What years did Chris Capuano play?

Chris Capuano played in Major League Baseball from 2003 to 2016.

Was Chris Capuano a pitcher?

Yes. Chris Capuano pitched in the major leagues, recording 77 wins and 1199 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Chris Capuano hit?

Chris Capuano hit 1 career home runs with 46 hits.

What was Chris Capuano's career batting average?

Chris Capuano batted .124 over his career, with 46 hits in 371 at bats.

How many RBI did Chris Capuano have?

Chris Capuano drove in 20 runs in his career.

What was Chris Capuano's career ERA?

Chris Capuano finished with a 4.38 career ERA, going 77-92 with 1,199 strikeouts.

Chris Capuano

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2003-2016)

Chris Capuano was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2003 to 2016 for 6 teams, including the Arizona Diamondbacks, a span of 14 seasons. Across 316 career appearances, he went 77-92 with a 4.38 ERA and 1,199 strikeouts. He also batted .124 with 1 home runs. Chris Capuano was an All-Star.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 77–92

ERA 4.38

WHIP 1.36

SO 1,199

Pitcher PIV -3457.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 225 lb
Born: 8/19/1978 in Springfield, MA, USA
MLB Debut: 2003-05-04
Last Game: 2016-05-25
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Christopher Frank Capuano

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Career Pitching Statistics

Chris Capuano — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
77	92	316	225	4	3	0	1429.2	1,481	696	196	463	1,199	4.38	-3457.6

Career ERA 4.38 vs. league average 4.16 across their career seasons — 5.3% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Chris Capuano Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2003	ARI	NL	2	4	9	5	0	0	33.0	27	17	11	23	4.64	4.40 (-5%)	28.9
2004	MIL	NL	6	8	17	17	0	0	88.1	91	49	37	80	4.99	4.46 (-12%)	-1874.3
2005	MIL	NL	18	12	35	35	0	0	219.0	212	97	91	176	3.99	4.29 (+7%)	-2041.7
2006	MIL	NL	11	12	34	34	3	2	221.1	229	99	47	174	4.03	4.53 (+11%)	2835.0
2007	MIL	NL	5	12	29	25	0	0	150.0	170	85	54	132	5.10	4.47 (-14%)	77.9
2010	MIL	NL	4	4	24	9	0	0	66.0	65	29	21	54	3.95	4.08 (+3%)	-223.8
2011	NYN	NL	11	12	33	31	1	1	186.0	198	94	53	168	4.55	3.94 (-15%)	-460.8
2012	LAN	NL	12	12	33	33	0	0	198.1	188	82	54	162	3.72	4.01 (+7%)	349.9
2013	LAN	NL	4	7	24	20	0	0	105.2	125	50	24	81	4.26	3.87 (-10%)	853.0
2014	BOS	AL	1	1	28	0	0	0	31.2	34	16	15	29	4.55	3.74 (-22%)	-243.4
2014	NYA	AL	2	3	12	12	0	0	65.2	67	31	19	55	4.25	3.74 (-14%)	-176.2
2015	NYA	AL	0	4	22	4	0	0	40.2	52	36	22	38	7.97	3.96 (-101%)	-1083.3
2016	MIL	NL	1	1	16	0	0	0	24.0	23	11	15	27	4.12	4.19 (+2%)	-1499.0
Career · 13 seasons			77	92	316	225	4	3	1,429.2	1,481	696	463	1,199	4.38	—	-3,458

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Chris Capuano — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
321	371	16	46	10	0	1	20	0	10	176	.124	.148	.159	.307	-2,553

Career AVG .124 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — 52.2% below league average.

Career OBP .148 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — 54.4% below league average.

Career SLG .159 vs. league average .411 across their career seasons — 61.3% below league average.

Career OPS .307 vs. league average .737 across their career seasons — 58.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Chris Capuano Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2003	ARI	NL	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	MIL	NL	17	30	0	6	2	0	2	1	10	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	MIL	NL	35	71	5	12	3	0	9	2	33	.169	.264 (-36%)	.330 (-43%)	.418 (-50%)	.749 (-47%)	-557.5
2006	MIL	NL	35	68	3	8	1	0	3	2	35	.118	.269 (-56%)	.336 (-58%)	.431 (-69%)	.768 (-64%)	-730.9
2007	MIL	NL	29	41	2	9	0	1	3	2	16	.220	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	MIL	NL	24	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	.056	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	NYN	NL	36	56	2	4	2	0	0	0	33	.071	.255 (-72%)	.320 (-78%)	.399 (-73%)	.719 (-75%)	-669.3
2012	LAN	NL	34	54	3	5	2	0	3	1	27	.093	.254 (-64%)	.318 (-66%)	.405 (-68%)	.724 (-67%)	-594.9
2013	LAN	NL	24	24	1	1	0	0	0	1	8	.042	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	BOS	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	NYA	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	NYA	AL	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	MIL	NL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			321	371	16	46	10	1	20	10	176	.124	—	—	—	—	-2,553

