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T.J. Mathews

Timothy Jay Mathews

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 9, 1970 in Belleville, IL
Schools: St. Louis Community College, Meramec Campus (Kirkwood, MO), University of Nevada-Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV), University of Nevada-Reno (Reno, NV)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 36th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 1995 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cardinals/Astros 1995-2002

Final Game: July 24, 2002 (Age 32)
Relatives: Son of Nelson Mathews
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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
1992	22	STL-min	A-	10	1	.909	2.18	14	14	0	1	0	0	86.2	70	25	21	4	30	0	89	2	2	4	351		1.154	7.3	0.4	3.1	9.2	2.97	HAM · NYPL
1993	23	STL-min	A	12	9	.571	2.71	25	25	0	5	2	0	159.1	121	59	48	7	29	0	144	6	3	1	634		0.941	6.8	0.4	1.6	8.1	4.97	SPR · MIDW
1994	24	STL-min	AA,A+	10	10	.500	2.87	27	27	0	2	0	0	163.1	135	59	52	9	47	1	155	8	1	2	665		1.114	7.4	0.5	2.6	8.5	3.30	ARK,SPT · TL,FLOR
1995	25	STL-min	AAA	9	4	.692	2.70	32	7	10	0	0	1	66.2	60	35	20	2	27	2	50	3	0	1	298		1.305	8.1	0.3	3.6	6.8	1.85	LOU · AA
1995	25	STL	NL	1	1	.500	1.52	23	0	12	0	0	2	29.2	21	7	5	1	11	1	28	0	0	2	120	276	1.079	6.4	0.3	3.3	8.5	2.55
1996	26	STL	NL	2	6	.250	3.01	67	0	23	0	0	6	83.2	62	32	28	8	32	4	80	2	0	1	345	139	1.124	6.7	0.9	3.4	8.6	2.50
1997	27	TOT	MLB	10	6	.625	3.01	64	0	26	0	0	3	74.2	75	32	25	9	30	4	70	2	0	1	329	143	1.406	9.0	1.1	3.6	8.4	2.33
1997	27	STL	NL	4	4	.500	2.15	40	0	12	0	0	0	46.0	41	14	11	4	18	3	46	1	0	1	197	195	1.283	8.0	0.8	3.5	9.0	2.56
1997	27	OAK	AL	6	2	.750	4.40	24	0	14	0	0	3	28.2	34	18	14	5	12	1	24	1	0	0	132	102	1.605	10.7	1.6	3.8	7.5	2.00
1998	28	OAK	AL	7	4	.636	4.58	66	0	15	0	0	1	72.2	71	44	37	6	29	3	53	4	0	1	319	99	1.376	8.8	0.7	3.6	6.6	1.83
1999	29	OAK-min	AAA	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		VAN · PCL
1999	29	OAK	AL	9	5	.643	3.81	50	0	15	0	0	3	59.0	46	28	25	9	20	4	42	2	0	2	242	121	1.119	7.0	1.4	3.1	6.4	2.10
2000	30	OAK-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	3	1	1	0	0	0	3.2	2	1	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	2	15		0.818	4.9	0.0	2.5	12.3	5.00	SAC · PCL
2000	30	OAK	AL	2	3	.400	6.03	50	0	19	0	0	0	59.2	73	40	40	10	25	5	42	2	0	2	273	78	1.642	11.0	1.5	3.8	6.3	1.68
2001	31	STL-min	AAA	1	1	.500	1.80	15	0	11	0	0	4	15.0	16	4	3	0	1	0	14	1	0	0	62		1.133	9.6	0.0	0.6	8.4	14.00	MEM · PCL
2001	31	TOT	MLB	1	1	.500	4.30	30	0	7	0	0	1	37.2	39	20	18	4	12	3	29	0	0	1	164	103	1.354	9.3	1.0	2.9	6.9	2.42
2001	31	OAK	AL	0	1	.000	5.09	20	0	4	0	0	1	23.0	28	14	13	2	11	3	19	0	0	1	108	87	1.696	11.0	0.8	4.3	7.4	1.73
2001	31	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	3.07	10	0	3	0	0	0	14.2	11	6	5	2	1	0	10	0	0	0	56	144	0.818	6.8	1.2	0.6	6.1	10.00
2002	32	STL-HOU-min	AAA,AA	0	0		2.70	9	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	7	0	0	1	42		1.000	6.3	0.9	2.7	6.3	2.33	MEM,NOR,RRK · PCL,TL
2002	32	HOU	NL	0	0		3.44	12	0	4	0	0	0	18.1	19	7	7	2	5	3	13	0	0	0	76	128	1.309	9.3	1.0	2.5	6.4	2.60
2004	34	LAD-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	4.50	13	0	7	0	0	5	18.0	17	9	9	2	4	1	12	0	0	0	75		1.167	8.5	1.0	2.0	6.0	3.00	LVG · PCL
2005	35	HOU-min	AAA	1	1	.500	4.03	22	0	4	0	0	0	29.0	33	13	13	4	6	1	22	2	0	0	123		1.345	10.2	1.2	1.9	6.8	3.67	RRK · PCL
2006	36	BOS-min	AAA	0	1	.000	14.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	12	8	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	26		2.400	21.6	3.6	0.0	5.4		PAW · IL
8 Yrs				32	26	.552	3.82	362	0	121	0	0	16	435.1	406	210	185	49	164	27	357	12	0	10	1868	116	1.309	8.4	1.0	3.4	7.4	2.18
162 Game Avg.				6	5	.552	3.82	68	0	23	0	0	3	82	76	39	35	9	31	5	67	2	0	2	351	116	1.309	8.4	1.0	3.4	7.4	2.18

