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Jason Bay

Jason Raymond Bay

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 20, 1978 in Trail, British Columbia, CAN
High School: J. Lloyd Crowe (Trail, BC)
School: Gonzaga University
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 22nd round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 23, 2003
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Mets/RedSox/Padres 2003-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 4 yrs/$66M (10-13) & 14 vesting option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.080, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Joe Urbon) [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #607. Ezra Sutton… #608. Max Bishop… #609. Steve Sax… #610. JASON BAY… #611. George Bell… #612. Jim Piersall… #613. Bobby Avila… 

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
2003 24 TOT NL 30 107 87 15 25 7 1 4 14 3 1 19 29 .287 .421 .529 .949 145 46 0 1 0 0 0 7/89
2003 24 SDP NL 3 10 8 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .750 1.150 203 6 0 1 0 0 0 /8
2003 24 PIT NL 27 97 79 13 23 6 1 3 12 3 1 18 28 .291 .423 .506 .929 140 40 0 0 0 0 0 7/89
2004 25 PIT NL 120 472 411 61 116 24 4 26 82 4 6 41 129 .282 .358 .550 .907 132 226 9 10 5 5 2 *7/8 RoY-1
2005 26 PIT NL 162 707 599 110 183 44 6 32 101 21 1 95 142 .306 .402 .559 .961 150 335 12 6 0 7 9 *78 AS,MVP-12
2006 27 PIT NL 159 689 570 101 163 29 3 35 109 11 2 102 156 .286 .396 .532 .928 138 303 15 8 0 9 9 *7 AS,MVP-23
2007 28 PIT NL 145 614 538 78 133 25 2 21 84 4 1 59 141 .247 .327 .418 .746 94 225 8 9 0 8 3 *7/D
2008 29 TOT MLB 155 670 577 111 165 35 4 31 101 10 0 81 137 .286 .373 .522 .895 133 301 7 4 0 8 4 *7
2008 29 PIT NL 106 459 393 72 111 23 2 22 64 7 0 59 86 .282 .375 .519 .894 136 204 3 2 0 5 2 7
2008 29 BOS AL 49 211 184 39 54 12 2 9 37 3 0 22 51 .293 .370 .527 .897 128 97 4 2 0 3 2 7
2009 30 BOS AL 151 638 531 103 142 29 3 36 119 13 3 94 162 .267 .384 .537 .921 134 285 9 9 0 4 4 *7/D AS,MVP-7,SS
2010 31 NYM NL 95 401 348 48 90 20 6 6 47 10 0 44 91 .259 .347 .402 .749 105 140 7 5 0 4 3 7
2011 32 NYM NL 123 509 444 59 109 19 1 12 57 11 1 56 109 .245 .329 .374 .703 96 166 8 2 1 6 3 *7
9 Seasons 1140 4807 4105 686 1126 232 30 203 714 87 15 591 1096 .274 .369 .494 .863 125 2027 75 54 6 51 37
162 Game Avg. 162 683 583 97 160 33 4 29 101 12 2 84 156 .274 .369 .494 .863 125 288 11 8 1 7 5
PIT (6 yrs) 719 3038 2590 435 729 151 18 139 452 50 11 374 682 .281 .375 .515 .890 131 1333 47 35 5 34 25
NYM (2 yrs) 218 910 792 107 199 39 7 18 104 21 1 100 200 .251 .337 .386 .723 100 306 15 7 1 10 6
BOS (2 yrs) 200 849 715 142 196 41 5 45 156 16 3 116 213 .274 .380 .534 .915 132 382 13 11 0 7 6
SDP (1 yr) 3 10 8 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .750 1.150 203 6 0 1 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 940 3958 3390 544 930 191 25 158 558 71 12 475 883 .274 .366 .485 .852 124 1645 62 43 6 44 31
AL (2 yrs) 200 849 715 142 196 41 5 45 156 16 3 116 213 .274 .380 .534 .915 132 382 13 11 0 7 6

