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Ben Francisco

Louis Ben Francisco (twitter: @bennyfresh_8)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 23, 1981 in Santa Ana, CA
High School: Servite HS (Anaheim, CA)
Schools: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 2007 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Phillies/Astros/BlueJays/Rays/... 2007-2013
2013 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.1M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.049, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: John Boggs [*]
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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
2002	20	CLE-min	A-	58	269	235	55	82	23	2	3	23	22	6	22	28	.349	.416	.502	.918		118	5	7	2	3	1		MHV · NYPL
2003	21	CLE-min	A	80	330	289	57	83	21	1	11	48	15	6	31	50	.287	.359	.481	.840		139	7	4	1	5	1		LCO · SALL
2004	22	CLE-min	AA	133	563	497	72	126	29	3	15	71	21	5	50	86	.254	.326	.414	.740		206	10	6	4	6	2		AKR · EL
2005	23	CLE-min	AA,AAA	87	370	339	49	107	20	7	7	49	16	4	25	62	.316	.364	.478	.842		162	5	2	2	2	1		AKR,BFL · EL,IL
2006	24	CLE-min	AAA	134	579	515	80	143	32	4	17	59	25	5	45	72	.278	.345	.454	.799		234	9	10	5	4	0		BFL · IL
2007	25	CLE-min	AAA	95	425	377	60	120	27	2	12	51	22	8	36	66	.318	.382	.496	.878		187	11	4	6	2	2		BFL · IL
2007	25	CLE	AL	25	66	62	10	17	5	0	3	12	0	2	3	19	.274	.303	.500	.803	107	31	2	0	0	1	0	7/9D
2008	26	CLE-min	AAA	24	104	92	9	21	3	1	1	6	3	0	11	25	.228	.308	.315	.623		29	4	0	0	1	0		BFL · IL
2008	26	CLE	AL	121	499	447	65	119	32	0	15	54	4	3	40	86	.266	.332	.438	.770	105	196	10	6	2	4	0	79D/8
2009	27	TOT	MLB	126	459	405	58	104	30	1	15	46	14	7	38	83	.257	.332	.447	.779	106	181	12	9	4	3	0	789/D
2009	27	CLE	AL	89	355	308	48	77	21	1	10	33	13	3	33	59	.250	.336	.422	.758	103	130	11	8	4	2	0	789/D
2009	27	PHI	NL	37	104	97	10	27	9	0	5	13	1	4	5	24	.278	.317	.526	.843	117	51	1	1	0	1	0	7/89
2010	28	PHI	NL	88	197	179	24	48	13	0	6	28	8	0	14	35	.268	.327	.441	.768	104	79	6	2	1	1	1	79/D8
2011	29	PHI	NL	100	293	250	24	61	10	1	6	34	4	4	33	42	.244	.340	.364	.704	94	91	5	5	2	3	1	97/D
2012	30	TOR-min	AA,A+	11	46	42	2	8	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	.190	.261	.262	.523		11	2	0	0	0	0		MAN,DUN · EL,FLOR
2012	30	TOT	MLB	82	207	192	14	46	14	1	4	15	0	1	13	49	.240	.285	.385	.670	82	74	1	0	0	2	0	97D
2012	30	TOT	AL	51	117	107	9	25	10	1	2	10	0	1	8	26	.234	.282	.402	.684	87	43	1	0	0	2	0	D97
2012	30	TOR	AL	27	54	50	5	12	5	1	0	2	0	1	4	10	.240	.296	.380	.676	82	19	0	0	0	0	0	D/79
2012	30	HOU	NL	31	90	85	5	21	4	0	2	5	0	0	5	23	.247	.289	.365	.654	77	31	0	0	0	0	0	97
2012	30	TBR	AL	24	63	57	4	13	5	0	2	8	0	0	4	16	.228	.270	.421	.691	90	24	1	0	0	2	0	9/7D
2013	31	NYY	AL	19	45	39	4	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	9	.128	.244	.205	.450	25	8	0	1	0	0	0	D/97
7 Yrs				561	1766	1574	199	400	104	3	50	190	30	17	146	323	.254	.324	.419	.743	99	660	36	23	9	14	2
162 Game Avg.				162	510	455	57	116	30	1	14	55	9	5	42	93	.254	.324	.419	.743	99	191	10	7	3	4	1

