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Mike Greenwell

Michael Lewis Greenwell (Gator)

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

Born: July 18, 1963 in Louisville, KY
High School: North Fort Myers HS (North Fort Myers, FL)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1985 (Age 22)
Team: RedSox 1985-1996
Agents: Joe Sroba, previously: Himself [*]
Final Game: September 28, 1996 (Age 33)
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 4:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #374. B.J. Surhoff… #375. Jesse Barfield… #376. Bill Skowron… #377. MIKE GREENWELL… #378. Ben Chapman… #379. Greg Luzinski… #380. Paul Hines… 

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
1985 21 BOS AL 17 34 31 7 10 1 0 4 8 1 0 3 4 .323 .382 .742 1.124 195 23 0 0 0 0 1 7/9
1986 22 BOS AL 31 40 35 4 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 7 .314 .400 .371 .771 112 13 1 0 0 0 0 /79D
1987 23 BOS AL 125 456 412 71 135 31 6 19 89 5 4 35 40 .328 .386 .570 .956 148 235 7 6 0 3 1 79D/2 RoY-4
1988 24 BOS AL 158 693 590 86 192 39 8 22 119 16 8 87 38 .325 .416 .531 .946 160 313 11 9 0 7 18 *7D/9 AS,MVP-2,SS
1989 25 BOS AL 145 641 578 87 178 36 0 14 95 13 5 56 44 .308 .370 .443 .813 123 256 21 3 0 4 15 *7/D AS
1990 26 BOS AL 159 682 610 71 181 30 6 14 73 8 7 65 43 .297 .367 .434 .801 120 265 19 4 0 3 12 *7
1991 27 BOS AL 147 598 544 76 163 26 6 9 83 15 5 43 35 .300 .350 .419 .769 108 228 11 3 1 7 6 *7/D
1992 28 BOS AL 49 202 180 16 42 2 0 2 18 2 3 18 19 .233 .307 .278 .585 62 50 8 2 0 2 1 7/D
1993 29 BOS AL 146 603 540 77 170 38 6 13 72 5 4 54 46 .315 .379 .480 .859 125 259 17 4 2 3 12 *7D
1994 30 BOS AL 95 374 327 60 88 25 1 11 45 2 2 38 26 .269 .348 .453 .800 102 148 12 4 0 5 6 *7/D
1995 31 BOS AL 120 525 481 67 143 25 4 15 76 9 5 38 35 .297 .349 .459 .808 106 221 18 2 0 4 4 *7/D
1996 32 BOS AL 77 318 295 35 87 20 1 7 44 4 0 18 27 .295 .336 .441 .777 94 130 11 2 0 3 3 7/89
12 Yrs 1269 5166 4623 657 1400 275 38 130 726 80 43 460 364 .303 .368 .463 .831 121 2141 136 39 3 41 79
162 Game Avg. 162 659 590 84 179 35 5 17 93 10 5 59 46 .303 .368 .463 .831 121 273 17 5 0 5 10

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
1985 21 BOS AL 17 34 3 0 0 -1 -0 3 0.3 1 4 0.4 .516 .502 0.4 -0.1 4 7/9
1986 22 BOS AL 31 40 1 0 -0 2 -1 2 0.2 1 3 0.3 .506 .501 0.2 0.1 1 $60,000 /79D
1987 23 BOS AL 125 456 27 -1 3 -3 -5 21 2.1 16 37 3.5 .516 .512 3.8 -0.8 40 $80,000 79D/2 RoY-4
1988 24 BOS AL 158 693 45 -2 1 13 -7 49 5.3 23 72 7.5 .533 .532 6.0 0.7 59 $205,000 *7D/9 AS,MVP-2,SS
1989 25 BOS AL 145 641 18 1 -1 1 -6 12 1.5 22 34 3.6 .509 .508 3.4 -0.5 33 $500,000 *7/D AS
1990 26 BOS AL 159 682 16 -5 -0 -4 -6 2 0.2 24 26 2.5 .501 .501 3.0 -1.1 29 $1,225,000 *7
1991 27 BOS AL 147 598 5 -1 0 -1 -6 -2 -0.1 21 19 1.9 .498 .498 2.0 -0.7 20 $2,650,000 *7/D
1992 28 BOS AL 49 202 -10 -2 -1 -1 -2 -15 -1.6 8 -8 -0.9 .466 .490 -0.8 -0.3 -7 $3,050,000 7/D
1993 29 BOS AL 146 603 15 -3 -0 9 -6 15 1.5 23 37 3.6 .510 .509 2.9 0.2 28 $3,425,000 *7D
1994 30 BOS AL 95 374 -2 0 -2 -4 -4 -12 -1.0 14 2 0.2 .488 .493 0.7 -0.8 7 $3,325,000 *7/D
1995 31 BOS AL 120 525 6 -0 -1 11 -5 11 1.1 20 30 2.9 .508 .506 1.9 0.6 19 $3,600,000 *7/D
1996 32 BOS AL 77 318 -5 -0 -1 -4 -3 -13 -1.0 12 -1 0.1 .485 .493 0.3 -0.5 3 $3,700,000 7/89
12 Seasons 1269 5166 119 -12 -2 19 -52 71 8.3 184 255 25.6 .506 .504 23.8 -3.1 237 $21,820,000

