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Gene Nelson

Wayland Eugene Nelson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 172 lb.

Born: December 3, 1960 in Tampa, FL
High School: Pasco Co (Dade City, FL)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1981
Teams (by GP): Athletics/WhiteSox/Angels/Mariners/Yankees/... 1981-1993

Final Game: September 29, 1993
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1978	17	TEX-min	Rk	5	0	1.000	2.25	14	5					52.0	41	18	13	0	20								1.173	7.1	0.0	3.5			RGS · GULF
1979	18	TEX-min	A	13	5	.722	3.60	33	17					155.0	149	77	62	13	44								1.245	8.7	0.8	2.6			AVL · WCRS
1980	19	NYY-min	A	20	3	.870	1.97	27	25		16	5	0	196.0	146	51	43	4	70	1	130	1	2	4			1.102	6.7	0.2	3.2	6.0	1.86	FTL · FLOR
1981	20	NYY-min	AAA,A	4	0	1.000	3.21	7	6	1	0	0	1	42.0	34	15	15	4	19	0	45	0	1	2			1.262	7.3	0.9	4.1	9.6	2.37	CLB,FTL · IL,FLOR
1981	20	NYY	AL	3	1	.750	4.81	8	7	0	0	0	0	39.1	40	24	21	5	23	1	16	1	0	2	179	75	1.602	9.2	1.1	5.3	3.7	0.70
1982	21	SEA-min	AAA	1	3	.250	3.35	5	5	0	2	0	0	37.2	36	18	14	1	28	2	22	1	0	0			1.699	8.6	0.2	6.7	5.3	0.79	SLC · PCL
1982	21	SEA	AL	6	9	.400	4.62	22	19	2	2	1	0	122.2	133	70	63	16	60	1	71	2	2	4	545	93	1.573	9.8	1.2	4.4	5.2	1.18
1983	22	SEA-min	AAA	9	4	.692	5.18	16	16	0	7	2	0	99.0	115	65	57	11	28	0	74	1	1	1			1.444	10.5	1.0	2.5	6.7	2.64	SLC · PCL
1983	22	SEA	AL	0	3	.000	7.88	10	5	2	1	0	0	32.0	38	29	28	6	21	2	11	1	0	1	153	55	1.844	10.7	1.7	5.9	3.1	0.52
1984	23	SEA-min	AAA	6	8	.429	5.62	17	17	0	6	1	0	112.0	138	75	70	15	54	3	89	5	1	11			1.714	11.1	1.2	4.3	7.2	1.65	SLC · PCL
1984	23	CHW	AL	3	5	.375	4.46	20	9	4	2	0	1	74.2	72	38	37	9	17	0	36	1	1	4	304	94	1.192	8.7	1.1	2.0	4.3	2.12
1985	24	CHW	AL	10	10	.500	4.26	46	18	11	1	0	2	145.2	144	74	69	23	67	4	101	7	1	11	643	101	1.449	8.9	1.4	4.1	6.2	1.51
1986	25	CHW	AL	6	6	.500	3.85	54	1	26	0	0	6	114.2	118	52	49	7	41	5	70	3	0	3	488	114	1.387	9.3	0.5	3.2	5.5	1.71
1987	26	OAK	AL	6	5	.545	3.93	54	6	15	0	0	3	123.2	120	58	54	12	35	0	94	5	0	7	530	106	1.253	8.7	0.9	2.5	6.8	2.69
1988	27	OAK	AL	9	6	.600	3.06	54	1	20	0	0	3	111.2	93	42	38	9	38	4	67	3	6	4	456	125	1.173	7.5	0.7	3.1	5.4	1.76
1989	28	OAK	AL	3	5	.375	3.26	50	0	15	0	0	3	80.0	60	33	29	5	30	3	70	2	0	5	335	114	1.125	6.8	0.6	3.4	7.9	2.33
1990	29	OAK	AL	3	3	.500	1.57	51	0	17	0	0	5	74.2	55	14	13	5	17	1	38	3	0	1	291	239	0.964	6.6	0.6	2.0	4.6	2.24
1991	30	OAK	AL	1	5	.167	6.84	44	0	11	0	0	0	48.2	60	38	37	12	23	1	23	3	0	0	229	56	1.705	11.1	2.2	4.3	4.3	1.00
1992	31	OAK	AL	3	1	.750	6.45	28	2	8	0	0	0	51.2	68	37	37	5	22	5	23	0	0	2	234	59	1.742	11.8	0.9	3.8	4.0	1.05
1993	32	TOT	AL	0	5	.000	3.12	52	0	22	0	0	5	60.2	60	28	21	3	24	5	35	2	0	2	265	145	1.385	8.9	0.4	3.6	5.2	1.46
1993	32	CAL	AL	0	5	.000	3.08	46	0	20	0	0	4	52.2	50	25	18	3	23	4	31	2	0	1	231	148	1.386	8.5	0.5	3.9	5.3	1.35
1993	32	TEX	AL	0	0		3.38	6	0	2	0	0	1	8.0	10	3	3	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	34	129	1.375	11.3	0.0	1.1	4.5	4.00
13 Seasons				53	64	.453	4.13	493	68	153	6	1	28	1080.0	1061	537	496	117	418	32	655	33	10	46	4652	99	1.369	8.8	1.0	3.5	5.5	1.57
162 Game Avg.				6	8	.453	4.13	60	8	19	1	0	3	131	129	65	60	14	51	4	79	4	1	6	564	99	1.369	8.8	1.0	3.5	5.5	1.57

