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Chris
Short		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 210
 
Born: September 19, 1937 in Usa, DE, MILFORD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963   
Bronze Rookie 1959   
All-Star Selections 1959   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 21 DET AL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1960 22 DET AL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
1961 23 MON NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
1962 24 MON NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1963 25 MON NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1964 26 MON NL $ 350,000 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1965 27 MON NL $ 350,000 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1966 28 MON NL $ 500,000 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1967 29 MON NL $ 500,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1968 30 COL NL $ 500,000 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1969 31 MON NL   7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,000 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 21 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 22 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 23 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 24 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 25 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 26 MON NL $ 350,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 27 MON NL $ 350,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 28 MON NL $ 500,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 29 MON NL $ 500,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 30 COL NL $ 500,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 31 MON NL     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1959 21 DET AL 17 11 .607 36 36 10 1 0 276.3 276 123 30 89 172 4.01 .259 .318 .407 .726 16.2
    AAA   3 2 .600 6 6 0 0 0 42.0 30 10 4 19 32 2.14 .199 .288 .311 .599  
1960 22 DET AL 8 8 .500 20 17 3 0 0 126.0 106 50 8 44 96 3.57 .224 .291 .346 .637 6.7
1961 23 AAA   4 8 .333 18 18 1 0 0 119.0 122 47 13 47 127 3.55 .262 .330 .402 .732  
1962 24 MON NL 1 0 1.000 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 4 1 1 1 8 1.00 .129 .156 .226 .382 1.3
    AAA   10 10 .500 28 28 0 0 0 192.0 202 77 24 67 200 3.61 .269 .328 .415 .743  
1963 25 MON NL 1 1 .500 16 0 0 0 1 24.3 30 14 1 9 7 5.18 .319 .375 .383 .758 0.3
    AAA   3 1 .750 7 0 0 0 0 9.7 11 6 1 0 10 5.59 .282 .282 .436 .718  
1964 26 MON NL 3 3 .500 23 2 0 0 3 31.3 45 25 9 17 12 7.18 .341 .413 .629 1.042 0.0
1965 27 MON NL 17 9 .654 37 27 10 1 1 222.3 199 97 22 88 139 3.93 .241 .316 .370 .686 10.7
1966 28 MON NL 8 6 .571 61 1 0 0 9 84.7 77 35 9 35 54 3.72 .242 .315 .362 .676 7.1
1967 29 MON NL 10 14 .417 32 29 7 2 1 219.7 235 98 22 65 126 4.02 .276 .326 .418 .744 13.5
1968 30 COL NL 5 8 .385 77 0 0 0 7 89.0 94 37 8 38 44 3.74 .273 .344 .381 .725 5.2
1969 31 MON NL 0 1 .000 28 1 0 0 5 41.0 43 24 3 14 25 5.27 .267 .324 .373 .697 1.4
10 Years Sim 70 61 .534 331 114 31 4 27 1123.6 1109 504 113 400 683 4.04 .258 .322 .394 .715 62.5
4 Years AAA 20 21 .488 59 52 1 0 0 362.7 365 140 42 133 369 3.47 .259 .323 .400 .724  
Season Average 7 6 .538 33 11 3 0 2 112.4 110 50 11 40 68 4.04 .258 .322 .394 .715  
Career Highs 17 14 1.000 77 36 10 2 9 276.3 276 123 30 89 172 7.18 .341 .413 .629 1.042  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   812 386 79 278 467   .265 .326 .399 .725
vs LH   297 118 34 122 216   .242 .311 .379 .690
Home 31 26 .544 169 55 10 3 12 551.3 531 229 47 174 344 3.74 .252 .309 .367 .676
Away 39 35 .527 162 59 21 1 16 572.3 578 275 66 226 339 4.32 .264 .333 .419 .752
Mar/Apr 8 9 .471 48 12 2 1 2 154.3 143 73 13 49 92 4.26 .246 .304 .380 .684
May 17 11 .607 55 21 7 1 6 192.7 188 90 14 76 118 4.20 .255 .324 .381 .705
June 11 11 .500 62 28 6 0 1 232.0 226 104 24 86 147 4.04 .255 .321 .400 .721
July 13 8 .619 54 18 7 1 4 191.0 173 68 20 75 114 3.20 .245 .318 .365 .683
August 14 13 .519 61 19 4 0 10 190.3 202 84 22 56 118 3.97 .271 .322 .402 .724
Sep/Oct 7 9 .438 51 16 5 1 5 163.3 177 85 20 58 94 4.68 .278 .338 .433 .771
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1959 21 DET AL 36 102 5 10 2 1 1 9 0 0 2 33 .098 .114 .167 .281 -0.7 0.0
1960 22 DET AL 20 45 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 .089 .109 .089 .198 -1.4 0.0
1962 24 MON NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1963 25 AAA   2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1964 26 MON NL 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1965 27 MON NL 37 75 4 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 24 .133 .143 .160 .303 0.1 0.0
