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Don Mattingly

Donald Arthur Mattingly (Donnie Baseball)

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 20, 1961 in Evansville, IN
High School: Reitz Memorial (Evansville, IN)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 19th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1982
Team: Yankees 1982-1995
Agents: Jim Krivacs [?]
Final Game: October 1, 1995
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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
1982 21 NYY AL 7 13 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .154 .167 .321 -11 2 2 0 0 1 0 /739
1983 22 NYY AL 91 305 279 34 79 15 4 4 32 0 0 21 31 .283 .333 .409 .742 107 114 8 1 2 2 5 397/4
1984 23 NYY AL 153 662 603 91 207 44 2 23 110 1 1 41 33 .343 .381 .537 .918 156 324 15 1 8 9 8 *37/98 AS,MVP-5
1985 24 NYY AL 159 727 652 107 211 48 3 35 145 2 2 56 41 .324 .371 .567 .939 156 370 15 2 2 15 13 *3 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1986 25 NYY AL 162 742 677 117 238 53 2 31 113 0 0 53 35 .352 .394 .573 .967 161 388 17 1 1 10 11 *3/5D AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1987 26 NYY AL 141 629 569 93 186 38 2 30 115 1 4 51 38 .327 .378 .559 .937 146 318 16 1 0 8 13 *3/D AS,MVP-7,GG,SS
1988 27 NYY AL 144 651 599 94 186 37 0 18 88 1 0 41 29 .311 .353 .462 .816 128 277 13 3 0 8 14 *3/D7 AS,GG
1989 28 NYY AL 158 693 631 79 191 37 2 23 113 3 0 51 30 .303 .351 .477 .828 133 301 15 1 0 10 18 *3D/9 AS,MVP-15,GG
1990 29 NYY AL 102 428 394 40 101 16 0 5 42 1 0 28 20 .256 .308 .335 .643 81 132 13 3 0 3 13 3D/7
1991 30 NYY AL 152 646 587 64 169 35 0 9 68 2 0 46 42 .288 .339 .394 .733 103 231 21 4 0 9 11 *3D GG
1992 31 NYY AL 157 686 640 89 184 40 0 14 86 3 0 39 43 .288 .327 .416 .742 107 266 11 1 0 6 7 *3D GG
1993 32 NYY AL 134 596 530 78 154 27 2 17 86 0 0 61 42 .291 .364 .445 .809 120 236 20 2 0 3 9 *3/D MVP-19,GG
1994 33 NYY AL 97 436 372 62 113 20 1 6 51 0 0 60 24 .304 .397 .411 .808 112 153 8 0 0 4 7 *3 MVP-18,GG
1995 34 NYY AL 128 507 458 59 132 32 2 7 49 0 2 40 35 .288 .341 .413 .754 97 189 17 1 0 8 7 *3/D
14 Seasons 1785 7721 7003 1007 2153 442 20 222 1099 14 9 588 444 .307 .358 .471 .830 127 3301 191 21 13 96 136
162 Game Avg. 162 701 636 91 195 40 2 20 100 1 1 53 40 .307 .358 .471 .830 127 300 17 2 1 9 12

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
1982 21 NYY AL 13 -2 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 -0.1 /739
1983 22 NYY AL 305 2 0 0 1 -5 -4 10 4 0.4 $35,000 397/4
1984 23 NYY AL 662 47 0 -1 0 5 -10 20 61 6.3 $130,000 *37/98 AS,MVP-5
1985 24 NYY AL 727 48 2 2 1 0 -11 20 62 6.4 $455,000 *3 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1986 25 NYY AL 742 52 3 0 2 1 -11 21 68 6.9 $1,375,000 *3/5D AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1987 26 NYY AL 629 41 -1 0 0 9 -9 18 58 5.7 $1,975,000 *3/D AS,MVP-7,GG,SS
1988 27 NYY AL 651 23 2 1 2 1 -10 18 37 3.9 $2,000,000 *3/D7 AS,GG
1989 28 NYY AL 693 24 0 0 0 1 -11 20 34 3.6 $2,200,000 *3D/9 AS,MVP-15,GG
1990 29 NYY AL 428 -14 0 -3 0 5 -7 14 -5 -0.6 $2,500,000 3D/7
1991 30 NYY AL 646 -1 2 -2 -2 6 -10 21 14 1.4 $3,420,000 *3D GG
1992 31 NYY AL 686 3 1 0 1 6 -11 22 22 2.3 $3,620,000 *3D GG
1993 32 NYY AL 596 11 -1 -1 -3 5 -9 19 21 2.1 $3,820,000 *3/D MVP-19,GG
1994 33 NYY AL 436 9 -1 -1 1 4 -6 14 20 1.9 $4,020,000 *3 MVP-18,GG
1995 34 NYY AL 507 -3 -1 -2 -1 -7 -8 18 -4 -0.4 $4,420,000 *3/D
14 Seasons 7721 240 6 -7 2 32 -117 235 391 39.8 $29,970,000

