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Raul Chavez C

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
21 725 .231 .266 .304 69 0.2
Birth Date3-17-1973
Height5' 11"
Weight245 lbs
Age52 years, 5 months, 3 days
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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
1996 MON 23 4 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 79 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
1997 MON 24 13 27 7 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 .269 .259 .269 70 -0.9 0.2 0.0 0.0
1998 SEA 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 88 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 HOU 27 14 47 11 2 0 1 3 6 0 0 0 .256 .298 .372 65 -1.9 -0.3 0.3 0.0
2002 HOU 29 2 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .250 .500 .500 95 0.0 0.3 -0.1 0.0
2003 HOU 30 19 38 10 1 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 .270 .289 .432 77 -1.0 0.1 -1.1 0.0
2004 HOU 31 64 176 34 8 0 0 10 38 0 0 1 .210 .256 .259 54 -9.8 0.7 -2.7 -0.4
2005 HOU 32 37 105 17 3 0 2 4 18 1 1 0 .172 .210 .263 63 -4.6 -0.4 0.8 0.1
2006 BAL 33 16 29 5 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .179 .207 .179 75 -0.8 -0.3 0.7 0.1
2008 PIT 35 42 122 30 4 0 1 4 14 1 0 0 .259 .287 .319 79 -2.9 -0.1 0.0 0.3
2009 TOR 36 51 168 41 8 0 2 6 23 0 1 1 .258 .285 .346 79 -3.9 -0.6 -2.8 0.0
Career263725157271731115342.231.266.30469-26.0-0.3-5.00.2

