Chris Shelton
Christopher Bob Shelton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: June 26, 1980 in Salt Lake City, UT
High School: Cottonwood (Salt Lake City, UT)
School: University of Utah
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 33rd round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 2004
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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
2004 24 DET AL 27 56 46 6 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 9 14 .196 .321 .283 .604 63 13 2 0 0 1 0 D/329
2005 25 DET AL 107 431 388 61 116 22 3 18 59 0 0 34 87 .299 .360 .510 .870 131 198 12 5 0 4 0 3D/7
2006 26 DET AL 115 412 373 50 102 16 4 16 47 1 2 34 107 .273 .340 .466 .806 106 174 10 4 0 1 1 *3
2008 28 TEX AL 41 117 97 14 21 5 0 2 11 1 0 17 33 .216 .333 .330 .663 76 32 3 0 3 0 0 3/5
2009 29 SEA AL 9 28 26 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 11 .231 .286 .308 .593 59 8 0 0 0 0 0 /3D
5 Seasons 299 1044 930 132 254 46 7 37 124 2 2 96 252 .273 .345 .457 .802 110 425 27 9 3 6 1
162 Game Avg. 162 566 504 72 138 25 4 20 67 1 1 52 137 .273 .345 .457 .802 110 230 15 5 2 3 1
DET (3 yrs) 249 899 807 117 227 39 7 35 109 1 2 77 208 .281 .348 .477 .825 115 385 24 9 0 6 1
TEX (1 yr) 41 117 97 14 21 5 0 2 11 1 0 17 33 .216 .333 .330 .663 76 32 3 0 3 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 9 28 26 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 11 .231 .286 .308 .593 59 8 0 0 0 0 0

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
2004 24 DET AL 56 40 5 3.4 105 .250 .196 .264 .321 .332 .283 .425 .604 .756 63 .310 -2.1 -0.2 .564 .283 .087 .0
2005 25 DET AL 431 288 70 6.5 103 .341 .299 .266 .360 .328 .510 .422 .870 .750 131 .626 17.1 1.6 .835 .299 .211 .0
2006 26 DET AL 412 284 57 5.3 111 .343 .273 .275 .340 .340 .466 .438 .806 .778 106 .511 2.4 0.2 .746 .282 .193 1.9
2008 28 TEX AL 117 82 12 3.9 107 .306 .216 .270 .333 .339 .330 .425 .663 .763 76 .393 -3.1 -0.3 .633 .299 .113 1.3
2009 29 SEA AL 28 20 2 2.7 104 .400 .231 .262 .286 .331 .308 .421 .593 .752 59 .237 -1.5 -0.1 .500 .154 .077
5 Seasons 1044 714 146 5.4 107 .335 .273 .270 .345 .334 .457 .429 .802 .763 110 .535 12.9 1.2 .752 .287 .184 3.8
162 Game Avg. 566 387 79 5.4 107 .335 .273 .270 .345 .334 .457 .429 .802 .763 110 .535 7 1 .752 .287 .184 2
DET (3 yrs) 899 612 132 5.8 107 .337 .281 .270 .348 .334 .477 .429 .825 .763 115 .558 17.4 1.7 .776 .290 .196 1.9
TEX (1 yr) 117 82 12 3.9 107 .306 .216 .270 .333 .339 .330 .425 .663 .763 76 .393 -3.1 -0.3 .633 .299 .113 1.3
SEA (1 yr) 28 20 2 2.7 104 .400 .231 .262 .286 .331 .308 .421 .593 .752 59 .236 -1.5 -0.1 .500 .154 .077

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
2004 24 DET AL 56 1.8% 25.0% 16.1% 3.6% 22% 1.56 3.3 46.0 15.3 0.50 0.73 57% 21% 5.0% 9%
2005 25 DET AL 431 4.2% 20.2% 7.9% 10.0% 37% 2.56 4.5 21.6 6.6 0.58 0.88 67% 21% 10.0% 6%
2006 26 DET AL 412 3.9% 26.0% 8.3% 8.7% 35% 3.15 3.5 23.3 7.9 0.51 0.69 61% 21% 10.3% 12%
2008 28 TEX AL 117 1.7% 28.2% 14.5% 6.0% 33% 1.94 2.9 48.5 8.8 0.44 0.72 53% 24% 5.9% 21%
2009 29 SEA AL 28 0.0% 39.3% 7.1% 7.1% 33% 5.50 2.4 6.5 0.88 1.25 54% 20% 0.0% 0%
5 Seasons 1044 3.5% 24.1% 9.2% 8.6% 35% 2.63 3.7 25.1 7.5 0.54 0.78 62% 21% 9.3% 10%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

