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Bernard Gilkey

Otis Bernard Gilkey

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 24, 1966 in St. Louis, MO
High School: University City HS (University City, MO)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1990 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Mets/Diamondbacks/Braves/RedSox 1990-2001
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: October 7, 2001 (Age 35)
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #722. Delino DeShields… #723. Roberto Kelly… #724. Billy Jurges… #725. BERNARD GILKEY… #726. George Stone… #727. Ed Bailey… #728. Buck Freeman… 

Standard Batting

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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
1990 23 STL NL 18 72 64 11 19 5 2 1 3 6 1 8 5 .297 .375 .484 .859 135 31 1 0 0 0 0 7/8
1991 24 STL NL 81 311 268 28 58 7 2 5 20 14 8 39 33 .216 .316 .313 .630 78 84 14 1 1 2 0 7
1992 25 STL NL 131 431 384 56 116 19 4 7 43 18 12 39 52 .302 .364 .427 .792 127 164 5 1 3 4 1 *7/9
1993 26 STL NL 137 622 557 99 170 40 5 16 70 15 10 56 66 .305 .370 .481 .851 129 268 16 4 0 5 2 *7/39
1994 27 STL NL 105 431 380 52 96 22 1 6 45 15 8 39 65 .253 .336 .363 .700 85 138 6 10 0 2 2 *7
1995 28 STL NL 121 531 480 73 143 33 4 17 69 12 6 42 70 .298 .358 .490 .848 124 235 17 5 1 3 3 *7
1996 29 NYM NL 153 656 571 108 181 44 3 30 117 17 9 73 125 .317 .393 .562 .955 155 321 18 4 0 8 7 *7 MVP-14
1997 30 NYM NL 145 606 518 85 129 31 1 18 78 7 11 70 111 .249 .338 .417 .755 100 216 9 6 0 12 1 *7/D8
1998 31 TOT NL 111 419 365 41 85 15 0 5 33 9 3 43 80 .233 .320 .315 .635 69 115 11 5 3 3 1 7/98
1998 31 NYM NL 82 305 264 33 60 15 0 4 28 5 1 32 66 .227 .317 .330 .646 72 87 6 4 2 3 1 7/98
1998 31 ARI NL 29 114 101 8 25 0 0 1 5 4 2 11 14 .248 .327 .277 .605 62 28 5 1 1 0 0 7
1999 32 ARI NL 94 241 204 28 60 16 1 8 39 2 2 29 42 .294 .379 .500 .879 120 102 7 2 1 5 2 97
2000 33 TOT MLB 74 185 164 17 29 6 1 3 15 0 0 17 28 .177 .265 .280 .545 37 46 8 3 0 1 2 9/7D
2000 33 ARI NL 38 81 73 6 8 1 0 2 6 0 0 7 16 .110 .185 .205 .391 -3 15 3 0 0 1 2 9/7
2000 33 BOS AL 36 104 91 11 21 5 1 1 9 0 0 10 12 .231 .327 .341 .668 68 31 5 3 0 0 0 9/D7
2001 34 ATL NL 69 121 106 8 29 6 0 2 14 0 1 11 31 .274 .339 .387 .726 85 41 4 1 0 3 0 7/9D
12 Yrs 1239 4626 4061 606 1115 244 24 118 546 115 71 466 708 .275 .352 .434 .785 110 1761 116 42 9 48 21
162 Game Avg. 162 605 531 79 146 32 3 15 71 15 9 61 93 .275 .352 .434 .785 110 230 15 5 1 6 3
STL (6 yrs) 593 2398 2133 319 602 126 18 52 250 80 45 223 291 .282 .354 .431 .785 113 920 59 21 5 16 8
ARI (3 yrs) 161 436 378 42 93 17 1 11 50 6 4 47 72 .246 .329 .384 .713 81 145 15 3 2 6 4
NYM (3 yrs) 380 1567 1353 226 370 90 4 52 223 29 21 175 302 .273 .357 .461 .818 117 624 33 14 2 23 9
ATL (1 yr) 69 121 106 8 29 6 0 2 14 0 1 11 31 .274 .339 .387 .726 85 41 4 1 0 3 0
BOS (1 yr) 36 104 91 11 21 5 1 1 9 0 0 10 12 .231 .327 .341 .668 68 31 5 3 0 0 0
NL (12 yrs) 1203 4522 3970 595 1094 239 23 117 537 115 71 456 696 .276 .352 .436 .788 111 1730 111 39 9 48 21
AL (1 yr) 36 104 91 11 21 5 1 1 9 0 0 10 12 .231 .327 .341 .668 68 31 5 3 0 0 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 Awards
1990 23 STL NL 18 72 3 1 -0 2 -1 4 0.5 2 6 0.7 .525 .503 0.4 0.1 4 $100,000 7/8
1991 24 STL NL 81 311 -6 -1 -2 4 -3 -8 -0.9 9 0 -0.1 .488 .494 -0.6 0.2 -4 $125,000 7
1992 25 STL NL 131 431 14 -0 0 16 -4 27 3.2 12 39 4.4 .524 .519 2.4 1.5 22 $135,000 *7/9
