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Orlando Merced
Orlando Luis (Villanueva) Merced

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

Debut June 27, 1990
  vs. PHI 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 28, 2003
Born November 2, 1966 in Hato Rey, P.R.

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1990 23 PIT NL  25   24    3    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   9  .208  .240  .250   38    6   0   0   0   0   1
 1991 24 PIT NL 120  411   83  113  17  2  10   50   8  4  64  81  .275  .373  .399  119  164   1   1   4   1   6 RoY-2
 1992 25 PIT NL 134  405   50  100  28  5   6   60   5  4  52  63  .247  .332  .385  104  156   1   5   8   2   6
 1993 26 PIT NL 137  447   68  140  26  4   8   70   3  3  77  64  .313  .414  .443  131  198   0   2  10   1   9
 1994 27 PIT NL 108  386   48  105  21  3   9   51   4  1  42  58  .272  .343  .412   96  159   0   2   5   1  17
 1995 28 PIT NL 132  487   75  146  29  4  15   83   7  2  52  74  .300  .365  .468  117  228   0   5   9   1   9
 1996 29 PIT NL 120  453   69  130  24  1  17   80   8  4  51  74  .287  .357  .457  110  207   0   3   5   0   9
 1997 30 TOR AL  98  368   45   98  23  2   9   40   7  3  47  62  .266  .352  .413  101  152   0   2   1   3   6
 1998 31 TOT     84  223   24   62  12  0   6   40   1  4  20  34  .278  .336  .413   93   92   0   3   3   1   6
         TOT AL  72  213   22   59  12  0   5   35   1  4  19  32  .277  .336  .404   91   86   0   2   3   1   4
         MIN AL  63  204   22   59  12  0   5   33   1  4  17  29  .289  .345  .422   98   86   0   1   3   1   4
         BOS AL   9    9    0    0   0  0   0    2   0  0   2   3  .000  .167  .000  -51    0   0   1   0   0   0
         CHC NL  12   10    2    3   0  0   1    5   0  0   1   2  .300  .333  .600  137    6   0   1   0   0   2
 1999 32 MON NL  93  194   25   52  12  1   8   26   2  1  26  27  .268  .353  .464  108   90   0   1   0   0   5
 2001 34 HOU NL  94  137   19   36   6  1   6   29   5  1  14  32  .263  .333  .453   95   62   0   1   1   1   3
 2002 35 HOU NL 123  251   35   72  13  3   6   30   4  0  26  50  .287  .350  .434  101  109   1   3   5   0   9
 2003 36 HOU NL 123  212   20   49  17  2   3   26   3  2  15  33  .231  .283  .373   67   79   0   2   2   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1391 3998  564 1108 229 28 103  585  57 29 487 661  .277  .355  .426  107 1702   3  30  53  12  89
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        466   66  129  27  3  12   68   7  3  57  77  .277  .355  .426  107  198   0   3   6   1  10
 Career High    137  487   83  146  29  5  17   83   8  4  77  81  .313  .414  .468  131  228   1   5  10   3  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1990 23 PIT NL   25   20    1   1.3    95| .208  .260| .240  .325| .250  .390| .490  .715|  38  .102  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1991 24 PIT NL  478  310   65   5.6    93| .275  .257| .373  .324| .399  .384| .772  .708| 119  .633  12.5   1.3  66%
 1992 25 PIT NL  465  321   54   4.5    91| .247  .258| .332  .323| .385  .380| .717  .703| 104  .543   3.7   0.4  55%
 1993 26 PIT NL  527  321   85   7.1   103| .313  .270| .414  .335| .443  .411| .857  .746| 131  .685  24.0   2.3  50%
 1994 27 PIT NL  431  301   52   4.6   110| .272  .275| .343  .343| .412  .431| .755  .774|  96  .472  -2.4  -0.2  80%
 1995 28 PIT NL  545  357   85   6.4   109| .300  .273| .365  .343| .468  .425| .833  .768| 117  .624  12.3   1.2  77%
 1996 29 PIT NL  507  339   74   5.9   110| .287  .275| .357  .344| .457  .429| .814  .774| 110  .587   6.6   0.6  66%
 1997 30 TOR AL  420  281   56   5.3   108| .266  .270| .352  .339| .413  .427| .765  .766| 101  .515   1.3   0.1  70%
 1998 31 TOT     247  174   29   4.4   111| .278  .273| .336  .342| .413  .434| .749  .776|  93  .431  -2.1  -0.2  20%
         TOT AL  235  164   28   4.6   111| .277  .273| .336  .342| .404  .434| .740  .776|  91  .440  -2.6  -0.3  20%
         MIN AL  223  154   28   4.9   111| .289  .273| .345  .342| .422  .434| .767  .776|  98  .469  -0.6  -0.1  20%
         BOS AL   12   10    0   0.0   111| .000  .274| .167  .343| .000  .436| .167  .779| -51  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
         CHC NL   12   10    1   2.7   110| .300  .272| .333  .344| .600  .430| .933  .773| 137  .253   0.6   0.1   0%
 1999 32 MON NL  221  149   32   5.8   113| .268  .272| .353  .347| .464  .438| .817  .785| 108  .536   2.4   0.2  66%
 2001 34 HOU NL  153  106   21   5.3   117| .263  .277| .333  .349| .453  .453| .786  .802|  95  .524  -1.4  -0.1  83%
 2002 35 HOU NL  281  192   38   5.3   112| .287  .273| .350  .348| .434  .434| .784  .782| 101  .545   0.1   0.0 100%
 2003 36 HOU NL  230  170   22   3.5   112| .231  .272| .283  .344| .373  .436| .656  .781|  67  .343 -10.6  -1.0  60%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     4530 3041  614   5.4   106| .277  .269| .355  .338| .426  .419| .781  .757| 107  .559  44.4   4.4  66%