OAK (5 yrs)				24	15	.615	4.78	210	0	67	0	0	8	243.0	252	144	129	32	97	16	180	9	0	6	1074	96	1.436	9.3	1.2	3.6	6.7	1.86
STL (4 yrs)				8	11	.421	2.53	140	0	50	0	0	8	174.0	135	59	49	15	62	8	164	3	0	4	718	166	1.132	7.0	0.8	3.2	8.5	2.65
HOU (1 yr)				0	0		3.44	12	0	4	0	0	0	18.1	19	7	7	2	5	3	13	0	0	0	76	128	1.309	9.3	1.0	2.5	6.4	2.60

AL (5 yrs)				24	15	.615	4.78	210	0	67	0	0	8	243.0	252	144	129	32	97	16	180	9	0	6	1074	96	1.436	9.3	1.2	3.6	6.7	1.86
NL (5 yrs)				8	11	.421	2.62	152	0	54	0	0	8	192.1	154	66	56	17	67	11	177	3	0	4	794	162	1.149	7.2	0.8	3.1	8.3	2.64

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
1995	25	STL	NL	29.2	23	0	7	2.12	4.86	0.24	-0.36	100.8	4.28	7	0.7	1.1	-0.0	0.9	10	.530	.504	$109,000
1996	26	STL	NL	83.2	67	0	32	3.44	4.70	0.43	-0.35	100.9	3.95	5	0.5	1.4	-0.1	1.2	12	.508	.503	$130,000
1997	27	STL	NL	46.0	40	0	14	2.74	4.73	0.34	-0.36	99.3	4.00	6	0.7	1.3	0.0	1.1	10	.516	.504	$240,000
1997	27	OAK	AL	28.2	24	0	18	5.65	5.14	-0.54	-0.39	94.7	5.02	-2	-0.2	1.3	-0.1	0.0	1	.491	.499
1998	28	OAK	AL	72.2	66	0	44	5.45	5.11	-0.40	-0.39	99.4	5.09	-3	-0.3	1.2	-0.2	0.3	6	.496	.498	$315,000
1999	29	OAK	AL	59.0	50	0	28	4.27	5.27	-0.28	-0.39	94.3	4.87	4	0.4	1.5	-0.0	1.0	11	.507	.502	$750,000
2000	30	OAK	AL	59.2	50	0	40	6.03	5.49	-0.30	-0.40	98.2	5.28	-5	-0.5	1.2	-0.2	-0.0	2	.490	.497	$1,225,000
2001	31	OAK	AL	23.0	20	0	14	5.48	5.00	0.13	-0.37	98.7	4.44	-3	-0.3	.9	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.486	.498	$1,900,000
2001	31	STL	NL	14.2	10	0	6	3.68	4.67	0.37	-0.35	101.9	4.02	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.505	.500
2002	32	HOU	NL	18.1	12	0	7	3.44	4.63	-0.28	-0.34	107.4	4.90	3	0.3	.9	-0.1	0.4	5	.526	.502	$1,000,000
8 Seasons				435.1	362	0	210	4.34	5.01	-0.04	-0.37	99.0	4.62	12	1.4	1.3	-0.7	4.9	59	.504	.501	$5,669,000

OAK (5 yrs)				243.0	210	0	144	5.33	5.24	-0.31	-0.39	97.3	5.01	-9	-0.9	1.3	-0.5	1.2	20	.496	.499	$4,190,000
STL (4 yrs)				174.0	140	0	59	3.05	4.73	0.37	-0.36	100.5	4.03	19	1.9	1.3	-0.1	3.4	34	.514	.503	$479,000
HOU (1 yr)				18.1	12	0	7	3.44	4.63	-0.28	-0.34	107.4	4.90	3	0.3	.9	-0.1	0.4	5	.526	.502	$1,000,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	W-L%	G	GF	IP	H	BB	IBB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1996	26	STL	NL	NLDS	W	SDP	1	1.000	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	2	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	18.0
1996	26	STL	NL	NLCS	L	ATL	0		2	1	0.2	2	1	1	2	5	4.500	27.0	13.5	27.0	2.00
1 Yr (2 Series)							1	1.000	3	1	1.2	3	1	1	4	9	2.400	16.2	5.4	21.6	4.00
1 NLDS							1	1.000	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	2	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	18.0
1 NLCS							0		2	1	0.2	2	1	1	2	5	4.500	27.0	13.5	27.0	2.00

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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
1992	22	STL-min	A-	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		HAM · NYPL
1993	23	STL-min	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SPR · MIDW
