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Tom Gordon
Thomas Gordon (Flash)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 8, 1988

Born November 18, 1967 in Sebring, FL

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1986. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1988 20 KCR AL   0   2   5   2   0   0   0  0   15.7   16    9    9   1    7   18   0   0    67   0   0  5.17  4.01   78 1.468
 1989 21 KCR AL  17   9  49  16   1   1  16  1  163.0  122   67   66  10   86  153   1  12   677   4   0  3.64  3.89  107 1.276 RoY-2
 1990 22 KCR AL  12  11  32  32   6   1   0  0  195.3  192   99   81  17   99  175   3  11   858   1   0  3.73  3.84  103 1.490
 1991 23 KCR AL   9  14  45  14   1   0  11  1  158.0  129   76   68  16   87  167   4   5   684   6   0  3.87  4.14  107 1.367
 1992 24 KCR AL   6  10  40  11   0   0  13  0  117.7  116   67   60   9   55   98   4   5   516   4   2  4.59  4.07   89 1.453
 1993 25 KCR AL  12   6  48  14   2   0  18  1  155.7  125   65   62  11   77  143   1  17   651   5   0  3.58  4.60  128 1.298
 1994 26 KCR AL  11   7  24  24   0   0   0  0  155.3  136   79   75  15   87  126   3  12   675   3   1  4.35  5.00  115 1.436
 1995 27 KCR AL  12  12  31  31   2   0   0  0  189.0  204  110   93  12   89  119   4   9   843   4   0  4.43  4.77  108 1.550
 1996 28 BOS AL  12   9  34  34   4   1   0  0  215.7  249  143  134  28  105  171   4   6   998   5   1  5.59  5.05   90 1.641
 1997 29 BOS AL   6  10  42  25   2   1  16 11  182.7  155   85   76  10   78  159   3   5   774   1   0  3.74  4.66  125 1.276
 1998 30 BOS AL   7   4  73   0   0   0  69 46   79.3   55   24   24   2   25   78   0   9   317   1   0  2.72  4.70  173 1.008 MVP-13,AS
 1999 31 BOS AL   0   2  21   0   0   0  15 11   17.7   17   11   11   2   12   24   1   0    82   2   0  5.60  5.02   90 1.642
 2001 33 CHC NL   1   2  47   0   0   0  40 27   45.3   32   18   17   4   16   67   1   2   187   1   0  3.38  4.14  123 1.059
 2002 34 TOT NL   1   3  34   0   0   0  10  0   42.7   42   19   16   3   16   48   1   0   181   3   0  3.38  4.16  123 1.359
         CHC NL   1   1  19   0   0   0   7  0   23.7   27   12    9   1   10   31   1   0   104   1   0  3.42  4.03  118 1.563
         HOU NL   0   2  15   0   0   0   3  0   19.0   15    7    7   2    6   17   0   0    77   2   0  3.32  4.32  130 1.105
 2003 35 CHW AL   7   6  66   0   0   0  35 12   74.0   57   29   26   4   31   91   4   5   310   3   0  3.16  4.62  146 1.189
 2004 36 NYY AL   9   4  80   0   0   0  15  4   89.7   56   23   22   5   23   96   1   3   342   5   0  2.21  4.50  204 0.881 AS
 2005 37 NYY AL   5   4  79   0   0   0  17  2   80.7   59   25   23   8   29   69   0   1   324   4   1  2.57  4.23  165 1.091
 2006 38 PHI NL   3   4  59   0   0   0  53 34   59.3   53   23   22   9   22   68   1   3   253   4   0  3.34  4.67  140 1.264 AS
 2007 39 PHI NL   3   2  44   0   0   0  11  6   40.0   40   21   21   7   13   32   2   1   170   0   0  4.73  4.61   98 1.325
 2008 40 PHI NL   3   2  18   0   0   0   3  1   16.3   13    7    7   0    8   16   0   2    71   0   0  3.86  4.37  113 1.286
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 20 Years           123     203       4    157        1868       913      965       38 108  8980  56   5  3.93  4.47  114 1.354
 WL%= .525      136     871      18     342    2093.0      1000      173      1918
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   7  55  12   1   0  21  9  132.3  118   63   57  10   61  121   2   6   568   3   0  3.93  4.47  114 1.354