1966 28 MON NL 61 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0
1967 29 MON NL 33 69 4 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 17 .174 .197 .188 .386 1.9 0.0
1968 30 COL NL 77 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3
8 Years Sim 288 307 15 39 5 1 1 16 0 0 5 96 .127 .143 .160 .302 0.3 0.3
1 Years AAA 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 172 8 21 2 0 0 9 0 0 2 54 .127 .143 .160 .302 0.2  
Career Highs 77 102 5 12 2 1 1 9 0 0 2 33 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   191 9 23 2 1 1 10 0 0 0 55 .120 .124 .157 .281 -2.7
vs LH   116 6 16 3 0 0 6 0 0 5 41 .138 .174 .164 .337 0.8
Home 113 129 7 14 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 46 .109 .129 .132 .261 -2.3
Away 142 178 8 25 4 0 1 13 0 0 2 50 .140 .153 .180 .333 0.3
RISP   67 0 8 0 0 0 13 0 0 2 27 .119 .153 .119 .272 -1.0
Close/Late   24 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.5
Mar/Apr 30 36 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .139 .162 .139 .301 -0.1
May 28 57 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 .105 .105 .123 .228 -1.7
June 38 73 4 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 24 .123 .123 .164 .288 -0.9
July 33 53 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 18 .113 .145 .151 .296 -0.4
August 19 47 5 10 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 13 .213 .240 .277 .517 3.1
Sep/Oct 30 41 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .073 .093 .098 .191 -1.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1959 21 DET AL P 36 36 276.3 14 39 0 3 1.000 1.73    
1960 22 DET AL P 20 17 126.0 5 23 0 1 1.000 2.00    
1962 24 MON NL P 1 1 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1963 25 MON NL P 16 0 24.3 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.22    
1964 26 MON NL P 23 2 31.3 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.72    
1965 27 MON NL P 37 27 222.3 13 24 2 1 .949 1.50    
1966 28 MON NL P 61 1 84.7 5 11 1 0 .941 1.70    
1967 29 MON NL P 32 29 219.7 17 29 0 2 1.000 1.88    
1968 30 COL NL P 77 0 89.0 5 12 1 3 .944 1.72    
1969 31 MON NL P 28 1 41.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.98    
Career Totals   331 114 1123.6 64 157 4 11 .982 1.77    
Career Highs   77 36 276.3 17 39 2 3 1.000 3.00    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1962 24 MON NL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
1965 27 MON NL 0 2 .000 7 0 0 0 1 8.7 10 5 1 3 2 5.20 .286 .342 .543 .885
1966 28 MON NL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.7 2 2 1 0 0 6.77 .200 .200 .500 .700
1968 30 COL NL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 4 3 0 1 0 20.30 .444 .500 .444 .944
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 4 .200 13 0 0 0 1 13.7 17 10 2 4 3 6.59 .293 .339 .500 .839
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1959-9-17
 Complete Games
1959-9-10
 Shutouts
1959-7-1
1967-8-2
 Hits Allowed
1959-6-276
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Guy Hoffman (979)
  2. Woodie Fryman (964)
  3. Joe Gibbon (963)
  4. Dennis Rasmussen (957)
  5. Jakie May (954)
  6. Larry Jansen (953)
  7. Eddie Smith (949)
  8. Craig Lefferts (949)
  9. Howie Koplitz (948)
  10. Pat Caraway (945)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Dick Lemay (991)
  2. Paul Erickson (991)
  3. Bob Anderson (989)
  4. Denny Galehouse (988)
  5. Jim Constable (987)
  6. Lee Stine (984)
  7. Ken Lehman (984)
  8. Ralph Beard (984)
  9. Fergie Jenkins (983)
  10. Ed Durham (983)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Detroit in 1959
Earned first career win on 5/3/1959
Had first career hit on 6/16/1959, off Ike Delock (CLE)
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Hit first career homerun on 8/7/1959, off Ralph Beard (SEM)
Won Bronze Rookie in 1959, going 17-11, 4.01 ERA
Injured on 7/9/1960 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season
Traded from Detroit to Montreal on 3/3/1961 (Going to MON: RF Larry Doby, P Chris Short, 2B Rocky Bridges, 3B Dick Williams. Going to DET: 1B Joe Adcock, SS Felix Mantilla, LF Chuck Tanner)
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
7/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1965, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1967, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Traded from Montreal to Colorado on 4/2/1968 (Going to COL: LF Gene Stephens, P Chris Short. Going to MON: P Howie Reed)
Released by Colorado on 2/1/1969
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/13/1969 to a 4-year deal worth $1,980,000 per year
Released by Montreal on 9/1/1969
 
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