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Matt Cain

Matthew Thomas Cain (The Horse)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: October 1, 1984 in Dothan, AL
High School: Houston HS (Germantown, TN)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 29, 2005 (Age 20)
Team: Giants 2005-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2017, 8 yrs/$139.75M (10-17) & 18 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.038, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Len Hardison, Kyle Rote Jr [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 2:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #377. Dave Goltz… #378. Pedro Astacio… #379. Doc Crandall… #380. MATT CAIN… #381. Alex Fernandez… #382. Charles Nagy… #383. Larry Gura… 

Standard Pitching

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
2005 20 SFG NL 2 1 .667 2.33 7 7 0 1 0 0 46.1 24 12 12 4 19 1 30 0 0 1 181 185 0.928 4.7 0.8 3.7 5.8 1.58
2006 21 SFG NL 13 12 .520 4.15 32 31 1 1 1 0 190.2 157 93 88 18 87 1 179 6 2 9 818 108 1.280 7.4 0.8 4.1 8.4 2.06 RoY-5
2007 22 SFG NL 7 16 .304 3.65 32 32 0 1 0 0 200.0 173 84 81 14 79 3 163 5 0 12 832 123 1.260 7.8 0.6 3.6 7.3 2.06
2008 23 SFG NL 8 14 .364 3.76 34 34 0 1 1 0 217.2 206 95 91 19 91 9 186 7 2 7 933 117 1.364 8.5 0.8 3.8 7.7 2.04
2009 24 SFG NL 14 8 .636 2.89 33 33 0 4 0 0 217.2 184 73 70 22 73 6 171 3 0 9 886 147 1.181 7.6 0.9 3.0 7.1 2.34 AS
2010 25 SFG NL 13 11 .542 3.14 33 33 0 4 2 0 223.1 181 84 78 22 61 4 177 4 0 8 896 124 1.084 7.3 0.9 2.5 7.1 2.90 CYA-12
2011 26 SFG NL 12 11 .522 2.88 33 33 0 1 0 0 221.2 177 82 71 9 63 5 179 9 0 4 907 121 1.083 7.2 0.4 2.6 7.3 2.84 AS,CYA-8
2012 27 SFG NL 16 5 .762 2.79 32 32 0 2 2 0 219.1 177 73 68 21 51 1 193 9 0 8 876 126 1.040 7.3 0.9 2.1 7.9 3.78 AS,CYA-6
2013 28 SFG NL 2 2 .500 5.04 8 8 0 0 0 0 50.0 43 29 28 10 15 1 43 2 0 1 209 68 1.160 7.7 1.8 2.7 7.7 2.87
9 Yrs 87 80 .521 3.33 244 243 1 15 6 0 1586.2 1322 625 587 139 539 31 1321 45 4 59 6538 122 1.173 7.5 0.8 3.1 7.5 2.45
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .521 3.33 34 34 0 2 1 0 222 185 87 82 19 75 4 184 6 1 8 913 122 1.173 7.5 0.8 3.1 7.5 2.45

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
2005 20 SFG NL 46.1 7 7 12 2.33 4.26 -0.15 0.16 104.8 4.78 13 1.5 -0.0 1.8 17 .708 .509
2006 21 SFG NL 190.2 32 31 93 4.39 4.82 0.19 0.18 99.8 4.81 9 0.9 .0 -0.1 2.5 26 .530 .506 $328,000 RoY-5
2007 22 SFG NL 200.0 32 32 84 3.78 4.84 0.07 0.20 101.3 5.03 29 3.0 -0.1 4.6 46 .595 .519 $650,000
2008 23 SFG NL 217.2 34 34 95 3.93 4.57 -0.12 0.18 102.4 5.00 27 2.9 -0.1 4.6 45 .586 .518 $950,000
2009 24 SFG NL 217.2 33 33 73 3.02 4.47 0.06 0.17 102.4 4.70 40 4.6 -0.2 6.3 59 .638 .528 $2,900,000 AS
2010 25 SFG NL 223.1 33 33 84 3.39 4.37 0.19 0.17 101.3 4.41 25 2.8 -0.2 4.5 44 .584 .517 $4,583,333 CYA-12
2011 26 SFG NL 221.2 33 33 82 3.33 4.17 0.02 0.16 94.6 4.07 17 1.9 -0.1 3.7 36 .558 .512 $7,333,333 AS,CYA-8
2012 27 SFG NL 219.1 32 32 73 3.00 4.22 -0.05 0.16 87.1 3.85 19 2.2 -0.1 3.9 39 .567 .513 $15,000,000 AS,CYA-6
2013 28 SFG NL 50.0 8 8 29 5.22 4.19 -0.03 0.16 91.4 4.01 -7 -0.8 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .406 .495 $20,000,000
9 Seasons 1586.2 244 243 625 3.55 4.47 0.04 0.17 98.3 4.53 171 19.0 .0 -1.1 31.4 308 .578 .513 $51,744,666

