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Hideki Matsui

Hideki Matsui (Godzilla)

Positions: Leftfielder and Designated Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 12, 1974 in Ishikawa, Japan
High School: Seiryo (Nagoya City, JP)
Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 2003
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Angels/Athletics/Rays 2003-2012
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 9.065, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Arn Tellem [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 3:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #542. Cecil Travis… #543. Dave Henderson… #544. Marty McManus… #545. HIDEKI MATSUI… #546. Jeff Cirillo… #547. Mickey Rivers… #548. Jimmy Williams… 

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
2003 29 NYY AL 163 695 623 82 179 42 1 16 106 2 2 63 86 .287 .353 .435 .788 109 271 25 3 0 6 5 *78/D AS,RoY-2
2004 30 NYY AL 162 680 584 109 174 34 2 31 108 3 0 88 103 .298 .390 .522 .912 137 305 11 3 0 5 2 *7/8 AS,MVP-24
2005 31 NYY AL 162 704 629 108 192 45 3 23 116 2 2 63 78 .305 .367 .496 .863 130 312 16 3 0 8 7 *78D/9 MVP-14
2006 32 NYY AL 51 201 172 32 52 9 0 8 29 1 0 27 23 .302 .393 .494 .887 128 85 6 0 0 2 2 7D
2007 33 NYY AL 143 634 547 100 156 28 4 25 103 4 2 73 73 .285 .367 .488 .855 123 267 9 3 0 10 2 *7D
2008 34 NYY AL 93 378 337 43 99 17 0 9 45 0 0 38 47 .294 .370 .424 .795 108 143 10 3 0 0 6 D7/9
2009 35 NYY AL 142 528 456 62 125 21 1 28 90 0 1 64 75 .274 .367 .509 .876 123 232 4 4 0 2 1 *D
2010 36 LAA AL 145 558 482 55 132 24 1 21 84 0 1 67 98 .274 .361 .459 .820 126 221 10 1 0 4 6 *D7
2011 37 OAK AL 141 585 517 58 130 28 0 12 72 1 1 56 84 .251 .321 .375 .696 93 194 10 1 0 9 3 *D7
2012 38 TBR AL 34 103 95 7 14 1 0 2 7 0 0 8 22 .147 .214 .221 .435 23 21 5 0 0 0 1 D/79
10 Yrs 1236 5066 4442 656 1253 249 12 175 760 13 9 547 689 .282 .360 .462 .822 118 2051 106 21 0 46 35
162 Game Avg. 162 664 582 86 164 33 2 23 100 2 1 72 90 .282 .360 .462 .822 118 269 14 3 0 6 5
NYY (7 yrs) 916 3820 3348 536 977 196 11 140 597 12 7 416 485 .292 .370 .482 .852 123 1615 81 19 0 33 25
TBR (1 yr) 34 103 95 7 14 1 0 2 7 0 0 8 22 .147 .214 .221 .435 23 21 5 0 0 0 1
OAK (1 yr) 141 585 517 58 130 28 0 12 72 1 1 56 84 .251 .321 .375 .696 93 194 10 1 0 9 3
LAA (1 yr) 145 558 482 55 132 24 1 21 84 0 1 67 98 .274 .361 .459 .820 126 221 10 1 0 4 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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 Awards
2003 29 NYY AL 163 695 9 -0 1 -9 -5 -4 -0.2 23 19 1.9 .498 .498 2.8 -1.2 28 $6,000,000 *78/D AS,RoY-2
2004 30 NYY AL 162 680 36 1 1 -6 -7 25 2.6 22 47 4.6 .515 .515 5.1 -1.1 53 $7,000,000 *7/8 AS,MVP-24
2005 31 NYY AL 162 704 25 1 1 -1 -7 19 2.0 24 43 4.1 .512 .512 4.3 -0.7 44 $8,000,000 *78D/9 MVP-14
2006 32 NYY AL 51 201 7 0 0 -4 -3 0 0.1 7 7 0.7 .500 .500 1.1 -0.6 11 $13,000,000 7D
2007 33 NYY AL 143 634 22 1 5 -1 -8 18 2.0 21 40 3.9 .512 .511 4.0 -0.8 41 $13,000,000 *7D
2008 34 NYY AL 93 378 4 0 -0 -1 -8 -4 -0.3 13 8 0.9 .495 .497 0.9 -0.8 9 $13,000,000 D7/9
2009 35 NYY AL 142 528 16 -0 3 0 -12 7 0.8 18 25 2.4 .505 .504 2.4 -1.1 25 $13,000,000 *D
2010 36 LAA AL 145 558 16 -4 -0 -5 -13 -6 -0.4 19 13 1.3 .496 .496 1.8 -1.7 18 $6,000,000 *D7
2011 37 OAK AL 141 585 -5 -0 1 1 -12 -16 -1.5 20 4 0.2 .488 .490 0.2 -1.1 3 $4,250,000 *D7
2012 38 TBR AL 34 103 -10 -0 -0 -3 -2 -16 -1.7 4 -12 -1.4 .450 .490 -1.0 -0.5 -9 $ D/79
10 Seasons 1236 5066 121 -2 11 -29 -77 23 3.4 170 194 18.6 .502 .501 21.6 -9.6 223 $83,250,000
NYY (7 yrs) 916 3820 120 2 11 -22 -50 61 7.0 128 189 18.5 .506 .505 20.6 -6.3 211 $73,000,000
TBR (1 yr) 34 103 -10 -0 -0 -3 -2 -16 -1.7 4 -12 -1.4 .450 .490 -1.0 -0.5 -9 $
OAK (1 yr) 141 585 -5 -0 1 1 -12 -16 -1.5 20 4 0.2 .488 .490 0.2 -1.1 3 $4,250,000
