Óscar Salazar

Oscar Enrique Salazar

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 27, 1978 in Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela
High School: Maracay (Maracay, VE)
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 2002
Teams (by GP): Padres/Orioles/Tigers 2002-2010
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.036, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
1998	20	OAK-min	Rk,A-	54	236	203	48	65	11	6	7	46	9	3	28	37	.320	.400	.537	.937		109	1	1	1	3	0	ATH,SOR · ARIZ,NORW
1999	21	OAK-min	A+	130	574	525	100	155	26	18	18	105	14	6	39	106	.295	.340	.516	.856		271	10	1	0	9	1	MOD · CALL
2000	22	OAK-min	AA,AAA	115	487	440	70	130	28	1	13	58	5	4	40	72	.295	.355	.452	.807		199	11	2	2	3	0	MDL,SAC · TL,PCL
2001	23	OAK-min	AA,AAA	135	596	537	75	140	31	4	18	96	10	3	50	105	.261	.323	.434	.757		233	12	2	1	6	2	MDL,SAC · TL,PCL
2002	24	DET-NYM-min	AA,AAA	89	312	285	22	60	20	1	7	32	2	3	22	56	.211	.276	.361	.637		103	8	4	0	1	0	ERI,BNG,TOL · EL,IL
2002	24	DET	AL	8	23	21	2	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.190	.227	.381	.608	64	8	0	0	1	0	0	/456

2008	30	BAL-min	AAA	112	491	443	73	140	42	3	13	85	8	2	42	56	.316	.371	.512	.883		227	12	0	0	6	1	NFK · IL
2008	30	BAL	AL	34	94	81	13	23	3	0	5	15	0	1	12	13	.284	.372	.506	.879	130	41	1	0	0	1	0	3/56
2009	31	BAL-min	AAA	50	213	199	31	74	17	1	10	43	0	3	13	27	.372	.408	.618	1.027		123	5	0	0	1	0	NFK · IL
2009	31	TOT	MLB	72	154	139	16	42	8	2	5	25	0	0	14	20	.302	.364	.496	.860	132	69	8	0	0	1	1	7/35946D
2009	31	BAL	AL	17	33	31	4	13	0	0	2	6	0	0	2	4	.419	.455	.613	1.067	177	19	2	0	0	0	0	/35436
2009	31	SDP	NL	55	121	108	12	29	8	2	3	19	0	0	12	16	.269	.339	.463	.802	119	50	6	0	0	1	1	/35436
2010	32	SDP-min	A+	7	27	25	3	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	5	.280	.296	.440	.736		11	1	0	0	1	0	LEL · CALL
2010	32	SDP	NL	85	148	131	19	31	4	0	3	19	1	2	16	23	.237	.318	.336	.653	84	44	4	0	0	1	1	/345
2011	33	FLA-min	AAA	45	143	136	12	30	2	1	2	16	4	1	6	18	.221	.252	.294	.546		40	4	0	0	1	0	NOR · PCL
4 Seasons				199	419	372	50	100	16	2	14	62	1	3	43	58	.269	.342	.435	.778	112	162	13	0	1	3	2
162 Game Avg.				162	341	303	41	81	13	2	11	50	1	2	35	47	.269	.342	.435	.778	112	132	11	0	1	2	2

SDP (2 yrs)				140	269	239	31	60	12	2	6	38	1	2	28	39	.251	.327	.393	.720	100	94	10	0	0	2	2
BAL (2 yrs)				51	127	112	17	36	3	0	7	21	0	1	14	17	.321	.394	.536	.929	143	60	3	0	0	1	0
DET (1 yr)				8	23	21	2	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.190	.227	.381	.608	64	8	0	0	1	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				59	150	133	19	40	4	0	8	24	0	1	15	19	.301	.369	.511	.880	131	68	3	0	1	1	0
NL (2 yrs)				140	269	239	31	60	12	2	6	38	1	2	28	39	.251	.327	.393	.720	100	94	10	0	0	2	2

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
2002	24	DET	AL	23	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$	/456

2008	30	BAL	AL	94	4	0	1	0	0	-1	3	7	0.7	7	0.7	0.0	$	3/56
2009	31	BAL	AL	33	4	-0	-0	-0	-2	0	1	2	0.2	4	0.4	-0.2	$	/35436
2009	31	SDP	NL	121	3	-0	1	-1	-2	-1	3	2	0.3	4	0.4	-0.1	$	/35436
2010	32	SDP	NL	148	-2	-1	-0	-0	-1	-1	4	-2	-0.3	-1	-0.2	-0.1	$408,500	/345
4 Seasons				419	8	-2	1	-2	-6	-3	12	8	0.7	14	1.3	-0.6	$408,500

