Rich Chiles Trades and Transactions

The Rich Chiles trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Rich Chiles has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"I don't want to see that shit, show me your good stuff." - Rich Chiles (Yelled out to Nolan Ryan, who had just thrown Chiles a hellacious curveball, Source = teammate / friend Craig Cacek)

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Rich Chiles

Rich Chiles Autograph on a 1978 Topps (#193)

Rich Chiles Autograph on a 1978 Topps (#193)
 

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Birth Name:   Richard Francis Chiles
Nickname:   Rich or T-Bomb
Born On:   11-22-1949  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Sacramento, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Winters High School (Winters, CA)
College:   Sacramento Community College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   04-20-1971 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-30-1978
Draft:   1968 : 2nd Round (23rd)
Rich Chiles

Trades & Transactions

06-07-1968: Selected by Houston Astros in the 2nd round — free-agent draft.
11-27-1972: Traded by Houston Astros (with Buddy Harris) to New York Mets for Tommie Agee.
04-06-1974: Released by New York Mets.
05-15-1974: Signed by San Diego Padres.
03-29-1975: Released by San Diego Padres.
00-00-1976: Signed by Houston Astros.
12-06-1976: Selected by Minnesota Twins from Houston Astros in the Rule 5 major league draft.
02-13-1979: Released by Minnesota Twins.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Rich Chiles trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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