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Chad Kreuter    \Crew-ter\

Chadden Michael Kreuter

Position: Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 26, 1964 in Greenbrae, CA
School: Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1988 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Dodgers/WhiteSox/Rangers/Royals/... 1988-2003
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: April 27, 2003 (Age 38)
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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
1988 23 TEX AL 16 58 51 3 14 2 1 1 5 0 0 7 13 .275 .362 .412 .774 115 21 1 0 0 0 0 2
1989 24 TEX AL 87 192 158 16 24 3 0 5 9 0 1 27 40 .152 .274 .266 .540 52 42 4 0 6 1 0 2
1990 25 TEX AL 22 32 22 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 9 .045 .290 .091 .381 12 2 0 0 1 1 0 2/D
1991 26 TEX AL 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1992 27 DET AL 67 215 190 22 48 9 0 2 16 0 1 20 38 .253 .321 .332 .652 84 63 8 0 3 2 1 2/D
1993 28 DET AL 119 431 374 59 107 23 3 15 51 2 1 49 92 .286 .371 .484 .855 130 181 5 3 2 3 4 *2/D3
1994 29 DET AL 65 204 170 17 38 8 0 1 19 0 1 28 36 .224 .327 .288 .615 61 49 3 0 2 4 0 2/37
1995 30 SEA AL 26 83 75 12 17 5 0 1 8 0 0 5 22 .227 .293 .333 .626 62 25 0 2 1 0 0 2
1996 31 CHW AL 46 132 114 14 25 8 0 3 18 0 0 13 29 .219 .308 .368 .676 74 42 2 2 2 1 0 2/3D
1997 32 TOT AL 89 285 255 25 59 9 2 5 21 0 3 29 66 .231 .310 .341 .651 70 87 7 0 1 0 0 2/3D
1997 32 CHW AL 19 45 37 6 8 2 1 1 3 0 1 8 9 .216 .356 .405 .761 102 15 0 0 0 0 0 2/3
1997 32 ANA AL 70 240 218 19 51 7 1 4 18 0 2 21 57 .234 .301 .330 .632 64 72 7 0 1 0 0 2/D
1998 33 TOT AL 96 294 252 27 63 10 1 2 33 1 0 33 49 .250 .343 .321 .664 77 81 8 3 5 1 1 2
1998 33 CHW AL 93 286 245 26 62 9 1 2 33 1 0 32 45 .253 .345 .322 .668 78 79 8 3 5 1 1 2
1998 33 ANA AL 3 8 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .143 .250 .286 .536 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1999 34 KCR AL 107 368 324 31 73 15 0 5 35 0 0 34 65 .225 .309 .318 .627 60 103 16 6 2 2 1 2/D
2000 35 LAD NL 80 271 212 32 56 13 0 6 28 1 0 54 48 .264 .416 .410 .827 116 87 6 2 2 1 0 2
2001 36 LAD NL 73 234 191 21 41 11 1 6 17 0 0 41 52 .215 .355 .377 .732 97 72 5 1 0 1 2 2/D
2002 37 LAD NL 41 108 95 8 25 5 0 2 12 1 0 10 31 .263 .333 .379 .712 94 36 3 1 0 2 4 2
2003 38 TEX AL 7 21 18 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .111 .238 .167 .405 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 /2
16 Yrs 944 2932 2505 289 593 123 8 54 274 5 7 361 593 .237 .335 .357 .692 84 894 68 20 27 19 13
162 Game Avg. 162 503 430 50 102 21 1 9 47 1 1 62 102 .237 .335 .357 .692 84 153 12 3 5 3 2
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
TEX (5 yrs) 135 307 253 21 41 7 1 6 16 0 1 45 65 .162 .287 .269 .555 55 68 5 0 7 2 0
LAD (3 yrs) 194 613 498 61 122 29 1 14 57 2 0 105 131 .245 .378 .392 .770 105 195 14 4 2 4 6
