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Eric Chavez

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 204 lb.

Debut September 8, 1998
  vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born December 7, 1977 in Los Angeles, CA

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed August 27, 1996. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 20 OAK AL  16   45    6   14   4  1   0    6   1  1   3   5  .311  .354  .444  110   20   0   0   1   0   1
 1999 21 OAK AL 115  356   47   88  21  2  13   50   1  1  46  56  .247  .333  .427   98  152   0   0   4   0   7
 2000 22 OAK AL 153  501   89  139  23  4  26   86   2  2  62  94  .277  .355  .495  117  248   0   5   8   1   9
 2001 23 OAK AL 151  552   91  159  43  0  32  114   8  2  41  99  .288  .338  .540  128  298   0   7   9   4   7
 2002 24 OAK AL 153  585   87  161  31  3  34  109   8  3  65 119  .275  .348  .513  127  300   0   2  13   1   8 SS,MVP-14
 2003 25 OAK AL 156  588   94  166  39  5  29  101   8  3  62  89  .282  .350  .514  126  302   0   3  10   1  14 MVP-17
 2004 26 OAK AL 125  475   87  131  20  0  29   77   6  3  95  99  .276  .397  .501  134  238   0   4  10   3  21 MVP-30
 2005 27 OAK AL 160  625   92  168  40  1  27  101   6  0  58 129  .269  .329  .466  108  291   0   9   4   2   9 MVP-21
 2006 28 OAK AL 137  485   74  117  24  2  22   72   3  0  84 100  .241  .351  .435  105  211   0   6   6   1  19
 2007 29 OAK AL  90  341   43   82  21  2  15   46   4  2  34  76  .240  .306  .446  102  152   0   4   2   0   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1256 4553  710 1225 266 20 227  762  47 17 550 866  .269  .347  .486  117 2212   0  40  67  13 104
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        587   92  158  34  3  29   98   6  2  71 112  .269  .347  .486  117  285   0   5   9   2  13
 Career High    160  625   94  168  43  5  34  114   8  3  95 129  .288  .397  .540  134  302   0   9  13   4  21
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1998 20 OAK AL   48   33    7   5.7   106| .311  .267| .354  .335| .444  .425| .798  .760| 110  .540   0.7   0.1  50%
 1999 21 OAK AL  402  276   51   4.9   108| .247  .268| .333  .339| .427  .428| .760  .768|  98  .457  -0.8  -0.1  50%
 2000 22 OAK AL  569  378   89   6.3   112| .277  .271| .355  .344| .495  .436| .850  .780| 117  .559  12.5   1.1  50%
 2001 23 OAK AL  604  409  102   6.7   106| .288  .266| .338  .333| .540  .427| .878  .760| 128  .624  21.8   2.0  80%
 2002 24 OAK AL  653  437  106   6.5   104| .275  .262| .348  .329| .513  .421| .861  .750| 127  .622  21.9   2.1  72%
 2003 25 OAK AL  654  442  104   6.3   106| .282  .267| .350  .333| .514  .427| .864  .759| 126  .601  21.3   2.0  72%
 2004 26 OAK AL  577  372   95   6.8   109| .276  .269| .397  .337| .501  .432| .898  .770| 134  .624  27.1   2.5  66%
 2005 27 OAK AL  694  475   99   5.6   106| .269  .269| .329  .332| .466  .427| .795  .759| 108  .558   7.4   0.7 100%
 2006 28 OAK AL  576  393   75   5.1   108| .241  .272| .351  .336| .435  .432| .786  .768| 105  .488   5.9   0.5 100%
 2007 29 OAK AL  379  274   46   4.5   101| .240  .262| .306  .329| .446  .410| .752  .739| 102  .445   0.8   0.1  66%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     5156 3489  774   5.9   107| .269  .267| .347  .334| .486  .427| .833  .762| 117  .565 118.6  11.0  73%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1998 20 OAK AL 3B 13 11 21 0 2 1.000 .947 2.46 2.23 3.03 2.55 11 95.0 1999 21 OAK AL 3B 105 69 155 9 13 .961 .950 2.13 2.21 2.38 2.58 98 847.3 DH 3 SS 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 4.95 0 2.0 2000 22 OAK AL 3B 146 91 256 18 17 .951 .947 2.38 2.31 2.59 2.67 135 1206.3 SS 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.15 3.00 4.80 0 3.0 DH 1 2001 23 OAK AL 3B 149 100 321 12 27 .972 .947 2.83 2.41 2.91 2.73 146 1300.7 GG 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.30 0.00 9.00 0 1.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 DH 1 2002 24 OAK AL 3B 143 120 301 17 24 .961 .951 2.94 2.40 3.00 2.68 143 1262.0 GG DH 9 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.25 0 4.0 2003 25 OAK AL 3B 154 125 343 14 33 .971 .955 3.04 2.35 3.16 2.67 153 1333.3 GG 2004 26 OAK AL 3B 125 113 276 13 31 .968 .951 3.11 2.34 3.10 2.64 125 1129.0 GG LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.70 4.19 2.09 0 4.3 2005 27 OAK AL 3B 153 121 301 15 27 .966 .957 2.76 2.49 2.82 2.76 153 1348.3 GG DH 6 2006 28 OAK AL 3B 134 105 281 5 42 .987 .960 2.88 2.54 2.98 2.84 133 1165.7 GG DH 3 2007 29 OAK AL 3B 88 66 169 6 16 .975 .957 2.67 2.34 2.73 2.63 87 774.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2001 23 OAK AL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.30 0.00 9.00 0 1.0 1998 20 OAK AL 3B 13 11 21 0 2 1.000 .947 2.46 2.23 3.03 2.55 11 95.0 1999 21 OAK AL 3B 105 69 155 9 13 .961 .950 2.13 2.21 2.38 2.58 98 847.3 2000 22 OAK AL 3B 146 91 256 18 17 .951 .947 2.38 2.31 2.59 2.67 135 1206.3 2001 23 OAK AL 3B 149 100 321 12 27 .972 .947 2.83 2.41 2.91 2.73 146 1300.7 2002 24 OAK AL 3B 143 120 301 17 24 .961 .951 2.94 2.40 3.00 2.68 143 1262.0 2003 25 OAK AL 3B 154 125 343 14 33 .971 .955 3.04 2.35 3.16 2.67 153 1333.3 2004 26 OAK AL 3B 125 113 276 13 31 .968 .951 3.11 2.34 3.10 2.64 125 1129.0 2005 27 OAK AL 3B 153 121 301 15 27 .966 .957 2.76 2.49 2.82 2.76 153 1348.3 2006 28 OAK AL 3B 134 105 281 5 42 .987 .960 2.88 2.54 2.98 2.84 133 1165.7 2007 29 OAK AL 3B 88 66 169 6 16 .975 .957 2.67 2.34 2.73 2.63 87 774.7 1999 21 OAK AL DH 3 2000 22 OAK AL DH 1 2001 23 OAK AL DH 1 2002 24 OAK AL DH 9 2005 27 OAK AL DH 6 2006 28 OAK AL DH 3 2002 24 OAK AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.25 0 4.0 2004 26 OAK AL LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.70 4.19 2.09 0 4.3 2002 24 OAK AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.25 0 4.0 2004 26 OAK AL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.00 4.19 2.30 0 4.3 1999 21 OAK AL SS 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 4.95 0 2.0 2000 22 OAK AL SS 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.15 3.00 4.80 0 3.0 2001 23 OAK AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00 0.00 4.50 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B*1210 921 2424 109 232 .968 .953 2.76 2.38 2.88 2.69 1184 10462.3 DH 23 Games not counted in Overall Total below SS* 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 4.14 1.50 4.80 0 6.0 LF* 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 2.17 2.17 0 8.3 1B* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.30 0.00 9.00 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1218 924 2424 109 232 .968 .953 2.75 2.39 2.88 2.70 1184 10478
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2000   ALDS  OAK NYY     L   5  21   4   7  3  0  0   4   0   5  .333  .333  .476   0  0   0   0   0 
 2001   ALDS  OAK NYY     L   5  21   0   3  1  0  0   0   0   5  .143  .143  .190   0  0   0   0   0 
 2002   ALDS  OAK MIN     L   5  21   3   8  0  0  1   5   2   1  .381  .435  .524   0  0   0   0   0 
 2003   ALDS  OAK BOS     L   5  22   1   1  1  0  0   0   1   3  .045  .087  .091   1  0   0   0   0 
 2006   ALDS  OAK MIN     W   3  10   2   2  1  0  1   1   2   4  .200  .333  .600   0  0             
        ALCS  OAK DET     L   4  13   1   3  1  0  1   2   2   4  .231  .333  .538   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Div Series       1-4  23  95  10  21  6  0  2  10   5  18  .221  .260  .347   1  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   1-5  27 108  11  24  7  0  3  12   7  22  .222  .270  .370   1  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Gold Gloves
2001-AL--3B
2002-AL--3B
2003-AL--3B
2004-AL--3B
2005-AL--3B
2006-AL--3B
All Multiple Winners