1994	24	STL-min	AA,A+	27	22	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.143	.143	.143	.286		3	0	0	1	0	0		ARK,SPT · TL,FLOR
1995	25	STL-min	AAA	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LOU · AA
1995	25	STL	NL	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	26	STL	NL	67	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	27	TOT	MLB	64	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	27	STL	NL	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	27	OAK	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	28	OAK	AL	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	29	OAK-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		VAN · PCL
1999	29	OAK	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	30	OAK-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAC · PCL
2000	30	OAK	AL	50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	31	STL-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MEM · PCL
2001	31	TOT	MLB	30	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	31	OAK	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	31	STL	NL	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	32	HOU-STL-min	AA,AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		RRK,NOR,MEM · TL,PCL
2002	32	HOU	NL	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2004	34	LAD-min	AAA	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LVG · PCL
2005	35	HOU-min	AAA	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1	0	0	0	0	0		RRK · PCL
2006	36	BOS-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
8 Yrs				362	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.083	.000	.083	-75	0	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.083	.000	.083	-75	0	0	0	0	0	0

OAK (5 yrs)				210	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (4 yrs)				140	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				210	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (5 yrs)				152	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	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
1995	25	STL	NL	23	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$109,000	1
1996	26	STL	NL	67	4	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	-0.1	-0	$130,000	1
1997	27	STL	NL	40	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$240,000	1
1997	27	OAK	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
1998	28	OAK	AL	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$315,000	1
1999	29	OAK	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$750,000	1
2000	30	OAK	AL	50	1	0	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$1,225,000	1
2001	31	OAK	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,900,000	1
2001	31	STL	NL	10	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.496	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0		1
2002	32	HOU	NL	12	1	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.497	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$1,000,000	1
8 Seasons				362	12	-3	-0	-0	0	3	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	1	$5,669,000

