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Johan Santana

Johan Alexander Santana

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 13, 1979 in Tovar, Merida, Venezuela
High School: Tovar Merida (Tovar Merida, VE)
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2000
Teams (by GP): Twins/Mets 2000-2010
2011 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 6 yrs/$137.5M (08-13) & 14 team option (details) [?]
Service Time (01/2010): 9.122, Free Agent: 2014 [?], Agents: Peter Greenberg [?]
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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
2000 21 MIN AL 2 3 .400 6.49 30 5 9 0 0 0 86.0 102 64 62 11 54 0 64 2 2 5 398 80 1.814 10.7 1.2 5.7 6.7 1.19
2001 22 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 4.74 15 4 5 0 0 0 43.2 50 25 23 6 16 0 28 3 0 3 195 97 1.511 10.3 1.2 3.3 5.8 1.75
2002 23 MIN AL 8 6 .571 2.99 27 14 2 0 0 1 108.1 84 41 36 7 49 0 137 1 2 15 452 150 1.228 7.0 0.6 4.1 11.4 2.80
2003 24 MIN AL 12 3 .800 3.07 45 18 7 0 0 0 158.1 127 56 54 17 47 1 169 3 2 6 644 148 1.099 7.2 1.0 2.7 9.6 3.60 CYA-7
2004 25 MIN AL 20 6 .769 2.61 34 34 0 1 1 0 228.0 156 70 66 24 54 0 265 9 0 7 881 182 0.921 6.2 0.9 2.1 10.5 4.91 CYA-1,MVP-6
2005 26 MIN AL 16 7 .696 2.87 33 33 0 3 2 0 231.2 180 77 74 22 45 1 238 1 0 8 910 155 0.971 7.0 0.9 1.7 9.2 5.29 AS,CYA-3
2006 27 MIN AL 19 6 .760 2.77 34 34 0 1 0 0 233.2 186 79 72 24 47 0 245 4 1 4 923 162 0.997 7.2 0.9 1.8 9.4 5.21 AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
2007 28 MIN AL 15 13 .536 3.33 33 33 0 1 1 0 219.0 183 88 81 33 52 0 235 4 1 7 878 129 1.073 7.5 1.4 2.1 9.7 4.52 AS,CYA-5,GG
2008 29 NYM NL 16 7 .696 2.53 34 34 0 3 2 0 234.1 206 74 66 23 63 5 206 4 2 9 964 166 1.148 7.9 0.9 2.4 7.9 3.27 CYA-3,MVP-14
2009 30 NYM NL 13 9 .591 3.13 25 25 0 0 0 0 166.2 156 67 58 20 46 3 146 3 0 1 701 132 1.212 8.4 1.1 2.5 7.9 3.17 AS
2010 31 NYM NL 10 9 .526 3.02 28 28 0 4 2 0 194.0 176 66 65 15 54 2 141 2 2 2 798 133 1.186 8.2 0.7 2.5 6.5 2.61
11 Seasons 132 69 .657 3.11 338 262 23 13 8 1 1903.2 1606 707 657 202 527 12 1874 36 12 67 7744 142 1.120 7.6 1.0 2.5 8.9 3.56
162 Game Avg. 15 8 .657 3.11 38 30 3 1 1 0 216 182 80 74 23 60 1 212 4 1 8 878 142 1.120 7.6 1.0 2.5 8.9 3.56
MIN (8 yrs) 93 44 .679 3.22 251 175 23 6 4 1 1308.2 1068 500 468 144 364 2 1381 27 8 55 5281 141 1.094 7.3 1.0 2.5 9.5 3.79
NYM (3 yrs) 39 25 .609 2.86 87 87 0 7 4 0 595.0 538 207 189 58 163 10 493 9 4 12 2463 144 1.178 8.1 0.9 2.5 7.5 3.02
AL (8 yrs) 93 44 .679 3.22 251 175 23 6 4 1 1308.2 1068 500 468 144 364 2 1381 27 8 55 5281 141 1.094 7.3 1.0 2.5 9.5 3.79
NL (3 yrs) 39 25 .609 2.86 87 87 0 7 4 0 595.0 538 207 189 58 163 10 493 9 4 12 2463 144 1.178 8.1 0.9 2.5 7.5 3.02

Player Value--Pitchers

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Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2000 21 MIN AL 86.0 5 64 68 -3 .5 4 0.0 $200,000
2001 22 MIN AL 43.2 4 25 29 1 .6 4 0.2 $212,500
2002 23 MIN AL 108.1 14 41 67 1 1.0 26 2.5
2003 24 MIN AL 158.1 18 56 99 0 1.0 43 4.0 $335,000 CYA-7
2004 25 MIN AL 228.0 34 70 152 0 .9 82 7.4 $1,600,000 CYA-1,MVP-6
2005 26 MIN AL 231.2 33 77 140 8 1.0 63 6.3 $4,750,000 AS,CYA-3
2006 27 MIN AL 233.2 34 79 151 3 1.0 72 7.0 $8,750,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
2007 28 MIN AL 219.0 33 88 138 2 .9 50 4.7 $13,000,000 AS,CYA-5,GG
2008 29 NYM NL 234.1 34 74 136 2 1.0 62 6.4 $16,984,216 CYA-3,MVP-14
2009 30 NYM NL 166.2 25 67 100 -2 1.1 33 3.6 $18,876,139 AS
2010 31 NYM NL 194.0 28 66 108 4 1.0 42 4.5 $20,144,707
11 Seasons 1903.2 262 707 1188 16 1.0 481 46.6 $84,852,562
MIN (8 yrs) 1308.2 175 500 844 12 .9 344 32.1 $28,847,500
NYM (3 yrs) 595.0 87 207 344 4 1.0 137 14.5 $56,005,062

