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Chris Duncan LFCardinals

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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
5	1317	.257	.348	.458	.273	3.4

Birth Date	5-5-1981
Height	6' 5"
Weight	230 lbs

Bats	L
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
2005	SLN	24	9	10	10	2	2	1	0	1	6	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	.200	.200	.600	.233	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0
2006	SLN	25	90	314	280	60	82	11	3	22	165	30	69	2	2	43	0	0	.293	.363	.589	.311	25.7	0.5	2.5
2007	SLN	26	127	432	375	51	97	20	0	21	180	55	123	1	1	70	2	1	.259	.354	.480	.281	20.0	-3.3	1.7
2008	SLN	27	76	257	222	26	55	8	0	6	81	34	52	0	1	27	2	1	.248	.346	.365	.249	-0.7	-0.2	-0.0
2009	SLN	28	87	304	260	25	59	15	2	5	93	41	67	0	3	32	0	1	.227	.329	.358	.244	-0.4	-7.4	-0.8
Career			389	1317	1147	164	295	55	5	55	525	160	316	3	7	175	4	3	.257	.348	.458	.273	44.5	-10.5	3.4

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	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1999	JCY	Rk	0	227	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.278			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	PEO	A	0	492	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.323			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	PEO	A	80	337	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.341			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	POT	A+	49	180	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.227			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	PEO	A	129	544	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.328			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	PMB	A+	121	476	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.343			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	TEN	AA	10	25	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.222			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	TEN	AA	120	455	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.347			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	SLN	MLB	9	10	.233	.248	.312	.392	.000	.250	103	-0.3	0.3	0	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0
2005	MEM	AAA	128	500	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.304			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2006	SLN	MLB	90	314	.311	.265	.324	.428	.000	.314	99	17.8	8.5	-2.8	0.5	0.5	25.7	2.5	25.7	2.5
2006	MEM	AAA	52	206	.284	.264	.336	.405	.000	.347	97	5.3	5.6	-2.1	-4.7	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	SLN	MLB	127	432	.281	.264	.324	.418	.000	.328	100	10.1	12.2	-3.2	-3.3	1.4	20.0	1.7	20.0	1.7
2008	SLN	MLB	76	257	.249	.262	.325	.418	.000	.297	98	-2.9	7.2	-2.5	-0.2	-1.4	-0.7	-0.0	-0.7	-0.0
2008	MEM	AAA	7	30	.188	.286	.360	.470	.000	.200	116	-2.4	0.8	-0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	SLN	MLB	87	304	.244	.260	.327	.415	.000	.283	97	-5.1	8.4	-2.3	-7.4	-0.6	-0.4	-0.8	-0.4	-0.8
2009	PAW	AAA	27	94	.203	.264	.330	.408	.000	.222	93	-5.8	2.6	-0.9	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	SYR	AAA	82	296	.200	.266	.332	.416	.000	.230	101	-20	8.2	-4.7	2.5	-1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		1317	.273	.263	.325	.420	.255	.307	99	19.6	35.3	-10.8	-9.7	-0.1	44.5	3.4	44.5	3.4

