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Donovan Osborne

Donovan Alan Osborne

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 21, 1969 in Roseville, CA
High Schools: Carson City HS (Carson City, NV), Carson HS (Carson City, NV)
School: University of Nevada-Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed July 9, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1992 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Cubs/Yankees 1992-2004

Final Game: May 15, 2004 (Age 34)
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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
1990	21	STL-min	A,A-	2	4	.333	2.93	10	10	0	1	0	0	61.1	61	28	20	2	12	1	42	3	5	3			1.190	9.0	0.3	1.8	6.2	3.50	SAV,HAM · SALL,NYPL
1991	22	STL-min	AA	8	12	.400	3.63	26	26	0	3	0	0	166.0	178	82	67	6	43	3	130	4	4	4	696		1.331	9.7	0.3	2.3	7.0	3.02	ARK · TL
1992	23	STL	NL	11	9	.550	3.77	34	29	2	0	0	0	179.0	193	91	75	14	38	2	104	2	0	6	754	90	1.291	9.7	0.7	1.9	5.2	2.74	RoY-5
1993	24	STL	NL	10	7	.588	3.76	26	26	0	1	0	0	155.2	153	73	65	18	47	4	83	7	0	4	657	105	1.285	8.8	1.0	2.7	4.8	1.77
1994		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1995	26	STL-min	AA,AAA	0	2	.000	3.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	20	7	6	0	2	0	9	1	0	0	76		1.222	10.0	0.0	1.0	4.5	4.50	ARK,LOU · TL,AA
1995	26	STL	NL	4	6	.400	3.81	19	19	0	0	0	0	113.1	112	58	48	17	34	2	82	2	0	0	477	109	1.288	8.9	1.4	2.7	6.5	2.41
1996	27	STL-min	AAA,A+	2	0	1.000	1.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	43		0.769	5.5	0.7	1.4	3.5	2.50	LOU,SPT · AA,FLOR
1996	27	STL	NL	13	9	.591	3.53	30	30	0	2	1	0	198.2	191	87	78	22	57	5	134	1	1	6	822	119	1.248	8.7	1.0	2.6	6.1	2.35
1997	28	STL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.72	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.1	13	7	7	2	5	1	13	0	0	1	58		1.350	8.8	1.4	3.4	8.8	2.60	LOU · AA
1997	28	STL	NL	3	7	.300	4.93	14	14	0	0	0	0	80.1	84	46	44	10	23	2	51	1	0	1	337	85	1.332	9.4	1.1	2.6	5.7	2.22
1998	29	STL-min	AA,AAA	2	0	1.000	4.63	6	6	0	0	0	0	23.1	21	13	12	4	3	0	27	0	0	0	95		1.029	8.1	1.5	1.2	10.4	9.00	ARK,MEM · TL,PCL
1998	29	STL	NL	5	4	.556	4.09	14	14	0	1	1	0	83.2	84	42	38	11	22	2	60	1	0	1	358	104	1.267	9.0	1.2	2.4	6.5	2.73
1999	30	STL	NL	1	3	.250	5.52	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.1	34	18	18	4	10	0	21	2	0	1	130	84	1.500	10.4	1.2	3.1	6.4	2.10
2000		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2001		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2002	33	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	6.19	11	0	1	0	0	0	16.0	19	11	11	1	10	2	13	0	0	0	77	67	1.813	10.7	0.6	5.6	7.3	1.30
2003		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2004	35	SDP-min	AAA	2	2	.500	8.56	7	2	2	0	0	0	13.2	26	14	13	4	5	0	12	1	0	1	71		2.268	17.1	2.6	3.3	7.9	2.40	POR · PCL
2004	35	NYY	AL	2	0	1.000	7.13	9	2	2	0	0	0	17.2	25	16	14	3	5	0	10	2	0	0	79	64	1.698	12.7	1.5	2.5	5.1	2.00
2005	36	FLA-min	AAA	5	3	.625	4.87	14	14	0	0	0	0	81.1	91	49	44	12	27	1	53	6	0	0	357		1.451	10.1	1.3	3.0	5.9	1.96	ABQ · PCL
2006	37	KCR-min	AAA	0	6	.000	6.66	17	4	3	0	0	0	52.2	86	45	39	9	14	1	30	1	0	2	252		1.899	14.7	1.5	2.4	5.1	2.14	OMA · PCL
9 Yrs				49	46	.516	4.03	163	140	5	4	2	0	873.2	895	442	391	100	246	19	558	18	1	19	3691	100	1.306	9.2	1.0	2.5	5.7	2.27
162 Game Avg.				11	10	.516	4.03	37	31	1	1	0	0	196	201	99	88	22	55	4	125	4	0	4	828	100	1.306	9.2	1.0	2.5	5.7	2.27