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 Awards
2003 24 SDP NL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /8
2003 24 PIT NL 97 5 1 0 0 0 -1 3 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ 7/89
2004 25 PIT NL 472 20 -2 -1 -1 -3 -5 13 21 2.2 24 2.5 -0.3 $305,000 *7/8 RoY-1
2005 26 PIT NL 707 42 6 0 -1 -17 -6 19 43 4.5 60 6.1 -1.6 $355,000 *78 AS,MVP-12
2006 27 PIT NL 689 32 1 -1 -1 0 -8 18 41 4.1 41 4.1 0.0 $1,000,000 *7 AS,MVP-23
2007 28 PIT NL 614 -3 -2 2 1 -18 -7 17 -10 -1.0 8 0.8 -1.8 $3,500,000 *7/D
2008 29 PIT NL 459 25 1 4 1 -24 -5 12 14 1.5 38 3.9 -2.4 $6,000,000 7
2008 29 BOS AL 211 6 1 3 0 -11 -2 7 4 0.4 15 1.5 -1.1 $ 7
2009 30 BOS AL 638 28 2 3 0 8 -7 21 56 5.1 48 4.4 0.7 $7,800,000 *7/D AS,MVP-7,SS
2010 31 NYM NL 401 3 1 2 0 -0 -5 11 13 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $8,625,000 7
2011 32 NYM NL 509 -1 1 2 0 -5 -6 14 6 0.6 11 1.2 -0.6 $18,125,000 *7
9 Seasons 4807 158 11 15 0 -69 -52 135 197 19.7 267 26.8 -7.1 $45,710,000
PIT (6 yrs) 3038 121 5 4 -1 -61 -32 82 117 12.1 179 18.2 -6.1 $11,160,000
NYM (2 yrs) 910 2 2 4 1 -6 -10 25 19 2.0 25 2.6 -0.6 $26,750,000
BOS (2 yrs) 849 34 3 6 0 -3 -9 28 60 5.5 63 5.9 -0.4 $7,800,000
SDP (1 yr) 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 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 BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 29 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 4 19 17 3 7 2 0 2 5 0 0 2 4 .412 .474 .882 1.356 15 0 0 0 0 0
2008 29 BOS AL ALCS TBR L 7 32 24 3 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 7 8 .292 .469 .458 .927 11 0 1 0 0 1
2009 30 BOS AL ALDS LAA L 3 11 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .125 .364 .125 .489 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 14 62 49 6 15 3 0 3 9 0 0 12 15 .306 .452 .551 1.003 27 0 1 0 0 1
2 ALDS 7 30 25 3 8 2 0 2 5 0 0 5 7 .320 .433 .640 1.073 16 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 7 32 24 3 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 7 8 .292 .469 .458 .927 11 0 1 0 0 1

