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Zack Greinke

Donald Zachary Greinke

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 21, 1983 in Orlando, FL
High School: Apopka (Orlando, 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
Teams (by GP): Royals/Brewers 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 4 yrs/$38M (09-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.057, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: John Courtright SFX [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #206. Francisco Rodriguez… #207. Josh Johnson… #208. Lew Burdette… #209. ZACK GREINKE… #210. Mel Parnell… #211. Jon Lester… #212. Dutch Leonard…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #206. Francisco Rodriguez… #207. Josh Johnson… #208. Lew Burdette… #209. ZACK GREINKE… #210. Mel Parnell… #211. Jon Lester… #212. Dutch Leonard…

Standard Pitching

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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
2002	18	KCR-min	A-,Rk,A+	0	0		3.97	6	5	0	0	0	0	11.1	13	5	5	0	3	0	9	0	0	2	48		1.412	10.3	0.0	2.4	7.1	3.00	SPO,DVT,WMT · NORW,GULF,CARL
2003	19	KCR-min	A+,AA	15	4	.789	1.93	23	23	0	3	1	0	140.0	114	36	30	10	18	2	112	5	0	1	544		0.943	7.3	0.6	1.2	7.2	6.22	WMT,WCH · CARL,TL
2004	20	KCR-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.51	6	6	0	0	0	0	28.2	25	8	8	2	6	0	23	2	1	2	119		1.081	7.8	0.6	1.9	7.2	3.83	OMA · PCL
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-min	AA	8	3	.727	4.34	18	17	0	1	0	0	105.2	96	53	51	12	27	0	94	6	0	6	438		1.164	8.2	1.0	2.3	8.0	3.48	WCH · TL
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	126	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-min	AAA,A+	0	1	.000	3.38	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.2	11	4	4	1	2	0	13	0	0	0	43		1.219	9.3	0.8	1.7	11.0	6.50	NVL,BRE · PCL,FLOR
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	102	1.200	8.4	1.0	2.4	*10.5*	4.47
8 Seasons				76	73	.510	3.82	238	197	8	12	3	1	1279.2	1282	591	543	131	325	12	1132	43	5	35	5363	114	1.256	9.0	0.9	2.3	8.0	3.48
162 Game Avg.				12	11	.510	3.82	37	31	1	2	0	0	200	200	92	85	20	51	2	177	7	1	5	838	114	1.256	9.0	0.9	2.3	8.0	3.48

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 (1 yr)				16	6	.727	3.83	28	28	0	0	0	0	171.2	161	82	73	19	45	0	201	4	0	10	715	102	1.200	8.4	1.0	2.4	10.5	4.47

AL (7 yrs)			AL	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
NL (1 yr)			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	102	1.200	8.4	1.0	2.4	10.5	4.47

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2004	20	KCR	AL	145.0	24	64	106	-6	.9	42	3.8	$	RoY-4
2005	21	KCR	AL	183.0	33	125	131	-13	.9	6	0.6	$330,500
2006	22	KCR	AL	6.1	0	3	5	0	1.3	2	0.1	$365,500
2007	23	KCR	AL	122.0	14	52	84	0	1.0	32	2.7	$407,000
2008	24	KCR	AL	202.1	32	87	129	-1	1.0	42	4.2	$1,400,000
2009	25	KCR	AL	229.1	33	64	152	-9	1.0	88	9.0	$3,750,000	AS,CYA-1,MVP-17
2010	26	KCR	AL	220.0	33	114	137	-3	1.0	23	2.3	$7,250,000
2011	27	MIL	NL	171.2	28	82	99	3	.9	17	1.7	$13,500,000
8 Seasons				1279.2	197	591	843	-29	1.0	252	24.4	$27,003,000

KCR (7 yrs)				1108.0	169	509	744	-32	1.0	235	22.7	$13,503,000
MIL (1 yr)				171.2	28	82	99	3	.9	17	1.7	$13,500,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	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	5.0	8	4	4	3	0	7	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	11.2	15	11	8	1	4	6	1	58	1.629	11.6	0.8	3.1	4.6	1.50
1 Season (2 Series)							1	1	.500	6.48	3	3	16.2	23	15	12	4	4	13	1	80	1.620	12.4	2.2	2.2	7.0	3.25
1 NLDS							0	0		7.20	1	1	5.0	8	4	4	3	0	7	0	22	1.600	14.4	5.4	0.0	12.6
1 NLCS							1	1	.500	6.17	2	2	11.2	15	11	8	1	4	6	1	58	1.629	11.6	0.8	3.1	4.6	1.50

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
2002	18	KCR-min	A-,Rk,A+	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SPO,DVT,WMT · NORW,GULF,CARL
2003	19	KCR-min	AA,A+	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	WCH,WMT · TL,CARL
2004	20	KCR-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OMA · PCL
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-min	AA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	WCH · TL
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-min	AAA,A+	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000		2	0	0	0	0	0	NVL,BRE · PCL,FLOR
2011	27	MIL	NL	27	59	49	6	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	9	.143	.192	.204	.396	8	10	0	0	7	0	0	1
8 Seasons				237	85	73	7	11	2	0	2	2	1	0	3	15	.151	.184	.260	.444	19	19	1	0	9	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	58	50	5	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	10	.151	.184	.260	.444	19	13	1	0	6	0	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 (1 yr)				27	59	49	6	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	9	.143	.192	.204	.396	8	10	0	0	7	0	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 (1 yr)				27	59	49	6	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	9	.143	.192	.204	.396	8	10	0	0	7	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2004	20	KCR	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1	RoY-4
2005	21	KCR	AL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$330,500	1

