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Giovanni Carrara

Giovanni (Jimenez) Carrara

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: March 4, 1968 in El Tigre, Anzoategui, Venezuela
High School: Anzoategui (Anzoategui, VE)
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1995
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Mariners/BlueJays/Reds/Rockies 1995-2006

Final Game: September 23, 2006
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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

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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
1991	23	TOR-min	A-	5	2	.714	1.71	15	13	0	2	2	0	89.2	66	26	17	5	21	0	83	8	2	4	363		0.970	6.6	0.5	2.1	8.3	3.95	STC · NYPL
1992	24	TOR-min	A,A+	11	8	.579	3.42	27	20	3	1	1	0	123.2	108	53	47	13	47	0	116	6	3	13	517		1.253	7.9	0.9	3.4	8.4	2.47	MYR,DUN · SALL,FLOR
1993	25	TOR-min	A+	6	11	.353	3.45	27	24	1	1	0	0	140.2	136	69	54	14	59	0	108	4	0	10	601		1.386	8.7	0.9	3.8	6.9	1.83	DUN · FLOR
1994	26	TOR-min	AA	13	7	.650	3.89	26	26	0	1	0	0	164.1	158	85	71	16	59	0	96	7	0	9	705		1.320	8.7	0.9	3.2	5.3	1.63	KNX · SOUL
1995	27	TOR-min	AAA	7	7	.500	3.96	21	21	0	0	0	0	131.2	116	72	58	11	56	2	81	4	0	3	565		1.306	7.9	0.8	3.8	5.5	1.45	SYR · IL
1995	27	TOR	AL	2	4	.333	7.21	12	7	2	1	0	0	48.2	64	46	39	10	25	1	27	1	0	1	229	66	1.829	11.8	1.8	4.6	5.0	1.08
1996	28	CIN-TOR-min	AAA	8	4	.667	2.00	18	12	3	2	1	1	85.1	62	22	19	4	21	1	73	3	1	1	336		0.973	6.5	0.4	2.2	7.7	3.48	INA,SYR · AA,IL
1996	28	TOT	MLB	1	1	.500	8.05	19	5	4	0	0	0	38.0	54	36	34	11	25	3	23	2	0	1	188	58	2.079	12.8	2.6	5.9	5.4	0.92
1996	28	TOR	AL	0	1	.000	11.40	11	0	3	0	0	0	15.0	23	19	19	5	12	2	10	0	0	1	76	45	2.333	13.8	3.0	7.2	6.0	0.83
1996	28	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	5.87	8	5	1	0	0	0	23.0	31	17	15	6	13	1	13	2	0	0	112	74	1.913	12.1	2.3	5.1	5.1	1.00
1997	29	CIN-BAL-min	AAA	16	7	.696	3.76	27	26	0	3	0	0	167.1	156	73	70	16	67	3	153	5	1	2	705		1.333	8.4	0.9	3.6	8.2	2.28	INA,ROC · AA,IL
1997	29	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	7.84	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	14	9	9	4	6	1	5	0	0	0	49	57	1.935	12.2	3.5	5.2	4.4	0.83

2000	32	COL-min	AAA	7	2	.778	3.26	18	15	1	0	0	0	96.2	89	39	35	8	30	1	89	5	0	4	403		1.231	8.3	0.7	2.8	8.3	2.97	CSP · PCL
2000	32	COL	NL	0	1	.000	12.83	8	0	2	0	0	0	13.1	21	19	19	5	11	2	15	1	0	0	72	46	2.400	14.2	3.4	7.4	10.1	1.36
2001	33	LAD-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.10	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.0	27	10	10	5	9	0	35	3	1	0	122		1.241	8.4	1.6	2.8	10.9	3.89	LVG · PCL
2001	33	LAD	NL	6	1	.857	3.16	47	3	2	0	0	0	85.1	73	30	30	12	24	3	70	1	0	0	348	126	1.137	7.7	1.3	2.5	7.4	2.92
2002	34	LAD	NL	6	3	.667	3.28	63	1	13	0	0	1	90.2	83	34	33	14	32	4	56	6	0	1	387	116	1.268	8.2	1.4	3.2	5.6	1.75
2003	35	SEA-min	AAA	1	1	.500	4.23	18	0	13	0	0	5	27.2	28	14	13	2	9	0	27	0	0	3	117		1.337	9.1	0.7	2.9	8.8	3.00	TAC · PCL
2003	35	SEA	AL	2	0	1.000	6.83	23	0	7	0	0	0	29.0	40	22	22	6	14	0	13	2	0	0	137	64	1.862	12.4	1.9	4.3	4.0	0.93
2004	36	CHC-LAD-min	AAA	1	3	.250	3.38	31	0	9	0	0	3	42.2	40	16	16	4	16	3	38	3	0	1	182		1.312	8.4	0.8	3.4	8.0	2.38	IWA,LVG · PCL
2004	36	LAD	NL	5	2	.714	2.18	42	0	15	0	0	2	53.2	46	15	13	1	20	3	48	1	0	1	227	189	1.230	7.7	0.2	3.4	8.0	2.40
2005	37	LAD	NL	7	4	.636	3.93	72	0	18	0	0	0	75.2	65	35	33	6	38	5	56	6	0	4	326	105	1.361	7.7	0.7	4.5	6.7	1.47
2006	38	LAD-PIT-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.02	30	1	12	0	0	4	40.1	31	18	18	4	17	1	33	3	0	1	167		1.190	6.9	0.9	3.8	7.4	1.94	LVG,INA · PCL,IL
2006	38	LAD	NL	0	1	.000	4.55	25	0	9	0	0	1	27.2	27	14	14	5	7	0	25	1	0	1	116	100	1.229	8.8	1.6	2.3	8.1	3.57
2007	39	-min	AAA	0	0		9.00	18	0	3	0	0	1	17.0	18	17	17	4	13	1	15	0	0	2	79		1.824	9.5	2.1	6.9	7.9	1.15	CMP · MEX
10 Seasons				29	18	.617	4.69	313	18	72	1	0	4	472.1	487	260	246	74	202	22	338	21	0	9	2079	90	1.459	9.3	1.4	3.8	6.4	1.67
162 Game Avg.				6	4	.617	4.69	64	4	15	0	0	1	97	100	53	51	15	41	5	69	4	0	2	427	90	1.459	9.3	1.4	3.8	6.4	1.67

