Rich Chiles
Richard Francis Chiles
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 22, 1949 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Winters (Winters, CA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1971
Final Game: September 30, 1978
Relatives: Cousin of George Kelly and Cousin of Ren Kelly
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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
1971 21 HOU NL 67 128 119 12 27 5 1 2 15 0 1 6 20 .227 .268 .336 .604 72 40 2 1 1 1 0 7/9
1972 22 HOU NL 9 12 11 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .273 .333 .364 .697 100 4 0 0 0 0 0 /79
1973 23 NYM NL 8 25 25 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .120 .120 .200 .320 -12 5 2 0 0 0 0 /8
1976 26 HOU NL 5 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 267 3 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1977 27 MIN AL 108 295 261 31 69 16 1 3 36 0 1 23 17 .264 .323 .368 .691 89 96 5 2 4 5 2 D9/7
1978 28 MIN AL 87 225 198 22 53 12 0 1 22 1 2 20 25 .268 .333 .343 .677 90 68 9 2 0 5 2 7/D9
6 Seasons 284 689 618 68 157 37 2 6 76 1 4 50 65 .254 .310 .350 .659 84 216 18 5 5 11 4
162 Game Avg. 162 393 353 39 90 21 1 3 43 1 2 29 37 .254 .310 .350 .659 84 123 10 3 3 6 2
HOU (3 yrs) 81 144 134 13 32 7 1 2 17 0 1 7 21 .239 .280 .351 .630 80 47 2 1 1 1 0
MIN (2 yrs) 195 520 459 53 122 28 1 4 58 1 3 43 42 .266 .328 .357 .685 90 164 14 4 4 10 4
NYM (1 yr) 8 25 25 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .120 .120 .200 .320 -12 5 2 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 89 169 159 15 35 9 1 2 18 0 1 7 23 .220 .256 .327 .583 66 52 4 1 1 1 0
AL (2 yrs) 195 520 459 53 122 28 1 4 58 1 3 43 42 .266 .328 .357 .685 90 164 14 4 4 10 4

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1971 21 HOU NL 128 97 10 2.8 91 .255 .227 .257 .268 .323 .336 .377 .604 .700 72 .331 -4.7 -0.5 .484 .151 .109 .0
1972 22 HOU NL 12 8 1 3.4 90 .300 .273 .254 .333 .322 .364 .376 .697 .698 100 .417 0.0 0.0 .625 .182 .091
1973 23 NYM NL 25 24 0 0.0 95 .130 .120 .260 .120 .329 .200 .387 .320 .716 -12 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .208 .080 .080
1976 26 HOU NL 4 2 2 26.9 84 .500 .500 .252 .500 .317 .750 .359 1.250 .676 267 .969 0.8 0.1 1.500 .250 .250
1977 27 MIN AL 295 207 32 4.2 99 .268 .264 .265 .323 .329 .368 .403 .691 .732 89 .449 -2.8 -0.3 .606 .188 .103 .0
1978 28 MIN AL 225 161 22 3.6 95 .294 .268 .263 .333 .329 .343 .388 .677 .717 90 .424 -1.5 -0.2 .571 .172 .076 1.0
6 Seasons 689 499 67 3.6 96 .271 .254 .263 .310 .328 .350 .392 .659 .720 84 .408 -11.9 -1.2 .555 .172 .095 1.7
162 Game Avg. 393 285 38 3.6 96 .271 .254 .263 .310 .328 .350 .392 .659 .720 84 .408 -11.9 -1.2 .555 .172 .095 1
HOU (3 yrs) 144 107 13 3.3 90 .268 .239 .257 .280 .323 .351 .376 .630 .699 80 .401 -3.8 -0.4 .514 .157 .112 .0
MIN (2 yrs) 520 368 54 3.9 97 .279 .266 .264 .328 .329 .357 .397 .685 .726 90 .438 -4.3 -0.4 .590 .181 .092 1.6
NYM (1 yr) 25 24 0 0.0 95 .130 .120 .260 .120 .329 .200 .387 .320 .716 -12 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .208 .080 .080
NL (4 yrs) 169 131 13 2.7 91 .244 .220 .257 .256 .324 .327 .378 .583 .702 66 .313 -7.5 -0.8 .457 .145 .107 .0
AL (2 yrs) 520 368 54 3.9 97 .279 .266 .264 .328 .329 .357 .397 .685 .726 90 .438 -4.3 -0.4 .590 .181 .092 1.6

