Chad Kreuter

Position: Catcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: August 26, 1964 in Greenbrae, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA).

School: Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)

Debut: September 14, 1988 (Age 24-019d, 15,563rd in major league history)
vs. OAK 5 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 27, 2003 (Age 38-244d)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Chadden Michael Kreuter

Pronunciation: \Crew-ter\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.7

2505

593

.237

289

RBI

274

OBP

.335

SLG

.357

OPS

.692

OPS+

Summary of 54 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 8 go ahead

7 Tms
DET	18
LAD	14
TEX	6
CHW	6
KCR	5
ANA	4
SEA	1

Platoon
vs RHP	29
vs LHP	25

Home/Road
Home	33
Away	21

Outs
0	22
1	18
2	14

22 Opps
SEA	6
ANA/CAL	5
TEX	4
KCR	4
MIL	4
MIN	3
COL	3
NYY	3
BAL	3
BOS	3
OAK	2
SDP	2
DET	2
MON	2
ARI	1
TBD	1
STL	1
NYM	1
PHI	1
CLE	1
FLA	1
HOU	1

51 Pitchers
Jarrod Washburn	2
Chuck Finley	2
Danny Darwin	2
Mark Hutton	1
Bob MacDonald	1
Denny Neagle	1
Billy Wagner	1
Don Wengert	1
Ben McDonald	1
Tony Armas	1
Jeff Fassero	1
Dennis Powell	1
Jeremy Hernandez	1
Freddy García	1
Armando Almanza	1
LaTroy Hawkins	1
José Mesa	1
Jim Poole	1
Cal Eldred	1
Dan Plesac	1
Charlie Leibrandt	1
Mark Gardner	1
Jaime Navarro	1
Ryan Glynn	1
Ryan Rupe	1
Mike Hampton	1
Rick Helling	1
Craig House	1
Bruce Chen	1
Dave Stewart	1
Matt Clement	1
Seth Greisinger	1
Kenny Rogers	1
Doyle Alexander	1
Pat Mahomes	1
Bobby Ayala	1
Jamie Moyer	1
Paul Swingle	1
Larry Casian	1
Bobby Witt	1
Scott Bankhead	1
Randy Johnson	1
Randy Wolf	1
Darren Oliver	1
Mark Guthrie	1
David Cone	1
Gabe White	1
Wascar Serrano	1
José Rosado	1
David Wells	1
Ramón García	1

16 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	12
Dodger Stad (LOS)	10
Angel Stad (ANA)	5
Guaranteed (CHI)	5
KauffmanStad (KAN)	4
Kingdome (SEA)	3
Arlington St (ARL)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1

Where Hit
9	20
7	17
89	6
78	6
8	5

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	13
3	10
7+	8
6	6
5	6
2	5
1	5
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	52
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	33
1--	11
-2-	5
12-	2
123	1
--3	1
1-3	1

80 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	33
1 on	17
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	21

Inning
2	9
3	7
4	9
5	7
6	9
7	7
8	4
9	2

1-3	16
4-6	25
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	6
+2	7
+1	7
Tied	7
-1	7
-2	3
-3	5
-4..	8

Ahead	24
Tied	7
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	12
2-1	8
3-1	6
0-0	5
0-2	4
1-2	4
1-1	3
0-1	3
2-0	3
1-0	2
2-2	2
Unk	1
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	52
PH	1
DH	1

OrderPos
8th	22
7th	17
9th	12
6th	2
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	24
Low Lev	24

