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Royce Clayton

Royce Spencer Clayton

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 2, 1970 in Burbank, CA
High School: St. Bernard HS (Playa del Rey, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1991 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cardinals/Rangers/WhiteSox/Rockies/... 1991-2007
Agents: Gregg Clifton,Terry Bross, previously: Arn Tellem,Ken Felder,Rick Licht [*]
Final Game: September 30, 2007 (Age 37)
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #803. Dickie Thon… #804. Charlie Hickman… #805. Mark Ellis… #806. ROYCE CLAYTON… #807. Milt Stock… #808. Woody English… #809. Socks Seybold… 

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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
1991 21 SFG NL 9 27 26 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .115 .148 .154 .302 -13 4 1 0 0 0 0 /6
1992 22 SFG NL 98 352 321 31 72 7 4 4 24 8 4 26 63 .224 .281 .308 .589 71 99 11 0 3 2 3 6/5
1993 23 SFG NL 153 607 549 54 155 21 5 6 70 11 10 38 91 .282 .331 .372 .702 92 204 16 5 8 7 2 *6
1994 24 SFG NL 108 423 385 38 91 14 6 3 30 23 3 30 74 .236 .295 .327 .623 67 126 7 3 3 2 2 *6
1995 25 SFG NL 138 557 509 56 124 29 3 5 58 24 9 38 109 .244 .298 .342 .640 73 174 7 3 4 3 1 *6
1996 26 STL NL 129 531 491 64 136 20 4 6 35 33 15 33 89 .277 .321 .371 .692 83 182 13 1 2 4 4 *6
1997 27 STL NL 154 619 576 75 153 39 5 9 61 30 10 33 109 .266 .306 .398 .704 84 229 19 3 2 5 4 *6 AS
1998 28 TOT MLB 142 608 541 89 136 31 2 9 53 24 11 53 83 .251 .319 .366 .685 79 198 16 3 6 5 1 *6
1998 28 STL NL 90 402 355 59 83 19 1 4 29 19 6 40 51 .234 .313 .327 .640 69 116 10 2 3 2 1 6
1998 28 TEX AL 52 206 186 30 53 12 1 5 24 5 5 13 32 .285 .330 .441 .771 96 82 6 1 3 3 0 6
1999 29 TEX AL 133 520 465 69 134 21 5 14 52 8 6 39 100 .288 .346 .445 .792 98 207 6 4 9 3 1 *6
2000 30 TEX AL 148 573 513 70 124 21 5 14 54 11 7 42 92 .242 .301 .384 .685 72 197 21 3 12 3 1 *6
2001 31 CHW AL 135 485 433 62 114 21 4 9 60 10 7 33 72 .263 .315 .393 .708 83 170 16 3 9 7 2 *6
2002 32 CHW AL 112 376 342 51 86 14 2 7 35 5 1 20 67 .251 .295 .365 .661 74 125 7 3 7 4 0 *6
2003 33 MIL NL 146 543 483 49 110 16 1 11 39 5 2 49 92 .228 .301 .333 .634 67 161 25 3 4 4 10 *6
2004 34 COL NL 146 652 574 95 160 36 4 8 54 10 5 48 125 .279 .338 .397 .735 80 228 13 4 24 2 0 *6
2005 35 ARI NL 143 573 522 59 141 28 4 2 44 13 3 38 105 .270 .320 .351 .670 74 183 19 1 10 2 0 *6
2006 36 TOT NL 137 502 454 49 117 30 1 2 40 14 6 30 85 .258 .307 .341 .648 69 155 11 5 7 6 3 *6
2006 36 WSN NL 87 338 305 36 82 22 1 0 27 8 3 19 53 .269 .315 .348 .663 75 106 8 4 5 5 3 6
2006 36 CIN NL 50 164 149 13 35 8 0 2 13 6 3 11 32 .235 .290 .329 .619 56 49 3 1 2 1 0 6
2007 37 TOT AL 77 216 195 24 48 14 0 1 12 2 1 14 53 .246 .296 .333 .629 66 65 10 1 3 3 0 6/5D
2007 37 TOR AL 69 210 189 23 48 14 0 1 12 2 1 14 50 .254 .304 .344 .648 71 65 8 1 3 3 0 6
2007 37 BOS AL 8 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 2 0 0 0 0 /5D6
17 Yrs 2108 8164 7379 935 1904 363 55 110 723 231 100 565 1415 .258 .312 .367 .679 78 2707 218 45 113 62 34
162 Game Avg. 162 627 567 72 146 28 4 8 56 18 8 43 109 .258 .312 .367 .679 78 208 17 3 9 5 3
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
SFG (5 yrs) 506 1966 1790 179 445 72 18 18 184 66 26 133 343 .249 .302 .339 .641 76 607 42 11 18 14 8
STL (3 yrs) 373 1552 1422 198 372 78 10 19 125 82 31 106 249 .262 .313 .371 .684 80 527 42 6 7 11 9
TEX (3 yrs) 333 1299 1164 169 311 54 11 33 130 24 18 94 224 .267 .324 .418 .741 86 486 33 8 24 9 2
CHW (2 yrs) 247 861 775 113 200 35 6 16 95 15 8 53 139 .258 .307 .381 .687 79 295 23 6 16 11 2
ARI (1 yr) 143 573 522 59 141 28 4 2 44 13 3 38 105 .270 .320 .351 .670 74 183 19 1 10 2 0
COL (1 yr) 146 652 574 95 160 36 4 8 54 10 5 48 125 .279 .338 .397 .735 80 228 13 4 24 2 0
BOS (1 yr) 8 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 2 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 50 164 149 13 35 8 0 2 13 6 3 11 32 .235 .290 .329 .619 56 49 3 1 2 1 0
WSN (1 yr) 87 338 305 36 82 22 1 0 27 8 3 19 53 .269 .315 .348 .663 75 106 8 4 5 5 3
TOR (1 yr) 69 210 189 23 48 14 0 1 12 2 1 14 50 .254 .304 .344 .648 71 65 8 1 3 3 0
MIL (1 yr) 146 543 483 49 110 16 1 11 39 5 2 49 92 .228 .301 .333 .634 67 161 25 3 4 4 10
NL (12 yrs) 1451 5788 5245 629 1345 260 38 60 486 190 73 404 999 .256 .311 .355 .666 76 1861 152 30 70 39 30
AL (6 yrs) 657 2376 2134 306 559 103 17 50 237 41 27 161 416 .262 .315 .396 .711 82 846 66 15 43 23 4

