Cris Carpenter

Not to be confused with the former professional baseball pitchers Chris Carpenter, who played in MLB from 1997 to 2012 with the Toronto Blue Jays and St. Louis Cardinals, or Chris Carpenter (baseball, born 1985), who played in MLB from 2011 to 2012 with the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox.

Cris Carpenter
Pitcher
Born: (1965-04-05) April 5, 1965 St. Augustine, Florida
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 14, 1988, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
April 26, 1996, for the Milwaukee Brewers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	27–22
Earned run average	3.91
Strikeouts	252
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1988–1992) Florida Marlins (1993) Texas Rangers (1993–1994) Milwaukee Brewers (1996)

Cris Howell Carpenter (born April 5, 1965) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.

Carpenter is an alumnus of the University of Georgia. He was the punter for the Georgia football team in 1985 and 1986, and still ranks fourth for longest career average (44.1 yards) in Georgia's record book. In 1986, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round of the 1987 MLB amateur draft, Carpenter would make his Major League Baseball debut with the St. Louis Cardinals on May 14, 1988, and appeared in his final game on April 26, 1996 with the Milwaukee Brewers. Over his career, he had 27 wins, 4141⁄3 innings pitched, and 252 strikeouts along with a 3.91 ERA. He was used mainly as a relief pitcher.

Cris Carpenter now works at Gainesville High School, in Gainesville, Georgia as a social studies teacher. Carpenter is often confused with the later St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter.

Carpenter was a member of the inaugural Florida Marlins team that began play in Major League Baseball in 1993.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)