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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, 18,414th 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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-18 / in Starts: 13-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 117 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	83 (35-31-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 117 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	73 (36-24-12)

Most Driven In
D Murphy	3
M Bradley	2
Self	2
M Byrd	1
B Boggs	1
R VÃ¡zquez	1
G Laird	1

Most Driven In By
I Kinsler	3
J Saltalamacchia	2
R VÃ¡zquez	2
Self	2
J Hamilton	2
G Laird	1
M Young	1
B Boggs	0

2008 Batting Game Log

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2008 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	250	27 (26)	Apr 29	TEX		KCR	L,5-9	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	1.08	-0.140	.64	-0.05%	-1.43	1B
2	251	28	Apr 30	TEX		KCR	W,11-9	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.222	.000	.222	6	.24	-0.001	.12	0.00%	0.29	1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	252	31 (2)	May 3	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.231	.364	.594	8	.59	-0.027	.52	-0.01%	-0.32	1B
4	253	32	May 4	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.250	.308	.558	8	.68	-0.011	.65	-0.01%	-0.07	1B
5	254	33	May 5	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.222	.267	.489	7	.45	-0.023	.36	-0.01%	-0.35	1B
6	255	35 (1)	May 7	TEX	@	SEA	W,2-0	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.190	.222	.413	7	1.22	-0.098	.90	-0.04%	-1.10	1B
7	256	36	May 8	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-0	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.227	.263	.490	7	.05	0.002	.04	0.00%	0.26	PH 1B
8	257	37	May 9	TEX		OAK	W,4-0	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.333	.583	8	.46	0.001	.46	0.00%	-0.03	1B
9	258	38	May 10	TEX		OAK	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.292	.514	8	.71	-0.054	.80	-0.04%	-0.60	1B
10	259	40 (1)	May 12	TEX		SEA	W,13-12	CG(10)	6	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.313	.333	.646	7	1.29	0.141	1.25	0.08%	2.14	1B
11	260	41	May 13	TEX		SEA	W,5-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.314	.310	.625	8	1.23	-0.075	1.22	-0.04%	-0.84	1B
12	261	42	May 14	TEX		SEA	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.182	.325	.333	.658	8	2.55	-0.151	2.72	-0.10%	-0.36	1B
13	262	43	May 16	TEX		HOU	W,16-8	6-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.429	.762	7	2.08	-0.086	2.05	-0.05%	0.20	PH 1B
14	263	46 (2)	May 19	TEX	@	MIN	L,6-7	11-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.429	.762	7						1B
15	264	47	May 20	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.304	.385	.689	7	.29	-0.031	.29	-0.02%	-1.57	1B
16	265	48	May 21	TEX	@	MIN	W,10-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.340	.419	.759	8	.90	0.011	.82	0.01%	0.69	1B
17	266	49	May 22	TEX	@	MIN	W,8-7	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.234	.333	.426	.759	9	1.25	-0.026	1.22	-0.02%	-1.12	1B
18	267	50	May 23	TEX	@	CLE	W,13-9	CG	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.373	.429	.801	7	.72	0.115	.76	0.07%	1.57	1B
19	268	51	May 24	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.397	.420	.817	8	.73	0.081	.80	0.05%	0.79	1B
20	269	52	May 25	TEX	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.388	.407	.795	6	1.36	-0.056	1.42	-0.04%	-0.19	1B
21	270	53	May 26	TEX	@	TBR	L,3-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.371	.386	.757	6	.46	-0.036	.55	-0.03%	-0.54	1B
22	271	54	May 27	TEX	@	TBR	W,12-6	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.361	.373	.734	7	.47	-0.027	.49	-0.02%	-0.77	PH 1B
23	272	56 (1)	May 30	TEX		OAK	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.342	.349	.691	8	1.08	-0.127	1.38	-0.10%	-1.55	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	273	58 (1)	Jun 1	TEX		OAK	L,8-13	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.346	.369	.715	8	.60	-0.006	.85	-0.01%	0.05	1B
25	274	59	Jun 2	TEX		CLE	L,9-13	GS-9	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.366	.397	.763	7	1.22	0.190	1.27	0.12%	1.59	1B
26	275	60	Jun 3	TEX		CLE	W,12-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.366	.397	.763	7						1B
27	276	61	Jun 4	TEX		CLE	L,9-15	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.345	.370	.715	8	.66	-0.092	.66	-0.06%	-1.39	1B
28	277	62	Jun 5	TEX		CLE	W,9-4	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.356	.373	.729	8	1.19	0.028	1.04	0.02%	0.60	1B
29	278	63	Jun 6	TEX		TBR	L,4-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.340	.354	.695	8	.79	-0.082	.84	-0.05%	-1.33	1B
30	279	64	Jun 7	TEX		TBR	L,4-5	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.347	.354	.702	2	4.77	0.040	4.65	0.02%	0.17	3B 1B
31	280	66 (1)	Jun 10	TEX	@	KCR	W,6-5	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.351	.358	.709	7	2.22	0.249	1.91	0.13%	0.90	PH 1B
32	281	67	Jun 11	TEX	@	KCR	W,11-5	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.357	.366	.723	7	.08	0.003	.08	0.00%	0.61	1B
33	282	68	Jun 12	TEX	@	KCR	L,5-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.354	.361	.715	7	2.90	-0.075	3.02	-0.05%	-0.25	1B
34	283	69	Jun 13	TEX	@	NYM	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.340	.345	.685	6	.63	-0.064	.60	-0.04%	-1.00	1B
35	284	70	Jun 15 (1)	TEX	@	NYM	W,8-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.337	.341	.677	6	.02	0.000	.02	0.00%	-0.10	PH 1B
36	285	71	Jun 15 (2)	TEX	@	NYM	L,2-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.333	.337	.670	2	1.45	-0.037	1.34	-0.02%	-0.24	PH 1B
37	286	72	Jun 17	TEX		ATL	W,7-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.330	.333	.664	7	.20	-0.005	.17	0.00%	-0.17	PH 1B
38	287	73	Jun 18	TEX		ATL	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.327	.323	.650	7	1.40	-0.062	1.21	-0.03%	-0.50	1B
39	288	74	Jun 19	TEX		ATL	W,5-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.324	.319	.643	2	2.52	-0.113	2.02	-0.05%	-0.46	PH
40	289	76 (1)	Jun 21	TEX	@	WSN	W,13-3	7-GF	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.336	.333	.670	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.42	PR 1B
41	290	78 (1)	Jun 24	TEX	@	HOU	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.333	.330	.663	9	2.11	-0.052	1.92	-0.03%	-0.16	PH
							23-18		117	97	14	21	5	0	2	11	17	0	33	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	.216	.333	.330	.663		1.01	-0.696	.97	-0.39%	-5.17

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