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Bobby Ayala

Robert Joseph Ayala

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 8, 1969 in Ventura, CA
High School: Rio Mesa HS (Oxnard, CA)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1992 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Expos/Reds/Cubs 1992-1999
Agents: Eric Goldschmidt [*]
Final Game: October 2, 1999 (Age 30)
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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
1988	18	CIN-min	Rk	0	4	.000	3.82	20	0	15	0	0	3	33.0	34	23	14	0	12	0	24	3	0	1			1.394	9.3	0.0	3.3	6.5	2.00	RDL · GULF
1989	19	CIN-min	A	5	8	.385	4.10	22	19	1	1	0	0	105.1	97	73	48	7	50	0	70	4	2	10			1.396	8.3	0.6	4.3	6.0	1.40	GBO · SALL
1990	20	CIN-min	A	9	3	.750	2.83	39	11	11	5	2	3	127.1	88	47	40	8	39	1	132	7	0	6			0.997	6.2	0.6	2.8	9.3	3.38	CHL,CDR · SALL,MIDW
1991	21	CIN-min	AA	3	1	.750	4.67	39	8	16	1	0	4	90.2	79	52	47	10	58	4	92	4	1	10	404		1.511	7.8	1.0	5.8	9.1	1.59	CNG · SOUL
1992	22	CIN-min	AA	12	6	.667	3.54	27	27	0	3	0	0	162.2	152	75	64	14	58	0	154	11	0	9	690		1.291	8.4	0.8	3.2	8.5	2.66	CNG · SOUL
1992	22	CIN	NL	2	1	.667	4.34	5	5	0	0	0	0	29.0	33	15	14	1	13	2	23	1	0	0	127	85	1.586	10.2	0.3	4.0	7.1	1.77
1993	23	CIN-min	AAA	0	2	.000	5.67	5	5	0	0	0	0	27.0	36	19	17	1	12	1	19	1	0	1	123		1.778	12.0	0.3	4.0	6.3	1.58	INA · AA
1993	23	CIN	NL	7	10	.412	5.60	43	9	8	0	0	3	98.0	106	72	61	16	45	4	65	7	0	5	450	72	1.541	9.7	1.5	4.1	6.0	1.44
1994	24	SEA	AL	4	3	.571	2.86	46	0	40	0	0	18	56.2	42	25	18	2	26	0	76	0	0	2	236	171	1.200	6.7	0.3	4.1	12.1	2.92
1995	25	SEA	AL	6	5	.545	4.44	63	0	50	0	0	19	71.0	73	42	35	9	30	4	77	6	0	3	320	108	1.451	9.3	1.1	3.8	9.8	2.57
1996	26	SEA-min	AA,AAA	0	0		0.00	3	2	0	0	0	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	11		0.750	0.0	0.0	6.8	10.1	1.50	PTC,TAC · SOUL,PCL
1996	26	SEA	AL	6	3	.667	5.88	50	0	26	0	0	3	67.1	65	45	44	10	25	3	61	2	0	2	285	85	1.337	8.7	1.3	3.3	8.2	2.44
1997	27	SEA	AL	10	5	.667	3.82	71	0	33	0	0	8	96.2	91	45	41	14	41	3	92	3	0	6	403	118	1.366	8.5	1.3	3.8	8.6	2.24
1998	28	SEA	AL	1	10	.091	7.29	62	0	36	0	0	8	75.1	100	66	61	9	26	4	68	1	0	4	351	63	1.673	11.9	1.1	3.1	8.1	2.62
1999	29	TOT	NL	1	7	.125	3.51	66	0	21	0	0	0	82.0	71	43	32	10	39	2	79	6	0	5	365	128	1.341	7.8	1.1	4.3	8.7	2.03
1999	29	MON	NL	1	6	.143	3.68	53	0	17	0	0	0	66.0	60	36	27	6	34	1	64	4	0	4	300	122	1.424	8.2	0.8	4.6	8.7	1.88
1999	29	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	2.81	13	0	4	0	0	0	16.0	11	7	5	4	5	1	15	2	0	1	65	163	1.000	6.2	2.3	2.8	8.4	3.00
2000	30	CHC-LAD-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.83	34	0	23	0	0	9	41.0	41	23	22	3	18	1	48	2	0	3	180		1.439	9.0	0.7	4.0	10.5	2.67	IWA,ABQ · PCL
8 Yrs				37	44	.457	4.78	406	14	214	0	0	59	576.0	581	353	306	71	245	22	541	26	0	27	2537	95	1.434	9.1	1.1	3.8	8.5	2.21
162 Game Avg.				6	7	.457	4.78	66	2	35	0	0	10	93	94	57	50	11	40	4	88	4	0	4	411	95	1.434	9.1	1.1	3.8	8.5	2.21

