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Antonio Alfonseca

Antonio Alfonseca (El Pulpo or The Octopus)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: April 16, 1972 in La Romana, La Romana, D.R.
High School: La Romana (La Romana, DO)
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1997
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Cubs/Braves/Phillies/Rangers 1997-2007
Agents: Juan Iglesias [*]
Final Game: September 23, 2007
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

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More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1991	19	WSN-min	Rk	3	3	.500	3.88	11	10	0	0	0	0	51.0	46	33	22	2	25	0	38	3	0	2	225		1.392	8.1	0.4	4.4	6.7	1.52	EXO · GULF
1992	20	WSN-min	Rk	3	4	.429	3.68	12	10	0	1	1	0	66.0	55	31	27	0	35	0	62	3	2	8	282		1.364	7.5	0.0	4.8	8.5	1.77	EXO · GULF
1993	21	WSN-min	A-	2	2	.500	6.15	15	4	3	0	0	1	33.2	31	26	23	3	22	1	29	3	1	4	151		1.574	8.3	0.8	5.9	7.8	1.32	JAM · NYPL
1994	22	FLA-min	A	6	5	.545	4.07	32	9	7	0	0	0	86.1	78	41	39	5	21	1	74	2	0	14	361		1.147	8.1	0.5	2.2	7.7	3.52	KNC · MIDW
1995	23	FLA-min	AA	9	3	.750	3.64	19	17	0	1	0	0	96.1	81	43	39	6	42	1	75	4	4	5	405		1.277	7.6	0.6	3.9	7.0	1.79	PRT · EL
1996	24	FLA-min	AAA	4	4	.500	5.53	14	13	1	0	0	1	71.2	86	47	44	6	22	0	51	3	0	2	321		1.507	10.8	0.8	2.8	6.4	2.32	CHR · IL
1997	25	FLA-min	AAA	7	2	.778	4.32	46	0	20	0	0	7	58.1	58	34	28	8	20	3	45	2	2	3	246		1.337	8.9	1.2	3.1	6.9	2.25	CHR · IL
1997	25	FLA	NL	1	3	.250	4.91	17	0	2	0	0	0	25.2	36	16	14	3	10	3	19	1	0	1	123	83	1.792	12.6	1.1	3.5	6.7	1.90
1998	26	FLA	NL	4	6	.400	4.08	58	0	27	0	0	8	70.2	75	36	32	10	33	9	46	3	0	1	316	99	1.528	9.6	1.3	4.2	5.9	1.39
1999	27	FLA	NL	4	5	.444	3.24	73	0	49	0	0	21	77.2	79	28	28	4	29	6	46	4	0	1	325	134	1.391	9.2	0.5	3.4	5.3	1.59
2000	28	FLA	NL	5	6	.455	4.24	68	0	62	0	0	45	70.0	82	35	33	7	24	3	47	1	2	0	311	104	1.514	10.5	0.9	3.1	6.0	1.96	MVP-22
2001	29	FLA	NL	4	4	.500	3.06	58	0	52	0	0	28	61.2	68	24	21	6	15	3	40	5	0	2	268	139	1.346	9.9	0.9	2.2	5.8	2.67
2002	30	CHC	NL	2	5	.286	4.00	66	0	55	0	0	19	74.1	73	34	33	5	36	3	61	3	0	1	330	101	1.466	8.8	0.6	4.4	7.4	1.69
2003	31	CHC-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.91	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	2	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	19		1.909	14.7	0.0	2.5	12.3	5.00	IWA · PCL
2003	31	CHC	NL	3	1	.750	5.83	60	0	17	0	0	0	66.1	76	43	43	7	27	3	51	2	0	0	296	75	1.553	10.3	0.9	3.7	6.9	1.89
2004	32	ATL	NL	6	4	.600	2.57	79	0	11	0	0	0	73.2	71	24	21	5	28	5	45	0	0	5	313	169	1.344	8.7	0.6	3.4	5.5	1.61
2005	33	FLA-min	A+	0	0		3.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	10		1.000	9.0	3.0	0.0	12.0		JUP · FLOR
2005	33	FLA	NL	1	1	.500	4.94	33	0	1	0	0	0	27.1	29	15	15	2	14	4	16	2	0	1	118	82	1.573	9.5	0.7	4.6	5.3	1.14
2006	34	TEX-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	4.50	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	14		1.250	9.0	0.0	2.2	2.2	1.00	OKC,FRI · PCL,TL
2006	34	TEX	AL	0	0		5.63	19	0	3	0	0	0	16.0	23	10	10	3	7	0	5	0	0	0	74	84	1.875	12.9	1.7	3.9	2.8	0.71
2007	35	PHI	NL	5	2	.714	5.44	61	0	22	0	0	8	49.2	65	31	30	3	27	6	24	1	0	1	236	85	1.852	11.8	0.5	4.9	4.3	0.89
2009	37	-min	AAA	0	1	.000	12.46	6	0	4	0	0	1	4.1	8	6	6	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	23		2.308	16.6	2.1	4.2	4.2	1.00	PUE · MEX
11 Seasons				35	37	.486	4.11	592	0	301	0	0	129	613.0	677	296	280	55	250	45	400	22	2	13	2710	104	1.512	9.9	0.8	3.7	5.9	1.60
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.486	4.11	68	0	35	0	0	15	70	78	34	32	6	29	5	46	3	0	1	311	104	1.512	9.9	0.8	3.7	5.9	1.60

