Chris Schroder
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| Washington Nationals — No. 49 | |
| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: August 20, 1978 | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| August 8, 2006 for the Washington Nationals | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through May 23, 2008) |
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| Win-Loss | 2-5 |
| Earned run average | 4.46 |
| Strikeouts | 85 |
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Christopher Keith Schroder (born August 20, 1978, in Okarche, Oklahoma) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. He attended Oklahoma City University. Bob Carpenter coined him one of the 'er boys' along with Chris Booker and Ryan Wagner.
Always a big strikeout pitcher, Schroder had control problems. In 2006, he finally made it to the majors, and appeared in 21 games, pitching 28 1/3 innings, with an astounding 39 strikeouts. But he also walked 15 and allowed 7 homers. All told, by the end of 2006, he had pitched 97 innings in Triple-A Columbus with 121 K's.
He started 2007 at Triple-A Columbus, and improved his home run problem -- in 26 games he threw 33 innings, striking out 45; while he still had 18 walks, he didn't surrender any home runs, posting an ERA of 1.64. On June 20, he was called up to the Nationals.
Schroder was the winning pitcher in the August 7, 2007 game between the Nationals and the San Francisco Giants. It was in this game that Barry Bonds hit his 756th home run off Schroder's teammate, Mike Bacsik, breaking the 33-year-old record held by Hank Aaron for most career home runs. The Nationals won 8-6.
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