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Julio Franco
Julio Cesar Franco
born Julio Cesar Robles Franco
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 23, 1958 in Hato Mayor, D.R.
High School: Divine Providence (San Pedro de Marcoris, DO)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1982
Final Game: September 17, 2007
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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
1982 23 PHI NL 16 32 29 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 4 .276 .323 .310 .633 76 9 1 0 1 0 1 6/5
1983 24 CLE AL 149 598 560 68 153 24 8 8 80 32 12 27 50 .273 .306 .388 .693 87 217 21 2 3 6 1 *6 RoY-2
1984 25 CLE AL 160 718 658 82 188 22 5 3 79 19 10 43 68 .286 .331 .348 .679 87 229 23 6 1 10 1 *6/D
1985 26 CLE AL 160 703 636 97 183 33 4 6 90 13 9 54 74 .288 .343 .381 .723 99 242 26 4 0 9 2 *6/4D
1986 27 CLE AL 149 636 599 80 183 30 5 10 74 10 7 32 66 .306 .338 .422 .760 108 253 28 0 0 5 1 *64/D
1987 28 CLE AL 128 560 495 86 158 24 3 8 52 32 9 57 56 .319 .389 .428 .818 117 212 23 3 0 5 2 *6/4D
1988 29 CLE AL 152 676 613 88 186 23 6 10 54 25 11 56 72 .303 .361 .409 .771 114 251 17 2 1 4 4 *4/D MVP-25,SS
1989 30 TEX AL 150 621 548 80 173 31 5 13 92 21 3 66 69 .316 .386 .462 .848 137 253 27 1 0 6 11 *4D AS,SS
1990 31 TEX AL 157 670 582 96 172 27 1 11 69 31 10 82 83 .296 .383 .402 .785 121 234 12 2 2 2 3 *4/D AS,SS
1991 32 TEX AL 146 659 589 108 201 27 3 15 78 36 9 65 78 .341 .408 .474 .882 146 279 13 3 0 2 8 *4 AS,MVP-15,SS
1992 33 TEX AL 35 123 107 19 25 7 0 2 8 1 1 15 17 .234 .328 .355 .683 95 38 3 0 1 0 2 D/479
1993 34 TEX AL 144 607 532 85 154 31 3 14 84 9 3 62 95 .289 .360 .438 .798 118 233 16 1 5 7 4 *D
1994 35 CHW AL 112 505 433 72 138 19 2 20 98 8 1 62 75 .319 .406 .510 .916 136 221 14 5 0 5 4 *D3 MVP-8,SS
1996 37 CLE AL 112 499 432 72 139 20 1 14 76 8 8 61 82 .322 .407 .470 .877 123 203 14 3 0 3 2 3D
1997 38 TOT AL 120 505 430 68 116 16 1 7 44 15 6 69 116 .270 .369 .360 .730 91 155 17 1 1 4 4 D43
1997 38 CLE AL 78 328 289 46 82 13 1 3 25 8 5 38 75 .284 .367 .367 .734 91 106 13 0 1 0 2 D4/3
1997 38 MIL AL 42 177 141 22 34 3 0 4 19 7 1 31 41 .241 .373 .348 .720 90 49 4 1 0 4 2 D3
