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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
2004 DET AL 24 DH 10
2004 DET AL 24 1B 8 2 26.0 26 22 4 0 3 1.000 0.3 13.8 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.00 3.25 .992 9.31 8.01
2004 DET AL 24 C 6 0 16.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -75.0 -1 5.62 1.67 .990 7.14 6.18 3 0 0 0
2004 DET AL 24 OF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.00
2004 DET AL 24 RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.90
2005 DET AL 25 1B 84 83 738.1 844 778 60 6 88 .993 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -4.5 4.4 0 10.21 9.98 .994 9.60 8.11
2005 DET AL 25 DH 15
2005 DET AL 25 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
2005 DET AL 25 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00
2006 DET AL 26 1B 115 100 913.0 1055 994 55 6 93 .994 5.0 6.6 5.0 3.7 1.3 0 10.34 9.12 .994 9.51 7.99
2008 TEX AL 28 1B 39 26 247.1 264 241 20 3 21 .989 0.7 3.4 0.7 -0.3 1.0 0 9.50 6.69 .994 9.26 8.01
2008 TEX AL 28 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
2009 SEA AL 29 1B 4 4 35.0 33 31 2 0 3 1.000 8.49 8.25 .994 9.13 8.10 0 0 0
2009 SEA AL 29 DH 2 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1B 250 215 1959.2 2222 2066 141 15 208 .993 5.9 3.6 5.9 -0.8 6.7 0 10.14 8.83 .994 9.50 8.04 0 0 0
3 Seasons DH 27 0 0 0
1 Season C 6 0 16.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -75.0 -1 5.62 1.67 .990 7.14 6.18 3 0 0 0
2 Seasons OF 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 2.40 2.00
1 Season 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1 Season LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1 Season RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.90
5 Seasons TOT 259 215 1979.2 2233 2077 141 15 208 .993 5.0 3.0 6.0 -0.7 6.7 0 0 -1 10.08 8.56 .987 9.47 7.92 3 0 0 0

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
2004 DET AL 24 27 11 27 15 0 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 7 0
2005 DET AL 25 107 97 107 85 0 0 84 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 10 0
2006 DET AL 26 115 100 115 115 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2008 TEX AL 28 41 26 41 39 0 0 39 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
2009 SEA AL 29 9 6 9 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
5 Seasons 299 240 299 258 0 6 250 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 25 35 1
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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2004 DET AL 24 119 72% 78% 34% 7 100% 0 22 2 20 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
2005 DET AL 25 3251 57% 78% 34% 161 94% 1 778 42 723 13 61 60 39 6 1 4 6 2 2 2 3 87 3 0 0 81 4 6 1 5 7 71%
2006 DET AL 26 3891 63% 75% 34% 187 96% 3 1004 63 911 30 70 55 35 9 2 3 6 2 4 0 4 93 3 0 1 90 4 3 1 2 4 100%
2008 TEX AL 28 1146 51% 76% 32% 60 95% 0 241 14 225 2 24 20 14 5 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 21 0 0 0 20 0 1 0 0 2 100%
2009 SEA AL 29 155 74% 83% 25% 9 100% 0 31 5 24 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 8562 59% 76% 33% 424 95% 4 2076 126 1903 47 160 141 92 21 3 8 15 4 9 2 10 207 6 0 2 197 9 10 2 7 13 85%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 94% 84%

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%
2004 DET AL 24 77 6.19 6.75 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 77 6.19 6.75 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 4.39 4.77 92% 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
2004 DET AL 24 3 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1 Season 3 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MLB Averages 28% 1.27 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2008 TEX AL 28 7 29% 57% 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 7 29% 57% 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 88% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2004 DET AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67% 100% 83% 1 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67% 100% 83% 1 100%
MLB Averages 49.1% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2005 DET AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 29% 57% 29% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 29% 57% 29% 0
MLB Averages 62.5% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 46%

* 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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