LAD (5 yrs)				24	11	.686	3.32	249	4	57	0	0	4	333.0	294	128	123	38	121	15	255	15	0	7	1404	121	1.246	7.9	1.0	3.3	6.9	2.11
CIN (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	6.48	10	7	1	0	0	0	33.1	45	26	24	10	19	2	18	2	0	0	161	67	1.920	12.2	2.7	5.1	4.9	0.95
TOR (2 yrs)				2	5	.286	8.20	23	7	5	1	0	0	63.2	87	65	58	15	37	3	37	1	0	2	305	59	1.948	12.3	2.1	5.2	5.2	1.00
COL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	12.83	8	0	2	0	0	0	13.1	21	19	19	5	11	2	15	1	0	0	72	46	2.400	14.2	3.4	7.4	10.1	1.36
SEA (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	6.83	23	0	7	0	0	0	29.0	40	22	22	6	14	0	13	2	0	0	137	64	1.862	12.4	1.9	4.3	4.0	0.93

NL (8 yrs)			NL	25	13	.658	3.94	267	11	60	0	0	4	379.2	360	173	166	53	151	19	288	18	0	7	1637	105	1.346	8.5	1.3	3.6	6.8	1.91
AL (3 yrs)			AL	4	5	.444	7.77	46	7	12	1	0	0	92.2	127	87	80	21	51	3	50	3	0	2	442	60	1.921	12.3	2.0	5.0	4.9	0.98

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
1995	27	TOR	AL	48.2	7	46	36	-2	.8	-10	-0.9	$109,000
1996	28	TOR	AL	15.0	0	19	12	0	.5	-7	-0.5	$115,000
1996	28	CIN	NL	23.0	5	17	16	-1	.9	-1	-0.1	$
1997	29	CIN	NL	10.1	2	9	7	0	1.1	-2	-0.2	$

2000	32	COL	NL	13.1	0	19	10	1	.6	-9	-0.7	$
2001	33	LAD	NL	85.1	3	30	51	-2	1.0	21	1.7	$
2002	34	LAD	NL	90.2	1	34	48	3	1.0	14	0.9	$360,000
2003	35	SEA	AL	29.0	0	22	16	1	.6	-6	-0.7	$400,000
2004	36	LAD	NL	53.2	0	15	30	2	.9	15	1.1	$
2005	37	LAD	NL	75.2	0	35	43	-1	.9	8	0.3	$500,000
2006	38	LAD	NL	27.2	0	14	18	-1	.6	4	0.1	$
10 Seasons				472.1	18	260	287	0	.9	27	1.0	$1,484,000

LAD (5 yrs)				333.0	4	128	190	1	.9	62	4.1	$860,000
CIN (2 yrs)				33.1	7	26	23	-1	1.0	-3	-0.3	$
TOR (2 yrs)				63.2	7	65	48	-2	.7	-17	-1.4	$224,000
COL (1 yr)				13.1	0	19	10	1	.6	-9	-0.7	$
SEA (1 yr)				29.0	0	22	16	1	.6	-6	-0.7	$400,000

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
2004	36	LAD	NL	NLDS	L	STL	0	0		9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	10	2.500	18.0	4.5	4.5	4.5	1.00
1 NLDS							0	0		9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	10	2.500	18.0	4.5	4.5	4.5	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
1991	23	TOR-min	A-	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	STC · NYPL
1992	24	TOR-min	A,A+	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	MYR,DUN · SALL,FLOR
1993	25	TOR-min	A+	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	DUN · FLOR
1994	26	TOR-min	AA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	KNX · SOUL
1995	27	TOR-min	AAA	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SYR · IL
1995	27	TOR	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	28	CIN-TOR-min	AAA	18	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	INA,SYR · AA,IL
1996	28	TOT	MLB	19	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	28	TOR	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	28	CIN	NL	8	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1997	29	CIN-BAL-min	AAA	27	21	18	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	.222	.300	.222	.522		4	0	0	1	0	0	INA,ROC · AA,IL
1997	29	CIN	NL	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	/1