FLA (6 yrs)				19	25	.432	3.86	307	0	193	0	0	102	333.0	369	154	143	32	125	28	214	16	2	6	1461	110	1.483	10.0	0.9	3.4	5.8	1.71
CHC (2 yrs)				5	6	.455	4.86	126	0	72	0	0	19	140.2	149	77	76	12	63	6	112	5	0	1	626	86	1.507	9.5	0.8	4.0	7.2	1.78
PHI (1 yr)				5	2	.714	5.44	61	0	22	0	0	8	49.2	65	31	30	3	27	6	24	1	0	1	236	85	1.852	11.8	0.5	4.9	4.3	0.89
ATL (1 yr)				6	4	.600	2.57	79	0	11	0	0	0	73.2	71	24	21	5	28	5	45	0	0	5	313	169	1.344	8.7	0.6	3.4	5.5	1.61
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		5.63	19	0	3	0	0	0	16.0	23	10	10	3	7	0	5	0	0	0	74	84	1.875	12.9	1.7	3.9	2.8	0.71

NL (10 yrs)			NL	35	37	.486	4.07	573	0	298	0	0	129	597.0	654	286	270	52	243	45	395	22	2	13	2636	105	1.503	9.9	0.8	3.7	6.0	1.63
AL (1 yr)			AL	0	0		5.63	19	0	3	0	0	0	16.0	23	10	10	3	7	0	5	0	0	0	74	84	1.875	12.9	1.7	3.9	2.8	0.71

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1997	25	FLA	NL	25.2	0	16	15	0	1.1	-1	-0.3	$150,000
1998	26	FLA	NL	70.2	0	32	42	-1	1.8	10	0.6	$175,000
1999	27	FLA	NL	77.2	0	28	48	0	1.3	20	1.7	$250,000
2000	28	FLA	NL	70.0	0	35	44	-1	2.2	9	0.5	$380,000	MVP-22
2001	29	FLA	NL	61.2	0	24	35	1	1.9	11	1.0	$2,450,000
2002	30	CHC	NL	74.1	0	34	46	-3	1.6	12	0.8	$3,550,000
2003	31	CHC	NL	66.1	0	43	41	1	.9	-2	-0.6	$4,000,000
2004	32	ATL	NL	73.2	0	24	43	2	.9	19	1.4	$1,350,000
2005	33	FLA	NL	27.1	0	15	16	-1	1.3	1	-0.1	$300,000
2006	34	TEX	AL	16.0	0	10	11	0	.9	1	0.0	$2,750,000
2007	35	PHI	NL	49.2	0	31	31	1	1.5	0	-0.5	$380,000
11 Seasons				613.0	0	292	372	-1	1.5	80	4.5	$15,735,000

FLA (6 yrs)				333.0	0	150	200	-2	1.7	50	3.4	$3,705,000
CHC (2 yrs)				140.2	0	77	87	-2	1.3	10	0.2	$7,550,000
PHI (1 yr)				49.2	0	31	31	1	1.5	0	-0.5	$380,000
ATL (1 yr)				73.2	0	24	43	2	.9	19	1.4	$1,350,000
TEX (1 yr)				16.0	0	10	11	0	.9	1	0.0	$2,750,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1997	25	FLA	NL	WS	W	CLE	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	6	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	25	1.105	8.5	0.0	1.4	7.1	5.00

2003	31	CHC	NL	NLDS	W	ATL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	31	CHC	NL	NLCS	L	FLA	0	0		0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	1.714	7.7	0.0	7.7	0.0	0.00
2004	32	ATL	NL	NLDS	L	HOU	1	0	1.000	4.91	4	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	1.091	4.9	0.0	4.9	0.0	0.00

2007	35	PHI	NL	NLDS	L	COL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4 Seasons (5 Series)							1	0	1.000	1.26	12	0	4	0	0	0	14.1	12	2	2	0	5	1	5	0	0	0	56	1.186	7.5	0.0	3.1	3.1	1.00
3 NLDS							1	0	1.000	3.18	6	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	23	1.059	6.4	0.0	3.2	0.0	0.00
1 NLCS							0	0		0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	1.714	7.7	0.0	7.7	0.0	0.00
1 WS							0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	6	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	25	1.105	8.5	0.0	1.4	7.1	5.00

