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Eric Chávez    \shah-VEZ\  (as in Chavez Ravine)

Eric Cesar Chavez (Chavvy)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 7, 1977 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Mount Carmel HS (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 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees/Diamondbacks 1998-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 1 yr/$3M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 14.020, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: ABC Mgmt Leventhal & Lapa [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 9:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #350. Del Pratt… #351. Larry Gardner… #352. Marquis Grissom… #353. ERIC CHAVEZ… #354. Dick Groat… #355. Curtis Granderson… #356. Don Baylor… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1998 20 OAK AL 16 48 45 6 14 4 1 0 6 1 1 3 5 .311 .354 .444 .799 110 20 1 0 0 0 1 5
1999 21 OAK AL 115 402 356 47 88 21 2 13 50 1 1 46 56 .247 .333 .427 .760 98 152 7 0 0 0 4 5/D6
2000 22 OAK AL 153 569 501 89 139 23 4 26 86 2 2 62 94 .277 .355 .495 .850 117 248 9 1 0 5 8 *5/6D
2001 23 OAK AL 151 604 552 91 159 43 0 32 114 8 2 41 99 .288 .338 .540 .878 129 298 7 4 0 7 9 *5/3D6 GG
2002 24 OAK AL 153 653 585 87 161 31 3 34 109 8 3 65 119 .275 .348 .513 .860 127 300 8 1 0 2 13 *5/D7 MVP-14,GG,SS
2003 25 OAK AL 156 654 588 94 166 39 5 29 101 8 3 62 89 .282 .350 .514 .864 126 302 14 1 0 3 10 *5 MVP-17,GG
2004 26 OAK AL 125 577 475 87 131 20 0 29 77 6 3 95 99 .276 .397 .501 .898 134 238 21 3 0 4 10 *5/7 MVP-30,GG
2005 27 OAK AL 160 694 625 92 168 40 1 27 101 6 0 58 129 .269 .329 .466 .794 109 291 9 2 0 9 4 *5/D MVP-21,GG
2006 28 OAK AL 137 576 485 74 117 24 2 22 72 3 0 84 100 .241 .351 .435 .786 105 211 19 1 0 6 6 *5/D GG
2007 29 OAK AL 90 379 341 43 82 21 2 15 46 4 2 34 76 .240 .306 .446 .752 101 152 9 0 0 4 2 5/D
2008 30 OAK AL 23 95 89 10 22 7 0 2 14 0 0 6 18 .247 .295 .393 .688 86 35 2 0 0 0 0 5/D
2009 31 OAK AL 8 31 30 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .100 .129 .133 .262 -30 4 0 0 0 0 0 /5
2010 32 OAK AL 33 123 111 10 26 8 0 1 10 0 0 8 31 .234 .276 .333 .610 67 37 3 0 0 4 0 D/3
2011 33 NYY AL 58 175 160 16 42 7 1 2 26 0 0 14 34 .263 .320 .356 .676 82 57 4 0 0 1 3 5/D3
2012 34 NYY AL 113 313 278 36 78 12 0 16 37 0 0 30 59 .281 .348 .496 .845 127 138 10 1 0 4 3 5D3
2013 35 ARI NL 28 90 81 12 24 6 0 4 13 1 0 7 15 .296 .360 .519 .878 135 42 2 1 0 0 1 5/D