 Career High     17  14  80  34   6   1  69 46  215.7  249  143  134  28  105  175   4  17   998   6   2  2.21  5.05  204 0.881
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2002 34 TOT NL  34    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         HOU NL  15    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2004 36 NYY AL   4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0 AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 20 Seasons     730    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     79    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2002 34 TOT NL    1    1    0   0.0   112| .000  .273| .000  .348| .000  .434| .000  .782|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         HOU NL    1    1    0   0.0   112| .000  .273| .000  .348| .000  .434| .000  .782|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2004 36 NYY AL    1    1    0   0.0   108| .000  .268| .000  .336| .000  .430| .000  .766|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 20 Seasons        2    2    0   0.0   110| .000  .270| .000  .342| .000  .432| .000  .774|-100  .000  -0.6   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1988 20 KCR AL P 5 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 0.68 2.29 1.78 2 15.7 1989 21 KCR AL P 49 15 26 0 7 1.000 .960 0.84 0.66 2.26 1.87 16 163.0 1990 22 KCR AL P 32 17 24 1 1 .976 .953 1.28 0.59 1.89 1.78 32 195.3 1991 23 KCR AL P 45 12 17 2 1 .935 .957 0.64 0.58 1.65 1.80 14 158.0 DH 1 1992 24 KCR AL P 40 11 14 1 1 .962 .954 0.62 0.56 1.91 1.72 11 117.7 1993 25 KCR AL P 48 18 21 2 0 .951 .954 0.81 0.56 2.25 1.79 14 155.7 1994 26 KCR AL P 24 12 25 2 3 .949 .956 1.54 0.52 2.14 1.72 24 155.3 1995 27 KCR AL P 31 25 26 2 3 .962 .960 1.65 0.53 2.43 1.79 31 189.0 1996 28 BOS AL P 34 14 30 3 3 .936 .961 1.29 0.52 1.84 1.77 34 215.7 1997 29 BOS AL P 42 18 20 2 1 .950 .955 0.90 0.49 1.87 1.71 25 182.7 1998 30 BOS AL P 73 7 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.11 0.50 0.91 1.78 0 79.3 AS 1999 31 BOS AL P 21 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.05 0.47 0.51 1.68 0 17.7 2001 33 CHC NL P 47 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.04 0.46 0.40 1.75 0 45.3 2002 34 TOT NL P 34 1 6 1 1 .875 .959 0.21 0.48 1.48 1.83 0 42.7 CHC NL P 19 1 4 0 1 1.000 .962 0.26 0.48 1.90 1.82 0 23.7 HOU NL P 15 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.13 0.48 0.95 1.85 0 19.0 2003 35 CHW AL P 66 6 10 0 1 1.000 .958 0.24 0.49 1.95 1.73 0 74.0 2004 36 NYY AL P 80 6 13 1 1 .950 .950 0.24 0.45 1.91 1.66 0 89.7 AS 2005 37 NYY AL P 79 7 13 1 0 .952 .952 0.25 0.46 2.23 1.70 0 80.7 2006 38 PHI NL P 59 5 8 0 0 1.000 .956 0.22 0.43 1.97 1.72 0 59.3 AS 2007 39 PHI NL P 44 6 7 0 0 1.000 .963 0.30 0.40 2.92 1.69 0 40.0 2008 40 PHI NL P 18 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 0.17 0.46 1.66 1.88 0 16.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1991 23 KCR AL DH 1 1988 20 KCR AL P 5 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 0.68 2.29 1.78 2 15.7 1989 21 KCR AL P 49 15 26 0 7 1.000 .960 0.84 0.66 2.26 1.87 16 163.0 1990 22 KCR AL P 32 17 24 1 1 .976 .953 1.28 0.59 1.89 1.78 32 195.3 1991 23 KCR AL P 45 12 17 2 1 .935 .957 0.64 0.58 1.65 1.80 14 158.0 1992 24 KCR AL P 40 11 14 1 1 .962 .954 0.62 0.56 1.91 1.72 11 117.7 1993 25 KCR AL P 48 18 21 2 0 .951 .954 0.81 0.56 2.25 1.79 14 155.7 1994 26 KCR AL P 24 12 25 2 3 .949 .956 1.54 0.52 2.14 1.72 24 155.3 1995 27 KCR AL P 31 25 26 2 3 .962 .960 1.65 0.53 2.43 1.79 31 189.0 1996 28 BOS AL P 34 14 30 3 3 .936 .961 1.29 0.52 1.84 1.77 34 215.7 