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Álvaro Espinoza

Alvaro Alberto (Ramirez) Espinoza

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 19, 1962 in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
High School: Valencia (Valencia, VE)
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1984 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Indians/Twins/Mets/Mariners 1984-1997
Agents: Pat Gibbons [*]
Final Game: July 12, 1997 (Age 35)
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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
1979	17	HOU-min	Rk	11	37	32	3	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	6	.219	.306	.219	.524		7		0	1	0			AST · GULF
1980	18	HOU-min	Rk	59	223	200	24	43	5	0	0	14	6	1	15	18	.215	.285	.240	.525		48		5	2	1			ASO · GULF
1981		Did not play in major leagues (Out of Baseball)
1982	20	MIN-min	A	112	409	379	41	101	9	0	5	29	9	3	16	66	.266	.298	.330	.628		125		2	10	2	1		WRA · MIDW
1983	21	MIN-min	A	130	510	486	57	155	20	1	4	57	6	4	14	50	.319	.339	.389	.728		189		1	8	1	1		VIS · CALL
1984	22	MIN-min	AAA	104	368	344	22	80	12	5	0	30	3	1	3	49	.233	.244	.297	.541		102		3	16	2	0		TOL · IL
1984	22	MIN	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1985	23	MIN-min	AAA	82	293	266	24	61	11	0	1	33	1	3	14	30	.229	.274	.282	.556		75		3	8	2	0		TOL · IL
1985	23	MIN	AL	32	62	57	5	15	2	0	0	9	0	1	1	9	.263	.288	.298	.586	58	17	2	1	3	0	0	6
1986	24	MIN-min	AAA	73	267	253	18	71	8	1	2	27	1	1	6	30	.281	.296	.344	.640		87		0	7	1	1		TOL · IL
1986	24	MIN	AL	37	45	42	4	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	10	.214	.233	.238	.471	28	10	0	0	2	0	0	46

1987	25	MIN-min	AAA	91	309	291	28	80	3	2	4	28	2	1	12	37	.275	.308	.340	.648		99		2	4	0	1		POR · PCL
1988	26	NYY-min	AAA	119	456	435	42	107	10	5	2	30	4	3	7	53	.246	.262	.306	.567		133		3	9	2	1		CLB · IL
1988	26	NYY	AL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/46
1989	27	NYY	AL	146	544	503	51	142	23	1	0	41	3	3	14	60	.282	.301	.332	.633	80	167	14	1	23	3	1	*6
1990	28	NYY	AL	150	472	438	31	98	12	2	2	20	1	2	16	54	.224	.258	.274	.532	50	120	13	5	11	2	0	*6
1991	29	NYY	AL	148	509	480	51	123	23	2	5	33	4	1	16	57	.256	.282	.344	.626	73	165	10	2	9	2	0	*6/51

1992	30	CLE-min	AAA	122	515	483	64	145	36	6	9	79	2	5	21	55	.300	.333	.455	.788		220	15	4	4	3	0		CSP · PCL
1993	31	CLE	AL	129	283	263	34	73	15	0	4	27	2	2	8	36	.278	.298	.380	.678	82	100	7	1	8	3	0	56/4
1994	32	CLE	AL	90	244	231	27	55	13	0	1	19	1	3	6	33	.238	.258	.307	.566	47	71	7	1	4	2	0	564/3
1995	33	CLE	AL	66	150	143	15	36	4	0	2	17	0	2	2	16	.252	.264	.322	.585	51	46	3	1	2	2	0	456/D3
1996	34	TOT	MLB	107	269	246	31	66	11	4	8	27	1	3	10	37	.268	.303	.443	.746	93	109	8	3	8	2	0	563/4D
1996	34	CLE	AL	59	125	112	12	25	4	2	4	11	1	1	6	18	.223	.279	.402	.680	71	45	4	3	3	1	0	536/4D
1996	34	NYM	NL	48	144	134	19	41	7	2	4	16	0	2	4	19	.306	.324	.478	.801	113	64	4	0	5	1	0	5/643
1997	35	SEA-min	AAA	4	14	12	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.333	.429	.333	.762		4	0	0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1997	35	SEA	AL	33	78	72	3	13	1	0	0	7	1	1	2	12	.181	.213	.194	.408	9	14	2	1	3	0	0	64/5
12 Yrs				942	2659	2478	252	630	105	9	22	201	13	19	76	324	.254	.279	.331	.610	66	819	66	16	73	16	1
162 Game Avg.				162	457	426	43	108	18	2	4	35	2	3	13	56	.254	.279	.331	.610	66	141	11	3	13	3	0

