15)	BW(16-11)	1	7.0	4	3	2	4	8	0	0	2.93	3.07	28	9	5	2	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.11	0.178	.00	0.00%	-1.45	9b 12- 0 out a4	15b end a 1
38	367	147	Sep 13(1)	PHI		CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(17-11)	3	9.0	2	1	1	2	5	1	1	2.86	3.10	32	10	12	0	7	2	82			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.21	0.527	.00	0.00%	2.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
39	368	152	Sep 17	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	GS-7	L(17-12)	3	7.0	7	3	3	3	3	1	0	2.89	3.14	30	9	9	3	0	6	51			1	2	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	.67	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-0.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
40	369	156	Sep 21	PHI		NYM	W,4-3	GS-9	W(18-12)	3	8.2	6	3	3	6	11	1	0	2.90	3.15	36	9	5	2	1	5	65			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.27	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a1
41	370	159	Sep 25	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-6	L(18-13)	3	6.0	8	5	4	3	2	0	0	2.97	3.15	27	11	5	0	3	6	37			2	0	0	23	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.27	-0.485	.00	0.00%	-2.74	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
42	371	162	Sep 29	PHI	@	NYM	W,10-3	CG	W(19-13)	3	9.0	11	3	2	1	6	0	0	2.94	3.09	42	21	9	1	0	5	60			0	0	0	41	1	1	0	1	0	3	1.18	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
							25-17		W-L:19-13,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.2	269.2	236	99	88	81	202	25	9	2.94	3.09	1103	1.22		7%	8%	172	58	9	44%	12	9	0	999	38	11	10	28	4	13	1.18	1.168	1.29	0.96%	2.14

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