Chris
Snelling
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: December 3, 1981 in N/a
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2007   
Gold Glove Award 2013   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 22 SEA AL     7 7 7 1 3 2 3 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
2005 23 SEA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
2006 24 SEA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 3 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
2007 25 SEA AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 1 3 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
2008 26 SEA AL $ 2,564,286   8 8 8 1 3 2 4 6 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
2009 27 SEA AL $ 2,564,286   8 8 7 1 3 2 4 6 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
2010 28 SEA AL $ 2,564,286   8 8 7 1 3 2 4 6 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
2011 29 SEA AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 1 3 2 4 6 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
2012 30 CLE AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 1 3 3 4 6 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
2013 31 CLE AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 6 1 3 2 4 6 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
2014 32 CHN NL $ 760,000   6 6 6 1 3 2 4 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 1 3 2 3 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 1 3 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 22 AAA   129 487 73 165 19 2 16 60 21 4 57 85 .339 .408 .485 .893 93.8  
2005 23 SEA AL 14 56 4 13 2 0 0 4 2 3 3 12 .232 .271 .268 .539 2.7 0.0
    AAA   66 252 37 82 9 0 7 27 17 3 43 55 .325 .424 .444 .868 50.0  
2006 24 SEA AL 138 495 79 172 22 2 5 58 26 5 42 76 .347 .400 .430 .830 81.9 15.7
2007 25 SEA AL 149 524 70 172 16 0 4 56 17 11 49 94 .328 .386 .382 .768 75.8 12.1
2008 26 SEA AL 134 461 70 142 18 1 7 61 26 4 38 75 .308 .362 .397 .759 68.3 11.2
2009 27 SEA AL 115 392 57 132 18 1 8 54 13 12 24 69 .337 .374 .449 .823 57.6 7.7
2010 28 SEA AL 122 412 55 124 22 2 4 64 14 9 31 74 .301 .355 .393 .748 54.2 7.0
2011 29 SEA AL 122 418 50 117 24 1 5 40 3 0 32 83 .280 .332 .378 .710 50.3 7.2
2012 30 SEA AL 28 50 5 14 0 0 2 8 1 1 4 9 .280 .345 .400 .745 7.1 1.2
  CLE AL 45 170 26 53 9 1 0 21 5 4 11 23 .312 .364 .376 .741 22.0 3.4
  TOT   73 220 31 67 9 1 2 29 6 5 15 32 .305 .360 .382 .742 29.2 4.6
2013 31 CLE AL 151 558 66 169 29 2 5 46 12 6 46 108 .303 .365 .389 .754 73.1 9.0
2014 32 CHN NL 102 279 31 66 11 2 2 33 15 4 18 66 .237 .286 .312 .598 27.5 2.0
10 Years Sim 1120 3815 513 1174 171 12 42 445 134 59 298 689 .308 .361 .392 .753 520.5 76.6
2 Years AAA 195 739 110 247 28 2 23 87 38 7 100 140 .334 .421 .471 .892 143.7  
162 Game Average 551 74 169 24 1 6 64 19 8 43 99 .308 .361 .392 .753 75.3  
Career Highs 151 558 79 172 29 2 8 64 26 12 49 108 .347 .400 .449 .830 81.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3037 418 961 152 10 37 363 106 46 232 526 .316 .367 .410 .776 438.1
vs LH   778 95 213 19 2 5 82 28 13 66 163 .274 .338 .323 .661 85.5
Home 545 1834 249 573 79 5 20 209 70 28 153 324 .312 .369 .394 .762 260.0
Away 575 1981 264 601 92 7 22 236 64 31 145 365 .303 .353 .390 .744 263.6
RISP   1005 0 309 43 2 6 376 0 0 72 188 .307 .349 .372 .722 128.3
Pinch Hitting   71 12 23 2 1 2 15 0 1 7 15 .324 .385 .465 .849 11.8
Close/Late   435 60 125 22 1 7 52 0 0 30 85 .287 .341 .391 .732 54.9
Mar/Apr 162 574 81 168 24 1 6 57 16 3 42 101 .293 .344 .369 .713 72.7
May 205 672 86 218 23 2 5 75 33 13 53 122 .324 .380 .387 .767 96.1
June 187 625 63 174 27 3 8 76 14 13 45 127 .278 .332 .370 .702 72.4
July 174 571 74 179 20 1 10 63 21 9 45 99 .313 .363 .405 .768 82.4
August 211 747 111 239 43 2 8 100 22 11 58 141 .320 .369 .415 .784 109.0
Sep/Oct 181 626 98 196 34 3 5 74 28 10 55 99 .313 .372 .401 .773 91.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2005 23 SEA AL RF 11 11 92.0 14 1 1 0 .938 1.47   0.1
2006 24 SEA AL RF 60 60 506.0 109 2 2 0 .982 1.97   1.9
    LF 14 0 29.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.24    
2007 25 SEA AL LF 87 85 758.7 141 3 3 1 .980 1.71   4.2
