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Craig McMurtry

Joe Craig McMurtry

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 5, 1959 in Temple, TX
High School: Troy HS (Troy, TX)
School: McLennan Community College (Waco, TX)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1983 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Braves/Rangers/Astros 1983-1995
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: September 28, 1995 (Age 35)
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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
1980	20	ATL-min	AA	7	4	.636	3.56	14	13		5	1	0	86.0	82	40	34	8	35	1	37	4	1	3			1.360	8.6	0.8	3.7	3.9	1.06	SAV · SOUL
1981	21	ATL-min	AA	15	11	.577	2.76	28	28	0	13	2	0	202.0	168	87	62	13	95	3	111	4	0	7			1.302	7.5	0.6	4.2	4.9	1.17	SAV · SOUL
1982	22	ATL-min	AAA	17	9	.654	3.81	32	32	0	8	1	0	210.0	198	98	89	12	107	1	96	4	0	7			1.452	8.5	0.5	4.6	4.1	0.90	RMD · IL
1983	23	ATL	NL	15	9	.625	3.08	36	35	0	6	3	0	224.2	204	86	77	13	88	1	105	1	2	1	943	126	1.300	8.2	0.5	3.5	4.2	1.19	CYA-7,RoY-2
1984	24	ATL	NL	9	17	.346	4.32	37	30	1	0	0	0	183.1	184	100	88	16	102	4	99	1	3	4	811	89	1.560	9.0	0.8	5.0	4.9	0.97
1985	25	ATL-min	AAA	7	5	.583	3.27	16	16	0	4	2	0	107.1	88	43	39	7	51	1	74	1	1	4			1.295	7.4	0.6	4.3	6.2	1.45	RMD · IL
1985	25	ATL	NL	0	3	.000	6.60	17	6	3	0	0	1	45.0	56	36	33	6	27	1	28	1	0	3	220	58	1.844	11.2	1.2	5.4	5.6	1.04
1986	26	ATL-min	AA	1	1	.500	6.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	13	10	10	2	9	0	12	0	0	1			1.467	7.8	1.2	5.4	7.2	1.33	GRV · SOUL
1986	26	ATL	NL	1	6	.143	4.74	37	5	5	0	0	0	79.2	82	46	42	7	43	5	50	2	0	2	356	84	1.569	9.3	0.8	4.9	5.6	1.16

1987	27	TOR-min	AA,AAA	9	5	.643	3.08	21	19	0	2	1	0	131.2	110	51	45	9	35	0	87	0	0	4			1.101	7.5	0.6	2.4	5.9	2.49	KNX,SYR · SOUL,IL
1988	28	TEX-min	AAA	2	5	.286	4.35	9	9	0	2	0	0	49.2	55	27	24	1	21	0	35	4	0	7			1.530	10.0	0.2	3.8	6.3	1.67	OKC · AA
1988	28	TEX	AL	3	3	.500	2.25	32	0	14	0	0	3	60.0	37	16	15	5	24	4	35	1	2	2	236	181	1.017	5.6	0.8	3.6	5.3	1.46
1989	29	TEX-min	Rk,AAA	0	1	.000	1.64	5	2	1	0	0	0	11.0	5	3	2	0	3	0	11	0	0	0			0.727	4.1	0.0	2.5	9.0	3.67	RGS,OKC · GULF,AA
1989	29	TEX	AL	0	0		7.43	19	0	4	0	0	0	23.0	29	21	19	3	13	1	14	2	1	1	111	54	1.826	11.3	1.2	5.1	5.5	1.08
1990	30	TEX-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.70	6	5	0	0	0	0	26.2	31	15	8	0	21	0	19	1	0	3			1.950	10.5	0.0	7.1	6.4	0.90	OKC · AA
1990	30	TEX	AL	0	3	.000	4.32	23	3	6	0	0	0	41.2	43	25	20	4	30	0	14	1	0	3	188	92	1.752	9.3	0.9	6.5	3.0	0.47

