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Eric Hinske

Eric Scott Hinske

Positions: Third Baseman, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: August 5, 1977 in Menasha, WI
High School: Menasha (Menasha, WI)
School: University of Arkansas
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 17th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 2002
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Braves/Rays/RedSox/Pirates/... 2002-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 2 yrs/$2.85M (11-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.000, Free Agent: 2013 [*],
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Fine Details · Last Updated Feb 6, 2012, 8:08PM

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1336. Brad Wilkerson… #1337. Elliott Maddox… #1338. Art Wilson… #1339. ERIC HINSKE… #1340. Rip Radcliff… #1341. Everett Scott… #1342. Alan Ashby…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1336. Brad Wilkerson… #1337. Elliott Maddox… #1338. Art Wilson… #1339. ERIC HINSKE… #1340. Rip Radcliff… #1341. Everett Scott… #1342. Alan Ashby…

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
1998	20	CHC-min	A-,A	74	315	268	54	83	24	0	10	61	20	3	40	67	.310	.397	.511	.908		137	2	2	0	5	3	WPT,RFD · NYPL,MIDW
1999	21	CHC-min	A+,AAA	134	534	460	79	136	28	7	20	81	16	10	63	94	.296	.383	.517	.900		238	5	5	1	5	7	DYT,IWA · FLOR,PCL
2000	22	CHC-min	AA	131	520	436	76	113	21	9	20	73	14	5	78	133	.259	.373	.486	.859		212	7	3	0	3	3	WTN · SOUL
2001	23	OAK-min	AAA	121	504	436	71	123	27	1	25	79	20	7	54	113	.282	.373	.521	.893		227	6	10	2	2	3	SAC · PCL
2002	24	TOR	AL	151	650	566	99	158	38	2	24	84	13	1	77	138	.279	.365	.481	.845	119	272	12	2	0	5	5	*5	RoY-1
2003	25	TOR-min	AAA	2	8	8	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500		8	0	0	0	0	0	SYR · IL
2003	25	TOR	AL	124	514	449	74	109	45	3	12	63	12	2	59	104	.243	.329	.437	.765	97	196	11	1	0	5	1	*5
2004	26	TOR	AL	155	634	570	66	140	23	3	15	69	12	8	54	109	.246	.312	.375	.688	76	214	14	4	0	6	2	*5
2005	27	TOR	AL	147	537	477	79	125	31	2	15	68	8	4	46	121	.262	.333	.430	.763	100	205	8	8	0	6	4	3
2006	28	TOT	AL	109	312	277	43	75	17	2	13	34	2	2	35	79	.271	.353	.487	.840	114	135	8	0	0	0	2	9D35/7
2006	28	TOR	AL	78	224	197	35	52	9	2	12	29	1	1	27	49	.264	.353	.513	.865	121	101	6	0	0	0	2	9D5/37
2006	28	BOS	AL	31	88	80	8	23	8	0	1	5	1	1	8	30	.288	.352	.425	.777	97	34	2	0	0	0	0	39/7D
2007	29	BOS	AL	84	218	186	25	38	12	3	6	21	3	0	28	54	.204	.317	.398	.714	83	74	7	3	0	1	2	3
2008	30	TBR	AL	133	432	381	59	94	21	1	20	60	10	3	47	88	.247	.333	.465	.798	109	177	13	3	0	1	4	3/5
2009	31	TOT	MLB	93	224	190	31	46	12	0	8	25	1	0	27	52	.242	.348	.432	.780	104	82	2	5	0	2	1	95/3D7
2009	31	NYY	AL	39	98	84	13	19	3	0	7	14	1	0	10	25	.226	.316	.512	.828	109	43	2	2	0	2	1	5/35
2009	31	PIT	NL	54	126	106	18	27	9	0	1	11	0	0	17	27	.255	.373	.368	.741	99	39	0	3	0	0	0	5/35
2010	32	ATL	NL	131	320	281	38	72	21	1	11	51	0	0	33	75	.256	.338	.456	.793	114	128	4	3	0	3	5	3/5
2011	33	ATL	NL	117	264	236	24	55	10	0	10	28	0	1	26	71	.233	.311	.403	.713	96	95	5	1	0	1	1	793/D
10 Seasons				1244	4105	3613	538	912	230	17	134	503	61	21	432	891	.252	.335	.437	.771	101	1578	84	30	0	30	27
162 Game Avg.				162	535	471	70	119	30	2	17	66	8	3	56	116	.252	.335	.437	.771	101	205	11	4	0	4	4