CLE (3 yrs)				235	920	817	123	213	58	1	28	99	17	8	76	164	.261	.332	.437	.768	104	357	23	14	6	7	0
PHI (3 yrs)				225	594	526	58	136	32	1	17	75	13	8	52	101	.259	.332	.420	.752	102	221	12	8	3	5	2
TBR (1 yr)				24	63	57	4	13	5	0	2	8	0	0	4	16	.228	.270	.421	.691	90	24	1	0	0	2	0
NYY (1 yr)				19	45	39	4	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	9	.128	.244	.205	.450	25	8	0	1	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				31	90	85	5	21	4	0	2	5	0	0	5	23	.247	.289	.365	.654	77	31	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				27	54	50	5	12	5	1	0	2	0	1	4	10	.240	.296	.380	.676	82	19	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				305	1082	963	136	243	68	2	31	110	17	9	89	199	.252	.322	.424	.746	99	408	24	15	6	9	0
NL (4 yrs)				256	684	611	63	157	36	1	19	80	13	8	57	124	.257	.326	.412	.738	98	252	12	8	3	5	2

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
2007	25	CLE	AL	25	66	1	-2	0	3	-1	1	0.1	2	4	0.4	.505	.501	0.1	0.2	1		7/9D
2008	26	CLE	AL	121	499	4	2	-1	5	-6	4	0.6	19	22	2.4	.503	.502	1.8	-0.1	18		79D/8
2009	27	CLE	AL	89	355	4	2	-1	-3	-2	0	0.1	13	14	1.4	.500	.500	1.6	-0.5	17	$421,400	789/D
2009	27	PHI	NL	37	104	3	-2	0	-2	-0	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.2	.498	.500	0.4	-0.3	4		7/89
2010	28	PHI	NL	88	197	1	1	-0	-1	-2	-1	-0.2	6	5	0.4	.498	.499	0.5	-0.4	6	$470,000	79/D8
2011	29	PHI	NL	100	293	-2	-2	-0	-9	-3	-16	-1.8	9	-7	-0.9	.482	.489	0.0	-1.3	2	$1,175,000	97/D
2012	30	TOR	AL	27	54	-0	-2	0	-1	-2	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.483	.497	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$1,537,500	D/79
2012	30	HOU	NL	31	90	-3	-0	0	-6	-1	-10	-1.1	3	-7	-0.8	.465	.493	-0.2	-0.8	-1		97
2012	30	TBR	AL	24	63	-1	0	-0	-1	-1	-3	-0.4	2	-1	-0.1	.485	.498	-0.0	-0.2	-0		9/7D
2013	31	NYY	AL	19	45	-3	-0	0	1	-1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.3	.477	.497	-0.4	0.0	-3		D/97
7 Seasons				561	1766	3	-2	-2	-14	-20	-35	-3.6	62	27	2.4	.493	.498	3.7	-3.5	41	$3,603,900

CLE (3 yrs)				235	920	9	2	-2	5	-9	5	0.8	34	40	4.1	.502	.501	3.5	-0.3	35	$421,400
PHI (3 yrs)				225	594	1	-2	-0	-12	-5	-18	-2.1	19	0	-0.3	.491	.496	1.0	-1.9	12	$1,645,000
TBR (1 yr)				24	63	-1	0	-0	-1	-1	-3	-0.4	2	-1	-0.1	.485	.498	-0.0	-0.2	-0
NYY (1 yr)				19	45	-3	-0	0	1	-1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.3	.477	.497	-0.4	0.0	-3
HOU (1 yr)				31	90	-3	-0	0	-6	-1	-10	-1.1	3	-7	-0.8	.465	.493	-0.2	-0.8	-1
TOR (1 yr)				27	54	-0	-2	0	-1	-2	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.483	.497	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$1,537,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP
2009	27	PHI	NL	NLDS	COL	W	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
2009	27	PHI	NL	NLCS	LAD	W	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0
2009	27	PHI	NL	WS	NYY	L	4	8	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0
2010	28	PHI	NL	NLDS	CIN	W	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			0	0	1
2010	28	PHI	NL	NLCS	SFG	L	3	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0
2011	29	PHI	NL	NLDS	STL	L	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	4	0	0
3 Yrs (6 Series)							17	21	19	2	2	1	3	1	5	.105	.190	.263	.454	5	1	1
3 NLDS							6	4	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	4	0	1
2 NLCS							7	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	1	0
1 WS							4	8	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0