LAA (1 yr) 145 558 16 -4 -0 -5 -13 -6 -0.4 19 13 1.3 .496 .496 1.8 -1.7 18 $6,000,000

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
2003 29 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 4 17 15 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 3 .267 .353 .533 .886 8 1 0 0 0 0
2003 29 NYY AL ALCS BOS W 7 28 26 3 8 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .308 .321 .423 .745 11 1 0 0 1 0
2003 29 NYY AL WS FLA L 6 27 23 1 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 2 .261 .370 .391 .762 9 0 1 0 0 0
2004 30 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 4 21 17 3 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 4 .412 .476 .647 1.123 11 0 0 0 1 1
2004 30 NYY AL ALCS BOS L 7 36 34 9 14 6 1 2 10 0 0 2 4 .412 .444 .824 1.268 28 0 0 0 0 0
2005 31 NYY AL ALDS LAA L 5 22 20 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 .200 .273 .400 .673 8 2 0 0 0 0
2006 32 NYY AL ALDS DET L 4 16 16 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .313 .563 5 0 0 0 0 0
2007 33 NYY AL ALDS CLE L 4 16 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 .182 .438 .182 .619 2 0 0 0 0 1
2009 35 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 3 12 9 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 3 .222 .417 .556 .972 5 0 0 0 0 0
2009 35 NYY AL ALCS LAA W 6 26 21 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 4 .238 .385 .286 .670 6 1 0 0 0 0
2009 35 NYY AL WS PHI W 6 14 13 3 8 1 0 3 8 0 0 1 3 .615 .643 1.385 2.027 18 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (11 Series) 56 235 205 32 64 15 1 10 39 0 0 27 33 .312 .391 .541 .933 111 5 1 0 2 2
6 ALDS 24 104 88 15 23 4 0 4 10 0 0 15 17 .261 .365 .443 .809 39 3 0 0 1 2
3 ALCS 20 90 81 13 27 10 1 2 17 0 0 8 11 .333 .389 .556 .944 45 2 0 0 1 0
2 WS 12 41 36 4 14 1 0 4 12 0 0 4 5 .389 .463 .750 1.213 27 0 1 0 0 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
2003 NYY AL 29 OF 159 156 148 1401.0 341 320 13 8 4 .977 -19 -9 -17 -7 2.14 2.09 .985 2.35 2.33 AS,RoY-2
2003 NYY AL 29 LF 118 110 109 997.1 229 211 11 7 3 .969 -20 -9 -25 -11 2.00 1.88 .985 2.17 2.14 AS,RoY-2
2003 NYY AL 29 CF 46 46 39 403.2 113 110 2 1 1 .991 1 0 3 0 2.50 2.43 .990 2.78 2.75 AS,RoY-2
2003 NYY AL 29 DH 4 2 AS,RoY-2
2004 NYY AL 30 LF 162 160 145 1388.0 318 303 8 7 2 .978 -14 -5 -12 -4 2.02 1.92 .983 2.04 2.03 AS,MVP-24
2004 NYY AL 30 OF 160 162 145 1403.0 322 307 8 7 2 .978 -14 -6 -12 -5 2.02 1.97 .985 2.30 2.28 AS,MVP-24
2004 NYY AL 30 CF 3 2 0 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 -8 -80 2.40 1.33 .988 2.64 2.63 AS,MVP-24
2005 NYY AL 31 OF 142 142 128 1229.1 289 279 7 3 1 .990 -12 -1 -11 0 2.09 2.01 .986 2.30 2.28 MVP-14
2005 NYY AL 31 LF 115 110 105 977.1 229 219 7 3 1 .987 -4 4 -5 5 2.08 1.97 .988 2.10 2.08 MVP-14
2005 NYY AL 31 CF 28 28 21 222.1 54 54 0 0 0 1.000 -5 -4 -26 -22 2.19 1.93 .989 2.69 2.66 MVP-14
2005 NYY AL 31 DH 19 19 MVP-14
2005 NYY AL 31 RF 4 4 2 29.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -1 -121 -40 1.82 1.50 .982 2.12 2.10 MVP-14
2006 NYY AL 32 LF 36 36 27 289.0 84 82 1 1 1 .988 -6 -4 -26 -17 2.58 2.31 .986 2.06 2.03
2006 NYY AL 32 OF 36 36 27 289.0 84 82 1 1 1 .988 -6 -4 -26 -16 2.58 2.31 .986 2.30 2.27
2006 NYY AL 32 DH 13 13
2007 NYY AL 33 LF 112 111 106 980.0 222 213 6 3 0 .986 6 -1 7 -1 2.01 1.96 .985 2.11 2.09
2007 NYY AL 33 OF 112 111 106 980.0 222 213 6 3 0 .986 6 -1 7 -1 2.01 1.96 .987 2.30 2.28
2007 NYY AL 33 DH 32 32
2008 NYY AL 34 DH 66 66
2008 NYY AL 34 OF 23 22 18 194.1 45 42 2 1 1 .978 -1 -1 -4 -6 2.04 1.91 .986 2.31 2.28
2008 NYY AL 34 LF 21 20 16 176.1 43 40 2 1 1 .977 0 -1 1 -7 2.14 2.00 .984 2.05 2.03
2008 NYY AL 34 RF 3 2 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -53 0 1.00 0.67 .985 2.15 2.13
2009 NYY AL 35 DH 118 116
2010 LAA AL 36 DH 120 119
2010 LAA AL 36 LF 18 17 7 123.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 -4 -5 -36 -49 1.24 0.94 .983 2.07 2.05
