Chip
Zehner
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: September 29, 1979
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 2006   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 21 MIN AL   2 1 1 4 4 4 9 8 8 3 2 2 4 3 3 3 4 4
2002 22 MIN AL   3 2 2 4 4 4 9 8 8 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 4
2003 23 MIN AL   4 4 4 5 4 4 10 9 9 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 5
2004 24 MIN AL $ 300,000 5 4 4 5 4 5 10 9 9 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5
2005 25 MIN AL $ 300,000 5 4 5 5 5 5 10 9 9 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5
2006 26 MIN AL $ 300,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 11 10 10 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5
2007 27 MIN AL $ 300,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 12 11 11 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5
2008 28 MON NL $ 2,600,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 12 11 11 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 4
2009 29 MON NL $ 2,600,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 10 9 9 4 4 4 7 6 6 3 4 4
2010 30 MON NL $ 900,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 10 9 9 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 4 4
2011 31 SEA AL $ 1,500,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 10 9 9 5 4 4 6 6 6 3 4 4
2012 32 SEA AL $ 1,500,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 4 4
2013 33 MON NL $ 1,500,000 5 4 4 6 5 5 10 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 4 4
2014 34 CLE AL $ 3,492,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 1 1 4 4 4 9 8 8 3 2 2 4 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,492,000 5 4 5 6 5 5 12 11 11 6 6 6 7 6 6 4 5 5
                                             
  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
2015 35 SEA AL $ 3,492,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 7 7 7 7 4 5 5
2016 36 SEA AL $ 3,492,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,492,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,492,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 7 7 7 7 4 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player 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
2001 21 A   98 255 36 54 8 1 4 18 13 7 27 40 .212 .287 .298 .585 23.0  
2002 22 AAA   79 323 38 77 19 3 6 36 22 5 28 48 .238 .299 .372 .671 38.2  
    AA   80 299 53 76 11 5 8 23 30 2 35 50 .254 .332 .405 .737 45.9  
2003 23 AAA   158 615 68 133 14 15 11 51 27 14 58 94 .216 .284 .341 .625 61.8  
2004 24 MIN AL 153 529 63 130 30 7 8 62 34 15 54 110 .246 .324 .374 .699 64.5 4.5
2005 25 MIN AL 162 557 95 150 26 10 13 74 35 16 60 97 .269 .347 .422 .769 82.7 10.4
2006 26 MIN AL 162 575 68 114 23 8 7 56 26 18 58 110 .198 .277 .303 .580 42.8 0.0
2007 27 MIN AL 156 480 68 104 20 6 8 46 35 12 52 91 .217 .292 .333 .625 49.7 1.5
2008 28 MON NL 76 149 22 37 10 3 4 16 9 2 14 36 .248 .329 .436 .766 22.1 3.5
    AAA   40 150 27 43 10 1 5 21 5 4 13 30 .287 .344 .467 .810 22.7  
2009 29 MON NL 115 262 36 63 10 4 3 33 13 3 25 69 .240 .317 .344 .661 31.5 4.1
2010 30 MON NL 62 79 10 14 7 0 0 14 4 2 8 25 .177 .247 .266 .513 5.2 0.0
2011 31 SEA AL 84 154 25 33 4 1 3 21 19 5 20 36 .214 .303 .312 .615 18.6 2.2
2012 32 SEA AL 154 515 69 122 23 2 15 63 31 9 34 148 .237 .285 .377 .661 56.4 5.9
2013 33 SEA AL 94 288 38 66 13 5 10 40 19 4 35 71 .229 .320 .413 .733 39.5 5.5
  MON NL 37 74 12 29 4 1 2 10 5 1 10 14 .392 .471 .554 1.025 16.8 4.0
  TOT   131 362 50 95 17 6 12 50 24 5 45 85 .262 .351 .442 .793 56.3 9.6
    AAA   7 19 1 5 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 7 .263 .300 .579 .879 3.4  
2014 34 CLE AL 101 304 38 72 19 1 6 42 8 3 38 97 .237 .321 .365 .686 36.5 3.8
2015 35 CLE AL 41 93 12 17 2 1 5 12 1 0 12 25 .183 .276 .387 .663 10.0 0.3
  SEA AL 44 127 16 26 4 1 3 13 2 0 16 43 .205 .299 .323 .621 12.2 0.4
  TOT   85 220 28 43 6 2 8 25 3 0 28 68 .195 .289 .350 .639 22.1 0.7
