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Mike Piazza
Michael Joseph Piazza

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 197 lb.

Debut September 1, 1992
  vs. CHC 3 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born September 4, 1968 in Norristown, PA

Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 62nd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed July 11, 1988. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1992 23 LAD NL  21   69    5   16   3  0   1    7   0  0   4  12  .232  .284  .319   72   22   0   0   0   1   1
 1993 24 LAD NL 149  547   81  174  24  2  35  112   3  4  46  86  .318  .370  .561  152  307   0   6   6   3  10 SS,MVP-9,RoY-1,AS
 1994 25 LAD NL 107  405   64  129  18  0  24   92   1  3  33  65  .319  .370  .541  140  219   0   2  10   1  11 SS,MVP-6,AS
 1995 26 LAD NL 112  434   82  150  17  0  32   93   1  0  39  80  .346  .400  .606  172  263   0   1  10   1  10 SS,MVP-4,AS
 1996 27 LAD NL 148  547   87  184  16  0  36  105   0  3  81  93  .336  .422  .563  166  308   0   2  21   1  21 SS,MVP-2,AS
 1997 28 LAD NL 152  556  104  201  32  1  40  124   5  1  69  77  .362  .431  .638  185  355   0   5  11   3  19 SS,MVP-2,AS
 1998 29 TOT NL 151  561   88  184  38  1  32  111   1  0  58  80  .328  .390  .570  152  320   0   5  14   2  15 SS,MVP-14,AS
         LAD NL  37  149   20   42   5  0   9   30   0  0  11  27  .282  .329  .497  119   74   0   1   4   0   3
         FLA NL   5   18    1    5   0  1   0    5   0  0   0   0  .278  .263  .389   74    7   0   1   0   0   0
         NYM NL 109  394   67  137  33  0  23   76   1  0  47  53  .348  .417  .607  167  239   0   3  10   2  12
 1999 30 NYM NL 141  534  100  162  25  0  40  124   2  2  51  70  .303  .361  .575  134  307   0   7  11   1  27 SS,MVP-7,AS
 2000 31 NYM NL 136  482   90  156  26  0  38  113   4  2  58  69  .324  .398  .614  155  296   0   2  10   3  15 SS,MVP-3,AS
 2001 32 NYM NL 141  503   81  151  29  0  36   94   0  2  67  87  .300  .384  .573  147  288   0   1  19   2  20 SS,MVP-13,AS
 2002 33 NYM NL 135  478   69  134  23  2  33   98   0  3  57  82  .280  .359  .544  137  260   0   3   9   3  26 SS,AS
 2003 34 NYM NL  68  234   37   67  13  0  11   34   0  0  35  40  .286  .377  .483  126  113   0   3   3   1  11
 2004 35 NYM NL 129  455   47  121  21  0  20   54   0  0  68  78  .266  .362  .444  108  202   0   3  14   2  14 AS
 2005 36 NYM NL 113  398   41  100  23  0  19   62   0  0  41  67  .251  .326  .452  104  180   0   0   6   3   7 AS
 2006 37 SDP NL 126  399   39  113  19  1  22   68   0  0  34  66  .283  .342  .501  122  200   0   3   2   3  13
 2007 38 OAK AL  83  309   33   85  17  1   8   44   0  0  18  61  .275  .313  .414   96  128   0   2   0   0   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons         6911      2127      8     1335     20    1113  .308  .377  .545  142        0  45 146  30 229
