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Jim Leyritz

James Joseph Leyritz (The King)

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 27, 1963 in Lakewood, OH
School: University of Kentucky
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 1990
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Padres/Angels/RedSox/Dodgers/... 1990-2000
Agents: Tom Reich,Adam Katz, previously: David Lihn [*]
Final Game: September 13, 2000
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1990 26 NYY AL 92 339 303 28 78 13 1 5 25 2 3 27 51 .257 .331 .356 .688 93 108 11 7 1 1 1 527/9
1991 27 NYY AL 32 91 77 8 14 3 0 0 4 0 1 13 15 .182 .300 .221 .521 47 17 0 0 1 0 0 5/23D
1992 28 NYY AL 63 167 144 17 37 6 0 7 26 0 1 14 22 .257 .341 .444 .786 119 64 2 6 0 3 1 D2/3594
1993 29 NYY AL 95 305 259 43 80 14 0 14 53 0 0 37 59 .309 .410 .525 .935 154 136 12 8 0 1 3 39D2/7
1994 30 NYY AL 75 293 249 47 66 12 0 17 58 0 0 35 61 .265 .365 .518 .883 128 129 9 6 0 3 1 2D3
1995 31 NYY AL 77 310 264 37 71 12 0 7 37 1 1 37 73 .269 .374 .394 .768 102 104 4 8 0 1 2 23D
1996 32 NYY AL 88 309 265 23 70 10 0 7 40 2 0 30 68 .264 .355 .381 .736 86 101 11 9 2 3 3 25D/374
1997 33 TOT AL 121 455 379 58 105 11 0 11 64 2 1 60 78 .277 .379 .393 .772 101 149 13 6 4 6 2 23D
1997 33 ANA AL 84 342 294 47 81 7 0 11 50 1 1 37 56 .276 .357 .412 .768 99 121 11 3 3 5 2 23D
1997 33 TEX AL 37 113 85 11 24 4 0 0 14 1 0 23 22 .282 .446 .329 .776 104 28 2 3 1 1 0 2/3D
1998 34 TOT MLB 114 328 272 34 75 16 0 12 42 0 0 42 74 .276 .384 .467 .851 125 127 6 9 0 5 1 D23/57
1998 34 BOS AL 52 156 129 17 37 6 0 8 24 0 0 21 34 .287 .385 .519 .904 131 67 4 2 0 4 1 D/32
1998 34 SDP NL 62 172 143 17 38 10 0 4 18 0 0 21 40 .266 .384 .420 .803 119 60 2 7 0 1 0 23/57
1999 35 TOT MLB 81 233 200 25 47 9 1 8 26 0 0 28 54 .235 .339 .410 .749 95 82 7 4 0 1 2 32/D5
1999 35 SDP NL 50 154 134 17 32 5 0 8 21 0 0 15 37 .239 .331 .455 .786 104 61 4 4 0 1 1 23/5
1999 35 NYY AL 31 79 66 8 15 4 1 0 5 0 0 13 17 .227 .354 .318 .673 76 21 3 0 0 0 1 /3D52
2000 36 TOT MLB 65 131 115 5 24 1 0 2 12 0 0 14 26 .209 .305 .270 .575 50 31 4 2 0 0 0 D/3279
2000 36 NYY AL 24 63 55 2 12 0 0 1 4 0 0 7 14 .218 .317 .273 .590 53 15 2 1 0 0 0 D/23
2000 36 LAD NL 41 68 60 3 12 1 0 1 8 0 0 7 12 .200 .294 .267 .561 47 16 2 1 0 0 0 /3729
11 Seasons 903 2961 2527 325 667 107 2 90 387 7 7 337 581 .264 .362 .415 .777 106 1048 79 65 8 24 16
162 Game Avg. 162 531 453 58 120 19 0 16 69 1 1 60 104 .264 .362 .415 .777 106 188 14 12 1 4 3
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
NYY (9 yrs) 577 1956 1682 213 443 74 2 58 252 5 6 213 380 .263 .359 .413 .772 106 695 54 45 4 12 12
SDP (2 yrs) 112 326 277 34 70 15 0 12 39 0 0 36 77 .253 .359 .437 .796 112 121 6 11 0 2 1
BOS (1 yr) 52 156 129 17 37 6 0 8 24 0 0 21 34 .287 .385 .519 .904 131 67 4 2 0 4 1
LAD (1 yr) 41 68 60 3 12 1 0 1 8 0 0 7 12 .200 .294 .267 .561 47 16 2 1 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 37 113 85 11 24 4 0 0 14 1 0 23 22 .282 .446 .329 .776 104 28 2 3 1 1 0
ANA (1 yr) 84 342 294 47 81 7 0 11 50 1 1 37 56 .276 .357 .412 .768 99 121 11 3 3 5 2
