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Chris Volstad

Birthdate: 9/23/1986 Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6-8/230 Position: P
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6/16/2013: Volstad was optioned to Triple-A Colorado Springs on Sunday.

1/21/2013 - Rockies Continue The Quest For Mediocrity by Paul Swydan (FanGraphs)

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10/1/2012 - Tuesday Pitcher Streaming Options by Jeff Zimmerman (RotoGraphs)

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7/31/2012 - Cubs Gamble on Vizcaino, Sell Low on Soto by Bradley Woodrum (FanGraphs)

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4/11/2012 - Lucas Harrell & Chris Volstad: Deep League Waiver » by Mike Podhorzer (RotoGraphs)

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1/5/2012 - Zambrano and Volstad Swap Homes by Chad Young (RotoGraphs)

Standard

Season	Pitch	Pitches	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	AVG	min-Vel	max-Vel	Vel
2008	FA	838	218	245	60	43	13	1	3	22	19	2	1	2	4	.275	84.8	93.4	90.4
2008	CU	301	65	73	9	7	2	0	0	4	23	3	0	1	2	.138	74.8	83.0	78.9
2008	CH	110	28	32	5	5	0	0	0	4	7	0	0	0	0	.179	80.3	87.1	83.0
2008	SL	28	6	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	.167	77.5	91.0	84.6
2008	SI	14	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	87.9	92.4	90.3
2009	FA	1565	355	408	112	67	19	4	22	44	45	0	2	7	15	.315	85.2	95.0	91.7
2009	CU	489	115	123	28	21	5	0	2	6	31	2	0	0	4	.243	75.0	83.9	79.2
2009	CH	410	117	122	25	16	4	0	5	4	26	0	1	0	2	.214	79.7	88.1	83.6
2009	FT	97	18	22	4	4	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	1	1	.222	85.0	93.5	90.3
2009	SL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	79.7	89.3	86.9
2010	SI	1476	353	402	100	69	17	3	11	35	44	6	2	6	12	.283	85.1	94.8	90.8
2010	CH	557	140	152	33	22	9	0	2	6	29	0	5	1	2	.236	72.1	89.4	84.1
2010	CU	308	88	91	26	20	5	0	1	3	12	0	0	0	1	.295	73.9	86.4	78.1
2010	FA	272	41	52	17	13	1	1	2	8	5	2	0	1	0	.415	82.7	93.3	89.4
2010	SL	190	53	56	11	8	2	0	1	3	12	0	0	0	2	.208	75.5	86.2	82.0
2011	SI	1184	298	338	101	69	17	2	13	26	38	1	3	10	8	.339	85.7	94.8	91.2
2011	SL	499	149	155	34	22	9	0	3	4	49	0	2	0	3	.228	79.2	87.2	84.1
2011	FA	389	87	99	31	19	8	0	4	6	7	0	4	2	0	.356	83.1	95.0	90.4
2011	CH	271	55	63	11	4	4	0	3	7	9	0	1	0	2	.200	81.1	86.5	84.2
2011	CU	230	57	57	10	8	2	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	.175	74.5	84.9	78.4
2012	SI	884	214	239	71	50	11	0	10	18	23	1	2	4	8	.332	86.5	93.8	91.1
2012	SL	448	110	125	33	25	5	2	1	10	20	0	4	1	2	.300	80.1	86.6	83.5
2012	FA	241	37	44	11	6	1	2	2	5	7	2	0	0	1	.297	86.8	93.9	91.2
2012	CH	170	49	56	11	7	3	1	0	5	4	0	2	0	0	.224	81.9	86.7	84.6
2012	CU	129	38	39	11	7	1	0	3	1	7	0	0	0	1	.289	75.0	83.1	79.1
2013	SI	81	22	22	12	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.545	89.2	94.0	91.6
2013	FA	39	7	8	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.286	89.0	93.1	91.0
2013	CU	39	11	13	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	.182	75.8	81.5	79.1
2013	CH	20	4	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.750	82.5	85.2	84.1
Total	SI	3639	888	1004	285	196	50	5	34	80	105	8	7	21	28	.321	85.1	94.8	91.0
Total	FA	3344	745	856	233	148	43	8	34	85	83	7	7	12	20	.313	82.7	95.0	91.0
Total	CH	1538	393	429	88	56	21	1	10	26	76	0	9	1	6	.224	72.1	89.4	84.0
Total	CU	1496	374	396	86	64	16	0	6	15	89	6	0	1	9	.230	73.9	86.4	78.8
Total	SL	1169	320	346	79	56	16	2	5	18	84	0	6	2	7	.247	75.5	91.0	83.5
Total	FT	97	18	22	4	4	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	1	1	.222	85.0	93.5	90.3