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
1995 34 NYY AL ALDS SEA L 5 25 24 3 10 4 0 1 6 0 0 1 5 .417 .440 .708 1.148 17 1 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 5 25 24 3 10 4 0 1 6 0 0 1 5 .417 .440 .708 1.148 17 1 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 NYY AL 21 OF 6 1 24.1 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 1 59 4.44 2.00 .983 2.48 2.47
1982 NYY AL 21 LF 5 1 23.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 1 68 4.70 2.40 .983 2.31 2.28
1982 NYY AL 21 1B 1 0 3.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 12.00 4.00 1.000 9.90 9.80
1982 NYY AL 21 RF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -90 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.30
1983 NYY AL 22 OF 48 37 354.1 77 72 3 2 1 .974 -2 -7 1.90 1.56 .981 2.50 2.48
1983 NYY AL 22 1B 42 28 290.2 291 278 12 1 30 .997 -2 -10 8.98 6.90 .992 9.90 9.82
1983 NYY AL 22 RF 39 28 270.1 61 56 3 2 1 .967 -1 -4 1.96 1.51 .979 2.25 2.23
1983 NYY AL 22 LF 14 9 84.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -19 1.71 1.14 .975 2.32 2.30
1983 NYY AL 22 2B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.30
1984 NYY AL 23 1B 133 131 1189.0 1236 1107 124 5 135 .996 5 5 9.32 9.26 .991 7.57 7.52 AS,MVP-5
1984 NYY AL 23 OF 19 16 147.1 39 36 2 1 1 .974 1 9 2.32 2.00 .982 2.51 2.49 AS,MVP-5
1984 NYY AL 23 LF 13 9 88.1 20 17 2 1 1 .950 0 7 1.94 1.46 .985 2.27 2.26 AS,MVP-5
1984 NYY AL 23 RF 6 6 51.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1 26 3.00 2.83 .976 2.22 2.22 AS,MVP-5
1984 NYY AL 23 CF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -75 2.25 2.00 1.000 3.04 3.00 AS,MVP-5
1985 NYY AL 24 1B 159 159 1421.1 1412 1318 87 7 154 .995 -0 -0 8.90 8.84 .991 6.33 6.29 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1986 NYY AL 25 1B 160 159 1411.1 1483 1377 100 6 132 .996 -0 -0 9.42 9.23 .991 6.38 6.25 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1986 NYY AL 25 3B 3 2 18.0 13 1 11 1 2 .923 1 60 6.00 4.00 .946 2.75 2.70 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1986 NYY AL 25 DH 1 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1987 NYY AL 26 1B 140 139 1226.2 1335 1239 91 5 122 .996 9 8 9.76 9.50 .992 7.34 7.14 AS,MVP-7,GG,SS
1987 NYY AL 26 DH 1 AS,MVP-7,GG,SS
1988 NYY AL 27 1B 143 141 1272.1 1358 1250 99 9 131 .993 2 2 9.54 9.43 .992 7.07 6.99 AS,GG
1988 NYY AL 27 DH 1 AS,GG
1988 NYY AL 27 LF 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -144 0.00 0.00 2.34 2.20 AS,GG
1988 NYY AL 27 OF 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -144 0.00 0.00 2.52 2.40 AS,GG
1989 NYY AL 28 1B 145 141 1231.2 1368 1274 87 7 143 .995 1 1 9.95 9.39 .993 7.31 6.90 AS,MVP-15,GG
1989 NYY AL 28 DH 17 AS,MVP-15,GG
1989 NYY AL 28 OF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.48 2.40 AS,MVP-15,GG
1989 NYY AL 28 RF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.36 2.30 AS,MVP-15,GG
1990 NYY AL 29 1B 89 89 778.1 881 800 78 3 81 .997 5 7 10.15 9.87 .992 9.63 9.53
1990 NYY AL 29 DH 13
1990 NYY AL 29 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1990 NYY AL 29 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1991 NYY AL 30 1B 127 124 1090.2 1201 1119 77 5 135 .996 6 6 9.87 9.42 .992 8.25 7.87 GG
1991 NYY AL 30 DH 22 GG
1992 NYY AL 31 1B 143 138 1224.0 1329 1209 116 4 129 .997 6 6 9.74 9.27 .993 7.35 6.99 GG
1992 NYY AL 31 DH 15 GG
1993 NYY AL 32 1B 130 126 1118.1 1345 1258 84 3 123 .998 5 5 10.80 10.32 .993 8.05 7.69 MVP-19,GG
1993 NYY AL 32 DH 5 MVP-19,GG
1994 NYY AL 33 1B 97 93 836.2 989 919 68 2 95 .998 4 6 10.62 10.18 .992 9.57 9.49 MVP-18,GG
1995 NYY AL 34 1B 125 117 1038.0 1084 996 81 7 90 .994 -7 -8 9.34 8.62 .993 8.67 8.00
1995 NYY AL 34 DH 1
14 Seasons 1B 1634 1585 14132.0 15316 14148 1104 64 1500 .996 33 3 9.71 9.33 .992 7.67 7.46
6 Seasons OF 76 56 540.0 130 121 6 3 2 .977 -0 -1 2.12 1.67 .982 2.50 2.48
4 Seasons RF 47 35 330.2 80 75 3 2 1 .975 0 1 2.12 1.66 .979 2.25 2.23
5 Seasons LF 34 20 201.1 48 44 3 1 1 .979 -0 -1 2.10 1.38 .981 2.30 2.28
1 Season 3B 3 2 18.0 13 1 11 1 2 .923 1 60 6.00 4.00 .946 2.75 2.70
1 Season CF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -75 2.25 2.00 1.000 3.04 3.00
1 Season 2B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.30
14 Seasons TOT 1720 1643 14690.1 15459 14270 1121 68 1504 .996 33 3 9.43 8.95 .992 7.47 7.20
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
2001 BBWAA (28.2%)
2002 BBWAA (20.3%)
2003 BBWAA (13.7%)
2004 BBWAA (12.8%)
2005 BBWAA (11.4%)
2006 BBWAA (12.3%)
2007 BBWAA ( 9.9%)
2008 BBWAA (15.8%)
2009 BBWAA (11.9%)
2010 BBWAA (16.1%)