DET (3 yrs) 251 850 734 98 193 40 3 18 86 2 3 97 166 .263 .348 .399 .747 101 293 16 3 7 9 5
CHW (3 yrs) 158 463 396 46 95 19 2 6 54 1 1 53 83 .240 .336 .343 .679 79 136 10 5 7 2 1
ANA (2 yrs) 73 248 225 20 52 8 1 4 18 0 2 22 61 .231 .300 .329 .628 63 74 7 0 1 0 0
KCR (1 yr) 107 368 324 31 73 15 0 5 35 0 0 34 65 .225 .309 .318 .627 60 103 16 6 2 2 1
SEA (1 yr) 26 83 75 12 17 5 0 1 8 0 0 5 22 .227 .293 .333 .626 62 25 0 2 1 0 0
AL (13 yrs) 750 2319 2007 228 471 94 7 40 217 3 7 256 462 .235 .324 .348 .672 79 699 54 16 25 15 7
NL (3 yrs) 194 613 498 61 122 29 1 14 57 2 0 105 131 .245 .378 .392 .770 105 195 14 4 2 4 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1988 23 TEX AL 16 58 1 -1 -0 -3 1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .483 .498 0.2 -0.2 2 2
1989 24 TEX AL 87 192 -10 -1 -0 -12 4 -20 -2.1 7 -13 -1.5 .475 .487 -0.2 -0.8 -1 $72,500 2
1990 25 TEX AL 22 32 -3 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 $122,000 2/D
1991 26 TEX AL 3 4 -1 -0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .470 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $110,000 /2
1992 27 DET AL 67 215 -4 -0 -1 3 3 1 0.2 8 9 1.0 .502 .501 0.6 0.7 6 $155,000 2/D
1993 28 DET AL 119 431 17 -0 0 3 6 26 2.6 16 42 4.1 .522 .516 4.0 0.8 40 $240,000 *2/D3
1994 29 DET AL 65 204 -11 -1 0 1 3 -8 -0.7 8 0 0.0 .489 .496 -0.1 0.4 -1 $1,000,000 2/37
1995 30 SEA AL 26 83 -4 0 1 -1 1 -3 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .489 .498 0.1 0.0 1 $555,000 2
1996 31 CHW AL 46 132 -5 -1 0 0 2 -4 -0.2 5 1 0.2 .493 .498 0.1 0.2 1 $350,000 2/3D
1997 32 CHW AL 19 45 0 -0 0 1 0 1 0.1 2 2 0.2 .504 .500 0.2 0.1 2 $647,500 2/3
1997 32 ANA AL 70 240 -12 -0 -1 4 4 -5 -0.4 9 4 0.4 .493 .497 -0.0 0.8 -0 2/D
1998 33 CHW AL 93 286 -9 1 -1 -1 5 -6 -0.6 11 4 0.4 .493 .496 0.5 0.4 6 $710,000 2
1998 33 ANA AL 3 8 -1 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .459 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 /2
1999 34 KCR AL 107 368 -21 -1 -2 0 5 -18 -1.7 14 -5 -0.4 .484 .489 -0.4 0.5 -5 $875,000 2/D
2000 35 LAD NL 80 271 9 -1 -1 3 4 15 1.3 8 23 2.1 .517 .509 1.9 0.6 20 $500,000 2
2001 36 LAD NL 73 234 -0 0 -1 3 4 6 0.6 7 13 1.3 .508 .504 1.0 0.6 10 $900,000 2/D
2002 37 LAD NL 41 108 -2 -0 -0 1 2 -0 -0.0 3 3 0.3 .499 .500 0.2 0.3 2 $1,100,000 2
2003 38 TEX AL 7 21 -3 -0 0 -1 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .458 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $750,000 /2
16 Seasons 944 2932 -60 -6 -5 0 45 -25 -2.3 105 80 7.7 .497 .499 7.8 4.4 80 $8,087,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
TEX (5 yrs) 135 307 -16 -3 0 -16 6 -29 -3.0 11 -18 -1.9 .477 .496 -0.3 -1.0 -2 $1,054,500
LAD (3 yrs) 194 613 6 -1 -2 7 9 20 1.8 19 39 3.7 .510 .504 3.0 1.5 33 $2,500,000
DET (3 yrs) 251 850 2 -1 -0 7 13 20 2.1 32 52 5.1 .508 .504 4.5 2.0 45 $1,395,000
