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

Born: December 7, 1977 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Mount Carmel (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed August 27, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1998
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 OAK AL 20 3B 13 11 95.0 32 11 21 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 -1.0 0 3.03 2.46 .944 2.55 2.23
1999 OAK AL 21 3B 105 98 847.1 233 69 155 9 13 .961 1.4 2.0 1.4 -3.7 5.1 0 2.38 2.13 .949 2.58 2.21
1999 OAK AL 21 DH 3
1999 OAK AL 21 SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.20
2000 OAK AL 22 3B 146 135 1206.1 365 91 256 18 17 .951 -7.7 -7.7 -6.7 -3.1 -3.6 -1 2.59 2.38 .947 2.67 2.31
2000 OAK AL 22 SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -400.0 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 4.80 4.15
2000 OAK AL 22 DH 1
2001 OAK AL 23 3B 149 146 1300.2 433 100 321 12 27 .972 12.5 11.5 11.5 5.3 6.2 1 2.91 2.83 .945 2.73 2.41 GG
2001 OAK AL 23 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.00 8.30 GG
2001 OAK AL 23 DH 1 GG
2001 OAK AL 23 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.00 GG
2002 OAK AL 24 3B 143 143 1262.0 438 120 301 17 24 .961 -1.7 -1.6 -0.7 0.5 -1.2 -1 3.00 2.94 .950 2.68 2.40 MVP-14,GG,SS
2002 OAK AL 24 DH 9 MVP-14,GG,SS
2002 OAK AL 24 LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -180.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70 MVP-14,GG,SS
2002 OAK AL 24 OF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -180.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00 MVP-14,GG,SS
2003 OAK AL 25 3B 154 153 1333.1 482 125 343 14 33 .971 12.4 11.2 11.4 -5.8 17.2 1 3.16 3.04 .954 2.67 2.35 MVP-17,GG
2004 OAK AL 26 3B 125 125 1129.0 402 113 276 13 31 .968 14.6 15.5 13.6 12.5 1.1 1 3.10 3.11 .950 2.64 2.34 MVP-30,GG
2004 OAK AL 26 LF 1 0 4.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 55.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.15 2.00 1.000 2.08 1.70 MVP-30,GG
2004 OAK AL 26 OF 1 0 4.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 55.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.15 2.00 1.000 2.28 2.00 MVP-30,GG
2005 OAK AL 27 3B 153 153 1348.1 437 121 301 15 27 .966 17.5 15.6 18.5 3.6 14.9 -1 2.82 2.76 .957 2.76 2.49 MVP-21,GG
2005 OAK AL 27 DH 6 MVP-21,GG
2006 OAK AL 28 3B 134 133 1165.2 391 105 281 5 42 .987 11.6 11.9 9.6 -1.6 11.2 2 2.98 2.88 .959 2.84 2.54 GG
2006 OAK AL 28 DH 3 GG
2007 OAK AL 29 3B 88 87 774.2 241 66 169 6 16 .975 5.1 7.9 5.1 2.0 3.1 0 2.73 2.67 .956 2.63 2.34
2008 OAK AL 30 3B 15 15 130.0 45 12 32 1 4 .978 -1.4 -12.9 -1.4 -0.7 -0.7 0 3.05 2.93 .958 2.74 2.37
2008 OAK AL 30 DH 8
2009 OAK AL 31 3B 8 8 67.0 20 5 15 0 2 1.000 2.69 2.50 .955 2.69 2.38
12 Seasons 3B 1233 1207 10659.1 3519 938 2471 110 238 .969 64.3 7.2 62.3 10.0 52.3 2 2.88 2.76 .952 2.70 2.38
7 Seasons DH 31
3 Seasons SS 5 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -240.0 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 0 1.50 0.20 1.000 4.80 4.14
2 Seasons LF 2 0 8.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -57.6 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 0 2.16 1.00 1.000 2.16 1.70
2 Seasons OF 2 0 8.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -57.6 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 0 2.16 1.00 1.000 2.27 2.00
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.00 8.30