TOR (5 yrs)				655	2559	2259	353	584	146	12	78	313	46	16	263	521	.259	.337	.437	.774	100	988	51	15	0	22	14
ATL (2 yrs)				248	584	517	62	127	31	1	21	79	0	1	59	146	.246	.325	.431	.757	106	223	9	4	0	4	6
BOS (2 yrs)				115	306	266	33	61	20	3	7	26	4	1	36	84	.229	.327	.406	.733	87	108	9	3	0	1	2
TBR (1 yr)				133	432	381	59	94	21	1	20	60	10	3	47	88	.247	.333	.465	.798	109	177	13	3	0	1	4
PIT (1 yr)				54	126	106	18	27	9	0	1	11	0	0	17	27	.255	.373	.368	.741	99	39	0	3	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				39	98	84	13	19	3	0	7	14	1	0	10	25	.226	.316	.512	.828	109	43	2	2	0	2	1

AL (8 yrs)				942	3395	2990	458	758	190	16	112	413	61	20	356	718	.254	.335	.440	.775	100	1316	75	23	0	26	21
NL (3 yrs)				302	710	623	80	154	40	1	22	90	0	1	76	173	.247	.334	.421	.754	105	262	9	7	0	4	6

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
2002	24	TOR	AL	650	20	3	0	0	-6	2	21	40	4.0	46	4.6	-0.6	$200,000	*5	RoY-1
2003	25	TOR	AL	514	0	5	-1	1	-12	2	17	12	1.2	24	2.4	-1.2	$600,000	*5
2004	26	TOR	AL	634	-21	2	1	1	-13	2	22	-6	-0.6	7	0.7	-1.3	$900,000	*5
2005	27	TOR	AL	537	1	2	-1	0	5	-11	19	15	1.5	10	1.0	0.5	$3,100,000	3
2006	28	TOR	AL	224	4	-2	-1	0	0	-3	8	7	0.7	6	0.6	0.1	$4,425,000	9D5/37
2006	28	BOS	AL	88	0	0	0	0	-2	-1	3	0	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$	39/7D
2007	29	BOS	AL	218	-6	0	0	-1	6	-3	8	4	0.4	-2	-0.2	0.6	$5,625,000	3
2008	30	TBR	AL	432	-1	1	-1	-1	-0	-6	15	8	0.8	7	0.7	0.1	$800,000	3/5
2009	31	PIT	NL	126	0	-2	-1	1	4	-1	4	5	0.5	2	0.2	0.3	$1,500,000	5/35
2009	31	NYY	AL	98	1	0	0	-0	-3	-1	3	0	0.0	3	0.3	-0.3	$	5/35
2010	32	ATL	NL	320	6	-0	-1	0	0	-3	9	10	1.1	10	1.0	0.1	$1,000,000	3/5
2011	33	ATL	NL	264	-2	-1	-2	0	6	-2	7	6	0.7	0	0.0	0.7	$1,350,000	793/D
10 Seasons				4105	2	8	-6	1	-16	-26	136	102	10.3	115	11.5	-1.2	$19,500,000

