Cris Carpenter

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Cris Carpenter
Pitcher
Born: April 5, 1965 (1965-04-05) (age 43)
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 14, 1988 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Final game
April 26, 1996 for the Milwaukee Brewers
Career statistics
Win-Loss	27-22
ERA	3.91
Strikeouts	252
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1988-1992) Florida Marlins (1993) Texas Rangers (1993-1994) Milwaukee Brewers (1996)
Career highlights and awards
Led NL in Won-Loss % in 1991 with .714

Cris Howell Carpenter (born April 5, 1965, in St. Augustine, Florida) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is an alumnus of the University of Georgia.

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, 414 1/3 innings pitched, and 252 strikeouts along with a 3.91 ERA. He was used mainly as a relief pitcher.

Cris Carpenter now works at Flowery Branch High School, in Flowery Branch, 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.

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• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube