Chad Kreuter

Position: Catcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: August 26, 1964 in Greenbrae, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA).

School: Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)

Debut: September 14, 1988 (Age 24-019d, 13,179th in MLB history)
vs. OAK 5 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 27, 2003 (Age 38-244d)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Scott Boras

Full Name: Chadden Michael Kreuter

Pronunciation: \Crew-ter\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.7

AB

2505

H

593

HR

BA

.237

R

289

RBI

274

SB

OBP

.335

SLG

.357

OPS

.692

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
1985	20	TEX-min	A	69	246	199	25	53	9	0	4	26	3	2	38	48	.266	.382	.372	.754		74		1	5	3	0		BUR · MIDW
1986	21	TEX-min	A	125	465	387	55	85	21	2	6	49	5	5	67	82	.220	.336	.331	.667		128		3	4	4	2		SAL · CARL
1987	22	TEX-min	A	85	316	281	36	61	18	1	9	40	1	1	31	32	.217	.296	.384	.681		108		1	2	1	2		CHT · FLOR
1988	23	TEX-min	AA	108	422	358	46	95	24	6	3	51	2	2	55	66	.265	.362	.391	.753		140	12	2	2	5	1		TUL · TL
1988	23	TEX	AL	16	58	51	3	14	2	1	1	5	0	0	7	13	.275	.362	.412	.774	115	21	1	0	0	0	0	2
1989	24	TEX-min	AAA	26	102	87	10	22	3	0	0	6	1	1	13	11	.253	.347	.287	.634		25		0	1	1	0		OKC · AA
1989	24	TEX	AL	87	192	158	16	24	3	0	5	9	0	1	27	40	.152	.274	.266	.540	52	42	4	0	6	1	0	2/H
1990	25	TEX-min	AAA	92	347	291	41	65	17	1	7	35	0	3	52	80	.223	.345	.361	.706		105		2	2	0	0		OKC · AA
1990	25	TEX	AL	22	32	22	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	9	.045	.290	.091	.381	12	2	0	0	1	1	0	2/HD
1991	26	TEX-min	AA,AAA	66	247	198	37	49	11	1	3	22	3	0	47	39	.247	.393	.359	.751		71	7	1	0	1	4		TUL,OKC · TL,AA
1991	26	TEX	AL	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/H2
1992	27	DET	AL	67	215	190	22	48	9	0	2	16	0	1	20	38	.253	.321	.332	.652	84	63	8	0	3	2	1	2/HD
1993	28	DET	AL	119	431	374	59	107	23	3	15	51	2	1	49	92	.286	.371	.484	.855	130	181	5	3	2	3	4	*2H/D3
1994	29	DET	AL	65	204	170	17	38	8	0	1	19	0	1	28	36	.224	.327	.288	.615	61	49	3	0	2	4	0	2/37H
1995	30	SEA-min	AAA	15	56	48	6	14	5	0	1	11	0	0	8	11	.292	.393	.458	.851		22	3	0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1995	30	SEA	AL	26	83	75	12	17	5	0	1	8	0	0	5	22	.227	.293	.333	.626	62	25	0	2	1	0	0	2/H
1996	31	CHW	AL	46	132	114	14	25	8	0	3	18	0	0	13	29	.219	.308	.368	.676	74	42	2	2	2	1	0	2H/3D
1997	32	TOT	AL	89	285	255	25	59	9	2	5	21	0	3	29	66	.231	.310	.341	.651	70	87	7	0	1	0	0	2H/3D
1997	32	CHW	AL	19	45	37	6	8	2	1	1	3	0	1	8	9	.216	.356	.405	.761	102	15	0	0	0	0	0	2/H3
1997	32	ANA	AL	70	240	218	19	51	7	1	4	18	0	2	21	57	.234	.301	.330	.632	64	72	7	0	1	0	0	2/HD
1998	33	TOT	AL	96	294	252	27	63	10	1	2	33	1	0	33	49	.250	.343	.321	.664	77	81	8	3	5	1	1	2/H
1998	33	CHW	AL	93	286	245	26	62	9	1	2	33	1	0	32	45	.253	.345	.322	.668	78	79	8	3	5	1	1	2/H
1998	33	ANA	AL	3	8	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.143	.250	.286	.536	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1999	34	KCR	AL	107	368	324	31	73	15	0	5	35	0	0	34	65	.225	.309	.318	.627	60	103	16	6	2	2	1	2/HD
2000	35	LAD	NL	80	271	212	32	56	13	0	6	28	1	0	54	48	.264	.416	.410	.827	116	87	6	2	2	1	0	2/H
2001	36	LAD	NL	73	234	191	21	41	11	1	6	17	0	0	41	52	.215	.355	.377	.732	97	72	5	1	0	1	2	2/HD
2002	37	LAD	NL	41	108	95	8	25	5	0	2	12	1	0	10	31	.263	.333	.379	.712	94	36	3	1	0	2	4	2/H
2003	38	TEX	AL	7	21	18	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.111	.238	.167	.405	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2
16 Yrs				944	2932	2505	289	593	123	8	54	274	5	7	361	593	.237	.335	.357	.692	84	894	68	20	27	19	13
162 Game Avg.				162	503	430	50	102	21	1	9	47	1	1	62	102	.237	.335	.357	.692	84	153	12	3	5	3	2
				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
TEX (5 yrs)				135	307	253	21	41	7	1	6	16	0	1	45	65	.162	.287	.269	.555	55	68	5	0	7	2	0
LAD (3 yrs)				194	613	498	61	122	29	1	14	57	2	0	105	131	.245	.378	.392	.770	105	195	14	4	2	4	6
DET (3 yrs)				251	850	734	98	193	40	3	18	86	2	3	97	166	.263	.348	.399	.747	101	293	16	3	7	9	5
CHW (3 yrs)				158	463	396	46	95	19	2	6	54	1	1	53	83	.240	.336	.343	.679	79	136	10	5	7	2	1
ANA (2 yrs)				73	248	225	20	52	8	1	4	18	0	2	22	61	.231	.300	.329	.628	63	74	7	0	1	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				107	368	324	31	73	15	0	5	35	0	0	34	65	.225	.309	.318	.627	60	103	16	6	2	2	1
SEA (1 yr)				26	83	75	12	17	5	0	1	8	0	0	5	22	.227	.293	.333	.626	62	25	0	2	1	0	0

AL (13 yrs)				750	2319	2007	228	471	94	7	40	217	3	7	256	462	.235	.324	.348	.672	79	699	54	16	25	15	7
NL (3 yrs)				194	613	498	61	122	29	1	14	57	2	0	105	131	.245	.378	.392	.770	105	195	14	4	2	4	6

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

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