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Chris Capuano — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Chris Capuano — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2013	NLDS2	LAN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Chris Capuano — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	3	3	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Chris Capuano — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2013	NLDS2	LAN	1	0	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	3	3	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Chris Capuano — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	161	184	6	20	1	7	.109
Away	160	187	10	26	0	13	.139

Pitching — Home / Away

Chris Capuano — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	158	739.2	720	339	233	636	4.12
Away	158	690.0	761	357	230	563	4.66

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Chris Capuano — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2016-05-25	MIL	ATL	—	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1
2016-05-20	MIL	NYN	—	2.0	0	0	0	1	5	0
2016-05-14	MIL	SDP	L	2.0	2	2	2	1	1	2
2016-05-10	MIL	MIA	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0
2016-05-08	MIL	CIN	W	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0
2016-05-05	MIL	CIN	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	5	0
2016-04-30	MIL	MIA	—	1.2	2	1	1	2	2	1
2016-04-28	MIL	CHC	—	1.1	0	1	1	3	0	0
2016-04-22	MIL	PHI	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1
2016-04-21	MIL	MIN	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Chris Capuano — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	316	225	55	220	11	12

Season-by-Season Fielding

Chris Capuano — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2003	ARI	P	9	5	1	8	1	1
2004	MIL	P	17	17	3	16	0	0
2005	MIL	P	35	35	7	37	4	1
2006	MIL	P	34	34	14	31	2	1
2007	MIL	P	29	25	8	29	1	2
2010	MIL	P	24	9	2	10	0	0
2011	NYN	P	33	31	7	28	0	2
2012	LAN	P	33	33	5	27	1	1
2013	LAN	P	24	20	5	14	0	1
2014	BOS	P	28	0	1	4	0	0
2014	NYA	P	12	12	2	5	1	1
2015	NYA	P	22	4	0	10	0	2
2016	MIL	P	16	0	0	1	1	0

Career Games by Position

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Chris Capuano Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	316

Awards & Honors

Chris Capuano — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2006	Player of the Week	Week of 2006-04-29

Salary History

Chris Capuano — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	MIL	NL	$1,500,000
2015	NYA	AL	$5,000,000
2014	BOS	AL	$2,250,000
2013	LAN	NL	$6,375,000
2012	LAN	NL	$3,000,000
2011	NYN	NL	$1,500,000
2008	MIL	NL	$3,750,000
2007	MIL	NL	$3,250,000
2006	MIL	NL	$450,000
2005	MIL	NL	$340,000
2004	MIL	NL	$305,000
Total Career Earnings			$27,720,000

College History

Chris Capuano — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Duke University	Durham	NC	1997, 1998, 1999

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Chris Capuano: the record in brief

Chris Capuano played a first major league game on May 4, 2003 and a last one on May 25, 2016. The team column moves through the Arizona Diamondbacks (2003), the Milwaukee Brewers (2004 through 2016), the New York Mets (2011), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2012 through 2013), the Boston Red Sox (2014), and the New York Yankees (2014 through 2015). Capuano is listed as a pitcher at 6-foot-2 and 225 pounds. The bio says Capuano threw and hit left-handed. Capuano was born on August 19, 1978, in Springfield, MA, USA. The given name on file is Christopher Frank Capuano.

The pitching table credits Capuano with a 77-92 record and a 4.38 ERA in 316 games. Capuano had 1,199 strikeouts. The league ERA over Capuano's seasons was 4.16, so the 4.38 figure ran 5.3% worse than average. The best win total was 18, in 2005. 2012 was Capuano's sharpest full season, a 3.72 ERA against the league's 4.01.

Frequently Asked Questions about Chris Capuano

What years did Chris Capuano play?: Chris Capuano played in Major League Baseball from 2003 to 2016.
Was Chris Capuano a pitcher?: Yes. Chris Capuano pitched in the major leagues, recording 77 wins and 1199 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Chris Capuano hit?: Chris Capuano hit 1 career home runs with 46 hits.
What was Chris Capuano's career batting average?: Chris Capuano batted .124 over his career, with 46 hits in 371 at bats.
How many RBI did Chris Capuano have?: Chris Capuano drove in 20 runs in his career.
What was Chris Capuano's career ERA?: Chris Capuano finished with a 4.38 career ERA, going 77-92 with 1,199 strikeouts.