Advanced

Season	Pitch	Pitches	BB%	K%	BB/K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2008	FA	838	9.0 %	7.8 %	1.16	.275	.346	.385	.731	.110	.289	29.4	-0.1	.328	102
2008	CU	301	5.5 %	31.5 %	0.17	.138	.222	.169	.391	.031	.214	0.6	-8.2	.192	18
2008	CH	110	12.5 %	21.9 %	0.57	.179	.281	.179	.460	.000	.238	1.2	-2.6	.229	43
2008	SL	28	12.5 %	37.5 %	0.33	.167	.286	.167	.452	.000	.333	0.3	-0.7	.229	27
2008	SI	14	33.3 %	0.0 %	1.00	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	.000	1.000	1.5	1.2	.802	238
2009	FA	1565	10.8 %	11.0 %	0.98	.315	.389	.577	.966	.262	.310	77.5	28.6	.414	158
2009	CU	489	4.9 %	25.2 %	0.19	.243	.293	.339	.632	.096	.317	10.1	-4.6	.283	78
2009	CH	410	3.3 %	21.3 %	0.15	.214	.238	.376	.614	.162	.230	8.2	-6.4	.265	64
2009	FT	97	9.1 %	13.6 %	0.67	.222	.333	.222	.556	.000	.267	1.6	-1.0	.273	67
2009	SL	4	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	-0.5	.000	-100
2010	SI	1476	8.7 %	10.9 %	0.80	.283	.356	.442	.798	.159	.297	56.6	10.4	.353	122
2010	CH	557	3.9 %	19.1 %	0.21	.236	.258	.343	.601	.107	.272	10.2	-7.2	.261	63
2010	CU	308	3.3 %	13.2 %	0.25	.295	.319	.386	.705	.091	.333	9.8	-0.6	.312	100
2010	FA	272	15.4 %	9.6 %	1.60	.415	.529	.634	1.164	.220	.441	13.6	7.6	.505	218
2010	SL	190	5.4 %	21.4 %	0.25	.208	.250	.302	.552	.094	.250	3.2	-3.3	.248	59
2011	SI	1184	7.7 %	11.2 %	0.68	.339	.390	.540	.931	.201	.352	61.2	23.2	.403	160
2011	SL	499	2.6 %	31.6 %	0.08	.228	.245	.349	.594	.121	.313	10.3	-7.1	.258	65
2011	FA	389	6.1 %	7.1 %	0.86	.356	.381	.586	.968	.230	.338	18.3	7.2	.408	162
2011	CH	271	11.1 %	14.3 %	0.78	.200	.286	.436	.722	.236	.182	7.0	-0.1	.314	106
2011	CU	230	0.0 %	24.6 %	0.00	.175	.175	.211	.386	.035	.233	-0.2	-6.6	.170	10
2012	SI	884	7.5 %	9.6 %	0.78	.332	.383	.523	.906	.192	.333	41.7	14.5	.390	151
2012	SL	448	8.0 %	16.0 %	0.50	.300	.347	.409	.756	.109	.344	15.4	1.2	.327	111
2012	FA	241	11.4 %	15.9 %	0.71	.297	.409	.595	1.004	.297	.321	9.0	3.9	.426	179
2012	CH	170	8.9 %	7.1 %	1.25	.224	.286	.327	.612	.102	.234	4.3	-2.1	.268	74
2012	CU	129	2.6 %	17.9 %	0.14	.289	.308	.553	.860	.263	.286	6.1	1.6	.367	139
2013	SI	81	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.545	.545	.773	1.318	.227	.545	6.9	4.4	.568	276
2013	FA	39	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.286	.375	.857	1.232	.571	.167	2.1	1.2	.508	240
2013	CU	39	7.7 %	15.4 %	0.50	.182	.308	.273	.580	.091	.222	1.0	-0.4	.273	79
2013	CH	20	0.0 %	25.0 %	0.00	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	.250	1.000	1.9	1.4	.758	400
Total	SI	3639	8.0 %	10.5 %	0.76	.321	.379	.503	.883	.182	.332	167.6	53.4	.384	145
Total	FA	3344	9.9 %	9.7 %	1.02	.313	.385	.529	.914	.216	.313	150.0	48.7	.395	148
Total	CH	1538	6.1 %	17.7 %	0.34	.224	.266	.359	.625	.135	.247	32.8	-17.0	.273	73
Total	CU	1496	3.8 %	22.5 %	0.17	.230	.271	.321	.592	.091	.287	27.6	-18.7	.265	68
Total	SL	1169	5.2 %	24.3 %	0.21	.247	.282	.356	.638	.109	.312	28.9	-10.4	.279	79
Total	FT	97	9.1 %	13.6 %	0.67	.222	.333	.222	.556	.000	.267	1.6	-1.0	.273	67

