Ángel Chávez
Panamanian baseball player
Ángel Aristedes Chávez (born July 22, 1981) is a Panamanian professional baseball infielder. He made his Major League Baseball debut as an infielder with a late-season call up in 2005 for the San Francisco Giants. He has compiled a .269 career average with 74 home runs, 478 RBI and 98 stolen bases (in 137 attempts), in 936 minor league contests. He originally signed with the San Francisco Giants as a non-drafted free agent on October 30, 1998. He was born in David, Chiriquí, Panama.
Career
San Francisco Giants
Chávez enjoyed a year at the minor league level in 2005, before having his contract purchased by the Giants on August 30. He made a big league debut that night versus the Colorado Rockies, starting at shortstop for ailing Omar Vizquel. He played in 10 games (4 starts - 3 at shortstop, 1 at second base) with the Giants, going 5-for-19 (.263) with a double. Despite missing the final 2 weeks of the minor league season, he ranked 5th among all Giants farmhands with a career-high 83 RBI in a combined 119 games. He batted .282 with 19 doubles, 4 tries and a career-high 16 home runs.
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