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Zack Greinke

Donald Zachary Greinke

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 21, 1983 in Orlando, FL
High School: Apopka HS (Apopka, FL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 13, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 22, 2004 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Royals/Brewers/Angels 2004-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2018, 6 yrs/$159M (13-18) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 8.057, Free Agent: 2019 [*], Agents: John Courtright SFX [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 12:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #187. Bill Donovan… #188. Jake Peavy… #189. Earl Whitehill… #190. ZACK GREINKE… #191. Dutch Leonard… #192. Slim Sallee… #193. Barry Zito… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2004 20 KCR AL 8 11 .421 3.97 24 24 0 0 0 0 145.0 143 64 64 26 26 3 100 8 1 1 599 120 1.166 8.9 1.6 1.6 6.2 3.85 RoY-4
2005 21 KCR AL 5 17 .227 5.80 33 33 0 2 0 0 183.0 233 125 118 23 53 0 114 13 2 4 829 76 1.563 11.5 1.1 2.6 5.6 2.15
2006 22 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 4.26 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 7 3 3 1 3 2 5 0 0 0 28 116 1.579 9.9 1.4 4.3 7.1 1.67
2007 23 KCR AL 7 7 .500 3.69 52 14 7 0 0 1 122.0 122 52 50 12 36 5 106 3 1 3 507 124 1.295 9.0 0.9 2.7 7.8 2.94
2008 24 KCR AL 13 10 .565 3.47 32 32 0 1 0 0 202.1 202 87 78 21 56 1 183 4 1 8 851 125 1.275 9.0 0.9 2.5 8.1 3.27
2009 25 KCR AL 16 8 .667 2.16 33 33 0 6 3 0 229.1 195 64 55 11 51 0 242 4 0 5 915 205 1.073 7.7 0.4 2.0 9.5 4.75 AS,CYA-1,MVP-17
2010 26 KCR AL 10 14 .417 4.17 33 33 0 3 0 0 220.0 219 114 102 18 55 1 181 7 0 4 919 100 1.245 9.0 0.7 2.3 7.4 3.29
2011 27 MIL NL 16 6 .727 3.83 28 28 0 0 0 0 171.2 161 82 73 19 45 0 201 4 0 10 715 103 1.200 8.4 1.0 2.4 10.5 4.47
2012 28 TOT MLB 15 5 .750 3.48 34 34 0 0 0 0 212.1 200 84 82 18 54 0 200 2 0 8 868 114 1.196 8.5 0.8 2.3 8.5 3.70
2012 28 MIL NL 9 3 .750 3.44 21 21 0 0 0 0 123.0 120 49 47 7 28 0 122 0 0 4 504 120 1.203 8.8 0.5 2.0 8.9 4.36
2012 28 LAA AL 6 2 .750 3.53 13 13 0 0 0 0 89.1 80 35 35 11 26 0 78 2 0 4 364 107 1.187 8.1 1.1 2.6 7.9 3.00
9 Yrs 91 78 .538 3.77 272 231 8 12 3 1 1492.0 1482 675 625 149 379 12 1332 45 5 43 6231 114 1.247 8.9 0.9 2.3 8.0 3.51
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .538 3.77 37 31 1 2 0 0 202 200 91 84 20 51 2 180 6 1 6 842 114 1.247 8.9 0.9 2.3 8.0 3.51
KCR (7 yrs) 60 67 .472 3.82 210 169 8 12 3 1 1108.0 1121 509 470 112 280 12 931 39 5 25 4648 116 1.264 9.1 0.9 2.3 7.6 3.33
MIL (2 yrs) 25 9 .735 3.67 49 49 0 0 0 0 294.2 281 131 120 26 73 0 323 4 0 14 1219 110 1.201 8.6 0.8 2.2 9.9 4.42
LAA (1 yr) 6 2 .750 3.53 13 13 0 0 0 0 89.1 80 35 35 11 26 0 78 2 0 4 364 107 1.187 8.1 1.1 2.6 7.9 3.00
AL (8 yrs) 66 69 .489 3.80 223 182 8 12 3 1 1197.1 1201 544 505 123 306 12 1009 41 5 29 5012 115 1.259 9.0 0.9 2.3 7.6 3.30
NL (2 yrs) 25 9 .735 3.67 49 49 0 0 0 0 294.2 281 131 120 26 73 0 323 4 0 14 1219 110 1.201 8.6 0.8 2.2 9.9 4.42