All-Star Games
1984 *
1985 *
1986 *
1987 (1B)
1988 *
1989 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1985 ML Major League Player of the Year
1985 AL MVP
1993 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1984 AL (5, 28%)
1985 AL (1, 94%)
1986 AL (2, 66%)
1987 AL (7, 23%)
1989 AL (15, 6%)
1993 AL (19, 2%)
1994 AL (18, 2%)
1 MVP
2.22 Career Shares (76th)

Gold Gloves
1985 AL (1B)
1986 AL (1B)
1987 AL (1B)
1988 AL (1B)
1989 AL (1B)
1991 AL (1B)
1992 AL (1B)
1993 AL (1B)
1994 AL (1B)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1985 AL (1B)
1986 AL (1B)
1987 AL (1B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1984 AL  6.3 (5th)
1985 AL  6.4 (7th)
1986 AL  6.9 (5th)
1987 AL  5.7 (9th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1984 AL  6.3 (4th)
1985 AL  6.4 (5th)
1986 AL  6.9 (3rd)
1987 AL  5.7 (4th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1984 AL  .343 (1st)
1985 AL  .324 (3rd)
1986 AL  .352 (2nd)
1987 AL  .327 (5th)
1988 AL  .311 (8th)
Career  .307 (128th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1984 AL  .381 (10th)
1986 AL  .394 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1984 AL  .537 (2nd)
1985 AL  .567 (2nd)
1986 AL  .573 (1st)
1987 AL  .559 (7th)
1989 AL  .477 (8th)
Career  .471 (231st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1984 AL  .918 (3rd)
1985 AL  .939 (2nd)
1986 AL  .967 (1st)
1987 AL  .937 (7th)
Career  .830 (244th)