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
1991 21 SFG NL 9 27 -4 -0 -0 -3 0 -6 -0.7 1 -5 -0.6 .424 .496 -0.3 -0.2 -3 /6
1992 22 SFG NL 98 352 -8 -0 0 2 6 -0 -0.0 11 10 1.0 .500 .500 0.7 0.9 8 $109,000 6/5
1993 23 SFG NL 153 607 -2 -2 -1 -1 9 4 0.6 19 23 2.4 .503 .503 2.2 0.9 24 $155,000 *6
1994 24 SFG NL 108 423 -14 4 0 18 6 15 1.5 13 28 2.8 .514 .509 0.9 2.5 10 $325,000 *6
1995 25 SFG NL 138 557 -18 -0 0 17 8 8 0.8 17 25 2.5 .506 .505 0.6 2.6 7 $475,000 *6
1996 26 STL NL 129 531 -12 -2 -0 9 7 2 -0.1 16 18 1.5 .501 .501 0.8 1.4 9 $1,600,000 *6
1997 27 STL NL 154 619 -17 4 -1 15 9 10 0.8 19 29 2.7 .507 .506 1.2 2.3 14 $2,650,000 *6 AS
1998 28 STL NL 90 402 -15 5 -0 2 5 -2 -0.4 12 10 0.8 .497 .498 0.6 0.7 7 $3,500,000 6
1998 28 TEX AL 52 206 -1 1 0 1 3 4 0.4 8 12 1.1 .507 .502 1.0 0.4 10 6
1999 29 TEX AL 133 520 -2 5 1 6 7 18 1.7 20 37 3.5 .512 .510 3.0 1.2 32 $4,500,000 *6
2000 30 TEX AL 148 573 -23 -3 -0 -9 8 -28 -2.4 21 -6 -0.4 .483 .484 0.4 -0.0 3 $4,500,000 *6
2001 31 CHW AL 135 485 -13 -1 -2 6 7 -2 -0.1 18 16 1.6 .498 .498 0.9 1.3 9 $4,500,000 *6
2002 32 CHW AL 112 376 -11 -0 -0 5 5 -1 -0.1 14 13 1.3 .499 .499 0.8 1.0 8 $4,500,000 *6
2003 33 MIL NL 146 543 -25 -0 -3 -7 7 -28 -3.0 17 -11 -1.3 .480 .482 -0.6 -0.1 -4 $1,500,000 *6
2004 34 COL NL 146 652 -18 4 1 -1 7 -7 -0.8 20 12 1.1 .495 .495 1.2 0.5 13 $650,000 *6
2005 35 ARI NL 143 573 -20 3 -0 -4 7 -15 -1.6 18 3 0.1 .489 .491 0.6 0.2 7 $1,350,000 *6
2006 36 WSN NL 87 338 -12 2 0 -8 4 -14 -1.4 11 -4 -0.4 .484 .491 0.3 -0.4 4 $1,000,000 6
2006 36 CIN NL 50 164 -8 -0 0 -2 2 -8 -0.8 5 -3 -0.3 .484 .495 -0.1 -0.0 -1 6
2007 37 TOR AL 69 210 -9 1 -1 1 3 -5 -0.4 8 3 0.3 .493 .497 0.2 0.4 2 $1,500,000 6
2007 37 BOS AL 8 6 -2 -0 -0 1 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .482 .499 -0.2 0.1 -2 /5D6
17 Seasons 2108 8164 -231 18 -5 48 111 -59 -6.3 267 208 19.4 .497 .498 14.2 15.7 160 $32,814,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
SFG (5 yrs) 506 1966 -45 2 -0 34 30 20 2.1 60 80 8.0 .504 .503 4.1 6.6 47 $1,064,000
STL (3 yrs) 373 1552 -43 6 -1 26 21 9 0.3 48 56 5.0 .503 .502 2.6 4.4 31 $7,750,000
TEX (3 yrs) 333 1299 -25 2 1 -2 18 -6 -0.3 49 43 4.2 .498 .499 4.4 1.6 45 $9,000,000
CHW (2 yrs) 247 861 -23 -1 -2 11 12 -4 -0.2 32 29 2.9 .499 .499 1.8 2.4 18 $9,000,000
ARI (1 yr) 143 573 -20 3 -0 -4 7 -15 -1.6 18 3 0.1 .489 .491 0.6 0.2 7 $1,350,000
COL (1 yr) 146 652 -18 4 1 -1 7 -7 -0.8 20 12 1.1 .495 .495 1.2 0.5 13 $650,000
BOS (1 yr) 8 6 -2 -0 -0 1 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .482 .499 -0.2 0.1 -2
CIN (1 yr) 50 164 -8 -0 0 -2 2 -8 -0.8 5 -3 -0.3 .484 .495 -0.1 -0.0 -1
WSN (1 yr) 87 338 -12 2 0 -8 4 -14 -1.4 11 -4 -0.4 .484 .491 0.3 -0.4 4 $1,000,000
TOR (1 yr) 69 210 -9 1 -1 1 3 -5 -0.4 8 3 0.3 .493 .497 0.2 0.4 2 $1,500,000
MIL (1 yr) 146 543 -25 -0 -3 -7 7 -28 -3.0 17 -11 -1.3 .480 .482 -0.6 -0.1 -4 $1,500,000

