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Rich Hill

Richard Joseph Hill

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 11, 1980 in Boston, MA
High School: Milton HS (Milton, MA)
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 10, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 2005 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Cubs/RedSox/Indians/Orioles 2005-2013
2013 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.037, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: ACES (Sam & Seth Levinson) [*]
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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	22	CHC-min	A-	0	2	.000	8.36	6	5	1	0	0	0	14.0	15	19	13	0	14	0	12	3	0	4	73		2.071	9.6	0.0	9.0	7.7	0.86	BOI · NORW
2003	23	CHC-min	A-,A	1	7	.125	3.87	29	18	2	0	0	0	97.2	71	52	42	5	68	0	149	12	1	14	435		1.423	6.5	0.5	6.3	13.7	2.19	BOI,LNS · NORW,MIDW
2004	24	CHC-min	A+	7	6	.538	4.03	28	19	0	0	0	0	109.1	88	64	49	9	72	0	136	19	5	12	495		1.463	7.2	0.7	5.9	11.2	1.89	DYT · FLOR
2005	25	CHC-min	AAA,AA,A	11	4	.733	3.31	22	21	0	1	0	0	130.2	100	52	48	20	35	0	194	6	0	2	524		1.033	6.9	1.4	2.4	13.4	5.54	IWA,WTN,PEO · PCL,SOUL,MIDW
2005	25	CHC	NL	0	2	.000	9.13	10	4	1	0	0	0	23.2	25	24	24	3	17	1	21	1	0	0	115	49	1.775	9.5	1.1	6.5	8.0	1.24
2006	26	CHC-min	AAA	7	1	.875	1.80	15	15	0	0	0	0	100.0	62	22	20	3	21	0	135	5	0	2	380		0.830	5.6	0.3	1.9	12.2	6.43	IWA · PCL
2006	26	CHC	NL	6	7	.462	4.17	17	16	1	2	1	0	99.1	83	51	46	16	39	1	90	2	0	3	417	111	1.228	7.5	1.4	3.5	8.2	2.31
2007	27	CHC	NL	11	8	.579	3.92	32	32	0	0	0	0	195.0	170	89	85	27	63	3	183	12	1	1	812	118	1.195	7.8	1.2	2.9	8.4	2.90
2008	28	CHC-min	AAA,A+,Rk	4	7	.364	5.85	13	13	0	0	0	0	47.2	39	36	31	4	44	0	57	6	0	5	226		1.741	7.4	0.8	8.3	10.8	1.30	IWA,DYT,CBZ · PCL,FLOR,ARIZ
2008	28	CHC	NL	1	0	1.000	4.12	5	5	0	0	0	0	19.2	13	9	9	2	18	0	15	1	0	1	89	112	1.576	5.9	0.9	8.2	6.9	0.83
2009	29	BAL-min	AAA,A+	1	2	.333	1.65	4	4	0	0	0	0	16.1	6	3	3	1	9	0	17	2	0	0	64		0.918	3.3	0.6	5.0	9.4	1.89	NFK,FDK · IL,CARL
2009	29	BAL	AL	3	3	.500	7.80	14	13	0	0	0	0	57.2	68	53	50	7	40	2	46	1	1	1	275	59	1.873	10.6	1.1	6.2	7.2	1.15
2010	30	BOS-STL-min	AAA	7	4	.636	4.00	42	10	8	0	0	0	99.0	80	48	44	8	59	1	102	17	3	2	436		1.404	7.3	0.7	5.4	9.3	1.73	PAW,MEM · IL,PCL
2010	30	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	0.00	6	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	18		1.500	11.3	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00
2011	31	BOS-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.12	10	0	4	0	0	1	16.0	8	3	2	1	5	0	18	1	0	0	62		0.812	4.5	0.6	2.8	10.1	3.60	PAW · IL
2011	31	BOS	AL	0	0		0.00	9	0	3	0	0	0	8.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	12	1	0	1	30		0.750	3.4	0.0	3.4	13.5	4.00
2012	32	BOS-min	AAA,A+,A,Rk,AA	1	1	.500	2.20	16	6	1	0	0	0	16.1	7	4	4	1	5	0	27	1	0	0	62		0.735	3.9	0.6	2.8	14.9	5.40	PAW,SAL,GRV,RES,PRT · IL,CARL,SALL,GULF,EL
2012	32	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	1.83	25	0	3	0	0	0	19.2	17	4	4	0	11	1	21	0	0	0	83	239	1.424	7.8	0.0	5.0	9.6	1.91
2013	33	CLE	AL	0	0		3.09	16	0	1	0	0	0	11.2	8	6	4	2	7	1	12	0	0	2	49	132	1.286	6.2	1.5	5.4	9.3	1.71
9 Yrs				23	20	.535	4.55	134	70	9	2	1	0	438.2	392	236	222	57	199	9	403	18	2	9	1888	101	1.347	8.0	1.2	4.1	8.3	2.03
162 Game Avg.				8	7	.535	4.55	45	23	3	1	0	0	146	131	79	74	19	66	3	134	6	1	3	629	101	1.347	8.0	1.2	4.1	8.3	2.03

