Chad Paronto Pitcher

     
 

Born: July 28, 1975
Woodsville, NH
Height: 6-5
Weight: 225
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: 8th round, 1996 by BAL
How Acquired: Minor league free agent (Jan. 2010)
College: Massachusetts
High School: Woodsville (NH)

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Contract expired (Oct. 2010)

 Scouting Report: Big righty with an arsenal that includes an 89-92 mph fastball, a mid-80s slider, and an 82-85 mph changeup.  Subpar control.  A local New Englander, Paronto has played for six organizations since 1996.

  
   
    Career Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l % era g gs sv ip h r er hr bb so whip k/bb k/9
  1996 Bluefield App Rk Bal 20 1 1 0.500 1.69 9 2 1 21.3 16 4 4 0 5 24 0.98 4.80 10.13
  1996 Frederick Caro A+ Bal 20 0 1 0.000 4.80 8 1 0 15.0 11 9 8 0 8 6 1.27 0.75 3.60
  1997 Delmarva SAL A Bal 21 6 9 0.400 4.74 28 23 0 127.3 133 95 67 9 56 93 1.48 1.66 6.57
  1998 Frederick Caro A+ Bal 22 7 6 0.538 3.13 18 18 0 103.7 116 44 36 4 39 87 1.50 2.23 7.55
  1998 Bowie East AA Bal 22 1 3 0.250 5.80 8 7 1 35.7 38 30 23 1 23 28 1.71 1.22 7.07
  1999 Frederick Caro A+ Bal 23 3 5 0.375 4.73 13 13 0 72.3 81 46 38 7 26 55 1.48 2.12 6.84
  1999 Bowie East AA Bal 23 0 4 0.000 8.12 15 9 0 41.0 59 39 37 3 32 27 2.22 0.84 5.93
  2000 Bowie East AA Bal 24 4 2 0.667 2.87 8 8 0 47.0 29 19 15 2 16 31 0.96 1.94 5.94
  2000 Rochester IL AAA Bal 24 1 1 0.500 5.75 12 6 0 36.0 40 26 23 5 15 18 1.53 1.20 4.50
  2001 Rochester IL AAA Bal 25 3 3 0.500 4.57 33 0 1 43.3 44 28 22 5 24 39 1.57 1.63 8.10
  2001 Baltimore AL MLB Bal 25 1 3 0.250 5.00 24 0 0 27.0 33 24 15 5 11 16 1.63 1.45 5.33
  2002 Akron East AA Cle 26 0 0 --- 27.27 1 1 0 0.3 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.06 0.00 0.00
  2002 Buffalo IL AAA Cle 26 0 0 --- 0.00 8 0 1 13.0 10 0 0 0 1 7 0.85 7.00 4.85
  2002 Cleveland AL MLB Cle 26 0 2 0.000 4.04 29 0 0 35.7 34 19 16 3 11 23 1.26 2.09 5.80
  2003 Cleveland AL MLB Cle 27 0 2 0.000 9.46 6 0 0 6.7 7 8 7 1 3 6 1.50 2.00 8.10
  2004 Memphis PCL AAA StL 28 5 3 0.625 2.13 47 0 4 55.0 46 20 13 3 25 38 1.29 1.52 6.22
  2005 Nashville PCL AAA Mil 29 3 1 0.750 2.75 27 0 4 39.3 40 17 12 1 19 38 1.50 2.00 8.69
  2005 Richmond IL AAA Atl 29 3 1 0.750 3.95 26 0 0 41.0 43 18 18 4 17 28 1.46 1.65 6.15
  2006 Richmond IL AAA Atl 30 1 1 0.500 1.02 12 0 4 17.7 17 3 2 1 3 15 1.13 5.00 7.64
  2006 Atlanta NL MLB Atl 30 2 3 0.400 3.18 65 0 0 56.7 53 23 20 5 19 41 1.27 2.16 6.51
  2007 Richmond IL AAA Atl 31 0 0 --- 3.78 11 0 2 16.7 18 8 7 1 4 11 1.32 2.75 5.94
  2007 Atlanta NL MLB Atl 31 3 1 0.750 3.57 41 0 1 40.3 47 20 16 1 19 14 1.64 0.74 3.12
  2008 Round Rock PCL AAA Hou 32 0 2 0.000 3.08 35 0 3 52.7 61 19 18 2 14 57 1.42 4.07 9.74
  2008 Houston NL MLB Hou 32 0 1 0.000 4.35 6 0 0 10.3 11 5 5 2 2 4 1.26 2.00 3.48
  2009 Round Rock PCL AAA Hou 33 2 1 0.667 1.39 44 0 24 51.7 34 8 8 1 14 39 0.93 2.79 6.79
  2009 Houston NL MLB Hou 33 0 0 --- 12.15 6 0 0 6.7 15 9 9 4 1 3 2.40 3.00 4.05
2010 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 34 3 5 0.375 4.22 54 0 2 74.7 80 36 35 9 30 47 1.47 1.57 5.67
   
  Additional Player Info  
  Pronunciation: ---
First Pro Contract: June 23, 1996 (Bal)
Signing Bonus: N/A
MiLB Debut: July 1996 (Bluefield)		 Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut: April 18, 2001 (Bal)
     
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