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Oil Can Boyd

Dennis Ray Boyd

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: October 6, 1959 in Meridian, MS
School: Jackson State University (Jackson, MS)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 16th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1982 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Expos/Rangers 1982-1991
Agents: George Kalafatis, previously: Dennis Coleman [*]
Final Game: October 1, 1991 (Age 31)
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 23, 2013 7:17AM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #641. Octavio Dotel… #642. Don Robinson… #643. Moose Haas… #644. OIL CAN BOYD… #645. Ed Figueroa… #646. Storm Davis… #647. Ervin Santana… 

Standard Pitching

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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
1982 22 BOS AL 0 1 .000 5.40 3 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 11 5 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 37 84 1.560 11.9 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.00
1983 23 BOS AL 4 8 .333 3.28 15 13 2 5 0 0 98.2 103 46 36 9 23 0 43 1 1 3 413 133 1.277 9.4 0.8 2.1 3.9 1.87
1984 24 BOS AL 12 12 .500 4.37 29 26 2 10 3 0 197.2 207 109 96 18 53 5 134 1 1 5 835 95 1.315 9.4 0.8 2.4 6.1 2.53
1985 25 BOS AL 15 13 .536 3.70 35 35 0 13 3 0 272.1 273 117 112 26 67 3 154 4 1 1 1132 116 1.248 9.0 0.9 2.2 5.1 2.30
1986 26 BOS AL 16 10 .615 3.78 30 30 0 10 0 0 214.1 222 99 90 32 45 1 129 2 0 3 893 111 1.246 9.3 1.3 1.9 5.4 2.87
1987 27 BOS AL 1 3 .250 5.89 7 7 0 0 0 0 36.2 47 31 24 6 9 1 12 2 2 0 167 78 1.527 11.5 1.5 2.2 2.9 1.33
1988 28 BOS AL 9 7 .563 5.34 23 23 0 1 0 0 129.2 147 82 77 25 41 2 71 2 5 0 561 78 1.450 10.2 1.7 2.8 4.9 1.73
1989 29 BOS AL 3 2 .600 4.42 10 10 0 0 0 0 59.0 57 31 29 8 19 0 26 0 0 2 246 94 1.288 8.7 1.2 2.9 4.0 1.37
1990 30 MON NL 10 6 .625 2.93 31 31 0 3 3 0 190.2 164 64 62 19 52 10 113 3 3 3 774 125 1.133 7.7 0.9 2.5 5.3 2.17
1991 31 TOT MLB 8 15 .348 4.59 31 31 0 1 1 0 182.1 196 96 93 21 57 3 115 0 4 2 773 83 1.388 9.7 1.0 2.8 5.7 2.02
1991 31 MON NL 6 8 .429 3.52 19 19 0 1 1 0 120.1 115 49 47 9 40 2 82 0 3 2 496 104 1.288 8.6 0.7 3.0 6.1 2.05
1991 31 TEX AL 2 7 .222 6.68 12 12 0 0 0 0 62.0 81 47 46 12 17 1 33 0 1 0 277 61 1.581 11.8 1.7 2.5 4.8 1.94
10 Yrs 78 77 .503 4.04 214 207 4 43 10 0 1389.2 1427 680 624 166 368 25 799 15 17 20 5831 101 1.292 9.2 1.1 2.4 5.2 2.17
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .503 4.04 35 33 1 7 2 0 224 230 110 101 27 59 4 129 2 3 3 942 101 1.292 9.2 1.1 2.4 5.2 2.17
BOS (8 yrs) 60 56 .517 4.15 152 145 4 39 6 0 1016.2 1067 520 469 126 259 12 571 12 10 15 4284 102 1.304 9.4 1.1 2.3 5.1 2.20
MON (2 yrs) 16 14 .533 3.15 50 50 0 4 4 0 311.0 279 113 109 28 92 12 195 3 6 5 1270 116 1.193 8.1 0.8 2.7 5.6 2.12
TEX (1 yr) 2 7 .222 6.68 12 12 0 0 0 0 62.0 81 47 46 12 17 1 33 0 1 0 277 61 1.581 11.8 1.7 2.5 4.8 1.94
AL (9 yrs) 62 63 .496 4.30 164 157 4 39 6 0 1078.2 1148 567 515 138 276 13 604 12 11 15 4561 98 1.320 9.6 1.2 2.3 5.0 2.19
NL (2 yrs) 16 14 .533 3.15 50 50 0 4 4 0 311.0 279 113 109 28 92 12 195 3 6 5 1270 116 1.193 8.1 0.8 2.7 5.6 2.12

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 Awards
1982 22 BOS AL 8.1 3 1 5 5.40 4.25 0.01 -0.03 110.1 4.64 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .477 .500
1983 23 BOS AL 98.2 15 13 46 4.20 4.67 -0.08 0.12 106.9 5.20 11 1.2 1.1 -0.1 2.0 20 .579 .507
1984 24 BOS AL 197.2 29 26 109 4.96 4.40 -0.15 0.12 104.1 4.87 -2 -0.2 .5 -0.1 1.6 16 .494 .499
1985 25 BOS AL 272.1 35 35 117 3.87 4.64 -0.05 0.16 103.6 5.02 35 3.8 -0.1 6.2 61 .609 .524 $177,500
1986 26 BOS AL 214.1 30 30 99 4.16 4.64 -0.01 0.16 99.9 4.81 15 1.6 -0.1 3.5 36 .553 .510 $375,000
1987 27 BOS AL 36.2 7 7 31 7.61 5.03 -0.09 0.18 101.6 5.39 -9 -0.8 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .386 .495 $550,000
1988 28 BOS AL 129.2 23 23 82 5.69 4.31 0.03 0.14 104.5 4.62 -16 -1.6 -0.1 -0.4 -4 .431 .490 $550,000
1989 29 BOS AL 59.0 10 10 31 4.73 4.28 0.01 0.15 104.5 4.62 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.4 5 .490 .499 $550,000
1990 30 MON NL 190.2 31 31 64 3.02 4.17 -0.12 0.15 97.2 4.31 24 2.8 -0.1 4.3 43 .590 .517 $400,000
1991 31 MON NL 120.1 19 19 49 3.66 4.16 0.07 0.15 98.8 4.20 6 0.7 -0.1 1.7 17 .537 .504 $1,500,000
1991 31 TEX AL 62.0 12 12 47 6.82 4.56 -0.25 0.17 98.1 4.88 -13 -1.3 -0.0 -0.7 -7 .394 .492
10 Seasons 1389.2 214 207 680 4.40 4.46 -0.06 0.15 101.9 4.76 49 6.1 .8 -0.8 18.1 182 .528 .503 $4,102,500
BOS (8 yrs) 1016.2 152 145 520 4.60 4.55 -0.05 0.15 103.4 4.90 32 3.9 .8 -0.6 12.8 130 .526 .503 $2,202,500
MON (2 yrs) 311.0 50 50 113 3.27 4.16 -0.05 0.15 97.8 4.27 30 3.5 -0.2 6.0 60 .570 .511 $1,900,000
TEX (1 yr) 62.0 12 12 47 6.82 4.56 -0.25 0.17 98.1 4.88 -13 -1.3 -0.0 -0.7 -7 .394 .492

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
1986 26 BOS AL ALCS W CAL 1 1 .500 4.61 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.2 17 7 7 3 3 0 8 1 0 0 59 1.463 11.2 2.0 2.0 5.3 2.67
1986 26 BOS AL WS L NYM 0 1 .000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 6 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 31 1.429 11.6 1.3 1.3 3.9 3.00
1 Yr (2 Series) 1 2 .333 5.66 3 3 0 0 0 0 20.2 26 13 13 4 4 0 11 1 0 0 90 1.452 11.3 1.7 1.7 4.8 2.75
1 ALCS 1 1 .500 4.61 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.2 17 7 7 3 3 0 8 1 0 0 59 1.463 11.2 2.0 2.0 5.3 2.67
1 WS 0 1 .000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 6 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 31 1.429 11.6 1.3 1.3 3.9 3.00