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1999	JCY	Rk	227	23	43	8	1	6	34	25	62	3	1	.214	.304	.353	.139	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	PEO	A	492	52	115	34	0	8	57	36	111	1	2	.256	.319	.384	.129	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	PEO	A	337	44	91	23	2	13	59	36	55	13	3	.306	.387	.529	.222	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	POT	A+	180	12	30	6	0	3	16	10	47	4	4	.179	.228	.268	.089	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	PEO	A	544	58	132	25	4	16	75	44	118	5	5	.271	.340	.437	.166	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	PMB	A+	476	26	108	20	0	2	42	44	115	4	4	.254	.325	.315	.061	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	TEN	AA	25	1	5	1	0	1	3	0	6	0	0	.200	.200	.360	.160	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	TEN	AA	455	57	112	23	0	16	65	64	94	8	4	.289	.394	.473	.183	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	SLN	MLB	10	2	2	1	0	1	3	0	5	0	0	.200	.200	.600	.400	.233	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0
2005	MEM	AAA	500	57	114	21	2	21	73	63	104	1	3	.265	.361	.469	.204	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2006	SLN	MLB	314	60	82	11	3	22	43	30	69	0	0	.293	.363	.589	.296	.311	25.7	0.5	2.5
2006	MEM	AAA	206	23	49	11	0	7	31	25	53	1	2	.271	.359	.448	.177	.284	0.0	-4.7	0.0
2007	SLN	MLB	432	51	97	20	0	21	70	55	123	2	1	.259	.354	.480	.221	.281	20.0	-3.3	1.7
2008	SLN	MLB	257	26	55	8	0	6	27	34	52	2	1	.248	.346	.365	.117	.249	-0.7	-0.2	-0.0
2008	MEM	AAA	30	5	4	2	0	0	3	4	5	0	0	.160	.300	.240	.080	.188	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2009	SLN	MLB	304	25	59	15	2	5	32	41	67	0	1	.227	.329	.358	.131	.244	-0.4	-7.4	-0.8
2009	PAW	AAA	94	8	16	3	0	2	10	7	20	0	0	.188	.258	.294	.106	.203	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2010	SYR	AAA	296	25	50	8	0	7	27	31	68	4	5	.191	.276	.302	.111	.200	0.0	2.5	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date
2010-07-12	2010-09-07	Minors	57	0			Not Disclosed		-
2008-07-22	2008-09-29	60-DL	69	61		Neck	Surgery	Prosthetic Cervical Disc	2008-08-04
2008-04-02	2008-04-05	DTD	3	3	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2008-03-06	2008-03-11	Camp	5	0		Upper Back	Soreness		-
2007-09-16	2007-10-01	DTD	15	15			Surgery	Sports Hernia	2007-09-20
2007-09-10	2007-09-15	DTD	5	5		Groin	Hernia		-
2007-05-28	2007-06-05	DTD	8	7	Left	Knee	Infection	and Bursitis	-
2007-04-26	2007-04-26	DTD	0	0		Head	Laceration	Falling Down Stairs	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2009	SLN	$825,000
2008	SLN	$439,000
2007	SLN	$400,000

Years	Description	Salary
3 yr	Previous	$1,664,000
3 yr	Total	$1,664,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
3 y 80 d		1 year (2010)

Details

1 year (2010). Signed by Washington as a free agent 1/19/10 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$0.825M (2009). Re-signed by St. Louis 1/19/08 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Boston in trade from St. Louis 7/22/09 (Red Sox to pay $13.5M still due Julio Lugo in 2009 and 2010). Released by Boston 8/20/09.
1 year/$0.439M (2008). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/4/08.
1 year/$0.4M (2007). Re-signed 2/07.
1 year (2006). Re-signed 2/06.
1 year (2005). Contract purchased 9/05.
Drafted 1999 (1s-46).