Batted Ball & Movement

Season	Pitch	Pitches	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Strikes	Balls	Pitches	x-Mov	z-Mov	Mov
2008	FA	838	18.2 %	51.0 %	30.8 %	26.2 %	4.9 %	529	309	838	-5.9	9.2	11.3
2008	CU	301	14.6 %	68.3 %	17.1 %	14.3 %	0.0 %	186	115	301	3.0	-5.9	6.9
2008	CH	110	25.0 %	60.0 %	15.0 %	66.7 %	0.0 %	69	41	110	-7.8	7.9	11.3
2008	SL	28	0.0 %	66.7 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	11	17	28	0.9	2.5	6.5
2008	SI	14	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	5	9	14	-6.8	7.5	10.4
2009	FA	1565	18.9 %	47.6 %	33.6 %	13.6 %	21.4 %	986	579	1565	-5.1	9.3	10.9
2009	CU	489	13.3 %	62.7 %	24.1 %	0.0 %	10.0 %	276	213	489	4.9	-6.9	8.7
2009	CH	410	17.0 %	46.6 %	36.4 %	28.1 %	15.6 %	259	151	410	-7.6	6.2	10.0
2009	FT	97	20.0 %	66.7 %	13.3 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	51	46	97	-7.2	7.5	10.5
2009	SL	4	0.0 %	0.0 %	100.0 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	3	1	4	1.5	3.8	5.5
2010	SI	1476	19.0 %	45.4 %	35.6 %	11.0 %	10.1 %	962	514	1476	-7.5	7.8	10.9
2010	CH	557	16.7 %	51.8 %	31.6 %	19.4 %	5.6 %	326	231	557	-5.2	4.0	7.6
2010	CU	308	20.0 %	60.0 %	20.0 %	20.0 %	6.7 %	189	119	308	5.2	-5.9	8.1
2010	FA	272	27.8 %	30.6 %	41.7 %	13.3 %	13.3 %	148	124	272	-2.0	8.5	9.3
2010	SL	190	14.6 %	46.3 %	39.0 %	12.5 %	6.3 %	121	69	190	3.1	0.5	4.2
2011	SI	1184	24.6 %	53.1 %	22.3 %	10.5 %	22.8 %	751	433	1184	-8.0	6.0	10.2
2011	SL	499	14.7 %	51.0 %	34.3 %	20.0 %	8.6 %	319	180	499	3.3	-0.1	4.1
2011	FA	389	19.5 %	51.2 %	29.3 %	8.3 %	16.7 %	252	137	389	-4.2	6.2	7.9
2011	CH	271	8.7 %	50.0 %	41.3 %	26.3 %	15.8 %	145	126	271	-7.2	3.2	8.1
2011	CU	230	23.3 %	58.1 %	18.6 %	12.5 %	0.0 %	132	98	230	6.4	-5.9	9.0
2012	SI	884	21.9 %	52.1 %	26.0 %	26.0 %	20.0 %	572	312	884	-8.1	4.5	9.5
2012	SL	448	19.8 %	42.9 %	37.4 %	5.9 %	2.9 %	281	167	448	2.6	-0.8	3.1
2012	FA	241	20.0 %	53.3 %	26.7 %	37.5 %	25.0 %	135	106	241	-4.0	5.8	7.4
2012	CH	170	15.9 %	56.8 %	27.3 %	16.7 %	0.0 %	100	70	170	-8.5	3.2	9.2
2012	CU	129	19.4 %	51.6 %	29.0 %	11.1 %	33.3 %	76	53	129	5.8	-5.1	7.9
2013	SI	81	47.6 %	38.1 %	14.3 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	61	20	81	-8.3	4.3	9.5
2013	FA	39	14.3 %	28.6 %	57.1 %	0.0 %	25.0 %	22	17	39	-4.0	5.5	6.9
2013	CU	39	22.2 %	55.6 %	22.2 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	23	16	39	6.7	-5.4	8.8
2013	CH	20	33.3 %	66.7 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	13	7	20	-6.2	3.2	7.2
Total	SI	3639	22.3 %	49.5 %	28.2 %	14.6 %	15.5 %	2351	1288	3639	-7.8	6.3	10.3
Total	FA	3344	19.2 %	48.2 %	32.6 %	17.2 %	15.8 %	2072	1272	3344	-4.9	8.6	10.2
Total	CH	1538	16.2 %	51.4 %	32.4 %	24.5 %	9.8 %	912	626	1538	-6.7	4.6	8.8
Total	CU	1496	17.7 %	60.6 %	21.6 %	9.8 %	9.8 %	882	614	1496	4.9	-6.2	8.2
Total	SL	1169	16.3 %	46.9 %	36.8 %	13.6 %	5.7 %	735	434	1169	2.9	-0.2	3.8
Total	FT	97	20.0 %	66.7 %	13.3 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	51	46	97	-7.2	7.5	10.5