OAK (5 yrs)				210	1	0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$4,190,000
STL (4 yrs)				140	10	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$479,000
HOU (1 yr)				12	1	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.497	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$1,000,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
1996	26	STL	NL	NLDS	SDP	W	1
1996	26	STL	NL	NLCS	ATL	L	2
1 Yr (2 Series)							3
1 NLDS							1
1 NLCS							2

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%
1995	STL	NL	25	P	23	29.2	10	4	5	1	1	.900	2.73	0.39	.956	1.85	1.83	7	0	0%	30%
1996	STL	NL	26	P	67	83.2	8	0	6	2	0	.750	0.65	0.09	.954	1.84	1.83	1	3	75%	28%
1997	TOT	MLB	27	P	64	74.2	16	6	8	2	0	.875	1.69	0.22	.954	1.81	1.78	13	0	0%	32%
1997	STL	NL	27	P	40	46.0	10	5	4	1	0	.900	1.76	0.23	.953	1.86	1.84	7	0	0%	32%
1997	OAK	AL	27	P	24	28.2	6	1	4	1	0	.833	1.57	0.21	.955	1.73	1.69	6	0	0%	32%
1998	OAK	AL	28	P	66	72.2	12	4	7	1	1	.917	1.36	0.17	.958	1.78	1.76	7	1	13%	31%
1999	OAK	AL	29	P	50	59.0	13	6	7	0	0	1.000	1.98	0.26	.952	1.69	1.66	3	0	0%	33%
2000	OAK	AL	30	P	50	59.2	13	2	11	0	1	1.000	1.96	0.26	.956	1.61	1.60	3	0	0%	30%
2001	TOT	MLB	31	P	30	37.2	7	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.67	0.23	.957	1.77	1.74	0	2	100%	30%
2001	OAK	AL	31	P	20	23.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.57	0.20	.955	1.76	1.74	0	2	100%	30%
2001	STL	NL	31	P	10	14.2	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.84	0.30	.960	1.78	1.73	0	0
2002	HOU	NL	32	P	12	18.1	4	0	4	0	1	1.000	1.96	0.33	.962	1.82	1.81	4	1	20%	32%
	8 Seasons			P	362	435.1	83	23	54	6	4	.928	1.59	0.21	.956	1.77	1.75	38	7	16%	31%
	8 Seasons			TOT	362	435.1	83	23	54	6	4	.928	1.59	0.21	.956	1.77	1.75	38	7	16%	31%

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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.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1982), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (576th), 5.0 career WAR/5.0 7yr-peak WAR/5.0 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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Transactions

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 35th round of the 1990 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 1, 1992: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 36th round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1992.
July 31, 1997: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Eric Ludwick and Blake Stein to the Oakland Athletics for Mark McGwire.
June 22, 2001: Released by the Oakland Athletics.
July 6, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
January 7, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
July 29, 2002: Released by the Houston Astros.
August 22, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
October 15, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
February 20, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
March 20, 2003: Released by the New York Mets.
August 6, 2004: Purchased by the Los Angeles Dodgers from Bridgeport (Atlantic).
September 9, 2004: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
June 28, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
August 29, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

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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
1995	25	St. Louis Cardinals	$109,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	26	St. Louis Cardinals	$130,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	27	St. Louis Cardinals	$240,000	1997 AP survey
1998	28	Oakland Athletics	$315,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	29	Oakland Athletics	$750,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	30	Oakland Athletics	$1,225,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	31	Oakland Athletics	$1,900,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	32	Houston Astros	$1,000,000	4/3/02 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$5,669,000

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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