Silver Sluggers
2002-AL--3B

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2002-AL-14-0.04
2003-AL-17-0.05
2004-AL-30-0.00
2005-AL-21-0.01
Car-885-0.10 shares

On-base %
2004 AL-.397-5

Games
2005 AL-160-8

Doubles
2001 AL-43-4
2003 AL-39-10
2005 AL-40-8

Home Runs
2002 AL-34-7

RBI
2001 AL-114-10
2002 AL-109-9

Bases on Balls
2004 AL-95-1

Strikeouts
2005 AL-129-6

Extra-Base Hits
2001 AL-75-9

Sac. Flies
2005 AL-9-4

Intentional Walks
2002 AL-13-6
2003 AL-10-8
2004 AL-10-8

Grounded into Double Plays
2004 AL-21-5
2006 AL-19-10

At Bats per Home Run
2002 AL-17.2-9
2004 AL-16.4-9

Youngest Player
1998 AL-20-2

   

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (591) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 21 (963) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 24.9 (434) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 29.0 (592) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed August 27, 1996.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1999Oakland Athletics$201,000
2000Oakland Athletics$240,000
2001Oakland Athletics$625,000
2002Oakland Athletics$2,125,000
2003Oakland Athletics$3,675,000
2004Oakland Athletics$5,325,000
2005Oakland Athletics$8,500,000
2006Oakland Athletics$9,500,000
2007Oakland Athletics$9,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$39,691,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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