Chris Demaria

Single...Attended Long Beach State University...Enjoys golf and traveling...Participates in Fantasy Baseball and Fantasy Football leagues

2005

Spent the majority of the season at Class A High Desert, posting a 4-2 record with a 2.32. ERA and 19 saves in 48 games...Went 0-1 with a 1.76 ERA (3 ER/15.1 IP) in 10 appearances for the Double A Wichita Wranglers...Compiled an 0-1 record alongside a 2.03 ERA in 13.1 innings in the month of August with Wichita...Had his contract purchased from Double A Wichita on Sept. 5 and made his big league debut for Kansas City on Sept. 9 at Detroit...Allowed a home run to Carlos Pena, his first batter faced...was the first Royal since Tony Cogan (April 2, 2001) to allow a home run to his first batter faced...Recorded a 9.00 ERA in eight big league games after allowing nine earned runs in 9.0 innings...Picked up his first Major League win on September 18 in Kansas City...pitched one scoreless inning of relief in a win over the White Sox...Allowed six earned runs in 1.1 innings vs. Cleveland on Sept. 24 in an 11-4 loss...had a combined 3.52 ERA in his other seven appearances (3 ER/7.2 IP)...Allowed all four inherited runners to score, while his first batters faced went 5-for-8.

2004

Spent the entire season at Class A Hickory of the South Atlantic Leage, going 8-3 with a 2.94 ERA and ten saves...Struck out 101 batters in 72.2 innings pitched as a reliever, an average of 12.5 strikeouts per nine innings...Walked only 20 batters, giving him a 5:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio...Began the season on a five game winning streak...Posted a 1.76 ERAand a 2-0 record with three saves in eight July appearances