Christopher John Carpenter was born on April 27,1975 and is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
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70 Facts About Chris Carpenter
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Chris Carpenter played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays and St Louis Cardinals from 1997 to 2012.
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For much of his career, Chris Carpenter relied on a cutter that produced a heavy bore and finished with a sharp drop, a 12-to-6 curveball, and a sinker.
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Chris Carpenter was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, but grew up in Raymond, New Hampshire, later moving to Bedford.
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Chris Carpenter played in Little League Baseball, Babe Ruth League, and American Legion Baseball.
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Chris Carpenter was selected for The Boston Globe All-Scholastic team as a senior.
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Chris Carpenter was the first player from New Hampshire ever taken in the first round of the draft.
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Chris Carpenter began his professional career in 1994 in Minor League Baseball with the Medicine Hat Blue Jays of the short-season Pioneer League.
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Chris Carpenter was picked as the Pioneer League's number-three prospect by league managers, behind Aaron Boone and Ray Brown.
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Chris Carpenter struck out eight or more batters in nine different games and led the club in starts, innings pitched and strikeouts.
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Chris Carpenter's command continued to be problematic, although his curve and changeup improved.
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Chris Carpenter won six of his last seven decisions as the Blue Jays made a late push for a playoff spot.
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Chris Carpenter's season output at the All-Star break was a 3.
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Chris Carpenter lost his first three starts, in which he pitched just 16 innings, allowing 18 hits, six home runs and ten walks for a 7.
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Chris Carpenter made six more relief appearances, winning two, but allowed a 6.
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Chris Carpenter gained three wins in May, his first three-win month since September 1998.
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Chris Carpenter won his last four decisions in eight starts, allowing just 14 earned runs in 51 innings for a 2.
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Chris Carpenter allowed 29 home runs on the season, which was the fourth-highest total in the AL.
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Chris Carpenter allowed seven home runs in his first four starts covering 16 innings.
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Chris Carpenter landed on the DL in August for the third time in 2002, where he remained for the rest of the season.
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Chris Carpenter made eight minor league starts as rehabilitation assignments before it was discovered that he had torn his labrum again after the pins anchoring it had destabilized.
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Fully recovered for the 2004 season, Chris Carpenter became a regular in the Cardinals' starting rotation.
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Chris Carpenter walked just 22 while striking out 113 in his last 19 starts.
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Season, Chris Carpenter established then-career bests with 15 victories, a 3.
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Chris Carpenter won the National League Comeback Player of the Year Awards from the Sporting News and the Major League Baseball Players Association Players Choice Award series.
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Chris Carpenter allowed four earned runs in 40 innings for a major-league leading 0.
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Chris Carpenter became the first Cardinals pitcher since Andujar in 1985 to record 15 wins before August 1.
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Chris Carpenter was the first Cardinals pitcher to strike out 200 in a season since Jose DeLeon in 1989.
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Chris Carpenter amassed 19 first-place votes for 132 points while runner-up Dontrelle Willis of the Florida Marlins garnered 112 total points.
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Chris Carpenter became just the second pitcher in team history to win a Cy Young since Gibson, who had last won in 1970.
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Chris Carpenter won the Major League Baseball Players Association Players Choice Award for the National League Outstanding Pitcher, and the Sporting News Award for the National League Pitcher of the Year.
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Chris Carpenter won the This Year in Baseball Starting Pitcher of the Year Award.
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Chris Carpenter finished eighth in the NL MVP voting, the highest placement of all pitchers.
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Chris Carpenter became the third member of the St Louis Cardinals pitching staff to gain his 100th career win in 2006, joining Jeff Suppan and Mark Mulder in a September 16 matchup against the San Francisco Giants.
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Chris Carpenter used a newly evolved curveball over seven completed innings, allowing the lone run in the eighth inning.
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Chris Carpenter was less effective against the New York Mets in the NLCS, allowing a 5.
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Chris Carpenter pitched eight shutout innings, allowing no runs on three hits and striking out six.
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Chris Carpenter finished third in the NL Cy Young balloting behind Brandon Webb and Trevor Hoffman, and 19th in the NL MVP voting, second to Hoffman among pitchers.
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Chris Carpenter's teammates voted him as that season's Darryl Kile Good Guy Award winner for the Cardinals.
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Chris Carpenter returned in 2009, helping leading the Cardinals to a Central division title.
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Chris Carpenter made his third consecutive Opening Day start on April 1,2007, facing off against Tom Glavine of the Mets.
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Chris Carpenter missed his next start due to apparent elbow inflammation.
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Chris Carpenter made his next major league appearance one year later on July 30,2008, against the Braves.
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Chris Carpenter lasted four innings, gave up one run on five hits, walked two and struck out two.
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Chris Carpenter shut them out for seven innings at Busch Stadium struck out seven.
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Chris Carpenter threw a one-hitter on September 7 against the Brewers at Miller Park, striking out 10, and earning his first shutout since September 11,2006.
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Chris Carpenter became only the fourth pitcher since the advent of divisional play in 1969 with at least six runs batted in in a game.
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Chris Carpenter was the runner-up for the National League Cy Young Award.
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In one of the closest votes of the history of the award, winner Tim Lincecum garnered 100 total points while Chris Carpenter had 94 despite being written in just nine of 30 first-place votes.
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Chris Carpenter finished 14th in the NL MVP voting, which was tops among all NL pitchers.
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Early in the 2010 season, Chris Carpenter began to experience increased symptoms related to the prior weakness and numbness in his pitching arm that was concentrated mainly in his shoulder.
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Chris Carpenter gained relief through multiple remedies that included deep massage and muscle release that chiropractor Dr Clayton Skaggs performed.
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Chris Carpenter played in the All-Star Game, the third appearance of his career.
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Chris Carpenter was pushed up against the railing bordering the stands and almost fell in the middle of the chaos.
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Chris Carpenter led the major leagues in games started and was second in the NL in innings pitched.
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Chris Carpenter finished in the top ten in the NL in wins, winning percentage, walks per nine innings, batters faced and hit batsmen.
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Chris Carpenter did not pitch for much of 2012 because of thoracic outlet syndrome, diagnosed on June 28 after a visit to a Dallas-area specialist.
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However, according to Mozeliak, several attempts by Chris Carpenter to throw bullpen sessions had caused a resurfacing of the shoulder issue.
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Chris Carpenter made two minor league rehab starts but was shut down because of continued discomfort.
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Chris Carpenter resigned the position after the 2014 season for personal reasons.
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In October 2021, Chris Carpenter joined the Los Angeles Angels organization as a mental skills coach for minor league pitchers.
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Chris Carpenter's curveball was his preferred pitch with two strikes.
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Chris Carpenter has a lot of pitches [and] can show a hitter one thing, mix it two or three times and show him something different, and he's competitive as all get-out.
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Chris Carpenter has credited former pitching coach Dave Duncan with helping prompt him to rethink his pitching strategy.
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Chris Carpenter was part of so many highlights and I think he really created a culture of higher expectations.
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Chris Carpenter won one Cy Young Award and finished in the top three twice more.
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The Cardinals announced on April 29,2016, that Chris Carpenter was voted by fans into the franchise Hall of Fame, with the enshrinement taking place on August 27,2016.
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Chris Carpenter filed for divorce from first wife Alyson Ickes in December 2013.
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Less than three weeks after Chris Carpenter announced his retirement, Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Blue Jays on December 9,2013, and announced his own retirement.
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