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Carlos Lee

Carlos (Noriel) Lee (El Caballo)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 265 lb.

Born: June 20, 1976 in Aguadulce, Panama
High School: Rodolfo Chiari (Aguodulce, PA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 1999
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Astros/Brewers/Rangers 1999-2010
2011 Contract Status: Signed thru 2012, 6 yrs/$100M (07-12) (details) [?]
Service Time (01/2010): 10.150, Free Agent: 2013 [?], Agents: Adam Katz, previously: Scott Boras [?]
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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
1999 23 CHW AL 127 517 492 66 144 32 2 16 84 4 2 13 72 .293 .312 .463 .775 94 228 11 4 1 7 0 7D/3 RoY-7
2000 24 CHW AL 152 619 572 107 172 29 2 24 92 13 4 38 94 .301 .345 .484 .829 106 277 17 3 1 5 1 *7/D
2001 25 CHW AL 150 605 558 75 150 33 3 24 84 17 7 38 85 .269 .321 .468 .789 102 261 15 6 1 2 2 *7D
2002 26 CHW AL 140 576 492 82 130 26 2 26 80 1 4 75 73 .264 .359 .484 .843 120 238 5 2 0 7 4 *7/D
2003 27 CHW AL 158 671 623 100 181 35 1 31 113 18 4 37 91 .291 .331 .499 .830 114 311 20 4 0 7 2 *7/D MVP-18
2004 28 CHW AL 153 658 591 103 180 37 0 31 99 11 5 54 86 .305 .366 .525 .891 127 310 10 7 0 6 3 *7/D
2005 29 MIL NL 162 688 618 85 164 41 0 32 114 13 4 57 87 .265 .324 .487 .811 109 301 8 2 0 11 7 *7 AS,MVP-17,SS
2006 30 TOT MLB 161 695 624 102 187 37 1 37 116 19 2 58 65 .300 .355 .540 .895 126 337 22 2 0 11 6 *7D AS
2006 30 MIL NL 102 435 388 60 111 18 0 28 81 12 2 38 39 .286 .347 .549 .896 124 213 13 2 0 7 4 7/D
2006 30 TEX AL 59 260 236 42 76 19 1 9 35 7 0 20 26 .322 .369 .525 .895 128 124 9 0 0 4 2 7/D
2007 31 HOU NL 162 697 627 93 190 43 1 32 119 10 5 53 63 .303 .354 .528 .882 125 331 27 4 0 13 10 *7/D AS,MVP-19,SS
2008 32 HOU NL 115 481 436 61 137 27 0 28 100 4 1 37 49 .314 .368 .569 .937 144 248 8 3 0 5 7 *7/D
2009 33 HOU NL 160 662 610 65 183 35 1 26 102 5 3 41 51 .300 .343 .489 .831 118 298 21 3 0 8 5 *7/D3
2010 34 HOU NL 97 403 376 41 90 16 1 14 52 2 3 23 38 .239 .283 .399 .682 82 150 13 1 0 3 1 *7/D
12 Seasons 1737 7272 6619 980 1908 391 14 321 1155 117 44 524 854 .288 .340 .497 .837 115 3290 177 41 3 85 48
162 Game Avg. 162 678 617 91 178 36 1 30 108 11 4 49 80 .288 .340 .497 .837 115 307 17 4 0 8 4
CHW (6 yrs) 880 3646 3328 533 957 192 10 152 552 64 26 255 501 .288 .340 .488 .828 111 1625 78 26 3 34 12
HOU (4 yrs) 534 2243 2049 260 600 121 3 100 373 21 12 154 201 .293 .341 .501 .842 119 1027 69 11 0 29 23
MIL (2 yrs) 264 1123 1006 145 275 59 0 60 195 25 6 95 126 .273 .333 .511 .844 115 514 21 4 0 18 11
TEX (1 yr) 59 260 236 42 76 19 1 9 35 7 0 20 26 .322 .369 .525 .895 128 124 9 0 0 4 2
AL (7 yrs) 939 3906 3564 575 1033 211 11 161 587 71 26 275 527 .290 .342 .491 .833 112 1749 87 26 3 38 14
NL (6 yrs) 798 3366 3055 405 875 180 3 160 568 46 18 249 327 .286 .338 .504 .843 118 1541 90 15 0 47 34

