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Ricky Horton

Ricky Neal Horton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 30, 1959 in Poughkeepsie, NY
High School: F. D. Roosevelt (Hyde Park, NY)
School: University of Virginia
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1984
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/WhiteSox/Dodgers 1984-1990

Final Game: July 23, 1990
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1980	20	STL-min	A	2	6	.250	4.57	20	8		0	0	1	67.0	59	39	34	4	42	1	43	0	4	9			1.507	7.9	0.5	5.6	5.8	1.02	GST,SPT · SALL,FLOR
1981	21	STL-min	A	7	3	.700	4.41	28	15	8	2	1	2	100.0	101	52	49	6	49	2	66	1	1	7			1.500	9.1	0.5	4.4	5.9	1.35	SPT · FLOR
1982	22	STL-min	AA,AAA	11	9	.550	4.03	24	22	1	5	2	0	145.0	130	76	65	12	63	1	127	6	3	9			1.331	8.1	0.7	3.9	7.9	2.02	ARK,LOU · TL,AA
1983	23	STL-min	AAA	10	6	.625	4.82	30	24	1	3	1	0	157.0	177	99	84	20	58	0	92	2	7	8			1.497	10.1	1.1	3.3	5.3	1.59	LOU · AA
1984	24	STL	NL	9	4	.692	3.44	37	18	7	1	1	1	125.2	140	53	48	14	39	2	76	1	6	5	537	103	1.424	10.0	1.0	2.8	5.4	1.95
1985	25	STL	NL	3	2	.600	2.91	49	3	10	0	0	1	89.2	84	30	29	5	34	13	59	3	2	3	382	123	1.316	8.4	0.5	3.4	5.9	1.74
1986	26	STL-min	A	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0			1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0		SPR · MIDW
1986	26	STL	NL	4	3	.571	2.24	42	9	12	1	0	3	100.1	77	25	25	7	26	7	49	1	0	1	387	165	1.027	6.9	0.6	2.3	4.4	1.88
1987	27	STL	NL	8	3	.727	3.82	67	6	24	0	0	7	125.0	127	58	53	15	42	10	55	0	4	3	533	110	1.352	9.1	1.1	3.0	4.0	1.31
1988	28	TOT	MLB	7	11	.389	4.87	64	9	13	1	0	2	118.1	131	71	64	8	38	4	36	5	3	0	512	81	1.428	10.0	0.6	2.9	2.7	0.95
1988	28	CHW	AL	6	10	.375	4.86	52	9	12	1	0	2	109.1	120	64	59	6	36	4	28	5	3	0	471	82	1.427	9.9	0.5	3.0	2.3	0.78
1988	28	LAD	NL	1	1	.500	5.00	12	0	1	0	0	0	9.0	11	7	5	2	2	0	8	0	0	0	41	70	1.444	11.0	2.0	2.0	8.0	4.00
1989	29	STL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	8	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0			1.111	8.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.50	LOU · AA
1989	29	TOT	NL	0	3	.000	4.85	34	8	7	0	0	0	72.1	85	39	39	3	21	4	26	4	0	0	314	74	1.465	10.6	0.4	2.6	3.2	1.24
1989	29	LAD	NL	0	0		5.06	23	0	6	0	0	0	26.2	35	15	15	1	11	2	12	1	0	0	120	69	1.725	11.8	0.3	3.7	4.1	1.09
1989	29	STL	NL	0	3	.000	4.73	11	8	1	0	0	0	45.2	50	24	24	2	10	2	14	3	0	0	194	77	1.314	9.9	0.4	2.0	2.8	1.40
1990	30	MIL-min	AAA	3	1	.750	4.81	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.1	37	17	13	2	7	0	10	1	1	1			1.808	13.7	0.7	2.6	3.7	1.43	DEN · AA
1990	30	STL	NL	1	1	.500	4.93	32	0	8	0	0	1	42.0	52	25	23	3	22	7	18	1	1	1	193	78	1.762	11.1	0.6	4.7	3.9	0.82
1991	31	CLE-min	AAA,AA	4	4	.500	5.17	47	0	13	0	0	2	54.0	62	33	31	5	12	1	41	2	2	0	234		1.370	10.3	0.8	2.0	6.8	3.42	CSP,CAK · PCL,EL
7 Seasons				32	27	.542	3.76	325	53	81	3	1	15	673.1	696	301	281	55	222	47	319	15	16	13	2858	101	1.363	9.3	0.7	3.0	4.3	1.44
162 Game Avg.				6	5	.542	3.76	58	10	15	1	0	3	121	125	54	51	10	40	8	57	3	3	2	514	101	1.363	9.3	0.7	3.0	4.3	1.44

