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Chad Paronto PAstros

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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
7 183.3 6 12 1 107 4.32 -0.1
Birth Date7-28-1975
Height6' 5"
Weight285 lbs
BatsR
ThrowsR

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G GS IP IP-SP IP-RP W L SV BS QS BQS PA H R ER HR TB BB UBB HBP SO ERA FIP FRA VORP WARP
2001 BAL 25 24 0 27.0 0.0 27.0 1 3 0 1 0 0 128 33 24 15 5 55 11 11 1 16 5.00 5.65 6.14 -2.7 -0.3
2002 CLE 26 29 0 35.7 0.0 35.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 154 34 19 16 3 53 11 10 2 23 4.04 3.96 5.01 3.0 0.3
2003 CLE 27 6 0 6.7 0.0 6.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 29 7 8 7 1 10 3 3 0 6 9.45 4.59 4.73 0.3 0.0
2006 ATL 30 65 0 56.7 0.0 56.7 2 3 0 4 0 0 237 53 23 20 5 78 19 16 3 41 3.18 3.97 4.99 3.4 0.3
2007 ATL 31 41 0 40.3 0.0 40.3 3 1 1 1 0 0 180 47 20 16 1 59 19 14 3 14 3.57 4.44 5.28 1.3 0.1
2008 HOU 32 6 0 10.3 0.0 10.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 41 11 5 5 2 22 2 2 0 4 4.35 5.43 6.76 -1.5 -0.2
2009 HOU 33 6 0 6.7 0.0 6.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 15 9 9 4 30 1 1 0 3 12.15 10.41 10.59 -4.1 -0.4
Career1770183.30.0183.361216008052001088821307665791074.324.665.55-0.3-0.1

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP FRA FRA+ TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP PPF PVORP PWARP VORP WARP
1996 FRD A+ 8 1 15.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 BLU Rk 9 2 21.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 DEL A 28 23 127.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .302 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 FRD A+ 18 18 103.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.862 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 BOW AA 8 7 35.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.712 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 FRD A+ 13 13 72.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.831 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 BOW AA 15 9 41.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.889 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 BOW AA 8 8 47.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.551 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 ROC AAA 12 6 36.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.921 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 BAL MLB 24 0 27.0 6.14 63 .326 .276 .343 .451 .274 .295 92 -2.7 -0.3 -2.7 -0.3
2001 ROC AAA 33 0 43.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.542 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 Azu Wnt 4 0 10.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.857 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 CLE MLB 29 0 35.7 5.01 98 .247 .270 .337 .434 .270 .270 101 3.0 0.3 3.0 0.3
2002 AKR AA 1 1 0.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 BUF AAA 8 0 13.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .244 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 CLE MLB 6 0 6.7 4.73 96 .294 .274 .341 .445 .271 .316 93 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0
2003 BUF AAA 49 0 56.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .330 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 MEM AAA 47 0 55.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .259 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 GWN AAA 26 0 41.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.765 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 NAS AAA 27 0 39.3 3.26 131 .243 .279 .357 .439 .273 .333 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 ATL MLB 65 0 56.7 4.99 97 .241 .277 .342 .453 .269 .284 99 3.9 0.4 3.4 0.3
2006 GWN AAA 12 0 17.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .308 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 ATL MLB 41 0 40.3 5.28 91 .266 .277 .347 .441 .271 .322 101 1.3 0.1 1.3 0.1
2007 GWN AAA 11 0 16.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .309 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 HOU MLB 6 0 10.3 6.76 57 .287 .277 .344 .458 .274 .273 102 -1.1 -0.1 -1.5 -0.2
2008 ROU AAA 35 0 52.7 2.26 151 .248 .287 .357 .459 .275 .381 96 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 HOU MLB 6 0 6.7 10.59 -32 .443 .279 .344 .431 .271 .393 101 -4.1 -0.4 -4.1 -0.4
2009 ROU AAA 44 0 51.7 3.29 125 .191 .272 .345 .426 .272 .232 95 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 PAW AAA 54 0 74.7 5.51 66 .272 .267 .334 .418 .256 .305 92 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB0183.35.5583.275.275.343.445.271.297990.60.0-0.3-0.1