Plate Discipline & Value

Season	Pitch	Pitches	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	SwStr%	Val	Val/C
2008	FA	838	25.7 %	61.2 %	43.7 %	79.3 %	93.1 %	89.1 %	50.7 %	4.8 %	1.64	0.20
2008	CU	301	30.3 %	45.9 %	38.5 %	48.8 %	91.8 %	75.9 %	52.8 %	9.3 %	5.25	1.74
2008	CH	110	36.1 %	75.5 %	53.6 %	59.1 %	78.4 %	71.2 %	44.6 %	15.5 %	0.92	0.83
2008	SL	28	19.1 %	85.7 %	35.7 %	0.0 %	100.0 %	60.0 %	25.0 %	14.3 %	0.14	0.51
2008	SI	14	18.2 %	100.0 %	35.7 %	100.0 %	100.0 %	100.0 %	21.4 %	0.0 %	-0.63	-4.47
2009	FA	1565	26.3 %	58.7 %	43.1 %	81.4 %	93.9 %	90.2 %	51.7 %	4.2 %	-20.09	-1.28
2009	CU	489	24.5 %	53.6 %	37.6 %	48.5 %	91.5 %	76.1 %	45.0 %	9.0 %	-2.75	-0.56
2009	CH	410	37.4 %	82.1 %	54.4 %	57.9 %	74.2 %	67.3 %	38.1 %	17.8 %	0.61	0.15
2009	FT	97	24.6 %	65.6 %	38.1 %	68.8 %	100.0 %	86.5 %	33.0 %	5.2 %	0.90	0.93
2009	SL	4	0.0 %	66.7 %	50.0 %		100.0 %	100.0 %	75.0 %	0.0 %	0.56	14.04
2010	SI	1476	23.4 %	54.2 %	40.9 %	83.3 %	94.3 %	91.5 %	56.6 %	3.5 %	3.35	0.23
2010	CH	557	31.4 %	68.6 %	46.5 %	59.6 %	87.1 %	76.1 %	40.6 %	11.1 %	-0.78	-0.14
2010	CU	308	28.5 %	61.8 %	45.5 %	72.1 %	95.9 %	88.6 %	51.0 %	5.2 %	-4.86	-1.58
2010	FA	272	24.8 %	57.5 %	40.1 %	77.8 %	89.0 %	85.3 %	46.7 %	5.9 %	-7.62	-2.80
2010	SL	190	35.5 %	63.8 %	47.4 %	61.5 %	92.2 %	78.9 %	42.1 %	10.0 %	2.56	1.35
2011	SI	1184	22.0 %	54.5 %	40.5 %	84.8 %	92.4 %	90.6 %	57.0 %	3.8 %	-16.93	-1.43
2011	SL	499	39.6 %	65.9 %	50.7 %	43.9 %	86.3 %	67.2 %	42.3 %	16.6 %	3.93	0.79
