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Joe Price

Joseph Walter Price

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: November 29, 1956 in Inglewood, CA
High School: Santana HS (Santee, CA)
Schools: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK), Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 1980 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Reds/Giants/Orioles/RedSox 1980-1990
Agents: Steve Comte [*]
Final Game: September 16, 1990 (Age 33)
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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
1977	20	CIN-min	Rk	6	5	.545	3.73	15	13		4	0	0	94.0	83	50	39	2	42	0	97	1	1	8			1.330	7.9	0.2	4.0	9.3	2.31	BIL · PION
1978	21	CIN-min	A,AA	10	4	.714	1.54	25	23		9	1	0	175.0	130	43	30	3	54	4	138	0	2	7			1.051	6.7	0.2	2.8	7.1	2.56	TAM,NVL · FLOR,SOUL
1979	22	CIN-min	AA	6	6	.500	3.96	22	20		2	2	0	109.0	101	58	48	13	41	1	69	1	0	6			1.303	8.3	1.1	3.4	5.7	1.68	NVL · SOUL
1980	23	CIN-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.87	11	11		3	0	0	79.0	64	36	34	5	30	1	83	0	0	2			1.190	7.3	0.6	3.4	9.5	2.77	INA · AA
1980	23	CIN	NL	7	3	.700	3.56	24	13	3	2	0	0	111.1	95	45	44	10	37	0	44	1	1	1	448	102	1.186	7.7	0.8	3.0	3.6	1.19
1981	24	CIN	NL	6	1	.857	2.52	41	0	13	0	0	4	53.2	42	19	15	3	18	2	41	0	0	2	216	143	1.118	7.0	0.5	3.0	6.9	2.28
1982	25	CIN	NL	3	4	.429	2.85	59	1	17	0	0	3	72.2	73	26	23	7	32	8	71	4	0	1	318	130	1.445	9.0	0.9	4.0	8.8	2.22
1983	26	CIN	NL	10	6	.625	2.88	21	21	0	5	0	0	144.0	118	46	46	12	46	2	83	0	0	0	581	132	1.139	7.4	0.8	2.9	5.2	1.80
1984	27	CIN	NL	7	13	.350	4.19	30	30	0	3	1	0	171.2	176	91	80	19	61	5	129	2	0	3	748	90	1.381	9.2	1.0	3.2	6.8	2.11
1985	28	CIN	NL	2	2	.500	3.90	26	8	5	0	0	1	64.2	59	35	28	10	23	7	52	0	0	2	274	97	1.268	8.2	1.4	3.2	7.2	2.26
1986	29	CIN	NL	1	2	.333	5.40	25	2	2	0	0	0	41.2	49	30	25	5	22	2	30	0	0	1	194	72	1.704	10.6	1.1	4.8	6.5	1.36
1987	30	SFG-min	AAA	6	0	1.000	2.49	17	8	5	0	0	2	61.1	45	21	17	3	40	1	49	2	1	2			1.386	6.6	0.4	5.9	7.2	1.23	PHX · PCL
1987	30	SFG	NL	2	2	.500	2.57	20	0	5	0	0	1	35.0	19	10	10	5	13	2	42	1	0	1	137	153	0.914	4.9	1.3	3.3	10.8	3.23
1988	31	SFG	NL	1	6	.143	3.94	38	3	14	0	0	4	61.2	59	33	27	5	27	6	49	1	3	1	269	84	1.395	8.6	0.7	3.9	7.2	1.81
1989	32	TOT	MLB	3	6	.333	4.59	38	6	13	0	0	0	84.1	87	44	43	11	34	5	62	0	1	2	364	88	1.435	9.3	1.2	3.6	6.6	1.82
1989	32	SFG	NL	1	1	.500	5.79	7	1	3	0	0	0	14.0	16	9	9	3	4	2	10	0	1	1	59	60	1.429	10.3	1.9	2.6	6.4	2.50
1989	32	BOS	AL	2	5	.286	4.35	31	5	10	0	0	0	70.1	71	35	34	8	30	3	52	0	0	1	305	95	1.436	9.1	1.0	3.8	6.7	1.73
1990	33	BAL	AL	3	4	.429	3.58	50	0	12	0	0	0	65.1	62	29	26	8	24	2	54	0	0	1	273	107	1.316	8.5	1.1	3.3	7.4	2.25
1991	34	SDP-BAL-min	AAA	2	2	.500	4.55	33	0	7	0	0	1	29.2	29	18	15	5	19	2	27	0	0	3			1.618	8.8	1.5	5.8	8.2	1.42	LVG,ROC · PCL,IL
11 Yrs				45	49	.479	3.65	372	84	84	10	1	13	906.0	839	408	367	95	337	41	657	9	5	15	3822	103	1.298	8.3	0.9	3.3	6.5	1.95
162 Game Avg.				7	7	.479	3.65	55	13	13	1	0	2	135	125	61	55	14	50	6	98	1	1	2	570	103	1.298	8.3	0.9	3.3	6.5	1.95