CLE (4 yrs)				344	802	749	88	189	36	2	11	74	4	8	22	103	.252	.276	.350	.626	63	262	21	6	17	8	0
NYY (4 yrs)				447	1528	1424	133	363	58	5	7	94	8	6	46	171	.255	.281	.317	.598	68	452	37	8	43	7	1
MIN (3 yrs)				70	107	99	9	24	3	0	0	10	0	2	2	19	.242	.265	.273	.537	46	27	2	1	5	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				48	144	134	19	41	7	2	4	16	0	2	4	19	.306	.324	.478	.801	113	64	4	0	5	1	0
SEA (1 yr)				33	78	72	3	13	1	0	0	7	1	1	2	12	.181	.213	.194	.408	9	14	2	1	3	0	0

AL (12 yrs)				894	2515	2344	233	589	98	7	18	185	13	17	72	305	.251	.277	.322	.599	63	755	62	16	68	15	1
NL (1 yr)				48	144	134	19	41	7	2	4	16	0	2	4	19	.306	.324	.478	.801	113	64	4	0	5	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1984	22	MIN	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.521	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/6
1985	23	MIN	AL	32	62	-4	-0	-0	1	1	-2	-0.2	2	-0	0.0	.493	.499	-0.1	0.2	-1		6
1986	24	MIN	AL	37	45	-5	-0	0	-2	1	-5	-0.5	1	-3	-0.3	.487	.497	-0.2	0.0	-2	$60,000	46

1988	26	NYY	AL	3	3	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.447	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1		/46
1989	27	NYY	AL	146	544	-16	3	-0	-0	8	-6	-0.3	17	11	1.2	.496	.496	1.2	1.0	11	$68,000	*6
1990	28	NYY	AL	150	472	-30	0	1	10	8	-12	-1.2	16	4	0.3	.491	.492	-0.7	1.9	-6	$256,000	*6
1991	29	NYY	AL	148	509	-18	0	1	6	8	-2	0.0	17	15	1.6	.499	.499	1.0	1.6	9	$650,000	*6/51

1993	31	CLE	AL	129	283	-8	0	-1	4	2	-3	-0.2	9	7	0.6	.498	.498	0.4	0.6	3	$500,000	56/4
1994	32	CLE	AL	90	244	-19	-1	-1	10	2	-10	-0.9	8	-2	-0.1	.490	.494	-1.0	1.2	-11	$475,000	564/3
1995	33	CLE	AL	66	150	-9	-1	0	0	1	-8	-0.8	5	-4	-0.3	.488	.495	-0.4	0.2	-4	$450,000	456/D3
1996	34	CLE	AL	59	125	-7	-0	-1	3	0	-5	-0.4	4	-1	0.0	.492	.497	-0.3	0.3	-4	$400,000	536/4D
1996	34	NYM	NL	48	144	4	0	-0	-0	1	4	0.4	4	8	0.8	.509	.503	0.9	0.0	9		5/643
1997	35	SEA	AL	33	78	-10	-1	0	0	1	-9	-0.8	3	-6	-0.6	.474	.495	-0.6	0.2	-7		64/5
12 Seasons				942	2659	-122	-0	-1	31	34	-58	-5.1	86	28	3.0	.494	.497	0.1	7.3	-3	$2,859,000

CLE (4 yrs)				344	802	-43	-3	-3	16	6	-26	-2.3	26	-0	0.2	.493	.496	-1.3	2.4	-16	$1,825,000
NYY (4 yrs)				447	1528	-65	3	2	15	24	-21	-1.7	50	29	2.9	.495	.497	1.4	4.4	14	$974,000
MIN (3 yrs)				70	107	-8	-0	-0	-1	3	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.3	.490	.499	-0.3	0.3	-3	$60,000
NYM (1 yr)				48	144	4	0	-0	-0	1	4	0.4	4	8	0.8	.509	.503	0.9	0.0	9
SEA (1 yr)				33	78	-10	-1	0	0	1	-9	-0.8	3	-6	-0.6	.474	.495	-0.6	0.2	-7

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	CS	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1995	33	CLE	AL	ALDS	BOS	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1995	33	CLE	AL	ALCS	SEA	W	4	8	8	1	1	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	1
1995	33	CLE	AL	WS	ATL	L	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
1 Yr (3 Series)							7	11	11	2	2	1	3	.182	.182	.182	.364	2
1 ALDS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 ALCS							4	8	8	1	1	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	1
1 WS							2	2	2	1	1	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	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
1981		Did not play in major leagues (Out of Baseball)
1991	29	NYY	AL	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 Yr				0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
162 Game Avg.				0	0	0.00	68	0	68	0	0	0	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	136	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1991	29	NYY	AL	0.2	1	0	0	0.00	4.72	-0.20	-0.36	94.0	4.29	0	0.0	.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.534	.500	$650,000
1 Season				0.2	1	0	0	0.00	4.72	-0.20	-0.36	94.0	4.29	0	0.0	.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.534	.500	$650,000

