Christopher John Carpenter is an American special assistant to the St. Louis Cardinals general manager and a retired professional baseball starting pitcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays and Cardinals from 1997 to 2012. The 2005 National League Cy Young Award winner and two-time World Series champion, he was also a three-time All-Star selection. In addition, he was twice named the Sporting News National League Pitcher of the Year, and voted for a number of Comeback Player of the Year awards for surmounting injury. The Blue Jays selected Carpenter in the first round of the 1993 amateur draft from Trinity High School in New Hampshire, and he made his MLB debut in 1997 as a heralded prospect. However, injuries and ineffectiveness delayed a promising career before the Blue Jays released him in 2002. After the Cardinals signed him, he emerged as an ace in 2004, becoming one of the most dominating starters in the sport. He won the Cy Young Award in 2005 and helped lead the Cardinals to World Series titles in 2006 and 2011. 

April 27th, 1975 in Exeter (Age 49)