AL (11 yrs) 750 2567 2190 288 585 91 2 77 340 7 7 294 492 .267 .364 .416 .780 106 911 71 53 8 22 15
NL (3 yrs) 153 394 337 37 82 16 0 13 47 0 0 43 89 .243 .348 .407 .754 100 137 8 12 0 2 1

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
1990 26 NYY AL 339 -4 -1 -1 -1 -14 1 12 -8 -0.9 6 0.6 -1.5 $100,000 527/9
1991 27 NYY AL 91 -5 -1 0 1 -3 0 3 -5 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $135,000 5/23D
1992 28 NYY AL 167 4 -1 0 0 -2 -2 6 6 0.6 7 0.7 -0.1 $126,500 D2/3594
1993 29 NYY AL 305 20 0 0 -2 5 -4 11 30 3.0 25 2.5 0.5 $152,000 39D2/7
1994 30 NYY AL 293 10 1 1 -1 -2 -1 10 18 1.8 20 1.9 -0.1 $742,500 2D3
1995 31 NYY AL 310 2 -1 0 0 -9 0 11 3 0.3 12 1.2 -0.9 $1,350,000 23D
1996 32 NYY AL 309 -6 -1 -1 0 -2 2 11 3 0.3 5 0.5 -0.2 $1,470,000 25D/374
1997 33 ANA AL 342 2 -1 -1 -1 7 2 12 20 2.0 13 1.3 0.7 $1,916,972 23D
1997 33 TEX AL 114 3 0 -1 0 0 -1 4 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 2/3D
1998 34 BOS AL 156 7 -1 1 -1 -0 -4 5 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $2,000,000 D/32
1998 34 SDP NL 172 6 0 -1 0 -5 0 5 5 0.5 10 1.0 -0.5 $ 23/57
1999 35 SDP NL 154 1 -1 -1 0 -6 0 4 -3 -0.3 3 0.3 -0.6 $1,900,000 23/5
1999 35 NYY AL 79 -3 0 0 0 0 -2 3 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ /3D52
2000 36 NYY AL 63 -4 0 0 0 -1 -1 2 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $1,000,000 D/23
2000 36 LAD NL 68 -5 0 0 0 -4 0 2 -7 -0.7 -3 -0.3 -0.4 $ /3729
11 Seasons 2962 28 -7 -4 -5 -34 -10 101 69 6.8 103 10.2 -3.4 $10,892,972
NYY (9 yrs) 1956 14 -4 -1 -3 -26 -7 69 42 4.1 68 6.7 -2.6 $5,076,000
SDP (2 yrs) 326 7 -1 -2 0 -11 0 9 2 0.2 13 1.3 -1.1 $1,900,000
BOS (1 yr) 156 7 -1 1 -1 -0 -4 5 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $2,000,000
LAD (1 yr) 68 -5 0 0 0 -4 0 2 -7 -0.7 -3 -0.3 -0.4 $
TEX (1 yr) 114 3 0 -1 0 0 -1 4 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $
ANA (1 yr) 342 2 -1 -1 -1 7 2 12 20 2.0 13 1.3 0.7 $1,916,972

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
1995 31 NYY AL ALDS SEA L 2 8 7 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .143 .250 .571 .821 4 0 1 0 0 0
1996 32 NYY AL ALDS TEX W 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 1 0 0 0
1996 32 NYY AL ALCS BAL W 3 9 8 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 .250 .333 .625 .958 5 0 0 0 0 0
1996 32 NYY AL WS ATL W 4 11 8 1 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 3 2 .375 .545 .750 1.295 6 0 0 0 0 1
1998 34 SDP NL NLDS HOU W 4 11 10 3 4 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 2 .400 .364 1.300 1.664 13 0 0 0 1 0
1998 34 SDP NL NLCS ATL W 5 13 12 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .167 .231 .417 .647 5 0 1 0 0 0
1998 34 SDP NL WS NYY L 4 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 35 NYY AL ALDS TEX W 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 35 NYY AL WS ATL W 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (9 Series) 28 72 61 8 13 0 0 8 20 1 0 7 16 .213 .319 .607 .926 37 0 3 0 1 1
1 NLDS 4 11 10 3 4 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 2 .400 .364 1.300 1.664 13 0 0 0 1 0