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	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1984	MIN	AL	22	SS	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	120	0.00	0.00		4.95	4.70
1985	MIN	AL	23	SS	31	21	12	188.0	99	25	69	5	15	.949	1	6	4.50	3.03	.964	4.64	4.60
1986	MIN	AL	24	2B	19	11	1	85.0	51	12	36	3	7	.941	1	11	5.08	2.53	.981	5.10	5.05
1986	MIN	AL	24	SS	18	5	2	64.1	28	11	16	1	4	.964	-2	-45	3.78	1.50	.967	4.53	4.49
1988	NYY	AL	26	2B	2	1	1	10.0	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-84	4.50	2.50	.982	5.13	5.10
1988	NYY	AL	26	SS	1	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	-0	-60	9.00	2.00	.970	4.50	4.60
1989	NYY	AL	27	SS	146	144	116	1223.1	730	237	471	22	114	.970	-0	-0	5.21	4.85	.971	4.79	4.74
1990	NYY	AL	28	SS	150	141	107	1208.1	732	268	447	17	100	.977	10	10	5.33	4.77	.973	4.74	4.69
1991	NYY	AL	29	SS	147	136	121	1197.0	682	223	438	21	113	.969	6	6	4.97	4.50	.971	4.67	4.66
1991	NYY	AL	29	3B	2	2	1	17.0	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.65	2.50	.956	2.81	2.80
1991	NYY	AL	29	P	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.35	1.80	0	0			0
1993	CLE	AL	31	3B	99	50	40	519.0	159	42	107	10	9	.937	4	9	2.58	1.51	.951	2.69	2.66
1993	CLE	AL	31	SS	35	13	10	147.1	66	18	47	1	13	.985	-1	-5	3.97	1.86	.973	4.69	4.64
1993	CLE	AL	31	2B	2	2	0	13.2	10	6	3	1	2	.900	0	26	5.93	4.50	.981	5.14	5.10
1994	CLE	AL	32	3B	37	12	10	154.1	47	12	31	4	2	.915	2	13	2.51	1.16	.948	2.64	2.62
1994	CLE	AL	32	SS	36	34	27	290.0	175	53	117	5	27	.971	6	24	5.28	4.72	.969	4.64	4.60
1994	CLE	AL	32	2B	20	11	10	122.0	89	26	62	1	15	.989	2	21	6.49	4.40	.981	5.10	5.06
1994	CLE	AL	32	1B	3	0	0	6.0	2	2	0	0	1	1.000	0	0	3.00	0.67	.990	9.60	9.50
1995	CLE	AL	33	2B	22	9	7	102.0	59	18	39	2	7	.966	2	21	5.03	2.59	.981	5.11	5.06
1995	CLE	AL	33	3B	22	16	9	142.1	38	10	27	1	1	.974	-1	-12	2.34	1.68	.952	2.61	2.58
1995	CLE	AL	33	SS	19	9	8	114.0	50	13	35	2	8	.960	0	5	3.79	2.53	.974	4.71	4.65
1995	CLE	AL	33	DH	3	0
1995	CLE	AL	33	1B	2	0	0	7.0	9	9	0	0	1	1.000	-0	-69	11.57	4.50	.993	9.64	9.50
1996	TOT	MLB	34	3B	58	37	27	335.1	99	27	63	9	3	.909	-1	-4	2.42	1.55	.949	2.68	2.64
1996	TOT	MLB	34	SS	23	11	9	126.1	63	20	42	1	15	.984	0	2	4.42	2.70	.970	4.64	4.62
1996	TOT	MLB	34	1B	19	8	7	105.1	105	97	8	0	10	1.000	1	13	8.97	5.53	.992	9.24	9.20
1996	TOT	MLB	34	2B	7	2	1	25.1	18	5	12	1	5	.944	2	95	6.04	2.43	.980	5.04	5.03
1996	CLE	AL	34	3B	20	7	3	72.0	19	7	11	1	1	.947	0	3	2.25	0.90	.956	2.56	2.55
1996	CLE	AL	34	1B	18	8	7	104.1	105	97	8	0	10	1.000	1	13	9.06	5.83	.992	9.24	9.18
1996	CLE	AL	34	SS	16	8	7	96.0	46	16	29	1	12	.978	-0	-4	4.22	2.81	.971	4.66	4.64
1996	CLE	AL	34	2B	5	2	1	20.1	17	5	11	1	5	.941	2	100	7.08	3.20	.980	5.05	5.02
1996	CLE	AL	34	DH	1	0
1996	NYM	NL	34	3B	38	30	24	263.1	80	20	52	8	2	.900	-1	-5	2.46	1.89	.948	2.71	2.69
1996	NYM	NL	34	SS	7	3	2	30.1	17	4	13	0	3	1.000	0	20	5.04	2.43	.967	4.60	4.57
1996	NYM	NL	34	2B	2	0	0	5.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	72	1.80	0.50	.980	5.04	5.05
1996	NYM	NL	34	1B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		9.90	9.60
1997	SEA	AL	35	SS	17	13	10	118.2	57	21	34	2	5	.965	0	0	4.17	3.24	.974	4.55	4.51
1997	SEA	AL	35	2B	14	7	1	60.0	45	21	23	1	9	.978	0	10	6.60	3.14	.980	4.93	4.89
1997	SEA	AL	35	3B	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.60
	12 Seasons			SS	624	527	422	4681.1	2684	890	1717	77	415	.971	20	5	5.01	4.18	.971	4.71	4.67
	6 Seasons			3B	219	117	87	1170.0	348	93	231	24	15	.931	3	3	2.49	1.48	.950	2.67	2.64
	7 Seasons			2B	86	43	21	418.0	277	92	176	9	45	.968	7	20	5.77	3.12	.981	5.08	5.03
	3 Seasons			1B	24	8	7	118.1	116	108	8	0	12	1.000	1	7	8.82	4.83	.992	9.29	9.26
	1 Season			P	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.35	1.80	0	0			0
	12 Seasons			TOT	954	695	537	6388.1	3425	1183	2132	110	487	.968	31	6	4.67	3.47	.971	4.45	4.35	0	0			0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	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.

