The Negro Leagues are Major Leagues. We have dramatically expanded our coverage of the Negro Leagues and historical Black major league players. Read our Announcement

Raúl Chávez

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 245lb (180cm, 111kg)

Born: March 17, 1973 in Valencia, Venezuela ve

High School: Valencia (Valencia, Venezuela)

Debut: August 30, 1996 (Age 23-166d, 16,972nd in major league history)
vs. SDP 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 2009 (Age 36-191d)
vs. SEA 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Full Name: Raul Alexander Chavez

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

AB

680

H

157

HR

BA

.231

R

RBI

SB

OBP

.266

SLG

.304

OPS

.570

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1990	17	HOU-min	Rk	48	167	155	23	50	8	1	0	23	5	2	7	12	.323	.358	.387	.745		60		2	2	1	0		AST · GULF
1991	18	HOU-min	A	114	462	420	54	108	17	0	3	41	1	4	25	65	.257	.312	.319	.631		134	13	10	3	4	1		BUR · MIDW
1992	19	HOU-min	A	95	373	348	37	99	22	1	2	40	1	0	16	39	.284	.320	.371	.691		129	11	4	1	4	1		AVL · SALL
1993	20	HOU-min	A+	58	208	197	13	45	5	1	0	16	1	1	8	19	.228	.261	.264	.525		52	12	1	1	1	0		OSC · FLOR
1994	21	HOU-min	AA	89	273	251	17	55	7	0	1	22	1	0	17	41	.219	.273	.259	.532		65	5	2	2	1	3		JAC · TL
1995	22	HOU-min	AA,AAA	90	320	291	30	81	13	0	4	35	0	5	16	30	.278	.324	.364	.688		106	14	5	5	3	1		JAC,TUC · TL,PCL
1996	23	MON-min	AAA	60	214	198	15	49	10	0	2	24	0	2	11	31	.247	.290	.328	.619		65	7	1	4	0	0		OTT · IL
1996	23	MON	NL	4	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	/2H
1997	24	MON-min	AAA	92	338	310	31	76	17	0	4	46	1	3	18	42	.245	.293	.339	.631		105	9	4	3	3	1		OTT · IL
1997	24	MON	NL	13	27	26	0	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	.269	.259	.269	.528	40	7	0	0	0	1	0	2/H
1998	25	SEA-MON-min	AAA	87	304	264	29	59	6	0	4	35	1	2	27	46	.223	.299	.292	.591		77	8	4	3	6	1		TAC,OTT · PCL,IL
1998	25	SEA	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1999	26	SEA-min	AAA	102	390	354	39	95	20	1	3	40	1	3	28	63	.268	.331	.356	.687		126	11	6	0	2	1		TAC · PCL
2000	27	HOU-min	AAA	99	349	303	31	74	13	0	2	36	3	0	34	44	.244	.325	.307	.632		93	12	4	4	4	5		NOR · PCL
2000	27	HOU	NL	14	47	43	3	11	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	6	.256	.298	.372	.670	64	16	5	0	0	1	2	2

2001	28	HOU-min	AAA	85	309	278	38	84	17	0	8	40	1	1	19	34	.302	.361	.450	.810		125	9	7	4	1	2		NOR · PCL
2002	29	HOU-min	AAA	111	411	373	24	85	10	0	3	36	3	4	21	50	.228	.278	.279	.557		104	11	7	5	5	2		NOR · PCL
2002	29	HOU	NL	2	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.500	.500	1.000	159	2	0	1	0	0	0	/2
2003	30	HOU-min	AAA	101	390	355	47	97	28	1	6	47	0	2	13	43	.273	.315	.408	.724		145	11	11	6	5	1		NOR · PCL
2003	30	HOU	NL	19	38	37	5	10	1	1	1	4	0	0	1	6	.270	.289	.432	.722	83	16	3	0	0	0	0	2/H
2004	31	HOU	NL	64	176	162	9	34	8	0	0	23	0	1	10	38	.210	.256	.259	.515	34	42	9	0	4	0	3	2/H
2005	32	HOU-min	AAA	34	128	119	9	30	8	0	0	14	0	0	5	24	.252	.299	.319	.619		38	4	3	1	0	1		RRK · PCL
2005	32	HOU	NL	37	105	99	6	17	3	0	2	6	1	0	4	18	.172	.210	.263	.472	23	26	5	1	0	1	0	2/H
2006	33	BAL-min	AA	52	213	196	18	50	10	0	2	21	0	0	11	19	.255	.290	.337	.627		66	7	0	3	3	1		BOW · EL
2006	33	BAL	AL	16	29	28	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.179	.207	.179	.385	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	2/H

2007	34	NYY-min	AAA	86	316	290	29	64	14	0	4	31	1	0	11	39	.221	.265	.310	.576		90	9	7	7	1	0		SWB · IL
2008	35	PIT-min	AAA	26	91	85	9	26	5	1	3	13	0	0	4	11	.306	.352	.494	.846		42	0	2	0	0	0		INA · IL
2008	35	PIT	NL	42	122	116	12	30	4	0	1	10	0	0	4	14	.259	.287	.319	.606	62	37	2	1	0	1	1	2/H
2009	36	TOR-min	AAA	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286		1	0	0	0	0	0		LVG · PCL
2009	36	TOR	AL	51	168	159	10	41	8	0	2	15	1	1	6	23	.258	.285	.346	.631	65	55	4	0	3	0	0	2/H
2010	37	TOR-min	AAA	55	217	200	18	42	13	0	3	24	0	0	11	22	.210	.260	.320	.580		64	7	3	2	1	0		LVG · PCL
2011	38	NYM-min	AAA	80	256	241	12	48	10	0	1	22	0	0	6	33	.199	.214	.253	.467		61	7	0	4	5	0		BFL · IL
11 Yrs				263	725	680	48	157	27	1	7	65	4	2	31	115	.231	.266	.304	.570	49	207	29	3	7	4	6
162 Game Avg.				162	447	419	30	97	17	1	4	40	2	1	19	71	.231	.266	.304	.570	49	128	18	2	4	2	4

HOU (5 yrs)				136	372	345	24	73	15	1	4	38	1	1	19	68	.212	.255	.296	.551	42	102	22	2	4	2	5
MON (2 yrs)				17	33	31	1	8	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	6	.258	.273	.258	.531	41	8	1	0	0	1	0
PIT (1 yr)				42	122	116	12	30	4	0	1	10	0	0	4	14	.259	.287	.319	.606	62	37	2	1	0	1	1
SEA (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				16	29	28	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.179	.207	.179	.385	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				51	168	159	10	41	8	0	2	15	1	1	6	23	.258	.285	.346	.631	65	55	4	0	3	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				195	527	492	37	111	19	1	5	50	3	1	24	88	.226	.264	.299	.563	46	147	25	3	4	4	6
AL (3 yrs)				68	198	188	11	46	8	0	2	15	1	1	7	27	.245	.272	.319	.591	55	60	4	0	3	0	0

View a sample email. It's also available for football, basketball and hockey.

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Advanced Batting

See More Advanced Batting

Compare Raul Chavez to

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Player News

Postseason Batting

Postseason Game Log

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Transactions

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Name + "Statistics" Translations

Note, this is done in an automated way, so we apologize for any errors, & please report any suggested corrections. "Statistics" is included to allow non-English speakers to find our pages.

Other Resources & Links

More Chavez Pages

Raúl Chávez Overview

Minor & Winter Lg Stats

Batting Splits

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Raúl Chávez Pages at Baseball Reference