CIN (7 yrs)				36	31	.537	3.56	226	75	40	10	1	8	659.2	612	292	261	66	239	26	450	7	1	10	2779	105	1.290	8.3	0.9	3.3	6.1	1.88
SFG (3 yrs)				4	9	.308	3.74	65	4	22	0	0	5	110.2	94	52	46	13	44	10	101	2	4	3	465	94	1.247	7.6	1.1	3.6	8.2	2.30
BOS (1 yr)				2	5	.286	4.35	31	5	10	0	0	0	70.1	71	35	34	8	30	3	52	0	0	1	305	95	1.436	9.1	1.0	3.8	6.7	1.73
BAL (1 yr)				3	4	.429	3.58	50	0	12	0	0	0	65.1	62	29	26	8	24	2	54	0	0	1	273	107	1.316	8.5	1.1	3.3	7.4	2.25

NL (10 yrs)				40	40	.500	3.59	291	79	62	10	1	13	770.1	706	344	307	79	283	36	551	9	5	13	3244	103	1.284	8.2	0.9	3.3	6.4	1.95
AL (2 yrs)				5	9	.357	3.98	81	5	22	0	0	0	135.2	133	64	60	16	54	5	106	0	0	2	578	100	1.378	8.8	1.1	3.6	7.0	1.96

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1980	23	CIN	NL	111.1	24	13	45	3.64	3.94	0.01	0.01	99.6	3.92	3	0.4	1.3	-0.1	1.2	14	.515	.502
1981	24	CIN	NL	53.2	41	0	19	3.19	3.98	-0.02	-0.30	101.9	3.77	3	0.3	1.8	0.0	0.8	7	.508	.502
1982	25	CIN	NL	72.2	59	1	26	3.22	4.29	-0.31	-0.29	101.2	4.36	8	0.9	1.6	0.1	1.7	16	.516	.506	$86,000
1983	26	CIN	NL	144.0	21	21	46	2.88	4.10	0.14	0.14	102.9	4.22	21	2.5		-0.1	3.6	35	.621	.516	$210,000
1984	27	CIN	NL	171.2	30	30	91	4.77	4.14	-0.32	0.15	103.5	4.76	-2	-0.2		-0.1	1.1	16	.492	.499	$330,000
1985	28	CIN	NL	64.2	26	8	35	4.87	4.13	0.08	-0.01	103.0	4.17	-6	-0.6	.9	-0.1	-0.1	1	.477	.496	$410,000
1986	29	CIN	NL	41.2	25	2	30	6.48	4.14	-0.15	-0.24	103.4	4.19	-11	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-7	.454	.493	$430,000
1987	30	SFG	NL	35.0	20	0	10	2.57	4.41	0.06	-0.33	96.2	3.86	5	0.5	.9	-0.1	0.7	9	.525	.503	$100,000
1988	31	SFG	NL	61.2	38	3	33	4.82	3.76	0.08	-0.21	96.6	3.35	-10	-1.2	1.2	-0.2	-0.8	-4	.469	.493	$300,000
1989	32	SFG	NL	14.0	7	1	9	5.79	3.70	0.24	-0.14	98.5	3.28	-4	-0.4	1.1	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.439	.497	$68,000
1989	32	BOS	AL	70.1	31	5	35	4.48	4.37	0.01	-0.16	104.7	4.40	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.1	0.4	6	.497	.499
1990	33	BAL	AL	65.1	50	0	29	3.99	4.45	0.22	-0.34	96.6	3.75	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.2	0.3	5	.497	.499	$325,000
11 Seasons				906.0	372	84	408	4.05	4.13	-0.04	-0.07	101.4	4.16	5	0.8	1.3	-0.7	7.8	96	.502	.500	$2,259,000