TOR (5 yrs)				2559	4	10	-2	2	-26	-8	87	68	6.8	93	9.3	-2.5	$9,225,000
ATL (2 yrs)				584	4	-2	-3	0	6	-6	16	17	1.8	10	1.0	0.8	$2,350,000
BOS (2 yrs)				306	-6	0	0	-1	4	-4	11	4	0.4	0	0.0	0.4	$5,625,000
TBR (1 yr)				432	-1	1	-1	-1	-0	-6	15	8	0.8	7	0.7	0.1	$800,000
PIT (1 yr)				126	0	-2	-1	1	4	-1	4	5	0.5	2	0.2	0.3	$1,500,000
NYY (1 yr)				98	1	0	0	-0	-3	-1	3	0	0.0	3	0.3	-0.3	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	IBB
2007	29	BOS	AL	ALDS	LAA	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2007	29	BOS	AL	ALCS	CLE	W	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0					0
2007	29	BOS	AL	WS	COL	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2008	30	TBR	AL	WS	PHI	L	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	4	0
2009	31	NYY	AL	WS	PHI	W	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0
2010	32	ATL	NL	NLDS	SFG	L	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	4	0
4 Seasons (6 Series)							10	9	7	4	2	2	3	2	4	.286	.444	1.143	1.587	8	0
1 ALDS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1 NLDS							4	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	4	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0					0
3 WS							4	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	4	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	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2002	TOR	AL	24	3B	148				368	103	245	20	14	.946	-6					2.35	.951		2.65	RoY-1
2003	TOR	AL	25	3B	124				316	80	214	22	13	.930	-12	-7				2.37	.955		2.64
2004	TOR	AL	26	3B	153				357	107	242	8	23	.978	-13	-14				2.28	.951		2.62
2004	TOR	AL	26	DH	1	1
2005	TOR	AL	27	1B	100				944	868	69	7	77	.993	5	0				9.37	.994		9.49
2005	TOR	AL	27	DH	30	30
2006	TOT	AL	28	OF	45	38	23	299.0	59	56	3	0	1	1.000	-2	0	-8	0	1.78	1.31	.986	69.80	2.27
2006	TOT	AL	28	RF	40	35	21	275.0	54	51	3	0	1	1.000	-2	1	-8	4	1.77	1.35	.984	2.20	2.17
2006	TOT	AL	28	DH	21	21
2006	TOT	AL	28	1B	16	12	5	100.0	112	106	5	1	10	.991	-1	1	-11	12	9.99	6.94	.994	99.99	9.40
2006	TOT	AL	28	LF	6	3	2	24.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-1	-10	-50	1.88	0.83	.986	2.06	2.02
2006	TOR	AL	28	OF	30	28	16	215.0	43	41	2	0	1	1.000	-1	0	-7	0	1.80	1.43	.986	69.80	2.27
2006	TOR	AL	28	RF	30	28	16	214.0	43	41	2	0	1	1.000	-1	-1	-7	-6	1.81	1.43	.984	2.20	2.17
2006	TOR	AL	28	DH	19	19
2006	TOR	AL	28	3B	10	5	4	64.0	17	3	14	0	1	1.000	1	2	21	38	2.39	1.70	.960	0.00	2.80
2006	TOR	AL	28	1B	4	1	0	14.0	15	15	0	0	1	1.000	0	1	43	86	9.64	3.75	.994	99.96	9.40
2006	TOR	AL	28	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0						0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
2006	BOS	AL	28	OF	15	10	7	84.0	16	15	1	0	0	1.000	-1	0	-10	0	1.71	1.07	.986	69.80	2.27
2006	BOS	AL	28	1B	12	11	5	86.0	97	91	5	1	9	.990	-1	0	-20	0	10.05	8.00	.994	99.99	9.40
2006	BOS	AL	28	RF	10	7	5	61.0	11	10	1	0	0	1.000	-0	2	-10	39	1.62	1.10	.984	2.20	2.17
2006	BOS	AL	28	LF	5	3	2	23.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-1	-10	-52	1.96	1.00	.986	2.07	2.02
2006	BOS	AL	28	DH	2	2
2007	BOS	AL	29	1B	43				281	256	22	3	25	.989	2	-2				6.47	.995		9.27
2007	BOS	AL	29	OF	35				43	42	1	0	0	1.000	4	0				1.23	.987		2.28
2007	BOS	AL	29	LF	24	10	6	101.0	27	26	1	0	0	1.000	2	0	23	0	2.41	1.13	.985	2.11	2.09
2007	BOS	AL	29	RF	12	9	5	82.1	16	16	0	0	0	1.000	2	0	28	0	1.75	1.33	.985	2.08	2.06
2007	BOS	AL	29	DH	1	1
2008	TBR	AL	30	OF	89				139	133	4	2	0	.986	0	0				1.54	.986		2.28
2008	TBR	AL	30	1B	11				87	78	8	1	11	.989	-1	1				7.82	.994		9.18
2008	TBR	AL	30	3B	8				7	1	6	0	0	1.000	0	1				0.88	.959		2.71
2008	TBR	AL	30	RF	49	47	13	339.1	91	88	2	1	0	.989	-0	0	-1	0	2.39	1.84	.985	2.15	2.13
2008	TBR	AL	30	LF	40	37	10	265.0	48	45	2	1	0	.979	0	0	2	0	1.60	1.18	.984	2.05	2.03
2008	TBR	AL	30	DH	18	18
2009	TOT	MLB	31	OF	37				65	62	3	0	0	1.000	-2	-2				1.76	.986		2.26
2009	TOT	MLB	31	RF	35	28	20	240.2	58	55	3	0	0	1.000	-3	0	-14	0	2.17	1.66	.984	2.11	2.09
2009	TOT	MLB	31	3B	13				9	3	6	0	0	1.000	1	0				0.69	.957		2.62
2009	TOT	MLB	31	DH	4	4
2009	NYY	AL	31	OF	24				32	32	0	0	0	1.000	-4	-3				1.33	.987		2.30
2009	PIT	NL	31	OF	13				33	30	3	0	0	1.000	2	1				2.54	.986		2.18
2009	NYY	AL	31	3B	10				6	3	3	0	0	1.000	1	1				0.60	.957		2.65
2009	PIT	NL	31	1B	6				42	39	3	0	4	1.000	1	0				7.00	.993		9.22
2009	PIT	NL	31	3B	3				3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0	-1				1.00	.957		2.53
2009	PIT	NL	31	RF	13	13	13	111.2	33	30	3	0	0	1.000	2	1	27	11	2.66	2.54	.986	2.08	2.06
2009	PIT	NL	31	DH	3	3
2009	NYY	AL	31	RF	22	15	7	129.0	25	25	0	0	0	1.000	-5	-1	-49	-9	1.74	1.14	.982	2.13	2.10
2009	NYY	AL	31	LF	2	1	1	17.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	1	-2	92	-141	3.71	3.50	.987	2.12	2.10
2009	NYY	AL	31	DH	1	1
2010	ATL	NL	32	OF	50				66	65	0	1	0	.985	0	-4				1.30	.987		2.15
2010	ATL	NL	32	1B	32				190	179	10	1	15	.995	-0	0				5.91	.993		9.13
2010	ATL	NL	32	3B	1				2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0	1				2.00	.950		2.50
2010	ATL	NL	32	LF	50	50	12	360.0	66	65	0	1	0	.985	0	-4	0	-13	1.62	1.30	.985	1.82	1.80
2010	ATL	NL	32	DH	1	1
2011	ATL	NL	33	OF	46	39	14	321.0	67	65	2	0	0	1.000	3	5	12	18	1.88	1.46	.986	2.16	2.15
2011	ATL	NL	33	LF	33	27	10	211.0	42	41	1	0	0	1.000	3	5	19	28	1.79	1.27	.985	1.87	1.87
2011	ATL	NL	33	RF	16	12	4	110.0	25	24	1	0	0	1.000	-0	0	-1	0	2.05	1.56	.983	2.05	2.04
2011	ATL	NL	33	1B	13	10	3	83.1	89	81	8	0	6	1.000	3	1	43	14	9.61	6.85	.994	9.33	9.31
2011	ATL	NL	33	DH	1	1
	7 Seasons			3B	457	5	4	64.0	1076	297	729	50	51	.954	-28	-17	-527	-318	2.39	2.25	.952	0.00	2.64
	6 Seasons			OF	302	77	37	620.0	439	423	13	3	1	.993	4	-1	7	0	1.83	1.44	.986	34.78	2.23
	7 Seasons			1B	221	22	8	183.1	1745	1607	125	13	148	.993	9	1	56	6	9.82	7.84	.994	58.78	9.36
	6 Seasons			LF	155	128	41	978.0	195	189	4	2	0	.990	7	-2	9	-2	1.78	1.25	.985	1.93	1.93
	5 Seasons			RF	152	131	63	1047.1	244	234	9	1	1	.996	-3	1	-4	1	2.09	1.60	.984	2.14	2.12
	10 Seasons			TOT	980	104	49	867.1	3260	2327	867	66	200	.980	-16	-18	-22	-24	3.56	3.26	.979	37.29	4.03
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/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-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