12 Seasons TOT 1241 1207 10674.2 3522 941 2471 110 238 .969 62.7 7.0 60.7 9.0 51.7 0 2 2.88 2.75 .921 2.70 2.39
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1998 OAK AL 20 16 11 16 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1999 OAK AL 21 115 98 115 105 0 0 0 0 105 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
2000 OAK AL 22 153 135 153 146 0 0 0 0 146 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 3
2001 OAK AL 23 151 147 151 149 0 0 1 0 149 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
2002 OAK AL 24 153 151 153 143 0 0 0 0 143 0 1 0 0 1 8 2 0
2003 OAK AL 25 156 153 156 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004 OAK AL 26 125 125 125 125 0 0 0 0 125 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
2005 OAK AL 27 160 159 160 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
2006 OAK AL 28 137 136 137 134 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
2007 OAK AL 29 90 87 90 88 0 0 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
2008 OAK AL 30 23 23 23 15 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
2009 OAK AL 31 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 1287 1233 1287 1233 0 0 1 0 1233 5 2 0 0 2 26 38 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1998 OAK AL 20 417 55% 77% 31% 36 81% 0 11 10 0 1 20 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 67%
1999 OAK AL 21 3845 50% 77% 32% 247 82% 1 69 50 6 13 155 125 23 1 4 9 0 8 1 7 13 9 0 11 2 1 1 14 36%
2000 OAK AL 22 5471 53% 75% 31% 354 93% 6 88 69 11 8 258 209 37 7 5 18 0 8 10 16 17 13 2 15 1 0 1 17 65%
2001 OAK AL 23 5623 58% 75% 32% 410 96% 1 100 76 8 16 321 263 48 3 8 12 1 2 9 10 27 21 1 23 3 3 0 13 54%
2002 OAK AL 24 5464 59% 76% 32% 416 94% 3 115 87 12 16 299 248 43 6 3 17 1 6 10 14 24 13 1 17 3 2 1 18 56%
2003 OAK AL 25 5816 61% 75% 34% 501 89% 4 125 102 11 12 343 285 48 5 5 14 1 6 7 10 33 23 4 30 3 2 1 17 71%
2004 OAK AL 26 4969 61% 75% 33% 387 91% 4 113 78 15 20 276 212 51 5 11 13 0 6 7 9 31 18 3 23 8 3 4 17 76%
2005 OAK AL 27 5829 54% 74% 31% 425 92% 0 121 93 13 15 302 244 51 0 7 15 0 7 8 13 28 18 1 22 6 3 3 12 75%
2006 OAK AL 28 5183 59% 75% 30% 383 95% 4 105 83 11 11 281 219 52 4 2 5 0 3 2 4 43 34 4 40 3 3 0 9 89%
2007 OAK AL 29 3378 57% 76% 32% 238 91% 2 66 53 7 6 169 128 29 5 2 6 0 0 6 2 16 10 2 14 2 2 0 8 50%
2008 OAK AL 30 575 62% 75% 31% 48 90% 0 12 9 2 1 32 25 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 100%
2009 OAK AL 31 306 61% 75% 30% 19 89% 0 5 3 0 2 15 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 46876 57% 75% 32% 3464 92% 25 930 713 96 121 2471 1989 392 36 48 110 3 46 61 86 240 166 18 202 32 20 11 132 64%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 88% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1999 OAK AL 21 9 33% 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 OAK AL 22 21 71% 95% 24% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 OAK AL 23 5 60% 80% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 35 60% 86% 17% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2002 OAK AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 57% 83% 35% 1 0%
2004 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 54% 71% 42% 3 67%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 55% 77% 38% 4 50%
MLB Averages 62.2% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2001 OAK AL 23 4 50% 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 4 50% 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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