Chris Widger
Christopher Jon Widger
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 21, 1971 in Wilmington, DE
High School: Pennsville (Pennsville, NJ)
School: George Mason University
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 3rd round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1995
Final Game: September 15, 2006
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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
1995 SEA AL 24 C 19 9 96.0 62 61 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -12.5 -1 5.81 3.26 .990 6.74 5.64 2 2 8 0 0%
1995 SEA AL 24 OF 3 2 16.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 52.5 0.7 0.6 0.1 0 1.69 1.00 .967 2.31 2.00
1995 SEA AL 24 LF 2 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.00 0.50 1.000 2.20 1.75
1995 SEA AL 24 DH 1
1995 SEA AL 24 RF 1 1 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 102.9 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 1.000 2.06 1.60
1996 SEA AL 25 C 7 2 31.0 21 18 1 2 0 .905 -1.0 -38.7 -1 5.52 2.71 .990 6.91 5.84 0 3 1 0 0%
1997 MON NL 26 C 85 78 694.1 567 516 40 11 2 .981 -18.0 -31.1 -18 7.21 6.54 .990 7.68 6.58 8 34 116 23 17%
1998 MON NL 27 C 123 118 1014.0 828 752 62 14 12 .983 1.0 1.2 1 7.22 6.62 .990 7.50 6.47 14 38 82 47 36%
1999 MON NL 28 C 118 105 887.2 722 662 54 6 6 .992 -4.0 -5.4 -4 7.26 6.07 .990 7.41 6.14 8 26 101 29 22%
2000 TOT MLB 29 C 91 80 685.2 560 515 37 8 4 .986 -2.0 -3.5 -2 7.25 6.07 .990 7.44 6.36 5 29 53 20 27%
2000 MON NL 29 C 85 80 670.2 549 504 37 8 4 .985 -2.0 -3.6 -2 7.26 6.36 .990 7.45 6.38 4 28 53 20 27%
2000 SEA AL 29 C 6 0 15.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.60 1.83 .991 6.90 6.02 1 1 0 0
2000 SEA AL 29 1B 2 1 9.0 9 9 0 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 -0.1 -0.2 9.00 4.50 .989 9.40 8.15
2000 SEA AL 29 DH 2
2000 SEA AL 29 OF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -102.9 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 0.00 0.00 2.31 2.00
2000 SEA AL 29 RF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -102.9 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 0.00 0.00 2.19 1.80
2002 NYY AL 31 C 21 18 157.1 119 111 6 2 1 .983 -1.0 -7.6 -1 6.69 5.57 .993 6.96 6.16 1 5 8 3 27%
2003 STL NL 32 C 41 32 278.2 200 185 14 1 1 .995 -1.0 -4.3 -1 6.43 4.85 .992 7.33 6.46 2 13 12 6 33%
2003 STL NL 32 1B 1 0 1.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 27.00 3.00 1.000 9.90 8.00
2003 STL NL 32 OF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.80
2003 STL NL 32 RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.70
2005 CHW AL 34 C 42 38 344.0 269 252 12 5 2 .981 -7.0 -24.4 -7 6.91 6.29 .992 6.80 5.96 2 19 24 2 8%
2005 CHW AL 34 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.10
2005 CHW AL 34 3B 1 1 8.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.16 2.00 .950 2.70 2.50
2005 CHW AL 34 DH 1
2006 TOT AL 35 C 28 26 226.0 145 134 8 3 1 .979 -3.0 -15.9 -3 5.65 5.07 .992 7.09 6.32 3 5 21 4 16%
2006 TOT AL 35 DH 4
2006 CHW AL 35 C 22 21 183.0 110 102 5 3 0 .973 -3.0 -19.7 -3 5.26 4.86 .992 7.09 6.32 3 5 17 3 15%
2006 CHW AL 35 DH 3
2006 BAL AL 35 C 6 5 43.0 35 32 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.33 5.83 .991 7.10 6.32 0 0 4 1 20%
2006 BAL AL 35 DH 1
10 Seasons C 575 506 4414.2 3493 3206 235 52 29 .985 -37.0 -10.1 -37 7.02 5.98 .991 7.37 6.31 45 174 426 134 24%
4 Seasons DH 8
3 Seasons OF 5 3 24.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 10.0 0.2 0.6 -0.4 0 1.50 0.80 .975 2.29 1.96
3 Seasons 1B 4 1 11.0 12 11 1 0 2 1.000 -0.5 -54.5 -0.5 -0.1 -0.3 0 9.82 3.00 .992 9.49 8.10
3 Seasons RF 3 2 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 8.0 0.1 0.6 -0.5 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.70
1 Season LF 2 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.00 0.50 1.000 2.20 1.75
1 Season 3B 1 1 8.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.16 2.00 .950 2.70 2.50
10 Seasons TOT 585 511 4458.0 3511 3222 237 52 31 .985 -37.3 -10.0 -0.3 0.5 -0.7 0 0 -37 6.98 5.91 .976 7.34 6.28 45 174 426 134 24%
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

