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Gustavo Chacín

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 205lb (180cm, 92kg)

Born: December 4, 1980 in Maracaibo, Venezuela ve

High School: Maracaibo (Maracaibo, Venezuela)

Debut: September 20, 2004 (Age 23-291d, 18,590th in major league history)
vs. NYY 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, W

Last Game: September 30, 2010 (Age 29-300d)
vs. CIN 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Full Name: Gustavo Adolfo Chacín

Pronunciation: \SHA-seen\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

ERA

4.23

102

370.0

216

WHIP

1.430

Summary of 48 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 13 go ahead

2 Tms
TOR	45
HOU	3

Platoon
vs RHB	37
vs LHB	11

Home/Road
Home	27
Away	21

Outs
1	20
0	18
2	10

14 Opps
TBD	10
OAK	7
NYY	7
BAL	5
BOS	4
DET	4
KCR	2
WSN	2
CHW	2
TEX	1
CHC	1
CLE	1
SEA	1
MIL	1

39 Batters
Gary Sheffield	3
Miguel Tejada	2
Alex Rodriguez	2
Jay Gibbons	2
Frank Thomas	2
David Ortiz	2
Damon Hollins	2
Eric Byrnes	2
Wily Mo Peña	1
Ty Wigginton	1
Dustan Mohr	1
Akinori Iwamura	1
Eli Marrero	1
Gerald Laird	1
Juan Uribe	1
Delmon Young	1
Craig Monroe	1
David DeJesus	1
Junior Spivey	1
Alex Gonzalez	1
Russell Branyan	1
Toby Hall	1
Dmitri Young	1
Jonny Gomes	1
Iván Rodríguez	1
Milton Bradley	1
Geovany Soto	1
Emil Brown	1
Adam Melhuse	1
Andy Phillips	1
Jason Giambi	1
Magglio Ordóñez	1
Mark Kotsay	1
Danny Espinosa	1
Casey McGehee	1
B.J. Upton	1
Travis Hafner	1
Raúl Ibañez	1
Jermaine Dye	1

11 Parks
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	27
TropicanaFld (STP)	7
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
RFK Stad (WAS)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1

Where Hit
7	24
9	11
78	5
8	4
89	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	16
3	9
6	6
1	6
4	6
7+	4
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	19
2·HR gms	10
3·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	28
1--	11
12-	4
-2-	3
--3	1
1-3	1

73 Runs
RISP	9
0 on	28
1 on	15
2 on	5
Any on	20

Inning
1	10
2	6
3	8
4	7
5	8
6	5
7	2
8	1
Extra	1

1-3	24
4-6	20
7-end	4

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	4
+2	2
+1	6
Tied	11
-1	9
-2	2
-3	3
-4..	9

Ahead	14
Tied	11
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	9
0-1	7
0-0	6
1-1	6
2-2	6
3-2	5
2-1	4
2-0	3
0-2	1
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	11
LF	7
DH	6
C	5
3B	5
1B	4
CF	4
2B	3
SS	3