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
1991 BUR A MDW 114 462 .000 .000 .000 .296 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1992 ASH A SAL 95 373 .000 .000 .000 .315 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 OSC A+ FSL 58 208 .000 .000 .000 .251 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 JAC AA TXS 89 273 .000 .000 .000 .256 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 JAC AA TXS 58 205 .000 .000 .000 .292 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 TUC AAA PCL 32 115 .000 .000 .000 .297 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 MON MLB NL 4 6 .246 .331 .380 .250 100 -0.8 0.2 0.1 79 9 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0
1996 OTT AAA INT 60 214 .000 .000 .000 .278 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 MON MLB NL 13 27 .270 .338 .423 .318 100 -1.9 0.7 0.4 70 10 0.0 0.2 -0.9 0.0
1997 OTT AAA INT 0 332 .000 .000 .000 .273 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 SEA MLB AL 1 1 .264 .334 .347 .000 113 -0.3 0.0 0 88 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 OTT AAA INT 0 36 .000 .000 .000 .269 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 TAC AAA PCL 0 259 .000 .000 .000 .255 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 TAC AAA PCL 0 388 .000 .000 .000 .319 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 HOU MLB NL 14 47 .285 .359 .462 .270 119 -4.1 1.5 0.9 65 13 0.3 -0.3 -1.9 0.0
2000 NWO AAA PCL 0 341 .000 .000 .000 .280 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 NWO AAA PCL 85 309 .000 .000 .000 .317 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 HOU MLB NL 2 6 .216 .325 .332 .250 103 0.5 0.2 0.1 95 9 -0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0
2002 NWO AAA PCL 111 411 .000 .000 .000 .252 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 HOU MLB NL 19 38 .279 .349 .463 .300 105 -1.8 1.0 0.6 77 16 -1.1 0.1 -1.0 0.0
2003 NWO AAA PCL 101 390 .000 .000 .000 .292 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 HOU MLB NL 64 176 .265 .332 .426 .274 94 -16.5 5.2 3.1 54 10 -2.7 0.7 -9.8 -0.4
2005 HOU MLB NL 37 105 .273 .339 .438 .188 102 -11.5 3.0 1.8 63 11 0.8 -0.4 -4.6 0.1
2005 ROU AAA PCL 34 128 .278 .342 .437 .313 87 0.4 0.9 0.5 63 0 1.0 0.7 -5.3 -0.2
2006 BAL MLB AL 16 29 .270 .327 .439 .208 108 -3.8 0.9 0.5 75 8 0.7 -0.3 -0.8 0.1
2006 BOW AA EAS 52 213 .254 .324 .381 .270 95 -5.4 5.2 2.3 84 0 7.8 -4.4 -5.2 0.6
2007 SWB AAA INT 86 316 .263 .335 .397 .236 93 -23.6 9.3 4.5 51 0 7.3 -1.2 -16.1 0.4
2008 PIT MLB NL 42 122 .261 .323 .416 .284 100 -4.8 3.5 2 79 13 0.0 -0.1 -2.9 0.3
2008 IND AAA INT 26 91 .260 .328 .399 .324 85 2.3 2.4 1.3 107 0 -0.3 -0.6 -0.6 0.2
2009 TOR MLB AL 51 168 .264 .329 .415 .291 105 -7.9 4.8 2.9 79 8 -2.8 -0.6 -3.9 0.0
2009 LVG AAA PCL 2 7 .312 .377 .527 .143 118 -1.2 0.2 0.1 58 0 0.0 -1.2 -0.3 -0.1
2010 LVG AAA PCL 55 217 .274 .350 .436 .220 103 -15.3 6.6 2.3 46 0 -4.7 -1.6 -13.8 -1.1
2011 BUF AAA INT 80 256 .266 .332 .413 .222 92 -26.3 7.9 4.8 20 0 -1.1 -1.5 -20.8 -1.0
2011 ARA Wnt VWL 17 38 .000 .000 .000 .222 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
1991 BUR A MDW 462 420 54 108 17 0 3 134 41 25 65 1 4 .257 .312 .319 .062 3 3
1992 ASH A SAL 373 348 37 99 22 1 2 129 40 16 39 1 0 .284 .322 .371 .086 1 1
1993 OSC A+ FSL 208 197 13 45 5 1 0 52 16 8 19 1 1 .228 .261 .264 .036 1 1
1994 JAC AA TXS 273 251 17 55 7 0 1 65 22 17 41 1 0 .219 .272 .259 .040 2 2
1995 JAC AA TXS 205 188 16 54 8 0 4 74 25 8 17 0 4 .287 .320 .394 .106 4 4
1995 TUC AAA PCL 115 103 14 27 5 0 0 32 10 8 13 0 1 .262 .325 .311 .049 1 1
1996 MON MLB NL 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .000 0 0
1996 OTT AAA INT 214 198 15 49 10 0 2 65 24 11 31 0 2 .247 .285 .328 .081 4 4
1997 MON MLB NL 27 26 0 7 0 0 0 7 2 0 5 1 0 .269 .259 .269 .000 1 0
1997 OTT AAA INT 332 310 31 76 17 0 4 105 46 18 42 1 3 .245 .295 .339 .094 0 0
1998 SEA MLB AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
1998 OTT AAA INT 36 31 2 7 0 0 0 7 1 5 5 0 0 .226 .333 .226 .000 0 0
1998 TAC AAA PCL 259 233 27 52 6 0 4 70 34 22 41 1 2 .223 .301 .300 .077 0 0
1999 TAC AAA PCL 388 354 39 95 20 1 3 126 40 28 63 1 3 .268 .332 .356 .088 0 0
2000 NWO AAA PCL 341 303 31 74 13 0 2 93 36 34 44 3 0 .244 .328 .307 .063 0 0
2000 HOU MLB NL 47 43 3 11 2 0 1 16 5 3 6 0 0 .256 .298 .372 .116 1 0
2001 NWO AAA PCL 309 278 38 84 17 0 8 125 40 19 34 1 1 .302 .357 .450 .147 4 4
2002 NWO AAA PCL 411 373 24 85 10 0 3 104 36 21 50 3 4 .228 .278 .279 .051 5 5
2002 HOU MLB NL 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .500 .500 .250 0 0
2003 HOU MLB NL 38 37 5 10 1 1 1 16 4 1 6 0 0 .270 .289 .432 .162 0 0
2003 NWO AAA PCL 390 355 47 97 28 1 6 145 47 13 43 0 2 .273 .314 .408 .135 6 6
2004 HOU MLB NL 176 162 9 34 8 0 0 42 23 10 38 0 1 .210 .256 .259 .049 0 4
2005 ROU AAA PCL 128 119 9 30 8 0 0 38 14 5 24 0 0 .252 .297 .319 .067 1 1
2005 HOU MLB NL 105 99 6 17 3 0 2 26 6 4 18 1 0 .172 .210 .263 .091 1 0
2006 BAL MLB AL 29 28 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 1 4 0 0 .179 .207 .179 .000 0 0
2006 BOW AA EAS 213 196 18 50 10 0 2 66 21 11 19 0 0 .255 .290 .337 .082 3 3
2007 SWB AAA INT 316 290 29 64 14 0 4 90 31 11 39 1 0 .221 .260 .310 .090 7 7
2008 IND AAA INT 91 85 9 26 5 1 3 42 13 4 11 0 0 .306 .352 .494 .188 0 0
2008 PIT MLB NL 122 116 12 30 4 0 1 37 10 4 14 0 0 .259 .287 .319 .060 1 0
2009 TOR MLB AL 168 159 10 41 8 0 2 55 15 6 23 1 1 .258 .285 .346 .088 0 3
2009 LVG AAA PCL 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .000 0 0
2010 LVG AAA PCL 217 200 18 42 13 0 3 64 24 11 22 0 0 .210 .259 .320 .110 2 2
2011 ARA Wnt VWL 38 34 3 6 2 0 0 8 3 3 7 0 0 .176 .243 .235 .059 0 1
2011 BUF AAA INT 256 241 12 48 10 0 1 61 22 6 33 0 0 .199 .214 .253 .054 5 4

