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Eric Cesar Chavez (born on December 7, 1977) is an American Major League Baseball infielder for the New York Yankees. Chavez has previously played for the Oakland Athletics (1998–2010). Chavez has won six Rawlings Gold Glove Awards (2001–2006).
Chavez's high school success was such that in the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft, he was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the first round as the tenth pick. Chavez eventually chose a professional baseball career over a full scholarship at the University of Southern California (USC), signing with the Athletics on August 27, 1996. His time in the minor leagues was relatively short, lasting just under two seasons. He spent the 1997 season playing for the Visalia Oaks, the Single-A team in the Athletics' farm system. He played 134 games, all at third base, and hit .271 with 18 home runs and 100 RBI. Before the start of the 1998 season, Chavez was promoted to the Double-A Huntsville Stars. After 88 games, he had a batting average of .328, 28 home runs, 86 RBIs, 12 stolen bases, and a triple. His efforts caused him to be promoted to the Edmonton Trappers, where in 47 games he hit 11 home runs and had a .325 batting average. When Edmonton's season finished up on September 8, 1998, he was called up to the major leagues. He finished his minor league career by being named Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America, as well as earning the J.G. Taylor Spink Award as the Topps/NAPBL Minor League Player of the Year.
Eric Chavez Career Highlights
Eric Chavez Mix
Leeann Tweeden with Eric Chavez at Oakland A's spring training
Chavez hits for the cycle
ATL@OAK: Chavez makes a great sliding catch
Eric Chavez vs. Puma Toguchi
ERIC & ALEX CHAVEZ
ARI@SF: Chavez breaks up perfect game in the ninth
"MONEYBALL" Art Ortiz/Eric Chavez batting practice
Eric Chavez vs. Rosendo Alvarez
Actors: Brad Pitt (actor), Babe Ruth (actor), Arliss Howard (actor), Jack McGee (actor), Tim McCarver (actor), Glenn Morshower (actor), Bob Costas (actor), Rudolph W. Giuliani (actor), Joe DiMaggio (actor), Jonah Hill (actor), Spike Jonze (actor), Philip Seymour Hoffman (actor), Eddie Frierson (actor), Robin Wright (actress), Nick Searcy (actor),
Plot: Oakland A's GM Billy Beane is handicapped with the lowest salary constraint in baseball. If he ever wants to win the World Series, Billy must find a competitive advantage. Billy is about to turn baseball on its ear when he uses statistical data to analyze and place value on the players he picks for the team.
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