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Chris
Topper		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: November 14, 1946 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 26 VAL JL $ 895,000   4 5 3 4 8 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 9 7 6 6 6 6 6
1974 27 VAL JL $ 895,000   4 5 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 6 6 5 6 6
1975 28 VAL JL $ 895,000   5 5 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 9 10 7 6 6 5 6 6
1976 29 VAL JL $ 895,000   5 6 4 4 8 7 8 6 6 6 10 9 9 7 6 6 6 6 6
1977 30 HON JL $ 1,500,000   5 6 4 5 8 7 8 6 6 6 10 9 9 7 6 6 5 6 6
1978 31 HON JL $ 1,500,000   5 6 4 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 10 9 9 7 6 6 5 6 6
1979 32 HON JL     5 6 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 9 9 7 6 6 5 6 6
1980 33 SLC FL $ 500,000   5 6 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 6 6 5 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings     4 5 3 4 8 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 9 7 6 6 5 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   5 6 4 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 9 10 7 6 6 6 6 6
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 34 LV FL $ 400,000 75 7 5 5 10 8 9 20 19 19
1982 35 SLC FL $ 300,000 75 7 5 5 11 10 10 20 18 19
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 75 7 5 5 10 8 9 20 18 19
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 400,000 75 7 5 5 11 10 10 20 19 19
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 26 VAL JL $ 895,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1974 27 VAL JL $ 895,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1975 28 VAL JL $ 895,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1976 29 VAL JL $ 895,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1977 30 HON JL $ 1,500,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1978 31 HON JL $ 1,500,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1979 32 HON JL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1980 33 SLC FL $ 500,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 34 LV FL $ 400,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1982 35 SLC FL $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 400,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 26 VAL JL 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 0 5 2 9.00 .308 .500 .308 .808 0.0
    AAA   5 6 .455 14 14 3 1 0 107.7 119 35 6 37 97 2.93 .277 .335 .385 .719  
    AA   5 2 .714 8 8 3 2 0 62.7 58 25 1 15 53 3.59 .248 .293 .316 .609  
1974 27 VAL JL 8 9 .471 27 22 5 2 0 152.0 177 58 7 45 118 3.43 .294 .345 .363 .708 10.1
1975 28 VAL JL 2 1 .667 5 4 1 1 0 31.7 35 8 0 12 16 2.27 .287 .351 .303 .654 3.3
    AAA   11 6 .647 22 22 1 0 0 144.3 174 61 3 57 144 3.80 .299 .362 .349 .710  
1976 29 VAL JL 5 5 .500 16 16 1 0 0 104.7 110 47 1 40 75 4.04 .270 .339 .310 .649 3.1
    AAA   7 3 .700 13 13 2 0 0 94.3 102 21 1 28 90 2.00 .277 .328 .315 .644  
1977 30 HON JL 6 4 .600 15 15 1 0 0 105.3 133 40 1 38 78 3.42 .318 .374 .373 .747 6.8
    AAA   9 1 .900 15 15 1 1 0 109.0 106 23 2 38 120 1.90 .253 .315 .284 .599  
    A   2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 16.0 11 1 0 2 17 0.56 .186 .213 .220 .433  
1978 31 HON JL 7 8 .467 29 22 2 0 0 146.3 184 86 4 65 81 5.29 .312 .381 .389 .770 3.3
1979 32 HON JL 6 8 .429 38 19 0 0 0 124.7 172 79 5 47 68 5.70 .330 .382 .408 .790 0.5
1980 33 SLC FL 2 6 .250 97 0 0 0 0 118.7 127 53 4 44 70 4.02 .282 .349 .350 .699 6.9
1981 34 LV FL 0 1 .000 21 0 0 0 0 21.7 22 12 1 10 8 4.99 .259 .337 .365 .701 0.6
    AAA   4 6 .400 30 12 1 1 1 107.3 103 55 4 59 61 4.61 .250 .344 .345 .689  
1982 35 AA   3 2 .600 7 7 0 0 0 44.3 48 23 2 6 32 4.67 .276 .300 .414 .714  
    A   3 9 .250 34 11 0 0 1 92.7 120 50 1 33 61 4.86 .319 .374 .396 .770  
9 Years Sim 37 42 .468 251 98 10 3 0 808.0 964 386 23 306 516 4.30 .300 .362 .365 .727 34.6
5 Years AAA 36 22 .621 94 76 8 3 1 562.7 604 195 16 219 512 3.12 .273 .339 .337 .676  
2 Years AA 8 4 .667 15 15 3 2 0 107.0 106 48 3 21 85 4.04 .260 .296 .358 .654  
2 Years A 5 9 .357 36 13 0 0 1 108.7 131 51 1 35 78 4.22 .301 .353 .372 .726  
9 Years Minors 49 35 .583 145 104 11 5 2 778.3 841 294 20 275 675 3.40 .275 .335 .345 .680  
Season Average 4 4 .500 27 10 1 0 0 89.8 107 42 2 34 57 4.30 .300 .362 .365 .727  
Career Highs 8 9 1.000 97 22 5 2 0 152.0 184 86 7 65 118 9.00 .330 .500 .408 .808  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   767 308 20 254 408   .313 .378 .382 .760
