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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 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 .878 128 298 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
12 Seasons 1287 5282 4672 720 1250 274 20 229 777 47 17 557 891 .268 .345 .482 .826 116 2251 106 13 0 40 67
162 Game Avg. 162 665 588 91 157 34 3 29 98 6 2 70 112 .268 .345 .482 .826 116 283 13 2 0 5 8

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 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2002-AL-14-4%
2003-AL-17-5%
2004-AL-30-0%
2005-AL-21-1%
0.10 Career Shares (893rd)

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

Slugging % s c a p y
Active--.482--50th
Career--.482--168th

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--229--44th
Career--229--232nd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2001 AL--114--10th
2002 AL--109--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2004 AL--95--1st
Active--557--46th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2005 AL--129--6th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
Active--116--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--33rd
Career--67--229th

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--20.4--35th
Career--20.4--127th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 21 (971), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 29 (606), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (441), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jesse Barfield (906)
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  7. Jack Clark (911)
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* - 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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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
2008Oakland Athletics$11,500,000
2009Oakland Athletics$11,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$62,691,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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