* 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    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1990 23 PIT NL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 0.00 6.30 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1991 24 PIT NL 1B 105 911 60 12 64 .988 .992 9.25 8.44 10.04 9.79 95 870.3 RF 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.71 1.64 3.54 2.06 1 12.7 1992 25 PIT NL 1B 114 882 73 5 73 .995 .993 8.38 8.38 10.30 9.75 87 834.3 RF 17 24 2 0 1 1.000 .977 1.53 1.66 2.08 2.08 11 112.7 1993 26 PIT NL RF 109 210 11 8 5 .965 .976 2.03 1.78 2.61 2.17 83 762.7 1B 42 276 20 2 23 .993 .992 7.05 8.01 9.56 9.68 31 278.7 1994 27 PIT NL RF 68 100 3 2 2 .981 .975 1.51 1.82 1.91 2.18 55 486.3 1B 55 409 26 3 46 .993 .992 7.91 8.11 9.75 9.73 47 401.7 1995 28 PIT NL OF 107 199 8 5 2 .976 .979 1.93 1.82 2.12 2.15 102 877.7 RF 104 195 7 5 2 .976 .978 1.94 1.76 2.12 2.08 99 855.7 1B 35 175 15 1 22 .995 .993 5.43 8.36 9.03 9.70 19 189.3 LF 4 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.43 2.05 1.88 3 22.0 1996 29 PIT NL RF 115 241 14 3 5 .988 .974 2.22 1.71 2.31 2.07 113 994.7 1B 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.40 7.83 9.78 0 2.3 1997 30 TOR AL RF 96 190 10 3 4 .985 .978 2.08 1.79 2.18 2.18 94 827.0 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.00 9.00 9.30 0 3.0 DH 1 1998 31 TOT OF 18 30 2 0 1 1.000 .985 1.78 1.97 2.59 2.30 12 111.0 TOT AL OF 14 27 2 0 1 1.000 .986 2.07 2.02 2.51 2.31 12 104.0 TOT AL RF 14 27 2 0 1 1.000 .983 2.07 1.81 2.51 2.14 12 104.0 TOT AL DH 9 MIN AL 1B 38 299 21 6 32 .982 .992 8.42 8.30 9.79 9.43 34 294.3 RF 13 25 2 0 1 1.000 .982 2.08 1.81 2.41 2.14 12 101.0 DH 8 BOS AL RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 6.00 2.10 0 3.0 DH 1 CHC NL LF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.38 3.86 1.93 0 7.0 1999 32 MON NL LF 44 74 3 3 0 .963 .977 1.75 1.48 2.33 2.00 41 297.0 1B 7 21 1 2 2 .917 .991 3.14 7.64 8.35 9.19 2 23.7 DH 2 2001 34 HOU NL OF 31 38 1 1 0 .975 .982 1.26 1.86 1.97 2.20 20 178.0 RF 21 28 0 1 0 .966 .982 1.33 1.73 2.29 2.11 12 110.0 LF 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.00 1.48 1.46 1.91 8 68.0 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.15 0.00 2.48 0 4.0 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 7.80 9.00 9.00 0 1.0 2002 35 HOU NL OF 56 90 7 2 1 .980 .983 1.73 1.84 2.24 2.19 46 390.3 RF 44 61 6 2 0 .971 .982 1.52 1.67 2.06 2.07 36 293.0 LF 20 28 1 0 1 1.000 .976 1.45 1.51 2.71 1.92 10 96.3 1B 7 53 3 0 8 1.000 .991 8.00 7.97 9.33 9.38 6 54.0 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.30 3.91 2.74 0 2.3 DH 1 2003 36 HOU NL OF 31 43 4 2 1 .959 .983 1.52 1.85 2.23 2.17 22 189.3 RF 21 28 3 1 0 .969 .981 1.48 1.72 2.06 2.09 16 135.3 1B 12 50 4 1 6 .982 .993 4.50 7.98 8.20 9.61 4 59.3 LF 10 15 1 1 1 .941 .982 1.60 1.54 2.67 1.92 6 54.0 DH 7 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.35 1.80 2.70 0 5.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1991 24 PIT NL 1B 105 911 60 12 64 .988 .992 9.25 8.44 10.04 9.79 95 870.3 1992 25 PIT NL 1B 114 882 73 5 73 .995 .993 8.38 8.38 10.30 9.75 87 834.3 1993 26 PIT NL 1B 42 276 20 2 23 .993 .992 7.05 8.01 9.56 9.68 31 278.7 1994 27 PIT NL 1B 55 409 26 3 46 .993 .992 7.91 8.11 9.75 9.73 47 401.7 1995 28 PIT NL 1B 35 175 15 1 22 .995 .993 5.43 8.36 9.03 9.70 19 189.3 1996 29 PIT NL 1B 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.40 7.83 9.78 0 2.3 1997 30 TOR AL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.00 9.00 9.30 0 3.0 1998 31 MIN AL 1B 38 299 21 6 32 .982 .992 8.42 8.30 9.79 9.43 34 294.3 1999 32 MON NL 1B 7 21 1 2 2 .917 .991 3.14 7.64 8.35 9.19 2 23.7 2001 34 HOU NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 7.80 9.00 9.00 0 1.0 2002 35 HOU NL 1B 7 53 3 0 8 1.000 .991 8.00 7.97 9.33 9.38 6 54.0 2003 36 HOU NL 1B 12 50 4 1 6 .982 .993 4.50 7.98 8.20 9.61 4 59.3 2001 34 HOU NL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.15 0.00 2.48 0 4.0 2002 35 HOU NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.30 3.91 2.74 0 2.3 2003 36 HOU NL 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.35 1.80 2.70 0 5.0 1990 23 PIT