1997 29 BOS AL P 42 18 20 2 1 .950 .955 0.90 0.49 1.87 1.71 25 182.7 1998 30 BOS AL P 73 7 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.11 0.50 0.91 1.78 0 79.3 1999 31 BOS AL P 21 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.05 0.47 0.51 1.68 0 17.7 2001 33 CHC NL P 47 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.04 0.46 0.40 1.75 0 45.3 2002 34 TOT NL P 34 1 6 1 1 .875 .959 0.21 0.48 1.48 1.83 0 42.7 CHC NL P 19 1 4 0 1 1.000 .962 0.26 0.48 1.90 1.82 0 23.7 HOU NL P 15 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.13 0.48 0.95 1.85 0 19.0 2003 35 CHW AL P 66 6 10 0 1 1.000 .958 0.24 0.49 1.95 1.73 0 74.0 2004 36 NYY AL P 80 6 13 1 1 .950 .950 0.24 0.45 1.91 1.66 0 89.7 2005 37 NYY AL P 79 7 13 1 0 .952 .952 0.25 0.46 2.23 1.70 0 80.7 2006 38 PHI NL P 59 5 8 0 0 1.000 .956 0.22 0.43 1.97 1.72 0 59.3 2007 39 PHI NL P 44 6 7 0 0 1.000 .963 0.30 0.40 2.92 1.69 0 40.0 2008 40 PHI NL P 18 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 0.17 0.46 1.66 1.88 0 16.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 871 184 267 19 23 .960 .957 0.52 0.50 1.94 1.76 203 2093.0 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 871 184 267 19 23 .960 .957 0.52 0.50 1.94 1.76 203 2093
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1998   ALDS  BOS CLE     L   2   0   9.00  0  1  0  0   3     4   3   4   1 
 1999   ALDS  BOS CLE     W   2   0   4.50  0  0  0  0   2     1   1   1   3 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     L   3   0  13.50  0  0  0  0   2     3   3   1   3 
 2004   ALDS  NYY MIN     W   3   0   4.91  0  0  0  0   3.2   2   2   0   3 
        ALCS  NYY BOS     L   6   0   8.10  0  0  0  0   6.2  10   6   2   3 
 2005   ALDS  NYY LAA     L   3   0   3.86  0  0  0  0   2.1   2   1   0   2 
 2007   NLDS  PHI COL     L   2   0   4.50  0  0  0  0   2     2   1   1   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Div Series       2-3  12   0   5.54  0  1  0  0  13    11   8   6  13 
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   9   0   9.35  0  0  0  0   8.2  13   9   3   6 
  7 Postseason Ser      2-5  21   0   7.06  0  1  0  0  21.2  24  17   9  19 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1998   ALDS  BOS CLE     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1999   ALDS  BOS CLE     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2004   ALDS  NYY MIN     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  NYY BOS     L   6   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   ALDS  NYY LAA     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2007   NLDS  PHI COL     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Div Series       2-3  12   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   9   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  7 Postseason Series   2-5  21   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1998   BOS AL      0  0  0   1     3   2   1   1   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 2004   NYY AL      0  0  0   0.1   0   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 2006   PHI NL      0  0  0   1     1   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 3/3      0  0  0  0   2.1   4   2   1   1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0   3.86 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1998   BOS AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2004   NYY AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2006   PHI NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1998 *
2004 *
2006 *