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1988-09-14	TEX	@	OAK	Dave Stewart	ahead 6-0	t 5	1	1-3	6,(3-2) CBBFBX	3	7	2	0.018	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Petralli Scores/unER; K. Reimer Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1989-06-02	TEX	@	SEA	Dennis Powell	ahead 7-5	t 8	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	9	2	0.075	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
3	3	2	1	1989-08-10	TEX		DET	Doyle Alexander	ahead 2-0	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.053	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
4	4	3	1	1989-08-16	TEX	@	SEA	Scott Bankhead	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	9	2	0.118	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
5	5	4	1	1989-09-21	TEX		SEA	Randy Johnson	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	9	2	0.082	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	5	1	1989-09-30	TEX	@	CAL	Chuck Finley	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	9	2	0.122	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1992-05-21	DET		MIL	Dan Plesac	behind 1-3	b 5	1	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	9	2	0.234	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Barnes Scores; C. Kreuter Scores
8	8	2	1	1992-06-14	DET		BAL	José Mesa	behind 0-3	b 3	0	---	8,(3-2) BSBFBFFX	1	7	2	0.093	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Kreuter Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1993-04-24	DET	@	MIN	Pat Mahomes	ahead 6-0	t 3	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	7	2	0.025	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	2	1	1993-04-25	DET	@	MIN	Mark Guthrie	behind 2-5	t 7	1	-2-	3,(0-2) .CS.X	2	9	2	0.143	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Trammell Scores
11	11	3	1	1993-04-29	DET	@	TEX	Charlie Leibrandt	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	4,(2-1) C1B11.BX	1	8	2	0.116	70%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
12	12	4	1	1993-05-04	DET		KCR	Mark Gardner	behind 1-3	b 5	0	---	8,(3-2) FBCBFFBX	1	9	2	0.126	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
13	13	5	1	1993-05-24	DET		BOS	Danny Darwin	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	2,(0-1) MX	1	7	2	0.118	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
14	14	6	1	1993-07-03	DET		TEX	Kenny Rogers	behind 0-5	b 2	1	-2-	3,(1-1) FBX	2	8	2	0.095	23%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Tettleton Scores
15	15	7	1	1993-07-08	DET	@	KCR	David Cone	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	8	2	0.130	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
16	16	8	1	1993-07-28	DET		NYY	Mark Hutton	behind 3-8	b 4	1	---	12,(3-2) SCBFFFBFFBFX	1	8	2	0.046	13%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
17	17	9	1	1993-08-03	DET	@	CLE	Jeremy Hernandez	behind 2-6	t 7	0	1--		2	9	2	0.099	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Livingstone Scores
18	18	10	1	1993-08-10	DET		BAL	Ben McDonald	ahead 3-0	b 2	1	--3	8,(3-2) BBFBCFFX	2	9	2	0.065	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Livingstone Scores
19	19	11	1	1993-08-12	DET		BAL	Jim Poole	tied 8-8	b 6	2	123	2,(0-1) ..CX	4	8	PH	0.338	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Fryman Scores/unER; C. Fielder Scores/unER; T. Phillips Scores/unER; C. Kreuter Scores/Team unER
20	20	12	1	1993-09-07	DET		CAL	Chuck Finley	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	0.098	72%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
21	21	13	2	1993-09-07	DET		CAL	Paul Swingle	ahead 9-6	b 7	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.032	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
22	22	14	1	1993-09-22	DET		MIL	Cal Eldred	behind 0-3	b 5	0	1--	6,(2-2) BBCFFX	2	8	2	0.179	42%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Tettleton Scores
23	23	15	1	1993-09-29	DET	@	BOS	Danny Darwin	tied 2-2	t 4	0	1--	4,(2-1) BSBX	2	7	2	0.177	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); S. Livingstone Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1994-05-21	DET		MIL	Jaime Navarro	ahead 4-2	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.068	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1995-06-11	SEA	@	NYY	Bob MacDonald	ahead 5-4	t 4	0	---	5,(3-1) SBBBX	1	8	2	0.102	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1996-05-26	CHW		MIL	Ramón García	ahead 10-1	b 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	7	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Mouton Scores
