What years did Chad Qualls play?

Chad Qualls played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2017.

Was Chad Qualls a pitcher?

Yes. Chad Qualls pitched in the major leagues, recording 52 wins and 624 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Chad Qualls hit?

Chad Qualls hit 0 career home runs.

What were Chad Qualls's career stats?

In 844 games, Chad Qualls went 52-48 with a 3.89 ERA, 624 strikeouts, 807.1 innings pitched, and 74 saves.

What was Chad Qualls's salary?

Chad Qualls's last recorded salary was $2,250,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $4,185,000, in 2010, and his lowest was $316,000, in 2005. The Salary History table lists each season from 2005 to 2016.

What position did Chad Qualls play?

Chad Qualls played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Chad Qualls and how much did he weigh?

Chad Qualls was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 235 pounds.

What was Chad Qualls's career ERA?

Chad Qualls finished with a 3.89 career ERA, going 52-48 with 624 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Chad Qualls have?

Chad Qualls recorded 624 career strikeouts.

Is Chad Qualls in the Hall of Fame?

No. Chad Qualls has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Chad Qualls

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2004-2017)

Chad Qualls was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2017 for 9 teams, including the Houston Astros, a span of 14 seasons. Across 844 career appearances, he went 52-48 with a 3.89 ERA, 624 strikeouts, and 74 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 7984.2.

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 17, 2026

W–L 52–48

ERA 3.89

WHIP 1.28

SO 624

Pitcher PIV 7984.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 235 lb
Born: 8/17/1978 in Lomita, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2004-07-22
Last Game: 2017-06-27

Full name: Chad Michael Qualls

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Career Pitching Statistics

Chad Qualls — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
52	48	844	0	0	0	74	807.1	819	349	83	211	624	3.89	7984.2

Career ERA 3.89 vs. league average 4.18 across their career seasons — 7.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Chad Qualls Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2004	HOU	NL	4	0	25	1	33.0	34	13	8	24	3.55	4.46 (+21%)	496.1
2005	HOU	NL	6	4	77	0	79.2	73	29	23	60	3.28	4.29 (+24%)	1099.0
2006	HOU	NL	7	3	81	0	88.2	76	37	28	56	3.76	4.53 (+17%)	60.3
2007	HOU	NL	6	5	79	5	82.2	84	28	25	78	3.05	4.47 (+32%)	1117.9
2008	ARI	NL	4	8	77	9	73.2	61	23	18	71	2.81	4.32 (+35%)	2913.4
2009	ARI	NL	2	2	51	24	52.0	53	21	7	45	3.63	4.32 (+16%)	1558.6
2010	ARI	NL	1	4	43	12	38.0	61	35	15	34	8.29	4.08 (-103%)	-174.3
2010	TBA	AL	2	0	27	0	21.0	24	13	6	15	5.57	4.08 (-37%)	100.8
2011	SDN	NL	6	8	77	0	74.1	73	29	20	43	3.51	3.94 (+11%)	80.4
2012	PHI	NL	1	1	35	0	31.1	39	16	9	19	4.60	4.01 (-14%)	-1279.4
2012	NYA	AL	1	0	8	0	7.1	10	5	3	2	6.14	—	0.0
2012	PIT	NL	0	0	17	0	13.2	14	10	2	6	6.59	4.01 (-64%)	465.6
2013	MIA	NL	5	2	66	0	62.0	57	18	19	49	2.61	3.87 (+32%)	853.1
2014	HOU	AL	1	5	58	19	51.1	54	19	5	43	3.33	3.74 (+11%)	789.0
2015	HOU	AL	3	5	60	4	49.1	46	24	9	46	4.38	3.96 (-11%)	551.6
2016	COL	NL	2	0	44	0	32.2	43	19	9	22	5.23	4.19 (-25%)	-347.9
2017	COL	NL	1	1	19	0	16.2	17	10	5	11	5.40	4.36 (-24%)	-299.9
Career · 17 seasons			52	48	844	74	807.1	819	349	211	624	3.89	—	7,984

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

Chad Qualls — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
844	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .326 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .738 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Chad Qualls Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2004	HOU	NL	25	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	HOU	NL	77	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	HOU	NL	81	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	HOU	NL	79	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	ARI	NL	77	2	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	ARI	NL	51	2	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	ARI	NL	43	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	TBA	AL	27	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	SDN	NL	77	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	PHI	NL	35	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	NYA	AL	8	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	PIT	NL	17	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	MIA	NL	66	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	HOU	AL	58	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	HOU	AL	60	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	COL	NL	44	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	COL	NL	19	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 17 seasons			844	6	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0

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

Chad Qualls — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Chad Qualls — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2010	ALDS1	TBA	2	.000
2005	NLCS	HOU	4	.000
2005	NLDS2	HOU	2	.000
2005	WS	HOU	3	.000
2004	NLCS	HOU	2	.000
2004	NLDS2	HOU	4	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Chad Qualls — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	1	17	0	0	22.2	24	13	7	17	5.16

Playoff Pitching by Year

Chad Qualls — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2010	ALDS1	TBA	0	0	2	1.2	4	2	0	0	10.80
2005	NLCS	HOU	1	0	4	4.2	0	0	0	4	0.00
2005	NLDS2	HOU	0	0	2	3.0	5	2	2	1	6.00
2005	WS	HOU	0	0	3	5.1	3	1	2	5	1.69
2004	NLCS	HOU	0	1	2	4.0	8	5	2	4	11.25
2004	NLDS2	HOU	0	0	4	4.0	4	3	1	3	6.75