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
1999 23 CHW AL 517 -7 0 -1 -1 2 -7 18 4 0.4 $200,000 7D/3 RoY-7
2000 24 CHW AL 619 9 3 0 1 1 -7 21 28 2.7 $275,000 *7/D
2001 25 CHW AL 605 0 0 -1 -1 2 -8 21 13 1.3 $400,000 *7D
2002 26 CHW AL 576 18 -3 0 1 1 -6 20 31 3.1 $2,700,000 *7/D
2003 27 CHW AL 671 11 2 2 -2 -3 -7 22 25 2.5 $4,200,000 *7/D MVP-18
2004 28 CHW AL 658 30 2 -1 -1 4 -8 22 48 4.6 $6,500,000 *7/D
2005 29 MIL NL 688 7 -2 2 1 1 -8 19 20 2.0 $8,000,000 *7 AS,MVP-17,SS
2006 30 MIL NL 435 12 1 1 -2 -18 -5 12 1 0.1 $8,500,000 7/D AS
2006 30 TEX AL 260 11 0 2 -1 -9 -3 8 8 0.8 7/D AS
2007 31 HOU NL 697 19 -3 -2 -4 -4 -8 19 17 1.7 $11,500,000 *7/D AS,MVP-19,SS
2008 32 HOU NL 481 26 0 1 -1 -9 -5 13 25 2.6 $12,500,000 *7/D
2009 33 HOU NL 662 11 -4 2 -3 -14 -8 18 2 0.3 $19,000,000 *7/D3
2010 34 HOU NL 388 -11 -1 0 0 -15 -5 11 -21 -2.1 $19,000,000 *7/D
12 Seasons 7257 136 -5 5 -13 -61 -85 224 201 20.0 $92,775,000
CHW (6 yrs) 3646 61 4 -1 -3 7 -43 124 149 14.6 $14,275,000
HOU (4 yrs) 2228 45 -8 1 -8 -42 -26 61 23 2.5 $62,000,000
MIL (2 yrs) 1123 19 -1 3 -1 -17 -13 31 21 2.1 $16,500,000
TEX (1 yr) 260 11 0 2 -1 -9 -3 8 8 0.8