OrderPos
3rd	11
4th	7
6th	7
5th	5
2nd	5
7th	4
8th	4
9th	3
1st	2

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	17
Low Lev	25

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2005-04-05	Alex Gonzalez	TBD		TOR	behind 0-1	b 5	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	9	5	16%	52%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2005-04-11	Eric Byrnes	OAK		TOR	behind 0-10	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	7	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	2005-05-08	Juan Uribe	CHW	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	6	10%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
4	4	4	2	2005-05-08	Jermaine Dye	CHW	@	TOR	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	1--	3,(1-1) B1CX	2	6	9	14%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Rowand Scores
5	5	5	1	2005-06-21	Eli Marrero	BAL	@	TOR	ahead 5-1	t 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	7	5%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	2005-06-26	Junior Spivey	WSN		TOR	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	11,(2-2) BSCFFFFFFBX	1	2	4	13%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	2005-07-07	Eric Byrnes	OAK	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	6,(2-2) F11F1BF*BX	2	6	7	16%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Kielty Scores
8	8	8	1	2005-07-15	Jonny Gomes	TBD	@	TOR	behind 1-7	t 4	0	1--	4,(3-0) BBBX	2	4	9	6%	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); J. Cantú Scores
9	9	9	2	2005-07-15	Damon Hollins	TBD	@	TOR	behind 3-10	t 6	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	8	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Huff Scores
10	10	10	1	2005-07-20	Raúl Ibañez	SEA	@	TOR	behind 0-4	t 6	1	---	6,(3-2) BSBBFX	1	3	DH	5%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	11	1	2005-08-05	Gary Sheffield	NYY	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 1	1	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	9	12%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Jeter Scores
12	12	12	1	2005-08-10	Dmitri Young	DET	@	TOR	behind 0-1	t 4	1	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	6	7	21%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. White Scores
13	13	13	2	2005-08-10	Magglio Ordóñez	DET	@	TOR	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	9	12%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
14	14	14	1	2005-08-20	Iván Rodríguez	DET		TOR	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	2	10%	51%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
15	15	15	2	2005-08-20	Craig Monroe	DET		TOR	behind 1-2	b 5	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	6	7	15%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	16	1	2005-08-25	Gary Sheffield	NYY		TOR	tied 0-0	b 1	0	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	3	9	17%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Jeter Scores; H. Matsui Scores
17	17	17	2	2005-08-25	Alex Rodriguez	NYY		TOR	ahead 3-0	b 1	0	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	4	5	6%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
18	18	18	1	2005-08-31	Jay Gibbons	BAL	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	9	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	19	2	2005-08-31	Miguel Tejada	BAL	@	TOR	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	12-	4,(2-1) BCBX	3	3	6	23%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Gomez Scores; B. Roberts Scores
20	20	20	1	2005-10-02	Emil Brown	KCR	@	TOR	behind 1-7	t 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	7	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2006-04-12	Dustan Mohr	BOS		TOR	behind 0-5	b 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	8	10%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Lowell Scores
22	22	2	2	2006-04-12	David Ortiz	BOS		TOR	behind 2-7	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	3	DH	5%	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	3	1	2006-04-18	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	@	TOR	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	1--	7,(2-2) CBSBFFX	2	4	5	15%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); G. Sheffield Scores
24	24	4	2	2006-04-18	Jason Giambi	NYY	@	TOR	ahead 3-0	t 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	7%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
25	25	5	1	2006-04-25	Miguel Tejada	BAL	@	TOR	behind 0-1	t 4	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	6	12%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	6	2	2006-04-25	Jay Gibbons	BAL	@	TOR	behind 1-3	t 7	0	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	5	9	25%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Tejada Scores
27	27	7	1	2006-04-30	Andy Phillips	NYY		TOR	behind 0-1	b 5	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	3	15%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	8	1	2006-05-10	Adam Melhuse	OAK	@	TOR	behind 0-6	t 2	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	8	2	7%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Payton Scores
29	29	9	2	2006-05-10	Mark Kotsay	OAK	@	TOR	behind 2-6	t 3	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	8	6%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	10	3	2006-05-10	Frank Thomas	OAK	@	TOR	behind 3-6	t 3	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	DH	15%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Crosby Scores
31	31	11	1	2006-06-04	Toby Hall	TBD		TOR	behind 1-4	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	6	2	10%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
32	32	12	2	2006-06-04	Russell Branyan	TBD		TOR	behind 2-4	b 5	0	---	6,(3-2) FBBBSX	1	7	9	12%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33	33	13	3	2006-06-04	Damon Hollins	TBD		TOR	behind 3-4	b 5	1	1-3	2,(0-1) CX	3	2	7	27%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Pérez Scores/unER; J. Lugo Scores
34	34	14	1	2006-08-23	Frank Thomas	OAK	@	TOR	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	-2-	4,(2-1) BT*BX	2	4	DH	13%	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF); M. Bradley Scores
35	35	15	2	2006-08-23	Milton Bradley	OAK	@	TOR	ahead 3-0	t 2	1	1--	3,(1-1) F11BX	2	3	9	10%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); M. Ellis Scores
36	36	16	1	2006-08-29	Travis Hafner	CLE		TOR	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	DH	10%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
37	37	17	1	2006-09-17	Delmon Young	TBD	@	TOR	tied 1-1	t 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	9	11%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	18	1	2006-09-24	David Ortiz	BOS	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	7,(3-2) BBFCBFX	1	3	DH	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
39	39	19	1	2006-09-29	Gary Sheffield	NYY		TOR	tied 1-1	b 4	0	12-	3,(1-1) .SBX	3	6	3	19%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Rodriguez Scores; B. Williams Scores/unER
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	2007-04-06	Ty Wigginton	TBD		TOR	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	6,(2-2) CSBFBX	1	4	3	10%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
41	41	2	2	2007-04-06	B.J. Upton	TBD		TOR	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	4	10%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	3	3	2007-04-06	Akinori Iwamura	TBD		TOR	ahead 2-0	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	7%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
43	43	4	1	2007-04-11	David DeJesus	KCR	@	TOR	behind 0-1	t 3	2	---	5,(2-2) CCBBX	1	1	8	11%	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
44	44	5	1	2007-04-17	Wily Mo Peña	BOS	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	6,(3-2) CBFBBX	1	8	9	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
45	45	6	1	2007-04-28	Gerald Laird	TEX	@	TOR	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	---	7,(3-2) BBCCBFX	1	9	2	9%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	2010-07-21	Geovany Soto	CHC		HOU	behind 1-4	b 12	2	-2-	4,(0-2) >C.FFX	2	7	2	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Fukudome Scores
47	47	2	1	2010-08-08	Casey McGehee	MIL		HOU	ahead 8-4	b 4	1	12-	6,(2-2) FBFBFX	3	5	5	5%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Fielder Scores; R. Braun Scores
48	48	3	1	2010-09-23	Danny Espinosa	WSN		HOU	ahead 5-2	b 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) .1X	2	1	4	5%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. González Scores