1993 26 STL NL 137 622 22 2 -2 -0 -6 16 1.8 17 33 3.4 .512 .510 3.3 -0.6 33 $200,000 *7/39
1994 27 STL NL 105 431 -4 -2 1 5 -4 -4 -0.4 11 7 0.7 .496 .497 0.1 0.1 2 $1,635,000 *7
1995 28 STL NL 121 531 17 0 -2 0 -5 10 1.0 14 25 2.4 .508 .506 2.4 -0.5 24 $1,625,000 *7
1996 29 NYM NL 153 656 46 3 -1 23 -7 63 6.0 18 81 7.8 .541 .539 5.7 1.5 58 $2,787,500 *7 MVP-14
1997 30 NYM NL 145 606 2 -3 0 13 -6 6 0.5 17 23 2.1 .504 .504 0.9 0.6 10 $3,850,000 *7/D8
1998 31 NYM NL 82 305 -10 2 -0 2 -3 -10 -1.1 8 -2 -0.3 .487 .494 -0.4 -0.2 -3 $5,050,000 7/98
1998 31 ARI NL 29 114 -5 0 -0 -1 -1 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.5 .474 .495 -0.4 -0.2 -3 7
1999 32 ARI NL 94 241 6 -1 -1 1 -3 2 0.2 6 9 0.8 .502 .501 0.8 -0.2 8 $5,250,000 97
2000 33 ARI NL 38 81 -12 -0 -1 1 -1 -12 -1.2 2 -10 -1.0 .468 .492 -1.1 0.0 -11 $5,250,000 9/7
2000 33 BOS AL 36 104 -4 0 -1 1 -2 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .486 .497 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $200,000 9/D7
2001 34 ATL NL 69 121 -3 -2 -1 1 -2 -7 -0.7 3 -4 -0.4 .490 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -4 7/9D
12 Seasons 1239 4626 65 -1 -9 67 -49 73 7.5 127 200 19.8 .506 .503 12.8 2.2 133 $26,207,500
STL (6 yrs) 593 2398 46 0 -5 27 -24 44 5.1 65 109 11.5 .508 .505 8.0 0.8 82 $3,820,000
ARI (3 yrs) 161 436 -11 -1 -2 1 -5 -18 -1.8 12 -6 -0.7 .489 .496 -0.7 -0.4 -7 $10,500,000
NYM (3 yrs) 380 1567 38 2 -1 37 -16 59 5.5 43 102 9.6 .515 .512 6.2 1.9 65 $11,687,500
ATL (1 yr) 69 121 -3 -2 -1 1 -2 -7 -0.7 3 -4 -0.4 .490 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -4
BOS (1 yr) 36 104 -4 0 -1 1 -2 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .486 .497 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $200,000

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
1999 32 ARI NL NLDS NYM L 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 34 ATL NL NLCS ARI L 3 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .200 .429 .200 .629 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 5 13 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .091 .231 .091 .322 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .200 .429 .200 .629 1 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 Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1990 STL NL 23 LF 18 17 14 144.0 50 47 1 2 0 .960 3 23 3.00 2.67 .979 2.19 2.18
1990 STL NL 23 OF 18 17 14 148.0 51 47 2 2 0 .961 2 15 2.98 2.72 .981 2.39 2.37
1990 STL NL 23 CF 1 0 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -300 2.25 1.00 .980 2.70 2.70
1991 STL NL 24 LF 74 71 60 604.1 170 163 6 1 1 .994 4 8 2.52 2.28 .983 2.18 2.17
1991 STL NL 24 OF 74 71 60 604.1 171 164 6 1 1 .994 4 8 2.53 2.30 .983 2.28 2.27
1992 STL NL 25 OF 111 86 80 822.0 231 217 9 5 3 .978 16 24 2.47 2.04 .983 2.34 2.34
1992 STL NL 25 LF 110 85 79 814.0 229 216 8 5 3 .978 17 24 2.48 2.04 .979 2.16 2.16
1992 STL NL 25 RF 1 1 1 8.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 2.25 2.00 .980 2.02 2.10
1993 STL NL 26 OF 134 132 116 1159.1 254 227 19 8 2 .969 0 0 1.91 1.84 .979 2.34 2.33
1993 STL NL 26 LF 132 130 115 1140.1 248 221 19 8 2 .968 0 0 1.89 1.82 .975 2.11 2.10
1993 STL NL 26 1B 3 3 1 21.0 25 24 1 0 2 1.000 -0 -29 10.71 8.33 .992 9.69 9.60
1993 STL NL 26 RF 3 2 1 19.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 1.42 1.00 .977 2.18 2.13
1994 STL NL 27 LF 102 96 93 850.0 180 168 9 3 3 .983 5 7 1.87 1.74 .981 1.91 1.90
1994 STL NL 27 OF 102 96 93 850.0 180 168 9 3 3 .983 5 7 1.87 1.74 .980 2.24 2.23