Awards (yr lg award) 2002 AL Rookie of the Year	Doubles s c a p y 2002 AL 38 (10th) 2003 AL 45 (5th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2002 AL 138 (7th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2002 AL 4.0 (10th)
Errors Committed† s c a p y 2003 AL 22 (2nd)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 2005 AL 7 (4th)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 2002 AL 148 (4th) 2004 AL 153 (3rd) Active 457 (23rd)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 2004 AL 107 (4th)
Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 2002 AL 20 (3rd) 2003 AL 22 (1st) Active 50 (24th)	Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y 2005 AL 5 (5th) Active 9 (16th) Career 9 (94th)	Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 2005 AL 9.37 (5th)	Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 2004 AL .978 (1st)

† 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 (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1672), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Batters through 33

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Pinky Higgins (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Butch Hobson (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Crede (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Alex Gordon (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Fernando Tatis (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Spiezio (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Vince DiMaggio (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Brad Wilkerson (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Vince DiMaggio (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Spiezio (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 17th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1998.
March 28, 2001: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Oakland Athletics for Miguel Cairo.
December 7, 2001: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Justin Miller to the Toronto Blue Jays for Billy Koch.
August 17, 2006: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Toronto Blue Jays.
October 30, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
February 6, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Rays.
November 1, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
January 30, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
June 30, 2009: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the New York Yankees for Casey Erickson (minors) and Eric Fryer.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
January 5, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
December 2, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

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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
2002	24	Toronto Blue Jays	$200,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	25	Toronto Blue Jays	$600,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	26	Toronto Blue Jays	$900,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	27	Toronto Blue Jays	$3,100,000
2006	28	Toronto Blue Jays	$4,425,000
2007	29	Boston Red Sox	$5,625,000
2008	30	Tampa Bay Rays	$800,000
2009	31	Pittsburgh Pirates	$1,500,000
2010	32	Atlanta Braves	$1,000,000
2011	33	Atlanta Braves	$1,350,000

2012	34	Atlanta Braves	$1,500,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$19,500,000	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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