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2003 TOT NL 24 OF 29 26 21 224.1 50 48 1 1 0 .980 1 1 3 5 1.97 1.69 .984 2.17 2.15
2003 TOT NL 24 CF 5 5 3 36.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1 -10 33 3.00 2.40 .987 2.50 2.48
2003 SDP NL 24 CF 3 3 2 19.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 13 63 3.79 2.67 .988 2.51 2.47
2003 SDP NL 24 OF 3 3 2 19.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 13 63 3.79 2.67 .984 2.18 2.13
2003 PIT NL 24 OF 26 23 19 205.1 42 40 1 1 0 .976 0 1 2 5 1.80 1.58 .984 2.17 2.15
2003 PIT NL 24 LF 24 20 17 180.1 35 34 0 1 0 .971 1 0 5 0 1.70 1.42 .979 1.91 1.89
2003 PIT NL 24 CF 2 2 1 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -35 0 2.12 2.00 .988 2.49 2.50
2003 PIT NL 24 RF 1 1 1 8.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 30 0 3.38 3.00 .983 2.14 2.10
2004 PIT NL 25 OF 119 110 105 984.0 216 211 3 2 0 .991 -3 4 -4 4 1.96 1.80 .982 2.16 2.14 RoY-1
2004 PIT NL 25 LF 117 107 104 963.0 213 208 3 2 0 .991 -2 5 -3 6 1.97 1.80 .980 1.85 1.84 RoY-1
2004 PIT NL 25 CF 5 3 1 21.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -40 -57 1.29 0.60 .987 2.53 2.50 RoY-1
2005 PIT NL 26 OF 162 162 138 1402.2 330 322 4 4 1 .988 -17 -4 -14 -3 2.09 2.01 .984 2.19 2.16 AS,MVP-12
2005 PIT NL 26 LF 146 133 124 1185.2 269 265 3 1 1 .996 -14 0 -14 0 2.03 1.84 .984 1.94 1.92 AS,MVP-12
2005 PIT NL 26 CF 30 29 14 217.0 61 57 1 3 0 .951 -3 -4 -16 -22 2.41 1.93 .987 2.52 2.48 AS,MVP-12
2006 PIT NL 27 LF 157 157 150 1373.0 329 316 10 3 1 .991 0 2 0 2 2.14 2.08 .982 1.97 1.95 AS,MVP-23
2006 PIT NL 27 OF 157 157 150 1373.0 329 316 10 3 1 .991 0 2 0 1 2.14 2.08 .984 2.22 2.20 AS,MVP-23
2007 PIT NL 28 LF 142 142 125 1237.0 286 265 13 8 3 .972 -18 -8 -17 -8 2.02 1.96 .984 2.00 1.99
2007 PIT NL 28 OF 142 142 125 1237.0 286 265 13 8 3 .972 -18 -8 -17 -7 2.02 1.96 .984 2.30 2.29
2007 PIT NL 28 DH 1 1
2008 TOT MLB 29 LF 154 153 137 1344.2 266 254 8 4 0 .985 -34 -8 -31 -7 1.75 1.70 .983 1.95 1.94
2008 TOT MLB 29 OF 154 153 137 1344.2 266 254 8 4 0 .985 -34 -8 -31 -7 1.75 1.70 .985 2.24 2.23
2008 PIT NL 29 LF 105 105 93 921.1 184 178 3 3 0 .984 -24 -8 -31 -10 1.77 1.72 .983 1.90 1.89
2008 PIT NL 29 OF 105 105 93 921.1 184 178 3 3 0 .984 -24 -8 -31 -10 1.77 1.72 .985 2.21 2.20
2008 BOS AL 29 LF 49 48 44 423.1 82 76 5 1 0 .988 -11 0 -30 0 1.72 1.65 .984 2.05 2.03
2008 BOS AL 29 OF 49 48 44 423.1 82 76 5 1 0 .988 -11 0 -30 0 1.72 1.65 .986 2.31 2.28
2009 BOS AL 30 LF 150 150 134 1279.1 325 310 15 0 2 1.000 8 -2 7 -2 2.29 2.17 .987 2.12 2.09 AS,MVP-7,SS
2009 BOS AL 30 OF 150 150 134 1279.1 325 310 15 0 2 1.000 8 -2 7 -1 2.29 2.17 .987 2.33 2.30 AS,MVP-7,SS
2009 BOS AL 30 DH 1 1 AS,MVP-7,SS
2010 NYM NL 31 LF 93 92 88 820.2 148 141 6 1 1 .993 -0 0 -1 0 1.61 1.58 .985 1.82 1.80
2010 NYM NL 31 OF 93 92 88 820.2 148 141 6 1 1 .993 -0 0 -1 0 1.61 1.58 .987 2.17 2.15
2011 NYM NL 32 LF 122 121 114 1053.1 226 220 4 2 1 .991 -5 -1 -6 -1 1.91 1.84 .985 1.87 1.87
2011 NYM NL 32 OF 122 121 114 1053.1 226 220 4 2 1 .991 -5 -1 -6 -1 1.91 1.84 .986 2.16 2.15
9 Seasons OF 1128 1113 1012 9719.0 2176 2087 64 25 9 .989 -69 -16 -9 -1 1.99 1.91 .985 2.23 2.21
9 Seasons LF 1105 1075 993 9437.0 2097 2013 62 22 9 .990 -65 -12 -8 -1 1.98 1.88 .984 1.95 1.93
3 Seasons CF 40 37 18 274.0 76 72 1 3 0 .961 -4 -4 -17 -17 2.40 1.83 .987 2.52 2.48
1 Season RF 1 1 1 8.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 30 0 3.38 3.00 .983 2.14 2.10
9 Seasons TOT 1128 1113 1012 9719.0 2176 2087 64 25 9 .989 -69 -32 -9 -3 1.99 1.91 .985 2.23 2.21
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2005
2006 (RF)
2009 (LF)

Awards (yr lg award)
2004 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2005 NL (12, 9%)
2006 NL (23, 0%)
2009 AL (7, 20%)
0.29 Career Shares (619th)

Silver Sluggers
2009 AL (OF)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2005 NL  6.1 (2nd)
Active  26.8 (49th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2005 NL  .306 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2005 NL  .402 (8th)
2006 NL  .396 (9th)
Active  .369 (32nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
2005 NL  .559 (8th)
2009 AL  .537 (10th)
Active  .494 (33rd)
Career  .494 (124th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2005 NL  .961 (5th)
2009 AL  .921 (9th)
Active  .863 (28th)
Career  .863 (126th)