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
2010 25 SFG NL NLDS W ATL 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 7 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 28 1.350 9.5 0.0 2.7 8.1 3.00
2010 25 SFG NL NLCS W PHI 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 0 0 28 0.714 2.6 0.0 3.9 6.4 1.67
2010 25 SFG NL WS W TEX 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 4 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 29 0.783 4.7 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
2012 27 SFG NL NLDS W CIN 1 1 .500 5.06 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 11 6 6 3 3 0 9 2 0 0 46 1.313 9.3 2.5 2.5 7.6 3.00
2012 27 SFG NL NLCS W STL 1 1 .500 2.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 11 3 3 1 2 1 6 2 0 0 51 1.054 8.0 0.7 1.5 4.4 3.00
2012 27 SFG NL WS W DET 0 0 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 3 3 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 28 1.000 6.4 2.6 2.6 6.4 2.50
2 Yrs (6 Series) 4 2 .667 2.10 8 8 0 0 0 0 51.1 40 13 12 6 14 2 33 6 0 1 210 1.052 7.0 1.1 2.5 5.8 2.36
2 NLDS 1 1 .500 3.12 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.1 18 7 6 3 5 0 15 2 0 0 74 1.327 9.3 1.6 2.6 7.8 3.00
2 NLCS 2 1 .667 1.40 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.1 13 3 3 1 5 1 11 4 0 0 79 0.931 6.1 0.5 2.3 5.1 2.20
2 WS 1 0 1.000 1.84 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.2 9 3 3 2 4 1 7 0 0 1 57 0.886 5.5 1.2 2.5 4.3 1.75

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
2005 20 SFG NL 7 16 15 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .067 .067 .133 .200 -49 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2006 21 SFG NL 32 66 57 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 28 .140 .155 .175 .331 -15 10 0 0 8 0 0 1 RoY-5
2007 22 SFG NL 32 66 57 3 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 32 .070 .102 .175 .277 -30 10 0 0 7 0 0 1
2008 23 SFG NL 34 72 62 3 7 1 0 2 3 0 0 4 34 .113 .167 .226 .392 1 14 0 0 6 0 0 1
2009 24 SFG NL 33 73 60 2 9 2 1 0 3 0 0 4 31 .150 .203 .217 .420 10 13 0 0 9 0 0 1 AS
2010 25 SFG NL 35 77 66 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 33 .106 .119 .121 .241 -34 8 0 0 10 0 0 1 CYA-12
2011 26 SFG NL 35 78 66 5 9 1 0 1 6 0 0 3 30 .136 .171 .197 .368 5 13 0 0 8 1 0 1 AS,CYA-8
2012 27 SFG NL 35 84 74 6 13 2 0 1 6 0 0 2 33 .176 .197 .243 .441 25 18 0 0 8 0 0 1 AS,CYA-6
2013 28 SFG NL 8 16 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .083 .083 .083 .167 -51 1 0 0 4 0 0 /1
9 Yrs 251 548 469 24 59 10 1 6 25 0 0 17 232 .126 .156 .190 .346 -7 89 0 0 61 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 354 303 15 38 6 1 4 16 0 0 11 150 .126 .156 .190 .346 -7 57 0 0 39 1 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
2005 20 SFG NL 7 16 -3 -1 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .490 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 /1
2006 21 SFG NL 32 66 -11 -0 0 0 10 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $328,000 1 RoY-5
2007 22 SFG NL 32 66 -13 0 0 0 10 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $650,000 1
2008 23 SFG NL 34 72 -10 -0 0 0 10 -0 -0.0 2 2 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 2 $950,000 1
2009 24 SFG NL 33 73 -8 -0 0 0 10 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $2,900,000 1 AS
2010 25 SFG NL 35 77 -13 -0 1 0 11 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .493 .498 -0.2 0.0 0 $4,583,333 1 CYA-12
2011 26 SFG NL 35 78 -8 0 0 0 10 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .508 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $7,333,333 1 AS,CYA-8
2012 27 SFG NL 35 84 -6 -0 0 0 12 7 0.7 3 9 0.7 .520 .504 0.7 0.0 9 $15,000,000 1 AS,CYA-6
2013 28 SFG NL 8 16 -3 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .490 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $20,000,000 /1
9 Seasons 251 548 -75 -2 2 0 78 4 0.3 17 21 0.3 .502 .500 0.3 0.1 21 $51,744,666