2010 LAA AL 36 OF 18 17 7 123.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 -4 -5 -36 -48 1.24 0.94 .986 2.30 2.28
2011 OAK AL 37 DH 110 108
2011 OAK AL 37 LF 27 27 20 232.1 57 53 3 1 2 .982 -3 1 -14 5 2.17 2.07 .982 2.13 2.11
2011 OAK AL 37 OF 27 27 20 232.1 57 53 3 1 2 .982 -3 1 -14 5 2.17 2.07 .986 2.28 2.26
2012 TBR AL 38 OF 15 13 6 96.1 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -3 -40 -37 1.31 0.93 .986 2.17 2.16
2012 TBR AL 38 DH 11 10
2012 TBR AL 38 LF 9 7 3 57.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2 0 -32 0 0.95 0.67 .983 1.94 1.93
2012 TBR AL 38 RF 6 6 3 39.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -3 -52 -92 1.83 1.33 .984 1.99 1.98
9 Seasons OF 692 686 605 5948.1 1391 1326 41 24 11 .983 -56 -29 -11 -5 2.07 1.98 .986 2.31 2.29
9 Seasons LF 618 598 538 5220.1 1205 1143 39 23 10 .981 -47 -20 -11 -4 2.04 1.91 .985 2.09 2.07
3 Seasons CF 77 76 60 641.0 171 168 2 1 1 .994 -4 -5 -7 -9 2.39 2.21 .990 2.74 2.71
3 Seasons RF 13 12 7 87.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -6 -4 -76 -55 1.66 1.23 .983 2.07 2.05
10 Seasons TOT 692 686 605 5948.1 1391 1326 41 24 11 .983 -56 -58 -11 -11 2.07 1.98 .986 2.31 2.29
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2003 (CF)
2004 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2009 ML WS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 AL (24, 1%)
2005 AL (14, 2%)
0.03 Career Shares (1270th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2004 AL  4.6 (10th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2004 AL  5.1 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2005 AL  .305 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
Active  .360 (45th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2004 AL  .912 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
2003 AL  163 (1st)
2004 AL  162 (1st)
2005 AL  162 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2005 AL  704 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2004 AL  109 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
2005 AL  192 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2005 AL  312 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
2003 AL  42 (8th)
2005 AL  45 (2nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2003 AL  106 (10th)
2004 AL  108 (10th)
2005 AL  116 (8th)
Active  760 (40th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2004 AL  88 (3rd)
Active  547 (41st)

Singles s c a p y
2003 AL  120 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2004 AL  137 (9th)
Active  118 (45th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2004 AL  124 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2004 AL  35 (7th)
Active  126 (45th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2004 AL  3.2 (7th)
Active  11.7 (47th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2005 AL  71 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2004 AL  265 (5th)
2005 AL  258 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2004 AL  .678 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2005 AL  8 (7th)
2007 AL  10 (3rd)
2011 AL  9 (5th)
Active  46 (44th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2003 AL  25 (2nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
2009 AL  16.3 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2003 AL  477 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2004 AL  38.30 (8th)
2005 AL  32.79 (10th)
Active  157.89 (40th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2004 AL  3.3 (8th)
2005 AL  3.5 (7th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2004 AL  3.5 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2004 AL  3.5 (8th)
2005 AL  3.1 (10th)
Active  14.7 (41st)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2004 AL  162 (1st)