2007	23	KCR	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$407,000	1
2008	24	KCR	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$1,400,000	1
2009	25	KCR	AL	6	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$3,750,000	1	AS,CYA-1,MVP-17
2010	26	KCR	AL	7	-2	0	-0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$7,250,000	1
2011	27	MIL	NL	59	-7	0	-1	0	0	6	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$13,500,000	1
7 Seasons				85	-9	0	-1	0	0	9	2	1	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	$26,637,500

KCR (6 yrs)				26	-3	0	-0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$13,137,500
MIL (1 yr)				59	-7	0	-1	0	0	6	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$13,500,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
2011	27	MIL	NL	NLDS	ARI	W	1	2	2	1	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0
2011	27	MIL	NL	NLCS	STL	L	2	5	4	1	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	1
1 Season (2 Series)							3	7	6	2	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	1
1 NLDS							1	2	2	1	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0
1 NLCS							2	5	4	1	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	1

Standard Fielding

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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%	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%	0	RoY-4
2005	KCR	AL	21	P	33	33	2	183.0	45	19	25	1	2	.978	3	3	2.16	1.33	.954	1.70	1.68	5	3	38%	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	0	0	1.33	0.35	.955	1.60	1.59	7	3	30%	1
2008	KCR	AL	24	P	32	32	1	202.1	36	11	24	1	1	.972	6	6	1.56	1.09	.952	1.60	1.59	2	4	67%	2
2009	KCR	AL	25	P	33	33	6	229.1	47	11	35	1	4	.979	5	4	1.81	1.39	.953	1.53	1.51	5	9	64%	1	AS,CYA-1,MVP-17
2010	KCR	AL	26	P	33	33	3	220.0	49	14	34	1	1	.980	7	6	1.96	1.45	.953	1.63	1.61	12	11	48%	3
2011	MIL	NL	27	P	28	28	0	171.2	35	13	22	0	3	1.000	2	2	1.83	1.25	.955	1.80	1.79	8	6	43%	0
	8 Seasons			P	238	197	12	1279.2	259	92	163	4	12	.985	25	3	1.79	1.07	.953	1.64	1.62	44	39	47%	8
	8 Seasons			TOT	238	197	12	1279.2	259	92	163	4	12	.985	25	23	1.79	1.07	.953	1.64	1.62	44	39	47%	8

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 TSN Pitcher of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2009 AL (17, 3%) 0.03 Career Shares (1251st)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2009 AL (1, 96%) 1 Cy Young 0.96 Career Shares (55th)
Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2009 AL 9.0 (1st)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2009 AL 9.0 (1st) Active 24.4 (29th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2008 AL 3.47 (10th) 2009 AL 2.16 (1st) Active 3.82 (21st)	Wins s c a p y 2009 AL 16 (7th) 2011 NL 16 (6th)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 2009 AL .667 (9th) 2011 NL .727 (4th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2009 AL 1.073 (1st) Active 1.256 (21st)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2009 AL 7.653 (2nd) Active 9.016 (38th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 2009 AL 2.002 (5th) 2010 AL 2.250 (10th) Active 2.286 (11th) Career 2.286 (194th)
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 7.961 (16th) Career 7.961 (34th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 2009 AL 229.3 (5th) 2010 AL 220.0 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2008 AL 183 (5th) 2009 AL 242 (2nd) 2011 NL 201 (7th) Active 1,132 (39th)	Games Started s c a p y 2005 AL 33 (8th) 2009 AL 33 (4th) 2010 AL 33 (4th)
Complete Games s c a p y 2005 AL 2 (10th) 2009 AL 6 (2nd) 2010 AL 3 (8th) Active 12 (31st)	Shutouts s c a p y 2009 AL 3 (2nd) Active 3 (48th)	Hits s c a p y 2005 AL 233 (4th) 2010 AL 219 (7th)	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 3.483 (8th) Career 3.483 (19th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2009 AL 0.432 (1st) Active 0.921 (24th)	Losses s c a p y 2005 AL 17 (1st) 2010 AL 14 (5th) Active 73 (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)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2008 AL 126 (9th) 2009 AL 205 (1st) Active 114 (22nd) Career 114 (231st)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2009 AL 56 (1st) Active 76 (37th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2009 AL 6.0 (1st) Active 8.1 (34th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2009 AL 58.95 (1st) Active 79.93 (44th) Career 79.93 (229th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2009 AL 5.8 (1st) Active 11.1 (37th) Career 11.1 (158th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2009 AL 5.2 (1st) Active 7.9 (37th) Career 7.9 (195th)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2009 AL 6.4 (1st) Active 8.5 (40th) Career 8.5 (231st)	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)	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 1950-1973, 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 Ink	Pitching - 4 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 56 (448), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 22 (573), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (1017), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Similar Pitchers through 27

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Most Similar by Ages

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Denny McLain (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Morrison (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Morrison (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Moose Haas (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ben Sheets (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ralph Terry (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ben Sheets (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Andy Benes (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 13, 2002.
December 19, 2010: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with Yuniesky Betancourt and cash to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jake Odorizzi (minors), Lorenzo Cain, Alcides Escobar and Jeremy Jeffress.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2005	21	Kansas City Royals	$330,500
2006	22	Kansas City Royals	$365,500
2007	23	Kansas City Royals	$407,000
2008	24	Kansas City Royals	$1,400,000
2009	25	Kansas City Royals	$3,750,000
2010	26	Kansas City Royals	$7,250,000
2011	27	Milwaukee Brewers	$13,500,000

2012	28	Milwaukee Brewers	$13,500,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$27,003,000	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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