CHC (4 yrs)				18	17	.514	4.37	64	57	2	2	1	0	337.2	291	173	164	48	137	5	309	16	1	5	1433	106	1.268	7.8	1.3	3.7	8.2	2.26
BOS (3 yrs)				2	0	1.000	1.14	40	0	6	0	0	0	31.2	25	4	4	0	15	1	36	1	0	1	131	391	1.263	7.1	0.0	4.3	10.2	2.40
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		3.09	16	0	1	0	0	0	11.2	8	6	4	2	7	1	12	0	0	2	49	132	1.286	6.2	1.5	5.4	9.3	1.71
BAL (1 yr)				3	3	.500	7.80	14	13	0	0	0	0	57.2	68	53	50	7	40	2	46	1	1	1	275	59	1.873	10.6	1.1	6.2	7.2	1.15

AL (5 yrs)				5	3	.625	5.17	70	13	7	0	0	0	101.0	101	63	58	9	62	4	94	2	1	4	455	87	1.614	9.0	0.8	5.5	8.4	1.52
NL (4 yrs)				18	17	.514	4.37	64	57	2	2	1	0	337.2	291	173	164	48	137	5	309	16	1	5	1433	106	1.268	7.8	1.3	3.7	8.2	2.26

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2005	25	CHC	NL	23.2	10	4	24	9.13	4.48	0.02	-0.01	105.3	4.69	-12	-1.1	.8	0.0	-0.9	-10	.391	.493
2006	26	CHC	NL	99.1	17	16	51	4.62	4.72	-0.07	0.17	105.5	5.24	7	0.7	2.3	-0.1	1.5	16	.542	.504
2007	27	CHC	NL	195.0	32	32	89	4.11	4.73	0.18	0.19	103.3	4.89	18	1.9		-0.1	3.4	35	.558	.512	$400,000
2008	28	CHC	NL	19.2	5	5	9	4.12	4.57	-0.15	0.18	110.6	5.42	3	0.3		-0.0	0.5	5	.562	.502	$445,000
2009	29	BAL	AL	57.2	14	13	53	8.27	4.86	-0.12	0.19	101.1	5.22	-20	-1.8	.1	-0.0	-1.2	-13	.373	.489	$445,000
2010	30	BOS	AL	4.0	6	0	0	0.00	4.97	0.19	-0.38	108.9	4.79	2	0.2	.9	-0.0	0.2	3	.538	.501
2011	31	BOS	AL	8.0	9	0	0	0.00	4.71	0.12	-0.36	105.5	4.46	4	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.5	5	.548	.503
2012	32	BOS	AL	19.2	25	0	4	1.83	4.53	0.24	-0.33	107.7	4.25	5	0.6	1.1	-0.0	0.8	7	.523	.503	$725,000
2013	33	CLE	AL	11.2	16	0	6	4.63	4.48	-0.06	-0.33	95.8	4.04	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.0	-0.0	0	.494	.499	$1,000,000
9 Seasons				438.2	134	70	236	4.84	4.71	0.06	0.12	104.1	4.97	7	1.1	1.1	-0.3	4.8	47	.509	.501	$3,015,000