               1912      1048      344    427       17    759                            3768
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        586   89  180  29  1  36  113   1  2  64  94  .308  .377  .545  142  319   0   4  12   3  19
 Career High    152  561  104  201  38  2  40  124   5  4  81  93  .362  .431  .638  185  355   0   7  21   3  27
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1992 23 LAD NL   74   54    6   3.0    91| .232  .258| .284  .323| .319  .380| .603  .703|  72  .358  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1993 24 LAD NL  602  393  112   7.6    99| .318  .265| .370  .329| .561  .404| .931  .733| 152  .714  38.1   3.7  42%
 1994 25 LAD NL  441  292   77   7.1   104| .319  .267| .370  .333| .541  .418| .911  .751| 140  .660  22.8   2.2  25%
 1995 26 LAD NL  475  295  103   9.4    99| .346  .260| .400  .327| .606  .404|1.006  .731| 172  .770  43.0   4.1 100%
 1996 27 LAD NL  631  389  125   8.6   101| .336  .261| .422  .329| .563  .409| .985  .738| 166  .742  53.2   5.0   0%
 1997 28 LAD NL  633  380  150  10.6   102| .362  .262| .431  .333| .638  .411|1.069  .744| 185  .805  69.5   6.5  83%
 1998 29 TOT NL  626  397  124   8.4   105| .328  .266| .390  .336| .570  .420| .960  .757| 152  .731  42.4   3.9 100%
         LAD NL  161  111   24   5.8   103| .282  .263| .329  .333| .497  .415| .826  .747| 119  .581   3.4   0.3   0%
         FLA NL   19   14    2   3.8   102| .278  .262| .263  .331| .389  .413| .652  .744|  74  .394  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         NYM NL  446  272   98   9.7   107| .348  .268| .417  .338| .607  .422|1.024  .761| 167  .779  39.7   3.7 100%
 1999 30 NYM NL  593  408  101   6.6   114| .303  .273| .361  .348| .575  .440| .936  .788| 134  .600  26.2   2.4  50%
 2000 31 NYM NL  545  345  115   8.9   113| .324  .268| .398  .345| .614  .438|1.012  .784| 155  .719  40.3   3.6  66%
 2001 32 NYM NL  573  375  104   7.4   108| .300  .264| .384  .334| .573  .432| .957  .766| 147  .671  35.6   3.3   0%
 2002 33 NYM NL  541  376   84   6.0   105| .280  .262| .359  .336| .544  .417| .903  .753| 137  .599  24.6   2.3   0%
 2003 34 NYM NL  273  181   41   6.1   107| .286  .265| .377  .336| .483  .425| .860  .761| 126  .593  10.0   0.9   0%
 2004 35 NYM NL  528  351   73   5.6   110| .266  .268| .362  .340| .444  .435| .806  .775| 108  .547   7.0   0.7   0%
 2005 36 NYM NL  442  305   59   5.2   106| .251  .266| .326  .336| .452  .424| .778  .760| 104  .531   1.3   0.1   0%
 2006 37 SDP NL  439  302   66   5.9   105| .283  .261| .342  .330| .501  .424| .843  .755| 122  .563  12.5   1.2   0%
 2007 38 OAK AL  329  235   38   4.3   101| .275  .262| .313  .329| .414  .410| .727  .739|  96  .429  -1.9  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     7745 5078 1378   7.3   105| .308  .265| .377  .335| .545  .420| .922  .755| 142  .669 421.9  39.4  45%