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
2004 20 KCR AL 145.0 24 24 64 3.97 5.11 -0.09 0.20 101.8 5.49 23 2.4 -0.1 3.6 43 .599 .515 RoY-4
2005 21 KCR AL 183.0 33 33 125 6.15 4.82 -0.77 0.18 101.1 5.83 -8 -0.8 -0.1 0.8 16 .477 .495 $330,500
2006 22 KCR AL 6.1 3 0 3 4.26 5.07 0.16 -0.38 98.0 4.44 0 0.0 .6 -0.0 0.0 1 .502 .500 $365,500
2007 23 KCR AL 122.0 52 14 52 3.84 4.91 0.23 -0.05 100.9 4.68 10 1.0 1.4 -0.1 2.1 27 .520 .506 $407,000
2008 24 KCR AL 202.1 32 32 87 3.87 4.83 -0.42 0.19 99.3 5.40 31 3.3 -0.1 5.0 59 .604 .521 $1,400,000
2009 25 KCR AL 229.1 33 33 64 2.51 4.78 -0.57 0.19 98.5 5.45 73 8.2 -0.2 10.1 103 .750 .551 $3,750,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-17
2010 26 KCR AL 220.0 33 33 114 4.66 4.50 -0.60 0.16 99.6 5.24 13 1.4 -0.1 3.2 39 .541 .508 $7,250,000
2011 27 MIL NL 171.2 28 28 82 4.30 4.15 0.07 0.15 105.0 4.44 2 0.2 -0.1 1.4 18 .507 .501 $13,500,000
2012 28 MIL NL 123.0 21 21 49 3.59 4.29 0.03 0.16 102.8 4.55 11 1.3 -0.1 2.1 24 .561 .508 $13,500,000
2012 28 LAA AL 89.1 13 13 35 3.53 4.40 0.33 0.17 94.0 3.98 4 0.4 -0.1 1.2 15 .534 .503
9 Seasons 1492.0 272 231 675 4.07 4.66 -0.29 0.15 100.4 5.12 160 17.5 1.3 -1.0 29.5 344 .564 .511 $40,503,000
KCR (7 yrs) 1108.0 210 169 509 4.13 4.80 -0.43 0.15 100.0 5.38 142 15.6 1.3 -0.7 24.8 288 .574 .514 $13,503,000
MIL (2 yrs) 294.2 49 49 131 4.00 4.21 0.05 0.16 104.1 4.49 13 1.5 -0.2 3.5 42 .530 .505 $27,000,000
LAA (1 yr) 89.1 13 13 35 3.53 4.40 0.33 0.17 94.0 3.98 4 0.4 -0.1 1.2 15 .534 .503

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L 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 SO/BB
2011 27 MIL NL NLDS W ARI 0 0 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 8 4 4 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 22 1.600 14.4 5.4 0.0 12.6
2011 27 MIL NL NLCS L STL 1 1 .500 6.17 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 15 11 8 1 4 0 6 1 0 0 58 1.629 11.6 0.8 3.1 4.6 1.50
1 Yr (2 Series) 1 1 .500 6.48 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.2 23 15 12 4 4 0 13 1 0 0 80 1.620 12.4 2.2 2.2 7.0 3.25
1 NLDS 0 0 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 8 4 4 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 22 1.600 14.4 5.4 0.0 12.6
1 NLCS 1 1 .500 6.17 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.2 15 11 8 1 4 0 6 1 0 0 58 1.629 11.6 0.8 3.1 4.6 1.50