Postseason Batting

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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
2000 24 CHW AL ALDS SEA L 3 12 11 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .091 .083 .182 .265 2 0 0 0 1 0
1 ALDS 3 12 11 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .091 .083 .182 .265 2 0 0 0 1 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1999 CHW AL 23 LF 105 105 860.1 208 201 3 4 0 .981 2 2 2.13 1.94 .985 2.08 2.05 RoY-7
1999 CHW AL 23 OF 105 105 860.1 208 201 3 4 0 .981 2 2 2.13 1.94 .984 2.30 2.27 RoY-7
1999 CHW AL 23 DH 16 RoY-7
1999 CHW AL 23 1B 5 4 29.0 29 24 4 1 3 .966 0 4 8.69 5.60 .993 9.50 9.36 RoY-7
2000 CHW AL 24 LF 149 146 1272.2 286 273 10 3 0 .990 1 1 2.00 1.90 .985 2.16 2.13
2000 CHW AL 24 OF 149 146 1272.2 286 273 10 3 0 .990 1 1 2.00 1.90 .985 2.36 2.33
2000 CHW AL 24 DH 2
2001 CHW AL 25 LF 130 129 1048.0 258 241 9 8 0 .969 2 2 2.15 1.92 .981 2.14 2.12
2001 CHW AL 25 OF 130 129 1048.0 258 241 9 8 0 .969 2 2 2.15 1.92 .984 2.30 2.28
2001 CHW AL 25 DH 17
2002 CHW AL 26 LF 137 134 1133.2 258 249 8 1 1 .996 1 1 2.04 1.88 .983 2.14 2.12
2002 CHW AL 26 OF 137 134 1133.2 258 249 8 1 1 .996 1 1 2.04 1.88 .985 2.35 2.32
2002 CHW AL 26 DH 2
2003 CHW AL 27 LF 156 155 1328.2 323 308 8 7 1 .978 -3 3 -3 3 2.14 2.03 .985 2.17 2.14 MVP-18
2003 CHW AL 27 OF 156 155 1328.2 322 307 8 7 1 .978 -3 3 -3 2 2.13 2.02 .985 2.35 2.33 MVP-18
2003 CHW AL 27 DH 1 MVP-18
2004 CHW AL 28 LF 148 148 1277.2 293 282 11 0 2 1.000 4 10 4 9 2.06 1.98 .983 2.04 2.03
2004 CHW AL 28 OF 148 148 1277.2 293 282 11 0 2 1.000 4 10 4 9 2.06 1.98 .985 2.30 2.28
2004 CHW AL 28 DH 5
2005 MIL NL 29 LF 162 161 1404.0 321 307 8 6 3 .981 1 -4 1 -3 2.02 1.94 .984 1.94 1.92 AS,MVP-17,SS
2005 MIL NL 29 OF 162 161 1404.0 322 308 8 6 3 .981 1 -4 1 -3 2.03 1.95 .984 2.19 2.16 AS,MVP-17,SS
2006 TOT MLB 30 LF 149 148 1259.1 238 227 5 6 0 .975 -28 -4 -26 -3 1.66 1.56 .984 2.00 1.98 AS
2006 TOT MLB 30 OF 149 148 1259.1 238 227 5 6 0 .975 -28 -4 -26 -3 1.66 1.56 .985 2.25 2.22 AS
2006 TOT MLB 30 DH 12 AS
2006 MIL NL 30 LF 98 97 835.1 153 145 4 4 0 .974 -18 3 -26 4 1.61 1.52 .982 1.97 1.95
2006 MIL NL 30 OF 98 97 835.1 153 145 4 4 0 .974 -18 3 -26 4 1.61 1.52 .984 2.22 2.20
2006 MIL NL 30 DH 4
2006 TEX AL 30 LF 51 51 424.0 85 82 1 2 0 .976 -9 -7 -26 -20 1.76 1.63 .986 2.06 2.03
2006 TEX AL 30 OF 51 51 424.0 85 82 1 2 0 .976 -9 -7 -26 -19 1.76 1.63 .986 2.30 2.27
2006 TEX AL 30 DH 8
2007 HOU NL 31 LF 157 157 1369.1 273 261 8 4 2 .985 -4 1 -4 1 1.77 1.71 .984 2.00 1.99 AS,MVP-19,SS
2007 HOU NL 31 OF 157 157 1369.1 273 261 8 4 2 .985 -4 1 -4 0 1.77 1.71 .984 2.30 2.29 AS,MVP-19,SS
2007 HOU NL 31 DH 3 AS,MVP-19,SS
2008 HOU NL 32 LF 110 110 915.1 192 187 4 1 0 .995 -9 -2 -12 -3 1.88 1.74 .983 1.90 1.89
2008 HOU NL 32 OF 110 110 915.1 192 187 4 1 0 .995 -9 -2 -12 -2 1.88 1.74 .985 2.21 2.20
2008 HOU NL 32 DH 4
2009 HOU NL 33 LF 154 154 1272.1 222 211 9 2 0 .991 -14 -3 -13 -3 1.56 1.43 .982 1.93 1.91
2009 HOU NL 33 OF 154 154 1272.1 222 211 9 2 0 .991 -14 -3 -13 -2 1.56 1.43 .986 2.20 2.18
2009 HOU NL 33 DH 6
2009 HOU NL 33 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.00 9.20
2010 HOU NL 34 LF 90 90 747.1 130 120 6 4 1 .969 -15 -8 -24 -13 1.52 1.40 .986 1.84 1.82
2010 HOU NL 34 OF 90 90 747.1 130 120 6 4 1 .969 -15 -8 -24 -12 1.52 1.40 .988 2.18 2.16
2010 HOU NL 34 DH 7 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons LF 1647 1637 13888.2 3002 2867 89 46 10 .985 -62 -7 -5 0 1.92 1.79 .984 2.03 2.01
12 Seasons OF 1647 1637 13888.2 3002 2867 89 46 10 .985 -62 -7 -5 0 1.92 1.79 .985 2.28 2.25
2 Seasons 1B 6 4 30.0 31 26 4 1 3 .968 0 4 9.00 5.00 .994 9.48 9.33
12 Seasons TOT 1653 1641 13918.2 3033 2893 93 47 13 .985 -62 -7 -5 0 1.93 1.81 .984 2.05 2.04
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2005 *
2006 *
2007 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 AL (18, 4%)
2005 NL (17, 4%)
2007 NL (19, 2%)
0.10 Career Shares (902nd)