3 ALDS 6 15 12 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 2 .083 .267 .333 .600 4 0 2 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 9 8 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 .250 .333 .625 .958 5 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 5 13 12 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .167 .231 .417 .647 5 0 1 0 0 0
3 WS 10 24 19 2 4 0 0 2 5 1 0 5 6 .211 .375 .526 .901 10 0 0 0 0 1

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1990 NYY AL 26 3B 69 67 52 580.0 155 43 101 11 5 .929 -14 -30 2.23 2.09 .944 2.75 2.73
1990 NYY AL 26 OF 14 9 5 85.1 22 19 2 1 0 .955 1 14 2.21 1.50 .981 2.39 2.36
1990 NYY AL 26 C 11 10 3 74.0 60 55 4 1 0 .983 0 0 7.18 5.36 .991 6.42 6.35 4 3 2 3 60% 0
1990 NYY AL 26 LF 10 8 4 69.0 17 14 2 1 0 .941 0 2 2.09 1.60 .978 2.19 2.16
1990 NYY AL 26 RF 4 1 1 16.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 66 2.76 1.25 .978 2.20 2.20
1991 NYY AL 27 3B 18 16 9 140.1 33 9 21 3 2 .909 -3 -26 1.92 1.67 .955 2.79 2.79
1991 NYY AL 27 C 5 3 2 25.2 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 8.42 4.80 .990 6.49 6.48 0 1 1 0 0% 0
1991 NYY AL 27 1B 3 0 0 5.0 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.67 .992 9.72 9.73
1991 NYY AL 27 DH 1 1
1992 NYY AL 28 DH 26 26
1992 NYY AL 28 C 18 13 10 121.2 102 89 12 1 1 .990 -1 -10 7.47 5.61 .989 6.20 6.18 2 11 15 10 40% 0
1992 NYY AL 28 1B 2 0 0 3.0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 0 40 15.00 2.50 .992 9.60 9.65
1992 NYY AL 28 3B 2 1 1 9.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -53 3.00 1.50 .950 2.80 2.75
1992 NYY AL 28 OF 2 2 0 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 1.12 1.00 .985 2.48 2.45
1992 NYY AL 28 RF 2 2 0 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 1.12 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1992 NYY AL 28 2B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.20
1993 NYY AL 29 1B 29 24 19 217.0 275 260 13 2 22 .993 4 22 11.32 9.41 .993 9.57 9.48
1993 NYY AL 29 OF 28 26 8 186.0 43 42 1 0 0 1.000 1 8 2.08 1.54 .983 2.41 2.39
1993 NYY AL 29 RF 23 21 7 151.0 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -7 1.67 1.22 .978 2.23 2.21
1993 NYY AL 29 DH 19 19
1993 NYY AL 29 C 12 3 2 37.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 7.78 2.67 .991 6.57 6.50 0 0 4 1 20% 0
1993 NYY AL 29 LF 6 5 1 35.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 2 75 3.86 2.50 .984 2.24 2.22
1994 NYY AL 30 C 37 33 28 303.2 212 202 10 0 1 1.000 -2 -8 6.28 5.73 .991 6.79 6.74 6 14 16 5 24% 0
1994 NYY AL 30 DH 23 23
1994 NYY AL 30 1B 10 8 6 70.0 85 80 5 0 6 1.000 -0 -3 10.93 8.50 .992 9.57 9.49
1995 NYY AL 31 C 46 42 37 390.1 306 286 18 2 2 .993 -6 -18 7.01 6.61 .990 6.74 6.67 5 19 43 10 19% 0
1995 NYY AL 31 1B 18 16 9 134.0 138 131 6 1 11 .993 -3 -24 9.20 7.61 .993 9.61 9.50
1995 NYY AL 31 DH 10 10
1996 NYY AL 32 C 55 50 40 440.0 384 363 19 2 2 .995 0 0 7.81 6.95 .990 6.91 6.87 7 10 30 12 29% 0
1996 NYY AL 32 3B 13 10 3 70.0 18 3 11 4 0 .778 -2 -29 1.80 1.08 .956 2.56 2.55
1996 NYY AL 32 DH 10 10
