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Randy Choate

Randol Doyle Choate

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 5, 1975 in San Antonio, TX
High School: Winston Churchill (San Antonio, TX)
School: Florida State University
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 2000
Teams (by GP): Rays/Diamondbacks/Yankees/Marlins 2000-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 2 yrs/$2.5M (11-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.073, Free Agent: 2013 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

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

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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
1997	21	NYY-min	A-	5	1	.833	1.73	10	10	0	0	0	0	62.1	49	12	12	1	12	1	61	2	2	0	242		0.979	7.1	0.1	1.7	8.8	5.08	ONE · NYPL
1998	22	NYY-min	A+,A	2	13	.133	4.46	21	21	0	1	0	0	109.0	129	78	54	7	29	2	87	3	0	5	481		1.450	10.7	0.6	2.4	7.2	3.00	TAM,GBO · FLOR,SALL
1999	23	NYY-min	A+	2	2	.500	4.50	47	0	17	0	0	1	50.0	51	25	25	4	24	5	62	2	0	4	224		1.500	9.2	0.7	4.3	11.2	2.58	TAM · FLOR
2000	24	NYY-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	2.04	33	0	6	0	0	1	35.1	34	8	8	2	14	3	37	3	0	0	151		1.358	8.7	0.5	3.6	9.4	2.64	CLB · IL
2000	24	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	4.76	22	0	6	0	0	0	17.0	14	10	9	3	8	0	12	1	0	1	75	103	1.294	7.4	1.6	4.2	6.4	1.50
2001	25	NYY-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.08	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	7	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	21		2.308	14.5	0.0	6.2	8.3	1.33	CLB · IL
2001	25	NYY	AL	3	1	.750	3.35	37	0	13	0	0	0	48.1	34	21	18	0	27	2	35	9	0	3	207	135	1.262	6.3	0.0	5.0	6.5	1.30
2002	26	NYY-min	AAA	3	2	.600	1.72	31	0	7	0	1	1	36.2	25	8	7	0	15	1	32	2	0	2	150		1.091	6.1	0.0	3.7	7.9	2.13	CLB · IL
2002	26	NYY	AL	0	0		6.04	18	0	11	0	0	0	22.1	18	18	15	1	15	0	17	3	0	3	101	74	1.478	7.3	0.4	6.0	6.9	1.13
2003	27	NYY-min	AAA	3	5	.375	3.91	54	3	15	0	0	1	71.1	75	35	31	4	24	3	56	3	0	0	312		1.388	9.5	0.5	3.0	7.1	2.33	CLB · IL
2003	27	NYY	AL	0	0		7.36	5	0	2	0	0	0	3.2	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	65	2.182	17.2	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.00
2004	28	ARI-min	AAA	0	0		5.68	15	0	4	0	0	1	12.2	10	8	8	1	8	1	7	1	0	0	57		1.421	7.1	0.7	5.7	5.0	0.88	TUC · PCL
2004	28	ARI	NL	2	4	.333	4.62	74	0	17	0	0	0	50.2	52	26	26	1	28	11	49	5	1	1	232	101	1.579	9.2	0.2	5.0	8.7	1.75
2005	29	ARI-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.38	47	0	16	0	0	3	40.0	44	22	15	4	22	1	20	2	0	2	184		1.650	9.9	0.9	5.0	4.5	0.91	TUC · PCL
2005	29	ARI	NL	0	0		9.00	8	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	7	7	0	5	1	4	1	0	1	35	52	1.857	10.3	0.0	6.4	5.1	0.80
2006	30	ARI-min	AAA	6	0	1.000	2.17	43	1	19	0	0	8	45.2	39	13	11	0	10	1	44	1	0	1	184		1.073	7.7	0.0	2.0	8.7	4.40	TUC · PCL
2006	30	ARI	NL	0	1	.000	3.94	30	0	3	0	0	0	16.0	21	9	7	0	3	0	12	3	0	0	75	122	1.500	11.8	0.0	1.7	6.8	4.00
2007	31	ARI-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.98	55	0	16	0	0	3	63.1	68	27	21	3	16	2	61	5	0	5	277		1.326	9.7	0.4	2.3	8.7	3.81	TUC · PCL
2007	31	ARI	NL	0	0			2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