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1971 21 HOU NL 128 1.6% 15.6% 4.7% 6.3% 30% 3.33 6.0 59.5 7.9 1.00 77%
1972 22 HOU NL 12 0.0% 8.3% 8.3% 8.3% 33% 1.00 11.0 5.5 5.00 83%
1973 23 NYM NL 25 0.0% 8.0% 0.0% 8.0% 67% 12.5 25.0 0.69 92%
1976 26 HOU NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 50% 100%
1977 27 MIN AL 295 1.0% 5.8% 7.8% 6.8% 29% 0.74 15.4 87.0 7.3 0.82 83%
1978 28 MIN AL 225 0.4% 11.1% 8.9% 5.8% 25% 1.25 7.9 198.0 9.0 1.25 79%
6 Seasons 689 0.9% 9.4% 7.3% 6.5% 29% 1.30 9.5 103.0 8.1 0.99 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1971 21 HOU NL 1 0 31% 40 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 43% 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1972 22 HOU NL 1 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 23 NYM NL 0 0 67% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1976 26 HOU NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1977 27 MIN AL 2 0 31% 112 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 54% 10 7 2 6 0 6 12 4 7
1978 28 MIN AL 1 0 28% 82 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 44% 14 7 6 1 1 0 12 5 6
6 Seasons 5 0 30% 250 1 4 20% 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 7 18 49% 30 19 9 8 1 7 27 9 16
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1971 21 HOU NL 111 96% 27 36 11 0 5 1.78 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 22 2 9% 12 5 42% 79 12 15% 6 3 50% 4 3 75% 17
1972 22 HOU NL 11 100% 3 6 2 0 1 1.18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 2 29% 0 0 0 0 1
1973 23 NYM NL 25 88% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 5 0 0% 15 1 7% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1976 26 HOU NL 4 100% 2 4 2 0 0 0.78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 27 MIN AL 295 93% 69 20 7 1 5 1.41 3 0 12 3 0 1 2 0 4 4 100% 58 5 9% 39 15 38% 211 33 16% 24 12 50% 22 8 36% 0
1978 28 MIN AL 225 97% 53 16 4 0 2 2.33 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 51 9 18% 25 10 40% 161 22 14% 17 9 53% 22 13 59% 0
6 Seasons 671 95% 157 82 26 1 13 1.70 6 0 19 5 0 1 4 0 5 5 100% 142 18 13% 83 30 36% 473 70 15% 47 24 51% 49 24 49% 18
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 21 67 128 119 12 27 5 1 2 15 0 1 6 20 .227 .268 .336 .604 72 40 2 1 1 1 0
1972 22 76 140 130 12 30 6 1 2 17 0 1 7 21 .231 .273 .338 .612 74 44 2 1 1 1 0
1973 23 84 165 155 14 33 8 1 2 18 0 1 7 23 .213 .250 .316 .566 61 49 4 1 1 1 0
1974 24 84 165 155 14 33 8 1 2 18 0 1 7 23 .213 .250 .316 .566 61 49 4 1 1 1 0
1975 25 84 165 155 14 33 8 1 2 18 0 1 7 23 .213 .250 .316 .566 61 49 4 1 1 1 0
1976 26 89 169 159 15 35 9 1 2 18 0 1 7 23 .220 .256 .327 .583 66 52 4 1 1 1 0
1977 27 197 464 420 46 104 25 2 5 54 0 2 30 40 .248 .298 .352 .651 81 148 9 3 5 6 2
1978 28 284 689 618 68 157 37 2 6 76 1 4 50 65 .254 .310 .350 .659 84 216 18 5 5 11 4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1971 21 67 129 121 14 29 5 1 2 17 0 6 20 .240 .279 .347 .626 12 67
1972 22 9 13 12 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 .333 .385 .417 .801 2 9
1973 23 8 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1976 26 5 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 5
1977 27 108 294 263 32 71 16 1 3 37 0 24 17 .270 .330 .373 .703 33 108
1978 28 87 228 200 24 55 12 0 1 24 1 21 25 .275 .342 .350 .692 24 87
6 Seasons 284 693 625 71 159 34 2 6 81 1 52 65 .254 .312 .344 .656 73 284
162 Game Avg. 162 395 357 41 91 19 1 3 46 1 30 37 .254 .312 .344 .656 42 284

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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