1999 40 TBD AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3
2001 42 ATL NL 25 101 90 13 27 4 0 3 11 0 0 10 20 .300 .376 .444 .821 109 40 3 1 0 0 1 3
2002 43 ATL NL 125 383 338 51 96 13 1 6 30 5 1 39 75 .284 .357 .382 .739 94 129 13 1 2 3 3 3/D
2003 44 ATL NL 103 223 197 28 58 12 2 5 31 0 1 25 43 .294 .372 .452 .824 113 89 8 0 0 1 5 3
2004 45 ATL NL 125 361 320 37 99 18 3 6 57 4 2 36 68 .309 .378 .441 .818 111 141 10 1 1 3 4 3/D
2005 46 ATL NL 108 265 233 30 64 12 1 9 42 4 0 27 57 .275 .348 .451 .799 107 105 10 1 1 3 1 3/D
2006 47 NYM NL 95 179 165 14 45 10 0 2 26 6 1 13 49 .273 .330 .370 .699 81 61 11 1 0 0 2 3/5D
2007 48 TOT NL 55 106 90 8 20 3 0 1 16 2 1 14 23 .222 .321 .289 .610 61 26 2 0 0 2 1 3/5D
2007 48 NYM NL 40 61 50 7 10 0 0 1 8 2 1 10 13 .200 .328 .260 .588 57 13 1 0 0 1 0 /35D
2007 48 ATL NL 15 45 40 1 10 3 0 0 8 0 0 4 10 .250 .311 .325 .636 67 13 1 0 0 1 1 3
23 Seasons 2527 9731 8677 1285 2586 407 54 173 1194 281 107 917 1341 .298 .365 .417 .782 111 3620 312 38 19 80 67
162 Game Avg. 162 624 556 82 166 26 3 11 77 18 7 59 86 .298 .365 .417 .782 111 232 20 2 1 5 4
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
CLE (8 yrs) 1088 4718 4282 619 1272 189 33 62 530 147 71 368 543 .297 .352 .400 .752 103 1713 165 20 6 42 15
ATL (6 yrs) 501 1378 1218 160 354 62 7 29 179 13 4 141 273 .291 .363 .424 .788 104 517 45 4 4 11 15
TEX (5 yrs) 632 2680 2358 388 725 123 12 55 331 98 26 290 342 .307 .382 .440 .822 129 1037 71 7 8 17 28
NYM (2 yrs) 135 240 215 21 55 10 0 3 34 8 2 23 62 .256 .329 .344 .673 76 74 12 1 0 1 2
TBD (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 16 32 29 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 4 .276 .323 .310 .633 76 9 1 0 1 0 1
MIL (1 yr) 42 177 141 22 34 3 0 4 19 7 1 31 41 .241 .373 .348 .720 90 49 4 1 0 4 2
CHW (1 yr) 112 505 433 72 138 19 2 20 98 8 1 62 75 .319 .406 .510 .916 136 221 14 5 0 5 4
AL (15 yrs) 1875 8081 7215 1101 2169 334 47 141 978 260 99 751 1002 .301 .366 .419 .785 113 3020 254 33 14 68 49
NL (8 yrs) 652 1650 1462 184 417 73 7 32 216 21 8 166 339 .285 .357 .410 .768 100 600 58 5 5 12 18