NL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 0.00 6.30 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1997 30 TOR AL DH 1 1998 31 TOT AL DH 9 MIN AL DH 8 BOS AL DH 1 1999 32 MON NL DH 2 2002 35 HOU NL DH 1 2003 36 HOU NL DH 7 1995 28 PIT NL LF 4 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.43 2.05 1.88 3 22.0 1998 31 CHC NL LF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.38 3.86 1.93 0 7.0 1999 32 MON NL LF 44 74 3 3 0 .963 .977 1.75 1.48 2.33 2.00 41 297.0 2001 34 HOU NL LF 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.00 1.48 1.46 1.91 8 68.0 2002 35 HOU NL LF 20 28 1 0 1 1.000 .976 1.45 1.51 2.71 1.92 10 96.3 2003 36 HOU NL LF 10 15 1 1 1 .941 .982 1.60 1.54 2.67 1.92 6 54.0 1990 23 PIT NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1991 24 PIT NL OF 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.71 1.89 3.54 2.27 1 12.7 1992 25 PIT NL OF 17 24 2 0 1 1.000 .985 1.53 1.96 2.08 2.34 11 112.7 1993 26 PIT NL OF 109 209 11 8 5 .965 .979 2.02 2.00 2.60 2.34 83 762.7 1994 27 PIT NL OF 68 99 3 2 2 .981 .980 1.50 1.90 1.89 2.24 55 486.3 1995 28 PIT NL OF 107 199 8 5 2 .976 .979 1.93 1.82 2.12 2.15 102 877.7 1996 29 PIT NL OF 115 240 14 3 5 .988 .978 2.21 1.80 2.30 2.13 113 994.7 1997 30 TOR AL OF 96 190 10 3 4 .985 .982 2.08 2.02 2.18 2.32 94 827.0 1998 31 TOT OF 18 30 2 0 1 1.000 .985 1.78 1.97 2.59 2.30 12 111.0 TOT AL OF 14 27 2 0 1 1.000 .986 2.07 2.02 2.51 2.31 12 104.0 MIN AL OF 13 25 2 0 1 1.000 .985 2.08 2.02 2.41 2.31 12 101.0 BOS AL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.00 6.00 2.40 0 3.0 CHC NL OF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.77 3.86 2.19 0 7.0 1999 32 MON NL OF 44 74 3 3 0 .963 .981 1.75 1.86 2.33 2.26 41 297.0 2001 34 HOU NL OF 31 38 1 1 0 .975 .982 1.26 1.86 1.97 2.20 20 178.0 2002 35 HOU NL OF 56 90 7 2 1 .980 .983 1.73 1.84 2.24 2.19 46 390.3 2003 36 HOU NL OF 31 43 4 2 1 .959 .983 1.52 1.85 2.23 2.17 22 189.3 1990 23 PIT NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1991 24 PIT NL RF 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.71 1.64 3.54 2.06 1 12.7 1992 25 PIT NL RF 17 24 2 0 1 1.000 .977 1.53 1.66 2.08 2.08 11 112.7 1993 26 PIT NL RF 109 210 11 8 5 .965 .976 2.03 1.78 2.61 2.17 83 762.7 1994 27 PIT NL RF 68 100 3 2 2 .981 .975 1.51 1.82 1.91 2.18 55 486.3 1995 28 PIT NL RF 104 195 7 5 2 .976 .978 1.94 1.76 2.12 2.08 99 855.7 1996 29 PIT NL RF 115 241 14 3 5 .988 .974 2.22 1.71 2.31 2.07 113 994.7 1997 30 TOR AL RF 96 190 10 3 4 .985 .978 2.08 1.79 2.18 2.18 94 827.0 1998 31 TOT AL RF 14 27 2 0 1 1.000 .983 2.07 1.81 2.51 2.14 12 104.0 MIN AL RF 13 25 2 0 1 1.000 .982 2.08 1.81 2.41 2.14 12 101.0 BOS AL RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 6.00 2.10 0 3.0 2001 34 HOU NL RF 21 28 0 1 0 .966 .982 1.33 1.73 2.29 2.11 12 110.0 2002 35 HOU NL RF 44 61 6 2 0 .971 .982 1.52 1.67 2.06 2.07 36 293.0 2003 36 HOU NL RF 21 28 3 1 0 .969 .981 1.48 1.72 2.06 2.09 16 135.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total OF* 700 1241 65 29 22 .978 .980 1.87 1.90 2.24 2.23 600 5240.3 93 0 617# RF* 617 1109 58 25 20 .979 .977 1.89 1.75 2.24 2.12 532 4695.0 1B* 418 3081 224 32 277 .990 .992 7.91 8.28 9.88 9.70 325 3012.0 LF* 93 134 7 4 2 .972 .978 1.52 1.49 2.33 1.96 68 544.3 DH 20 Games not counted in Overall Total below 3B* 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.40 2.26 1.59 2.63 0 11.3 C* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 0.00 6.30 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1124 4322 291 61 299 .987 .989 4.10 4.27 5.02 4.95 925 8265
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1991   NLCS  PIT ATL     L   3   9   1   2  0  0  1   1   0   1  .222  .222  .556   0  0   1   0   0 
 1992   NLCS  PIT ATL     L   4  10   0   1  1  0  0   2   2   4  .100  .231  .200   0  1   0   1   0 
 2001   NLDS  HOU ATL     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   7  19   1   3  1  0  1   3   2   5  .158  .227  .368   0  1   1   1   0 
  3 Postseason Series   0-3   8  20   1   3  1  0  1   3   2   5  .150  .217  .350   0  1   1   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Batting Average
1993 NL-.313-9