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 336 0.4851 0.5327 0.8659 0.6810 0.3931 0.9279 0.7647 0.1341 0.0064
2009 588 0.5085 0.5102 0.8400 0.6488 0.3668 0.9021 0.7264 0.1600 -0.0022
Career9240.50000.51840.84940.66050.37640.91150.74030.15060.0009

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
2006-12-30 2006-12-30 WIN 0 0 Left Hand Fracture -
2001-08-10 2001-08-19 Minors 9 0 Right Fingers Fracture Middle Finger - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 PIT $550,000
2006 BAL $400,000
2005 HOU $360,000
2004 HOU $315,000
2003 HOU $300,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$1,925,000
5 yrTotal$1,925,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 74 d1 yr (10)

Details
  • re-signed as a free agent 12/12/09 (minor-league contract)
  • non-tendered 12/11/09
  • contract purchased 4/18/09 min-l cmap 4/1/09 signed as a free agent from PIT 12/30/08 (minor-league contract, $0.5M major league)
  • sent outright to Triple-A 12/5/08 contract purchased 5/14/08 signed as a free agent from NYY 1/11/08, 1 year/$0.55M (08) (split contract, $0.108M min)
  • signed as a free agent from BAL 12/06, 1 year/$0.5M (07) (minor-league contract, $18K in min
  • designated for assignment 10/06
  • contract purchased 9/06 designated for assignment 6/06 4/06 claimed off waivers from HOU 3/06 re-signed 12/05, 1 year/$0.4M (06)
  • contract purchased 8/05 sent outright to Triple-A 7/05 contract purchased 6/05 designated for assignment 6/05 re-signed 2/05, 1 year/$0.36M (05)
  • 1 year/$0.3115M (04) recalled 8/03 optioned to Triple-A 4/03
  • 1 year/$0.3M (03) 2/03
  • optioned to Triple-A 3/02 contract purchased 11/01

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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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year lvl CSAA Framing Runs Blocking Chances EPAA Blocking Runs SB Attempts SRAA TRAA Throwing Runs FRAA Adj. FRAA
1996 mlb .002 0.0 13 .000 0.0 0 .000 -.001 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 mlb .000 0.0 299 .000 0.0 7 .003 .000 0.0 -0.1 0.0
1998 mlb -.001 0.0 29 .000 0.0 0 .000 -.001 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 mlb .004 0.5 501 .000 0.0 10 .014 .001 -0.1 0.8 0.3
2002 mlb -.007 -0.1 87 .000 0.0 0 .000 .000 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
2003 mlb -.011 -1.0 334 .000 0.0 4 -.008 -.001 0.0 -1.0 -1.1
2004 mlb -.009 -4.6 2028 .000 -0.1 30 -.001 .001 0.0 -4.5 -2.7
2005 aaa .000 0.0 1253 -.001 0.4 25 -.069 -.001 1.1 0.7 1.0
2005 mlb -.005 -1.3 1179 .000 0.0 16 -.132 .000 1.3 -0.6 0.8
2006 aax .000 0.0 1688 -.001 0.6 46 -.076 .002 2.0 1.9 7.8
2006 mlb .001 0.1 449 .000 0.0 5 -.031 -.007 0.1 0.5 0.7
2007 aaa .000 0.4 3252 .000 0.3 69 -.024 .003 1.0 3.3 7.3
2008 aaa -.007 -1.7 848 -.001 0.1 20 -.067 .002 0.9 0.4 -0.3
2008 mlb .003 0.7 1271 .003 -1.2 24 -.059 .004 0.9 1.4 0.0
2009 mlb -.015 -7.1 2214 -.002 1.0 43 -.051 .002 1.3 -5.1 -2.8
2009 aaa .003 0.1 89 .000 0.0 3 .004 .000 0.0 0.5 0.0
2010 aaa -.010 -5.2 2126 .000 0.1 37 -.022 -.001 0.5 -3.7 -4.7
2011 aaa -.006 -5.1 3262 -.001 1.2 66 -.048 -.001 2.1 2.8 -1.1

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