1991	31	SFG-min	AAA	10	6	.625	4.38	27	15	4	1	1	0	113.0	117	70	55	8	44	1	67	2	1	4	489		1.425	9.3	0.6	3.5	5.3	1.52	PHX · PCL
1992	32	SFG-min	AAA	5	8	.385	4.23	40	14	10	1	1	1	129.2	140	71	61	5	59	4	83	4	0	6	566		1.535	9.7	0.3	4.1	5.8	1.41	PHX · PCL
1993	33	PIT-min	AAA	6	4	.600	3.44	30	13	6	1	1	1	96.2	102	44	37	6	38	4	63	3	0	3	422		1.448	9.5	0.6	3.5	5.9	1.66	BFL · AA
1994	34	HOU-min	AAA	8	4	.667	3.56	29	19	3	0	0	2	126.1	118	55	50	10	35	0	109	3	0	2	519		1.211	8.4	0.7	2.5	7.8	3.11	TUC · PCL
1995	35	HOU-min	AAA	6	1	.857	1.29	13	13	0	1	0	0	69.2	54	11	10	2	19	1	41	4	0	5	275		1.048	7.0	0.3	2.5	5.3	2.16	TUC · PCL
1995	35	HOU	NL	0	1	.000	7.84	11	0	3	0	0	0	10.1	15	11	9	0	9	1	4	1	0	2	56	51	2.323	13.1	0.0	7.8	3.5	0.44
8 Yrs				28	42	.400	4.08	212	79	36	6	3	4	667.2	650	341	303	54	336	17	349	10	8	18	2921	96	1.477	8.8	0.7	4.5	4.7	1.04
162 Game Avg.				7	10	.400	4.08	50	18	8	1	1	1	156	152	80	71	13	79	4	82	2	2	4	683	96	1.477	8.8	0.7	4.5	4.7	1.04

ATL (4 yrs)				25	35	.417	4.06	127	76	9	6	3	1	532.2	526	268	240	42	260	11	282	5	5	10	2330	96	1.476	8.9	0.7	4.4	4.8	1.08
TEX (3 yrs)				3	6	.333	3.90	74	3	24	0	0	3	124.2	109	62	54	12	67	5	63	4	3	6	535	103	1.412	7.9	0.9	4.8	4.5	0.94
HOU (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.84	11	0	3	0	0	0	10.1	15	11	9	0	9	1	4	1	0	2	56	51	2.323	13.1	0.0	7.8	3.5	0.44

NL (5 yrs)				25	36	.410	4.13	138	76	12	6	3	1	543.0	541	279	249	42	269	12	286	6	5	12	2386	94	1.492	9.0	0.7	4.5	4.7	1.06
AL (3 yrs)				3	6	.333	3.90	74	3	24	0	0	3	124.2	109	62	54	12	67	5	63	4	3	6	535	103	1.412	7.9	0.9	4.8	4.5	0.94

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	Awards
1983	23	ATL	NL	224.2	36	35	86	3.45	4.05	-0.10	0.14	106.5	4.57	27	3.2	.4	-0.1	5.2	47	.590	.520		CYA-7,RoY-2
1984	24	ATL	NL	183.1	37	30	100	4.91	4.09	0.02	0.11	107.4	4.50	-10	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	0.5	7	.469	.493
1985	25	ATL	NL	45.0	17	6	36	7.20	4.13	-0.18	-0.07	107.4	4.57	-14	-1.4	.5	0.1	-0.9	-9	.417	.491	$275,000
1986	26	ATL	NL	79.2	37	5	46	5.20	4.30	-0.31	-0.15	106.6	4.75	-4	-0.5	1.2	-0.1	0.1	3	.487	.497	$225,000

1988	28	TEX	AL	60.0	32	0	16	2.40	4.51	0.18	-0.36	104.0	4.13	11	1.2	1.4	0.1	2.0	17	.539	.508	$150,000
1989	29	TEX	AL	23.0	19	0	21	8.22	4.46	-0.01	-0.34	102.4	4.22	-10	-1.1	.8	0.1	-0.8	-8	.445	.494	$275,000
1990	30	TEX	AL	41.2	23	3	25	5.40	4.50	0.15	-0.21	100.3	4.15	-6	-0.6	.8	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.475	.496	$250,000