1995 STL NL 28 LF 118 117 109 1019.2 220 207 10 3 4 .986 0 1 1.92 1.84 .972 1.87 1.86
1995 STL NL 28 OF 118 117 109 1019.2 219 206 10 3 4 .986 0 1 1.91 1.83 .979 2.15 2.14
1996 NYM NL 29 LF 151 151 132 1291.2 333 309 18 6 4 .982 23 21 2.28 2.17 .975 1.85 1.83 MVP-14
1996 NYM NL 29 OF 151 151 132 1291.2 333 309 18 6 4 .982 23 21 2.28 2.17 .978 2.13 2.12 MVP-14
1997 NYM NL 30 LF 136 134 114 1179.2 267 248 16 3 2 .989 12 13 2.01 1.94 .980 1.95 1.93
1997 NYM NL 30 OF 136 134 114 1180.2 271 251 17 3 2 .989 13 13 2.04 1.97 .980 2.13 2.12
1997 NYM NL 30 DH 2 2
1997 NYM NL 30 CF 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 18.00 2.00 .985 2.70 2.40
1998 TOT NL 31 OF 104 93 77 831.2 184 170 12 2 1 .989 0 1 1.97 1.75 .980 2.17 2.16
1998 TOT NL 31 LF 103 88 76 795.2 177 163 12 2 1 .989 1 2 1.98 1.70 .975 1.89 1.88
1998 NYM NL 31 OF 77 67 55 602.2 131 121 9 1 1 .992 2 3 1.94 1.69 .980 2.17 2.16
1998 NYM NL 31 LF 76 62 54 566.2 124 114 9 1 1 .992 2 4 1.95 1.62 .975 1.89 1.88
1998 NYM NL 31 RF 4 4 0 27.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 1.00 0.75 .977 2.07 2.08
1998 NYM NL 31 CF 1 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -40 4.00 4.00 .988 2.50 2.50
1998 ARI NL 31 LF 27 26 22 229.0 53 49 3 1 0 .981 -1 -5 2.04 1.93 .975 1.89 1.88
1998 ARI NL 31 OF 27 26 22 229.0 53 49 3 1 0 .981 -1 -5 2.04 1.93 .980 2.17 2.16
1999 ARI NL 32 OF 53 49 17 387.2 96 90 3 3 0 .969 1 3 2.16 1.75 .981 2.26 2.24
1999 ARI NL 32 RF 40 37 11 284.2 74 71 1 2 0 .973 -0 -1 2.28 1.80 .981 2.16 2.14
1999 ARI NL 32 LF 15 12 6 103.0 22 19 2 1 0 .955 1 16 1.83 1.40 .977 2.00 1.98
2000 TOT MLB 33 OF 39 29 16 263.2 67 65 2 0 0 1.000 3 12 2.29 1.72 .983 2.30 2.28
2000 TOT MLB 33 RF 32 27 16 238.0 60 59 1 0 0 1.000 2 11 2.27 1.88 .981 2.18 2.15
2000 TOT MLB 33 LF 9 2 0 25.2 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0 23 2.45 0.78 .986 2.14 2.09
2000 ARI NL 33 OF 17 15 9 127.2 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 1 12 2.11 1.76 .981 2.24 2.22
2000 ARI NL 33 RF 16 15 9 123.2 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 1 14 2.18 1.88 .979 2.19 2.16
2000 ARI NL 33 LF 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.90
2000 BOS AL 33 OF 22 14 7 136.0 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 1 11 2.45 1.68 .985 2.36 2.33
2000 BOS AL 33 RF 16 12 7 114.1 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 1 7 2.36 1.88 .983 2.17 2.14
2000 BOS AL 33 DH 8 7
2000 BOS AL 33 LF 7 2 0 21.2 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1 33 2.91 1.00 .986 2.16 2.14
2001 ATL NL 34 OF 36 18 9 182.1 40 40 0 0 0 1.000 1 5 1.97 1.11 .982 2.20 2.18
2001 ATL NL 34 LF 28 17 8 159.0 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -8 1.75 1.11 .979 1.91 1.89
2001 ATL NL 34 RF 8 1 1 23.1 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 2 87 3.47 1.13 .981 2.12 2.09
2001 ATL NL 34 DH 1 0
12 Seasons OF 1076 993 837 8741.0 2097 1954 107 36 20 .983 68 9 2.12 1.92 .980 2.22 2.21
12 Seasons LF 996 920 806 8127.0 1934 1798 102 34 20 .982 66 10 2.10 1.91 .977 1.98 1.97
6 Seasons RF 88 72 30 600.0 151 146 3 2 0 .987 3 5 2.24 1.69 .981 2.16 2.14
1 Season 1B 3 3 1 21.0 25 24 1 0 2 1.000 -0 -29 10.71 8.33 .992 9.69 9.60
3 Seasons CF 3 1 1 14.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -103 4.50 2.33 .986 2.57 2.53
12 Seasons TOT 1079 996 838 8762.0 2122 1978 108 36 22 .983 67 9 2.14 1.93 .980 2.24 2.23
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/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.
