Eric Chavez is Long time franchise player of the Oakland A’s, Eric Chavez is regarded as one of the best defensive third basemen in baseball. Various injuries have always kept him from reaching his full potential as a baseball player. Plus with the move of Alex Rodriguez from shortstop to third base, Chavez was no longer considered the best third baseman in the AL.
Because he has spent his entire career with the small market A’s team, Chavez’s collectibles have had limited demand in the market. There are a number of collectors who specialize in Chavez cards and memorabilia, but the mainstream collector is not highly interested in him.
Baseball Cards[]
More than 4000 cards are listed for Eric Chavez.
- Rookie Cards
- 1997 Bowman #210 - $2
- 19997 Bowman Chrome#192 - $4
- 1997 Topps #479 (w/ Adam Eaton)- $1
- First Autographed card
- 1997 Best Full Count Autographs (minors) – Somewhat difficult to find
- 1998 Bowman Certified Blue Ink Autographs - $8
- First Game Used card
- Bat: 1999 Bowman’s Best Rookie Locker Room Game Used Bat #RB5
- Jersey: 1999 Bowman’s Best Rookie Locker Room Game Used Jersey #RJ4
- Jersey: 1999 Upper Deck Game Jersey #EC
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- 2012 SP Signature Base Autographs OAK-3
- 2012 SP Signature Franchise Focus Signatures Six OAK (with Jose Canseco, Reggie Jackson, Dennis Eckersley and others)
- 2012 SP Signature Superstar Signatures Quad JTYC (with Chipper Jones, Miguel Tejada, and Kevin Youkilis)
- 2012 Topps Base #618 (and associated parallels)
- 2012 Topps Silk SC-290
- 2012 Topps Update Base US-45 (and associated parallels)
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- 2013 Topps Base #212 (and associated parallels)
- 2013 Topps Silk SC-50
- 2013 Topps Heritage Base H-520
- 2013 Topps Mini #212
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- 2014 Topps Update Base US-518A (and associated parallels)
- 2014 Topps Update Base US-518B (short print variation with sabermetric stats)
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2015 was the last year that any card companies produced Eric Chavez cards.
- 2018 Stadium Club Base #20 (and associated parallels)