STL (7 yrs)				47	45	.511	3.92	143	138	2	4	2	0	840.0	851	415	366	96	231	17	535	16	1	19	3535	102	1.288	9.1	1.0	2.5	5.7	2.32
CHC (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.19	11	0	1	0	0	0	16.0	19	11	11	1	10	2	13	0	0	0	77	67	1.813	10.7	0.6	5.6	7.3	1.30
NYY (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	7.13	9	2	2	0	0	0	17.2	25	16	14	3	5	0	10	2	0	0	79	64	1.698	12.7	1.5	2.5	5.1	2.00

NL (8 yrs)				47	46	.505	3.96	154	138	3	4	2	0	856.0	870	426	377	97	241	19	548	16	1	19	3612	101	1.298	9.1	1.0	2.5	5.8	2.27
AL (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	7.13	9	2	2	0	0	0	17.2	25	16	14	3	5	0	10	2	0	0	79	64	1.698	12.7	1.5	2.5	5.1	2.00

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
1992	23	STL	NL	179.0	34	29	91	4.58	3.95	-0.01	0.11	97.6	3.97	-13	-1.4	.8	-0.1	-0.1	1	.458	.491		RoY-5
1993	24	STL	NL	155.2	26	26	73	4.22	4.48	-0.10	0.16	98.9	4.68	5	0.5		-0.1	1.8	21	.520	.503	$155,000

1995	26	STL	NL	113.1	19	19	58	4.61	4.82	0.28	0.18	97.4	4.59	-2	-0.2		-0.1	0.7	10	.491	.499	$250,000
1996	27	STL	NL	198.2	30	30	87	3.94	4.70	0.49	0.17	97.1	4.26	8	0.8		-0.1	2.4	24	.528	.505	$725,000
1997	28	STL	NL	80.1	14	14	46	5.15	4.73	0.38	0.17	98.6	4.45	-6	-0.6		-0.1	0.0	1	.455	.496	$2,750,000
1998	29	STL	NL	83.2	14	14	42	4.52	4.42	0.04	0.16	100.3	4.55	0	0.0		-0.1	0.7	8	.503	.500	$3,750,000
1999	30	STL	NL	29.1	6	6	18	5.52	4.97	-0.02	0.18	97.4	5.04	-2	-0.2		-0.0	0.1	1	.473	.499	$5,080,000

2002	33	CHC	NL	16.0	11	0	11	6.19	4.54	-0.40	-0.34	99.2	4.57	-3	-0.3	.6	0.0	-0.1	-2	.473	.498	$450,000

2004	35	NYY	AL	17.2	9	2	16	8.15	5.12	-0.54	-0.17	97.3	5.34	-6	-0.5	.7	0.0	-0.3	-3	.441	.497	$450,000
9 Seasons				873.2	163	140	442	4.55	4.51	0.15	0.14	98.1	4.42	-18	-1.8	.7	-0.5	5.1	60	.489	.499	$13,610,000