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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1990 AL 1.9 (9th) 1991 AL 1.6 (9th) 1994 AL 1.2 (9th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1989 AL 23 (2nd) 1990 AL 11 (9th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1989 AL 22 (2nd) 1991 AL 21 (4th)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1989 AL 146 (4th) 1990 AL 150 (4th) 1991 AL 147 (3rd)
Putouts as SS s c a p y 1989 AL 237 (5th) 1990 AL 268 (2nd) 1991 AL 223 (4th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1989 AL 471 (5th) 1990 AL 447 (3rd) 1991 AL 438 (3rd)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1989 AL 22 (2nd) 1990 AL 17 (3rd) 1991 AL 21 (2nd)	Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y 1989 AL 114 (2nd) 1990 AL 100 (2nd) 1991 AL 113 (2nd)
Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y 1993 AL 2.58 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y Career 21 (76th)	Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1989 AL 5.21 (4th) 1990 AL 5.33 (1st) 1991 AL 4.97 (4th) Career 5.01 (12th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1990 AL 4.77 (3rd)
Fielding % as SS s c a p y Career .971 (68th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (2925), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Shortstop (251st), 3.0 career WAR/4.5 7yr-peak WAR/3.8 JAWS Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 63.1 career WAR/41.0 7yr-peak WAR/52.1 JAWS

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Transactions

October 30, 1978: Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent.
September 30, 1980: Released by the Houston Astros.
March 18, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
October 15, 1987: Granted Free Agency.
November 17, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
March 17, 1992: Released by the New York Yankees.
April 3, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
November 2, 1995: Granted Free Agency.
December 7, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
July 29, 1996: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Carlos Baerga to the New York Mets for Jeff Kent and Jose Vizcaino.
March 26, 1997: Released by the New York Mets.
April 2, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
July 14, 1997: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes/Other Sources
1986	24	Minnesota Twins	$60,000	1986 USA Today survey

1989	27	New York Yankees	$68,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	28	New York Yankees	$256,000*
1991	29	New York Yankees	$650,000	1994 Joint Exhibit 1
1992	30	New York Yankees	$1,000,000	1994 Joint Exhibit 1	Did not play in majors this season
1993	31	Cleveland Indians	$500,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $100,000 earned bonus
1994	32	Cleveland Indians	$475,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $25,000 earned bonus
1995	33	Cleveland Indians	$450,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	34	Cleveland Indians	$400,000*

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,859,000

Disputed Salaries
*1990 - $285,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -
*1996 - $450,000 - 1997 Joint Exhibit 1 - Includes $50,000 earned bonus

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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