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Chris Shelton
Christopher Bob Shelton

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 220 lb.
School University of Utah

Debut April 15, 2004

Born June 26, 1980 in Salt Lake City, UT

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 33rd round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2001. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 24 DET AL  27   46    6    9   1  0   1    3   0  0   9  14  .196  .321  .283   63   13   0   1   0   0   2
 2005 25 DET AL 107  388   61  116  22  3  18   59   0  0  34  87  .299  .360  .510  131  198   0   4   0   5  12
 2006 26 DET AL 115  373   50  102  16  4  16   47   1  2  34 107  .273  .340  .466  106  174   0   1   1   4  10
 2008 28 TEX AL  41   97   14   21   5  0   2   11   1  0  17  33  .216  .333  .330   78   32   3   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      290  904  131  248  44  7  37  120   2  2  94 241  .274  .346  .461  111  417   3   6   1   9  27
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        505   73  139  25  4  21   67   1  1  53 135  .274  .346  .461  111  233   2   3   1   5  15
 Career High    115  388   61  116  22  4  18   59   1  2  34 107  .299  .360  .510  131  198   3   4   1   5  12
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 24 DET AL   56   40    5   3.4   105| .196  .264| .321  .332| .283  .425| .604  .756|  63  .310  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 2005 25 DET AL  431  288   70   6.5   103| .299  .266| .360  .328| .510  .422| .870  .750| 131  .626  17.1   1.6   0%
 2006 26 DET AL  412  284   57   5.3   111| .273  .275| .340  .340| .466  .438| .806  .778| 106  .511   2.4   0.2  33%
 2008 28 TEX AL  117   82   12   3.9   106| .216  .268| .333  .336| .330  .421| .663  .757|  78  .393  -2.8  -0.3 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1016  694  144   5.5   107| .274  .270| .346  .334| .461  .428| .807  .762| 111  .542  14.7   1.3  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2004 24 DET AL DH 10 1B 8 22 4 0 3 1.000 .992 3.25 8.01 9.00 9.31 2 26.0 C 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 1.67 6.18 5.62 7.14 0 16.0 3 0 0 0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 2005 25 DET AL 1B 84 778 60 6 88 .993 .994 9.98 8.11 10.22 9.60 83 738.3 DH 15 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 2006 26 DET AL 1B 115 994 55 6 93 .994 .994 9.12 7.99 10.34 9.51 100 913.0 2008 28 TEX AL 1B 39 241 20 3 21 .989 .994 6.69 8.01 9.50 9.26 26 247.3 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 24 DET AL 1B 8 22 4 0 3 1.000 .992 3.25 8.01 9.00 9.31 2 26.0 2005 25 DET AL 1B 84 778 60 6 88 .993 .994 9.98 8.11 10.22 9.60 83 738.3 2006 26 DET AL 1B 115 994 55 6 93 .994 .994 9.12 7.99 10.34 9.51 100 913.0 2008 28 TEX AL 1B 39 241 20 3 21 .989 .994 6.69 8.01 9.50 9.26 26 247.3 2008 28 TEX AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 2004 24 DET AL C 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 1.67 6.18 5.62 7.14 0 16.0 3 0 0 0 2004 24 DET AL DH 10 2005 25 DET AL DH 15 2005 25 DET AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 2004 24 DET AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 2005 25 DET AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 2004 24 DET AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 9.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total 1B* 246 2035 139 15 205 .993 .994 8.84 8.03 10.17 9.51 211 1924.7 DH 25 Games not counted in Overall Total below C* 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 1.67 6.18 5.62 7.14 0 16.0 3 0 0 0 OF* 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.00 3.00 2.40 0 3.0 1 0 1# RF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 3B* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 LF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 255 2046 139 15 205 .993 .994 8.57 7.92 10.11 9.47 211 1945
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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Transactions 

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 33rd round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2001.

December 15, 2003: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

December 5, 2007: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Texas Rangers for Freddy Guzman.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2004Detroit Tigers$300,000
2006Detroit Tigers$365,000
Career (may be incomplete)$665,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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