Raul Chavez
Raul Alexander Chavez
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 18, 1973 in Valencia, Venezuela
High School: Valencia (Valencia, VE)
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 1996
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1996 MON NL 23 C 3 1 13.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.69 4.67 .986 7.48 6.33 0 0 0 0
1997 MON NL 24 C 13 5 67.0 55 47 8 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.39 4.23 .989 7.68 6.58 1 3 5 3 38%
1998 SEA AL 25 C 1 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 3.00 1.000 7.20 6.20 0 0 0 0
2000 HOU NL 27 C 14 12 110.0 74 67 6 1 1 .986 0.0 0.0 0 5.97 5.21 .991 7.45 6.38 0 4 9 2 18%
2002 HOU NL 29 C 2 1 14.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.43 5.00 .990 7.52 6.40 0 0 0 0
2003 HOU NL 30 C 16 7 77.2 58 55 3 0 0 1.000 2.0 30.9 2 6.72 3.63 .991 7.34 6.46 0 1 2 3 60%
2004 HOU NL 31 C 61 48 423.2 428 395 29 4 2 .991 1.0 2.8 1 9.01 6.95 .993 7.45 6.46 2 16 23 11 32%
2005 HOU NL 32 C 36 30 253.1 234 213 19 2 2 .991 3.0 14.2 3 8.24 6.44 .992 7.26 6.26 1 9 7 11 61%
2006 BAL AL 33 C 15 8 75.0 66 60 5 1 1 .985 1.0 16.0 1 7.80 4.33 .992 7.09 6.32 0 3 2 3 60%
2008 PIT NL 35 C 35 31 278.0 212 188 23 1 2 .995 4.0 17.3 4 6.83 6.03 .993 7.65 6.72 3 11 13 12 48%
2009 TOR AL 36 C 51 44 399.0 369 327 40 2 2 .995 8.28 7.20 .992 7.48 6.63 5 29 18 38%
11 Seasons C 247 187 1714.2 1523 1379 133 11 11 .993 11.0 7.7 11 7.94 6.12 .992 7.45 6.49 12 47 90 63 41%
11 Seasons TOT 247 187 1714.2 1523 1379 133 11 11 .993 11.0 7.7 11 7.94 6.12 .985 7.45 6.49 12 47 90 63 41%

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
1996 MON NL 23 4 1 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1997 MON NL 24 13 5 13 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1998 SEA AL 25 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 HOU NL 27 14 12 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 HOU NL 29 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 HOU NL 30 19 7 19 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2004 HOU NL 31 64 48 64 61 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2005 HOU NL 32 37 30 37 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006 BAL AL 33 16 8 16 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008 PIT NL 35 42 31 42 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2009 TOR AL 36 51 44 51 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 263 187 263 247 0 247 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 3
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1996 MON NL 23 52 2.08 2.08 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 MON NL 24 307 4.43 4.70 3 100% 0 0 47 1 0 2 44 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 100%
1998 SEA AL 25 19 0.00 0.00 1 100% 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 HOU NL 27 502 6.22 6.38 5 100% 0 0 67 2 0 0 65 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2002 HOU NL 29 63 3.86 5.14 1 100% 0 0 10 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 HOU NL 30 341 4.40 4.87 0 0 0 55 0 0 1 54 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 HOU NL 31 1853 3.97 4.33 19 95% 0 0 395 9 3 5 378 29 6 2 1 6 4 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 4 100%
2005 HOU NL 32 1126 4.83 5.12 16 88% 0 0 213 9 0 2 202 19 4 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 80%
2006 BAL AL 33 365 7.44 7.80 3 100% 0 0 60 1 0 0 59 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
2008 PIT NL 35 1264 4.76 4.99 13 100% 0 0 188 4 0 3 181 23 8 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 100%
2009 TOR AL 36 1818 4.85 5.08 15 100% 0 0 327 6 3 4 313 40 8 0 1 12 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 100%
11 Seasons 7710 4.74 5.03 76 96% 0 0 1379 33 6 17 1322 134 33 3 3 26 11 0 2 9 0 11 0 1 1 26 96%
MLB Averages 4.45 4.85 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1996 MON NL 23 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 MON NL 24 1 3 111 5 3 3 38% 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 4 0.82 2.09
1998 SEA AL 25 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 HOU NL 27 0 4 177 9 2 2 18% 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 3 1.00 0.94
2002 HOU NL 29 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 HOU NL 30 0 1 116 2 3 2 60% 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 0.32 0.90
2004 HOU NL 31 2 16 641 23 11 10 32% 20 11 3 0 0 0 1 0 56 14 1.38 1.29
2005 HOU NL 32 1 9 388 7 11 10 61% 6 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 25 11 1.09 1.07
2006 BAL AL 33 0 3 141 2 3 2 60% 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 1.52 0.52
2008 PIT NL 35 3 11 488 13 12 8 48% 10 10 3 2 0 0 3 0 38 15 1.01 1.06
2009 TOR AL 36 5 11 686 29 18 16 38% 21 14 7 4 1 0 3 0 65 23 1.36 1.15
11 Seasons 12 58 2809 90 63 53 41% 74 52 15 9 1 2 8 0 220 76 1.21 1.14
MLB Averages 30% 1.28 1.23

* 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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