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
2010 25 SFG NL NLDS ATL W 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 25 SFG NL NLCS PHI W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 25 SFG NL WS TEX W 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2012 27 SFG NL NLDS CIN W 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 27 SFG NL NLCS STL W 2 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 0 1 0 0
2012 27 SFG NL WS DET W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (6 Series) 8 17 16 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .250 .250 .250 .500 4 0 0 1 0 0
2 NLDS 3 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 3 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 0 0 1 0 0
2 WS 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2005 SFG NL 20 P 7 7 1 46.1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 0 0 0.58 0.43 .960 1.75 1.73 1 1 50% 29% 0
2006 SFG NL 21 P 32 31 1 190.2 35 17 15 3 0 .914 -2 -2 1.51 1.00 .958 1.72 1.71 15 3 17% 28% 0 RoY-5
2007 SFG NL 22 P 32 32 1 200.0 31 6 25 0 2 1.000 0 0 1.40 0.97 .966 1.68 1.67 8 5 38% 25% 0
2008 SFG NL 23 P 34 34 1 217.2 38 14 24 0 3 1.000 0 0 1.57 1.12 .959 1.73 1.72 13 10 43% 27% 0
2009 SFG NL 24 P 33 33 4 217.2 39 17 22 0 1 1.000 0 0 1.61 1.18 .955 1.72 1.70 11 9 45% 29% 0 AS
2010 SFG NL 25 P 33 33 4 223.1 35 9 24 2 0 .943 2 2 1.33 1.00 .954 1.73 1.72 19 10 34% 29% 2 CYA-12
2011 SFG NL 26 P 33 33 1 221.2 40 14 23 3 0 .925 1 1 1.50 1.12 .955 1.80 1.79 18 5 22% 28% 0 AS,CYA-8
2012 SFG NL 27 P 32 32 2 219.1 36 10 24 2 1 .944 1 1 1.40 1.06 .950 1.77 1.75 18 9 33% 27% 0 AS,CYA-6
2013 SFG NL 28 P 8 8 0 50.0 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1 4 1.26 0.88 .967 1.73 1.70 5 2 29% 28% 0
9 Seasons P 244 243 15 1586.2 265 91 163 11 7 .958 3 0 1.44 1.04 .957 1.74 1.72 108 54 33% 28% 2
9 Seasons TOT 244 243 15 1586.2 265 91 163 11 7 .958 3 2 1.44 1.04 .957 1.74 1.72 108 54 33% 28% 2
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

All-Star Games
2009
2011
2012 (P)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 NL (12, 0%)
2011 NL (8, 1%)
2012 NL (6, 10%)
0.11 Career Shares (185th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
Active  31.8 (50th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2007 NL  4.6 (7th)
2008 NL  4.6 (9th)
2009 NL  6.3 (6th)
2011 NL  3.7 (10th)
Active  31.4 (19th)
Career  31.4 (246th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2007 NL  3.65 (10th)
2009 NL  2.89 (7th)
2011 NL  2.88 (8th)
2012 NL  2.79 (4th)
Active  3.33 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
2012 NL  16 (6th)
Active  87 (41st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 NL  .636 (9th)
2012 NL  .762 (4th)
Active  .521 (46th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 NL  1.181 (9th)
2010 NL  1.084 (6th)
2011 NL  1.083 (5th)
2012 NL  1.040 (2nd)
Active  1.173 (6th)
Career  1.173 (91st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL  7.411 (3rd)
2007 NL  7.785 (5th)
2009 NL  7.608 (10th)
2010 NL  7.294 (6th)
2011 NL  7.187 (3rd)
2012 NL  7.263 (3rd)
Active  7.499 (3rd)
Career  7.499 (37th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
Active  3.057 (48th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL  8.449 (5th)
Active  7.493 (28th)
Career  7.493 (64th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 NL  217.7 (5th)
2009 NL  217.7 (7th)
2010 NL  223.3 (6th)
2011 NL  221.7 (7th)
2012 NL  219.3 (3rd)
Active  1,586.7 (33rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2006 NL  179 (9th)
2008 NL  186 (8th)
2012 NL  193 (8th)
Active  1,321 (29th)