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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1996 NL (14, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1270th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1996 NL  7.8 (2nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1996 NL  7.8 (2nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1996 NL  5.7 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1992 NL  1.5 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1996 NL  .317 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1996 NL  .562 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1996 NL  .955 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1993 NL  40 (6th)
1995 NL  33 (10th)
1996 NL  44 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1996 NL  117 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1996 NL  125 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1996 NL  155 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1996 NL  124 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1996 NL  47 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1996 NL  4.5 (6th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1996 NL  77 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1996 NL  258 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1996 NL  .707 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1994 NL  10 (3rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1996 NL  8 (8th)
1997 NL  12 (1st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1991 NL  14 (10th)
1995 NL  17 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1992 NL  12 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1996 NL  46.79 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1996 NL  4.9 (7th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1996 NL  4.1 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1996 NL  4.5 (7th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1992 NL  16 (5th)
1996 NL  23 (3rd)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1992 NL  110 (5th)
1994 NL  102 (3rd)
1995 NL  118 (4th)
1996 NL  151 (1st)
1997 NL  136 (3rd)
Career  996 (65th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1992 NL  216 (5th)
1994 NL  168 (4th)
1995 NL  207 (3rd)
1996 NL  309 (1st)
1997 NL  248 (3rd)
Career  1,798 (62nd)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1991 NL  6 (4th)
1992 NL  8 (2nd)
1993 NL  19 (1st)
1994 NL  9 (2nd)
1995 NL  10 (2nd)
1996 NL  18 (1st)
1997 NL  16 (1st)
1998 NL  12 (2nd)
Career  102 (25th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1992 NL  5 (1st)
1993 NL  8 (2nd)
1994 NL  3 (4th)
1996 NL  6 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1991 NL  1 (3rd)
1992 NL  3 (1st)
1993 NL  2 (2nd)
1994 NL  3 (1st)
1995 NL  4 (1st)
1996 NL  4 (1st)
1997 NL  2 (1st)
Career  20 (19th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1993 NL  19 (1st)
1994 NL  9 (5th)
1996 NL  18 (1st)
1997 NL  17 (1st)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1992 NL  3 (5th)
1994 NL  3 (2nd)
1995 NL  4 (1st)
1996 NL  4 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1992 NL  17 (1st)
1994 NL  5 (1st)
1996 NL  23 (1st)
1997 NL  13 (3rd)
Career  66 (6th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1992 NL  2.48 (2nd)
1995 NL  1.92 (3rd)
1996 NL  2.28 (1st)
1997 NL  2.01 (3rd)
1998 NL  1.98 (5th)
Career  2.10 (40th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1992 NL  2.04 (4th)
1995 NL  1.84 (3rd)
1996 NL  2.17 (1st)
1997 NL  1.94 (2nd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1995 NL  .986 (1st)
1996 NL  .982 (3rd)
1997 NL  .989 (3rd)
1998 NL  .989 (5th)
Career  .982 (57th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1992 NL  16 (5th)
1996 NL  23 (3rd)
Career  68 (40th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 17 (1112), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (897), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1157), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (88th), 19.8 career WAR/21.6 7yr-peak WAR/20.7 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 61.7 career WAR/39.7 7yr-peak WAR/50.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of 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
199023St. Louis Cardinals$100,000USA Today
199124St. Louis Cardinals$125,000USA Today survey
199225St. Louis Cardinals$135,0004/2/92 USA Today
199326St. Louis Cardinals$200,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199427St. Louis Cardinals$1,635,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199528St. Louis Cardinals$1,625,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $650,000 earned bonus
199629New York Mets$2,787,5001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199730New York Mets$3,850,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $250,000 signing bonus
199831New York Mets$5,050,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
199932Arizona Diamondbacks$5,250,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200033Arizona Diamondbacks$5,250,000*
33Boston Red Sox$200,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
Career to date (may be incomplete)$26,207,500
Disputed Salaries
*2000 - $6,250,000 - 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 - Includes $1,000,000 buyout
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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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