2009	33	TBD-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	3.72	21	0	2	0	0	0	19.1	16	8	8	0	9	0	15	0	0	1	83		1.293	7.4	0.0	4.2	7.0	1.67	DHM · IL
2009	33	TBR	AL	1	0	1.000	3.47	61	0	13	0	0	5	36.1	28	15	14	4	11	3	28	0	0	0	142	126	1.073	6.9	1.0	2.7	6.9	2.55
2010	34	TBR	AL	4	3	.571	4.23	85	0	8	0	0	0	44.2	41	23	21	3	17	5	40	3	0	4	187	93	1.299	8.3	0.6	3.4	8.1	2.35
2011	35	FLA	NL	1	1	.500	1.82	54	0	6	0	0	0	24.2	13	7	5	3	13	5	31	2	0	0	103	217	1.054	4.7	1.1	4.7	11.3	2.38
11 Seasons				11	11	.500	4.16	396	0	79	0	0	5	270.2	239	139	125	15	128	27	228	27	1	13	1176	106	1.356	7.9	0.5	4.3	7.6	1.78
162 Game Avg.				2	2	.500	4.16	68	0	14	0	0	1	46	41	24	21	3	22	5	39	5	0	2	202	106	1.356	7.9	0.5	4.3	7.6	1.78

ARI (4 yrs)				2	5	.286	4.89	114	0	20	0	0	0	73.2	84	42	40	1	36	12	65	9	1	2	345	96	1.629	10.3	0.1	4.4	7.9	1.81
NYY (4 yrs)				3	2	.600	4.43	82	0	32	0	0	0	91.1	73	52	45	4	51	2	64	13	0	7	399	104	1.358	7.2	0.4	5.0	6.3	1.25
TBR (2 yrs)				5	3	.625	3.89	146	0	21	0	0	5	81.0	69	38	35	7	28	8	68	3	0	4	329	106	1.198	7.7	0.8	3.1	7.6	2.43
FLA (1 yr)				1	1	.500	1.82	54	0	6	0	0	0	24.2	13	7	5	3	13	5	31	2	0	0	103	217	1.054	4.7	1.1	4.7	11.3	2.38

AL (6 yrs)			AL	8	5	.615	4.18	228	0	53	0	0	5	172.1	142	90	80	11	79	10	132	16	0	11	728	105	1.282	7.4	0.6	4.1	6.9	1.67
NL (5 yrs)			NL	3	6	.333	4.12	168	0	26	0	0	0	98.1	97	49	45	4	49	17	96	11	1	2	448	110	1.485	8.9	0.4	4.5	8.8	1.96

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
2000	24	NYY	AL	17.0	0	10	12	0	.3	2	0.0	$
2001	25	NYY	AL	48.1	0	21	33	-2	.5	12	0.6	$200,000
2002	26	NYY	AL	22.1	0	18	15	-1	.2	-3	-0.3	$223,350
2003	27	NYY	AL	3.2	0	3	3	0	.3	0	0.0	$
2004	28	ARI	NL	50.2	0	26	34	-1	1.0	8	0.4	$325,750
2005	29	ARI	NL	7.0	0	7	4	0	1.4	-3	-0.4	$550,000
2006	30	ARI	NL	16.0	0	9	10	0	.5	1	0.0	$
2007	31	ARI	NL	0.0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0.0	$

2009	33	TBR	AL	36.1	0	15	23	1	1.0	8	0.5	$
2010	34	TBR	AL	44.2	0	23	24	1	1.0	1	0.1	$700,000
2011	35	FLA	NL	24.2	0	7	14	-0	1.1	7	0.7	$1,000,000
11 Seasons				270.2	0	139	172	-2	.8	33	1.6	$2,999,100

ARI (4 yrs)				73.2	0	42	48	-1	.9	6	0.0	$875,750
NYY (4 yrs)				91.1	0	52	63	-3	.4	11	0.3	$423,350
TBR (2 yrs)				81.0	0	38	47	2	1.0	9	0.6	$700,000
FLA (1 yr)				24.2	0	7	14	-0	1.1	7	0.7	$1,000,000

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
2000	24	NYY	AL	ALDS	W	OAK	0	0	6.75	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0.750	0.0	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
2000	24	NYY	AL	ALCS	W	SEA	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	27.0
2001	25	NYY	AL	WS	L	ARI	0	0	2.45	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	7	4	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	21	2.182	17.2	0.0	2.5	4.9	2.00

2010	34	TBR	AL	ALDS	L	TEX	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3 Seasons (4 Series)							0	0	2.84	7	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	7	5	2	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	30	1.421	9.9	0.0	2.8	5.7	2.00
2 ALDS							0	0	3.86	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	0.429	0.0	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
1 ALCS							0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	27.0
1 WS							0	0	2.45	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	7	4	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	21	2.182	17.2	0.0	2.5	4.9	2.00

