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George
Chavez		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: May 1, 1945 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1975   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 28 DM FL $ 800,000 7 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 4 5 3 4 4
1974 29 DM FL $ 800,000 7 5 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 4 4
1975 30 CLG FL $ 800,000 7 6 6 5 4 5 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 4 4
1976 31 CLG FL $ 800,000 7 6 6 5 4 5 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4
1977 32 CLG FL $ 800,000 7 6 6 5 4 5 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 3
1978 33 CLG FL $ 2,250,000 6 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3
1979 34 CLG FL $ 2,250,000 7 5 6 5 4 5 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 4 4
1980 35 CLG FL $ 2,250,000 7 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 6 5
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 800,000 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,250,000 7 6 6 5 4 5 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 4 5 5 6 5
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 36 CLG FL $ 1,900,000   12 12 14 2 2 2 14 12 13 11 9 9 13 14 14
1982 37 PHX JL $ 600,000   12 12 13 2 2 2 12 11 11 10 9 9 11 13 13
1983 38 SLC FL     9 9 10 2 2 2 9 8 9 8 6 7 8 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     9 9 10 2 2 2 9 8 9 8 6 7 8 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,900,000   12 12 14 2 2 2 14 12 13 11 9 9 13 14 14
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 28 DM FL 67 62 7 20 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 15 .323 .364 .355 .718 7.5 1.2
1974 29 DM FL 40 134 15 46 2 1 0 14 2 1 11 13 .343 .397 .373 .770 19.8 3.6
    AAA   81 327 33 97 14 2 2 21 3 3 37 70 .297 .368 .370 .738 44.6  
1975 30 CLG FL 156 558 71 189 34 2 7 57 1 1 54 78 .339 .402 .444 .847 93.2 20.7
1976 31 CLG FL 140 437 41 127 28 2 2 47 0 1 29 83 .291 .335 .378 .713 52.0 7.1
1977 32 CLG FL 151 574 66 172 32 7 3 65 0 0 42 96 .300 .352 .395 .747 74.3 13.6
1978 33 CLG FL 49 185 15 59 12 1 0 14 1 0 6 38 .319 .339 .395 .733 21.8 3.5
1979 34 CLG FL 76 207 14 44 5 0 1 26 1 4 20 56 .213 .278 .251 .529 13.2 0.0
1980 35 CLG FL 108 383 56 121 28 6 2 43 0 1 21 58 .316 .358 .436 .794 54.9 11.0
1981 36 CLG FL 120 316 27 94 14 3 1 41 0 1 24 49 .297 .347 .370 .717 41.0 6.8
1982 37 PHX JL 21 33 2 12 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 4 .364 .432 .424 .857 5.9 1.5
1983 38 SLC FL 44 129 10 32 3 1 0 7 0 1 8 34 .248 .292 .287 .579 10.8 0.6
11 Years Sim 972 3018 324 916 162 23 16 326 5 10 222 524 .304 .354 .388 .742 394.3 69.6
1 Years AAA 81 327 33 97 14 2 2 21 3 3 37 70 .297 .377 .370 .747 44.6  
162 Game Average 503 54 152 27 3 2 54 0 1 37 87 .304 .354 .388 .742 65.7  
Career Highs 156 574 71 189 34 7 7 65 2 4 54 96 .364 .432 .444 .857 93.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1707 174 472 91 14 7 182 4 7 119 327 .277 .327 .359 .686 190.5
vs LH   1311 150 444 71 9 9 144 1 3 103 197 .339 .389 .427 .816 201.9
Home 488 1493 160 460 83 11 8 158 3 4 108 246 .308 .360 .395 .755 198.5
Away 484 1525 164 456 79 12 8 168 2 6 114 278 .299 .348 .382 .730 194.0
RISP   757 0 220 44 7 3 293 0 0 63 129 .291 .340 .379 .719 96.1
Pinch Hitting   168 13 46 7 1 2 16 0 0 9 27 .274 .311 .363 .674 18.3
Close/Late   357 31 106 20 1 3 39 0 0 28 65 .297 .350 .384 .734 46.2
Mar/Apr 199 632 82 202 33 4 3 66 2 1 48 129 .320 .371 .399 .769 88.3
May 181 585 53 168 31 6 2 54 1 2 34 103 .287 .327 .371 .698 67.0
June 126 365 30 107 18 2 2 39 0 3 29 68 .293 .352 .370 .721 44.6
July 157 475 51 142 25 1 2 51 2 1 34 73 .299 .347 .368 .715 58.6
August 156 480 54 147 27 3 5 57 0 2 43 72 .306 .365 .406 .771 67.8
Sep/Oct 153 481 54 150 28 7 2 59 0 1 34 79 .312 .361 .412 .773 66.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 28 DM FL LF 14 3 39.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.69   0.0
    RF 5 1 12.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.19    
1974 29 DM FL RF 33 32 258.7 74 1 3 0 .962 2.61   0.7
    LF 4 2 24.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.63    
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 30 CLG FL LF 150 147 1284.0 276 5 17 2 .943 1.97   1.5
    RF 2 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1976 31 CLG FL LF 117 97 857.0 214 5 5 0 .978 2.30   1.2
    CF 12 11 106.7 39 0 0 0 1.000 3.29    
    RF 8 0 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1977 32 CLG FL RF 146 146 1264.7 317 8 10 2 .970 2.31   3.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1978 33 CLG FL LF 47 47 403.3 97 5 2 3 .981 2.28   0.7
1979 34 CLG FL RF 60 51 453.0 118 2 1 0 .992 2.38   1.0
    CF 2 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    LF 4 0 5.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.77    
1980 35 CLG FL RF 100 98 836.3 177 7 10 3 .948 1.98   1.2
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1981 36 CLG FL RF 76 66 587.3 133 4 8 1 .945 2.10   1.3
    LF 2 2 18.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1982 37 PHX JL RF 11 6 40.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.1
    LF 4 3 22.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23    
1983 38 SLC FL RF 37 33 285.7 88 0 1 0 .989 2.77   1.1
    LF 3 1 12.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75    
  RF 478 433 3763.0 925 22 33 6 .966 2.26   8.4
  LF 348 302 2670.3 613 15 24 5 .963 2.12   3.4
  CF 14 11 112.7 42 0 0 0 1.000 3.36    
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   842 746 6549.0 1581 37 57 11 .966 2.22   11.8
Career Highs   152 147 1291.0 318 8 17 3 1.000 2.81    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1981 36 CLG FL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1975-2-.339
CAR-40-.304
 On-Base Pct
1975-5-.402
 Games
1975-5-156
 Hits
1975-3-189
1977-8-172
 Singles
1975-2-146
1977-7-130
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Jerry Fitzgerald (923)
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History
Drafted in 39th round, 933rd overall pick, by Des Moines in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/5/1973, off Danny Longo (LEX)
Traded from Des Moines to Calgary on 2/5/1975 (Going to DM: P A. Culionara. Going to CLG: RF G. Chavez, P G. Young)
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/1975, off Joey Hotpoint (SEA)
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Injured on 6/3/1978 with a Fractured Hip, out for 11 weeks
Injured on 5/12/1980 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Phoenix on 2/9/1982 to a 1-year deal worth $600,000 per year
Injured on 4/17/1982 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Salt Lake City on 2/13/1983 to a 1-year deal worth $420,000 per year
Released by Salt Lake City on 7/11/1983
 
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