Postseason Batting

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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 37 CLE AL ALDS BAL L 4 17 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .133 .176 .133 .310 2 0 0 0 1 0
2001 42 ATL NL NLDS HOU W 3 13 13 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 .308 .308 .538 .846 7 0 0 0 0 0
2001 42 ATL NL NLCS ARI L 5 23 23 2 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .261 .261 .391 .652 9 0 0 0 0 0
2002 43 ATL NL NLDS SFG L 5 24 22 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 .182 .250 .182 .432 4 1 0 0 0 0
2003 44 ATL NL NLDS CHC L 4 10 8 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .500 .600 .625 1.225 5 0 0 0 0 0
2004 45 ATL NL NLDS HOU L 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 46 ATL NL NLDS HOU L 3 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .222 .300 .222 .522 2 0 0 0 0 0
2006 47 NYM NL NLDS LAD W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 47 NYM NL NLCS STL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons (9 Series) 31 105 98 9 22 1 0 2 6 1 1 6 21 .224 .267 .296 .563 29 1 0 0 1 0
6 NLDS 20 63 58 6 14 1 0 1 3 1 1 5 11 .241 .302 .310 .612 18 1 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 4 17 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .133 .176 .133 .310 2 0 0 0 1 0
2 NLCS 7 25 25 2 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .240 .240 .360 .600 9 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 PHI NL 23 SS 11 8 75.0 31 8 23 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -3.2 -0.2 -0.5 0.3 0 3.72 2.82 .965 5.02 4.38
1982 PHI NL 23 3B 2 1 7.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -31.3 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 2.35 1.00 .950 2.82 2.45
1983 CLE AL 24 SS 149 148 1323.0 713 247 438 28 92 .961 -11.1 -10.1 -11.1 4.3 -15.4 0 4.66 4.60 .963 4.75 4.15 RoY-2
1984 CLE AL 25 SS 159 158 1401.1 797 280 481 36 116 .955 -1.2 -1.0 -1.2 0.3 -1.5 0 4.89 4.79 .962 4.76 3.93
1984 CLE AL 25 DH 1
1985 CLE AL 26 SS 151 149 1288.0 692 238 419 35 95 .949 -11.0 -10.2 -12.0 -13.0 1.0 1 4.59 4.35 .965 4.64 3.93
1985 CLE AL 26 2B 8 8 69.0 33 14 18 1 4 .970 -1.8 -31.3 -1.8 -1.0 -0.9 0 4.17 4.00 .982 5.30 4.47
1985 CLE AL 26 DH 1
1986 CLE AL 27 SS 134 133 1143.1 623 231 374 18 81 .971 -5.2 -5.5 -2.2 -2.0 -0.2 -3 4.76 4.51 .967 4.53 3.94
1986 CLE AL 27 2B 13 11 100.1 57 17 39 1 9 .982 0.3 3.6 0.3 -1.0 1.3 0 5.02 4.31 .981 5.10 4.34
1986 CLE AL 27 DH 3
1987 CLE AL 28 SS 111 110 941.0 459 157 285 17 53 .963 -10.0 -12.8 -9.0 -2.6 -6.4 -1 4.23 3.98 .970 4.59 4.02
1987 CLE AL 28 2B 9 8 75.1 47 18 28 1 3 .979 0.7 11.2 0.7 -0.4 1.2 0 5.50 5.11 .981 5.11 4.48
1987 CLE AL 28 DH 8
1988 CLE AL 29 2B 151 151 1300.0 758 310 434 14 87 .982 -10.5 -9.7 -5.5 -7.6 2.2 -5 5.15 4.93 .982 5.12 4.40 MVP-25,SS
1988 CLE AL 29 DH 1 MVP-25,SS
1989 TEX AL 30 2B 140 139 1199.1 655 256 386 13 70 .980 -0.1 -0.1 0.9 -0.8 1.7 -1 4.82 4.59 .981 5.24 4.51 AS,SS
1989 TEX AL 30 DH 10 AS,SS
1990 TEX AL 31 2B 152 152 1309.2 773 310 444 19 101 .975 13.4 12.3 11.4 2.5 8.9 2 5.18 4.96 .984 5.23 4.53 AS,SS
1990 TEX AL 31 DH 3 AS,SS
1991 TEX AL 32 2B 146 144 1283.1 680 294 372 14 80 .979 -6.2 -5.8 -4.2 -3.1 -1.1 -2 4.67 4.56 .981 5.19 4.44 AS,MVP-15,SS
1992 TEX AL 33 DH 15
1992 TEX AL 33 2B 9 10 70.0 32 12 17 3 2 .906 -2.5 -42.9 -1.5 -1.2 -0.3 -1 3.73 3.22 .984 5.25 4.60
1992 TEX AL 33 LF 4 2 16.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 15.0 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0 5.06 2.25 .978 2.31 1.95