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
2004 20 KCR AL 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-4
2005 21 KCR AL 33 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 524 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 22 KCR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2007 23 KCR AL 52 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 24 KCR AL 32 8 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 88 3 1 0 1 0 0 1
2009 25 KCR AL 33 6 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-17
2010 26 KCR AL 33 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2011 27 MIL NL 29 59 49 6 7 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 9 .143 .192 .204 .396 8 10 0 0 7 0 0 1
2012 28 MIL NL 24 38 33 3 7 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 .212 .206 .394 .600 56 13 2 0 4 1 0 1
9 Yrs 263 123 106 10 18 5 0 3 4 1 0 3 23 .170 .191 .302 .493 30 32 3 0 13 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 76 65 6 11 3 0 2 2 1 0 2 14 .170 .191 .302 .493 30 20 2 0 8 1 0
KCR (7 yrs) 210 26 24 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .375 .542 40 9 1 0 2 0 0
MIL (2 yrs) 53 97 82 9 14 3 0 2 3 1 0 3 17 .171 .198 .280 .478 28 23 2 0 11 1 0
AL (7 yrs) 210 26 24 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .375 .542 40 9 1 0 2 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 53 97 82 9 14 3 0 2 3 1 0 3 17 .171 .198 .280 .478 28 23 2 0 11 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 Awards
2004 20 KCR AL 24 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 1 RoY-4
2005 21 KCR AL 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $330,500 1
2006 22 KCR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $365,500 /1
2007 23 KCR AL 52 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $407,000 1
2008 24 KCR AL 32 8 -0 0 -0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $1,400,000 1
2009 25 KCR AL 33 6 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,750,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-17
2010 26 KCR AL 33 7 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $7,250,000 1
2011 27 MIL NL 29 59 -7 0 0 0 8 1 0.1 2 2 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $13,500,000 1
2012 28 MIL NL 24 38 -3 0 -0 0 5 2 0.3 1 4 0.3 .511 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $13,500,000 1
2012 28 LAA AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 0.0
9 Seasons 276 123 -12 0 -0 0 16 4 0.4 4 7 0.5 .501 .500 0.5 0.2 7 $40,503,000
KCR (7 yrs) 210 26 -3 0 -0 0 4 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.2 2 $13,503,000
MIL (2 yrs) 53 97 -10 0 -0 0 13 3 0.4 3 6 0.4 .506 .501 0.4 0.0 6 $27,000,000
LAA (1 yr) 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 0.0

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
2011 27 MIL NL NLDS ARI W 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 27 MIL NL NLCS STL L 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 3 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 2 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLDS 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2004 KCR AL 20 P 24 24 0 145.0 28 13 15 0 1 1.000 2 3 1.74 1.17 .948 1.66 1.65 5 3 38% 32% 0 RoY-4
2005 KCR AL 21 P 33 33 2 183.0 45 19 25 1 2 .978 4 4 2.16 1.33 .954 1.70 1.68 5 3 38% 30% 1
2006 KCR AL 22 P 3 0 0 6.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.42 0.33 .960 1.56 1.53 0 0 0
2007 KCR AL 23 P 52 14 0 122.0 18 11 7 0 0 1.000 1 2 1.33 0.35 .955 1.60 1.59 7 3 30% 27% 1
2008 KCR AL 24 P 32 32 1 202.1 36 11 24 1 1 .972 4 4 1.56 1.09 .952 1.60 1.59 2 4 67% 27% 2
2009 KCR AL 25 P 33 33 6 229.1 47 11 35 1 4 .979 8 7 1.81 1.39 .953 1.53 1.51 5 9 64% 26% 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-17
2010 KCR AL 26 P 33 33 3 220.0 49 14 34 1 1 .980 9 8 1.96 1.45 .953 1.63 1.61 12 11 48% 26% 3
2011 MIL NL 27 P 28 28 0 171.2 35 13 22 0 3 1.000 4 5 1.83 1.25 .955 1.80 1.79 8 6 43% 28% 0
2012 TOT MLB 28 P 34 34 0 212.1 53 22 31 0 3 1.000 6 5 2.25 1.56 .952 1.69 1.68 9 7 44% 26% 5
2012 MIL NL 28 P 21 21 0 123.0 31 14 17 0 2 1.000 2 3 2.27 1.48 .950 1.77 1.75 5 5 50% 26% 2
2012 LAA AL 28 P 13 13 0 89.1 22 8 14 0 1 1.000 4 9 2.22 1.69 .954 1.57 1.56 4 2 33% 26% 3
9 Seasons P 272 231 12 1492.0 312 114 194 4 15 .987 38 5 1.86 1.13 .953 1.65 1.63 53 46 46% 27% 13
9 Seasons TOT 272 231 12 1492.0 312 114 194 4 15 .987 38 26 1.86 1.13 .953 1.65 1.63 53 46 46% 27% 13
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

