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Eric Cesar Chavez (pronounced CHA-vez) (born December 7, 1977 in Los Angeles, California) is a Mexican-American third baseman in Major League Baseball who has played for the Oakland Athletics since 1998. Chavez is the last member of the Oakland Athletics team described in the Moneyball era of 2000 to 2003. Due to this, Chavez is also seen to be and regarded as the prominent "team leader" of the A's today. From an espn.com article by Eric Neel, he came to be known as the "Lion of Alameda County." Download high resolution version (1031x1300, 426 KB)Eric Chavez about to swing, May, 2005. ...
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Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 9, 27, 34, 42, 43, (As) Name Oakland Athletics (1968–present) Kansas City Athletics (1955-1967) Philadelphia Athletics (1901-1954) (Referred to as As) Other nicknames The As, The White Elephants, The...
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Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 9, 27, 34, 42, 43, (As) Name Oakland Athletics (1968–present) Kansas City Athletics (1955-1967) Philadelphia Athletics (1901-1954) (Referred to as As) Other nicknames The As, The White Elephants, The...
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Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 9, 27, 34, 42, 43, (As) Name Oakland Athletics (1968–present) Kansas City Athletics (1955-1967) Philadelphia Athletics (1901-1954) (Referred to as As) Other nicknames The As, The White Elephants, The...
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High school career
Chavez attended Mount Carmel High School in San Diego, California, where he was a two-time Baseball America High School All-American selection.[1] In his junior year, he was the only junior selected nationwide for the honor, finishing the year with a batting average of .535, nine home runs, 35 runs batted in, and 51 stolen bases.[1] As a senior, he batted .458 with 11 home runs, 24 RBI's and 33 stolen bases en route to his second All-American selection.[1] Mt Carmel High School, a California Distinguished High School in 2005, is located in Rancho Penasquitos, a small town in San Diego, California. ...
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Professional career
Minor Leagues Eric Chavez's high school success was such that in the 1996 amateur draft, he was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the first round with the tenth pick.[2] Chavez eventually chose a professional baseball career over college, signing with the Athletics on August 27, 1996.[2] The First-Year Player Draft is Major League Baseballs primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players, from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs, to its teams. ...
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Through his seven years with the A's, Chavez has played 1242 games and batted .270. He has 224 home runs and 758 runs batted in halfway through the 2007 season. For his career, Chavez has batted .250 and slugged .445 in April and in May combined but batted .294 and slugged .544 in June, July and August, continuing a constant theme in the Oakland A's organization in that they are a "second half" team. In the 27 games of September and October in 2001, Chavez hit ten home runs with 31 RBI, a .379 batting average and a .738 slugging average resulting in him being named the American League Player of the Month for the only time in his career. In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run, with no errors on the play that result in the batter achieving extra bases. ...
RBI is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, including Reserve Bank of India Run batted in, in baseball Radio Berlin International This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
In baseball statistics, slugging average (SLG) is a measure of the power of a hitter. ...
The Player of the Month award is a Major League Baseball award named by each league every month of the regular season. ...
Awards He has won the American League Gold Glove Award at third base every year from 2001 through 2006 and won the American League Silver Slugger Award at third base in 2002.[1]
Trivia - Eric's mother, Ruby, is the varsity softball coach at his alma mater: Mt. Carmel High School.[2]
- Chavez is well known by his high leg kick when he is ready to swing the bat.
- Chavez's contract has language in it that during certain games throughout the season, GM Billy Beane has to care for his 2 dogs
William Lamar Billy Beane (born March 29, 1962 in Orlando, Florida) is a former Major League Baseball player and the current general manager of the Oakland Athletics. ...
See also In the sport of baseball, a home run is the act of hitting the ball in such a manner, whether out of the park or in (see inside the park home run), that allows the batter to safely reach home and score in one play. ...
Eric Davis hit for the cycle in 1989 In baseball, a player hits for the cycle when he hits a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game, though not necessarily in that order. ...
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