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Title	Author	Date
The Lineup Card: Six Contract Incentives that Should Happen	Baseball Prospectus	2013-01-30
The Week In Quotes: April 11-17	Alex Carnevale	2011-04-18
The Column to Be Named Later: Birds of a Feather	Marc Normandin	2011-02-04
Changing Speeds: The Golden Generation	Ken Funck	2010-08-19
Fantasy Beat: Fantasy Roundtable	Marc Normandin	2010-05-04
Fantasy Focus: Depth Chart/PFM Update, Part 2	Clay Davenport	2010-03-21
Transaction Action: Put Up Your Dukes?	Christina Kahrl	2010-03-17
Team Health Reports: St. Louis Cardinals	Will Carroll	2010-02-24
Transaction Action: Capital Offenses?	Christina Kahrl	2010-02-21
Baseball Therapy: Why Not Two Pitchers?	Russell A. Carleton	2010-02-08
Transaction Action: Senior Circuitry	Christina Kahrl	2010-01-27
So You Need: OBP	Christina Kahrl	2009-11-30
On the Beat: Midweek Update	John Perrotto	2009-09-02
Transaction Action: Additions of a Minor Nature	Christina Kahrl	2009-08-21
Transaction Action: AL West Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-08-12
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Arms Race	Jay Jaffe	2009-08-06
Movin' On Up: Deadline Day Winners and Losers	Clay Davenport	2009-08-03
The Week In Quotes: July 20-26	Alex Carnevale	2009-07-27
Fantasy Beat: Buddy, Can You Spare a LaRoche?	Marc Normandin	2009-07-24
Prospectus Hit List: Halladay to Holliday	Jay Jaffe	2009-07-24
Transaction Action: Duncan for Donuts?	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-23
Second-Half Prescriptions: NL	Baseball Prospectus	2009-07-16
Transaction of the Day: The DeRosa Deal	Christina Kahrl	2009-06-29
Prospectus Idol Entry: LaRussa's Choices	Brian Cartwright	2009-06-28
Prospectus Idol Entry: Game Story: Cardinals at Mets, June 25	Tim Kniker	2009-06-28
Transaction Analysis: NL Central Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-06-18
Prospectus Hit and Run: Conquering the Cubs	Jay Jaffe	2009-06-17
Prospectus Idol Entry: Fantasy Tip: Be Dr. Frankenstein	Matthew Knight	2009-05-31
Prospectus Hit and Run: Cinco do Samplo, NL	Jay Jaffe	2009-05-07
Under The Knife: Midweek Med Report	Will Carroll	2009-05-06
Under The Knife: Down, Out?	Will Carroll	2009-05-05
Prospectus Today: Taking Wing	Joe Sheehan	2009-05-04
Prospectus Hit and Run: Pair Up in Threes	Jay Jaffe	2009-04-30
Transaction Analysis: NL Roster Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-04-16
On the Beat: Cardinal Creativity	John Perrotto	2009-04-15
Prospectus Today: The Middle Third	Joe Sheehan	2009-04-03
Team Health Reports: St. Louis Cardinals	Brad Wochomurka	2009-03-10
Prospectus Hit and Run: Irreplaceable	Jay Jaffe	2009-03-09
Under The Knife: Things We Know Now	Will Carroll	2009-02-20
Transaction Analysis: Central Housekeeping	Christina Kahrl	2009-01-21
Hot Stove Preview: NL Central	Christina Kahrl	2008-11-18
Under The Knife: Band-Aids	Will Carroll	2008-09-01
Prospectus Preview: Wednesday's Games to Watch	Marc Normandin	2008-08-20
UTK Wrap: East Feast	Will Carroll	2008-08-08
Under The Knife: Dealing with Delays	Will Carroll	2008-08-05
Transaction Analysis: Golddiggers and Going For It	Christina Kahrl	2008-07-23
Under The Knife: Hiding Out	Will Carroll	2008-07-23
On the Beat: The Two-Week Watch	John Perrotto	2008-07-17
Prospectus Preview: Tuesday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-06-24
Prospectus Preview: Thursday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-06-19
Can Of Corn: Mock Blockbuster, Part III	Dayn Perry	2008-06-14
Under The Knife: Instant Gratification	Will Carroll	2008-06-11
The Week In Quotes: May 27-June 1	Alex Carnevale	2008-06-02
Prospectus Hit List: Look for Lofton	Jay Jaffe	2008-05-30
Can Of Corn: The 2008 Cardinals	Dayn Perry	2008-05-10
Prospectus Preview: Friday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-05-09
Prospectus Hit List: Overwhelmingly Neutral, Like Switzerland	Jay Jaffe	2008-05-02
Every Given Sunday: To New Challenges and Old Friends	John Perrotto	2008-04-27
Future Shock: Ten Pack for Haters	Kevin Goldstein	2008-04-16
Under The Knife: Word Games	Will Carroll	2008-04-03
Fantasy Beat: Fantasy Draft Day	Marc Normandin	2008-03-26
Future Shock: State of the Systems, NL Central	Kevin Goldstein	2008-03-25
Team Health Reports: St. Louis Cardinals	Will Carroll	2008-03-04
Schrodinger's Bat: Wrapping it Up	Dan Fox	2008-02-14
Spring Training Preview: NL Central	Joe Sheehan	2008-02-11
Schrodinger's Bat: Back to the Drawing Board	Dan Fox	2008-01-31
Schrodinger's Bat: The Issue of the Day, and Ranging into the Outfield	Dan Fox	2007-12-20
Wait 'Til Next Year: Hatching Cardinals	Bryan Smith	2007-12-18
6-4-3: Value Over Jack Cust	Gary Huckabay	2007-12-17