All-Star Games
2009 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2009 AL Cy Young
2009 AL pitching_title
2009 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 AL (17, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1270th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 AL (1, 96%)
1 Cy Young
0.96 Career Shares (58th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2009 AL  10.1 (1st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2008 AL  5.0 (6th)
2009 AL  10.1 (1st)
Active  29.5 (21st)
Career  29.5 (239th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL  3.47 (10th)
2009 AL  2.16 (1st)
Active  3.77 (23rd)

Wins s c a p y
2009 AL  16 (7th)
2011 NL  16 (6th)
Active  91 (46th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 AL  .667 (9th)
2011 NL  .727 (4th)
2012 ML  .750 (7th)
Active  .538 (41st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 AL  1.073 (1st)
Active  1.247 (20th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  7.653 (2nd)
Active  8.940 (37th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  2.002 (5th)
2010 AL  2.250 (10th)
Active  2.286 (12th)
Career  2.286 (195th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  8.140 (6th)
2009 AL  9.497 (3rd)
2011 NL  10.538 (1st)
Active  8.035 (15th)
Career  8.035 (35th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2009 AL  229.3 (5th)
2010 AL  220.0 (7th)
Active  1,492.0 (46th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 AL  183 (5th)
2009 AL  242 (2nd)
2011 NL  201 (7th)
Active  1,332 (33rd)
Career  1,332 (247th)

Games Started s c a p y
2005 AL  33 (8th)
2009 AL  33 (4th)
2010 AL  33 (4th)
2012 ML  34 (1st)
Active  231 (46th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2005 AL  2 (10th)
2009 AL  6 (2nd)
2010 AL  3 (8th)
Active  12 (33rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2009 AL  3 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
2005 AL  233 (4th)
2010 AL  219 (7th)
Active  1,482 (48th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2008 AL  3.268 (10th)
2009 AL  4.745 (2nd)
2010 AL  3.291 (8th)
2011 NL  4.467 (4th)
Active  3.515 (9th)
Career  3.515 (19th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  0.432 (1st)
Active  0.899 (25th)

Losses s c a p y
2005 AL  17 (1st)
2010 AL  14 (5th)
Active  78 (49th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2005 AL  118 (2nd)
2010 AL  102 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2008 AL  8 (7th)
2011 NL  10 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2005 AL  13 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2009 AL  915 (6th)
2010 AL  919 (6th)
Active  6,231 (47th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL  125 (9th)
2009 AL  205 (1st)
Active  114 (24th)
Career  114 (227th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  56 (1st)
Active  90 (34th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2009 AL  6.0 (1st)
Active  9.5 (33rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2009 AL  58.92 (1st)
Active  96.30 (34th)
Career  96.30 (158th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2009 AL  5.8 (1st)
Active  13.6 (25th)
Career  13.6 (127th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2009 AL  5.2 (1st)
Active  10.3 (27th)
Career  10.3 (144th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2009 AL  6.3 (1st)
Active  10.3 (34th)
Career  10.3 (154th)

Assists as P s c a p y
2009 AL  35 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
2009 AL  1.39 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2011 NL  1.000 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
2004 AL  born 1983-10-21 (6th)

                                         

† 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 (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (467), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 56 (450), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 28 (474), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (685), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (241st), 30.0 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/29.0 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Juan Guzman (945)
  7. Erik Hanson (944)
  8. Pat Jarvis (943)
  9. Ervin Santana (941)
  10. Fred Hutchinson (941)
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  6. Larry Christenson (946)
  7. Josh Beckett (946)
  8. Mark Gubicza (946)
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  7. Ben Sheets (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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
200521Kansas City Royals$330,500
200622Kansas City Royals$365,500
200723Kansas City Royals$407,000
200824Kansas City Royals$1,400,000
200925Kansas City Royals$3,750,000
201026Kansas City Royals$7,250,000
201127Milwaukee Brewers$13,500,000
201228Milwaukee Brewers$13,500,000contracts
201329Los Angeles Dodgers$19,000,000If traded, may opt out of the contract at the end of that season
201430Los Angeles Dodgers$26,000,000
201531Los Angeles Dodgers$25,000,000 May opt out of contract after 2015 season
201632Los Angeles Dodgers$26,000,000
201733Los Angeles Dodgers$25,000,000
201834Los Angeles Dodgers$26,000,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2019
Career to date (may be incomplete)$40,503,000Does 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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