Chris Shelton
2004–2009 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers
299G
.273AVG
.345OBP
.457SLG
More career statistics
254H
37HR
124RBI
2SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 299 | 1,044 | 930 | 132 | 254 | 46 | 7 | 37 | 124 | 96 | 252 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 425 | .273 | .345 | .457 | .802 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 2005-07-06 to 2005-07-22
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 2006-04-08 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 2006-06-12 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 2005-06-29 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 148 | 520 | 122 | 17 | 57 | 50 | 121 | .263 | .331 | .447 |
| Away | 151 | 524 | 132 | 20 | 67 | 46 | 131 | .283 | .340 | .467 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 33 | 125 | 32 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 33 | .291 | .352 | .682 |
| May | 60 | 199 | 46 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 47 | .269 | .352 | .386 |
| June | 67 | 212 | 50 | 8 | 29 | 16 | 56 | .259 | .311 | .420 |
| July | 65 | 256 | 73 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 56 | .312 | .363 | .457 |
| August | 26 | 104 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 26 | .213 | .308 | .416 |
| September | 45 | 139 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 32 | .250 | .302 | .427 |
| October | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kansas-city-royals | 39 | 137 | 38 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 24 | .330 | .394 | .522 |
| cleveland-guardians | 38 | 143 | 38 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 39 | .306 | .392 | .468 |
| minnesota-twins | 32 | 127 | 32 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 29 | .271 | .307 | .407 |
| chicago-white-sox | 29 | 101 | 26 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 25 | .271 | .297 | .510 |
| seattle-mariners | 24 | 84 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 16 | .269 | .393 | .463 |
| athletics | 22 | 76 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | .186 | .237 | .286 |
| toronto-blue-jays | 15 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | .170 | .259 | .277 |
| texas-rangers | 13 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 10 | .378 | .385 | .784 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 |  Detroit Tigers | 27 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 3 | – | .196 | – | – |
| 2005 | Detroit Tigers | 107 | 388 | 116 | 18 | 59 | – | .299 | – | – |
| 2006 | Detroit Tigers | 115 | 373 | 102 | 16 | 47 | 1 | .273 | – | – |
| 2008 |  Texas Rangers | 41 | 97 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 1 | .216 | – | – |
| 2009 |  Seattle Mariners | 9 | 26 | 6 | – | 4 | – | .231 | – | – |