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Chris Snelling RF

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
12 273 .244 .360 .400 88 0.0
Birth Date12-3-1981
Height5' 10"
Weight205 lbs
Age42 years, 4 months, 16 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2002 SEA 20 8 29 4 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 .148 .207 .259 80 -0.6 -0.7 -0.5 -0.1
2005 SEA 23 15 35 8 2 0 1 5 2 0 0 2 .276 .382 .448 93 -0.3 -0.4 1.6 0.2
2006 SEA 24 36 119 24 6 1 3 13 38 4 2 1 .250 .360 .427 79 -2.6 0.2 -1.2 -0.1
2007 OAK 25 6 25 7 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 .350 .480 .350 105 0.2 -0.5 0.0 0.0
2007 WAS 25 24 61 10 1 1 1 9 11 3 0 1 .204 .361 .327 99 0.2 -0.1 -1.7 0.0
2008 PHI 26 4 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 92 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career932735510273459724.244.360.40088-3.1-1.4-1.70.0

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1999 EVE A- NWN 0 304 .000 .000 .000 .307 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 WIS A MDW 0 299 .000 .000 .000 .324 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 SBR A+ CLF 114 521 .000 .000 .000 .377 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 SEA MLB AL 8 29 .266 .337 .430 .136 93 -3.6 0.8 -0.2 80 15 -0.5 -0.7 -0.6 -0.1
2002 SAN AA TXS 23 108 .000 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 SAN AA TXS 47 202 .000 .000 .000 .386 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 TAC AAA PCL 18 75 .000 .000 .000 .288 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 SEA MLB AL 15 35 .264 .311 .412 .269 99 1.6 1.0 -0.2 93 15 1.6 -0.4 -0.3 0.2
2005 TAC AAA PCL 65 291 .282 .352 .452 .423 81 35.7 7.6 -3.1 162 0 -3.7 -3.2 24.2 2.1
2006 SEA MLB AL 36 119 .265 .328 .418 .375 103 2.7 3.6 -1.3 79 14 -1.2 0.2 -2.6 -0.1
2006 TAC AAA PCL 69 290 .276 .350 .428 .264 99 -6.8 7.8 -3.3 76 0 2.3 0.1 -6.7 0.0
2007 OAK MLB AL 6 25 .278 .366 .470 .438 105 1.9 0.7 0 105 14 0.0 -0.5 0.2 0.0
2007 WAS MLB NL 24 61 .273 .344 .422 .243 96 -1.1 1.8 -0.4 99 14 -1.7 -0.1 0.2 0.0
2007 SAC AAA PCL 6 23 .253 .334 .411 .231 106 -2.4 0.7 -0.3 78 0 -0.3 0.4 -0.5 0.0
2008 PHI MLB NL 4 4 .215 .291 .364 .333 99 1.6 0.1 0 92 22 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 CLR A+ FSL 4 18 .272 .341 .415 .167 101 -1.8 0.5 -0.2 82 0 -0.2 -0.7 -0.7 -0.1
2008 LEH AAA INT 35 120 .249 .319 .371 .292 87 1 3.6 -1.9 88 0 -1.3 -1.1 -3.2 -0.4
2009 IND AAA INT 19 68 .257 .321 .386 .163 100 -8 1.9 -0.7 39 0 0.0 0.2 -4.1 -0.3
2012 SYD Wnt ABL 29 128 .000 .000 .000 .297 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 AUS int WBC 2 2 .000 .000 .000 1.000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1999 EVE A- NWN 304 265 46 81 15 3 10 132 50 33 24 8 9 .306 .395 .498 .192 0 0
2000 WIS A MDW 299 259 44 79 9 5 9 125 56 34 34 7 4 .305 .398 .483 .178 0 0
2001 SBR A+ CLF 521 450 90 151 29 10 7 221 73 45 63 12 5 .336 .419 .491 .156 2 2
2002 SEA MLB AL 29 27 2 4 0 0 1 7 3 2 4 0 0 .148 .207 .259 .111 0 0
2002 SAN AA TXS 108 89 10 29 9 2 1 45 12 12 11 5 1 .326 .417 .506 .180 3 3
2003 SAN AA TXS 202 186 24 62 12 2 3 87 25 8 30 1 7 .333 .377 .468 .134 0 0
2003 TAC AAA PCL 75 67 11 18 2 0 3 29 10 5 12 1 0 .269 .338 .433 .164 0 0
2005 TAC AAA PCL 291 246 50 91 17 2 8 136 46 36 43 2 3 .370 .456 .553 .183 1 1
2005 SEA MLB AL 35 29 4 8 2 0 1 13 1 5 2 0 2 .276 .382 .448 .172 0 1
2006 TAC AAA PCL 290 241 36 52 13 1 5 82 39 31 60 4 2 .216 .330 .340 .124 2 2
2006 SEA MLB AL 119 96 14 24 6 1 3 41 8 13 38 2 1 .250 .360 .427 .177 1 5
2007 SAC AAA PCL 23 19 1 3 0 0 0 3 2 3 6 0 0 .158 .304 .158 .000 0 0
2007 OAK MLB AL 25 20 4 7 0 0 0 7 0 5 4 0 0 .350 .480 .350 .000 0 0
2007 WAS MLB NL 61 49 6 10 1 1 1 16 7 9 11 0 1 .204 .361 .327 .122 0 0
2008 LEH AAA INT 120 96 14 22 1 0 1 26 8 19 23 1 0 .229 .373 .271 .042 0 0
2008 CLR A+ FSL 18 14 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 .143 .333 .143 .000 0 0
2008 PHI MLB NL 4 4 1 2 1 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 1.000 0 0
2009 IND AAA INT 68 57 5 7 0 0 0 7 4 8 14 0 1 .123 .254 .123 .000 0 0
2012 SYD Wnt ABL 128 88 16 24 5 0 2 35 12 32 12 0 1 .273 .492 .398 .125 0 2
2013 AUS int WBC 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 .000 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 15 0.4667 0.4000 0.8333 0.2857 0.5000 1.0000 0.7500 0.1667 -0.0027
Career150.46670.40000.83330.28570.50001.00000.75000.1667-0.0027