Games Played s c a p y
2005 NL  162 (1st)
2006 NL  159 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
2005 NL  599 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2005 NL  707 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2005 NL  110 (4th)
2009 AL  103 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
2005 NL  183 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2005 NL  335 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
2005 NL  44 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2006 NL  35 (10th)
2009 AL  36 (3rd)
Active  203 (42nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2009 AL  119 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 NL  95 (7th)
2006 NL  102 (6th)
2009 AL  94 (3rd)
Active  591 (36th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2005 NL  142 (6th)
2006 NL  156 (5th)
2007 NL  141 (5th)
2009 AL  162 (4th)
Active  1,096 (34th)
Career  1,096 (195th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2005 NL  150 (5th)
2006 NL  138 (7th)
Active  125 (26th)
Career  125 (230th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2005 NL  143 (3rd)
2006 NL  126 (10th)
2009 AL  117 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2005 NL  47 (4th)
2006 NL  36 (9th)
2009 AL  28 (10th)
Active  165 (33rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2005 NL  4.5 (4th)
2006 NL  3.4 (9th)
2009 AL  2.6 (10th)
Active  15.5 (33rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2005 NL  82 (2nd)
2009 AL  68 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2005 NL  284 (5th)
2006 NL  273 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2005 NL  .748 (4th)
2006 NL  .685 (9th)
2009 AL  .683 (7th)
Active  .647 (27th)
Career  .647 (222nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2005 NL  7 (9th)
2006 NL  9 (2nd)
Active  51 (36th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2005 NL  25.4 (2nd)
Active  121.8 (44th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2009 AL  14.8 (4th)
Active  20.2 (29th)
Career  20.2 (127th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2005 NL  49.04 (5th)
2009 AL  47.01 (2nd)
Active  195.24 (32nd)
Career  195.24 (202nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2005 NL  4.9 (3rd)
2008 NL  4.1 (8th)
2009 AL  4.5 (1st)
Active  17.3 (32nd)
Career  17.3 (209th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2005 NL  5.2 (3rd)
2006 NL  3.7 (8th)
2008 NL  3.4 (10th)
2009 AL  3.6 (3rd)
Active  20.1 (30th)
Career  20.1 (185th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2005 NL  4.7 (5th)
2009 AL  4.2 (2nd)
Active  18.2 (33rd)
Career  18.2 (208th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  1,105 (6th)
Career  1,105 (48th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  2,013 (5th)
Career  2,013 (48th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  62 (6th)
Career  62 (69th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  22 (11th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2005 NL  162 (1st)
2006 NL  157 (5th)
Active  1,128 (21st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2007 NL  13 (3rd)
2009 AL  15 (1st)
Active  64 (21st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2007 NL  8 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2004 NL  1.97 (2nd)
2005 NL  2.03 (5th)
2006 NL  2.14 (4th)
2009 AL  2.29 (3rd)
2011 NL  1.91 (5th)
Active  1.98 (6th)
Career  1.98 (66th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2004 NL  1.80 (3rd)
2005 NL  1.84 (5th)
2006 NL  2.08 (2nd)
2007 NL  1.96 (5th)
2009 AL  2.17 (2nd)
2011 NL  1.84 (2nd)
Active  1.88 (6th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2004 NL  .991 (3rd)
2005 NL  .996 (1st)
2006 NL  .991 (5th)
2009 AL  1.000 (1st)
2010 NL  .993 (4th)
Active  .990 (4th)
Career  .990 (11th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2009 AL  1.000 (1st)
Career  .989 (73rd)

Salary s c a p y
2011 NL  $18,125,000 (10th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 42 (593), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 46 (417), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (624), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Phil Nevin (922)
  6. Preston Wilson (919)
  7. Carl Everett (918)
  8. Bobby Higginson (913)
  9. Gus Zernial (913)
  10. Hideki Matsui (913)
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  3. Roy Sievers (943)
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  5. Bill Nicholson (941)
  6. J.D. Drew (940)
  7. Wally Post (938)
  8. Bobby Higginson (937)
  9. Kirk Gibson (935)
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  3. Geoff Jenkins (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Geoff Jenkins (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ryan Klesko (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Geoff Jenkins (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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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
200425Pittsburgh Pirates$305,0004/7/04 AP
200526Pittsburgh Pirates$355,000
200627Pittsburgh Pirates$1,000,000
200728Pittsburgh Pirates$3,500,000
200829Pittsburgh Pirates$6,000,000
200930Boston Red Sox$7,800,000
201031New York Mets$8,625,000
201132New York Mets$18,125,000
201233New York Mets$16,000,000
201334New York Mets$16,000,000
201435New York Mets*$17,000,000$17M Vesting Option, $3M Buyout600 Pas in 2013 or 500 Pas in both 2012 and 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)$45,710,000Does not include future salaries
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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