Awards
1998-AL-Rolaids Relief

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1998-AL-13-0.07
Car-983-0.07 shares

ERA
Act-3.93-30

Wins
1989 AL-17-6
1994 AL-11-10
Act-136-17

Hits Allowed/9IP
1989 AL-6.74-2
1994 AL-7.88-6
1997 AL-7.64-5
Act-8.03-12

Strikeouts/9IP
1989 AL-8.45-2
1990 AL-8.06-4
1996 AL-7.14-7
1997 AL-7.83-6
Act-8.25-10
Car-8.25-20

Games
1998 AL-73-8
2004 AL-80-2
2005 AL-79-3
Act-871-8
Car-871-26

Saves
1998 AL-46-1
2001 NL-27-9
2006 NL-34-4
Act-157-17
Car-157-59

Innings
Act-2093.0-20

Strikeouts
1989 AL-153-10
1990 AL-175-9
1991 AL-167-8
1994 AL-126-9
1996 AL-171-8
1997 AL-159-10
Act-1918-9
Car-1918-72

Games Started
1995 AL-31-4

Comp. Games
1990 AL-6-8
Act-18-25

Shutouts
1996 AL-1-6
1997 AL-1-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1989 AL-86-7
1990 AL-99-6
1994 AL-87-3
1995 AL-89-7
1996 AL-105-3
Act-965-8

Hits Allowed
1996 AL-249-6
Act-1868-22

Losses
1991 AL-14-4
1995 AL-12-9
Act-123-12

Earned Runs Allow.
1996 AL-134-1
Act-913-20

Wild Pitches
1989 AL-12-6
1990 AL-11-7
1993 AL-17-2
1994 AL-12-3
Act-108-3
Car-108-62

Batters Faced
1996 AL-998-8
Act-8980-19

Games Finished
1998 AL-69-1
2006 NL-53-6
Act-342-15
Car-342-73

Adjusted ERA+
1997 AL-125-9
Act-114-25

Youngest Player
1988 AL-20-2

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (553) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 55 (451) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 15.0 (471) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 47.0 (274) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  9. Syl Johnson (797)
  10. Dennis Lamp (797)
Most Similar by Age 
  1. George Uhle (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Gary Bell (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Witt (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Erv Palica (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lindy McDaniel (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lindy McDaniel (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mark Langston (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tony Cloninger (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mark Langston (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gary Bell (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Kelvim Escobar (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Don Robinson (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Don Robinson (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Don Robinson (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Ron Kline (888)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Charlie Hough (888)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Charlie Hough (901)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Lindy McDaniel (879)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 2, 1986: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1986.

October 30, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

November 1, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

December 14, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

August 22, 2002: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Houston Astros for players to be named later and Ross Rohlicek (minors). The Houston Astros sent Travis Anderson (minors) (September 11, 2002) and Mike Nannini (minors) (September 11, 2002) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

October 29, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

January 23, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

October 27, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 16, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 28, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989Kansas City Royals$68,000
1990Kansas City Royals$185,000
1991Kansas City Royals$325,000
1992Kansas City Royals$815,000
1993Kansas City Royals$890,000
1994Kansas City Royals$2,635,000
1995Kansas City Royals$3,300,000
1996Boston Red Sox$3,050,000
1997Boston Red Sox$2,900,000
1998Boston Red Sox$3,300,000
1999Boston Red Sox$3,750,000
2000Boston Red Sox$3,750,000
2001Chicago Cubs$2,000,000
2002Chicago Cubs$2,800,000
2003Chicago White Sox$1,400,000
2004New York Yankees$3,500,000
2005New York Yankees$3,750,000
2006Philadelphia Phillies$4,500,000
2007Philadelphia Phillies$7,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$49,918,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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