OAK (6 yrs)				25	25	.500	3.82	281	9	86	0	0	14	490.1	456	222	208	48	165	14	315	16	6	19	2075	102	1.266	8.4	0.9	3.0	5.8	1.91
CHW (3 yrs)				19	21	.475	4.16	120	28	41	3	0	9	335.0	334	164	155	39	125	9	207	11	2	18	1435	103	1.370	9.0	1.0	3.4	5.6	1.66
SEA (2 yrs)				6	12	.333	5.30	32	24	4	3	1	0	154.2	171	99	91	22	81	3	82	3	2	5	698	81	1.629	10.0	1.3	4.7	4.8	1.01
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		3.38	6	0	2	0	0	1	8.0	10	3	3	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	34	129	1.375	11.3	0.0	1.1	4.5	4.00
CAL (1 yr)				0	5	.000	3.08	46	0	20	0	0	4	52.2	50	25	18	3	23	4	31	2	0	1	231	148	1.386	8.5	0.5	3.9	5.3	1.35
NYY (1 yr)				3	1	.750	4.81	8	7	0	0	0	0	39.1	40	24	21	5	23	1	16	1	0	2	179	75	1.602	9.2	1.1	5.3	3.7	0.70

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1981	20	NYY	AL	39.1	7	24	20	1	1.0	-4	-0.5	$
1982	21	SEA	AL	122.2	19	70	78	0	.9	8	0.7	$
1983	22	SEA	AL	32.0	5	29	21	-1	.8	-8	-0.8	$
1984	23	CHW	AL	74.2	9	38	45	1	.8	7	0.6	$
1985	24	CHW	AL	145.2	18	74	92	0	1.0	18	1.5	$110,000
1986	25	CHW	AL	114.2	1	52	69	5	1.1	17	0.9	$240,000
1987	26	OAK	AL	123.2	6	58	77	-2	.9	19	1.3	$365,000
1988	27	OAK	AL	111.2	1	42	61	1	1.0	19	1.3	$450,000
1989	28	OAK	AL	80.0	0	33	42	1	.9	9	0.4	$615,000
1990	29	OAK	AL	74.2	0	14	35	5	1.0	21	1.9	$650,000
1991	30	OAK	AL	48.2	0	38	28	1	1.2	-10	-1.5	$1,100,000
1992	31	OAK	AL	51.2	2	37	29	0	.6	-8	-0.9	$1,250,000
1993	32	CAL	AL	52.2	0	25	37	-1	1.3	12	0.8	$
1993	32	TEX	AL	8.0	0	3	5	0	1.1	2	0.1	$
13 Seasons				1080.0	68	537	639	11	1.0	102	5.8	$4,780,000