2016 36 SEA AL 93 233 24 50 4 0 5 19 3 1 23 61 .215 .290 .296 .586 20.6 0.6
2017 37 AAA   8 29 8 8 1 0 2 7 0 0 5 7 .276 .382 .517 .900 5.8  
13 Years Sim 1534 4419 596 1027 199 50 92 521 244 91 459 1033 .232 .309 .363 .672 508.9 46.7
5 Years AAA 292 1136 142 266 45 20 25 118 55 23 105 186 .234 .302 .375 .677 131.9  
1 Years AA 80 299 53 76 11 5 8 23 30 2 35 50 .254 .331 .405 .736 45.9  
1 Years A 98 255 36 54 8 1 4 18 13 7 27 40 .212 .288 .298 .586 23.0  
7 Years Minors 470 1690 231 396 64 26 37 159 98 32 167 276 .234 .305 .369 .674 200.9  
162 Game Average 466 62 108 21 5 9 55 25 9 48 109 .232 .309 .363 .672 53.7  
Career Highs 162 575 95 150 30 10 15 74 35 18 60 148 .269 .351 .442 .793 82.7  
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   3142 432 705 137 37 65 353 180 67 331 732 .224 .303 .354 .656 353.3
vs LH   1277 164 322 62 13 27 168 61 24 128 301 .252 .325 .384 .710 162.2
Home 770 2173 311 514 114 28 42 255 112 43 230 503 .237 .312 .373 .685 262.0
Away 764 2246 285 513 85 22 50 266 129 48 229 530 .228 .306 .353 .659 253.4
RISP   1173 0 281 53 17 22 389 0 0 125 281 .240 .309 .370 .679 138.9
Pinch Hitting   67 10 15 5 0 3 10 1 0 2 16 .224 .254 .433 .686 7.3
Close/Late   571 82 129 26 6 14 67 0 0 49 129 .226 .291 .366 .657 60.8
Mar/Apr 204 581 79 132 26 8 10 78 33 14 63 142 .227 .306 .351 .657 65.2
May 268 769 114 189 43 9 20 100 42 13 75 166 .246 .321 .403 .724 100.8
June 263 715 92 147 26 7 16 73 44 12 74 167 .206 .284 .329 .613 72.8
July 251 728 85 153 21 8 10 59 38 16 74 192 .210 .289 .302 .591 66.5
August 262 789 107 199 43 7 22 98 35 16 91 176 .252 .334 .408 .743 108.9
Sep/Oct 286 837 119 207 40 11 14 113 49 20 82 190 .247 .315 .372 .687 101.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2004 24 MIN AL SS 153 153 1371.7 196 512 19 79 .974 4.65 0 0 .000 0 8.9
2005 25 MIN AL SS 162 162 1428.3 200 576 22 116 .972 4.89 0 0 .000 0 8.0
2006 26 MIN AL SS 162 162 1452.7 226 625 22 118 .975 5.27 0 0 .000 0 11.3
2007 27 MIN AL SS 154 150 1277.3 178 500 21 106 .970 4.78 0 0 .000 0 7.5
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2008 28 MON NL SS 45 32 300.7 48 102 4 21 .974 4.49 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    2B 8 2 25.0 4 6 0 2 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 4 2 22.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2009 29 MON NL SS 38 36 308.7 43 98 7 20 .953 4.11 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    2B 54 25 271.0 39 91 4 21 .970 4.32 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2010 30 MON NL SS 20 18 154.0 28 48 3 11 .962 4.44 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 13 0 22.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 8 0 17.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
2011 31 SEA AL SS 29 21 215.3 29 67 6 10 .941 4.01 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 41 10 145.7 26 42 1 12 .986 4.20 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 11 4 48.0 5 13 0 1 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.4
2012 32 SEA AL SS 151 151 1327.0 172 453 15 86 .977 4.24 0 0 .000 0 8.0
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2013 33 SEA AL SS 76 73 694.1 89 259 9 48 .975 4.51 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    3B 6 4 44.2 1 14 0 0 1.000 3.05 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 11 0 24.1 6 8 1 0 .933 5.23 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  MON NL SS 30 29 179.9 23 67 2 13 .978 4.50 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    3B 2 2 11.5 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 4 0 6.2 2 2 0 0 1.000 5.81 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   SS 106 102 874.0 112 326 11 61 .976 4.51   4.5
      3B 8 6 55.7 1 17 0 0 1.000 2.91   0.2
      2B 15 0 30.3 8 10 1 0 .947 5.35   0.1