CHW (3 yrs) 158 463 -14 -0 -1 0 7 -9 -0.7 17 8 0.9 .495 .498 0.8 0.7 8 $1,707,500
ANA (2 yrs) 73 248 -13 -0 -1 3 4 -6 -0.6 9 3 0.3 .491 .498 -0.0 0.7 -0
KCR (1 yr) 107 368 -21 -1 -2 0 5 -18 -1.7 14 -5 -0.4 .484 .489 -0.4 0.5 -5 $875,000
SEA (1 yr) 26 83 -4 0 1 -1 1 -3 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .489 .498 0.1 0.0 1 $555,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1988 TEX AL 23 C 16 15 10 126.0 102 93 8 1 0 .990 -3 -29 7.21 6.31 .989 6.22 6.16 9 8 12 5 29% 31% 0
1989 TEX AL 24 C 85 58 34 527.2 483 453 26 4 4 .992 -12 -27 8.17 5.64 .989 6.24 6.17 21 27 64 14 18% 31% 0
1990 TEX AL 25 C 20 8 5 81.0 44 39 4 1 0 .977 0 0 4.78 2.15 .991 6.42 6.35 1 2 6 3 33% 34% 0
1990 TEX AL 25 DH 1 0
1991 TEX AL 26 C 1 0 0 6.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 7.50 5.00 .990 6.45 6.50 0 1 0 0 0
1992 DET AL 27 C 62 50 48 475.2 298 271 22 5 6 .983 3 8 5.54 4.73 .989 6.20 6.18 4 20 26 23 47% 34% 1
1992 DET AL 27 DH 1 1
1993 DET AL 28 C 112 99 91 897.0 593 517 69 7 10 .988 2 3 5.88 5.23 .991 6.56 6.50 4 44 57 45 44% 36% 1
1993 DET AL 28 DH 2 0
1993 DET AL 28 1B 1 0 0 4.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1 180 13.50 6.00 .993 9.67 9.50
1994 DET AL 29 C 64 52 42 459.0 304 278 22 4 1 .987 1 3 5.88 4.69 .991 6.79 6.74 3 29 26 20 43% 31% 0
1994 DET AL 29 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .990 9.90 9.50
1994 DET AL 29 LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.10
1994 DET AL 29 OF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.40
1995 SEA AL 30 C 23 19 19 176.1 167 151 12 4 3 .976 -1 -7 8.32 7.09 .990 6.74 6.67 3 12 13 7 35% 31% 0
1996 CHW AL 31 C 38 26 18 239.1 195 181 12 2 4 .990 0 0 7.26 5.08 .990 6.91 6.87 1 11 22 11 33% 30% 0
1996 CHW AL 31 1B 2 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 200 3.00 0.50 .990 9.30 9.20
1996 CHW AL 31 DH 1 0
1997 TOT AL 32 C 80 69 59 630.1 524 488 32 4 1 .992 5 10 7.42 6.50 .991 7.15 7.09 4 26 36 26 42% 33% 2
1997 CHW AL 32 C 13 8 7 79.0 61 57 3 1 0 .984 1 15 6.84 4.62 .991 7.15 7.09 0 1 5 2 29% 33% 1
1997 CHW AL 32 1B 2 0 0 2.0 4 2 1 1 1 .750 -0 -240 13.50 1.50 .992 9.45 9.25
1997 ANA AL 32 C 67 61 52 551.1 463 431 29 3 1 .994 4 9 7.51 6.87 .991 7.15 7.09 4 25 31 24 44% 33% 1
1997 ANA AL 32 DH 2 0
1998 TOT AL 33 C 94 74 66 670.0 483 438 36 9 4 .981 -2 -4 6.37 5.04 .990 7.13 7.05 5 30 53 25 32% 31% 1
1998 CHW AL 33 C 91 71 66 647.0 466 424 35 7 4 .985 -1 -2 6.38 5.04 .990 7.13 7.05 5 29 49 24 33% 31% 1
1998 ANA AL 33 C 3 3 0 23.0 17 14 1 2 0 .882 -1 -52 5.87 5.00 .990 7.12 7.07 0 1 4 1 20% 31% 0
1999 KCR AL 34 C 101 85 81 767.1 507 460 44 3 8 .994 0 0 5.91 4.99 .991 6.98 6.87 6 40 68 36 35% 33% 0
1999 KCR AL 34 DH 1 1
2000 LAD NL 35 C 78 64 58 590.1 521 483 35 3 1 .994 3 6 7.90 6.64 .990 7.45 7.38 7 26 21 19 48% 32% 0