1996 NYY AL 32 1B 5 0 0 12.1 16 16 0 0 2 1.000 0 39 11.68 3.20 .992 9.19 9.18
1996 NYY AL 32 LF 3 2 1 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.59 1.00 .980 2.17 2.17
1996 NYY AL 32 OF 3 2 1 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.59 1.00 .983 2.38 2.37
1996 NYY AL 32 2B 2 0 0 4.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -90 6.75 1.50 .980 4.95 5.00
1997 TOT AL 33 C 69 65 53 576.2 463 417 45 1 4 .998 7 15 7.21 6.70 .991 7.15 7.09 10 17 48 36 43% 0
1997 TOT AL 33 1B 24 17 11 151.4 148 139 7 2 21 .986 0 1 8.68 6.08 .992 9.31 9.23
1997 TOT AL 33 DH 20 20
1997 ANA AL 33 C 58 55 45 489.2 401 361 40 0 4 1.000 7 17 7.37 6.91 .991 7.15 7.09 9 15 37 30 45% 0
1997 ANA AL 33 1B 15 12 7 97.2 86 79 5 2 17 .977 0 1 7.74 5.60 .992 9.32 9.23
1997 ANA AL 33 DH 12 12
1997 TEX AL 33 C 11 10 8 87.0 62 56 5 1 0 .984 0 0 6.31 5.55 .991 7.15 7.09 1 2 11 6 35% 0
1997 TEX AL 33 1B 9 5 4 53.2 62 60 2 0 4 1.000 0 0 10.40 6.89 .992 9.31 9.23
1997 TEX AL 33 DH 8 8
1998 TOT MLB 34 C 25 21 7 171.1 162 149 11 2 1 .988 -3 -21 8.40 6.40 .990 7.49 7.45 1 11 12 2 14% 0
1998 TOT MLB 34 1B 21 17 8 142.2 146 137 8 1 13 .993 -2 -21 9.15 6.90 .993 9.46 9.40
1998 BOS AL 34 DH 29 29
1998 BOS AL 34 1B 1 0 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -80 9.00 3.00 .993 9.30 9.30
1998 BOS AL 34 C 1 1 1 8.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 11.25 10.00 .990 7.09 7.00 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1998 SDP NL 34 C 24 20 6 163.1 152 139 11 2 1 .987 -3 -22 8.27 6.25 .990 7.51 7.47 1 11 10 2 17% 0
1998 SDP NL 34 1B 20 17 8 139.2 143 134 8 1 12 .993 -2 -20 9.15 7.10 .993 9.46 9.41
1998 SDP NL 34 3B 1 1 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 3.00 .957 2.70 2.70
1998 SDP NL 34 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1998 SDP NL 34 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1999 TOT MLB 35 1B 28 23 12 190.1 194 176 15 3 16 .985 0 1 9.03 6.82 .993 9.30 9.20
1999 TOT MLB 35 C 25 21 14 172.2 167 150 16 1 0 .994 -5 -35 8.65 6.64 .990 7.41 7.33 6 9 26 5 16% 0
1999 TOT MLB 35 3B 2 1 1 10.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -0 -36 3.60 2.00 .950 2.61 2.60
1999 SDP NL 35 C 24 21 14 171.2 167 150 16 1 0 .994 -5 -35 8.70 6.92 .990 7.41 7.35 6 9 26 5 16% 0
1999 SDP NL 35 1B 19 14 10 129.1 125 116 7 2 10 .984 -0 -5 8.56 6.47 .993 9.20 9.13
1999 SDP NL 35 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1999 NYY AL 35 1B 9 9 2 61.0 69 60 8 1 6 .986 1 14 10.03 7.56 .992 9.50 9.34
1999 NYY AL 35 DH 7 7
1999 NYY AL 35 3B 1 1 1 9.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -0 -40 4.00 4.00 .950 2.60 2.50
1999 NYY AL 35 C 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 7.20 6.90 0 0 0 0 0
2000 TOT MLB 36 1B 9 2 1 34.1 31 29 2 0 3 1.000 -1 -21 8.13 3.44 .992 9.25 9.18
2000 TOT MLB 36 C 5 4 3 35.0 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -69 6.17 4.80 .990 7.20 7.16 0 4 3 0 0% 0
2000 NYY AL 36 DH 12 12
2000 NYY AL 36 C 2 2 1 16.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -75 7.31 6.50 .991 6.92 6.85 0 2 2 0 0% 0