Silver Sluggers
2005 NL (OF)
2007 NL (OF)
All multiple winners

Batting Average s c a p y
Active  .288 (35th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2008 NL  .569 (6th)**
Active  .497 (33rd)
Career  .497 (116th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
Active  .837 (46th)
Career  .837 (211th)

Games Played s c a p y
2005 NL  162 (1st)
2007 NL  162 (1st)
2009 NL  160 (2nd)
Active  1737 (30th)

At Bats s c a p y
2005 NL  618 (5th)
2009 NL  610 (7th)
Active  6619 (25th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2005 NL  688 (10th)
Active  7272 (29th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
Active  980 (29th)

Hits s c a p y
2007 NL  190 (7th)
2009 NL  183 (7th)
Active  1908 (22nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
2004 AL  310 (8th)
2005 NL  301 (7th)
2007 NL  331 (6th)
Active  3290 (21st)
Career  3290 (193rd)

Doubles s c a p y
2005 NL  41 (10th)
2007 NL  43 (8th)
Active  391 (24th)
Career  391 (182nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 NL  32 (10th)
Active  321 (16th)
Career  321 (103rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2003 AL  113 (6th)
2005 NL  114 (6th)
2007 NL  119 (3rd)
2009 NL  102 (10th)
Active  1155 (18th)
Career  1155 (164th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  524 (43rd)

Singles s c a p y
Active  1182 (26th)

Runs Created s c a p y
Active  1099 (28th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
Active  132 (40th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
Active  12.3 (40th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2004 AL  68 (8th)
2005 NL  73 (8th)
2007 NL  76 (8th)
Active  726 (22nd)
Career  726 (149th)

Times On Base s c a p y
Active  2473 (32nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2005 NL  11 (1st)
2007 NL  13 (1st)
2009 NL  8 (9th)
Active  85 (9th)
Career  85 (70th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  48 (47th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2003 AL  20 (6th)
2007 NL  27 (1st)
2009 NL  21 (8th)
2010 NL  13 (9th)
Active  177 (18th)
Career  177 (147th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2003 AL  22.8 (4th)
2005 NL  18.5 (9th)
Active  171.5 (16th)
Career  171.5 (120th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2007 NL  10. (7th)
2009 NL  12.0 (3rd)
2010 NL  9.9 (4th)
Active  7.8 (30th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2008 NL  15.6 (9th)**
Active  20.6 (32nd)
Career  20.6 (135th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2003 AL  473 (10th)
2005 NL  477 (5th)
2007 NL  482 (8th)
2009 NL  459 (10th)
2010 NL  305 (9th)
Active  5020 (25th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2008 NL  40.04 (6th)
Active  145.45 (42nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 NL  5.1 (3rd)
Active  13.6 (40th)

Situational Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2008 NL  3.4 (9th)
Active  15.0 (38th)
Career  15.0 (247th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2008 NL  3.8 (6th)
Active  13.5 (43rd)

Def. Games as LF s c a p y
2000 AL  149 (1st)
2001 AL  130 (5th)
2002 AL  137 (2nd)
2003 AL  156 (1st)
2004 AL  148 (2nd)
2005 NL  162 (1st)
2007 NL  157 (1st)
2009 NL  154 (2nd)
2010 NL  90 (5th)
Active  1647 (1st)
Career  1647 (8th)