OAK (6 yrs)				490.1	9	222	272	6	.9	50	2.5	$4,430,000
CHW (3 yrs)				335.0	28	164	206	6	1.0	42	3.0	$350,000
SEA (2 yrs)				154.2	24	99	99	-1	.9	0	-0.1	$
TEX (1 yr)				8.0	0	3	5	0	1.1	2	0.1	$
CAL (1 yr)				52.2	0	25	37	-1	1.3	12	0.8	$
NYY (1 yr)				39.1	7	24	20	1	1.0	-4	-0.5	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	W-L%	ERA	G	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1988	27	OAK	AL	ALCS	W	BOS	2	1.000	0.00	2	4.2	5	0	0	0	1	0	18	1.286	9.6	0.0	1.9	0.0	0.00
1988	27	OAK	AL	WS	L	LAD	0		1.42	3	6.1	4	1	1	0	3	3	26	1.105	5.7	0.0	4.3	4.3	1.00
1989	28	OAK	AL	ALCS	W	TOR	0		0.00	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	13.5
1989	28	OAK	AL	WS	W	SFG	0		54.00	2	1.0	4	6	6	2	2	1	9	6.000	36.0	18.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
1990	29	OAK	AL	ALCS	W	BOS	0		0.00	1	1.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	1.800	16.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
1990	29	OAK	AL	WS	L	CIN	0		0.00	2	5.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	18	1.000	5.4	0.0	3.6	0.0	0.00
3 Seasons (6 Series)							2	1.000	3.15	11	20.0	20	7	7	2	8	6	83	1.400	9.0	0.9	3.6	2.7	0.75
3 ALCS							2	1.000	0.00	4	7.2	9	0	0	0	1	2	30	1.304	10.6	0.0	1.2	2.3	2.00
3 WS							0		5.11	7	12.1	11	7	7	2	7	4	53	1.459	8.0	1.5	5.1	2.9	0.57

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
1978	17	TEX-min	Rk	14																								RGS · GULF
1979	18	TEX-min	A	33																								AVL · WCRS
1980	19	NYY-min	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		FTL · FLOR
1981	20	NYY-min	AAA,A	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	CLB,FTL · IL,FLOR
1981	20	NYY	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1982	21	SEA-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	SLC · PCL
1982	21	SEA	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	22	SEA-min	AAA	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	SLC · PCL
1983	22	SEA	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	23	SEA-min	AAA	20	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333		1		0	1	0	0	SLC · PCL
1984	23	CHW	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	24	CHW	AL	47	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	25	CHW	AL	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	26	OAK	AL	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	27	OAK	AL	57	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	28	OAK	AL	51	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	29	OAK	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	30	OAK	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	31	OAK	AL	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	32	TOT	AL	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	32	CAL	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	32	TEX	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
13 Seasons				500	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

OAK (6 yrs)				287	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (3 yrs)				121	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SEA (2 yrs)				32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1985	24	CHW	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$110,000	1
1 Season				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$110,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
1988	27	OAK	AL	WS	LAD	L	1
1989	28	OAK	AL	WS	SFG	W	2
1990	29	OAK	AL	WS	CIN	L	1
3 Seasons (3 Series)							4
3 WS							4