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 WHIP ERA VORP WARP
1996 BLU Rk 1 1 1 9 2 21.3 16 5 24 0 0% .000 6.8 2.1 0.0 10.1 0.99 1.69 0.0 0.0
1996 FRD A+ 0 1 0 8 1 15.0 11 8 6 0 0% .000 6.6 4.8 0.0 3.6 1.27 4.80 0.0 0.0
1997 DEL A 6 9 0 28 23 127.3 133 56 93 9 0% .302 9.4 4.0 0.6 6.6 1.48 4.74 0.0 0.0
1998 BOW AA 1 3 1 8 7 35.7 38 23 28 1 0% -.712 9.6 5.8 0.3 7.1 1.71 5.80 0.0 0.0
1998 FRD A+ 7 6 0 18 18 103.7 116 39 87 4 0% -.862 10.1 3.4 0.3 7.6 1.49 3.12 0.0 0.0
1999 BOW AA 0 4 0 15 9 41.0 59 32 27 3 0% -.889 13.0 7.0 0.7 5.9 2.22 8.12 0.0 0.0
1999 FRD A+ 3 5 0 13 13 72.3 81 26 55 7 0% -.831 10.1 3.2 0.9 6.8 1.48 4.73 0.0 0.0
2000 ROC AAA 1 1 0 12 6 36.0 40 15 18 5 0% -.921 10.0 3.8 1.2 4.5 1.53 5.75 0.0 0.0
2000 BOW AA 4 2 0 8 8 47.0 29 16 31 2 0% -.551 5.6 3.1 0.4 5.9 0.96 2.87 0.0 0.0
2001 BAL MLB 1 3 0 24 0 27.0 33 11 16 5 64% .295 11.0 3.7 1.7 5.3 1.63 5.00 -2.7 -0.3
2001 ROC AAA 3 3 1 33 0 43.3 44 24 39 5 0% -.542 9.1 5.0 1.0 8.1 1.57 4.57 0.0 0.0
2001 Azu Wnt 0 1 0 4 0 10.7 12 7 7 0 0% -.857 10.1 5.9 0.0 5.9 1.78 6.73 0.0 0.0
2002 CLE MLB 0 2 0 29 0 35.7 34 11 23 3 61% .270 8.6 2.8 0.8 5.8 1.26 4.04 3.0 0.3
2002 BUF AAA 0 0 1 8 0 13.0 10 1 7 0 0% .244 6.9 0.7 0.0 4.8 0.85 0.00 0.0 0.0
2002 AKR AA 0 0 0 1 1 0.3 1 1 0 0 0% .500 30.0 30.0 0.0 0.0 6.67 30.00 0.0 0.0
2003 CLE MLB 0 2 0 6 0 6.7 7 3 6 1 30% .316 9.4 4.0 1.4 8.1 1.50 9.45 0.3 0.0
2003 BUF AAA 3 5 18 49 0 56.0 64 22 48 2 0% .330 10.3 3.5 0.3 7.7 1.54 4.34 0.0 0.0
2004 MEM AAA 5 3 4 47 0 55.0 46 25 38 3 0% .259 7.5 4.1 0.5 6.2 1.29 2.13 0.0 0.0
2005 NAS AAA 3 1 4 27 0 39.3 40 19 38 1 55% .333 9.2 4.4 0.2 8.7 1.50 2.75 0.0 0.0
2005 GWN AAA 3 1 0 26 0 41.0 43 17 28 4 0% -.765 9.4 3.7 0.9 6.1 1.46 3.95 0.0 0.0
2006 ATL MLB 2 3 0 65 0 56.7 53 19 41 5 44% .284 8.4 3.0 0.8 6.5 1.27 3.18 3.4 0.3
2006 GWN AAA 1 1 4 12 0 17.0 17 3 15 1 0% .308 9.0 1.6 0.5 7.9 1.18 1.06 0.0 0.0
2007 ATL MLB 3 1 1 41 0 40.3 47 19 14 1 51% .322 10.5 4.2 0.2 3.1 1.64 3.57 1.3 0.1
2007 GWN AAA 0 0 2 11 0 16.7 18 4 11 1 0% .309 9.7 2.2 0.5 5.9 1.32 3.77 0.0 0.0
2008 HOU MLB 0 1 0 6 0 10.3 11 2 4 2 46% .273 9.6 1.7 1.7 3.5 1.26 4.35 -1.5 -0.2
2008 ROU AAA 0 2 3 35 0 52.7 61 14 57 2 57% .381 10.4 2.4 0.3 9.7 1.42 3.07 0.0 0.0
2009 HOU MLB 0 0 0 6 0 6.7 15 1 3 4 34% .393 20.2 1.4 5.4 4.0 2.40 12.15 -4.1 -0.4
2009 ROU AAA 2 1 24 44 0 51.7 34 14 39 1 41% .232 5.9 2.4 0.2 6.8 0.93 1.39 0.0 0.0
2010 PAW AAA 3 5 2 54 0 74.7 80 30 47 9 46% .305 9.6 3.6 1.1 5.7 1.47 4.22 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2009-09-30 2009-10-04 DTD 4 4 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2009-06-16 2009-07-01 Minors 15 0 Not Disclosed -
2009-04-09 2009-04-16 Minors 7 0 Not Disclosed -
2009-03-24 2009-03-30 Camp 6 0 Right Shoulder Soreness -
2007-04-14 2007-04-30 15-DL 16 14 Right Groin Strain -
2002-07-29 2002-09-30 60-DL 63 59 Right Elbow Inflammation Tendonitis -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2012 $
2011 BOS $
2008 HOU $500,000
2007 ATL $420,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$920,000
2 yrTotal$920,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 38 d