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2008-06-24 2008-07-29 Minors 35 0 Not Disclosed -
2008-04-20 2008-06-02 15-DL 43 40 Left Knee Inflammation -
2007-05-11 2007-09-30 60-DL 142 128 Left Knee Surgery 2007-07-03
2006-07-27 2006-08-17 15-DL 21 19 Left Shoulder Impingement -
2006-04-01 2006-05-20 15-DL 49 43 Left Knee Recovery From Surgery ACL 2005-09-27
2005-08-12 2005-10-02 15-DL 51 48 Left Knee Surgery ACL 2005-09-27
2005-03-25 2005-04-14 15-DL 20 8 Left Knee Recovery From Surgery Meniscus 2005-03-01
2005-02-28 2005-03-25 Camp 25 0 Left Knee Surgery Meniscus 2005-03-01 -
2004-04-20 2004-04-20 On-Alr 0 0 Right Wrist Surgery Ligament and Cartilage 2004-04-20
2004-04-05 2004-10-04 60-DL 182 162 Right Wrist Surgery Hamate 2004-02-27
2003-03-24 2003-04-30 15-DL 37 26 Left Knee Recovery From Surgery ACL 2002-06-10
2002-06-05 2002-09-30 60-DL 117 105 Left Knee Surgery ACL 2002-06-10
2001-08-25 2001-09-05 Minors 11 0 Right Ankle Fracture - -
2000-07-21 2000-08-15 Minors 25 0 Left Wrist Sprain Scapholunate - -
2000-06-10 2000-07-13 Minors 33 0 Left Hand Fracture Metacarpal - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 PHI $450,000
2007 WAS, OAK $450,000
2006 SEA $328,500
2005 SEA $316,000
2004 SDN $300,000
2003 SDN $300,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$2,144,500
6 yrTotal$2,144,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 27 d

Details
  • signed as a free agent from PHI 3/14/09 (minor-league contract)
  • designated for assignment 6/7/08 contract purchased 4/12/08 sent outright to Triple-A 3/28/08
  • avoided arbitration 12/14/07, 1 year/$0.45M (08)
  • acquired in trade from TB 11/20/07 claimed off waivers from OAK 10/25/07 acquired in trade from WAS 5/2/07
  • avoided arbitration 1/07, 1 year/$0.45M (07)
  • acquired in trade from SEA 12/06 (WAS pays $4M of $16M left on JVidro`s contract 07-08)
  • optioned to Triple-A 7/06 recalled 7/06 re-signed 2/06, 1 year/$0.3285M (06)
  • recalled 8/05 optioned to Triple-A 7/05 recalled 7/05
  • 1 year/$0.316M (05) re-signed 2/04, 1 year/$0.3M (04)
  • 1 year/$0.3M (03)
  • Australia `99

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
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