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Eric Chavez

Eric Cesar Chavez

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 (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
Team: Athletics 1998-2010
2011 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 6 yrs/$66M (05-10) & 11 team option (details) [?]
Service Time (01/2010): 11.020, Free Agent: 2011 [?], Agents: ABC Mgmt Leventhal & Lapa [?]
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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 .878 128 298 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 .794 108 291 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
2008 30 OAK AL 23 95 89 10 22 7 0 2 14 0 0 6 18 .247 .295 .393 .688 85 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 65 37 3 0 0 4 0 D/3
13 Seasons 1320 5405 4783 730 1276 282 20 230 787 47 17 565 922 .267 .343 .478 .821 115 2288 109 13 0 44 67
162 Game Avg. 162 663 587 90 157 35 2 28 97 6 2 69 113 .267 .343 .478 .821 115 281 13 2 0 5 8

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
1998 20 OAK AL 48 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.3 $170,000 5
1999 21 OAK AL 402 -2 1 2 1 1 1 14 18 1.8 $201,000 5/D6
2000 22 OAK AL 569 16 -1 -1 1 -9 2 20 28 2.7 $240,000 *5/6D
2001 23 OAK AL 604 25 1 0 2 13 2 21 64 6.4 $625,000 *5/3D6 GG
2002 24 OAK AL 653 17 0 -1 1 -3 1 22 37 3.6 $2,125,000 *5/D7 MVP-14,GG,SS
2003 25 OAK AL 654 21 1 -1 0 12 2 22 57 5.7 $3,675,000 *5 MVP-17,GG
2004 26 OAK AL 577 23 1 -1 -2 15 2 18 56 5.5 $5,325,000 *5/7 MVP-30,GG
2005 27 OAK AL 694 9 2 0 2 18 1 23 55 5.5 $8,500,000 *5/D MVP-21,GG
2006 28 OAK AL 576 8 0 -2 -1 12 1 19 37 3.7 $9,500,000 *5/D GG
2007 29 OAK AL 379 -2 0 0 -1 5 1 13 16 1.6 $9,500,000 5
2008 30 OAK AL 95 -2 0 -1 0 -1 -1 3 -2 -0.2 $11,500,000 5/D
2009 31 OAK AL 31 -6 0 0 1 0 0 1 -4 -0.4 $11,500,000 /5
2010 32 OAK AL 123 -5 0 0 0 0 -3 4 -4 -0.4 $12,500,000 D/3
13 Seasons 5405 103 5 -5 4 63 9 182 361 35.8 $75,361,000

Postseason Batting

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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
5 Seasons (6 Series) 27 115 108 11 24 7 0 3 12 1 0 7 22 .222 .270 .370 .640 40 2 0 0 0 2
5 ALDS 23 100 95 10 21 6 0 2 10 1 0 5 18 .221 .260 .347 .607 33 2 0 0 0 2
1 ALCS 4 15 13 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .231 .333 .538 .872 7 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS 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 95.0 32 11 21 0 2 1.000 0 0 3.03 2.46 .944 2.55 2.52
1999 OAK AL 21 3B 105 98 847.1 233 69 155 9 13 .961 1 2 2.38 2.13 .949 2.58 2.54
1999 OAK AL 21 DH 3
1999 OAK AL 21 SS 2 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 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 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -400 3.00 0.50 1.000 4.80 4.65
2000 OAK AL 22 DH 1
2001 OAK AL 23 3B 149 146 1300.2 433 100 321 12 27 .972 12 12 2.91 2.83 .945 2.73 2.71 GG
2001 OAK AL 23 1B 1 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 GG
2001 OAK AL 23 SS 1 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 1262.0 438 120 301 17 24 .961 -2 -2 3.00 2.94 .950 2.68 2.65 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 -1 -180 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10 MVP-14,GG,SS
2002 OAK AL 24 OF 1 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 1333.1 482 125 343 14 33 .971 12 7 11 6 3.16 3.04 .954 2.67 2.64 MVP-17,GG
2004 OAK AL 26 3B 125 125 1129.0 402 113 276 13 31 .968 15 11 16 12 3.10 3.11 .950 2.64 2.62 MVP-30,GG
2004 OAK AL 26 LF 1 0 4.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 55 0 4.15 2.00 1.000 2.08 2.00 MVP-30,GG
2004 OAK AL 26 OF 1 0 4.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 55 0 4.15 2.00 1.000 2.28 2.30 MVP-30,GG
2005 OAK AL 27 3B 153 153 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 MVP-21,GG
2006 OAK AL 28 3B 134 133 1165.2 391 105 281 5 43 .987 12 3 12 3 2.98 2.88 .959 2.85 2.80 GG
2006 OAK AL 28 DH 3 GG
2007 OAK AL 29 3B 88 87 774.2 241 66 169 6 16 .975 5 6 8 9 2.73 2.67 .956 2.63 2.60
2008 OAK AL 30 3B 15 15 130.0 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
2009 OAK AL 31 3B 8 8 67.0 20 5 15 0 2 1.000 0 -1 9 -18 2.69 2.50 .955 2.69 2.65
2010 OAK AL 32 DH 29 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 OAK AL 32 1B 1 0 5.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 12.60 7.00 1.000 9.36 9.20
12 Seasons 3B 1233 1207 10659.1 3520 938 2472 110 240 .969 65 38 7 7 2.88 2.77 .952 2.70 2.66
3 Seasons SS 5 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -240 1.50 0.20 1.000 4.80 4.60
2 Seasons OF 2 0 8.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -58 0 2.16 1.00 1.000 2.27 2.30
2 Seasons LF 2 0 8.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -58 0 2.16 1.00 1.000 2.16 2.05
2 Seasons 1B 2 0 6.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 10.50 3.50 1.000 9.30 9.25
13 Seasons TOT 1242 1207 10679.2 3530 948 2472 110 240 .969 63 38 7 7 2.88 2.75 .952 2.70 2.68
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (902nd)

