Chris Mabeus

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1979)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

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|name=Chris Mabeus

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1979|2|11}}

|birth_place=Peoria, Illinois, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 29

|debutyear=2006

|debutteam=Milwaukee Brewers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 29

|finalyear=2006

|finalteam=Milwaukee Brewers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=21.60

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=2

|teams=

• Milwaukee Brewers ({{mlby|2006}})

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}}

Christopher Eugene Mabeus (born February 11, 1979) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played one game at the major league level for the Milwaukee Brewers.

He grew up in Soldotna, Alaska and attended Soldotna High School{{cite news |title=Alaskan headed for big leagues |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114740436/alaskan-headed-for-big-leagues/ |access-date=17 December 2022 |work=Whitehorse Daily Star |agency=Associated Press |date=24 May 2006 |pages=5}} where he played baseball and water polo. He told reporters he was recruited by more colleges to play water polo than college baseball.{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=T.R. |title=Greer makes first Surprise visit with leadership in mind |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114740469/greer-makes-first-surprise-visit-with/ |access-date=17 December 2022 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=23 February 2004 |page=11D}} He played college baseball at Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher, Arizona and Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho.{{cite web | url = http://www.lcsc.edu/athletics/Baseball/2000/base2000mabeus.htm | title = 2000 Baseball Profile Chris Mabeus | date = 2009-01-29 | work = Athletics - Lewis-Clark State | publisher = Lewis-Clark State College | location = Lewiston, Idaho | accessdate = 2009-06-19 | archive-date = 2009-10-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091001171335/http://www.lcsc.edu/athletics/Baseball/2000/base2000mabeus.htm | url-status = dead }}{{cite news | url = http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/060501/Spo_Bentz.html | title = Bentz 'gone fishing' on draft day | first = Charles | last = Bingham | work = The Juneau Empire | publisher = Southeastern Newspapers Corporation | location = Juneau, Alaska | date = 2001-06-05 | quote = Bentz isn't the only Alaskan [...] Lewis-Clark State University senior right-handed pitcher Chris Mabeus of Soldotna was ranked third in the Northern Rockies region [...] Mabeus, who then attended Eastern Arizona Junior College, was picked in the 39th round of the 1999 draft by the Montreal Expos. | access-date = 2009-06-19 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120503114154/http://juneauempire.com/stories/060501/Spo_Bentz.html | archive-date = 2012-05-03 | url-status = dead }}

Mabeus was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 13th round of the 2001 amateur draft. He played his first professional season with their Class A Vancouver Canadians in {{By|2001}}, and split his last season between their Triple-A club, the Sacramento River Cats, the Brewers, and their Double-A (Huntsville Stars) and Triple-A (Nashville Sounds) clubs in {{By|2006}}.