16 Yrs 1519 5983 5302 794 1420 307 21 252 863 48 17 616 1030 .268 .343 .476 .819 115 2525 125 15 0 49 74
162 Game Avg. 162 638 565 85 151 33 2 27 92 5 2 66 110 .268 .343 .476 .819 115 269 13 2 0 5 8
OAK (13 yrs) 1320 5405 4783 730 1276 282 20 230 787 47 17 565 922 .267 .343 .478 .821 115 2288 109 13 0 44 67
NYY (2 yrs) 171 488 438 52 120 19 1 18 63 0 0 44 93 .274 .338 .445 .783 111 195 14 1 0 5 6
ARI (1 yr) 28 90 81 12 24 6 0 4 13 1 0 7 15 .296 .360 .519 .878 135 42 2 1 0 0 1
AL (15 yrs) 1491 5893 5221 782 1396 301 21 248 850 47 17 609 1015 .267 .343 .476 .818 115 2483 123 14 0 49 73
NL (1 yr) 28 90 81 12 24 6 0 4 13 1 0 7 15 .296 .360 .519 .878 135 42 2 1 0 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1998 20 OAK AL 16 48 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .502 .500 0.2 0.0 2 $170,000 5
1999 21 OAK AL 115 402 2 2 1 1 1 7 0.7 15 22 2.1 .506 .504 2.0 0.3 21 $201,000 5/D6
2000 22 OAK AL 153 569 8 -0 1 -9 3 3 0.4 21 24 2.4 .502 .502 3.2 -0.5 33 $240,000 *5/6D
2001 23 OAK AL 151 604 20 1 2 12 3 38 3.8 23 61 6.0 .525 .523 4.7 1.5 48 $625,000 *5/3D6 GG
2002 24 OAK AL 153 653 17 1 1 -2 2 19 1.9 24 43 4.2 .512 .511 4.4 -0.0 45 $2,125,000 *5/D7 MVP-14,GG,SS
2003 25 OAK AL 156 654 19 1 0 7 3 29 3.0 25 54 5.3 .518 .518 4.6 1.0 47 $3,675,000 *5 MVP-17,GG
2004 26 OAK AL 125 577 25 1 -2 11 2 36 3.6 20 57 5.5 .528 .521 4.4 1.4 46 $5,325,000 *5/7 MVP-30,GG
2005 27 OAK AL 160 694 4 2 2 12 2 22 2.3 25 48 4.7 .514 .514 3.5 1.5 36 $8,500,000 *5/D MVP-21,GG
2006 28 OAK AL 137 576 1 1 -1 3 2 7 0.8 22 28 2.8 .505 .504 2.5 0.5 25 $9,500,000 *5/D GG
2007 29 OAK AL 90 379 -2 0 -1 8 1 7 0.8 14 21 2.1 .508 .504 1.3 1.0 13 $9,500,000 5/D
2008 30 OAK AL 23 95 -2 0 -0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .491 .499 0.2 -0.0 2 $11,500,000 5/D
2009 31 OAK AL 8 31 -6 -0 1 -1 0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .420 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -4 $11,500,000 /5
2010 32 OAK AL 33 123 -4 0 0 0 -3 -7 -0.7 5 -2 -0.2 .479 .496 -0.2 -0.3 -2 $12,500,000 D/3
2011 33 NYY AL 58 175 -6 0 -0 3 -0 -3 -0.3 7 4 0.3 .495 .498 0.0 0.3 1 $1,500,000 5/D3
2012 34 NYY AL 113 313 9 -1 -1 -1 -1 5 0.5 12 16 1.6 .504 .503 1.8 -0.2 17 $900,000 5D3
2013 35 ARI NL 28 90 3 0 -0 -2 0 2 0.1 3 4 0.4 .506 .501 0.7 -0.2 7 $3,000,000 5/D
16 Seasons 1519 5983 89 8 3 43 15 157 16.1 222 379 37.1 .510 .506 32.7 6.1 336 $80,761,000
OAK (13 yrs) 1320 5405 83 9 4 43 16 154 15.8 201 355 34.8 .511 .507 30.3 6.3 312 $75,361,000
