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Jarrod Saltalamacchia

Jarrod Scott Saltalamacchia (Salty)

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: May 2, 1985 in West Palm Beach, FL
High School: Royal Palm Beach (Royal Palm Beach, FL)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (36th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 2007
Teams (by GP): Rangers/RedSox/Braves 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$750k (11), 1 yr/$2.5M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.043, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Jim Munsey [*]
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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
2003	18	ATL-min	Rk	46	165	134	23	32	11	2	2	14	0	0	28	33	.239	.382	.396	.777		53	0	3	0	0	0	BVS · GULF
2004	19	ATL-min	A	91	366	323	42	88	19	2	10	51	1	0	34	83	.272	.348	.437	.784		141	6	5	1	3	2	ROM · SALL
2005	20	ATL-min	A+	129	529	459	70	144	35	1	19	81	4	2	57	99	.314	.394	.519	.912		238	14	7	1	5	11	MYR · CARL
2006	21	ATL-min	AA	92	377	313	30	72	18	1	9	39	0	1	55	71	.230	.353	.380	.733		119	8	6	0	3	4	MSS · SOUL
2007	22	ATL-min	AA	22	94	81	18	25	7	0	6	13	2	0	13	17	.309	.404	.617	1.022		50	1	0	0	0	1	MSS · SOUL
2007	22	TOT	MLB	93	329	308	39	82	13	1	11	33	0	0	19	75	.266	.310	.422	.732	90	130	8	1	0	1	1	23/D
2007	22	TEX	AL	46	176	167	28	42	7	1	7	21	0	0	9	47	.251	.290	.431	.721	87	72	4	0	0	0	0	2323
2007	22	ATL	NL	47	153	141	11	40	6	0	4	12	0	0	10	28	.284	.333	.411	.745	93	58	4	1	0	1	1	2323
2008	23	TEX-min	AAA	15	64	55	10	16	3	1	2	13	0	0	7	15	.291	.391	.491	.882		27	0	2	0	0	1	OKC · PCL
2008	23	TEX	AL	61	230	198	27	50	13	0	3	26	0	2	31	74	.253	.352	.364	.716	90	72	1	0	0	1	1	2
2009	24	TEX-min	AA	2	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333		0	0	1	0	0	0	FRI · TL
2009	24	TEX	AL	84	310	283	34	66	12	0	9	34	0	2	22	97	.233	.290	.371	.661	70	105	3	1	3	1	1	2
2010	25	TEX-BOS-min	AAA	72	310	274	42	68	16	2	12	39	1	0	29	69	.248	.329	.453	.782		124	5	5	0	2	3	OKC,PAW · PCL,IL
2010	25	TOT	AL	12	30	24	2	4	3	0	0	2	0	0	6	5	.167	.333	.292	.625	69	7	0	0	0	0	0	/2D3
2010	25	TEX	AL	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2010	25	BOS	AL	10	25	19	2	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	6	4	.158	.360	.316	.676	83	6	0	0	0	0	0	/2D3
2011	26	BOS	AL	103	386	358	52	84	23	3	16	56	1	0	24	119	.235	.288	.450	.737	95	161	7	3	0	1	1	2
5 Seasons				353	1285	1171	154	286	64	4	39	151	1	4	102	370	.244	.307	.406	.712	86	475	19	5	3	4	4
162 Game Avg.				162	590	537	71	131	29	2	18	69	0	2	47	170	.244	.307	.406	.712	86	218	9	2	1	2	2

TEX (4 yrs)				193	721	653	89	159	32	1	19	82	0	4	62	219	.243	.309	.383	.692	80	250	8	1	3	2	2
BOS (2 yrs)				113	411	377	54	87	26	3	16	57	1	0	30	123	.231	.292	.443	.735	95	167	7	3	0	1	1
ATL (1 yr)				47	153	141	11	40	6	0	4	12	0	0	10	28	.284	.333	.411	.745	93	58	4	1	0	1	1

AL (5 yrs)				306	1132	1030	143	246	58	4	35	139	1	4	92	342	.239	.303	.405	.708	85	417	15	4	3	3	3
NL (1 yr)				47	153	141	11	40	6	0	4	12	0	0	10	28	.284	.333	.411	.745	93	58	4	1	0	1	1

