Chris Duncan

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**Chris Duncan**
Major League Baseball debut
St. Louis Cardinals — No. 16
Left field
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
September 10, 2005 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Selected MLB statistics (through October 2, 2006)
Batting average	.290
Home Runs	23
Runs batted in	46

Christopher Edward Duncan (born May 5, 1981 in Tucson, Arizona) is an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. He is the son of former Oakland Athletics catcher and current St. Louis pitching coach Dave Duncan. His older brother Shelly plays in the Yankees organization.

Duncan is a graduate of Canyon del Oro High School in the Tucson suburb of Oro Valley. He was drafted by the Cardinals in 1999 and made his debut with the big club on September 10, 2005. On October 2, 2005, he became the last player to hit a home run at Busch Memorial Stadium during the regular season. After spending most of the first half of the 2006 season working his way into the regular roster, he has become a great find for the Cardinals. In 2006, he lead all of baseball in homers per at bat for players with at least 75 at-bats. For the season, Duncan hit 22 home runs in only 280 at-bats.

In the 2006 World Series, Duncan appeared in three of the five games, batting 1 for 8 with an RBI. He committed an error in the fourth inning of Game 5 which was promptly followed by a two-run homer by Sean Casey, and misplayed a fly ball by Casey, which was ruled a double, in the sixth inning. However, Duncan and the Cardinals won the game and won the Series, defeating the Detroit Tigers four games to one.