NYY (2 yrs) 171 488 3 -1 -2 2 -1 2 0.2 18 20 2.0 .501 .501 1.8 0.1 18 $2,400,000
ARI (1 yr) 28 90 3 0 -0 -2 0 2 0.1 3 4 0.4 .506 .501 0.7 -0.2 7 $3,000,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 22 OAK AL ALDS NYY L 5 21 21 4 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 .333 .333 .476 .810 10 1 0 0 0 0
2001 23 OAK AL ALDS NYY L 5 21 21 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .190 .333 4 1 0 0 0 0
2002 24 OAK AL ALDS MIN L 5 23 21 3 8 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 1 .381 .435 .524 .959 11 0 0 0 0 1
2003 25 OAK AL ALDS BOS L 5 23 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .045 .087 .091 .178 2 0 0 0 0 1
2006 28 OAK AL ALDS MIN W 3 12 10 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 .200 .333 .600 .933 6 0 0 0 0 0
2006 28 OAK AL ALCS DET L 4 15 13 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .231 .333 .538 .872 7 0 0 0 0 0
2011 33 NYY AL ALDS DET L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 34 NYY AL ALDS BAL W 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 34 NYY AL ALCS DET L 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs (9 Series) 34 132 125 11 24 7 0 3 12 1 0 7 31 .192 .235 .320 .555 40 2 0 0 0 2
7 ALDS 27 109 104 10 21 6 0 2 10 1 0 5 23 .202 .239 .317 .556 33 2 0 0 0 2
2 ALCS 7 23 21 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 8 .143 .217 .333 .551 7 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 OAK AL 20 3B 13 11 9 95.0 32 11 21 0 2 1.000 0 0 3.03 2.46 .948 2.55 2.52
1999 OAK AL 21 3B 105 98 80 847.1 233 69 155 9 13 .961 1 2 2.38 2.13 .950 2.58 2.54
1999 OAK AL 21 DH 3 0
1999 OAK AL 21 SS 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.65
2000 OAK AL 22 3B 146 135 126 1206.1 365 91 256 18 17 .951 -8 -8 2.59 2.38 .947 2.67 2.64
2000 OAK AL 22 SS 2 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -400 3.00 0.50 .970 4.80 4.65
2000 OAK AL 22 DH 1 0
2001 OAK AL 23 3B 149 146 138 1300.2 433 100 321 12 27 .972 12 12 2.91 2.83 .947 2.73 2.71 GG
2001 OAK AL 23 1B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.00 9.30 GG
2001 OAK AL 23 DH 1 1 GG
2001 OAK AL 23 SS 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.40 GG
2002 OAK AL 24 3B 143 143 136 1262.0 438 120 301 17 24 .961 -2 -2 3.00 2.94 .951 2.68 2.65 MVP-14,GG,SS
2002 OAK AL 24 DH 9 8 MVP-14,GG,SS
2002 OAK AL 24 LF 1 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -180 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10 MVP-14,GG,SS