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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
2007	CLE	AL	25	OF	19	14	11	130.1	32	32	0	0	0	1.000	2	3	20	27	2.21	1.68	.987	2.30	2.28
2007	CLE	AL	25	LF	14	11	10	102.1	26	26	0	0	0	1.000	2	2	27	23	2.29	1.86	.985	2.11	2.09
2007	CLE	AL	25	RF	5	3	1	28.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-0	1	-4	39	1.93	1.20	.985	2.09	2.06
2007	CLE	AL	25	DH	2	0
2008	CLE	AL	26	OF	104	98	84	875.0	212	196	12	4	3	.981	-5	5	-6	6	2.14	2.00	.986	2.31	2.28
2008	CLE	AL	26	LF	83	71	65	643.0	159	150	7	2	2	.987	-3	5	-6	10	2.20	1.89	.984	2.05	2.03
2008	CLE	AL	26	RF	32	27	19	230.0	53	46	5	2	1	.962	-1	1	-5	5	2.00	1.59	.985	2.15	2.13
2008	CLE	AL	26	DH	15	9
2008	CLE	AL	26	CF	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-1	-420	-600	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.70
2009	TOT	MLB	27	OF	107	102	89	909.0	242	234	7	1	3	.996	-2	-5	-2	-6	2.39	2.25	.987	2.30	2.28
2009	TOT	MLB	27	LF	61	51	48	464.1	117	116	0	1	0	.991	-6	0	-16	0	2.25	1.90	.986	2.09	2.06
2009	TOT	MLB	27	CF	40	38	29	322.2	98	92	6	0	3	1.000	3	-3	13	-11	2.73	2.45	.991	2.71	2.68
2009	TOT	MLB	27	RF	18	13	12	122.0	27	26	1	0	0	1.000	1	-2	11	-19	1.99	1.50	.984	2.11	2.09
2009	CLE	AL	27	OF	85	82	71	727.2	189	183	5	1	3	.995	-2	-3	-4	-4	2.33	2.21	.987	2.33	2.30
2009	CLE	AL	27	LF	51	43	42	393.0	98	97	0	1	0	.990	-5	2	-16	6	2.22	1.90	.987	2.12	2.09
2009	CLE	AL	27	CF	33	31	22	260.2	76	71	5	0	3	1.000	1	-4	5	-18	2.62	2.30	.992	2.73	2.70
2009	CLE	AL	27	RF	12	8	7	74.0	15	15	0	0	0	1.000	2	-1	29	-16	1.82	1.25	.982	2.13	2.10
2009	CLE	AL	27	DH	2	1
2009	PHI	NL	27	OF	22	20	18	181.1	53	51	2	0	0	1.000	1	-2	7	-13	2.63	2.41	.986	2.20	2.18
2009	PHI	NL	27	LF	10	8	6	71.1	19	19	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-2	-12	-34	2.40	1.90	.982	1.93	1.91
2009	PHI	NL	27	CF	7	7	7	62.0	22	21	1	0	0	1.000	2	1	46	19	3.19	3.14	.989	2.60	2.57
2009	PHI	NL	27	RF	6	5	5	48.0	12	11	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-1	-17	-25	2.25	2.00	.986	2.08	2.07
2010	PHI	NL	28	OF	45	28	27	286.2	63	60	3	0	0	1.000	1	-1	6	-4	1.98	1.40	.987	2.17	2.15
2010	PHI	NL	28	LF	23	17	17	160.0	33	30	3	0	0	1.000	4	1	26	7	1.86	1.43	.985	1.82	1.80
2010	PHI	NL	28	RF	20	10	9	113.2	28	28	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-2	-19	-22	2.22	1.40	.986	2.10	2.07
2010	PHI	NL	28	DH	5	4
2010	PHI	NL	28	CF	2	1	1	13.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	0	-28	0	1.38	1.00	.990	2.56	2.55
2011	PHI	NL	29	OF	69	62	52	554.0	110	103	4	3	0	.973	-8	-9	-18	-19	1.74	1.55	.986	2.16	2.15
2011	PHI	NL	29	RF	55	49	45	445.0	91	86	3	2	0	.978	-7	-7	-18	-19	1.80	1.62	.983	2.05	2.04
2011	PHI	NL	29	LF	14	13	7	109.0	19	17	1	1	0	.947	-2	-2	-17	-23	1.49	1.29	.985	1.87	1.87
2011	PHI	NL	29	DH	1	1
2012	TOT	MLB	30	OF	53	33	16	289.2	45	43	1	1	0	.978	-1	-8	-3	-33	1.37	0.83	.987	2.14	2.12
2012	TOT	MLB	30	RF	29	21	11	170.2	26	25	1	0	0	1.000	2	-4	15	-28	1.37	0.90	.984	2.00	1.99
2012	TOT	MLB	30	LF	24	12	5	119.0	19	18	0	1	0	.947	-2	-4	-19	-40	1.36	0.75	.986	1.88	1.87
2012	TOT	AL	30	OF	27	15	3	121.0	14	14	0	0	0	1.000	0	-2	3	-19	1.04	0.52	.986	2.17	2.16
2012	TOT	AL	30	DH	18	14
2012	TOT	AL	30	RF	15	9	2	69.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	1	-1	23	-17	1.17	0.60	.984	2.00	1.98
2012	TOT	AL	30	LF	12	6	1	52.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-1	-1	-23	0.87	0.42	.984	1.94	1.92
2012	TOR	AL	30	DH	13	11
2012	TOR	AL	30	OF	9	4	0	32.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1	-1	29	-37	0.84	0.33	.987	2.17	2.16
2012	TOR	AL	30	LF	5	2	0	19.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	0	-8	0	0.47	0.20	.980	1.94	1.92
2012	TOR	AL	30	RF	4	2	0	13.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1	-1	82	-92	1.38	0.50	.985	2.01	1.98
2012	HOU	NL	30	OF	26	18	13	168.2	31	29	1	1	0	.968	-1	-6	-6	-42	1.60	1.15	.987	2.11	2.09
2012	HOU	NL	30	RF	14	12	9	101.2	17	16	1	0	0	1.000	1	-3	10	-35	1.50	1.21	.984	2.01	1.99
2012	HOU	NL	30	LF	12	6	4	67.0	14	13	0	1	0	.929	-2	-3	-32	-54	1.75	1.08	.987	1.83	1.81
2012	TBR	AL	30	OF	18	11	3	89.0	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-1	-7	-13	1.11	0.61	.986	2.17	2.16
2012	TBR	AL	30	RF	11	7	2	56.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	9	0	1.12	0.64	.984	1.99	1.98
2012	TBR	AL	30	LF	7	4	1	33.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	-1	3	-36	1.09	0.57	.985	1.94	1.93
2012	TBR	AL	30	DH	5	3
2013	NYY	AL	31	DH	10	9
2013	NYY	AL	31	OF	7	4	1	29.2	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	19	40	1.82	0.86	.988	2.24	2.21
2013	NYY	AL	31	RF	5	4	1	26.2	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	14	45	1.69	1.00	.984	2.13	2.10
2013	NYY	AL	31	LF	2	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	60	0	3.00	0.50	.990	1.80	1.90
	7 Seasons			OF	404	341	280	3074.1	710	674	27	9	6	.987	-11	-14	-4	-5	2.05	1.74	.986	2.25	2.22
	7 Seasons			LF	221	175	152	1600.2	374	358	11	5	2	.987	-6	2	-5	1	2.07	1.67	.985	2.02	1.99
	7 Seasons			RF	164	127	98	1136.0	236	222	10	4	1	.983	-6	-12	-6	-12	1.84	1.41	.984	2.08	2.06
	3 Seasons			CF	44	39	30	337.2	100	94	6	0	3	1.000	2	-4	9	-14	2.67	2.27	.991	2.70	2.67
	7 Seasons			TOT	404	341	280	3074.1	710	674	27	9	6	.987	-11	-14	-4	-3	2.05	1.74	.986	2.25	2.22
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