SEA (5 yrs)				27	26	.509	4.88	292	0	185	0	0	56	367.0	371	223	199	44	148	14	374	12	0	17	1595	97	1.414	9.1	1.1	3.6	9.2	2.53
CIN (2 yrs)				9	11	.450	5.31	48	14	8	0	0	3	127.0	139	87	75	17	58	6	88	8	0	5	577	74	1.551	9.9	1.2	4.1	6.2	1.52
CHC (1 yr)				0	1	.000	2.81	13	0	4	0	0	0	16.0	11	7	5	4	5	1	15	2	0	1	65	163	1.000	6.2	2.3	2.8	8.4	3.00
MON (1 yr)				1	6	.143	3.68	53	0	17	0	0	0	66.0	60	36	27	6	34	1	64	4	0	4	300	122	1.424	8.2	0.8	4.6	8.7	1.88

AL (5 yrs)				27	26	.509	4.88	292	0	185	0	0	56	367.0	371	223	199	44	148	14	374	12	0	17	1595	97	1.414	9.1	1.1	3.6	9.2	2.53
NL (3 yrs)				10	18	.357	4.61	114	14	29	0	0	3	209.0	210	130	107	27	97	8	167	14	0	10	942	90	1.469	9.0	1.2	4.2	7.2	1.72

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1992	22	CIN	NL	29.0	5	5	15	4.66	3.71	-0.18	0.13	104.3	4.19	-2	-0.2		-0.0	0.0	1	.463	.499
1993	23	CIN	NL	98.0	43	9	72	6.61	4.54	-0.34	-0.14	102.2	4.85	-21	-2.1	1.4	-0.4	-1.6	-11	.451	.487	$112,000
1994	24	SEA	AL	56.2	46	0	25	3.97	5.25	0.06	-0.40	103.4	4.95	6	0.6	1.7	0.1	1.2	13	.512	.503	$180,000
1995	25	SEA	AL	71.0	63	0	42	5.32	5.09	0.07	-0.38	100.6	4.67	-5	-0.5	1.6	-0.3	0.0	3	.493	.497	$250,000
1996	26	SEA	AL	67.1	50	0	45	6.01	5.29	0.28	-0.39	99.5	4.59	-12	-1.0	1.3	-0.3	-0.6	-2	.479	.494	$325,000
1997	27	SEA	AL	96.2	71	0	45	4.19	5.00	0.04	-0.38	98.9	4.53	3	0.3	1.5	-0.1	1.2	15	.504	.502	$900,000
1998	28	SEA	AL	75.1	62	0	66	7.88	5.09	-0.09	-0.39	98.8	4.74	-26	-2.4	1.2	-0.5	-2.1	-18	.461	.485	$1,500,000
1999	29	MON	NL	66.0	53	0	36	4.91	5.15	-0.19	-0.39	99.8	4.94	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.1	0.4	6	.500	.500
1999	29	CHC	NL	16.0	13	0	7	3.94	5.00	-0.11	-0.38	98.2	4.65	1	0.1	1.4	-0.0	0.2	3	.509	.501
8 Seasons				576.0	406	14	353	5.52	4.95	-0.05	-0.32	100.5	4.71	-55	-5.3	1.4	-1.7	-1.2	10	.487	.496	$3,267,000

SEA (5 yrs)				367.0	292	0	223	5.47	5.13	0.06	-0.39	100.0	4.68	-34	-3.1	1.5	-1.1	-0.3	11	.489	.496	$3,155,000
CIN (2 yrs)				127.0	48	14	87	6.17	4.35	-0.30	-0.08	102.7	4.70	-23	-2.3	1.4	-0.4	-1.6	-10	.452	.493	$112,000
CHC (1 yr)				16.0	13	0	7	3.94	5.00	-0.11	-0.38	98.2	4.65	1	0.1	1.4	-0.0	0.2	3	.509	.501
MON (1 yr)				66.0	53	0	36	4.91	5.15	-0.19	-0.39	99.8	4.94	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.1	0.4	6	.500	.500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	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
1995	25	SEA	AL	ALDS	W	NYY	0	0	54.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	10.500	81.0	13.5	13.5	0.0	0.00
1995	25	SEA	AL	ALCS	L	CLE	0	0	2.45	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	1	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	16	1.636	7.4	2.5	7.4	7.4	1.00

1997	27	SEA	AL	ALDS	L	BAL	0	0	40.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	4	6	6	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	11	5.250	27.0	6.8	20.3	13.5	0.67
2 Yrs (3 Series)							0	0	17.47	5	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	13	11	11	3	7	1	5	0	0	0	36	3.529	20.6	4.8	11.1	7.9	0.71
2 ALDS							0	0	45.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	10	10	10	2	4	1	2	0	0	0	20	7.000	45.0	9.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
1 ALCS							0	0	2.45	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	1	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	16	1.636	7.4	2.5	7.4	7.4	1.00