1992 TEX AL 33 OF 4 3 23.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -47.0 -0.9 -0.2 -0.7 0 3.52 2.25 .978 2.47 2.17
1992 TEX AL 33 RF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 -188.6 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.19 1.90
1993 TEX AL 34 DH 140
1994 CHW AL 35 DH 99 MVP-8,SS
1994 CHW AL 35 1B 14 13 115.0 98 88 7 3 9 .969 -2.4 -25.0 -2.4 -0.5 -1.9 0 7.43 6.79 .992 9.57 8.49 MVP-8,SS
1996 CLE AL 37 1B 97 96 833.2 938 852 77 9 89 .990 3.8 5.5 3.8 3.0 0.8 0 10.03 9.58 .992 9.24 7.92
1996 CLE AL 37 DH 13
1997 TOT AL 38 DH 70
1997 TOT AL 38 1B 14 13 123.1 121 109 11 1 20 .992 1.5 14.6 1.5 1.8 -0.3 0 8.76 8.57 .992 9.31 8.04
1997 CLE AL 38 DH 42
1997 CLE AL 38 2B 35 34 288.2 179 69 107 3 23 .983 -2.8 -11.6 -2.8 0.6 -3.4 0 5.49 5.03 .980 4.93 4.33
1997 CLE AL 38 1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -300.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 4.50 1.00 1.000 9.45 8.00
1997 MIL AL 38 DH 28
1997 MIL AL 38 1B 13 13 121.1 120 108 11 1 20 .992 2.0 19.8 2.0 1.8 0.2 0 8.83 9.15 .992 9.31 8.04
1999 TBD AL 40 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.30
2001 ATL NL 42 1B 23 22 188.0 198 181 16 1 20 .995 4.4 28.1 3.4 1.6 1.7 1 9.43 8.57 .993 9.26 7.84
2002 ATL NL 43 1B 95 70 694.0 784 717 59 8 79 .990 3.7 6.4 3.7 1.5 2.2 0 10.06 8.17 .992 9.39 7.97
2002 ATL NL 43 DH 2
2003 ATL NL 44 1B 75 38 412.0 465 432 32 1 47 .998 -0.2 -0.6 -0.2 -2.5 2.3 0 10.14 6.19 .993 9.60 7.98
2004 ATL NL 45 1B 84 71 631.1 677 627 48 2 68 .997 2.0 3.8 1.0 -1.8 2.8 1 9.62 8.04 .993 9.51 8.23
2004 ATL NL 45 DH 1
2005 ATL NL 46 1B 62 45 423.1 492 450 37 5 46 .990 0.8 2.3 0.8 1.5 -0.7 0 10.35 7.85 .993 9.64 8.29
2005 ATL NL 46 DH 4
2006 NYM NL 47 1B 27 20 194.0 203 197 5 1 22 .995 -2.4 -14.8 -2.4 -0.6 -1.8 0 9.37 7.48 .994 9.41 8.05
2006 NYM NL 47 3B 3 2 20.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.6 36.0 0.6 0.8 -0.2 0 2.70 2.00 .950 2.70 2.37
2006 NYM NL 47 DH 3
2007 TOT NL 48 1B 16 14 131.1 136 123 13 0 14 1.000 3.6 32.9 3.6 2.4 1.2 0 9.32 8.50 .993 9.20 7.85
2007 NYM NL 48 1B 6 4 40.0 25 22 3 0 3 1.000 0.8 24.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 5.62 4.17 .992 9.20 7.85
2007 NYM NL 48 3B 2 2 18.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.1 6.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.50 2.50 .960 2.70 2.25
2007 NYM NL 48 DH 1
2007 ATL NL 48 1B 10 10 91.1 111 101 10 0 11 1.000 2.8 36.8 2.8 1.6 1.2 0 10.94 11.10 .993 9.20 7.85
6 Seasons SS 715 706 6171.2 3315 1161 2020 134 439 .960 -38.7 -7.5 -35.7 -13.5 -22.2 -3 4.64 4.45 .965 4.67 4.00
9 Seasons 2B 663 657 5695.2 3214 1300 1845 69 379 .979 -9.5 -2.0 -2.5 -12.0 9.6 -7 4.97 4.74 .982 5.18 4.46
11 Seasons 1B 508 402 3747.0 4114 3778 305 31 414 .992 14.8 4.7 12.8 6.4 6.3 2 9.81 8.04 .993 9.42 8.06
17 Seasons DH 375
3 Seasons 3B 7 5 45.2 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 0.5 13.1 0.5 1.0 -0.5 0 2.56 1.86 .954 2.72 2.36
1 Season LF 4 2 16.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 15.0 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0 5.06 2.25 .978 2.31 1.95
1 Season OF 4 3 23.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -47.0 -0.9 -0.2 -0.7 0 3.52 2.25 .978 2.47 2.17
1 Season RF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 -188.6 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.19 1.90
23 Seasons TOT 1897 1773 15683.0 10665 6249 4182 234 1232 .978 -33.8 -2.6 -25.8 -18.3 -7.5 0 -8 5.99 5.50 .959 5.98 5.24
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1989 (2B)
1990 *
1991

