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, 16,966th 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

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

680

157

.231

RBI

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

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