Michael Chavis

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: August 11, 1995 in Atlanta, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (26th) of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sprayberry HS (Marietta, GA).

High School: Sprayberry HS (Marietta, GA)

Debut: April 20, 2019 (Age 23-252d, 21,856th in major league history)
vs. TBR 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2024 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 4.089 • Arb Eligible: 2023 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: CAA Sports • Previously: Jet Sports Management

Full Name: Michael Scott Chavis

Nicknames: Ice Horse or Chief

Pronunciation: \CHAY-viss\

Twitter: @MichaelChavis11

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.2

1106

263

.238

133

RBI

142

OBP

.283

SLG

.401

OPS

.685

OPS+

Summary of 42 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 6 tying, 13 go ahead

3 Tms
BOS	25
PIT	15
WSN	2

Platoon
vs LHP	23
vs RHP	19

Home/Road
Away	23
Home	19

Outs
1	15
0	14
2	13

17 Opps
NYY	6
TBR	5
TOR	5
ARI	3
STL	3
CHW	3
MIL	3
SDP	2
CHC	2
DET	2
BAL	2
COL	1
TEX	1
ATL	1
BOS	1
LAD	1
HOU	1

39 Pitchers
Ryan Yarbrough	2
Deivi García	2
Tyler Glasnow	2
Edwin Jackson	1
Manny Banuelos	1
Josh Osich	1
Wade Miley	1
Jordan Montgomery	1
James Paxton	1
Matt Bush	1
Masahiro Tanaka	1
Jimmy Cordero	1
Tim Mayza	1
Julio Urías	1
Steven Matz	1
Adam Wainwright	1
Nestor Cortes	1
Adrian Sampson	1
Victor Alcántara	1
Chris Devenski	1
Ray Kerr	1
Tommy Henry	1
Jeffrey Springs	1
Trevor Gott	1
David Robertson	1
Jordan Zimmermann	1
Kyle Freeland	1
Reynaldo López	1
Dan Straily	1
Aaron Ashby	1
Max Fried	1
Trent Thornton	1
Drew Smyly	1
Zac Lowther	1
Zack Thompson	1
Robbie Ray	1
J.A. Happ	1
Madison Bumgarner	1
Steven Wilson	1

16 Parks
Fenway Pk (BOS)	10
PNC Pk (PIT)	6
TropicanaFld (STP)	3
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
Guaranteed (CHI)	3
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	2
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	2
London Stad (LON)	2
Chase Field (PHO)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1
Sahlen Field (BUF)	1

Where Hit
7	19
78	11
8	9
89	2
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	8
1	7
2	7
6	6
4	6
5	6
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	34
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
1--	9
12-	4
123	2
--3	1
-2-	1
1-3	1

69 RBI
RISP	9
0 on	24
1 on	11
2 on	5
3 on	2
Any on	18

Inning
1	3
2	5
3	9
4	3
5	6
6	5
7	5
8	4
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	17
4-6	14
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	3
+2	3
+1	2
Tied	11
-1	4
-2	6
-3	4
-4..	6

Ahead	11
Tied	11
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	7
2-2	7
1-1	6
3-2	5
1-2	4
0-1	4
1-0	3
0-2	2
2-1	1
3-1	1
3-0	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	25
2B	13
LF	2
PH	1
3B	1