Games Started s c a p y
2008 NL  34 (1st)
2009 NL  33 (7th)
2010 NL  33 (6th)
2011 NL  33 (4th)
2013 NL  8 (4th)
Active  243 (31st)

Complete Games s c a p y
2009 NL  4 (1st)
2010 NL  4 (3rd)
2012 NL  2 (4th)
Active  15 (14th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 NL  1 (7th)
2008 NL  1 (7th)
2010 NL  2 (2nd)
2012 NL  2 (2nd)
Active  6 (14th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2013 NL  10 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 NL  87 (3rd)
2007 NL  79 (7th)
2008 NL  91 (5th)
Active  539 (31st)

Hits s c a p y
2008 NL  206 (8th)
Active  1,322 (49th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2012 NL  3.784 (7th)
Active  2.451 (31st)
Career  2.451 (106th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL  0.630 (8th)
2011 NL  0.365 (2nd)
Active  0.788 (14th)

Losses s c a p y
2007 NL  16 (2nd)
2008 NL  14 (4th)
Active  80 (38th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2013 NL  28 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2006 NL  9 (6th)
2007 NL  12 (1st)
Active  59 (22nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2011 NL  9 (6th)
2012 NL  9 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 NL  933 (3rd)
2009 NL  886 (9th)
2010 NL  896 (9th)
2011 NL  907 (7th)
2012 NL  876 (6th)
Active  6,538 (33rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2007 NL  123 (10th)
2009 NL  147 (5th)
2011 NL  121 (9th)
2012 NL  126 (9th)
Active  122 (12th)
Career  122 (101st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  34 (5th)
Active  135 (17th)
Career  135 (160th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2009 NL  3.6 (5th)
Active  14.1 (16th)
Career  14.1 (157th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2007 NL  25.96 (10th)
2009 NL  37.77 (5th)
2010 NL  26.71 (9th)
Active  167.41 (12th)
Career  167.41 (62nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2009 NL  3.5 (5th)
Active  15.6 (19th)
Career  15.6 (100th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2007 NL  2.6 (6th)
2009 NL  2.5 (10th)
2010 NL  2.9 (8th)
2011 NL  3.2 (5th)
Active  16.9 (10th)
Career  16.9 (58th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2007 NL  2.6 (9th)
2009 NL  4.0 (5th)
2010 NL  2.9 (9th)
2011 NL  2.2 (10th)
2012 NL  2.4 (10th)
Active  17.8 (13th)
Career  17.8 (65th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2013 NL  4 (7th)
Active  61 (15th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2007 NL  1.000 (1st)
2008 NL  1.000 (1st)
2009 NL  1.000 (1st)
2013 NL  1.000 (1st)

Salary s c a p y
2013 NL  $20,000,000 (5th)
2013 NL  $20,000,000 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
2005 NL  born 1984-10-01 (1st)
2005 NL  born 1984-10-01 (1st)
2006 NL  born 1984-10-01 (7th)
2006 NL  born 1984-10-01 (7th)

                                         

† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (569), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 80 (308), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 26 (524), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (447), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (238th), 31.9 career WAR/30.5 7yr-peak WAR/31.2 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Tim Lincecum (935)
  7. Zack Greinke (934)
  8. Pat Jarvis (933)
  9. Jean Dubuc (933)
  10. Don Wilson (932)
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  6. Johnny Antonelli (942)
  7. Juan Pizarro (939)
  8. Bill Gullickson (939)
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  3. Moe Drabowsky (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Clay Kirby (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. John Smoltz (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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/Other Sources
200621San Francisco Giants$328,000
200722San Francisco Giants$650,000
200823San Francisco Giants$950,000
200924San Francisco Giants$2,900,000
201025San Francisco Giants$4,583,333
201126San Francisco Giants$7,333,333
201227San Francisco Giants$15,000,000contracts
201328San Francisco Giants$20,000,000
201429San Francisco Giants$20,000,000
201530San Francisco Giants$20,000,000
201631San Francisco Giants$20,000,000
201732San Francisco Giants$20,000,000
201833San Francisco Giants*$21,000,000$21M Team Option, $7.5M Buyout
Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Career to date (may be incomplete)$51,744,666Does not include future salaries
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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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

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