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  6.4 (7th)
2004 AL  5.5 (9th)
2005 AL  5.5 (6th)
Active  35.8 (40th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2001 AL  6.4 (6th)
2003 AL  5.7 (9th)
2004 AL  5.5 (7th)
2005 AL  5.5 (5th)
Active  35.8 (30th)

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

Slugging % s c a p y
Career  .478 (191st)

Games Played s c a p y
2005 AL  160 (8th)

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

Home Runs s c a p y
2002 AL  34 (7th)
Active  230 (38th)
Career  230 (234th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2001 AL  114 (10th)
2002 AL  109 (9th)
Active  787 (46th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2004 AL  95 (1st)
Active  565 (36th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2005 AL  129 (6th)
Active  922 (49th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2001 AL  75 (9th)

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

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2002 AL  13 (6th)
2003 AL  10 (8th)
2004 AL  10 (8th)
Active  67 (30th)
Career  67 (234th)

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

AB per HR s c a p y
2002 AL  17.2 (9th)
2004 AL  16.4 (9th)
Active  20.8 (35th)
Career  20.8 (139th)

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

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  1233 (7th)
Career  1233 (67th)

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  938 (5th)

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  2472 (7th)
Career  2472 (65th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
2000 AL  18 (5th)
2002 AL  17 (5th)
2005 AL  15 (5th)
Active  110 (7th)

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 (4th)
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  2.88 (4th)
Career  2.88 (31st)

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  2.77 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1999 AL  .961 (3rd)
2001 AL  .972 (1st)
2002 AL  .961 (5th)
2003 AL  .971 (4th)
2004 AL  .968 (2nd)
2006 AL  .987 (1st)
2007 AL  .975 (2nd)
Active  .969 (2nd)
Career  .969 (6th)

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


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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (596), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 21 (976), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 29 (606), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (553), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Geoff Jenkins (917)
  2. Dean Palmer (915)
  3. Howard Johnson (912)
  4. Carl Everett (909)
  5. Jesse Barfield (906)
  6. Phil Nevin (904)
  7. Tony Batista (900)
  8. Vernon Wells (898)
  9. Troy Glaus (893)
  10. Melvin Mora (893)
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  2. Bobby Bonilla (928)
  3. Matt Williams (916)
  4. Gary Gaetti (916)
  5. Jesse Barfield (912)
  6. Jack Clark (911)
  7. Robin Ventura (910)
  8. Torii Hunter (905)
  9. Rudy York (905)
  10. Danny Tartabull (905)
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  1. Scott Rolen (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Hank Blalock (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Hank Blalock (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bob Horner (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Scott Rolen (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Scott Rolen (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Scott Rolen (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Aramis Ramirez (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Scott Rolen (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dean Palmer (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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.

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
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
201133Oakland Athletics*$12,500,000$12.5M Team Option, $3M Buyout
Earliest Free Agent: 2011
Career to date (may be incomplete)$75,361,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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