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
2004 24 DET AL 0 0 29% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
2005 25 DET AL 3 0 31% 177 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 38% 35 26 8 7 4 3 14 4 10
2006 26 DET AL 2 0 27% 149 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 35% 20 13 7 6 5 1 8 4 4
2008 28 TEX AL 0 0 33% 42 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 8 3 5 2 2 0 6 3 3
2009 29 SEA AL 0 0 13% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
5 Seasons 5 0 30% 392 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 27 38% 66 45 20 16 12 4 32 13 19
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

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
2004 24 DET AL 56 57% 9 0 0 4 1 0 0 0.68 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 6 1 17% 34 2 6% 2 1 50% 4 3 75% 0
2005 25 DET AL 431 26% 116 7 0 6 2 0 2 1.98 18 0 5 14 4 10 8 0 1 0 0% 94 12 13% 42 14 33% 252 44 17% 28 18 64% 38 24 63% 0
2006 26 DET AL 412 28% 102 5 0 6 2 0 0 0.67 16 0 8 13 3 5 11 0 0 0 74 10 14% 48 9 19% 247 32 13% 21 8 38% 36 12 33% 0
2008 28 TEX AL 117 49% 21 2 0 9 1 0 0 1.32 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 5 3 60% 21 3 14% 12 3 25% 83 9 11% 7 3 43% 10 4 40% 0
2009 29 SEA AL 28 64% 6 0 0 3 1 0 1 1.74 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 23 4 17% 4 2 50% 2 0 0% 0
5 Seasons 1044 32% 254 14 0 28 7 0 3 1.27 37 0 20 29 8 17 20 0 6 3 50% 200 27 14% 111 28 25% 639 91 14% 62 32 52% 90 43 48% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2004 24 DET AL 56 222 3.96 131 59% 27% 19% 28% 25% 73% 0% 43% 74% 23% 11% 6 0 20% 11 3 11% 6 2 7% 0 0 0
2005 25 DET AL 431 1836 4.26 1176 64% 33% 13% 28% 26% 67% 0% 43% 80% 9% 4% 16 1 13% 57 26 8% 34 20 25% 0 0 0
2006 26 DET AL 412 1717 4.17 1068 62% 30% 19% 26% 25% 70% 0% 44% 73% 18% 7% 28 8 17% 72 32 10% 40 22 20% 0 0 0
2008 28 TEX AL 117 504 4.31 309 61% 34% 19% 26% 22% 66% 0% 41% 72% 17% 7% 8 0 17% 20 8 10% 12 6 18% 0 0 0
2009 29 SEA AL 28 133 4.75 81 61% 22% 28% 31% 19% 78% 0% 47% 63% 21% 7% 2 0 18% 5 2 14% 4 4 36% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1044 4412 4.23 2765 63% 31% 17% 27% 25% 69% 0% 43% 75% 15% 6% 60 9 16% 165 71 9% 96 54 21% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2004 24 27 56 46 6 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 9 14 .196 .321 .283 .604 63 13 2 0 0 1 0
2005 25 134 487 434 67 125 23 3 19 62 0 0 43 101 .288 .355 .486 .841 123 211 14 5 0 5 0
2006 26 249 899 807 117 227 39 7 35 109 1 2 77 208 .281 .348 .477 .825 115 385 24 9 0 6 1
2007 27 249 899 807 117 227 39 7 35 109 1 2 77 208 .281 .348 .477 .825 115 385 24 9 0 6 1
2008 28 290 1016 904 131 248 44 7 37 120 2 2 94 241 .274 .346 .461 .808 111 417 27 9 3 6 1
2009 29 299 1044 930 132 254 46 7 37 124 2 2 96 252 .273 .345 .457 .802 110 425 27 9 3 6 1

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
2004 24 27 56 46 5 9 1 0 1 3 0 9 14 .196 .321 .283 .604 4 27
2005 25 107 432 389 62 117 22 3 18 60 0 34 87 .301 .361 .512 .873 71 107
2006 26 115 407 369 47 98 15 4 15 44 1 33 107 .266 .332 .450 .782 54 115
2008 28 41 114 97 13 21 5 0 2 11 1 17 33 .216 .333 .330 .663 11 41
2009 29 9 28 26 1 6 2 0 0 3 0 2 11 .231 .286 .308 .593 2 9
5 Seasons 299 1037 927 128 251 45 7 36 121 2 95 252 .271 .342 .451 .793 142 299
162 Game Avg. 162 562 502 69 136 24 4 20 66 1 51 137 .271 .342 .451 .793 77 299

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Lee Stevens (944)
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