STL (6 yrs)				25	16	.610	3.44	238	44	62	2	1	13	528.1	530	215	202	46	173	41	271	9	13	13	2226	109	1.331	9.0	0.8	2.9	4.6	1.57
LAD (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	5.05	35	0	7	0	0	0	35.2	46	22	20	3	13	2	20	1	0	0	161	69	1.654	11.6	0.8	3.3	5.0	1.54
CHW (1 yr)				6	10	.375	4.86	52	9	12	1	0	2	109.1	120	64	59	6	36	4	28	5	3	0	471	82	1.427	9.9	0.5	3.0	2.3	0.78

NL (7 yrs)			NL	26	17	.605	3.54	273	44	69	2	1	13	564.0	576	237	222	49	186	43	291	10	13	13	2387	106	1.351	9.2	0.8	3.0	4.6	1.56
AL (1 yr)			AL	6	10	.375	4.86	52	9	12	1	0	2	109.1	120	64	59	6	36	4	28	5	3	0	471	82	1.427	9.9	0.5	3.0	2.3	0.78

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
1984	24	STL	NL	125.2	18	53	66	2	.8	13	1.2	$
1985	25	STL	NL	89.2	3	30	45	3	1.0	15	1.2	$110,000
1986	26	STL	NL	100.1	9	25	51	6	1.2	26	2.8	$275,000
1987	27	STL	NL	125.0	6	58	76	1	1.0	18	1.2	$410,000
1988	28	CHW	AL	109.1	9	64	63	1	1.0	-1	-0.5	$532,500
1988	28	LAD	NL	9.0	0	7	4	0	1.3	-3	-0.4	$
1989	29	LAD	NL	26.2	0	15	14	0	.6	-1	-0.3	$68,000
1989	29	STL	NL	45.2	8	24	22	3	1.0	-2	-0.3	$
1990	30	STL	NL	42.0	0	25	23	1	.7	-2	-0.5	$120,000
7 Seasons				673.1	53	301	364	17	1.0	63	4.4	$1,515,500

STL (6 yrs)				528.1	44	215	283	16	1.0	68	5.6	$915,000
LAD (2 yrs)				35.2	0	22	18	0	.8	-4	-0.7	$68,000
CHW (1 yr)				109.1	9	64	63	1	1.0	-1	-0.5	$532,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	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
1985	25	STL	NL	NLCS	W	LAD	0	0	9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	3	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	14	2.000	12.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
1985	25	STL	NL	WS	L	KCR	0	0	6.75	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	0	5	2	5	0	1	0	21	2.250	9.0	0.0	11.3	11.3	1.00

1987	27	STL	NL	NLCS	W	SFG	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0.667	6.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
1987	27	STL	NL	WS	L	MIN	0	0	6.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	1.667	15.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
1988	28	LAD	NL	NLCS	W	NYM	0	0	0.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	4	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	18	1.385	8.3	0.0	4.2	6.2	1.50
3 Seasons (5 Series)							0	0	4.15	13	0	2	0	0	0	17.1	19	8	8	0	9	3	12	0	1	0	76	1.615	9.9	0.0	4.7	6.2	1.33
3 NLCS							0	0	2.61	8	0	1	0	0	0	10.1	10	3	3	0	4	1	6	0	0	0	42	1.355	8.7	0.0	3.5	5.2	1.50
2 WS							0	0	6.43	5	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	9	5	5	0	5	2	6	0	1	0	34	2.000	11.6	0.0	6.4	7.7	1.20

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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
1980	20	STL-min	A	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		GST,SPT · SALL,FLOR
1981	21	STL-min	A	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	SPT · FLOR
1982	22	STL-min	AA,AAA	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	ARK,LOU · TL,AA
1983	23	STL-min	AAA	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	LOU · AA
1984	24	STL	NL	39	38	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.065	.094	.065	.158	-54	2	0	0	6	0	0	1
1985	25	STL	NL	49	21	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.063	.211	.063	.273	-20	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1986	26	STL-min	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	SPR · MIDW
1986	26	STL	NL	42	25	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	.056	.261	.056	.316	-7	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1987	27	STL	NL	68	30	29	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.172	.200	.207	.407	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	1/9
1988	28	TOT	MLB	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	28	CHW	AL	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	28	LAD	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	29	STL-min	AAA	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1		0	1	0	0	LOU · AA
1989	29	TOT	NL	34	14	12	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.333	.583	64	4	0	0	2	0	0	1
1989	29	LAD	NL	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	29	STL	NL	11	13	11	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.364	.636	79	4	0	0	2	0	0	1
1990	30	MIL-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	DEN · AA
1990	30	STL	NL	32	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1991	31	CLE-min	AAA,AA	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CSP,CAK · PCL,EL
7 Seasons				328	133	110	5	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	33	.109	.183	.127	.311	-12	14	0	0	13	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	66	54	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	16	.109	.183	.127	.311	-12	7	0	0	6	0	0