On-base %
1993 NL-.414-4

Offensive Win%
1993 NL-.685-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1994 NL-17-2

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1792) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.2 (1168) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1452) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

February 22, 1985: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

November 14, 1996: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Carlos Garcia and Dan Plesac to the Toronto Blue Jays for players to be named later, Jose Silva, Brandon Cromer (minors), and Jose Pett (minors). The Toronto Blue Jays sent Mike Halperin (minors) (December 11, 1996), Abraham Nunez (December 11, 1996), and Craig Wilson (December 11, 1996) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

October 27, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

January 14, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

July 31, 1998: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Greg Swindell to the Boston Red Sox for John Barnes, Matt Kinney, and Joe Thomas (minors).

September 1, 1998: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

September 5, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 28, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

February 10, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

August 16, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

October 18, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

October 27, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

February 14, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1990Pittsburgh Pirates$100,000
1992Pittsburgh Pirates$150,000
1993Pittsburgh Pirates$305,000
1994Pittsburgh Pirates$1,485,000
1995Pittsburgh Pirates$2,000,000
1996Pittsburgh Pirates$2,700,000
1997Toronto Blue Jays$2,700,000
1998Minnesota Twins$800,000
1999Montreal Expos$560,000
2001Houston Astros$300,000
2002Houston Astros$1,050,000
2003Houston Astros$1,700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$13,850,000

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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