SDP (2 yrs)				269	0	-2	0	-1	-2	-2	7	0	0.0	3	0.2	-0.2	$408,500
BAL (2 yrs)				127	8	-0	1	-0	-2	-1	4	10	0.9	11	1.1	-0.2	$
DET (1 yr)				23	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2002	DET	AL	24	2B	6				16	7	8	1	3	.938	-2					2.50	.979		4.83
2002	DET	AL	24	3B	1				3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0					3.00	.950		2.60
2002	DET	AL	24	SS	1				2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0					2.00	.975		4.50
2008	BAL	AL	30	1B	10				84	79	5	0	5	1.000	1	0				8.40	.994		9.18
2008	BAL	AL	30	3B	7				13	3	10	0	3	1.000	-1	0				1.86	.958		2.71
2008	BAL	AL	30	SS	1				0	0	0	0	0		0	0				0.00			4.40
2008	BAL	AL	30	DH	5	5
2009	TOT	MLB	31	OF	20				25	25	0	0	0	1.000	-1	2				1.25	.986		2.18
2009	TOT	MLB	31	LF	16	12	7	103.2	19	19	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	5	11	1.65	1.19	.982	1.93	1.92
2009	TOT	MLB	31	1B	8				55	50	5	0	2	1.000	0	-2				6.88	.993		9.16
2009	SDP	NL	31	OF	19				25	25	0	0	0	1.000	-1	2				1.32	.986		2.18
2009	SDP	NL	31	1B	6				34	30	4	0	2	1.000	0	-1				5.67	.993		9.22
2009	BAL	AL	31	3B	5				4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-2				0.80	.958		2.64
2009	SDP	NL	31	2B	3				12	4	6	2	1	.833	-1	-2				3.33	.984		4.83
2009	BAL	AL	31	1B	2				21	20	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-1				10.50	.994		9.00
2009	BAL	AL	31	SS	2				3	0	2	1	0	.667	-0	-1				1.00	.973		4.30
2009	BAL	AL	31	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0		0					0.00			2.30
2009	BAL	AL	31	DH	1	1
2009	BAL	AL	31	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		1.80	2.10
2009	SDP	NL	31	LF	15	12	7	102.2	19	19	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	5	12	1.67	1.27	.982	1.93	1.91
2009	SDP	NL	31	RF	4	4	1	28.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-1	1	-43	43	1.93	1.50	.987	2.09	2.05
2010	SDP	NL	32	OF	24				17	17	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-2				0.71	.987		2.15
2010	SDP	NL	32	1B	7				34	33	1	0	4	1.000	0	0				4.86	.993		9.13
2010	SDP	NL	32	2B	6				5	1	4	0	0	1.000	0	0				0.83	.984		4.73
2010	SDP	NL	32	3B	1				1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0	0				1.00	.950		2.50
2010	SDP	NL	32	LF	17	15	3	101.0	15	15	0	0	0	1.000	1	-1	17	-12	1.34	0.88	.985	1.82	1.80
2010	SDP	NL	32	RF	7	6	2	43.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-3	-1	-84	-28	0.42	0.29	.985	2.09	2.07
2010	SDP	NL	32	DH	2	2
	2 Seasons			OF	44				42	42	0	0	0	1.000	-2	0		0		0.95	.986		2.17
	2 Seasons			LF	33	27	10	204.2	34	34	0	0	0	1.000	2	0	11	0	1.50	1.03	.984	1.87	1.86
	3 Seasons			1B	25				173	162	11	0	11	1.000	1	-2				6.92	.994		9.16
	3 Seasons			2B	15				33	12	18	3	4	.909	-3	-2				2.00	.982		4.79
	4 Seasons			3B	14				21	7	14	0	3	1.000	-2	-2				1.50	.956		2.66
	2 Seasons			RF	11	10	3	71.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	-4	0	-68	0	1.01	0.73	.986	2.09	2.06
	3 Seasons			SS	4				5	1	3	1	0	.800	0	-1				1.00	.974		4.38
	4 Seasons			TOT	102				274	224	46	4	18	.985	-5	-7				2.65	.988		4.42
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-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.
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Transactions

July 2, 1994: Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent.
January 24, 2002: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Oakland Athletics.
July 31, 2002: Selected off waivers by the New York Mets from the Detroit Tigers.
October 15, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
February 17, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.
May 24, 2003: Released by the Anaheim Angels.
May 31, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
October 15, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
January 26, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
June 18, 2004: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
November 24, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
December 5, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
July 19, 2009: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the San Diego Padres for Cla Meredith.
March 28, 2011: Released by the San Diego Padres.
April 8, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
June 28, 2011: Released by the Florida Marlins.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2010	32	San Diego Padres	$408,500

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$408,500

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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