STL (7 yrs)				840.0	143	138	415	4.45	4.50	0.17	0.16	98.0	4.40	-9	-1.0	.8	-0.5	5.5	65	.493	.499	$12,710,000
CHC (1 yr)				16.0	11	0	11	6.19	4.54	-0.40	-0.34	99.2	4.57	-3	-0.3	.6	0.0	-0.1	-2	.473	.498	$450,000
NYY (1 yr)				17.2	9	2	16	8.15	5.12	-0.54	-0.17	97.3	5.34	-6	-0.5	.7	0.0	-0.3	-3	.441	.497	$450,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1996	27	STL	NL	NLDS	W	SDP	0	0		9.00	1	1	4.0	7	4	4	1	0	5	0	0	20	1.750	15.8	2.3	0.0	11.3
1996	27	STL	NL	NLCS	L	ATL	1	1	.500	9.39	2	2	7.2	12	8	8	0	4	6	1	1	40	2.087	14.1	0.0	4.7	7.0	1.50
1 Yr (2 Series)							1	1	.500	9.26	3	3	11.2	19	12	12	1	4	11	1	1	60	1.971	14.7	0.8	3.1	8.5	2.75
1 NLDS							0	0		9.00	1	1	4.0	7	4	4	1	0	5	0	0	20	1.750	15.8	2.3	0.0	11.3
1 NLCS							1	1	.500	9.39	2	2	7.2	12	8	8	0	4	6	1	1	40	2.087	14.1	0.0	4.7	7.0	1.50

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
1990	21	STL-min	A,A-	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		SAV,HAM · SALL,NYPL
1991	22	STL-min	AA	26	38	33	6	10	3	0	0	5	1	0	4	10	.303	.378	.394	.772		13		0	1	0	0		ARK · TL
1992	23	STL	NL	34	60	58	4	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	.121	.121	.155	.276	-21	9	0	0	2	0	0	1	RoY-5
1993	24	STL	NL	29	59	49	4	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	13	.204	.250	.224	.474	30	11	0	0	7	0	0	1
1994		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1995	26	STL-min	AA,AAA	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		ARK,LOU · TL,AA
1995	26	STL	NL	19	38	31	1	5	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	15	.161	.257	.258	.515	38	8	0	1	3	0	0	1
1996	27	STL-min	AAA,A+	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		LOU,SPT · AA,FLOR
1996	27	STL	NL	30	72	59	6	13	4	0	1	10	0	1	3	24	.220	.258	.339	.597	57	20	0	0	10	0	0	1
1997	28	STL-min	AAA	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0	0		LOU · AA
1997	28	STL	NL	14	25	24	2	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	6	.208	.208	.250	.458	20	6	0	0	1	0	0	1
1998	29	STL-min	AA,AAA	6	10	7	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.143	.222	.143	.365		1	0	0	1	1	0		ARK,MEM · TL,PCL
1998	29	STL	NL	14	32	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.040	.143	.040	.183	-48	1	1	0	4	0	0	1
1999	30	STL	NL	6	11	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.200	.300	-27	2	0	0	1	0	0	/1
2000		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2001		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2002	33	CHC	NL	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2004	35	SDP-min	AAA	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333		2	0	0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
2004	35	NYY	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2005	36	FLA-min	AAA	14	23	19	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.211	.286	.211	.496		4	0	0	2	0	0		ABQ · PCL
2006	37	KCR-min	AAA	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OMA · PCL
9 Yrs				166	300	259	18	42	10	1	1	19	1	1	12	87	.162	.202	.220	.422	14	57	1	1	28	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	293	253	18	41	10	1	1	19	1	1	12	85	.162	.202	.220	.422	14	56	1	1	27	0	0

STL (7 yrs)				146	297	256	18	42	10	1	1	19	1	1	12	86	.164	.204	.223	.427	16	57	1	1	28	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				157	300	259	18	42	10	1	1	19	1	1	12	87	.162	.202	.220	.422	14	57	1	1	28	0	0
AL (1 yr)				9	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
1992	23	STL	NL	34	60	-9	0	0	0	7	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	1		1	RoY-5
1993	24	STL	NL	29	59	-6	-0	0	0	8	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.508	.501	0.2	0.0	4	$155,000	1

1995	26	STL	NL	19	38	-3	-0	0	0	5	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.511	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$250,000	1
1996	27	STL	NL	30	72	-5	-1	1	0	10	5	0.4	2	7	0.4	.516	.503	0.5	-0.0	7	$725,000	1
1997	28	STL	NL	14	25	-3	-0	0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.506	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$2,750,000	1
1998	29	STL	NL	14	32	-6	0	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.489	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0	$3,750,000	1
1999	30	STL	NL	6	11	-2	-0	0	0	2	-0	-0.0	0	0	-0.0	.494	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$5,080,000	/1

2002	33	CHC	NL	11	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.496	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$450,000	1