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
1982 22 BOS AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1983 23 BOS AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 24 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 25 BOS AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 26 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 27 BOS AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1988 28 BOS AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 29 BOS AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 30 MON NL 31 71 59 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .051 .051 .051 .102 -71 3 1 0 12 0 0 1
1991 31 TOT MLB 31 42 36 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 19 .083 .154 .083 .237 -31 3 0 0 3 0 0 1
1991 31 MON NL 19 42 36 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 19 .083 .154 .083 .237 -31 3 0 0 3 0 0 1
1991 31 TEX AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yrs 214 113 95 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 39 .063 .092 .063 .155 -55 6 1 0 15 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 86 72 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 30 .063 .092 .063 .155 -55 5 1 0 11 0 0
BOS (8 yrs) 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MON (2 yrs) 50 113 95 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 39 .063 .092 .063 .155 -55 6 1 0 15 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 164 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 50 113 95 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 39 .063 .092 .063 .155 -55 6 1 0 15 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 Awards
1982 22 BOS AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1983 23 BOS AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1984 24 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1985 25 BOS AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $177,500 1
1986 26 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $375,000 1
1987 27 BOS AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $550,000 /1
1988 28 BOS AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $550,000 1
1989 29 BOS AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $550,000 1
1990 30 MON NL 31 71 -14 0 -0 0 10 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.5 .485 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $400,000 1
1991 31 MON NL 19 42 -6 -0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $1,500,000 1
1991 31 TEX AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
10 Seasons 214 113 -20 0 -0 0 16 -4 -0.5 4 -0 -0.5 .498 .500 -0.5 0.2 -0 $4,102,500
BOS (8 yrs) 152 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $2,202,500
MON (2 yrs) 50 113 -20 0 -0 0 15 -5 -0.6 4 -1 -0.6 .489 .498 -0.6 0.0 -1 $1,900,000
TEX (1 yr) 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .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 BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 26 BOS AL ALCS CAL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 26 BOS AL WS NYM L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 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
1 WS 1 0 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 GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1982 BOS AL 22 P 3 1 0 8.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 0.33 .960 1.84 1.80 0 0 0
1983 BOS AL 23 P 15 13 5 98.2 16 5 10 1 1 .938 1.37 1.00 .958 1.80 1.78 9 4 31% 33% 0
1984 BOS AL 24 P 29 26 10 197.2 53 20 31 2 3 .962 2.32 1.76 .958 1.79 1.78 10 11 52% 36% 0
1985 BOS AL 25 P 35 35 13 272.1 84 42 41 1 2 .988 2.74 2.37 .953 1.86 1.84 15 18 55% 33% 0
1986 BOS AL 26 P 30 30 10 214.1 53 24 27 2 4 .962 2.14 1.70 .957 1.83 1.81 14 10 42% 34% 0
1987 BOS AL 27 P 7 7 1 36.2 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 3.68 2.14 .955 1.84 1.81 3 2 40% 31% 0
1988 BOS AL 28 P 23 23 1 129.2 25 8 15 2 0 .920 1.60 1.00 .961 1.78 1.77 10 9 47% 31% 0
1989 BOS AL 29 P 10 10 0 59.0 17 7 10 0 1 1.000 2.59 1.70 .960 1.88 1.85 8 4 33% 31% 1
1990 MON NL 30 P 31 31 3 190.2 34 7 24 3 1 .912 1.46 1.00 .957 1.80 1.79 25 6 19% 29% 0
1991 TOT MLB 31 P 31 31 1 182.1 28 11 17 0 1 1.000 1.38 0.90 .955 1.84 1.83 14 12 46% 33% 0
1991 MON NL 31 P 19 19 1 120.1 18 7 11 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.95 .955 1.86 1.85 11 9 45% 33% 0
1991 TEX AL 31 P 12 12 0 62.0 10 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.45 0.83 .956 1.80 1.80 3 3 50% 34% 0
10 Seasons P 214 207 44 1389.2 326 128 187 11 13 .966 2.04 1.47 .956 1.82 1.81 108 76 41% 32% 1
10 Seasons TOT 214 207 44 1389.2 326 128 187 11 13 .966 2.04 1.47 .956 1.82 1.81 108 76 41% 32% 1
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-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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 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

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1985 AL  6.2 (7th)
1990 NL  4.4 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1990 NL  2.93 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1986 AL  16 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1990 NL  .625 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1990 NL  1.133 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 NL  7.741 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 AL  2.214 (5th)
1986 AL  1.890 (2nd)
1990 NL  2.455 (10th)
Career  2.383 (234th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL  6.101 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1985 AL  272.3 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1985 AL  35 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1984 AL  10 (9th)
1985 AL  13 (4th)
1986 AL  10 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1984 AL  3 (7th)
1985 AL  3 (4th)
1990 NL  3 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1986 AL  32 (7th)
1988 AL  25 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1985 AL  273 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1984 AL  2.528 (5th)
1985 AL  2.298 (6th)
1986 AL  2.867 (5th)
Career  2.171 (205th)

Losses s c a p y
1991 ML  15 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1985 AL  112 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1985 AL  1,132 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1990 NL  125 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1990 NL  23.31 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1990 NL  2.6 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1990 NL  12 (5th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1985 AL  42 (1st)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1990 NL  3 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1985 AL  2.74 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1985 AL  2.37 (2nd)
1986 AL  1.70 (5th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 32 (759), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1095), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1136), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (526th), 17.7 career WAR/19.3 7yr-peak WAR/18.5 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Ben McDonald (967)
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  5. Luke Hamlin (953)
  6. Joe Blanton (952)
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  10. Joey Hamilton (950)
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  3. Silvio Martinez (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dan Haren (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Luis Leal (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Carl Pavano (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mark Clark (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mark Clark (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bill Wegman (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198525Boston Red Sox$177,5003/3/86 TSN
198626Boston Red Sox$375,000Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163
198727Boston Red Sox$550,000G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163Arbitration loss; $695,000 request
198828Boston Red Sox$550,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198929Boston Red Sox$550,0001989 USA Today survey
199030Montreal Expos$400,000*
199131Montreal Expos$1,500,000USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,102,500
Disputed Salaries
*1990 - $1,575,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -
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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