Chad Paronto

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 285lb (196cm, 129kg)

Born: July 28, 1975 in Woodsville, NH us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 8th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA).

High School: Woodsville HS (Woodsville, NH)

School: University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA)

Debut: April 18, 2001 (Age 25-264d, 17,849th in major league history)
vs. CLE 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 29, 2009 (Age 34-063d)
vs. PHI 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2002 season

Full Name: Chad Michael Paronto

Pronunciation: \puh-RON-toe\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

ERA

4.32

177

183.1

107

WHIP

1.451

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1996	20	BAL-min	Rk,A+	1	2	.333	2.97	17	3	3	0	0	1	36.1	27	13	12	0	13	0	30	0	1	2	145			1.101	6.7	0.0	3.2	7.4	2.31	BLD,FDK APPY,CARL
1997	21	BAL-min	A	6	9	.400	4.74	28	23	2	0	0	0	127.1	133	95	67	9	56	1	93	1	0	6	569			1.484	9.4	0.6	4.0	6.6	1.66	DEL SALL
1998	22	BAL-min	A+,AA	8	9	.471	3.81	26	25	1	0	0	1	139.1	154	74	59	5	62	0	115	6	0	12	616			1.550	9.9	0.3	4.0	7.4	1.85	FDK,BOW CARL,EL
1999	23	BAL-min	A+,AA	3	9	.250	5.96	28	22	0	1	0	0	113.1	140	85	75	10	58	2	82	9	0	5	532			1.747	11.1	0.8	4.6	6.5	1.41	FDK,BOW CARL,EL
2000	24	BAL-min	AA,AAA	5	3	.625	4.12	20	14	2	1	0	0	83.0	69	45	38	7	31	0	49	3	0	2	345			1.205	7.5	0.8	3.4	5.3	1.58	BOW,ROC EL,IL
2001	25	BAL-min	AAA	3	3	.500	4.57	33	0	10	0	0	1	43.1	44	28	22	5	24	4	39	4	0	2	199			1.569	9.1	1.0	5.0	8.1	1.63	ROC IL
2001	25	BAL	AL	1	3	.250	5.00	24	0	9	0	0	0	27.0	33	24	15	5	11	0	16	1	0	1	128	87	5.60	1.630	11.0	1.7	3.7	5.3	1.45
2002	26	CLE-min	AAA,AA	0	0		0.68	9	1	5	0	0	1	13.1	11	1	1	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	52			0.975	7.4	0.0	1.4	4.7	3.50	BFL,AKR IL,EL
2002	26	CLE	AL	0	2	.000	4.04	29	0	11	0	0	0	35.2	34	19	16	3	11	1	23	2	0	2	154	109	3.86	1.262	8.6	0.8	2.8	5.8	2.09
2003	27	CLE-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.34	49	0	47	0	0	18	56.0	64	36	27	2	22	7	48	3	0	4	263			1.536	10.3	0.3	3.5	7.7	2.18	BFL IL
2003	27	CLE	AL	0	2	.000	9.45	6	0	5	0	0	0	6.2	7	8	7	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	29	49	4.53	1.500	9.5	1.4	4.1	8.1	2.00

2004	28	STL-min	AAA	5	3	.625	2.13	47	0	20	0	0	4	55.0	46	20	13	3	25	3	38	5	1	1	241			1.291	7.5	0.5	4.1	6.2	1.52	MEM PCL
2005	29	ATL-MIL-min	AAA	6	2	.750	3.36	53	0	20	0	0	4	80.1	83	35	30	5	36	3	66	5	0	1	353			1.481	9.3	0.6	4.0	7.4	1.83	RMD,NVL IL,PCL
2006	30	ATL-min	AAA	1	1	.500	1.02	12	0	9	0	0	4	17.2	17	3	2	1	3	0	15	1	0	0	72			1.132	8.7	0.5	1.5	7.6	5.00	RMD IL
2006	30	ATL	NL	2	3	.400	3.18	65	0	11	0	0	0	56.2	53	23	20	5	19	3	41	3	0	3	237	141	4.01	1.271	8.4	0.8	3.0	6.5	2.16
2007	31	ATL-min	AAA	0	0		3.78	11	0	4	0	0	2	16.2	18	8	7	1	4	0	11	2	0	0	73			1.320	9.7	0.5	2.2	5.9	2.75	RMD IL
2007	31	ATL	NL	3	1	.750	3.57	41	0	12	0	0	1	40.1	47	20	16	1	19	5	14	3	0	2	180	123	4.50	1.636	10.5	0.2	4.2	3.1	0.74
2008	32	HOU-min	AAA	0	2	.000	3.08	35	0	13	0	0	3	52.2	61	19	18	2	14	3	57	3	0	0	231			1.424	10.4	0.3	2.4	9.7	4.07	RRK PCL
2008	32	HOU	NL	0	1	.000	4.35	6	0	3	0	0	0	10.1	11	5	5	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	41	100	5.45	1.258	9.6	1.7	1.7	3.5	2.00
2009	33	HOU-min	AAA	2	1	.667	1.39	44	0	39	0	0	24	51.2	34	8	8	1	14	1	39	1	0	0	197			0.929	5.9	0.2	2.4	6.8	2.79	RRK PCL
2009	33	HOU	NL	0	0		12.15	6	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	15	9	9	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	36	36	10.45	2.400	20.3	5.4	1.4	4.1	3.00
2010	34	BOS-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.22	54	0	13	0	0	2	74.2	80	36	35	9	30	1	47	3	0	0	322			1.473	9.6	1.1	3.6	5.7	1.57	PAW IL
7 Yrs				6	12	.333	4.32	177	0	52	0	0	1	183.1	200	108	88	21	66	9	107	9	0	8	805	102	4.66	1.451	9.8	1.0	3.2	5.3	1.62
162 Game Avg.				2	5	.333	4.32	68	0	20	0	0	0	70	77	41	34	8	25	3	41	3	0	3	309	102	4.66	1.451	9.8	1.0	3.2	5.3	1.62

ATL (2 yrs)				5	4	.556	3.34	106	0	23	0	0	1	97.0	100	43	36	6	38	8	55	6	0	5	417	133	4.22	1.423	9.3	0.6	3.5	5.1	1.45
CLE (2 yrs)				0	4	.000	4.89	35	0	16	0	0	0	42.1	41	27	23	4	14	1	29	2	0	2	183	91	3.96	1.299	8.7	0.9	3.0	6.2	2.07
HOU (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	7.41	12	0	4	0	0	0	17.0	26	14	14	6	3	0	7	0	0	0	77	59	7.41	1.706	13.8	3.2	1.6	3.7	2.33
BAL (1 yr)				1	3	.250	5.00	24	0	9	0	0	0	27.0	33	24	15	5	11	0	16	1	0	1	128	87	5.60	1.630	11.0	1.7	3.7	5.3	1.45

NL (4 yrs)				5	5	.500	3.95	118	0	27	0	0	1	114.0	126	57	50	12	41	8	62	6	0	5	494	112	4.69	1.465	9.9	0.9	3.2	4.9	1.51
AL (3 yrs)				1	7	.125	4.93	59	0	25	0	0	0	69.1	74	51	38	9	25	1	45	3	0	3	311	90	4.60	1.428	9.6	1.2	3.2	5.8	1.80

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