1995	35	HOU	NL	10.1	11	0	11	9.58	4.65	-0.42	-0.35	95.5	4.51	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.447	.496	$275,000
8 Seasons				667.2	212	79	341	4.60	4.19	-0.06	-0.01	105.9	4.49	-12	-0.8	1.1	-0.1	5.4	50	.496	.499	$1,450,000

ATL (4 yrs)				532.2	127	76	268	4.53	4.11	-0.10	0.07	106.9	4.57	-1	0.2	1.0	-0.2	4.9	48	.502	.500	$500,000
TEX (3 yrs)				124.2	74	3	62	4.48	4.50	0.14	-0.31	102.5	4.16	-5	-0.4	1.1	0.2	1.0	7	.495	.499	$675,000
HOU (1 yr)				10.1	11	0	11	9.58	4.65	-0.42	-0.35	95.5	4.51	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.447	.496	$275,000

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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
1980	20	ATL-min	AA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SAV · SOUL
1981	21	ATL-min	AA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		SAV · SOUL
1982	22	ATL-min	AAA	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		RMD · IL
1983	23	ATL	NL	36	85	70	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	40	.086	.123	.086	.209	-43	6	1	0	12	0	0	1	CYA-7,RoY-2
1984	24	ATL	NL	40	62	52	4	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	27	.115	.148	.154	.302	-17	8	0	0	8	0	0	1
1985	25	ATL-min	AAA	16	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250		1		0	0	0	0		RMD · IL
1985	25	ATL	NL	17	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.071	.071	.071	.143	-61	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
1986	26	ATL-min	AA	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1		0	0	0	0		GRV · SOUL
1986	26	ATL	NL	40	18	16	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	.125	.176	.125	.301	-17	2	0	0	1	0	0	1

1987	27	TOR-min	AA,AAA	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		KNX,SYR · SOUL,IL
1988	28	TEX-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		OKC · AA
1988	28	TEX	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	29	TEX-min	Rk,AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		RGS,OKC · GULF,AA
1989	29	TEX	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	30	TEX-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		OKC · AA
1990	30	TEX	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1991	31	SFG-min	AAA	27	23	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.053	.053	.053	.105		1		0	4	0	0		PHX · PCL
1992	32	SFG-min	AAA	40	17	11	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.091	.231	.182	.413		2		0	4	0	0		PHX · PCL
1993	33	PIT-min	AAA	31	13	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.111	.200	.222	.422		2		1	3	0	0		BFL,MXD · AA,MEX
1994	34	HOU-min	AAA	29	30	27	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	8	.296	.310	.296	.607		8	0	0	1	1	0		TUC · PCL
1995	35	HOU-min	AAA	17	13	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	.167	.231	.167	.397		2	0	0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
1995	35	HOU	NL	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8 Yrs				218	181	153	9	15	0	1	0	4	2	0	6	84	.098	.132	.111	.243	-33	17	2	0	22	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	135	114	7	11	0	1	0	3	1	0	4	62	.098	.132	.111	.243	-33	13	1	0	16	0	0

ATL (4 yrs)				133	180	152	9	15	0	1	0	4	2	0	6	83	.099	.133	.112	.245	-33	17	2	0	22	0	0
TEX (3 yrs)				74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				144	181	153	9	15	0	1	0	4	2	0	6	84	.098	.132	.111	.243	-33	17	2	0	22	0	0
AL (3 yrs)				74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	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	Awards
1983	23	ATL	NL	36	85	-16	1	0	0	10	-4	-0.5	3	-1	-0.5	.487	.497	-0.5	0.0	-1		1	CYA-7,RoY-2
1984	24	ATL	NL	40	62	-9	-0	0	0	7	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	1		1
1985	25	ATL	NL	17	15	-3	-0	-0	0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.490	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$275,000	1
1986	26	ATL	NL	40	18	-3	0	0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$225,000	1

1988	28	TEX	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$150,000	1
1989	29	TEX	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$275,000	1
1990	30	TEX	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$250,000	1