Putouts as LF s c a p y
2000 AL  273 (4th)
2001 AL  241 (5th)
2002 AL  249 (3rd)
2003 AL  308 (3rd)
2004 AL  282 (2nd)
2005 NL  307 (1st)
2007 NL  261 (3rd)
2008 NL  187 (5th)
2009 NL  211 (4th)
Active  2867 (1st)
Career  2867 (10th)

Assists as LF s c a p y
2000 AL  10 (2nd)
2001 AL  9 (2nd)
2002 AL  8 (3rd)
2003 AL  8 (5th)
2004 AL  11 (1st)
2005 NL  8 (4th)
2007 NL  8 (5th)
2009 NL  9 (1st)
2010 NL  6 (2nd)
Active  89 (1st)
Career  89 (14th)

Errors Committed as LF s c a p y
2001 AL  8 (1st)
2003 AL  7 (1st)
2005 NL  6 (3rd)
2007 NL  4 (5th)
2010 NL  4 (1st)
Active  46 (3rd)
Career  46 (34th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2000 AL  149 (4th)
2004 AL  148 (5th)
2005 NL  162 (1st)
Active  1647 (10th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
Active  2867 (18th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2004 AL  11 (4th)
Active  89 (12th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2001 AL  8 (2nd)
2003 AL  7 (2nd)
Active  46 (15th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF† s c a p y
1999 AL  2.13 (5th)
2001 AL  2.15 (5th)
Active  1.89 (15th)
Career  1.89 (86th)

Range Factor/Game as LF s c a p y
2001 AL  1.92 (4th)
2004 AL  1.98 (4th)
2005 NL  1.94 (3rd)
Active  1.79 (12th)
Career  1.79 (76th)

Fielding % as LF s c a p y
2000 AL  .989 (2nd)
2002 AL  .996 (2nd)
2004 AL  1.000 (1st)
2008 NL  .995 (3rd)
2009 NL  .991 (5th)
Active  .985 (7th)
Career  .985 (35th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2004 AL  1.000 (1st)

Salary s c a p y
2009 NL  $19,000,000 (3rd)
2010 NL  $19,000,000 (3rd)

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† 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

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Black InkBatting - 2 (596), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 38 (642), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 73 (252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (286), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Dante Bichette (937)
  2. Jermaine Dye (925)
  3. Magglio Ordonez (919)
  4. Tim Salmon (919)
  5. Greg Luzinski (912)
  6. David Justice (906)
  7. Derrek Lee (906)
  8. Brian Giles (897)
  9. Kent Hrbek (895)
  10. Fred Lynn (894)
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  1. Shawn Green (913)
  2. Greg Luzinski (912)
  3. Rafael Palmeiro (912)
  4. Derrek Lee (906)
  5. Andre Dawson (902) *
  6. Billy Williams (902) *
  7. Reggie Smith (901)
  8. Gary Sheffield (899)
  9. Dave Winfield (893) *
  10. Paul Konerko (890)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Leon Durham (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Billy Williams (961) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. George Bell (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jermaine Dye (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. George Bell (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. George Bell (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. George Bell (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. George Bell (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. George Bell (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Shawn Green (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

February 8, 1994: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

December 13, 2004: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later, Scott Podsednik and Luis Vizcaino. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Travis Hinton (minors) (January 10, 2005) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

July 28, 2006: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Nelson Cruz to the Texas Rangers for Julian Cordero (minors), Francisco Cordero, Kevin Mench and Laynce Nix.

October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

November 24, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

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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
199923Chicago White Sox$200,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200024Chicago White Sox$275,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200125Chicago White Sox$400,0004/6/01 USA Today
200226Chicago White Sox$2,700,0004/3/02 AP
200327Chicago White Sox$4,200,0004/3/03 AP
200428Chicago White Sox$6,500,0004/7/04 AP
200529Milwaukee Brewers$8,000,000
200630Milwaukee Brewers$8,500,000
200731Houston Astros$11,500,000
200832Houston Astros$12,500,000
200933Houston Astros$19,000,000
201034Houston Astros$19,000,000
201135Houston Astros$18,500,000Nominal Weight Clause
201236Houston Astros$18,500,000Nominal Weight Clause
Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)$92,775,000Does 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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