2004	35	NYY	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$450,000	/1
9 Seasons				166	300	-35	-1	2	0	41	7	0.6	9	16	0.6	.504	.500	0.6	0.0	16	$13,610,000

STL (7 yrs)				146	297	-34	-1	2	0	40	7	0.6	9	16	0.6	.505	.501	0.6	0.0	16	$12,710,000
CHC (1 yr)				11	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.496	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$450,000
NYY (1 yr)				9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$450,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1996	27	STL	NL	NLDS	SDP	W	1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1996	27	STL	NL	NLCS	ATL	L	2	3	3	3	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 Yr (2 Series)							3	4	4	3	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 NLDS							1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 NLCS							2	3	3	3	.000	.000	.000	.000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1992	STL	NL	23	P	34	29	0	179.0	26	6	18	2	2	.923			1.21	0.71	.954	1.94	1.94	15	3	17%	32%	0	RoY-5
1993	STL	NL	24	P	26	26	1	155.2	32	8	24	0	1	1.000			1.85	1.23	.953	1.84	1.83	4	5	56%	31%	0
1995	STL	NL	26	P	19	19	0	113.1	19	3	16	0	0	1.000			1.51	1.00	.956	1.84	1.83	10	8	44%	30%	1
1996	STL	NL	27	P	30	30	2	198.2	30	6	23	1	0	.967			1.31	0.97	.954	1.84	1.83	4	10	71%	28%	3
1997	STL	NL	28	P	14	14	0	80.1	14	4	10	0	1	1.000			1.57	1.00	.953	1.85	1.84	3	5	63%	32%	2
1998	STL	NL	29	P	14	14	1	83.2	16	5	8	3	2	.813			1.40	0.93	.961	1.85	1.84	2	2	50%	32%	0
1999	STL	NL	30	P	6	6	0	29.1	9	1	7	1	0	.889			2.45	1.33	.951	1.72	1.72	1	3	75%	29%	0
2002	CHC	NL	33	P	11	0	0	16.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000			1.12	0.18	.965	1.86	1.81	3	0	0%	32%	0
2004	NYY	AL	35	P	9	2	0	17.2	7	1	6	0	1	1.000	-1	-11	3.57	0.78	.949	1.68	1.64	2	2	50%	32%	1
	9 Seasons			P	163	140	4	873.2	155	34	114	7	7	.955	-1	-11	1.52	0.91	.954	1.86	1.84	44	38	46%	31%	7
	9 Seasons			TOT	163	140	4	873.2	155	34	114	7	7	.955	-1	-67	1.52	0.91	.954	1.86	1.84	44	38	46%	31%	7

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
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1992 NL 1.911 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1996 NL 1 (9th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1992 NL 2.737 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1992 NL 1.911 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1996 NL 1 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1992 NL 2.737 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2159), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1982), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1136), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1136th), 5.7 career WAR/6.2 7yr-peak WAR/5.9 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Allan Anderson (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Jack Kralick (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Buddy Black (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry McWilliams (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Stubby Overmire (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Geoff Zahn (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Luke Hamlin (945) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 9th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 4, 1990: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 1990.
November 3, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
February 13, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
September 3, 2002: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
February 22, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
March 25, 2003: Released by the New York Mets.
February 7, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
May 27, 2004: Released by the New York Yankees.
June 6, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
July 4, 2004: Released by the San Diego Padres.
February 21, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
April 4, 2005: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
June 27, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
June 9, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
August 29, 2006: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

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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/Other Sources
1993	24	St. Louis Cardinals	$155,000*
1994	25	St. Louis Cardinals	$112,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Missed entire season with injury
1995	26	St. Louis Cardinals	$250,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $50,000 earned bonus
1996	27	St. Louis Cardinals	$725,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $50,000 earned bonus
1997	28	St. Louis Cardinals	$2,750,000	1997 AP survey
1998	29	St. Louis Cardinals	$3,750,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	30	St. Louis Cardinals	$5,080,000	4/6/99 USA Today

2002	33	Chicago Cubs	$450,000	4/3/02 AP

2004	35	New York Yankees	$450,000	4/7/04 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$13,722,000

Disputed Salaries
*1993 - $155,000 - 1996 Joint Exhibit 1 - Includes $25,000 earned bonus

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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