CHC (4 yrs)				337.2	64	57	173	4.61	4.70	0.08	0.17	104.5	5.01	16	1.8	1.1	-0.2	4.5	45	.528	.503	$845,000
BOS (3 yrs)				31.2	40	0	4	1.14	4.63	0.20	-0.35	107.3	4.37	11	1.2	1.0	-0.1	1.5	15	.530	.503	$725,000
CLE (1 yr)				11.2	16	0	6	4.63	4.48	-0.06	-0.33	95.8	4.04	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.0	-0.0	0	.494	.499	$1,000,000
BAL (1 yr)				57.2	14	13	53	8.27	4.86	-0.12	0.19	101.1	5.22	-20	-1.8	.1	-0.0	-1.2	-13	.373	.489	$445,000

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
2007	27	CHC	NL	NLDS	L	ARI	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	3	3	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	18	2.667	18.0	3.0	6.0	9.0	1.50
1 NLDS							0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	3	3	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	18	2.667	18.0	3.0	6.0	9.0	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	22	CHC-min	A-	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BOI · NORW
2003	23	CHC-min	A-,A	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BOI,LNS · NORW,MIDW
2004	24	CHC-min	A+	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		DYT · FLOR
2005	25	CHC-min	AA,AAA,A	22	29	24	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.125	.192	.125	.317		3	1	0	3	0	0		WTN,IWA,PEO · SOUL,PCL,MIDW
2005	25	CHC	NL	10	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	73	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	26	CHC-min	AAA	15	25	22	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.091	.130	.136	.267		3	0	0	2	0	0		IWA · PCL
2006	26	CHC	NL	17	34	30	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.100	.129	.133	.262	-33	4	0	0	3	0	0	1
2007	27	CHC	NL	32	67	63	0	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	33	.127	.141	.159	.299	-24	10	1	0	3	0	0	1
2008	28	CHC-min	AAA,A+,Rk	13	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667		1	0	0	2	0	0		IWA,DYT,CBZ · PCL,FLOR,ARIZ
2008	28	CHC	NL	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2009	29	BAL-min	AAA,A+	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		NFK,FDK · IL,CARL
2009	29	BAL	AL	15	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	30	STL-BOS-min	AAA	42	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0	0		MEM,PAW · PCL,IL
2010	30	BOS	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2011	31	BOS-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
2011	31	BOS	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2012	32	BOS-min	A,AAA,Rk,AA,A+	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		GRV,PAW,RES,PRT,SAL · SALL,IL,GULF,EL,CARL
2012	32	BOS	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2013	33	CLE	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9 Yrs				135	122	114	1	14	3	0	0	6	0	0	2	51	.123	.138	.149	.287	-27	17	1	0	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	146	137	1	17	4	0	0	7	0	0	2	61	.123	.138	.149	.287	-27	20	1	0	7	0	0

CHC (4 yrs)				64	114	106	1	13	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	48	.123	.139	.151	.290	-26	16	1	0	6	0	0
BOS (3 yrs)				40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				15	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	1	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				71	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	1	0	0	0	0	0
NL (4 yrs)				64	114	106	1	13	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	48	.123	.139	.151	.290	-26	16	1	0	6	0	0

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
2005	25	CHC	NL	10	6	0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.510	.501	0.1	0.0	1		1
2006	26	CHC	NL	17	34	-7	-0	0	0	5	-1	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.492	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0		1
2007	27	CHC	NL	32	67	-12	-0	0	0	10	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.2	.493	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0	$400,000	1
2008	28	CHC	NL	5	7	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$445,000	/1
2009	29	BAL	AL	15	8	-2	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.498	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$445,000	1
2010	30	BOS	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
2011	31	BOS	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
2012	32	BOS	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$725,000	1
2013	33	CLE	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,000,000	1
9 Seasons				121	122	-22	-1	1	0	19	-4	-0.4	4	-0	-0.4	.497	.500	-0.4	0.0	-0	$3,015,000