* 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 ------+
1992 23 LAD NL C 16 94 7 1 1 .990 .991 6.31 5.68 6.53 6.67 16 139.3 1 8 10 4 1993 24 LAD NL C 146 899 99 11 10 .989 .989 6.84 5.75 7.22 6.74 141 1243.3 14 32 108 59 AS 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.00 18.00 9.90 0 1.0 AS 1994 25 LAD NL C 104 640 38 10 7 .985 .991 6.52 6.15 7.09 7.10 99 860.7 7 29 76 26 AS 1995 26 LAD NL C 112 805 52 9 8 .990 .989 7.65 6.34 8.20 7.40 110 941.0 12 37 88 29 AS 1996 27 LAD NL C 146 1055 70 9 6 .992 .989 7.71 6.33 8.06 7.17 144 1255.7 12 28 155 34 AS 1997 28 LAD NL C 139 1045 74 16 10 .986 .990 8.05 6.58 8.39 7.50 139 1200.0 10 28 112 43 AS DH 7 AS 1998 29 TOT NL C 140 984 85 11 7 .990 .990 7.64 6.47 8.08 7.50 140 1190.0 5 29 115 41 AS LAD NL C 37 277 25 2 1 .993 .990 8.16 6.47 8.78 7.50 37 309.7 0 9 38 12 FLA NL C 4 27 3 1 1 .968 .990 7.50 6.47 7.71 7.51 4 35.0 0 2 3 1 NYM NL C 99 680 57 8 5 .989 .990 7.44 6.47 7.85 7.50 99 845.3 5 18 74 28 DH 4 AS 1999 30 NYM NL C 137 953 47 11 5 .989 .990 7.30 6.14 7.78 7.41 135 1156.7 7 31 115 37 AS DH 1 AS 2000 31 NYM NL C 124 863 37 3 10 .997 .990 7.26 6.38 7.89 7.45 124 1026.3 3 25 110 32 AS DH 5 AS 2001 32 NYM NL C 130 920 57 9 5 .991 .992 7.52 6.64 8.10 7.74 127 1085.3 7 39 114 33 AS DH 5 AS 2002 33 NYM NL C 121 811 46 12 3 .986 .991 7.08 6.41 7.66 7.53 119 1006.7 8 15 125 27 AS DH 6 AS 2003 34 NYM NL C 64 346 31 7 7 .982 .992 5.89 6.46 6.37 7.33 63 532.3 1 14 59 23 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.00 27.00 9.90 0 1.0 2004 35 NYM NL 1B 68 498 35 8 44 .985 .993 7.84 8.23 9.27 9.51 66 517.7 AS C 50 259 16 5 1 .982 .993 5.50 6.46 6.37 7.45 49 388.3 5 7 34 9 AS DH 8 AS 2005 36 NYM NL C 101 618 39 2 5 .997 .992 6.50 6.26 7.31 7.26 100 809.3 3 22 82 13 AS DH 5 AS 2006 37 SDP NL C 99 554 33 8 3 .987 .992 5.93 6.36 7.36 7.37 99 718.0 7 12 97 13 DH 8 2007 38 OAK AL DH 71
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1993 24 LAD NL 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.00 18.00 9.90 0 1.0 2003 34 NYM NL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.00 27.00 9.90 0 1.0 2004 35 NYM NL 1B 68 498 35 8 44 .985 .993 7.84 8.23 9.27 9.51 66 517.7 1992 23 LAD NL C 16 94 7 1 1 .990 .991 6.31 5.68 6.53 6.67 16 139.3 1 8 10 4 1993 24 LAD NL C 146 899 99 11 10 .989 .989 6.84 5.75 7.22 6.74 141 1243.3 14 32 108 59 1994 25 LAD NL C 104 640 38 10 7 .985 .991 6.52 6.15 7.09 7.10 99 860.7 7 29 76 26 1995 26 LAD NL C 112 805 52 9 8 .990 .989 7.65 6.34 8.20 7.40 110 941.0 12 37 88 29 1996 27 LAD NL C 146 1055 70 9 6 .992 .989 7.71 6.33 8.06 7.17 144 1255.7 12 28 155 34 1997 28 LAD NL C 139 1045 74 16 10 .986 .990 8.05 6.58 8.39 7.50 139 1200.0 10 28 112 43 1998 29 TOT NL C 140 984 85 11 7 .990 .990 7.64 6.47 8.08 7.50 140 1190.0 5 29 115 41 LAD NL C 37 277 25 2 1 .993 .990 8.16 6.47 8.78 7.50 37 309.7 0 9 38 12 FLA NL C 4 27 3 1 1 .968 .990 7.50 6.47 7.71 7.51 4 35.0 0 2 3 1 NYM NL C 99 680 57 8 5 .989 .990 7.44 6.47 7.85 7.50 99 845.3 5 18 74 28 1999 30 NYM NL C 137 953 47 11 5 .989 .990 7.30 6.14 7.78 7.41 135 1156.7 7 31 115 37 2000 31 NYM NL C 124 863 37 3 10 .997 .990 7.26 6.38 7.89 7.45 124 1026.3 3 25 110 32 2001 32 NYM NL C 130 920 57 9 5 .991 .992 7.52 6.64 8.10 7.74 127 1085.3 7 39 114 33 2002 33 NYM NL C 121 811 46 12 3 .986 .991 7.08 6.41 7.66 7.53 119 1006.7 8 15 125 27 2003 34 NYM NL C 64 346 31 7 7 .982 .992 5.89 6.46 6.37 7.33 63 532.3 1 14 59 23 2004 35 NYM NL C 50 259 16 5 1 .982 .993 5.50 6.46 6.37 7.45 49 388.3 5 7 34 9 2005 36 NYM NL C 101 618 39 2 5 .997 .992 6.50 6.26 7.31 7.26 100 809.3 3 22 82 13 2006 37 SDP NL C 99 554 33 8 3 .987 .992 5.93 6.36 7.36 7.37 99 718.0 7 12 97 13 1997 28 LAD NL DH 7 1998 29 NYM NL DH 4 1999 30 NYM NL DH 1 2000 31 NYM NL DH 5 2001 32 NYM NL DH 5 2002 33 NYM NL DH 6 2004 35 NYM NL DH 8 2005 36 NYM NL DH 5 2006 37 SDP NL DH 8 2007 38 OAK AL DH 71