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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
1997	21	NYY-min	A-	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	ONE · NYPL
1998	22	NYY-min	A,A+	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	GBO,TAM · SALL,FLOR
1999	23	NYY-min	A+	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	TAM · FLOR
2000	24	NYY-min	AAA	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
2000	24	NYY	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	25	NYY-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
2001	25	NYY	AL	37	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	26	NYY-min	AAA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
2002	26	NYY	AL	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	27	NYY-min	AAA	55	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
2003	27	NYY	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2004	28	ARI-min	AAA	15	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1	0	0	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
2004	28	ARI	NL	74	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	29	ARI-min	AAA	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
2005	29	ARI	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2006	30	ARI-min	AAA	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
2006	30	ARI	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	31	ARI-min	AAA	55	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250		0	0	0	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
2007	31	ARI	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

2009	33	TBD-min	AAA	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	DHM · IL
2009	33	TBR	AL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	34	TBR	AL	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	35	FLA	NL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11 Seasons				392	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

ARI (4 yrs)				114	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (4 yrs)				82	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
TBR (2 yrs)				146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				228	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (5 yrs)				164	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
2001	25	NYY	AL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$200,000	1
2002	26	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$223,350	1

2004	28	ARI	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$325,750	1

2010	34	TBR	AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			$700,000	1
2011	35	FLA	NL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			$1,000,000	1
5 Seasons				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$2,449,100

NYY (2 yrs)				4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$423,350
ARI (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$325,750
TBR (1 yr)				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			$700,000
FLA (1 yr)				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			$1,000,000

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
2001	25	NYY	AL	WS	ARI	L	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	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%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
2000	NYY	AL	24	P	22			17.0	4	0	3	1	0	.750			1.59	0.14	.955	1.64	1.60
2001	NYY	AL	25	P	37			48.1	13	2	11	0	1	1.000			2.42	0.35	.955	1.75	1.74
2002	NYY	AL	26	P	18			22.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000			1.21	0.17	.957	1.69	1.67
2003	NYY	AL	27	P	5			3.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1	54	2.45	0.20	.960	1.72	1.72
2004	ARI	NL	28	P	74			50.2	13	3	10	0	1	1.000	3	12	2.31	0.18	.965	1.85	1.82
2005	ARI	NL	29	P	8			7.0	4	1	2	1	0	.750	0	0	3.86	0.38	.960	1.80	1.72
2006	ARI	NL	30	P	30			16.0	5	0	5	0	1	1.000	1	12	2.81	0.17	.958	1.74	1.71
2007	ARI	NL	31	P	2			0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0.00			1.65
2009	TBR	AL	33	P	61			36.1	10	1	9	0	1	1.000	0	0	2.48	0.16	.953	1.54	1.51
2010	TBR	AL	34	P	85			44.2	13	4	8	1	1	.923	0	0	2.42	0.14	.953	1.63	1.61
2011	FLA	NL	35	P	54	0	0	24.2	12	5	6	1	1	.917	1	8	4.01	0.20	.955	1.79	1.79	2	0	0%	0
	11 Seasons			P	396	0	0	270.2	78	17	57	4	6	.949	6	6	2.46	0.19	.957	1.71	1.68	2	0	0%	0
	11 Seasons			TOT	396	0	0	270.2	78	17	57	4	6	.949	6	39	2.46	0.19	.957	1.71	1.68	2	0	0%	0

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

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 2010 AL 85 (1st)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 2010 AL 85 (1st)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 2011 NL 4.01 (2nd)

Games Played s c a p y
2010 AL 85 (1st)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
2010 AL 85 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
2011 NL 4.01 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1143), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Tim Byrdak (982)
Will Ohman (979)
Bobby Seay (974)
Mike Venafro (972)
Dave Leiper (968)
Yorkis Perez (967)
Bill Scherrer (967)
Ed Vosberg (966)
Bob Allen (963)
Randy Flores (963)

Similar Pitchers through 35

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Most Similar by Ages

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Armando Almanza (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Vic Darensbourg (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Alvin Morman (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jamie Walker (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Valerio De Los Santos (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Randy Flores (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Fossas (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 1997.
December 16, 2003: Traded by the New York Yankees with Nick Johnson and Juan Rivera to the Montreal Expos for Javier Vazquez.
March 27, 2004: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Arizona Diamondbacks for John Patterson.
May 5, 2005: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
May 11, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
January 9, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
March 24, 2007: Released by the Minnesota Twins.
April 13, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
October 4, 2007: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
November 14, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
October 1, 2008: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
December 23, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Rays.
November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
December 15, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

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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
2000	24	New York Yankees	$200,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2001	25	New York Yankees	$200,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	26	New York Yankees	$223,350*

2004	28	Arizona Diamondbacks	$325,750	4/7/04 AP
2005	29	Arizona Diamondbacks	$550,000

2008	32	Milwaukee Brewers	$500,000

2010	34	Tampa Bay Rays	$700,000
2011	35	Florida Marlins	$1,000,000

2012	36	Florida Marlins	$1,500,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,699,100	Does not include future salaries

Disputed Salaries
*2002 - $223,850 - 4/3/02 AP -

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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