| Chris Archer | |||||||||||||||
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_(Cropped).jpg) Archer with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2018 | |||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: September 26, 1988 Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| June 20, 2012, for the Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| September 10, 2022, for the Minnesota Twins | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 63–89 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 3.93 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 1,454 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Christopher Alan Archer (born September 26, 1988) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates and Minnesota Twins.
Archer attended Clayton High School in Clayton, North Carolina. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the fifth round of the 2006 MLB draft. After he was traded to the Chicago Cubs and then the Rays, he made his MLB debut in 2012. Archer was selected to the 2015 and 2017 MLB All-Star Games.