Oakland Athletics: Top 10 Seasons At Third Base In Franchise History
By Phil Watson
9. Eric Chavez, 2004
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 26 | 125 | 577 | 87 | 131 | 20 | 0 | 29 | 77 | 6 | 3 | 95 | 99 | .276 | .397 | .501 | .898 | 134 |
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Chavez won his fourth straight Gold Glove and led the American League with 95 walks, but the A’s fell short of a fifth straight postseason appearance despite winning 91 games. Chavez missed 33 games with a broken hand, something that hurt Oakland’s chances in the pennant race.
He was 10th in the league with a 5.5 WAR (seventh among position players). Defensively, he led AL third basemen with 15 Total Zone Runs, a 3.10 Range Factor per nine innings and 3.11 Range Factor per game.
Chavez was also fifth in the AL with a .397 on-base percentage, eighth with 10 intentional walks and ninth with 16.4 at-bats per homer.
He was second among AL third basemen with a .397 on-base percentage and .898 OPS and third among AL third basemen with 29 home runs and a .501 slugging percentage.