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
1986 22 BOS AL ALCS CAL W 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1986 22 BOS AL WS NYM L 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 24 BOS AL ALCS OAK L 4 17 14 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 .214 .353 .500 .853 7 0 0 0 0 0
1990 26 BOS AL ALCS OAK L 4 16 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 31 BOS AL ALDS CLE L 3 15 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 3 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (5 Series) 17 54 48 3 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 6 5 .146 .241 .229 .470 11 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 3 15 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALCS 10 35 30 3 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 2 .133 .257 .267 .524 8 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1985 BOS AL 21 OF 17 6 5 79.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -9 1.59 0.82 .982 2.44 2.42
1985 BOS AL 21 LF 16 4 4 58.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -2 2.02 0.81 .977 2.25 2.23
1985 BOS AL 21 RF 3 2 1 21.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -29 0.43 0.33 .980 2.19 2.13
1986 BOS AL 22 OF 15 3 1 52.0 19 18 1 0 1 1.000 2 37 3.29 1.27 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 BOS AL 22 LF 8 1 1 25.0 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 2 77 4.32 1.50 .977 2.23 2.22
1986 BOS AL 22 RF 7 2 0 27.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.00 0.86 .975 2.10 2.09
1986 BOS AL 22 DH 3 1
1987 BOS AL 23 OF 91 88 67 743.2 175 162 8 5 0 .971 -2 -3 2.06 1.87 .980 2.31 2.29 RoY-4
1987 BOS AL 23 LF 64 61 53 538.1 130 119 7 4 0 .969 -0 -0 2.11 1.97 .974 2.11 2.08 RoY-4
1987 BOS AL 23 RF 28 27 14 205.1 44 42 1 1 0 .977 -2 -12 1.88 1.54 .979 2.12 2.10 RoY-4
1987 BOS AL 23 DH 15 15 RoY-4
1987 BOS AL 23 C 1 0 0 1.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -1 -1200 27.00 3.00 .988 6.30 6.70 0 1 2 0 0% 31% 0 RoY-4
1988 BOS AL 24 OF 147 147 137 1276.0 314 302 6 6 2 .981 13 12 2.17 2.10 .979 2.47 2.45 AS,MVP-2,SS
1988 BOS AL 24 LF 143 140 133 1215.0 302 292 6 4 2 .987 14 14 2.21 2.08 .977 2.26 2.24 AS,MVP-2,SS
1988 BOS AL 24 DH 11 11 AS,MVP-2,SS
1988 BOS AL 24 RF 8 7 4 61.0 15 13 0 2 0 .867 -1 -14 1.92 1.63 .974 2.24 2.22 AS,MVP-2,SS