2002 OAK AL 24 OF 1 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -180 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.30 MVP-14,GG,SS
2003 OAK AL 25 3B 154 153 143 1333.1 482 125 343 14 33 .971 12 7 11 6 3.16 3.04 .955 2.67 2.64 MVP-17,GG
2004 OAK AL 26 3B 125 125 118 1129.0 402 113 276 13 31 .968 15 11 16 12 3.10 3.11 .951 2.64 2.62 MVP-30,GG
2004 OAK AL 26 LF 1 0 0 4.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 55 0 4.15 2.00 .985 2.08 2.00 MVP-30,GG
2004 OAK AL 26 OF 1 0 0 4.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 55 0 4.15 2.00 .985 2.28 2.30 MVP-30,GG
2005 OAK AL 27 3B 153 153 144 1348.1 438 121 302 15 28 .966 18 12 16 11 2.82 2.76 .957 2.76 2.73 MVP-21,GG
2005 OAK AL 27 DH 6 6 MVP-21,GG
2006 OAK AL 28 3B 134 133 122 1165.2 391 105 281 5 43 .987 12 3 12 3 2.98 2.88 .960 2.85 2.80 GG
2006 OAK AL 28 DH 3 3 GG
2007 OAK AL 29 3B 88 87 82 774.2 241 66 169 6 16 .975 5 8 8 12 2.73 2.67 .957 2.63 2.60
2007 OAK AL 29 DH 1 0
2008 OAK AL 30 3B 15 15 13 130.0 45 12 32 1 4 .978 -1 0 -13 0 3.05 2.93 .958 2.74 2.71
2008 OAK AL 30 DH 8 8
2009 OAK AL 31 3B 8 8 7 67.0 20 5 15 0 2 1.000 0 -1 9 -16 2.69 2.50 .957 2.69 2.65
2010 OAK AL 32 DH 31 29
2010 OAK AL 32 1B 1 0 0 5.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 12.60 7.00 .994 9.36 9.20
2011 NYY AL 33 3B 42 33 29 305.2 86 26 60 0 9 1.000 0 3 0 12 2.53 2.05 .954 2.62 2.60
2011 NYY AL 33 DH 7 5
2011 NYY AL 33 1B 3 2 1 16.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 7.31 4.33 .993 9.28 9.23
2012 NYY AL 34 3B 64 50 39 446.2 127 36 86 5 5 .961 2 -2 4 -5 2.46 1.91 .952 2.60 2.59
2012 NYY AL 34 DH 19 17
2012 NYY AL 34 1B 10 6 2 61.0 55 49 5 1 2 .982 1 1 16 20 7.97 5.40 .994 9.27 9.22
2013 ARI NL 35 3B 22 18 16 172.1 47 13 34 0 4 1.000 -1 -2 -7 -15 2.45 2.14 .955 2.61 2.59
2013 ARI NL 35 DH 2 1
15 Seasons 3B 1361 1308 1202 11584.0 3780 1013 2652 115 258 .970 65 39 7 6 2.85 2.69 .953 2.69 2.66
4 Seasons 1B 15 8 3 83.0 75 68 6 1 2 .987 1 1 12 14 8.02 4.93 .994 9.27 9.23
3 Seasons SS 5 0 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -240 1.50 0.20 .970 4.80 4.60
2 Seasons OF 2 0 0 8.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -58 0 2.16 1.00 .985 2.27 2.30
2 Seasons LF 2 0 0 8.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -58 0 2.16 1.00 .985 2.16 2.05
16 Seasons TOT 1383 1316 1205 11681.1 3858 1084 2658 116 260 .970 65 40 7 6 2.88 2.71 .954 2.74 2.74
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2002 AL (14, 4%)
2003 AL (17, 5%)
2004 AL (30, 0%)
2005 AL (21, 1%)
0.10 Career Shares (924th)