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
1996 26 STL NL NLDS SDP W 2 9 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .333 .556 .333 .889 2 0 0 0 0 0
1996 26 STL NL NLCS ATL L 5 21 20 4 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 .350 .381 .350 .731 7 0 0 0 0 0
1998 28 TEX AL ALDS NYY L 3 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 2 1 0 0 0 0
1999 29 TEX AL ALDS NYY L 3 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 13 49 45 5 11 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 10 .244 .306 .244 .551 11 1 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 9 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .333 .556 .333 .889 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 6 19 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .105 .105 .105 .211 2 1 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 5 21 20 4 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 .350 .381 .350 .731 7 0 0 0 0 0

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
1991 SFG NL 21 SS 8 8 4 60.0 25 16 6 3 1 .880 -3 -54 3.30 2.75 .966 4.66 4.65
1992 SFG NL 22 SS 94 91 78 787.2 409 141 257 11 51 .973 2 3 4.55 4.23 .969 4.59 4.60
1992 SFG NL 22 3B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .950 2.70 2.70
1993 SFG NL 23 SS 153 151 135 1329.2 727 251 449 27 103 .963 -1 -1 4.74 4.58 .965 4.69 4.66
1994 SFG NL 24 SS 108 106 97 931.0 521 177 330 14 66 .973 18 23 4.90 4.69 .966 4.53 4.50
1995 SFG NL 25 SS 136 133 123 1169.0 654 223 411 20 93 .969 17 18 4.88 4.66 .968 4.51 4.49
1996 STL NL 26 SS 113 111 108 997.2 533 171 347 15 68 .972 9 10 4.67 4.58 .967 4.60 4.57
1997 STL NL 27 SS 153 145 132 1287.1 699 228 452 19 93 .973 15 14 4.75 4.44 .973 4.58 4.54 AS
1998 TOT MLB 28 SS 141 138 129 1225.2 686 228 438 20 79 .971 3 3 4.89 4.72 .969 4.59 4.56
1998 STL NL 28 SS 89 86 81 777.1 439 140 286 13 53 .970 2 4 4.93 4.79 .968 4.52 4.50
1998 TEX AL 28 SS 52 52 48 448.1 247 88 152 7 26 .972 1 3 4.82 4.62 .972 4.71 4.66
1999 TEX AL 29 SS 133 133 125 1149.1 635 204 406 25 91 .961 6 6 4.78 4.59 .970 4.73 4.66
2000 TEX AL 30 SS 148 144 128 1237.0 692 265 411 16 94 .977 -9 -9 4.92 4.57 .973 4.71 4.66
2001 CHW AL 31 SS 133 126 117 1117.1 570 196 367 7 74 .988 6 7 4.53 4.23 .973 4.49 4.45
2002 CHW AL 32 SS 109 100 95 883.1 463 166 292 5 72 .989 5 6 4.67 4.20 .975 4.56 4.51
2003 MIL NL 33 SS 141 137 131 1217.2 603 193 396 14 76 .977 4 -7 4 -7 4.35 4.18 .973 4.52 4.48
2004 COL NL 34 SS 144 140 132 1241.0 639 213 417 9 88 .986 -7 -1 -7 -1 4.57 4.38 .973 4.45 4.42
2005 ARI NL 35 SS 141 131 121 1177.1 595 180 404 11 91 .982 2 -4 2 -4 4.46 4.14 .976 4.51 4.45
2006 TOT NL 36 SS 129 121 106 1055.0 528 170 340 18 54 .966 -6 -10 -7 -11 4.35 3.95 .972 4.41 4.38
2006 WSN NL 36 SS 86 83 72 720.1 361 110 240 11 39 .970 -2 -8 -4 -13 4.37 4.07 .972 4.41 4.38
2006 CIN NL 36 SS 43 38 34 334.2 167 60 100 7 15 .958 -4 -2 -14 -8 4.30 3.72 .972 4.41 4.38
2007 TOT AL 37 SS 69 57 48 508.0 260 73 179 8 30 .969 4 1 9 2 4.46 3.65 .970 4.47 4.42
2007 TOR AL 37 SS 68 56 48 500.0 256 73 176 7 30 .973 4 1 9 2 4.48 3.66 .970 4.47 4.42
2007 BOS AL 37 3B 3 0 0 6.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 95 171 2.84 0.67 .955 2.56 2.60
2007 BOS AL 37 DH 3 0
2007 BOS AL 37 SS 1 1 0 8.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 -0 0 -15 0 3.38 3.00 .970 4.50 4.40
17 Seasons SS 2053 1972 1809 17374.0 9239 3095 5902 242 1224 .974 65 -21 5 -4 4.66 4.38 .971 4.56 4.53
2 Seasons 3B 4 0 0 7.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 82 189 3.68 0.75 .953 2.58 2.62
17 Seasons TOT 2057 1972 1809 17381.1 9242 3096 5904 242 1224 .974 66 -20 5 -3 4.66 4.38 .971 4.56 4.52
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.
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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
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2013 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1997 *

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1994 NL  2.5 (1st)
1995 NL  2.6 (1st)
1997 NL  2.4 (5th)
Career  15.7 (87th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  2,108 (176th)

At Bats s c a p y
Career  7,379 (212th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Career  8,164 (241st)

Doubles s c a p y
1997 NL  39 (9th)
Career  363 (238th)