CIN (7 yrs)				659.2	226	75	292	3.98	4.10	-0.09	-0.00	102.3	4.28	17	2.2	1.5	-0.2	7.5	83	.510	.502	$1,466,000
SFG (3 yrs)				110.2	65	4	52	4.23	3.96	0.10	-0.24	96.7	3.50	-10	-1.1	1.1	-0.3	-0.4	2	.483	.498	$468,000
BOS (1 yr)				70.1	31	5	35	4.48	4.37	0.01	-0.16	104.7	4.40	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.1	0.4	6	.497	.499
BAL (1 yr)				65.1	50	0	29	3.99	4.45	0.22	-0.34	96.6	3.75	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.2	0.3	5	.497	.499	$325,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1987	30	SFG	NL	NLCS	L	STL	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	21	0.706	4.8	0.0	1.6	11.1	7.00
1 NLCS							1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	21	0.706	4.8	0.0	1.6	11.1	7.00

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1977	20	CIN-min	Rk	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			BIL · PION
1978	21	CIN-min	A,AA	25	21	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.095	.095	.095	.190		2		0	0	0			TAM,NVL · FLOR,SOUL
1979	22	CIN-min	AA	22	36	33	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	13	.061	.114	.121	.235		4		0	1	0			NVL · SOUL
1980	23	CIN-min	AAA	11	31	22	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.091	.167	.091	.258		2		0	7	0			INA · AA
1980	23	CIN	NL	24	42	39	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.128	.128	.128	.256	-28	5	1	0	3	0	0	1
1981	24	CIN	NL	41	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	25	CIN	NL	59	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	86	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1983	26	CIN	NL	21	47	41	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	.098	.159	.098	.257	-28	4	0	0	3	0	0	1
1984	27	CIN	NL	30	59	48	3	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	16	.146	.180	.167	.347	-3	8	0	0	9	0	0	1
1985	28	CIN	NL	26	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.067	.000	.067	-80	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1986	29	CIN	NL	25	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	30	SFG-min	AAA	17	7	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.167	.286	.167	.452		1		0	0	0	0		PHX · PCL
1987	30	SFG	NL	20	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	31	SFG	NL	38	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	-65	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1989	32	TOT	MLB	38	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	32	SFG	NL	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1989	32	BOS	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	33	BAL	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	34	SDP-BAL-min	AAA	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		LVG,ROC · PCL,IL
11 Yrs				372	200	171	6	19	1	0	0	5	0	0	9	54	.111	.156	.117	.273	-23	20	1	0	20	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	87	74	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	24	.111	.156	.117	.273	-23	9	0	0	9	0	0

CIN (7 yrs)				226	180	155	4	18	1	0	0	4	0	0	7	46	.116	.154	.123	.277	-22	19	1	0	18	0	0
SFG (3 yrs)				65	20	16	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.063	.167	.063	.229	-32	1	0	0	2	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (10 yrs)				291	200	171	6	19	1	0	0	5	0	0	9	54	.111	.156	.117	.273	-23	20	1	0	20	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1980	23	CIN	NL	24	42	-7	0	-0	0	5	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.3	.488	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1		1
1981	24	CIN	NL	41	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0		1
1982	25	CIN	NL	59	5	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$86,000	1
1983	26	CIN	NL	21	47	-8	0	0	0	6	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.492	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0	$210,000	1
1984	27	CIN	NL	30	59	-8	0	0	0	7	-0	-0.0	2	1	0.0	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$330,000	1
1985	28	CIN	NL	26	16	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$410,000	1
1986	29	CIN	NL	25	8	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$430,000	1
1987	30	SFG	NL	20	6	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$100,000	1
1988	31	SFG	NL	38	11	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$300,000	1
1989	32	SFG	NL	7	3	-0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$68,000	/1
1989	32	BOS	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
1990	33	BAL	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$325,000	1
11 Seasons				372	200	-30	0	1	0	23	-6	-0.6	6	0	-0.6	.498	.500	-0.7	0.2	0	$2,259,000

