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Chris Shelton

Christopher Bob Shelton

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 215 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
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Rangers/Mariners 2004-2009
Agents: Lon Babby [*]
Final Game: July 30, 2009   vs. TEX 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 9:23AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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 /32
2005 25 DET AL 107 431 388 61 116 22 3 18 59 0 0 34 87 .299 .360 .510 .870 131 198 11 5 0 4 0 3/
2006 26 DET AL 115 412 373 50 102 16 4 16 47 1 2 34 107 .273 .340 .466 .806 107 174 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 61 8 0 0 0 0 0 /3
5 Seasons 299 1044 930 132 254 46 7 37 124 2 2 96 252 .273 .345 .457 .802 110 425 26 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 14 5 2 3 1
DET (3 yrs) 249 899 807 117 227 39 7 35 109 1 2 77 208 .281 .348 .477 .825 116 385 23 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 61 8 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 24 DET AL 56 -2 0 0 0 -1 -1 2 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $300,000 /32
2005 25 DET AL 431 17 1 0 -2 -0 -7 15 24 2.4 24 2.4 0.0 $ 3/
2006 26 DET AL 412 7 -1 0 -2 5 -7 14 16 1.6 11 1.1 0.5 $365,000 *3
2008 28 TEX AL 117 -3 1 0 -1 1 -2 4 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ 3/5
2009 29 SEA AL 28 -2 -0 -0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /3
5 Seasons 1044 17 1 -0 -5 4 -17 36 36 3.6 32 3.2 0.4 $665,000
DET (3 yrs) 899 22 0 0 -4 4 -15 31 38 3.8 34 3.4 0.4 $665,000
TEX (1 yr) 117 -3 1 0 -1 1 -2 4 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $
SEA (1 yr) 28 -2 -0 -0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $

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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% PO Awards
2004 DET AL 24 1B 8 26 22 4 0 3 1.000 0 0 3.25 .994 9.25
2004 DET AL 24 C 6 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 1.67 .992 7.07 3 0 0
2004 DET AL 24 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .980 2.30
2004 DET AL 24 DH 9 9
2004 DET AL 24 RF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.20
2005 DET AL 25 1B 84 844 778 60 6 87 .993 -0 -1 9.98 .994 9.49
2005 DET AL 25 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
2005 DET AL 25 DH 14 14
2005 DET AL 25 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
2006 DET AL 26 1B 115 1065 1004 55 6 93 .994 5 5 9.21 .994 9.40
2008 TEX AL 28 1B 39 264 241 20 3 21 .989 1 4 6.69 .994 9.18
2008 TEX AL 28 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70
2009 SEA AL 29 1B 4 33 31 2 0 3 1.000 -1 -1 8.25 .994 9.02
2009 SEA AL 29 DH 2 2
5 Seasons 1B 250 2232 2076 141 15 207 .993 5 7 8.87 .994 9.39
1 Season C 6 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 1.67 .992 7.07 3 0 0
2 Seasons OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0.50 .980 2.30
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70
1 Season LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1 Season RF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.20
5 Seasons TOT 259 2243 2087 141 15 207 .993 4 7 8.60 .994 9.25 3 0 0
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
2006 AL  5 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
2005 AL  10.21 (1st)
2006 AL  10.44 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
2005 AL  9.98 (1st)
2006 AL  9.21 (3rd)

             

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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
200424Detroit Tigers$300,0004/7/04 AP
200626Detroit Tigers$365,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$665,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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