2000	32	COL-min	AAA	18	27	24	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333		4	1	0	3	0	0	CSP · PCL
2000	32	COL	NL	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2001	33	LAD-min	AAA	6	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	2	0	0	LVG · PCL
2001	33	LAD	NL	47	12	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	34	LAD	NL	63	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	-57	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2003	35	SEA-min	AAA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	TAC · PCL
2003	35	SEA	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	36	CHC-LAD-min	AAA	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	IWA,LVG · PCL
2004	36	LAD	NL	42	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	37	LAD	NL	72	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2006	38	LAD-PIT-min	AAA	30	7	6	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.333	.500		2	0	0	1	0	0	LVG,INA · PCL,IL
2006	38	LAD	NL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	39	-min	AAA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CMP · MEX
10 Seasons				313	36	31	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.097	.125	.097	.222	-40	3	0	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	19	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.097	.125	.097	.222	-40	2	0	0	2	0	0

LAD (5 yrs)				249	24	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.143	.182	.143	.325	-11	3	0	0	2	0	0
CIN (2 yrs)				10	11	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
TOR (2 yrs)				23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
COL (1 yr)				8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SEA (1 yr)				23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				267	36	31	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.097	.125	.097	.222	-40	3	0	0	4	0	0
AL (3 yrs)				46	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
1996	28	CIN	NL	7	-2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1997	29	CIN	NL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1

2000	32	COL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
2001	33	LAD	NL	12	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
2002	34	LAD	NL	8	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$360,000	1

2004	36	LAD	NL	2	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
2005	37	LAD	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$500,000	1
7 Seasons				36	-6	0	2	0	0	3	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$860,000

LAD (4 yrs)				24	-3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$860,000
CIN (2 yrs)				11	-3	0	1	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
COL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	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
2004	36	LAD	NL	NLDS	STL	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							3	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	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1995	TOR	AL	27	P	12	7	1	48.2	4	1	3	0	0	1.000			0.74	0.33	.960	1.79	1.77	5	4	44%	0
1996	TOT	MLB	28	P	19	5	0	38.0	6	2	4	0	0	1.000			1.42	0.32	.955	1.82	1.79	1	2	67%	0
1996	TOR	AL	28	P	11	0	0	15.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000			0.60	0.09	.960	1.80	1.76	1	1	50%	0
1996	CIN	NL	28	P	8	5	0	23.0	5	2	3	0	0	1.000			1.96	0.63	.954	1.84	1.82	0	1	100%	0
1997	CIN	NL	29	P	2	2	0	10.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000			2.61	1.50	.953	1.83	1.85	0	1	100%	0
2000	COL	NL	32	P	8	0	0	13.1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000			2.02	0.38	.963	1.76	1.72	2	0	0%	0
2001	LAD	NL	33	P	47	3	0	85.1	15	5	10	0	1	1.000			1.58	0.32	.959	1.75	1.73	5	1	17%	0
2002	LAD	NL	34	P	63	1	0	90.2	26	8	18	0	1	1.000			2.58	0.41	.963	1.83	1.81	5	2	29%	1
2003	SEA	AL	35	P	23	0	0	29.0	8	4	4	0	1	1.000	0	0	2.48	0.35	.958	1.74	1.71	2	2	50%	0
2004	LAD	NL	36	P	42	0	0	53.2	15	4	11	0	2	1.000	2	7	2.52	0.36	.965	1.84	1.82	0	2	100%	0
2005	LAD	NL	37	P	72	0	0	75.2	26	4	20	2	3	.923	0	0	2.85	0.33	.960	1.75	1.73	4	1	20%	1
2006	LAD	NL	38	P	25	0	0	27.2	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	-1	-7	1.30	0.16	.958	1.72	1.71	4	0	0%	0
	10 Seasons			P	313	18	1	472.1	110	33	75	2	8	.982	1	1	2.06	0.35	.961	1.79	1.76	28	15	35%	2
	10 Seasons			TOT	313	18	1	472.1	110	33	75	2	8	.982	1	6	2.06	0.35	.961	1.79	1.76	28	15	35%	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-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
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Fielding % as P s c a p y 2004 NL 1.000 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2004 NL 1.000 (1st)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 23, 1990: Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent.
July 3, 1996: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Toronto Blue Jays.
October 15, 1996: Granted Free Agency.
November 12, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
May 14, 1997: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
May 17, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
September 11, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
December 23, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
December 1, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
October 4, 2000: Granted Free Agency.
January 4, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
March 26, 2003: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
March 28, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
October 10, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
November 24, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
March 27, 2004: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
April 5, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
June 1, 2004: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
June 2, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
December 28, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
March 31, 2006: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
May 9, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

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

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1995	27	Toronto Blue Jays	$109,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	28	Toronto Blue Jays	$115,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1

2002	34	Los Angeles Dodgers	$360,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	35	Seattle Mariners	$400,000	4/3/03 AP

2005	37	Los Angeles Dodgers	$500,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,484,000

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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