Chris Shelton

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 220lb (183cm, 99kg)

Born: June 26, 1980 in Salt Lake City, UT us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 33rd round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT).

High School: Cottonwood HS (Salt Lake City, UT)

Schools: Salt Lake Community College (Salt Lake City, UT), University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)

Debut: April 15, 2004 (Age 23-294d, 18,421st in major league history)
vs. TOR 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 30, 2009 (Age 29-034d)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: Lon Babby

Full Name: Christopher Bob Shelton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.9

930

254

.273

132

RBI

124

OBP

.345

SLG

.457

OPS

.802

OPS+

110

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2001	21	PIT-min	A-	50	213	174	22	53	11	0	2	33	4	1	33	31	.305	.415	.402	.817		70	1	2	1	3	1		WPT · NYPL
2002	22	PIT-min	A	93	388	332	72	113	27	2	17	65	0	0	47	74	.340	.425	.587	1.013		195	1	5	0	4	2		HCK · SALL
2003	23	PIT-min	A+,AA	130	522	437	88	147	34	2	21	83	1	5	76	90	.336	.441	.568	1.008		248	7	7	0	2	8		LBG,ATO · CARL,EL
2004	24	DET-min	AAA	18	73	62	5	21	2	0	0	7	0	0	10	13	.339	.425	.371	.796		23	0	0	0	1	0		TOL · IL
2004	24	DET	AL	27	56	46	6	9	1	0	1	3	0	0	9	14	.196	.321	.283	.604	64	13	2	0	0	1	0	D/3H29
2005	25	DET-min	AAA	48	211	181	34	60	19	0	8	39	0	2	25	33	.331	.417	.569	.986		103	3	3	0	2	0		TOL · IL
2005	25	DET	AL	107	431	388	61	116	22	3	18	59	0	0	34	87	.299	.360	.510	.870	132	198	11	5	0	4	0	3DH/7
2006	26	DET-min	AAA	28	129	109	20	29	6	2	3	14	1	0	18	37	.266	.372	.440	.812		48	2	1	0	1	0		TOL · IL
2006	26	DET	AL	115	412	373	50	102	16	4	16	47	1	2	34	107	.273	.340	.466	.806	106	174	10	4	0	1	1	*3/H

2007	27	DET-min	AAA	139	594	498	75	134	31	1	14	65	4	2	83	141	.269	.381	.420	.801		209	13	9	1	3	6		TOL · IL
2008	28	TEX-min	AAA	67	291	256	38	87	22	2	11	51	0	0	31	54	.340	.409	.570	.979		146	7	1	0	3	0		OKC · PCL
2008	28	TEX	AL	41	117	97	14	21	5	0	2	11	1	0	17	33	.216	.333	.330	.663	77	32	3	0	3	0	0	3H/5
2009	29	SEA-min	AAA	105	472	405	71	127	30	2	15	85	0	2	58	86	.314	.396	.509	.905		206	5	2	0	7	1		TAC · PCL
2009	29	SEA	AL	9	28	26	1	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	11	.231	.286	.308	.593	61	8	0	0	0	0	0	/3HD
2010	30	HOU-min	AAA,Rk	85	333	294	27	74	11	0	10	44	0	0	31	79	.252	.324	.391	.715		115	3	3	0	5	1		RRK,AST · PCL,GULF
5 Yrs				299	1044	930	132	254	46	7	37	124	2	2	96	252	.273	.345	.457	.802	110	425	26	9	3	6	1
162 Game Avg.				162	566	504	72	138	25	4	20	67	1	1	52	137	.273	.345	.457	.802	110	230	14	5	2	3	1

DET (3 yrs)				249	899	807	117	227	39	7	35	109	1	2	77	208	.281	.348	.477	.825	116	385	23	9	0	6	1
TEX (1 yr)				41	117	97	14	21	5	0	2	11	1	0	17	33	.216	.333	.330	.663	77	32	3	0	3	0	0
SEA (1 yr)				9	28	26	1	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	11	.231	.286	.308	.593	61	8	0	0	0	0	0

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