2000 NYY AL 36 1B 1 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -40 6.00 2.00 .995 9.30 9.30
2000 LAD NL 36 1B 8 2 1 31.1 29 27 2 0 3 1.000 -0 -19 8.33 3.63 .992 9.25 9.16
2000 LAD NL 36 OF 6 5 3 40.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -60 0.90 0.67 .980 2.25 2.22
2000 LAD NL 36 LF 5 5 3 39.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -58 0.92 0.80 .975 1.92 1.90
2000 LAD NL 36 C 3 2 2 19.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -63 5.21 3.67 .990 7.44 7.37 0 2 1 0 0% 0
2000 LAD NL 36 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
11 Seasons C 308 265 199 2348.0 1936 1789 137 10 11 .995 -12 -6 7.38 6.25 .990 6.95 6.88 41 99 200 84 30% 0
10 Seasons 1B 149 107 66 960.0 1043 977 57 9 96 .991 -1 -2 9.69 6.94 .993 9.45 9.36
6 Seasons 3B 105 96 66 815.1 217 61 137 19 7 .912 -20 -29 2.19 1.89 .947 2.74 2.72
6 Seasons OF 54 44 17 345.1 74 70 3 1 0 .986 -0 -0 1.90 1.35 .982 2.39 2.36
4 Seasons RF 30 24 8 184.1 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 1.71 1.17 .978 2.23 2.21
5 Seasons LF 25 20 9 161.0 39 35 3 1 0 .974 0 3 2.12 1.52 .980 2.13 2.11
2 Seasons 2B 3 0 0 6.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 1.00 .980 5.10 5.07
11 Seasons TOT 619 512 348 4474.2 3273 2899 335 39 114 .988 -34 -9 6.50 5.22 .988 6.36 6.37 41 99 200 84 30% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO 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.
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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-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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1990 AL  7 (4th)
1996 AL  9 (10th)
Career  65 (238th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1994 AL  6 (5th)
1996 AL  7 (5th)
1997 AL  10 (4th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1997 AL  42.9 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1997 AL  7 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1590), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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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
199026New York Yankees$100,00011/21/90 NYT
199127New York Yankees$135,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199228New York Yankees$126,5001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199329New York Yankees$152,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199430New York Yankees$742,5001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199531New York Yankees$1,350,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199632New York Yankees$1,470,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $70,000 earned bonus
199733Anaheim Angels$1,916,9721997 Joint Exhibit 1; 1997 postseason APIncludes $400K deferred, $200,000 earned bonus
199834Boston Red Sox$2,000,00011/23/98 USA TodayIncludes $200,000 earned bonus
199935San Diego Padres$1,900,0004/6/99 USA Today
200036New York Yankees$1,000,0004/5/00 AP
Career to date (may be incomplete)$10,892,972
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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