Rich Chiles

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1949)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Rich Chiles

|position=Outfielder

|image=1978 Minnesota Twins Postcards Rich Chiles.jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1949|11|22}}

|birth_place=Sacramento, California, U.S.

|death_date=

|death_place=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= April 20

|debutyear= 1971

|debutteam= Houston Astros

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 30

|finalyear=1978

|finalteam=Minnesota Twins

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.254

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=6

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=76

|teams=

• Houston Astros ({{Baseball year|1971}}–{{Baseball year|1972}})
• New York Mets ({{Baseball year|1973}})
• Houston Astros ({{Baseball year|1976}})
• Minnesota Twins ({{Baseball year|1977}}–{{Baseball year|1978}})

}}

Richard Francis Chiles (born November 22, 1949, in Sacramento, California, and raised in Winters, California) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball.

Chiles was drafted by the Houston Astros in the second round of the 1968 Major League Baseball Draft out of Winters High School (California) and he played six seasons in the major leagues between 1971 and 1978. He batted .254 (157/618) with 68 runs, 6 home runs and 76 RBIs.

He was traded with Buddy Harris from the Astros to the New York Mets for Tommie Agee at the Winter Meetings on November 27, 1972.[https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/28/archives/mets-send-agee-to-the-astros-for-pair-yanks-trade-four-to-get-graig.html Durso, Joseph. "Mets Send Agee to the Astros for Pair; Yanks Trade Four to Get Graig Nettles," The New York Times, Tuesday, November 28, 1972.] Retrieved October 24, 2020

He currently resides in Yolo County, in Northern California.

Chiles is a cousin of hall of famer George Kelly and Ren Kelly.{{Cite web |title=Rich Chiles Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chileri01.shtml |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} He is also a distant cousin of former player Bill Lange.{{Cite web |title=Bill Lange Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/langebi01.shtml |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}