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C*1629 10846 731 124 88 .989 .990 7.11 6.32 7.69 7.34 1605 13553.0 102 356 1400 423 DH 120 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 70 503 35 8 45 .985 .993 7.69 8.22 9.32 9.51 66 519.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1699 11349 766 132 133 .989 .991 7.13 6.40 7.75 7.42 1671 14073
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1995   NLDS  LAD CIN     L   3  14   1   3  1  0  1   1   0   2  .214  .214  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1996   NLDS  LAD ATL     L   3  10   1   3  0  0  0   2   1   2  .300  .333  .300   0  0   0   1   0 
 1999   NLDS  NYM ARI     W   2   9   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   4  .222  .222  .222   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  NYM ATL     L   6  24   1   4  0  0  1   4   1   6  .167  .192  .292   0  0   0   1   0 
 2000   NLDS  NYM SFG     W   4  14   1   3  1  0  0   0   4   3  .214  .389  .286   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  NYM STL     W   5  17   7   7  3  0  2   4   5   0  .412  .545  .941   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYM NYY     L   5  22   3   6  2  0  2   4   0   4  .273  .273  .636   0  1   0   0   0 
 2006   NLDS  SDP STL     L   4  10   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   1  .100  .100  .200   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Div Series       2-3  16  57   3  12  3  0  1   3   5  12  .211  .270  .316   0  0   0   1   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1  11  41   8  11  3  0  3   8   6   6  .268  .354  .561   0  0   0   1   0 
  8 Postseason Series   3-5  32 120  14  29  8  0  6  15  11  22  .242  .301  .458   0  1   0   2   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1993   LAD NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1994   LAD NL   *   4   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1995   LAD NL   *   3   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1996   LAD NL   *   3   1   2  1  0  1   2   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1997   LAD NL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1998   NYM NL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1999   NYM NL   *   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 2000   NYM NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 2001   NYM NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 2002   NYM NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 2004   NYM NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 2005   NYM NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 11/12   10  25   2   6  1  0  2   5   1   5   0  0   0   0   0  .240  .269  .520 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1993 *
1994 (C)
1995 (C)
1996 (C)
1997 (C)
1998 (C)
1999 (C)
2000
2001 (C)
2002 (C)
2004 (C)
2005 (C)