CHC (4 yrs)				64	114	-21	-1	1	0	17	-4	-0.4	4	-0	-0.4	.494	.499	-0.4	0.0	-0	$845,000
BOS (3 yrs)				40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$725,000
CLE (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,000,000
BAL (1 yr)				15	8	-2	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.498	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$445,000

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
2007	27	CHC	NL	NLDS	ARI	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

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%	lgCS%	PO
2005	CHC	NL	25	P	10	4	0	23.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	-2	-17	0.76	0.20	.960	1.75	1.73	6	0	0%	29%	0
2006	CHC	NL	26	P	17	16	2	99.1	10	2	7	1	0	.900	-2	-4	0.82	0.53	.958	1.72	1.71	10	3	23%	28%	1
2007	CHC	NL	27	P	32	32	0	195.0	30	4	22	4	0	.867	-4	-4	1.20	0.81	.966	1.68	1.67	23	5	18%	25%	4
2008	CHC	NL	28	P	5	5	0	19.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	0.92	0.40	.960	1.74	1.72	2	1	33%	27%	1
2009	BAL	AL	29	P	14	13	0	57.2	11	1	9	1	0	.909	1	3	1.56	0.71	.953	1.53	1.51	11	2	15%	26%	2
2010	BOS	AL	30	P	6	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.58	1.62	2	0	0%	26%	0
2011	BOS	AL	31	P	9	0	0	8.0	1	1	0	0	1	1.000	0	0	1.12	0.11	.950	1.58	1.59	1	0	0%	28%	0
2012	BOS	AL	32	P	25	0	0	19.2	8	4	4	0	1	1.000	1	10	3.66	0.32	.954	1.56	1.56	5	1	17%	26%	1
2013	CLE	AL	33	P	16	0	0	11.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-17	0.77	0.06	.970	1.54	1.56	4	0	0%	25%	0
	9 Seasons			P	134	70	2	438.2	65	14	45	6	2	.908	-7	-3	1.21	0.44	.960	1.66	1.62	64	12	16%	26%	9
	9 Seasons			TOT	134	70	2	438.2	65	14	45	6	2	.908	-7	-19	1.21	0.44	.960	1.66	1.62	64	12	16%	26%	9

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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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2007 NL 1.195 (8th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2007 NL 7.846 (6th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2007 NL 8.446 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2007 NL 183 (5th)
Shutouts s c a p y 2006 NL 1 (7th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2007 NL 2.905 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2007 NL 12 (9th)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 2007 NL 4 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1701), Average HOFer ≈ 185
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1195th), 4.1 career WAR/6.2 7yr-peak WAR/5.2 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Bob Sykes (979)
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Chris Narveson (976)
Chuck James (973)
Myles Thomas (970)
Milt Shoffner (966)
Darrell Jackson (965)
Chris Welsh (964)
Bob Chesnes (964)
Ben Rivera (963)

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Chris Welsh (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chris Welsh (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rich Wortham (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Hendrickson (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Darrell May (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Myles Thomas (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 10, 2002.
February 2, 2009: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Chicago Cubs.
November 3, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
January 26, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
June 30, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
June 30, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
November 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
December 16, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
December 12, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
December 13, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
November 30, 2012: Granted Free Agency.
February 7, 2013: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

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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
2007	27	Chicago Cubs	$400,000
2008	28	Chicago Cubs	$445,000
2009	29	Baltimore Orioles	$445,000

2012	32	Boston Red Sox	$725,000	contracts
2013	33	Cleveland Indians	$1,000,000
2013 Status		3rd-Year Arb Eligible, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,015,000

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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