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1991	19	WSN-min	Rk	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	EXO · GULF
1992	20	WSN-min	Rk	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	EXO · GULF
1993	21	WSN-min	A-	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	JAM · NYPL
1994	22	FLA-min	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	KNC · MIDW
1995	23	FLA-min	AA	19	18	17	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	8	.059	.059	.235	.294		4	1	0	1	0	0	PRT · EL
1996	24	FLA-min	AAA	14	23	21	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.190	.190	.238	.429		5	1	0	2	0	0	CHR · IL
1997	25	FLA-min	AAA	46	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667		1	0	0	0	0	0	CHR · IL
1997	25	FLA	NL	17	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	26	FLA	NL	58	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	27	FLA	NL	73	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	28	FLA	NL	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	MVP-22
2001	29	FLA	NL	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	30	CHC	NL	66	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	257	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	31	CHC-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	IWA · PCL
2003	31	CHC	NL	60	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2004	32	ATL	NL	79	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	33	FLA-min	A+	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	JUP · FLOR
2005	33	FLA	NL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	34	TEX-min	AA,AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	FRI,OKC · TL,PCL
2006	34	TEX	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	35	PHI	NL	61	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	37	-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	PUE · MEX
11 Seasons				592	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.143	.143	.143	.286	-24	2	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-24	1	0	0	0	0	0

FLA (6 yrs)				307	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				126	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	257	2	0	0	1	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				61	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				79	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (10 yrs)				573	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.143	.143	.143	.286	-24	2	0	0	1	0	0
AL (1 yr)				19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1997	25	FLA	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$150,000	1
1998	26	FLA	NL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$175,000	1
1999	27	FLA	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$250,000	1

2002	30	CHC	NL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$3,550,000	1

2004	32	ATL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,350,000	1

2007	35	PHI	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$380,000	1
6 Seasons				14	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$5,855,000

FLA (3 yrs)				9	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$575,000
CHC (1 yr)				3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$3,550,000
PHI (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$380,000
ATL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,350,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1997	25	FLA	NL	WS	CLE	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2003	31	CHC	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	31	CHC	NL	NLCS	FLA	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	32	ATL	NL	NLDS	HOU	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2007	35	PHI	NL	NLDS	COL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Seasons (5 Series)							11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 NLDS							6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1997	FLA	NL	25	P	17	25.2	4	1	3	0	0	1.000			1.40	0.24	.952	1.86	1.84
1998	FLA	NL	26	P	58	70.2	11	4	6	1	1	.909			1.27	0.17	.961	1.85	1.84
1999	FLA	NL	27	P	73	77.2	19	5	14	0	2	1.000			2.20	0.26	.951	1.72	1.71
2000	FLA	NL	28	P	68	70.0	16	1	14	1	1	.938			1.93	0.22	.962	1.74	1.72	MVP-22
2001	FLA	NL	29	P	58	61.2	14	6	8	0	1	1.000			2.04	0.24	.959	1.75	1.73
2002	CHC	NL	30	P	66	74.1	18	4	13	1	1	.944			2.06	0.26	.963	1.83	1.81
2003	CHC	NL	31	P	60	66.1	11	2	8	1	0	.909	-4	-12	1.36	0.17	.957	1.85	1.83
2004	ATL	NL	32	P	79	73.2	10	3	7	0	0	1.000	-3	-8	1.22	0.13	.965	1.84	1.82
2005	FLA	NL	33	P	33	27.1	7	3	4	0	2	1.000	0	0	2.30	0.21	.960	1.75	1.73
2006	TEX	AL	34	P	19	16.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.25	0.21	.958	1.58	1.54
2007	PHI	NL	35	P	61	49.2	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	-1	-4	0.91	0.08	.964	1.69	1.67
	11 Seasons			P	592	613.0	119	31	84	4	8	.966	-8	-6	1.69	0.19	.959	1.78	1.76
	11 Seasons			TOT	592	613.0	119	31	84	4	8	.966	-8	-41	1.69	0.19	.959	1.78	1.76

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award) 2000 NL Rolaids Relief	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2000 NL (22, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1713th)	Games Played s c a p y 1999 NL 73 (8th) 2004 NL 79 (10th) Career 592 (198th)	Saves s c a p y 2000 NL 45 (1st) 2001 NL 28 (8th) Career 129 (91st)
Games Finished s c a p y 2000 NL 62 (4th) 2001 NL 52 (9th) 2002 NL 55 (10th) Career 301 (99th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2001 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 8 (1600), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 15 (753), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1984), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

July 3, 1989: Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent.
December 13, 1993: Drafted by the Florida Marlins from the Montreal Expos in the 1993 minor league draft.
March 27, 2002: Traded by the Florida Marlins with Matt Clement to the Chicago Cubs for Jose Cueto (minors), Ryan Jorgensen, Julian Tavarez and Dontrelle Willis.
October 28, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
December 23, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
November 2, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
December 20, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
November 2, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
February 8, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
June 9, 2006: Released by the Texas Rangers.
January 23, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
October 30, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1997	25	Florida Marlins	$150,000	1997 postseason AP survey
1998	26	Florida Marlins	$175,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	27	Florida Marlins	$250,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	28	Florida Marlins	$380,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	29	Florida Marlins	$2,450,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	30	Chicago Cubs	$3,550,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	31	Chicago Cubs	$4,000,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	32	Atlanta Braves	$1,350,000	4/704 AP
2005	33	Florida Marlins	$300,000
2006	34	Texas Rangers	$2,750,000
2007	35	Philadelphia Phillies	$380,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$15,735,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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