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1990-ML-AS MVP

Silver Sluggers
1988-AL-2B
1989-AL-2B
1990-AL-2B
1991-AL-2B
1994-AL-DH
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1988-AL-25-1%
1991-AL-15-4%
1994-AL-8-12%
0.17 Career Shares (772nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1986 AL--.306--10th
1987 AL--.319--8th
1989 AL--.316--5th
1991 AL--.341--1st
Career--.298--235th

On-Base% s c a p y
1987 AL--.389--10th
1989 AL--.386--9th
1990 AL--.383--7th
1991 AL--.408--4th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1989 AL--.848--10th
1991 AL--.882--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1984 AL--160--5th
1985 AL--160--9th
1994 AL--112--8th
Career--2527--45th

At Bats s c a p y
1984 AL--658--1st
1985 AL--636--8th
1988 AL--613--7th
Career--8677--85th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1984 AL--718--3rd
1985 AL--703--8th
1994 AL--505--8th
Career--9731--90th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1990 AL--96--6th
1991 AL--108--6th
Career--1285--123rd

Hits s c a p y
1984 AL--188--5th
1985 AL--183--10th
1986 AL--183--8th
1988 AL--186--7th
1991 AL--201--5th
Career--2586--78th

Total Bases s c a p y
Career--3620--129th

Doubles s c a p y
Career--407--150th

Triples s c a p y
1983 AL--8--5th
1988 AL--6--9th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1994 AL--98--5th
Career--1194--136th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1990 AL--82--10th
Career--917--152nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--1341--89th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1983 AL--32--9th
1987 AL--32--10th
1990 AL--31--9th
1991 AL--36--6th
Career--281--176th

Singles s c a p y
1984 AL--158--2nd
1985 AL--140--4th
1986 AL--138--6th
1988 AL--147--3rd
1990 AL--133--2nd
1991 AL--156--1st
1994 AL--97--5th
Career--1952--55th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1989 AL--137--7th
1991 AL--146--8th

Runs Created s c a p y
1990 AL--95--10th
1991 AL--118--5th
1994 AL--92--9th
Career--1309--135th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1989 AL--29--9th
1991 AL--38--8th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1989 AL--2.9--9th
1991 AL--3.8--8th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
Career--634--237th

Times On Base s c a p y
1990 AL--256--4th
1991 AL--269--5th
1994 AL--205--6th
Career--3541--90th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1991 AL--.725--4th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1984 AL--10--3rd
1985 AL--9--9th
Career--80--83rd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career--67--229th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1983 AL--21--9th
1984 AL--23--2nd
1985 AL--26--4th
1986 AL--28--1st
1987 AL--23--2nd
1988 AL--17--10th
1989 AL--27--1st
1994 AL--14--9th
Career--312--7th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1983 AL--12--5th
1988 AL--11--5th
Career--107--88th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1989 AL--16.1--6th
1990 AL--16.2--9th
1991 AL--21.2--6th
Career--214.2--67th

Outs Made s c a p y
1984 AL--514--2nd
1985 AL--497--4th
Career--6609--75th

Oldest s c a p y
1997 AL--born 1958-08-23--9th
1999 AL--born 1958-08-23--6th
2001 NL--born 1958-08-23--2nd
2002 NL--born 1958-08-23--2nd
2003 NL--born 1958-08-23--2nd
2004 NL--born 1958-08-23--1st
2005 NL--born 1958-08-23--1st
2006 NL--born 1958-08-23--1st
2007 NL--born 1958-08-23--1st

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (372), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 59 (419), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 58 (328), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (129), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

April 23, 1978: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

December 9, 1982: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Jay Baller, Manny Trillo, George Vukovich and Jerry Willard to the Cleveland Indians for Von Hayes.

December 6, 1988: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Texas Rangers for Jerry Browne, Oddibe McDowell and Pete O'Brien.

October 27, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

October 21, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

August 13, 1997: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

August 13, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 28, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

February 19, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

October 13, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

August 31, 2001: Purchased by the Atlanta Braves from Mexico City Tigers (Mexican).

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

December 17, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 28, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 27, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 12, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

July 16, 2007: Released by the New York Mets.

July 19, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Cleveland Indians$455,000
1986Cleveland Indians$575,000
1987Cleveland Indians$775,000
1988Cleveland Indians$975,000
1989Texas Rangers$1,300,000
1990Texas Rangers$1,633,333
1991Texas Rangers$2,350,000
1992Texas Rangers$2,450,000
1993Texas Rangers$3,000,000
1994Chicago White Sox$1,000,000
1996Cleveland Indians$2,401,972
1997Cleveland Indians$3,292,404
Milwaukee Brewers$150,000
2002Atlanta Braves$600,000
2003Atlanta Braves$600,000
2004Atlanta Braves$750,000
2005Atlanta Braves$1,000,000
2006New York Mets$1,050,000
2007New York Mets$1,150,000
Career (may be incomplete)$25,507,709
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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