1989 BOS AL 25 LF 139 139 132 1227.0 240 221 11 8 1 .967 1 1 1.70 1.67 .977 2.16 2.14 AS
1989 BOS AL 25 OF 139 139 132 1227.0 239 220 11 8 1 .967 1 1 1.69 1.66 .980 2.42 2.39 AS
1989 BOS AL 25 DH 5 5 AS
1990 BOS AL 26 LF 159 157 143 1381.0 307 288 12 7 1 .977 -4 -3 1.96 1.89 .978 2.19 2.16
1990 BOS AL 26 OF 159 157 143 1381.0 307 287 13 7 1 .977 -4 -3 1.96 1.89 .981 2.39 2.36
1991 BOS AL 27 LF 143 141 129 1219.2 275 263 9 3 3 .989 -1 -1 2.01 1.90 .978 2.17 2.16
1991 BOS AL 27 OF 143 141 129 1219.2 275 263 9 3 3 .989 -1 -1 2.01 1.90 .983 2.37 2.37
1991 BOS AL 27 DH 1 1
1992 BOS AL 28 LF 41 41 37 360.0 86 85 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 2.15 2.10 .981 2.29 2.28
1992 BOS AL 28 OF 41 41 37 360.0 86 85 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 2.15 2.10 .983 2.47 2.46
1992 BOS AL 28 DH 6 5
1993 BOS AL 29 LF 134 130 107 1125.0 269 262 6 1 1 .996 9 10 2.14 2.00 .984 2.23 2.21
1993 BOS AL 29 OF 134 130 107 1125.0 269 261 6 2 1 .993 9 10 2.14 1.99 .983 2.41 2.39
1993 BOS AL 29 DH 10 9
1994 BOS AL 30 LF 84 82 73 708.2 152 141 10 1 3 .993 -4 -8 1.92 1.80 .978 2.16 2.14
1994 BOS AL 30 OF 84 82 73 708.2 152 141 10 1 3 .993 -4 -8 1.92 1.80 .982 2.37 2.35
1994 BOS AL 30 DH 6 5
1995 BOS AL 31 LF 118 118 108 1043.2 215 198 11 6 1 .972 11 12 1.80 1.77 .982 2.22 2.19
1995 BOS AL 31 OF 118 118 108 1043.2 218 201 11 6 1 .972 11 12 1.83 1.80 .983 2.33 2.31
1995 BOS AL 31 DH 2 2
1996 BOS AL 32 OF 76 74 45 615.0 150 137 9 4 2 .973 -4 -7 2.14 1.92 .983 2.38 2.36
1996 BOS AL 32 LF 75 74 45 613.0 151 138 9 4 2 .974 -3 -6 2.16 1.96 .979 2.18 2.17
1996 BOS AL 32 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.80
1996 BOS AL 32 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
12 Seasons OF 1164 1126 984 9830.2 2218 2091 85 42 15 .981 20 2 1.99 1.87 .982 2.39 2.37
12 Seasons LF 1124 1088 965 9514.1 2152 2031 83 38 15 .982 23 3 2.00 1.88 .979 2.20 2.18
5 Seasons RF 47 38 19 315.1 66 62 1 3 0 .955 -3 -12 1.80 1.34 .978 2.15 2.12
1 Season CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.80
1 Season C 1 0 0 1.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -1 -1200 27.00 3.00 .988 6.30 6.70 0 1 2 0 0% 31% 0
12 Seasons TOT 1165 1126 984 9831.2 2222 2094 85 43 15 .981 19 2 1.99 1.87 .982 2.39 2.38 0 1 2 0 0% 31% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP 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