Lies, Damned Lies: Offseason Plans, NL Central	Nate Silver	2007-10-12
The Week In Quotes: September 17-23	Alex Carnevale	2007-09-24
Prospectus Hit List: AL Supremacy Edition	Marc Normandin	2007-09-22
Under The Knife: Context and Need	Will Carroll	2007-09-18
Prospectus Hit List: Stretch Mayhem	Marc Normandin	2007-09-15
Under The Knife: Operation Shutdown	Will Carroll	2007-09-14
Under The Knife: The Madness of Crowds	Will Carroll	2007-09-12
Under The Knife: Glausgate	Will Carroll	2007-09-10
Transaction Analysis: National League Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2007-08-19
Under The Knife: Moving On	Will Carroll	2007-08-09
Every Given Sunday: Moving, Shaking, and Cardinal Blues	John Perrotto	2007-08-05
Prospectus Matchups: Knee-Jerk All-Stars Revisited	Jim Baker	2007-08-03
Under The Knife: Chaps	Will Carroll	2007-07-16
Prospectus Hit List: Friday the 13th Edition	Jay Jaffe	2007-07-13
Prospectus Toolbox: Small Samples and All-Star Berths	Derek Jacques	2007-07-10
Prospectus Hit List: Pinch-Hitter's Edition	Marc Normandin	2007-07-06
Under The Knife: Losing My Sunday Thing	Will Carroll	2007-06-12
Prospectus Hit List: Padres Riding High	Jay Jaffe	2007-06-08
Under The Knife: All Injuries Are Local	Will Carroll	2007-06-04
Under The Knife: Expanding Knowledge	Will Carroll	2007-05-31
Under The Knife: Fast and Furious	Will Carroll	2007-05-30
Schrodinger's Bat: Batter Versus Pitcher, Gameday Style	Dan Fox	2007-05-24
Prospectus Hit List: La ciudad de los frijoles es suprema!	Jay Jaffe	2007-05-18
Transaction of the Day: Major Moves	Christina Kahrl	2007-05-02
Prospectus Matchups: Power to the People's Player	Jim Baker	2007-05-01
Prospectus Hit List: Bunches of Bunching	Jay Jaffe	2007-04-27
Prospectus Matchups: The Knee-Jerk All-Stars	Jim Baker	2007-04-17
Transaction of the Day: Roster Review of the Centrals	Christina Kahrl	2007-04-05
The Week In Quotes: February 26-March 5	Alex Carnevale	2007-03-05
Positional Health Reports: Left Fielders	Will Carroll	2007-02-26
Transaction Analysis: NL Central Catchup	Christina Kahrl	2007-02-06
Future Shock: St. Louis Cardinals Top Ten Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2006-12-21
Prospectus Today: Winter Meetings Review	Joe Sheehan	2006-12-11
Prospectus Today: Winter Meetings Preview, Part Two	Joe Sheehan	2006-12-03
Prospectus Today: Game Last	Joe Sheehan	2006-10-28
World Series Prospectus: Game Five Diary	Steven Goldman	2006-10-28
Prospectus Today: Game Two	Joe Sheehan	2006-10-23
World Series Prospectus: Diary Time, Game One	Derek Jacques	2006-10-22
World Series Prospectus: Detroit Tigers versus St. Louis Cardinals	Nate Silver	2006-10-21
Playoff Prospectus: Diary of a Mad White Guy	Kevin Goldstein	2006-10-20
Future Shock: Where the Cardinals Came From	Kevin Goldstein	2006-10-19
Prospectus Today: LCS, Day Four	Joe Sheehan	2006-10-14
Playoff Prospectus: NLCS Preview	Jay Jaffe	2006-10-11
Playoff Prospectus: Roster Reviews	Christina Kahrl	2006-10-05
Playoff Prospectus: Padres versus Cardinals	Dan Fox	2006-10-03
Transaction Analysis: September 15-18, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-09-19
Future Shock: Short Term Impact, NL	Kevin Goldstein	2006-09-15
Future Shock: Great Leap Forward, NL	Kevin Goldstein	2006-09-08
Prospectus Game of the Week: Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals, September 3, 2006	Derek Jacques	2006-09-06
Transaction Analysis: August 18-22	Christina Kahrl	2006-08-23
Transaction Analysis: August 15-17	Christina Kahrl	2006-08-18
Transaction Analysis: August 10-14	Christina Kahrl	2006-08-15
Prospectus Notebook: Red Sox, Cardinals	Baseball Prospectus	2006-08-11
Future Shock: Division Roundup, NL Central, 7/18/06	Kevin Goldstein	2006-07-18
Transaction Analysis: July 3-5	Christina Kahrl	2006-07-06
Transaction Analysis: June 22-26	Christina Kahrl	2006-06-28
Prospectus Game of the Week: Houston Astros at Chicago White Sox, June 23, 2006	Derek Jacques	2006-06-27
Transaction Analysis: June 6-7	Christina Kahrl	2006-06-09
Transaction Analysis: June 1-5	Christina Kahrl	2006-06-06
Transaction Analysis: May 25-29	Christina Kahrl	2006-05-30
Prospectus Notebook: Cardinals, Nationals	Baseball Prospectus	2006-05-24
Transaction Analysis: May 19-21	Christina Kahrl	2006-05-22
Transaction Analysis: March 29-30	Christina Kahrl	2006-03-31
Future Shock: Spring Prospect Report, National League	Kevin Goldstein	2006-03-29
Prospectus Notebook: Padres, Cardinals	Baseball Prospectus	2005-10-14
Prospectus Hit List: Week of October 2	Jay Jaffe	2005-10-04
Transaction Analysis: September 1-7	Christina Kahrl	2005-09-08
Transaction Analysis: The Wests, etc.	Christina Kahrl	2005-03-25