Active  618 (12th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2004 AL  303 (1st)
2007 AL  213 (5th)
Active  1,143 (12th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2003 AL  11 (2nd)
2004 AL  8 (4th)
2005 AL  7 (4th)
2007 AL  6 (5th)
Active  39 (9th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2003 AL  7 (1st)
2004 AL  7 (2nd)
Active  23 (10th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2003 AL  159 (2nd)
2004 AL  160 (1st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2003 AL  13 (2nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2003 AL  8 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  6 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2007 AL  2.01 (5th)
Active  2.04 (4th)
Career  2.04 (53rd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2004 AL  1.92 (5th)
2007 AL  1.96 (3rd)
Active  1.91 (2nd)
Career  1.91 (93rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  .986 (5th)
Active  .981 (12th)
Career  .981 (72nd)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (527), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 31 (770), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 36 (519), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (708), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (102nd), 18.6 career WAR/19.1 7yr-peak WAR/18.8 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 61.7 career WAR/39.7 7yr-peak WAR/50.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Kevin Millar (944)
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  3. Dmitri Young (928)
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  5. Michael Cuddyer (924)
  6. Alvin Davis (923)
  7. Justin Morneau (922)
  8. Carl Everett (920)
  9. Larry Hisle (919)
  10. Bobby Higginson (919)
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  2. Brian Jordan (912)
  3. Rico Carty (909)
  4. Cliff Johnson (894)
  5. Hank Bauer (884)
  6. Gavvy Cravath (883)
  7. Walt Dropo (872)
  8. Hank Sauer (868)
  9. Bill Robinson (867)
  10. Melvin Mora (865)
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  3. Kevin Millar (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Raul Ibanez (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Moose Solters (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. George Selkirk (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Nieman (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rico Carty (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kevin Millar (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Matt Stairs (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • December 19, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
  • November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 14, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
  • November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 14, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
  • October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
  • April 30, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Rays.
  • August 1, 2012: Released by the Tampa Bay Rays.
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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
200329New York Yankees$6,000,0004/3/03 AP
200430New York Yankees$7,000,0004/7/04 AP
200531New York Yankees$8,000,000
200632New York Yankees$13,000,000
200733New York Yankees$13,000,000
200834New York Yankees$13,000,000
200935New York Yankees$13,000,000
201036Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$6,000,000
201137Oakland Athletics$4,250,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2012
Career to date (may be incomplete)$83,250,000
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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