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 2008 AL 7 (4th)	Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 2008 AL 2 (2nd)	Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 2009 AL 3 (3rd)	Assists as OF s c a p y 2008 AL 12 (4th)
Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y 2008 AL 3 (5th) 2009 AL 3 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y 2008 AL 2.20 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 2008 AL 1.89 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2081), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Left Field (329th), 2.6 career WAR/4.6 7yr-peak WAR/3.6 JAWS Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

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Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2002.
July 29, 2009: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Cliff Lee to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jason Knapp (minors), Carlos Carrasco, Jason Donald and Lou Marson.
December 12, 2011: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Toronto Blue Jays for Frank Gailey (minors).
July 20, 2012: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with a player to be named later, Asher Wojciechowski (minors), Carlos Perez (minors), David Rollins (minors), Joseph Musgrove (minors) and Francisco Cordero to the Houston Astros for David Carpenter, J.A. Happ and Brandon Lyon. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Kevin Comer (minors) (August 16, 2012) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.
August 31, 2012: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Tampa Bay Rays for player to be named.
November 30, 2012: Granted Free Agency.
January 21, 2013: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
March 11, 2013: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
March 11, 2013: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

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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
2009	27	Cleveland Indians	$421,400
2010	28	Philadelphia Phillies	$470,000
2011	29	Philadelphia Phillies	$1,175,000
2012	30	Toronto Blue Jays	$1,537,500	contracts

2013	31	New York Yankees	$1,100,000
2013 Status		3rd-Year Arb Eligible, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,603,900	Does 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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