1995	35	HOU	NL	11	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$275,000	1
8 Seasons				218	181	-31	1	0	0	23	-6	-0.8	6	-0	-0.8	.497	.499	-0.8	0.1	-0	$1,450,000

ATL (4 yrs)				133	180	-30	1	0	0	22	-7	-0.8	6	-1	-0.8	.494	.499	-0.8	0.1	-1	$500,000
TEX (3 yrs)				74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$675,000
HOU (1 yr)				11	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$275,000

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1983	ATL	NL	23	P	36	35	6	224.2	69	15	51	3	3	.957	2.64	1.83	.952	1.92	1.91	23	10	30%	33%	6	CYA-7,RoY-2
1984	ATL	NL	24	P	37	30	0	183.1	59	10	48	1	2	.983	2.85	1.57	.954	1.88	1.87	22	7	24%	31%	5
1985	ATL	NL	25	P	17	6	0	45.0	16	2	12	2	0	.875	2.80	0.82	.953	1.92	1.92	9	3	25%	30%	1
1986	ATL	NL	26	P	37	5	0	79.2	17	6	11	0	1	1.000	1.92	0.46	.955	1.94	1.94	9	4	31%	32%	0
1988	TEX	AL	28	P	32	0	0	60.0	20	8	10	2	3	.900	2.70	0.56	.961	1.78	1.77	3	1	25%	31%	0
1989	TEX	AL	29	P	19	0	0	23.0	7	1	5	1	0	.857	2.35	0.32	.960	1.88	1.85	5	2	29%	31%	0
1990	TEX	AL	30	P	23	3	0	41.2	9	1	8	0	3	1.000	1.94	0.39	.953	1.77	1.76	2	4	67%	34%	2
1995	HOU	NL	35	P	11	0	0	10.1	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	3.48	0.36	.955	1.83	1.83	0	0			0
	8 Seasons			P	212	79	6	667.2	201	44	148	9	12	.955	2.59	0.91	.954	1.89	1.86	73	31	30%	32%	14
	8 Seasons			TOT	212	79	6	667.2	201	44	148	9	12	.955	2.59	0.91	.954	1.89	1.86	73	31	30%	32%	14

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-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.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1983 NL (7, 3%) 0.03 Career Shares (246th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1983 NL 5.2 (4th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1983 NL 3.08 (8th)	Wins s c a p y 1983 NL 15 (6th)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1983 NL .625 (7th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1983 NL 8.172 (10th)	Games Started s c a p y 1983 NL 35 (5th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1983 NL 3 (5th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1983 NL 88 (9th) 1984 NL 102 (4th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1983 NL 0.521 (10th)	Losses s c a p y 1984 NL 17 (2nd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1984 NL 88 (8th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1983 NL 126 (6th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1983 NL 19 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1983 NL 2.1 (7th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1983 NL 12 (4th)
Assists as P s c a p y 1983 NL 51 (4th) 1984 NL 48 (2nd)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1983 NL 2.64 (4th) 1984 NL 2.85 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 1983 NL 1.83 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 15 (1258), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1725), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1566), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (555th), 4.7 career WAR/5.7 7yr-peak WAR/5.2 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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Russ Bauers (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ralph Works (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ken Hill (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Stone (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Schueler (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Worthington (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Mura (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Ridzik (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Transactions

January 11, 1980: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January).
February 2, 1987: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Toronto Blue Jays for Damaso Garcia and Luis Leal.
November 22, 1987: Granted Free Agency.
December 8, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.
January 5, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
April 25, 1990: Released by the Texas Rangers.
May 10, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.
January 8, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
April 4, 1991: Released by the Texas Rangers.
April 29, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
October 15, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
February 16, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 15, 1993: Granted Free Agency.
March 2, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
October 16, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1985	25	Atlanta Braves	$275,000	1985 USA Today survey
1986	26	Atlanta Braves	$225,000	1986 USA Today survey

1988	28	Texas Rangers	$150,000	12/13/88 NYT
1989	29	Texas Rangers	$275,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	30	Texas Rangers	$250,000	11/21/90 NYT

1995	35	Houston Astros	$275,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,450,000

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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