Games Played s c a p y
1986 AL  162 (2nd)
1989 AL  158 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1985 AL  652 (4th)
1986 AL  677 (3rd)
1989 AL  631 (7th)
1992 AL  640 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1985 AL  727 (4th)
1986 AL  742 (1st)
1989 AL  693 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1985 AL  107 (6th)
1986 AL  117 (3rd)
1988 AL  94 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1984 AL  207 (1st)
1985 AL  211 (2nd)
1986 AL  238 (1st)
1987 AL  186 (7th)
1988 AL  186 (7th)
1989 AL  191 (7th)
1992 AL  184 (6th)
Career  2153 (188th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1984 AL  324 (4th)
1985 AL  370 (1st)
1986 AL  388 (1st)
1987 AL  318 (6th)
1989 AL  301 (4th)
Career  3301 (192nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1984 AL  44 (1st)
1985 AL  48 (1st)
1986 AL  53 (1st)
1987 AL  38 (3rd)
1989 AL  37 (6th)
1992 AL  40 (3rd)
Career  442 (99th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1985 AL  35 (4th)
1986 AL  31 (6th)
Career  222 (249th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1984 AL  110 (5th)
1985 AL  145 (1st)
1986 AL  113 (3rd)
1987 AL  115 (5th)
1989 AL  113 (2nd)
Career  1099 (196th)

Singles s c a p y
1984 AL  138 (6th)
1985 AL  125 (10th)
1986 AL  152 (2nd)
1988 AL  131 (7th)
1989 AL  129 (10th)
1992 AL  130 (10th)
Career  1469 (216th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1984 AL  156 (1st)
1985 AL  156 (3rd)
1986 AL  161 (1st)
1987 AL  146 (6th)
1989 AL  133 (10th)
Career  127 (211th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1984 AL  120 (4th)
1985 AL  136 (4th)
1986 AL  150 (1st)
1989 AL  104 (9th)
Career  1168 (200th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1984 AL  46 (2nd)
1985 AL  51 (3rd)
1986 AL  58 (1st)
1987 AL  38 (6th)
Career  267 (155th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1984 AL  4.5 (2nd)
1985 AL  4.9 (3rd)
1986 AL  5.6 (1st)
1987 AL  3.6 (6th)
Career  25.8 (158th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1984 AL  69 (4th)
1985 AL  86 (1st)
1986 AL  86 (1st)
1987 AL  70 (4th)
1989 AL  62 (5th)
Career  684 (184th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1985 AL  269 (5th)
1986 AL  292 (2nd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1984 AL  .716 (3rd)
1985 AL  .719 (4th)
1986 AL  .753 (2nd)
1987 AL  .677 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1984 AL  9 (6th)
1985 AL  15 (1st)
1986 AL  10 (2nd)
1987 AL  8 (8th)
1988 AL  8 (4th)
1989 AL  10 (5th)
1991 AL  9 (3rd)
1995 AL  8 (10th)
Career  96 (37th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1985 AL  13 (3rd)
1986 AL  11 (5th)
1987 AL  13 (3rd)
1988 AL  14 (5th)
1989 AL  18 (2nd)
1990 AL  13 (4th)
1991 AL  11 (10th)
Career  136 (56th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1991 AL  21 (6th)
1993 AL  20 (4th)
1995 AL  17 (7th)
Career  191 (108th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1984 AL  18.3 (2nd)
1985 AL  15.9 (3rd)
1986 AL  19.3 (3rd)
1987 AL  15.0 (4th)
1988 AL  20.7 (1st)
1989 AL  21.0 (2nd)
1991 AL  14.0 (8th)
1992 AL  14.9 (5th)
1993 AL  12.6 (6th)
1994 AL  15.5 (3rd)
1995 AL  13.1 (5th)
Career  15.8 (223rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1985 AL  18.6 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1989 AL  465 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1984 AL  40.97 (5th)
1985 AL  53.25 (5th)
1986 AL  46.06 (2nd)
1987 AL  33.96 (10th)
1989 AL  35.02 (8th)
Career  231.54 (154th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1984 AL  4.2 (4th)
1985 AL  4.7 (4th)
1986 AL  4.6 (3rd)
1989 AL  3.7 (8th)
Career  23.1 (139th)