STL (6 yrs)				241	132	109	5	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	32	.110	.185	.128	.313	-12	14	0	0	13	0	0
LAD (2 yrs)				35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				276	133	110	5	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	33	.109	.183	.127	.311	-12	14	0	0	13	0	0
AL (1 yr)				52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	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
1984	24	STL	NL	38	-7	0	0	0	0	3	1	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	1
1985	25	STL	NL	21	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$110,000	1
1986	26	STL	NL	25	-2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$275,000	1
1987	27	STL	NL	30	-4	0	0	0	-0	4	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$410,000	1/9

1989	29	LAD	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$68,000	1
1989	29	STL	NL	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1990	30	STL	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$120,000	1
6 Seasons				133	-17	0	0	0	-0	12	4	-1	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$983,000

STL (6 yrs)				132	-17	0	0	0	-0	12	4	-1	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$915,000
LAD (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$68,000

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
1985	25	STL	NL	NLCS	LAD	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1985	25	STL	NL	WS	KCR	L	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1987	27	STL	NL	NLCS	SFG	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1988	28	LAD	NL	NLCS	NYM	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (4 Series)							11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 NLCS							8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

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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	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1984	STL	NL	24	P	37	18	1	125.2	43	5	35	3	3	.930			2.86	1.08	.954	1.88	1.87	7	7	50%	7
1985	STL	NL	25	P	49	3	0	89.2	32	9	21	2	0	.938			3.01	0.61	.953	1.92	1.92	4	3	43%	3
1986	STL	NL	26	P	42	9	1	100.1	28	4	24	0	3	1.000			2.51	0.67	.955	1.94	1.94	4	2	33%	0
1987	STL	NL	27	P	67	6	0	125.0	45	12	31	2	2	.956			3.10	0.64	.955	1.91	1.90	2	4	67%	5
1987	STL	NL	27	OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
1987	STL	NL	27	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
1988	TOT	MLB	28	P	64	9	1	118.1	34	5	27	2	4	.941			2.43	0.50	.960	1.79	1.80	4	5	56%	0
1988	CHW	AL	28	P	52	9	1	109.1	30	5	23	2	4	.933			2.30	0.54	.961	1.78	1.77	4	5	56%	0
1988	LAD	NL	28	P	12	0	0	9.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000			4.00	0.33	.955	2.00	1.96	0	0		0
1989	TOT	NL	29	P	34	8	0	72.4	15	2	13	0	2	1.000			1.87	0.44	.947	1.87	1.87	2	1	33%	0
1989	LAD	NL	29	P	23	0	0	26.2	5	1	4	0	0	1.000			1.69	0.22	.948	1.86	1.87	1	0	0%	0
1989	STL	NL	29	P	11	8	0	45.2	10	1	9	0	2	1.000			1.97	0.91	.947	1.87	1.87	1	1	50%	0
1990	STL	NL	30	P	32	0	0	42.0	16	2	14	0	2	1.000			3.43	0.50	.957	1.80	1.79	2	2	50%	2
	7 Seasons			P	325	53	3	673.1	213	39	165	9	16	.958			2.73	0.63	.955	1.88	1.87	25	24	49%	17
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
	7 Seasons			TOT	326	53	3	674.1	213	39	165	9	16	.958	-0	-1	2.72	0.63	.955	1.88	1.87	25	24	49%	17

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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1986 NL 18 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1986 NL 1.9 (8th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1986 NL 3.1 (6th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1986 NL 2.3 (4th)
Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1984 NL 2.86 (5th) 1985 NL 3.01 (5th) 1987 NL 3.10 (2nd) 1990 NL 3.43 (2nd)

† 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 (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 9 (927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Mike Kilkenny (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Price (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Carman (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
David Wells (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Lindblad (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Price (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Guthrie (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 20th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 3, 1980: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft.
February 9, 1988: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Lance Johnson and cash to the Chicago White Sox for Jose DeLeon.
August 30, 1988: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Shawn Hillegas.
July 16, 1989: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
July 20, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.
December 6, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
July 25, 1990: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
August 10, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
September 5, 1990: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

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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
1985	25	St. Louis Cardinals	$110,000	Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163
1986	26	St. Louis Cardinals	$275,000	G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163	Arbitration win; $215000 offer
1987	27	St. Louis Cardinals	$410,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	28	Chicago White Sox	$532,500	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	29	Los Angeles Dodgers	$68,000*
1990	30	St. Louis Cardinals	$120,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,515,500

Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $580,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -

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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