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
1995 SEA AL 24 23 11 23 20 0 19 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 3 2
1996 SEA AL 25 8 2 8 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1997 MON NL 26 91 78 91 85 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1998 MON NL 27 125 118 125 123 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1999 MON NL 28 124 105 124 118 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2000 MON NL 29 86 80 86 85 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2000 SEA AL 29 10 2 10 8 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
2002 NYY AL 31 21 18 21 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 STL NL 32 44 32 44 43 0 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0
2005 CHW AL 34 45 39 45 44 0 42 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 CHW AL 35 27 21 27 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2006 BAL AL 35 9 5 9 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 Seasons 613 511 613 582 0 575 4 0 1 0 2 0 3 5 0 31 4
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 -- 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%
1995 SEA AL 24 447 4.69 5.63 3 100% 0 0 61 3 0 1 57 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 SEA AL 25 148 4.65 5.81 1 0% 0 0 18 0 0 0 18 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 MON NL 26 3168 4.11 4.59 27 100% 2 0 516 15 0 9 492 40 12 0 0 7 11 0 2 9 0 2 0 0 1 12 100%
1998 MON NL 27 4585 4.31 4.88 36 81% 1 0 753 12 7 13 720 65 15 2 0 9 14 1 6 7 0 12 0 3 3 12 75%
1999 MON NL 28 4058 4.82 5.37 27 100% 0 1 662 14 1 13 634 53 12 1 0 9 6 4 0 2 0 6 1 1 2 9 100%
2000 MON NL 29 3091 5.31 5.81 26 92% 1 1 503 16 3 12 472 39 8 1 0 10 8 0 2 6 1 4 0 1 1 7 71%
2000 SEA AL 29 75 4.20 6.00 2 100% 0 0 11 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 NYY AL 31 701 4.58 5.21 4 100% 0 0 111 1 1 2 107 6 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
2003 STL NL 32 1232 4.39 4.68 9 100% 0 0 185 3 2 3 177 14 6 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 100%
2005 CHW AL 34 1511 3.30 3.98 10 90% 1 0 252 5 2 2 243 12 4 0 1 4 5 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 100%
2006 CHW AL 35 823 5.36 5.46 4 75% 0 0 102 3 0 1 98 5 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
2006 BAL AL 35 195 5.23 5.86 0 0 0 32 0 0 2 30 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 20034 4.53 5.06 149 92% 5 2 3206 74 16 58 3057 239 59 5 1 47 52 5 15 32 1 28 1 7 9 49 88%
MLB Averages 4.47 4.88 93% 84%

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
1995 SEA AL 24 2 2 190 8 0 0 0% 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 1.10
1996 SEA AL 25 0 3 62 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.85
1997 MON NL 26 8 34 1139 116 23 18 17% 100 16 16 7 0 0 0 0 183 28 1.36 1.28
1998 MON NL 27 14 38 1650 82 47 34 36% 69 36 13 10 0 1 1 1 168 50 1.22 1.22
1999 MON NL 28 8 26 1498 101 29 26 22% 79 23 20 3 2 3 1 0 161 37 1.61 1.51
2000 MON NL 29 4 28 1135 53 20 18 27% 47 16 6 2 0 2 1 0 113 22 1.27 1.26
2000 SEA AL 29 1 1 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2002 NYY AL 31 1 5 261 8 3 3 27% 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 3 1.48 1.08
2003 STL NL 32 2 13 469 12 6 5 33% 11 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 32 6 1.90 1.13
2005 CHW AL 34 2 19 533 24 2 2 8% 20 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 55 5 1.10 1.24
2006 CHW AL 35 3 5 283 17 3 3 15% 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 4 1.14 1.66
2006 BAL AL 35 0 0 69 4 1 1 20% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.87 0.21
10 Seasons 45 174 7326 426 134 110 24% 360 105 64 23 2 6 3 1 791 156 1.37 1.29
MLB Averages 31% 1.28 1.23

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%
2000 SEA AL 29 48 83% 73% 29% 0 0 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2003 STL NL 32 8 63% 88% 63% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 CHW AL 34 6 17% 33% 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
3 Seasons 62 74% 71% 31% 1 100% 0 11 0 11 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 83%

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%
1995 SEA AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 30 53% 70% 40% 4 50%
2000 SEA AL 29 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 31 61% 81% 48% 1 0%
2003 STL NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 6 67% 67% 50% 1 100%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 67 58% 75% 45% 6 50%
MLB Averages 46.7% 2.3% 56% 74% 38% 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%
1995 SEA AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 43 86% 65% 30% 4 25%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 43 86% 65% 30% 4 25%
MLB Averages 61.5% 2.4% 56% 74% 38% 47%

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%
2005 CHW AL 34 36 36% 72% 14% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 36 36% 72% 14% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 88% 62%

* 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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