2011	FA	389	24.7 %	57.0 %	43.2 %	78.1 %	89.8 %	86.9 %	57.3 %	5.7 %	-6.48	-1.67
2011	CH	271	33.0 %	68.5 %	45.0 %	57.6 %	79.4 %	68.9 %	34.0 %	14.0 %	-0.91	-0.34
2011	CU	230	30.4 %	55.8 %	40.9 %	61.0 %	90.6 %	77.7 %	41.3 %	9.1 %	3.12	1.36
2012	SI	884	29.2 %	57.1 %	43.0 %	86.3 %	97.2 %	93.4 %	49.3 %	2.8 %	-7.16	-0.81
2012	SL	448	33.7 %	72.0 %	50.2 %	51.2 %	88.5 %	74.2 %	43.1 %	13.0 %	-3.09	-0.69
2012	FA	241	19.4 %	55.4 %	36.1 %	80.0 %	83.9 %	82.8 %	46.5 %	6.2 %	-3.48	-1.44
2012	CH	170	35.3 %	70.6 %	49.4 %	77.8 %	89.6 %	84.5 %	40.0 %	7.7 %	-1.02	-0.60
2012	CU	129	30.3 %	73.6 %	48.1 %	73.9 %	84.6 %	80.7 %	41.1 %	9.3 %	-4.51	-3.50
2013	SI	81	32.4 %	68.1 %	53.1 %	100.0 %	93.8 %	95.4 %	58.0 %	2.5 %	-3.61	-4.46
2013	FA	39	18.2 %	70.6 %	41.0 %	75.0 %	91.7 %	87.5 %	43.6 %	5.1 %	-1.47	-3.77
2013	CU	39	40.0 %	71.4 %	51.3 %	60.0 %	100.0 %	80.0 %	35.9 %	10.3 %	-0.31	-0.78
2013	CH	20	27.3 %	66.7 %	45.0 %	100.0 %	66.7 %	77.8 %	45.0 %	10.0 %	-1.48	-7.41
Total	SI	3639	24.7 %	55.3 %	41.5 %	85.2 %	94.3 %	91.9 %	54.9 %	3.4 %	-24.97	-0.69
Total	FA	3344	25.2 %	58.9 %	42.5 %	80.1 %	92.2 %	88.7 %	51.2 %	4.8 %	-37.49	-1.12
Total	CH	1538	34.0 %	72.8 %	49.2 %	61.1 %	81.5 %	72.9 %	39.0 %	13.3 %	-2.67	-0.17
Total	CU	1496	28.3 %	55.9 %	41.2 %	58.4 %	92.1 %	79.7 %	46.7 %	8.4 %	-4.06	-0.27
Total	SL	1169	36.0 %	68.2 %	49.6 %	48.6 %	88.4 %	71.7 %	42.3 %	14.0 %	4.10	0.35
Total	FT	97	24.6 %	65.6 %	38.1 %	68.8 %	100.0 %	86.5 %	33.0 %	5.2 %	0.90	0.93

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