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Chad Qualls — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	443	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	401	5	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Chad Qualls — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	443	424.2	428	176	98	361	3.73
Away	401	382.2	391	173	113	263	4.07

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Chad Qualls — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2017-06-27	COL	SFG	L	0.2	2	1	1	0	2	0
2017-06-26	COL	SFG	—	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0
2017-06-15	COL	SFG	—	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0
2017-06-11	COL	CHC	—	1.1	1	1	1	0	2	1
2017-06-10	COL	CHC	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-06-07	COL	CLE	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2017-06-02	COL	SDP	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2017-05-30	COL	SEA	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0
2017-05-27	COL	STL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2017-05-23	COL	PHI	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Chad Qualls — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	844	0	55	119	7	9

Season-by-Season Fielding

Chad Qualls — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
2004	HOU	P	25	1	3	0	0
2005	HOU	P	77	7	12	0	0
2006	HOU	P	81	8	11	0	0
2007	HOU	P	79	5	14	0	2
2008	ARI	P	77	4	7	2	0
2009	ARI	P	51	3	8	0	0
2010	ARI	P	43	3	3	2	1
2010	TBA	P	27	2	2	0	0
2011	SDN	P	77	4	14	0	1
2012	PHI	P	35	1	4	1	0
2012	NYA	P	8	1	1	0	0
2012	PIT	P	17	5	4	1	0
2013	MIA	P	66	4	18	0	3
2014	HOU	P	58	4	8	0	0
2015	HOU	P	60	2	7	0	1
2016	COL	P	44	1	1	1	1
2017	COL	P	19	0	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Chad Qualls Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	844

Salary History

Chad Qualls's recorded salaries total $19,765,500 over 11 seasons, 2005 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Qualls's career ran from 2004 to 2017. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2004 and 2013.

Chad Qualls — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	COL	NL	$2,250,000
2015	HOU	AL	$3,000,000
2014	HOU	AL	$2,700,000
2012	PHI	NL	$1,150,000
2011	SDN	NL	$1,500,000
2010	ARI	NL	$4,185,000
2009	ARI	NL	$2,535,000
2008	ARI	NL	$1,312,500
2007	HOU	NL	$441,000
2006	HOU	NL	$376,000
2005	HOU	NL	$316,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$19,765,500

College History

Chad Qualls — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Los Angeles Harbor College	Wilmington	CA	1997, 1998
University of Nevada-Reno	Reno	NV	1999, 2000

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Chad Qualls: the record in brief

According to the bio, Chad Qualls debuted on July 22, 2004 and played a final game on June 27, 2017. The season rows list, in order, the Houston Astros (2004 to 2015), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2008 to 2010), the Tampa Bay Rays (2010), the San Diego Padres (2011), the Philadelphia Phillies (2012), the New York Yankees (2012), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2012), and the Miami Marlins (2013), among other clubs in the table. At 6-foot-4 and 235 pounds, Qualls is listed as a pitcher. Qualls threw and hit right-handed, per the bio block. Qualls was born on August 17, 1978, in Lomita, CA, USA. The given name on file is Chad Michael Qualls.

Across 844 games (0 starts), Qualls recorded 52 wins against 48 losses with a 3.89 ERA. Qualls had 624 strikeouts and 74 saves. Against a 4.18 league ERA for the same years, Qualls was 7.0% better. No season topped the 7 wins of 2006. The strikeout high was 78 in 2007.

Frequently Asked Questions about Chad Qualls

What years did Chad Qualls play?: Chad Qualls played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2017.
Was Chad Qualls a pitcher?: Yes. Chad Qualls pitched in the major leagues, recording 52 wins and 624 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Chad Qualls hit?: Chad Qualls hit 0 career home runs.
What teams did Chad Qualls play for?: Chad Qualls played for 9 teams: the Houston Astros (2004–2007, 2014–2015), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2008–2010), the Tampa Bay Rays (2010), the San Diego Padres (2011), the Philadelphia Phillies (2012), the New York Yankees (2012), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2012), the Miami Marlins (2013), and the Colorado Rockies (2016–2017).
What were Chad Qualls's career stats?: In 844 games, Chad Qualls went 52-48 with a 3.89 ERA, 624 strikeouts, 807.1 innings pitched, and 74 saves.
How much did Chad Qualls earn in his career?: Chad Qualls's recorded salaries total $19,765,500 over 11 seasons, 2005 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Qualls's career ran from 2004 to 2017. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2004 and 2013.
What was Chad Qualls's salary?: Chad Qualls's last recorded salary was $2,250,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $4,185,000, in 2010, and his lowest was $316,000, in 2005. The Salary History table lists each season from 2005 to 2016.
What position did Chad Qualls play?: Chad Qualls played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Chad Qualls and how much did he weigh?: Chad Qualls was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 235 pounds.
What was Chad Qualls's career ERA?: Chad Qualls finished with a 3.89 career ERA, going 52-48 with 624 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Chad Qualls have?: Chad Qualls recorded 624 career strikeouts.
Is Chad Qualls in the Hall of Fame?: No. Chad Qualls has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.