Hall of Fame
2002 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1988 *
1989 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1988 AL (2, 62%)
0.62 Career Shares (379th)

Silver Sluggers
1988 AL (OF)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1988 AL  7.5 (5th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1988 AL  7.5 (3rd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1988 AL  6.0 (6th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1988 AL  .325 (3rd)
1989 AL  .308 (9th)
1993 AL  .315 (7th)
Career  .303 (173rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1988 AL  .416 (2nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1988 AL  .531 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1988 AL  .946 (3rd)
Career  .831 (239th)

Games Played s c a p y
1988 AL  158 (4th)
1990 AL  159 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1990 AL  610 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1988 AL  693 (5th)
1990 AL  682 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1989 AL  87 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1988 AL  192 (3rd)
1990 AL  181 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1988 AL  313 (3rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1988 AL  39 (6th)
1989 AL  36 (7th)
1993 AL  38 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1988 AL  8 (4th)
1993 AL  6 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1988 AL  119 (3rd)
1989 AL  95 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1988 AL  87 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1990 AL  131 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1988 AL  160 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1988 AL  134 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1988 AL  52 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1988 AL  5.1 (3rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1988 AL  69 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1988 AL  288 (2nd)
1990 AL  250 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1988 AL  .767 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1988 AL  9 (6th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1988 AL  18 (1st)
1989 AL  15 (4th)
1990 AL  12 (6th)
Career  79 (182nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1989 AL  21 (4th)
1990 AL  19 (8th)
1995 AL  18 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1988 AL  18.5 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1988 AL  15.5 (6th)
1989 AL  13.1 (7th)
1990 AL  14.2 (2nd)
1991 AL  15.5 (3rd)
1993 AL  11.7 (8th)
1994 AL  12.6 (6th)
1995 AL  13.7 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1987 AL  41.31 (5th)
1988 AL  57.50 (1st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1988 AL  5.2 (3rd)
1989 AL  3.3 (10th)
Career  16.2 (235th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1988 AL  5.1 (2nd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1987 AL  3.8 (6th)
1988 AL  5.6 (1st)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 AL  143 (2nd)
1989 AL  139 (4th)
1990 AL  159 (1st)
1991 AL  143 (1st)
1993 AL  134 (3rd)
1995 AL  118 (4th)
Career  1,124 (46th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 AL  292 (3rd)
1990 AL  288 (2nd)
1991 AL  263 (3rd)
1993 AL  262 (4th)
1995 AL  198 (5th)
Career  2,031 (49th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1989 AL  11 (1st)
1990 AL  12 (1st)
1991 AL  9 (4th)
1993 AL  6 (5th)
1994 AL  10 (2nd)
1995 AL  11 (1st)
1996 AL  9 (3rd)
Career  83 (38th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1989 AL  8 (3rd)
1990 AL  7 (1st)
1995 AL  6 (2nd)
Career  38 (91st)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1986 AL  1 (4th)
1988 AL  2 (3rd)
1991 AL  3 (1st)
1993 AL  1 (5th)
1994 AL  3 (1st)
1995 AL  1 (4th)
1996 AL  2 (2nd)
Career  15 (37th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1990 AL  159 (2nd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1990 AL  13 (4th)
1995 AL  11 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1995 AL  6 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1994 AL  3 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 AL  14 (1st)
1993 AL  9 (2nd)
1995 AL  11 (3rd)
Career  23 (47th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
Career  2.00 (64th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 AL  2.08 (5th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 AL  .987 (2nd)
1990 AL  .977 (3rd)
1991 AL  .989 (3rd)
1993 AL  .996 (2nd)
1994 AL  .993 (2nd)
Career  .982 (59th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1988 AL  13 (3rd)


† 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 - 45 (563), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (556), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (574), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (67th), 25.6 career WAR/25.5 7yr-peak WAR/25.6 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. John Stone (924)
  2. Dmitri Young (922)
  3. Irish Meusel (921)
  4. Rusty Greer (920)
  5. Bibb Falk (920)
  6. Carl Reynolds (920)
  7. Bruce Campbell (920)
  8. Sean Casey (916)
  9. Wally Moon (913)
  10. David Segui (912)
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  2. Chick Hafey (964) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dave Parker (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tommy Davis (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. John Stone (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Sean Casey (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Watson (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Watson (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bob Watson (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1982.
  • October 18, 1996: Granted Free Agency.
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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
198622Boston Red Sox$60,0001986 USA Today survey
198723Boston Red Sox$80,000Proofing corrections
198824Boston Red Sox$205,000*
198925Boston Red Sox$500,0001989 USA Today survey
199026Boston Red Sox$1,225,000USA Today
199127Boston Red Sox$2,650,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $250,000 signing bonus, $100K earned bonus
199228Boston Red Sox$3,050,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $250,000 signing bonus
199329Boston Red Sox$3,425,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $250,000 signing bonus; $100K earned bonus
199430Boston Red Sox$3,325,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $250,000 signing bonus
199531Boston Red Sox$3,600,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Extension of 1991-94 contract
199632Boston Red Sox$3,700,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Extension of 1991-94 contract
Career to date (may be incomplete)$21,820,000
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $240,000 - 12/13/88 NYT - Larry Grasso says $230,000
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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