27	27	2	1	1996-06-06	CHW	@	BOS	Jamie Moyer	behind 2-5	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) .LBX	1	7	2	0.085	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	3	1	1996-06-23	CHW		SEA	Bobby Ayala	behind 5-6	b 8	0	---	3,(0-2) .CCX	1	7	2	0.285	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1997-04-20	CHW		NYY	David Wells	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	8	2	0.133	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Baines Scores
30	30	2	1	1997-06-10	ANA	@	KCR	Larry Casian	ahead 5-2	t 9	1	---	6,(3-2) BFBBFX	1	7	2	0.023	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
31	31	3	1	1997-07-10	ANA	@	OAK	Don Wengert	ahead 6-1	t 6	0	---	7,(3-2) .BBCFFBX	1	8	2	0.022	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
32	32	4	1	1997-09-12	ANA		KCR	José Rosado	ahead 2-1	b 2	0	1--	5,(3-1) BB1BC1X	2	8	2	0.129	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); L. Alicea Scores
33	33	5	1	1997-09-26	ANA		TEX	Rick Helling	ahead 2-1	b 6	2	1--	4,(1-2) SFBX	2	8	2	0.183	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Hollins Scores; C. Kreuter Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1998-06-19	CHW		MIN	LaTroy Hawkins	behind 3-7	b 4	1	---	4,(1-2) BFCX	1	9	2	0.068	20%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
35	35	2	1	1998-09-09	CHW		DET	Seth Greisinger	behind 0-5	b 2	2	12-	7,(3-2) BFBFFBX	3	9	2	0.177	31%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); R. Ventura Scores; J. Abbott Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1999-05-05	KCR	@	TBD	Ryan Rupe	behind 1-4	t 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	2	0.151	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Sutton Scores
37	37	2	1	1999-05-14	KCR	@	SEA	Jeff Fassero	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	6,(3-2) BBBCFX	1	7	2	0.101	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
38	38	3	1	1999-05-31	KCR	@	TEX	Ryan Glynn	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	6	2	0.085	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
39	39	4	1	1999-06-08	KCR		STL	Darren Oliver	behind 1-3	b 4	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	2	0.217	51%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); J. Giambi Scores
40	40	5	1	1999-07-28	KCR		SEA	Freddy García	behind 2-3	b 5	0	---	7,(3-2) BBBFFFX	1	8	2	0.137	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	2000-04-19	LAD		HOU	Billy Wagner	behind 2-10	b 9	2	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	1	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	2	1	2000-05-28	LAD		PHI	Randy Wolf	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	7	2	0.109	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
43	43	3	1	2000-05-31	LAD		NYM	Mike Hampton	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	4,(1-2) CBSX	1	7	2	0.117	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	4	1	2000-06-04	LAD	@	ANA	Jarrod Washburn	ahead 6-3	t 6	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	2	0.064	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
45	45	5	1	2000-07-04	LAD	@	SDP	Matt Clement	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	6	2	0.108	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	6	1	2000-09-17	LAD		COL	Craig House	ahead 9-6	b 7	0	12-	6,(3-2) CBFBBX	3	7	2	0.032	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); C. Donnels Scores; A. Beltré Scores
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	2001-05-22	LAD	@	COL	Gabe White	tied 6-6	t 7	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	8	2	0.188	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
48	48	2	1	2001-06-16	LAD	@	ANA	Jarrod Washburn	behind 0-5	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	DH	0.037	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
49	49	3	1	2001-08-14	LAD		MON	Tony Armas	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	8,(3-2) BBCCBFFX	1	8	2	0.113	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
50	50	4	1	2001-08-30	LAD		COL	Denny Neagle	behind 3-4	b 5	0	-2-	5,(3-1) BCBBX	2	8	2	0.212	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); M. Grissom Scores
51	51	5	1	2001-09-17	LAD		SDP	Wascar Serrano	behind 1-5	b 7	1	-2-	5,(3-1) CBBBX	2	9	2	0.096	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Beltré Scores
52	52	6	1	2001-09-20	LAD		ARI	Bobby Witt	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	7	2	0.114	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	2002-05-19	LAD		MON	Bruce Chen	ahead 3-0	b 2	0	1--	6,(2-2) SLFBBX	2	8	2	0.078	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Grissom Scores
54	54	2	1	2002-08-22	LAD		FLA	Armando Almanza	ahead 4-2	b 8	2	1--	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	8	2	0.049	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Cora Scores