Triples s c a p y
1994 NL  6 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1995 NL  109 (9th)
Career  1,415 (71st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1999 AL  9 (10th)
2000 AL  12 (4th)
2001 AL  9 (5th)
2004 NL  24 (1st)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
Career  62 (202nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1997 NL  19 (4th)
2000 AL  21 (6th)
2001 AL  16 (10th)
2003 NL  25 (2nd)
2005 NL  19 (6th)
Career  218 (69th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1996 NL  15 (2nd)
Career  100 (118th)

SB % s c a p y
1994 NL  88.46 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
Career  149.0 (189th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1997 NL  459 (9th)
Career  5,968 (146th)

Assists† s c a p y
1993 NL  449 (4th)
1994 NL  330 (4th)
1995 NL  411 (4th)
1997 NL  452 (3rd)
Career  5,904 (48th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1993 NL  27 (5th)
1995 NL  20 (5th)
1999 AL  25 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1994 NL  18 (2nd)
1995 NL  17 (3rd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1993 NL  153 (4th)
1994 NL  108 (5th)
1995 NL  136 (1st)
1997 NL  153 (2nd)
2000 AL  148 (5th)
Career  2,053 (16th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1993 NL  251 (2nd)
1994 NL  177 (2nd)
1995 NL  223 (1st)
1997 NL  228 (3rd)
2000 AL  265 (1st)
Career  3,095 (40th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1993 NL  449 (4th)
1994 NL  330 (2nd)
1995 NL  411 (1st)
1997 NL  452 (1st)
1999 AL  406 (5th)
2001 AL  367 (5th)
2004 NL  417 (5th)
Career  5,902 (24th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1992 NL  11 (5th)
1993 NL  27 (3rd)
1995 NL  20 (2nd)
1997 NL  19 (2nd)
1999 AL  25 (1st)
2006 NL  18 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1993 NL  103 (1st)
1994 NL  66 (5th)
1995 NL  93 (2nd)
1997 NL  93 (4th)
Career  1,224 (14th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1994 NL  18 (1st)
1995 NL  17 (1st)
1996 NL  9 (4th)
1997 NL  15 (2nd)
2001 AL  6 (5th)
2002 AL  5 (4th)
Career  65 (20th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1993 NL  4.74 (5th)
1994 NL  4.90 (2nd)
1995 NL  4.88 (1st)
1997 NL  4.75 (4th)
1998 NL  4.93 (2nd)
2000 AL  4.92 (4th)
2001 AL  4.53 (5th)
2004 NL  4.57 (4th)
Career  4.66 (64th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1992 NL  4.23 (4th)
1993 NL  4.58 (5th)
1994 NL  4.69 (2nd)
1995 NL  4.66 (1st)
1996 NL  4.58 (5th)
1997 NL  4.44 (3rd)
1998 NL  4.79 (2nd)
2001 AL  4.23 (5th)
2004 NL  4.38 (4th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1994 NL  .973 (4th)
1996 NL  .972 (4th)
2000 AL  .977 (5th)
2001 AL  .988 (2nd)
2002 AL  .989 (3rd)
2003 NL  .977 (4th)
2004 NL  .986 (1st)
2005 NL  .982 (4th)
Career  .974 (42nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1991 NL  born 1970-01-02 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2096), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (715), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (586), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (121st), 19.4 career WAR/16.9 7yr-peak WAR/18.2 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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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/Other Sources
199222San Francisco Giants$109,0004/2/92 USA Today
199323San Francisco Giants$155,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199424San Francisco Giants$325,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199525San Francisco Giants$475,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199626St. Louis Cardinals$1,600,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199727St. Louis Cardinals$2,650,0001997 postseason AP surveyIncludes $50,000 earned bonus
199828St. Louis Cardinals$3,500,0004/3/98 USA Today
199929Texas Rangers$4,500,0004/6/99 USA Today
200030Texas Rangers$4,500,0004/5/00 AP
200131Chicago White Sox$4,500,0004/6/01 USA Today
200232Chicago White Sox$4,500,0004/3/02 AP
200333Milwaukee Brewers$1,500,0004/3/03 AP
200434Colorado Rockies$650,0004/7/04 AP
200535Arizona Diamondbacks$1,350,000
200636Washington Nationals$1,000,000
200737Toronto Blue Jays$1,500,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$32,814,000
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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