Awards
1993-NL-ROY
1996-ML-AS MVP

Silver Sluggers
1993-NL--C
1994-NL--C
1995-NL--C
1996-NL--C
1997-NL--C
1998-NL--C
1999-NL--C
2000-NL--C
2001-NL--C
2002-NL--C
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1993-NL-9-0.12
1994-NL-6-0.31
1995-NL-4-0.55
1996-NL-2-0.60
1997-NL-2-0.67
1998-NL-14-0.03
1999-NL-7-0.24
2000-NL-3-0.60
2001-NL-13-0.03
Car-29-3.15 shares

Batting Average
1993 NL-.318-7
1995 NL-.346-2
1996 NL-.336-3
1997 NL-.362-3
1998 NL-.328-4
2000 NL-.324-10
Act-.308-11

On-base %
1995 NL-.400-6
1996 NL-.422-4
1997 NL-.431-3
Act-.377-24

Slugging %
1993 NL-.561-4
1995 NL-.606-3
1996 NL-.563-9
1997 NL-.638-2
1998 NL-.570-10
1999 NL-.575-9
2000 NL-.614-9
Act-.545-14
Car-.545-31

OPS
1993 NL-.932-4
1995 NL-1.006-2
1996 NL-.985-6
1997 NL-1.070-2
1998 NL-.960-9
Act-.922-15
Car-.922-46

Games
Act-1912-18

At Bats
Act-6911-22

Plate Appearances (approx.)
Act-7745-23

Runs
1997 NL-104-7
Act-1048-27

Hits
1997 NL-201-3
Act-2127-17

Total Bases
1993 NL-307-4
1997 NL-355-2
Act-3768-13

Home Runs
1993 NL-35-6
1994 NL-24-10
1995 NL-32-5
1996 NL-36-9
1997 NL-40-4
1999 NL-40-7
2000 NL-38-10
Act-427-10
Car-427-39

RBI
1993 NL-112-4
1994 NL-92-5
1995 NL-93-10
1997 NL-124-4
1999 NL-124-7
Act-1335-12
Car-1335-80

Bases on Balls
1996 NL-81-7
Act-759-25

Singles
1996 NL-132-5
1997 NL-128-5
Act-1348-19

Adjusted OPS+
1993 NL-152-2
1995 NL-172-1
1996 NL-166-5
1997 NL-185-1
2000 NL-155-8
Act-142-13
Car-142-64

Runs Created
1993 NL-112-6
1995 NL-103-10
1996 NL-125-8
1997 NL-150-4
Act-1378-17

Adjusted Batting Runs
1993 NL-38-4
1994 NL-23-10
1995 NL-43-2
1996 NL-53-5
1997 NL-70-2
Act-422-13
Car-422-64

Batting Wins
1993 NL-3.7-4
1994 NL-2.2-10
1995 NL-4.1-2
1996 NL-5.0-5
1997 NL-6.5-2
Act-39.4-13
Car-39.4-70

Extra-Base Hits
1997 NL-73-5
Act-779-19

Times on Base
1996 NL-266-7
1997 NL-273-5
Act-2916-21

Offensive Win%
1993 NL-.714-6
1995 NL-.770-2
1996 NL-.742-6
1997 NL-.805-2
1998 NL-.731-10
Act-.669-19

Intentional Walks
1995 NL-10-7
1996 NL-21-2
1997 NL-11-8
1998 NL-14-3
1999 NL-11-8
2001 NL-19-6
2004 NL-14-4
Act-146-11
Car-146-44

Grounded into Double Plays
1996 NL-21-3
1997 NL-19-4
1999 NL-27-1
2001 NL-20-6
2002 NL-26-3
Act-229-2
Car-229-39

At Bats per Home Run
1993 NL-15.6-8
1994 NL-16.9-8
1995 NL-13.6-1
1996 NL-15.2-9
1997 NL-13.9-4
1999 NL-13.4-7
2000 NL-12.7-7
2001 NL-14.0-10
2002 NL-14.5-6
Act-16.2-14
Car-16.2-29

Outs
Act-5078-24

Salary
1997 NL-$7,000,000-3
1998 NL-$8,000,000-7
2000 NL-$12,071,429-4
2001 NL-$13,571,429-2
2003 NL-$15,571,429-5
2004 NL-$16,071,429-4
2005 NL-$16,071,429-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 101 (221) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 53.9 (55) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 205.0 (38) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 62nd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed July 11, 1988.

May 14, 1998: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Todd Zeile to the Florida Marlins for Manuel Barrios, Bobby Bonilla, Jim Eisenreich, Charles Johnson, and Gary Sheffield.

May 22, 1998: Traded by the Florida Marlins to the New York Mets for Preston Wilson, Ed Yarnall, and Geoff Goetz (minors).

October 28, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

February 3, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

October 30, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993Los Angeles Dodgers$126,000
1994Los Angeles Dodgers$600,000
1995Los Angeles Dodgers$900,000
1996Los Angeles Dodgers$2,700,000
1997Los Angeles Dodgers$7,000,000
1998Los Angeles Dodgers$8,000,000
1999New York Mets$7,171,428
2000New York Mets$12,071,429
2001New York Mets$13,571,429
2002New York Mets$10,571,429
2003New York Mets$15,571,429
2004New York Mets$16,071,429
2005New York Mets$16,071,429
2006San Diego Padres$1,250,000
2007Oakland Athletics$8,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$120,176,002

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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