Situational Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1984 AL  3.5 (5th)
1985 AL  4.7 (4th)
1986 AL  5.6 (1st)
1989 AL  2.8 (10th)
Career  20.7 (172nd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1984 AL  4.1 (5th)
1985 AL  5.2 (5th)
1986 AL  4.5 (2nd)
1987 AL  3.2 (10th)
1989 AL  3.5 (7th)
Career  22.7 (153rd)

Putouts† s c a p y
1986 AL  1378 (1st)
1987 AL  1239 (5th)
1988 AL  1250 (4th)
1989 AL  1276 (5th)
1992 AL  1209 (4th)
1993 AL  1258 (2nd)
1994 AL  919 (3rd)
Career  14270 (57th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1985 AL  159 (3rd)
1986 AL  160 (1st)
1992 AL  143 (4th)
Career  1634 (46th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1986 AL  1377 (1st)
1987 AL  1239 (5th)
1988 AL  1250 (4th)
1989 AL  1274 (5th)
1992 AL  1209 (4th)
1993 AL  1258 (2nd)
1994 AL  919 (3rd)
Career  14148 (49th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1984 AL  124 (2nd)
1992 AL  116 (3rd)
1994 AL  68 (3rd)
Career  1104 (34th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1988 AL  9 (4th)
1989 AL  7 (5th)
1995 AL  7 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1987 AL  9 (5th)
1991 AL  6 (2nd)
1992 AL  6 (1st)
1993 AL  5 (4th)
1994 AL  4 (3rd)
Career  33 (27th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1987 AL  9.76 (5th)
1989 AL  9.95 (5th)
1990 AL  10.15 (2nd)
1993 AL  10.80 (1st)
1994 AL  10.62 (1st)
Career  9.71 (53rd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1986 AL  9.23 (5th)
1987 AL  9.50 (4th)
1989 AL  9.39 (5th)
1990 AL  9.87 (1st)
1991 AL  9.42 (5th)
1992 AL  9.27 (5th)
1993 AL  10.32 (1st)
1994 AL  10.18 (1st)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1984 AL  .996 (1st)
1985 AL  .995 (1st)
1986 AL  .996 (2nd)
1987 AL  .996 (2nd)
1990 AL  .997 (2nd)
1991 AL  .996 (3rd)
1992 AL  .997 (3rd)
1993 AL  .998 (1st)
1994 AL  .998 (1st)
Career  .996 (8th)

Salary s c a p y
1986 AL  $1,375,000 (7th)
1987 AL  $1,975,000 (4th)
1988 AL  $2,000,000 (4th)
1989 AL  $2,200,000 (7th)
1990 AL  $2,500,000 (5th)
1991 AL  $3,420,000 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1982 AL  born 1961-04-20 (4th)

                           

† 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 23 (84), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 111 (189), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 134 (99), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 34 (217), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 19th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

November 11, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

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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
198322New York Yankees$35,0004/11/83 NY Times
198423New York Yankees$130,0001/4/85 TSN
198524New York Yankees$455,0003/3/86 TSN1985 USA Today survey: $390,000
198625New York Yankees$1,375,000Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163
198726New York Yankees$1,975,000G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163Arbitration win; $1,700,000 offer
198827New York Yankees$2,000,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198928New York Yankees$2,200,0002/27/89 TSN
199029New York Yankees$2,500,000USA Today
199130New York Yankees$3,420,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $400,000 signing bonus
199231New York Yankees$3,620,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $400,000 signing bonus
199332New York Yankees$3,820,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $400,000 signing bonus
199433New York Yankees$4,020,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $400,000 signing bonus
199534New York Yankees$4,420,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $400,000 signing bonus
Career to date (may be incomplete)$29,970,000
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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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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