2001 LAD NL 36 C 70 58 48 526.1 515 486 29 0 4 1.000 3 7 8.81 7.36 .992 7.74 7.65 5 13 27 16 37% 33% 2
2001 LAD NL 36 DH 1 1
2002 LAD NL 37 C 41 24 22 247.2 216 197 16 3 1 .986 1 5 7.74 5.20 .991 7.53 7.47 0 9 17 10 37% 32% 1
2003 TEX AL 38 C 7 6 4 50.0 34 31 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -24 -29 6.12 4.86 .991 6.79 6.71 0 4 5 0 0% 30% 0
16 Seasons C 892 707 605 6470.0 4991 4571 370 50 47 .990 -1 -1 -0 -24 6.87 5.54 .990 6.92 6.84 73 302 453 260 36% 33% 8
4 Seasons 1B 6 0 0 10.0 12 9 2 1 1 .917 1 84 9.90 1.83 .992 9.54 9.32
1 Season LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.10
1 Season OF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.40
16 Seasons TOT 899 707 605 6482.0 5004 4581 372 51 48 .990 0 -1 0 -24 6.88 5.51 .990 6.92 6.85 73 302 453 260 36% 33% 8
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as C s c a p y
1993 AL  69 (4th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1998 AL  9 (1st)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
1999 AL  8 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1988 AL  9 (3rd)
1989 AL  21 (1st)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1992 AL  46.9 (3rd)
1993 AL  44.1 (5th)
1994 AL  43.5 (3rd)
1997 AL  41.9 (5th)
2000 NL  47.5 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1989 AL  8.17 (1st)
2000 NL  7.90 (4th)
2001 NL  8.81 (3rd)
Career  6.87 (75th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1989 AL  .992 (4th)
1999 AL  .994 (4th)
Career  .990 (88th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2221), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (186th), 7.7 career WAR/9.6 7yr-peak WAR/8.6 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198924Texas Rangers$72,500*
199025Texas Rangers$122,000USA Today
199126Texas Rangers$110,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199227Detroit Tigers$155,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199328Detroit Tigers$240,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199429Detroit Tigers$1,000,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199530Seattle Mariners$555,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199631Chicago White Sox$350,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199732Chicago White Sox$647,5001997 postseason AP surveyIncludes $222,500 earned bonus
199833Chicago White Sox$710,00011/23/98 USA TodayIncludes $35,000 earned bonus
199934Kansas City Royals$875,00011/19/99 USA TodayIncludes $150,000 earned bonus
200035Los Angeles Dodgers$500,0004/5/00 AP
200136Los Angeles Dodgers$900,0004/6/01 USA Today
200237Los Angeles Dodgers$1,100,0004/3/02 AP
200338Texas Rangers$750,0004/3/03 AP
Career to date (may be incomplete)$8,087,000
Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $72,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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