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Full Name: Kelly Brian Shoppach Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/210 First Game: May 28, 2005
Birthdate: April 29, 1980 MLB Experience: 3 years
Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas College: Baylor
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography[]

Kelly Shoppach (Kelly Brian Shoppach) was born on April 29, 1980 in Fort Worth, Texas. He made his Major League debut on May 28, 2005 for the Boston Red Sox. Shoppach played for the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 2 year career.

Shoppach is currently the back-up catcher for the Cleveland Indians, and is Paul Byrd's personal catcher.

Shoppach was part of a trade that sent him, Andy Marte, and Guillermo Mota to the Cleveland Indians, and Coco Crisp, David Riske, and Josh Bard to the Boston Red Sox.

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
2005 BOS 9 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 .000 .063 .000 .063
2006 CLE 41 110 7 27 6 0 3 16 8 45 0 0 .245 .297 .382 .678
2007 CLE 59 161 26 42 13 0 7 30 11 56 0 0 .261 .310 .472 .782
Career 109 286 34 69 19 0 10 46 19 108 0 0 .241 .292 .413 .705

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO TC A E DP FPCT
2005 BOS C 7 2 29 14 14 0 0 0 1.000
2006 CLE C 40 31 280 208 230 20 2 5 .991
2007 CLE C 58 44 420 287 319 28 4 6 .987
Total C 109 79 747 519 574 49 6 11 .990

Awards[]

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Transactions[]

  • Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 2001 - signed August 17, 2001).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox with Guillermo Mota, Andy Marte, cash and a player to be named later to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Coco Crisp, David Riske and Josh Bard (January 27, 2006); Cleveland Indians received Randy Newsom (July 21, 2006).

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