Standard Batting

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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
1988	18	CIN-min	Rk	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		RDL · GULF
1989	19	CIN-min	A	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		GBO · SALL
1990	20	CIN-min	A	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CHL,CDR · SALL,MIDW
1991	21	CIN-min	AA	40	13	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.154	.154	.154	.308		2		0	0	0	0		CNG · SOUL
1992	22	CIN-min	AA	27	17	15	2	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	.267	.267	.533	.800		8		0	2	0	0		CNG · SOUL
1992	22	CIN	NL	5	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1993	23	CIN-min	AAA	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		INA · AA
1993	23	CIN	NL	43	23	21	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	.095	.095	.143	.238	-37	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
1994	24	SEA	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	25	SEA	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	26	SEA-min	AA,AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PTC,TAC · SOUL,PCL
1996	26	SEA	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	27	SEA	AL	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	28	SEA	AL	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	29	TOT	NL	66	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	29	MON	NL	53	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	29	CHC	NL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	30	CHC-LAD-min	AAA	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		IWA,ABQ · PCL
8 Yrs				406	34	31	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	13	.065	.065	.097	.161	-57	3	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	14	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.065	.065	.097	.161	-57	1	0	0	1	0	0

SEA (5 yrs)				292	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (2 yrs)				48	33	30	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	13	.067	.067	.100	.167	-55	3	0	0	3	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
MON (1 yr)				53	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				292	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				114	34	31	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	13	.065	.065	.097	.161	-57	3	0	0	3	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1992	22	CIN	NL	5	10	-2	-0	0	0	1	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.470	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1		/1
1993	23	CIN	NL	43	23	-4	-0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$112,000	1
1994	24	SEA	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$180,000	1
1995	25	SEA	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$250,000	1
1996	26	SEA	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$325,000	1
1997	27	SEA	AL	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$900,000	1
1998	28	SEA	AL	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$1,500,000	1
1999	29	MON	NL	53	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
1999	29	CHC	NL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
8 Seasons				406	34	-7	-0	0	0	6	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	0.3	-0	$3,267,000

SEA (5 yrs)				292	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.3	1	$3,155,000
CIN (2 yrs)				48	33	-7	-0	0	0	5	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.494	.499	-0.3	0.0	-2	$112,000
CHC (1 yr)				13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0
MON (1 yr)				53	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0

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	IBB
1995	25	SEA	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	25	SEA	AL	ALCS	CLE	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1997	27	SEA	AL	ALDS	BAL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 ALDS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1992	CIN	NL	22	P	5	5	29.0	11	3	8	0	1	1.000	3.41	2.20	.954	1.96	1.94	2	3	60%	32%	1
1993	CIN	NL	23	P	43	9	98.0	28	12	10	6	1	.786	2.02	0.51	.953	1.84	1.83	9	1	10%	32%	0
1994	SEA	AL	24	P	46	0	56.2	9	2	5	2	0	.778	1.11	0.15	.956	1.72	1.71	2	0	0%	31%	0
1995	SEA	AL	25	P	63	0	71.0	13	6	6	1	0	.923	1.52	0.19	.960	1.79	1.77	4	0	0%	30%	0
1996	SEA	AL	26	P	50	0	67.1	14	5	9	0	1	1.000	1.87	0.28	.960	1.76	1.76	5	3	38%	30%	1
1997	SEA	AL	27	P	71	0	96.2	18	11	7	0	1	1.000	1.68	0.25	.955	1.71	1.69	6	2	25%	32%	1
1998	SEA	AL	28	P	62	0	75.1	21	8	8	5	1	.762	1.91	0.26	.958	1.78	1.76	6	1	14%	31%	0
1999	TOT	NL	29	P	66	0	82.0	24	8	12	4	1	.833	2.20	0.30	.951	1.72	1.71	12	3	20%	29%	1
1999	MON	NL	29	P	53	0	66.0	21	7	10	4	1	.810	2.32	0.32	.951	1.72	1.71	11	2	15%	29%	0
1999	CHC	NL	29	P	13	0	16.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.69	0.23	.950	1.74	1.71	1	1	50%	29%	1
	8 Seasons			P	406	14	576.0	138	55	65	18	6	.870	1.88	0.30	.955	1.77	1.75	46	13	22%	31%	4
	8 Seasons			TOT	406	14	576.0	138	55	65	18	6	.870	1.88	0.30	.955	1.77	1.75	46	13	22%	31%	4

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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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
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

Games Played s c a p y 1994 AL 46 (10th) 1995 AL 63 (3rd)	Saves s c a p y 1994 AL 18 (5th) Career 59 (235th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1994 AL 40 (2nd) 1995 AL 50 (6th) Career 214 (215th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1995 AL 63 (3rd)
Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1993 NL 6 (2nd) 1998 AL 5 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1909), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1738), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (1526th), -1.4 career WAR/2.5 7yr-peak WAR/0.6 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Transactions

June 27, 1988: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.
November 2, 1993: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Dan Wilson to the Seattle Mariners for Bret Boone and Erik Hanson.
April 3, 1999: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Montreal Expos for Jimmy Turman (minors).
August 27, 1999: Released by the Montreal Expos.
September 3, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
November 1, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
January 14, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

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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	Notes/Other Sources
1993	23	Cincinnati Reds	$112,000
1994	24	Seattle Mariners	$180,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
	24	Cincinnati Reds	$112,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	25	Seattle Mariners	$250,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	26	Seattle Mariners	$325,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	27	Seattle Mariners	$900,000	1997 postseason AP survey	Includes $300,000 earned bonus
1998	28	Seattle Mariners	$1,500,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	29	Seattle Mariners	$1,800,000	4/6/99 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$5,179,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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