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)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2001 AL  6.0 (10th)
2004 AL  5.5 (10th)
Active  37.1 (35th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2001 AL  6.0 (8th)
2004 AL  5.5 (7th)
Active  37.1 (24th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
Active  32.8 (29th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
Active  6.1 (44th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2004 AL  .397 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
Active  .476 (41st)
Career  .476 (209th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
Active  .819 (48th)

Games Played s c a p y
2005 AL  160 (8th)
Active  1,519 (28th)

At Bats s c a p y
Active  5,302 (30th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Active  5,983 (30th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
Active  794 (31st)

Hits s c a p y
Active  1,420 (33rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
Active  2,525 (29th)

Doubles s c a p y
2001 AL  43 (4th)
2003 AL  39 (10th)
2005 AL  40 (8th)
Active  307 (32nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
2002 AL  34 (7th)
Active  252 (23rd)
Career  252 (200th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2001 AL  114 (10th)
2002 AL  109 (9th)
Active  863 (23rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2004 AL  95 (1st)
Active  616 (21st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2005 AL  129 (6th)
Active  1,030 (33rd)
Career  1,030 (236th)

Singles s c a p y
Active  840 (45th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
Active  115 (50th)

Runs Created s c a p y
Active  875 (31st)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
Active  118 (42nd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
Active  10.9 (44th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2001 AL  75 (9th)
Active  580 (23rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
Active  2,051 (30th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2005 AL  9 (4th)
Active  49 (25th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2002 AL  13 (6th)
2003 AL  10 (8th)
2004 AL  10 (8th)
Active  74 (21st)
Career  74 (210th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2004 AL  21 (5th)
2006 AL  19 (10th)
Active  125 (38th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2002 AL  17.2 (9th)
2004 AL  16.4 (9th)
Active  21.0 (29th)
Career  21.0 (150th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Active  4,073 (30th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2001 AL  43.43 (8th)
Active  120.40 (48th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2001 AL  4.1 (7th)
Active  11.1 (42nd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Active  12.3 (42nd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2001 AL  4.1 (8th)
Active  11.2 (49th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2005 AL  18 (2nd)
Active  65 (18th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
2000 AL  146 (5th)
2001 AL  149 (3rd)
2002 AL  143 (5th)
2003 AL  154 (1st)
2005 AL  153 (5th)
Active  1,361 (3rd)
Career  1,361 (54th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
2001 AL  100 (3rd)
2002 AL  120 (1st)
2003 AL  125 (1st)
2004 AL  113 (3rd)
2005 AL  121 (3rd)
2006 AL  105 (5th)
Active  1,013 (3rd)
Career  1,013 (88th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
2000 AL  256 (5th)
2001 AL  321 (1st)
2002 AL  301 (1st)
2003 AL  343 (1st)
2004 AL  276 (2nd)
2005 AL  302 (3rd)
Active  2,652 (3rd)
Career  2,652 (54th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
2000 AL  18 (5th)
2002 AL  17 (5th)
2005 AL  15 (5th)
Active  115 (6th)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
2001 AL  27 (2nd)
2002 AL  24 (5th)
2003 AL  33 (1st)
2004 AL  31 (2nd)
2005 AL  28 (2nd)
2006 AL  43 (1st)
Active  258 (2nd)
Career  258 (42nd)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
2001 AL  13 (3rd)
2003 AL  12 (2nd)
2004 AL  15 (1st)
2005 AL  18 (1st)
2007 AL  5 (5th)
Active  65 (3rd)
Career  65 (18th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
2001 AL  2.91 (2nd)
2002 AL  3.00 (2nd)
2003 AL  3.16 (1st)
2004 AL  3.10 (1st)
2005 AL  2.82 (3rd)
Active  2.85 (3rd)
Career  2.85 (32nd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
2001 AL  2.83 (2nd)
2002 AL  2.94 (1st)
2003 AL  3.04 (1st)
2004 AL  3.11 (1st)
2005 AL  2.76 (3rd)
2007 AL  2.67 (4th)
Active  2.69 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
2001 AL  .972 (1st)
2002 AL  .961 (5th)
2003 AL  .971 (3rd)
2004 AL  .968 (2nd)
2006 AL  .987 (1st)
Active  .970 (2nd)
Career  .970 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
1998 AL  born 1977-12-07 (2nd)
1998 AL  born 1977-12-07 (2nd)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (612), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 21 (1003), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 29 (629), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (571), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (40th), 36.7 career WAR/30.9 7yr-peak WAR/33.8 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

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  11. Dean Palmer (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dean Palmer (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ron Cey (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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.
  • November 3, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
  • February 4, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
  • October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
  • February 21, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
  • October 29, 2012: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 8, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199820Oakland Athletics$170,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
199921Oakland Athletics$201,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200022Oakland Athletics$240,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200123Oakland Athletics$625,0004/6/01 USA Today
200224Oakland Athletics$2,125,0004/3/02 AP
200325Oakland Athletics$3,675,0004/3/03 AP
200426Oakland Athletics$5,325,0004/7/04 AP
200527Oakland Athletics$8,500,000
200628Oakland Athletics$9,500,000
200729Oakland Athletics$9,500,000
200830Oakland Athletics$11,500,000
200931Oakland Athletics$11,500,000
201032Oakland Athletics$12,500,000
201133New York Yankees$1,500,000
201234New York Yankees$900,000contracts
201335Arizona Diamondbacks$3,000,000
2013 StatusSigned thru 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$80,761,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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