vs LH   197 78 3 52 108   .259 .306 .312 .618
Home 22 13 .629 117 42 1 1 0 370.0 423 164 14 138 245 3.99 .293 .355 .365 .720
Away 15 29 .341 134 56 9 2 0 438.0 541 222 9 168 271 4.56 .306 .367 .366 .732
Mar/Apr 5 8 .385 33 18 1 0 0 127.3 178 77 1 59 76 5.44 .339 .406 .406 .812
May 4 8 .333 41 18 1 1 0 134.3 161 66 1 53 95 4.42 .297 .359 .333 .692
June 3 3 .500 25 8 1 1 0 67.6 76 34 2 26 42 4.52 .286 .349 .331 .680
July 6 8 .429 48 13 4 0 0 134.0 153 54 8 41 84 3.63 .290 .341 .388 .729
August 9 7 .563 57 19 0 0 0 162.6 202 83 7 45 110 4.59 .304 .348 .394 .742
Sep/Oct 10 8 .556 47 22 3 1 0 182.0 194 72 4 82 109 3.56 .284 .361 .328 .689
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 27 VAL JL 27 50 5 8 2 0 0 3 0 1 5 16 .160 .236 .200 .436 2.0 0.0
1975 28 VAL JL 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0 0.0
1976 29 VAL JL 16 38 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 14 .026 .119 .026 .145 -1.5 0.0
    AAA   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1977 30 HON JL 15 40 0 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .100 .122 .150 .272 -0.4 0.0
1978 31 HON JL 29 55 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 33 .127 .143 .127 .270 -0.6 0.0
1979 32 HON JL 38 38 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 15 .158 .238 .184 .422 1.6 0.0
1980 33 SLC FL 97 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.3 0.0
1981 34 LV FL 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
8 Years Sim 248 239 11 27 6 0 0 11 0 1 15 98 .113 .165 .138 .303 0.3 0.0
1 Years AAA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 156 7 17 3 0 0 7 0 0 9 64 .113 .165 .138 .303 0.2  
Career Highs 97 55 5 8 2 0 0 3 0 1 5 33 .167 .238 .333 .500 2.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   166 8 19 4 0 0 10 0 1 12 66 .114 .174 .139 .313 0.0
vs LH   73 3 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 32 .110 .145 .137 .282 -0.8
Home 107 92 6 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 8 38 .109 .180 .120 .300 0.1
Away 133 147 5 17 5 0 0 7 0 1 7 60 .116 .156 .150 .306 -0.8
RISP   58 0 7 1 0 0 11 0 0 3 21 .121 .164 .138 .302 -0.2
Close/Late   23 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .174 .240 .217 .457 1.1
Mar/Apr 33 39 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .103 .125 .128 .253 -0.8
May 41 40 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 14 .100 .163 .100 .263 -0.4
June 25 18 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .056 .056 .111 .167 -0.9
July 42 36 1 6 1 0 0 4 0 1 4 17 .167 .250 .194 .444 1.4
August 57 51 4 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 25 .157 .189 .216 .404 1.2
Sep/Oct 42 55 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 21 .073 .150 .073 .223 -1.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1973 26 VAL JL P 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 27 VAL JL P 27 22 152.0 6 18 0 1 1.000 1.42    
1975 28 VAL JL P 5 4 31.7 3 3 0 1 1.000 1.71    
1976 29 VAL JL P 16 16 104.7 5 17 2 2 .917 1.89    
1977 30 HON JL P 15 15 105.3 2 19 1 5 .955 1.79    
1978 31 HON JL P 29 22 146.3 5 20 0 2 1.000 1.54    
1979 32 HON JL P 38 19 124.7 7 22 1 2 .967 2.09    
1980 33 SLC FL P 97 0 118.7 4 16 1 2 .952 1.52    
1981 34 LV FL P 21 0 21.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.83    
Career Totals   251 98 808.0 34 115 5 15 .968 1.66    
Career Highs   97 22 152.0 7 22 2 5 1.000 2.09    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1980-2-97
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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History
Drafted in 36th round, 854th overall pick, by Valencia in 1973
Earned first career win on 10/5/1973
Had first career hit (double) on 4/28/1974, off Mitchell O'Hara (MRQ)
Injured on 7/27/1974 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 6/20/1976 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/1/1977 to a 4-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Traded from Montreal to Honolulu on 7/11/1977 (Going to MON: P R. Hobbs, Jr.. Going to HON: P R. Wadsner, P V. Vance, P C. Topper, P A. Montana, P R. Lumpkin)
Released by Honolulu on 10/27/1979
Signed as a free agent by Salt Lake City on 2/8/1980 to a 1-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/2/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $400,000 per year
 
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