2014 34 CLE AL SS 66 61 563.0 74 196 13 29 .954 4.32 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    2B 12 7 67.0 14 23 0 6 1.000 4.97 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 10 6 57.0 6 14 0 2 1.000 3.16 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 1 0 2.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 11.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2015 35 CLE AL 2B 16 14 108.1 20 35 2 8 .965 4.58 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 13 7 64.8 8 23 1 5 .969 4.31 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 8 5 40.5 5 9 1 1 .933 3.11 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 3 3 20.6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SEA AL 2B 18 14 148.9 28 48 2 12 .974 4.59 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 14 8 89.2 10 31 2 8 .953 4.14 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 8 5 55.8 7 12 1 1 .950 3.06 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 3 3 28.4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.58 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   2B 34 28 257.0 48 83 4 20 .970 4.59   1.0
      SS 27 15 154.0 18 54 3 13 .960 4.21   0.7
      3B 16 10 96.3 12 21 2 2 .943 3.08   0.4
      LF 6 6 49.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.65   0.1
2016 36 SEA AL 2B 64 42 418.7 79 161 5 33 .980 5.16 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    SS 16 13 118.0 15 37 0 4 1.000 3.97 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 13 8 86.0 6 20 0 0 1.000 2.72 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 1 0 2.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.15 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1129 1076 9544.6 1339 3594 146 674 .971 4.65 0 0 .000 0 56.6
  2B 238 114 1234.6 220 424 15 94 .977 4.69 0 0 .000 0 4.6
  3B 78 36 394.0 35 93 2 6 .985 2.92 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  LF 6 6 49.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.65 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 2 0 4.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 10.39 0 0 .000 1 0.0
  1B 1 0 2.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.15 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1455 1232 11231.2 1612 4111 163 774 .972 4.59 0 0 .000 1 63.2
Career Highs   162 162 1452.7 226 625 22 118 .985 5.27 0 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series Most Valuable Player.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2004 24 MIN AL 4 15 3 4 1 2 0 6 2 0 1 2 .267 .313 .600 .913
2005 25 MIN AL 3 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .222 .300 .444 .744
2006 26 MIN AL 8 25 3 7 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 5 .280 .357 .520 .877
2009 29 MON NL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2011 31 SEA AL 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .000 .429 .000 .429
2012 32 SEA AL 17 57 4 11 2 2 1 3 1 1 4 21 .193 .254 .351 .605
2013 33 MON NL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 32 112 13 24 5 4 3 11 6 1 11 31 .214 .294 .411 .704
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.
Games
2005-1-162
2006-1-162
Triples
2004-9-7
2005-3-10
2006-9-8
CAR-48-50
Caught Stealing
2006-5-18
Strikeouts
2012-5-148
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 20)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 113)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 54)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Joe Crede (899)
  2. Mark Brumit (886)
  3. Norm Morgan (884)
  4. Alex Escobar (881)
  5. Larry Culpepper (878)
  6. Walter Braunstein (876)
  7. Russell Clark (875)
  8. Pete Anderson (870)
  9. Chris McQuay (868)
  10. Jerry Spoto (866)
History
Injured on 5/8/2007 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by Minnesota on 10/27/2007
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/21/2008 to a 2-year deal worth $2,600,000 per year
Hit for the cycle against New York (N) on 4/12/2008
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 4/4/2010 to a 1-year deal worth $900,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/4/2011 to a 3-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year