Standard Fielding

More Stats

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%	PO
1981	NYY	AL	20	P	8	7	0	39.1	10	3	6	1	0	.900	2.06	1.13	.963	1.97	1.98	12	1	8%	0
1982	SEA	AL	21	P	22	19	2	122.2	31	10	20	1	4	.968	2.20	1.36	.958	1.80	1.80	11	3	21%	4
1983	SEA	AL	22	P	10	5	1	32.0	12	5	6	1	0	.917	3.09	1.10	.958	1.80	1.78	4	0	0%	0
1984	CHW	AL	23	P	20	9	2	74.2	19	11	8	0	1	1.000	2.29	0.95	.958	1.80	1.78	2	2	50%	0
1985	CHW	AL	24	P	46	18	1	145.2	30	10	19	1	0	.967	1.79	0.63	.953	1.86	1.84	7	10	59%	0
1986	CHW	AL	25	P	54	1	0	114.2	25	8	17	0	3	1.000	1.96	0.46	.957	1.83	1.81	7	5	42%	0
1987	OAK	AL	26	P	54	6	0	123.2	23	8	13	2	0	.913	1.53	0.39	.955	1.84	1.82	5	3	38%	0
1988	OAK	AL	27	P	54	1	0	111.2	15	4	11	0	1	1.000	1.21	0.28	.961	1.78	1.77	8	1	11%	0
1989	OAK	AL	28	P	50	0	0	80.0	9	6	3	0	0	1.000	1.01	0.18	.960	1.87	1.85	4	0	0%	0
1990	OAK	AL	29	P	51	0	0	74.2	13	4	8	1	0	.923	1.45	0.24	.953	1.78	1.76	1	2	67%	0
1991	OAK	AL	30	P	44	0	0	48.2	8	4	4	0	0	1.000	1.48	0.18	.956	1.79	1.80	4	1	20%	0
1992	OAK	AL	31	P	28	2	0	51.2	7	3	4	0	0	1.000	1.22	0.25	.953	1.72	1.71	4	3	43%	0
1993	TOT	AL	32	P	52	0	0	60.2	12	4	8	0	1	1.000	1.78	0.23	.952	1.80	1.78	3	1	25%	0
1993	CAL	AL	32	P	46	0	0	52.2	11	4	7	0	1	1.000	1.88	0.24	.953	1.79	1.78	3	1	25%	0
1993	TEX	AL	32	P	6	0	0	8.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.12	0.17	.950	1.80	1.78	0	0		0
	13 Seasons			P	493	68	6	1080.0	214	80	127	7	10	.967	1.72	0.42	.957	1.82	1.80	72	32	31%	4
	13 Seasons			TOT	493	68	6	1080.0	214	80	127	7	10	.967	1.72	0.42	.957	1.82	1.80	72	32	31%	4

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-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.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 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

Wild Pitches s c a p y 1985 AL 11 (4th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1985 AL 7 (9th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1988 AL 1.000 (1st) 1991 AL 1.000 (1st) 1992 AL 1.000 (1st)	Youngest s c a p y 1981 AL born 1960-12-03 (2nd) 1982 AL born 1960-12-03 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1985 AL 11 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1985 AL 7 (9th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1988 AL  1.000 (1st)
1991 AL  1.000 (1st)
1992 AL  1.000 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1981 AL born 1960-12-03 (2nd)
1982 AL born 1960-12-03 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 13 (827), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Trevor Cahill (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Brian Meadows (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Sellers (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Scudder (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chad Gaudin (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chad Gaudin (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Anderson (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tommie Sisk (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cal Koonce (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cal Koonce (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Adams (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Terry Adams (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round of the 1978 amateur draft.
October 8, 1979: the Texas Rangers sent Ray Fontenot and Gene Nelson to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on August 1, 1979. August 1, 1979: The Texas Rangers sent players to be named later, Amos Lewis (minors) and Oscar Gamble to the New York Yankees for players to be named later and Mickey Rivers.
April 1, 1982: Traded by the New York Yankees with a player to be named later and Bill Caudill to the Seattle Mariners for Shane Rawley. The New York Yankees sent Bobby Brown (April 6, 1982) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.
June 27, 1984: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Jerry Gleaton to the Chicago White Sox for Salome Barojas.
December 11, 1986: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with a player to be named later to the Oakland Athletics for Donnie Hill. The Chicago White Sox sent Bruce Tanner (December 18, 1986) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.
August 11, 1992: Released by the Oakland Athletics.
February 17, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.
September 3, 1993: Released by the California Angels.
September 11, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
October 15, 1993: 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
1985	24	Chicago White Sox	$110,000	1985 USA Today survey
1986	25	Chicago White Sox	$240,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	26	Oakland Athletics	$365,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	27	Oakland Athletics	$450,000*
1989	28	Oakland Athletics	$615,000*
1990	29	Oakland Athletics	$650,000*
1991	30	Oakland Athletics	$1,100,000	USA Today survey
1992	31	Oakland Athletics	$1,250,000	4/2/92 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$4,780,000

Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $470,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -
*1989 - $607,500 - 11/1/89 NYT -
*1990 - $658,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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