CIN (7 yrs)				226	180	-27	0	1	0	21	-5	-0.5	5	1	-0.5	.498	.500	-0.6	0.2	1	$1,466,000
SFG (3 yrs)				65	20	-3	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$468,000
BOS (1 yr)				31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0
BAL (1 yr)				50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$325,000

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
1987	30	SFG	NL	NLCS	STL	L	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

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%	lgCS%	PO
1980	CIN	NL	23	P	24	13	2	111.1	21	3	16	2	1	.905	1.54	0.79	.952	1.91	1.91	2	7	78%	31%	4
1981	CIN	NL	24	P	41	0	0	53.2	16	1	13	2	0	.875	2.35	0.34	.959	1.98	1.98	2	2	50%	33%	2
1982	CIN	NL	25	P	59	1	0	72.2	11	1	8	2	0	.818	1.11	0.15	.952	1.96	1.97	2	1	33%	32%	0
1983	CIN	NL	26	P	21	21	5	144.0	33	8	21	4	3	.879	1.81	1.38	.952	1.92	1.91	9	10	53%	33%	4
1984	CIN	NL	27	P	30	30	3	171.2	18	4	14	0	0	1.000	0.94	0.60	.954	1.88	1.87	9	8	47%	31%	0
1985	CIN	NL	28	P	26	8	0	64.2	5	1	4	0	1	1.000	0.70	0.19	.952	1.92	1.92	1	1	50%	30%	0
1986	CIN	NL	29	P	25	2	0	41.2	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	0.86	0.16	.955	1.94	1.94	5	1	17%	32%	0
1987	SFG	NL	30	P	20	0	0	35.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.77	0.15	.953	1.90	1.90	3	1	25%	29%	0
1988	SFG	NL	31	P	38	3	0	61.2	11	3	8	0	0	1.000	1.61	0.29	.955	1.96	1.96	4	1	20%	29%	1
1989	TOT	MLB	32	P	38	6	0	84.1	10	2	8	0	1	1.000	1.07	0.26	.956	1.87	1.86	10	3	23%	31%	1
1989	SFG	NL	32	P	7	1	0	14.0	3	0	3	0	1	1.000	1.93	0.43	.947	1.86	1.87	1	0	0%	32%	0
1989	BOS	AL	32	P	31	5	0	70.1	7	2	5	0	0	1.000	0.90	0.23	.960	1.87	1.85	9	3	25%	31%	1
1990	BAL	AL	33	P	50	0	0	65.1	11	1	8	2	0	.818	1.24	0.18	.953	1.78	1.76	6	4	40%	34%	2
	11 Seasons			P	372	84	10	906.0	143	27	104	12	6	.916	1.30	0.35	.954	1.91	1.91	53	39	42%	32%	14
	11 Seasons			TOT	372	84	10	906.0	143	27	104	12	6	.916	1.30	0.35	.954	1.91	1.91	53	39	42%	32%	14

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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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1983 NL .625 (7th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1984 NL 6.763 (8th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1984 NL 19 (9th)	Losses s c a p y 1984 NL 13 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1983 NL .625 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 NL 6.763 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1984 NL 19 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1984 NL 13 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2128), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1719), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (1035), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (276th), 7.2 career WAR/9.1 7yr-peak WAR/8.2 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 37.9 career WAR/26.7 7yr-peak WAR/32.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft.
November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.
February 5, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.
December 14, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
May 1, 1989: Released by the San Francisco Giants.
May 5, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.
January 12, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
November 5, 1990: 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/Other Sources
1982	25	Cincinnati Reds	$86,000	1984 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database	2/14/83 TSN: $85,000
1983	26	Cincinnati Reds	$210,000	1984 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database	Player win; $130,000 offer
1984	27	Cincinnati Reds	$330,000	1985 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database	Player loss; $495,000 request
1985	28	Cincinnati Reds	$410,000	1985 USA Today survey
1986	29	Cincinnati Reds	$430,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	30	San Francisco Giants	$100,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	31	San Francisco Giants	$300,000*
1989	32	San Francisco Giants	$68,000*
1990	33	Baltimore Orioles	$325,000*

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,259,000

Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $374,500 - 12/13/88 NYT -
*1989 - $500,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
*1990 - $400,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -

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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