OrderPos
6th	10
5th	8
8th	8
3rd	5
7th	4
1st	4
4th	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	19
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2019-04-23 (2)	BOS		DET	Victor Alcántara	behind 1-3	b 8	0	---	6,(2-2) .BFBCFX	1	7	5	0.146	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	2019-04-25	BOS		DET	Jordan Zimmermann	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	7	4	0.181	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); X. Bogaerts Scores
3	3	3	1	2019-04-28	BOS		TBR	Tyler Glasnow	behind 1-4	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	4	0.086	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
4	4	4	1	2019-05-03	BOS	@	CHW	Reynaldo López	ahead 3-0	t 6	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	4	0.075	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Devers Scores
5	5	5	1	2019-05-04	BOS	@	CHW	Manny Banuelos	ahead 5-1	t 3	2	---	6,(3-2) BSSBBX	1	5	3	0.053	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
6	6	6	2	2019-05-04	BOS	@	CHW	Josh Osich	ahead 14-1	t 5	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	5	3	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
7	7	7	1	2019-05-14	BOS		COL	Kyle Freeland	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	4	0.096	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
8	8	8	1	2019-05-19	BOS		HOU	Wade Miley	behind 1-3	b 5	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	0.117	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	2019-05-20	BOS	@	TOR	Edwin Jackson	ahead 4-2	t 3	2	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	6	4	0.150	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); X. Bogaerts Scores
10	10	10	1	2019-05-22	BOS	@	TOR	Jimmy Cordero	tied 5-5	t 13	1	---	4,(1-2) CBCX	1	6	4	0.373	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
11	11	11	1	2019-06-13	BOS		TEX	Adrian Sampson	behind 4-6	b 4	1	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	8	3	0.110	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
12	12	12	1	2019-06-14	BOS	@	BAL	Dan Straily	ahead 8-1	t 5	1	1--	3,(1-1) *BCX	2	1	3	0.016	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); E. Núñez Scores
13	13	13	1	2019-06-29	BOS		NYY	Masahiro Tanaka	behind 3-6	b 1	2	12-	5,(2-2) BFTBX	3	8	3	0.232	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Martinez Scores; B. Holt Scores
14	14	14	2	2019-06-29	BOS		NYY	Nestor Cortes	behind 7-17	b 7	2	12-	6,(2-2) FFBFBX	3	8	3	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Vázquez Scores; S. León Scores
15	15	15	1	2019-07-04	BOS	@	TOR	Tim Mayza	behind 4-6	t 6	2	1-3	5,(2-2) BBSSX	3	8	3	0.385	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Martinez Scores; J. Bradley Scores
16	16	16	1	2019-07-15	BOS		TOR	Trent Thornton	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	123	7,(3-2) CBS*BBFX	4	6	3	0.167	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); X. Bogaerts Scores; J. Martinez Scores; A. Benintendi Scores
17	17	17	1	2019-07-31	BOS		TBR	Ryan Yarbrough	behind 2-8	b 7	1	---	4,(0-2) FFFX	1	8	4	0.017	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
18	18	18	1	2019-08-04	BOS	@	NYY	J.A. Happ	behind 1-7	t 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	4	0.023	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2020-07-31	BOS	@	NYY	Jordan Montgomery	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	3	0.112	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	2	1	2020-08-05	BOS	@	TBR	Ryan Yarbrough	ahead 3-0	t 6	0	1--	6,(3-2) BS*BBSX	2	6	3	0.072	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); C. Vázquez Scores
21	21	3	1	2020-09-12	BOS	@	TBR	Tyler Glasnow	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	3	0.114	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
22	22	4	1	2020-09-20	BOS		NYY	Deivi García	tied 0-0	b 2	0	--3	6,(1-2) CB.FFFX	2	6	7	0.095	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Bradley Scores
23	23	5	2	2020-09-20	BOS		NYY	Deivi García	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	12-	8,(3-2) BFFBF*BFX	3	6	7	0.100	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); B. Dalbec Scores; J. Bradley Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2021-05-08	BOS	@	BAL	Zac Lowther	ahead 2-1	t 2	2	1--	5,(3-1) S*BBBX	2	1	4	0.174	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); H. Renfroe Scores
25	25	2	1	2021-07-21	BOS	@	TOR	Robbie Ray	ahead 3-1	t 5	1	---	6,(3-2) BBBCSX	1	9	4	0.091	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
26	26	3	1	2021-08-24	PIT		ARI	Madison Bumgarner	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	0.115	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	2022-04-10	PIT	@	STL	Steven Matz	behind 0-3	t 3	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	3	3	0.298	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Pérez Scores; K. Hayes Scores; B. Reynolds Scores
28	28	2	1	2022-04-22	PIT	@	CHC	Drew Smyly	tied 2-2	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	5	3	0.124	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
29	29	3	1	2022-04-30	PIT		SDP	Steven Wilson	behind 3-5	b 8	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	3	0.369	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); B. Reynolds Scores
30	30	4	1	2022-05-20	PIT		STL	Adam Wainwright	behind 0-5	b 7	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	6	3	0.024	5%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
31	31	5	1	2022-05-31	PIT	@	LAD	Julio Urías	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	3,(0-2) CSX	2	3	3	0.169	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Hayes Scores
32	32	6	1	2022-06-13	PIT	@	STL	Zack Thompson	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	12-	3,(1-1) BCX	3	4	3	0.150	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Reynolds Scores; K. Hayes Scores
33	33	7	1	2022-06-23	PIT		CHC	David Robertson	behind 6-7	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) ....X	1	4	3	0.306	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
34	34	8	1	2022-06-24	PIT	@	TBR	Jeffrey Springs	behind 0-3	t 4	1	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	3	3	0.081	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	9	1	2022-07-02	PIT		MIL	Aaron Ashby	tied 1-1	b 3	2	1--	4,(3-0) BBBX	2	3	3	0.218	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Reynolds Scores
36	36	10	1	2022-07-10	PIT	@	MIL	Trevor Gott	behind 3-4	t 6	0	---	5,(2-2) .BBFCX	1	5	3	0.164	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
37	37	11	1	2022-08-09	PIT	@	ARI	Tommy Henry	behind 0-2	t 6	2	---	5,(2-2) SBBFX	1	5	3	0.110	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
38	38	12	2	2022-08-09	PIT	@	ARI	Chris Devenski	behind 2-6	t 8	2	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	5	3	0.050	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Gamel Scores
39	39	13	1	2022-08-23	PIT		ATL	Max Fried	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	3	0.112	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
40	40	14	1	2022-08-30	PIT	@	MIL	Matt Bush	behind 1-2	t 7	2	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	7	3	0.205	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	2023-06-23	WSN	@	SDP	Ray Kerr	behind 1-13	t 9	0	---	5,(2-2) ...SBBFX	1	5	PH	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
42	42	2	1	2023-08-16	WSN		BOS	James Paxton	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	4,(1-2) BFFX	1	8	4	0.114	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)