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
2007	22	ATL	NL	153	-1	-1	-1	0	-1	0	4	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	2323
2007	22	TEX	AL	176	-4	0	0	0	-1	0	6	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	2323
2008	23	TEX	AL	230	-2	-2	-1	0	-7	3	8	-1	-0.1	6	0.6	-0.7	$	2
2009	24	TEX	AL	310	-12	-1	-1	0	1	5	11	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$410,890	2
2010	25	TEX	AL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0	0.0	-0	0.0	0.0	$418,580	/2
2010	25	BOS	AL	25	-0	0	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/2D3
2011	26	BOS	AL	386	-4	-0	-1	-1	-6	6	13	7	0.7	14	1.3	-0.6	$750,000	2
5 Seasons				1285	-24	-4	-4	-1	-15	15	43	10	1.1	25	2.5	-1.4	$1,579,470

TEX (4 yrs)				721	-19	-3	-2	0	-7	8	25	3	0.3	10	1.0	-0.7	$829,470
BOS (2 yrs)				411	-4	-0	-1	-1	-6	6	14	8	0.8	14	1.4	-0.6	$750,000
ATL (1 yr)				153	-1	-1	-1	0	-1	0	4	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$

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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	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
2007	TOT	MLB	22	C	47				285	265	17	3	4	.989		-3				6.00	.991		7.29	2		37	8	18%
2007	TOT	MLB	22	1B	38				332	300	21	11	28	.967	-2	0				8.45	.994		9.23
2007	ATL	NL	22	C	25				151	138	12	1	3	.993		0				6.00	.991		7.36	2		21	5	19%
2007	TEX	AL	22	1B	24				225	204	12	9	21	.960	-1	1				9.00	.995		9.27
2007	TEX	AL	22	C	22				134	127	5	2	1	.985		-3				6.00	.991		7.20	0		16	3	16%
2007	ATL	NL	22	1B	14				107	96	9	2	7	.981	-1	-1				7.50	.993		9.17
2007	ATL	NL	22	DH	2	2
2008	TEX	AL	23	C	54				371	345	17	9	6	.976	-7	-5				6.70	.991		7.19	6		40	9	18%
2008	TEX	AL	23	DH	3	3
2009	TEX	AL	24	C	83				537	502	28	7	4	.987	1	4				6.39	.992		7.39	2		61	19	24%
2009	TEX	AL	24	DH	1	1
2010	TOT	AL	25	C	7	6	5	52.2	49	46	2	1	0	.980	0	0	0	0	8.20	6.86	.990	0.00	7.37	0	0	6	1	14%	0
2010	TEX	AL	25	C	1	1	1	9.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	8.00	8.00	.990	0.00	7.40	0	0	1	0	0%	0
2010	BOS	AL	25	C	6	5	4	43.2	41	38	2	1	0	.976	0	0	0	0	8.24	6.67	.990	0.00	7.37	0	0	5	1	17%	0
2010	BOS	AL	25	DH	2	0
2010	BOS	AL	25	1B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		99.90	9.20
2011	BOS	AL	26	C	101	96	88	856.0	740	678	56	6	3	.992	-6	2	-9	3	7.72	7.27	.992	7.61	7.57	26	41	83	37	31%	2
	5 Seasons			C	292	102	93	908.2	1982	1836	120	26	17	.987	-12	-2	-16	-2	7.75	6.70	.992	7.17	7.40	36	41	227	74	25%	2
	2 Seasons			1B	39	0	0	1.0	332	300	21	11	28	.967	-2	0	-2640	0	0.00	8.23	.994	99.90	9.23
	5 Seasons			TOT	331	102	93	909.2	2314	2136	141	37	45	.984	-15	-2	-19	-2	7.74	6.88	.992	7.27	7.61	36	41	227	74	25%	2
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	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y 2011 AL 7.72 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 2007 NL born 1985-05-02 (10th)

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (36th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 2003.
July 31, 2007: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Beau Jones (minors), Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz and Matt Harrison to the Texas Rangers for Ron Mahay and Mark Teixeira.
July 31, 2010: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later, Chris McGuiness (minors), Roman Mendez (minors) and cash. The Boston Red Sox sent Michael Thomas (minors) (August 14, 2010) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

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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
2009	24	Texas Rangers	$410,890
2010	25	Texas Rangers	$418,580
2011	26	Boston Red Sox	$750,000

2012	27	Boston Red Sox	$2,500,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,579,470	Does not include future salaries

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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