    RF 64 60 539.7 104 4 2 3 .982 1.80    
    CF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2008 26 SEA AL RF 128 125 1116.0 213 5 4 3 .982 1.76   3.4
    LF 4 1 17.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65    
    CF 1 1 8.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.63    
2009 27 SEA AL RF 103 103 906.0 211 9 6 1 .973 2.19   2.9
    CF 3 3 27.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    LF 9 0 24.0 6 0 1 0 .857 2.25    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2010 28 SEA AL LF 96 88 801.3 175 0 4 0 .978 1.97   2.4
    CF 10 10 81.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.56    
    RF 7 6 53.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.06    
2011 29 SEA AL RF 76 73 637.0 126 6 3 0 .978 1.86   1.6
    CF 5 4 34.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.65    
    LF 5 3 28.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
2012 30 SEA AL RF 18 18 91.5 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.16   0.4
    CF 3 2 10.6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.40   0.0
    LF 2 2 10.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.75   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CLE AL RF 30 28 309.5 70 2 1 1 .986 2.09   1.0
    CF 4 2 36.0 13 0 1 0 .929 3.25   0.0
    LF 3 3 34.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.30   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 48 46 401.0 91 3 1 1 .989 2.11   1.3
      CF 7 4 46.6 17 0 1 0 .944 3.28   0.0
      LF 5 5 45.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.40   0.0
      3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2013 31 CLE AL RF 141 137 1185.0 325 13 6 3 .983 2.57   2.6
    3B 4 4 36.0 4 9 0 3 1.000 3.25   0.1
    2B 1 1 9.0 4 3 0 2 1.000 7.00   0.1
    CF 2 0 3.0 3 0 2 0 .600 9.00    
2014 32 CHN NL CF 84 67 621.3 156 2 8 0 .952 2.29   1.8
    LF 4 3 28.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.61    
    RF 3 2 22.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
  RF 641 623 5457.7 1213 43 25 11 .980 2.07   13.7
  LF 224 185 1731.0 350 3 8 1 .978 1.84   6.6
  CF 113 89 821.3 217 2 11 0 .952 2.40   1.8
  3B 5 4 40.0 4 9 0 3 1.000 2.93   0.1
  2B 2 1 10.0 4 3 0 2 1.000 6.30   0.1
Career Totals   985 902 8059.9 1788 60 44 17 .977 2.06   22.2
Career Highs   152 145 1298.7 336 25 8 8 .983 2.64    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2007 25 SEA AL 20 68 16 23 3 0 1 5 1 0 8 12 .338 .408 .426 .834
2008 26 SEA AL 5 21 2 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 4 .333 .391 .429 .820
2009 27 SEA AL 15 50 8 15 2 1 1 6 2 1 4 6 .300 .375 .440 .815
2010 28 SEA AL 4 14 1 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 3 .429 .529 .643 1.172
Career Post-Season Batting 44 153 27 51 7 1 3 20 3 1 16 25 .333 .407 .451 .858
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2006-4-.347
2007-6-.328
CAR-24-.308
On-Base Pct
2006-7-.400
2007-6-.386
Singles
2007-5-152
2013-9-133
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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History
Had first career hit on 6/15/2005, off Salomon Torres (NYA)
Injured on 6/29/2005 with a Broken Knee, out for full season
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/2006, off Scot Shields (ANA)
Injured on 8/29/2007 with a Sore Knee, out for one week
Won World Championship with Seattle in 2007
1/29/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
1/29/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
1/29/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/5/2010 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
10/24/2010: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $4,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Seattle to Cleveland on 7/16/2012 (Going to SEA: LF Jody Gerut. Going to CLE: CF Lloyd Cartwright, 3B Ryan Conley, P James Pastore, RF Chris Snelling)
Injured on 9/18/2012 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 2013
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 4/28/2014 to a 1-year deal worth $760,000 per year
Injured on 9/8/2014 with a Broken Ribs, out for 4 weeks