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2010-02-17 16:00:00	It seems clear from most of the Nationals blogs that The Constituency is no longer patient, and Mike Rizzo's honeymoon is already over. I have been pretty happy with the moves the Nats made this off-season, but I have to agree that too much depends on the health of folks like Chien-Ming Wang, Scott Olsen and even Chris Duncan. The Nats will be better this year, because they can't help but be. However, is the view of the Nats' offseason more charitable at BP or anywhere else outside of Nats fans' disgruntled little world? (HalfStreet from Fairfax VA)	The kinds of things the Nationals need to do to improve their team just can't be done in a single offseason. To evaluate them on that basis almost isn't fair. I feel the same way about Rizzo. I have a hard time identifying actual things he's done that are that bad. I don't love the Pudge signing and Wang is probably done (but it's a nice gamble). They have to focus on the draft and on international scouting. There's no other path to .500. (I'll hold off on a discussion of Adam Dunn for the next question.) (Tommy Bennett)
2008-11-19 13:00:00	Christina's roundup of the NL Central yesterday suggested that Chris Duncan's neck injury could be career-ending. That's the worst prognosis for it that I've read anywhere. Are you hearing anything on that one? (Bill from New Mexico)	Its a good description. I'd say "career threatening" and I think that's the phrase doctors have used. (Will Carroll)
2008-05-05 12:30:00	ASU's Ike Davis: Chris Duncan 2.0? (Mike from Philly)	I know where you're coming from, but I think you have to give Davis some credit for clearly being more athletic than Duncan, and he has that arm from the outfield that Duncan doesn't. Offensively, I could see that being a decent comp, without knowing Davis' specific LHP/RHP splits. (Bryan Smith)
2008-05-01 13:00:00	I'm thinking of trading Chris Duncan for Nick Johnson in an NL-only league. Thoughts on Johnson so far? Any hope he stays healthy in his walk year? (mymrbig from NOLA)	They're all walk years for Nick Johnson. I'd make that deal...Duncan could see his PT chipped at in St. Louis. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-01-17 14:00:00	What do you think of the Cardinals offering Chris Duncan, Anthony Reyes and your choice of Wellemeyer, Thompson or Jiminez for Tom Gorzelany? (Jack from (Charleston, WV))	As much as I really, really like Gorzelanny, that's too much to give up. But then I can't shake the anticipation I have of seeing the Cards line up a trio of lefty-hitting howitzers in their outfield at some point: Rick Ankiel, Duncan, and Colby Rasmus. That's just a fun bunch to have at your disposal. (Christina Kahrl)

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