Details
  • signed as a free agent from HOU 1/10 (minor-league contract)
  • sent outright to Triple-A 10/9/09 contract purchased 9/16/09 assigned Triple-A 7/27/09 designated for assignment 7/26/09 contract purchased 7/17/09 re-signed as a free agent 1/14/09 (minor-league contract)
  • designated for assignment 8/2/08 contract purchased 7/6/08 sent outright to Triple-A 3/28/08 signed as a free agent from ATL 12/18/07, 1 year$0.5M (08)
  • refused assignment 10/29/07
  • designated for assignment 10/25/07 optioned to Triple-A 7/31/07
  • re-signed 3/07, 1 year/$0.42M (07)
  • contract purchased 5/06

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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: May 12-15, 2002Christina Kahrl2011-11-06
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Q&A: Dr. John BagonziDavid Laurila2010-05-06
Minor Issues: Married in the Minors with Chad ParontoDavid Laurila2010-04-16
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: NL ActionChristina Kahrl2009-12-15
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Roster TweaksChristina Kahrl2009-10-20
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Senior Circuit StragglersChristina Kahrl2009-09-16
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Brew'd-up ReunionChristina Kahrl2009-08-10
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Senior ShufflingChristina Kahrl2009-07-27
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Senior Circuit ShufflingChristina Kahrl2009-04-02
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Miracle CuresChristina Kahrl2008-05-19
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: NL East Rosters ReviewChristina Kahrl2008-04-02
Spring Training Preview: NL CentralJoe Sheehan2008-02-11
Spring Training Preview: NL EastJoe Sheehan2008-02-08
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: NL Pickups and DiscardsChristina Kahrl2007-11-13
Transaction of the Day: NL East RoundupChristina Kahrl2007-09-16
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: Deadline DayChristina Kahrl2007-08-01
Transaction Analysis: NL-Brand KetchupChristina Kahrl2007-05-24
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction of the Day: Six Reshuffled DecksChristina Kahrl2007-05-18
Transaction of the Day: Studies in Damage ControlChristina Kahrl2007-05-04
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction of the Day: Major MovesChristina Kahrl2007-05-02
Transaction of the Day: Roster Reviews of the EastsChristina Kahrl2007-04-12
This article requires BP Premium accessHope and Faith: How the Atlanta Braves Can Win the World SeriesBrent Gambill2007-04-01
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 19-26, 2007Christina Kahrl2007-03-27
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 13-18, 2007Christina Kahrl2007-03-19
Prospectus Hit List: Week of August 6thJay Jaffe2006-08-09
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: August 4-7, 2006Christina Kahrl2006-08-07
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: June 22-26Christina Kahrl2006-06-28
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: End of an ERAJoe Sheehan2006-06-19
This article requires BP Premium accessProspectus Today: Witch HuntJoe Sheehan2006-06-12
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: May 15-18Christina Kahrl2006-05-19
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This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock: Mommy, Where Do Closers Come From?Kevin Goldstein2006-05-12
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: May 5-9Christina Kahrl2006-05-10
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 17-26Christina Kahrl2006-03-27
Transaction Analysis: March 14-16Christina Kahrl2006-03-17
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 10-15, 2004Christina Kahrl2004-03-17
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: April 17-20, 2003Christina Kahrl2003-04-23
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: March 25-April 6, 2003Christina Kahrl2003-04-09
Transaction Analysis: September 28-November 10, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-11-15
Transaction Analysis: September 11-15, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-09-17
Transaction Analysis: July 22-25, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-07-28
Transaction Analysis: July 15-21, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-07-24
Transaction Analysis: June 13-17, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-06-20
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Transaction Analysis: April 23-24, 2002Christina Kahrl2002-04-26
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