Postseason Pitching

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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
2002 23 MIN AL ALDS W OAK 0 0 6.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
2002 23 MIN AL ALCS L ANA 0 1 .000 10.80 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 14 1.200 10.8 2.7 0.0 10.8
2003 24 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 1 .000 7.04 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 9 6 6 0 3 1 6 0 0 0 34 1.565 10.6 0.0 3.5 7.0 2.00
2004 25 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 1 0 1.000 0.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 14 1 1 0 4 0 12 1 0 0 51 1.500 10.5 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
2006 27 MIN AL ALDS L OAK 0 1 .000 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 30 0.750 5.6 1.1 1.1 9.0 8.00
4 Seasons (5 Series) 1 3 .250 3.97 11 5 0 0 0 0 34.0 35 15 15 2 10 1 32 1 0 2 143 1.324 9.3 0.5 2.6 8.5 3.20
4 ALDS 1 2 .333 3.23 7 5 0 0 0 0 30.2 31 11 11 1 10 1 28 1 0 0 129 1.337 9.1 0.3 2.9 8.2 2.80
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 10.80 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 14 1.200 10.8 2.7 0.0 10.8

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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
2000 21 MIN AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 22 MIN AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 23 MIN AL 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 24 MIN AL 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 77 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-7
2004 25 MIN AL 2 8 8 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .375 .750 95 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-1,MVP-6
2005 26 MIN AL 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3
2006 27 MIN AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
2007 28 MIN AL 2 8 7 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286 .375 .714 1.089 186 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5,GG
2008 29 NYM NL 32 83 78 5 11 5 0 0 1 0 0 3 24 .141 .173 .205 .378 -1 16 0 0 2 0 0 1 CYA-3,MVP-14
2009 30 NYM NL 23 57 42 1 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 14 .167 .255 .238 .493 33 10 0 0 10 0 0 1 AS
2010 31 NYM NL 26 65 60 2 10 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 22 .167 .167 .267 .433 15 16 0 0 5 0 0 1
11 Seasons 97 237 211 11 36 12 1 1 9 0 0 9 64 .171 .205 .251 .456 21 53 1 0 17 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 396 352 18 60 20 2 2 15 0 0 15 107 .171 .205 .251 .456 21 89 2 0 28 0 0
MIN (8 yrs) 16 32 31 3 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 4 .258 .281 .355 .636 66 11 1 0 0 0 0
NYM (3 yrs) 81 205 180 8 28 11 0 1 6 0 0 8 60 .156 .191 .233 .425 13 42 0 0 17 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 16 32 31 3 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 4 .258 .281 .355 .636 66 11 1 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 81 205 180 8 28 11 0 1 6 0 0 8 60 .156 .191 .233 .425 13 42 0 0 17 0 0

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
2000 21 MIN AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $200,000 1
2002 23 MIN AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1
2003 24 MIN AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $335,000 1 CYA-7
2004 25 MIN AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 $1,600,000 1 CYA-1,MVP-6
2005 26 MIN AL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 $4,750,000 1 AS,CYA-3
2006 27 MIN AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 $8,750,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
2007 28 MIN AL 8 1 -1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 $13,000,000 1 AS,CYA-5,GG
2008 29 NYM NL 83 -11 0 -1 1 0 9 2 0 0.0 $16,984,216 1 CYA-3,MVP-14
2009 30 NYM NL 57 -4 -1 0 0 0 5 1 1 0.1 $18,876,139 1 AS
2010 31 NYM NL 65 -7 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 0.1 $20,144,707 1
10 Seasons 237 -23 -2 0 1 0 24 5 4 0.4 $84,640,062
MIN (7 yrs) 32 -1 -1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0.2 $28,635,000
NYM (3 yrs) 205 -22 -1 -1 1 0 21 5 2 0.2 $56,005,062

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2000 MIN AL 21 P 30 5 86.0 19 5 13 1 2 .947 1.88 0.60 .958 1.62 1.60
2001 MIN AL 22 P 15 4 43.2 8 0 6 2 1 .750 1.24 0.40 .962 1.75 1.74
2002 MIN AL 23 P 27 13 108.1 15 4 9 2 0 .867 1.08 0.48 .960 1.69 1.67
2003 MIN AL 24 P 45 18 158.1 17 3 11 3 1 .824 -1 -8 0.80 0.31 .965 1.73 1.71 CYA-7
2004 MIN AL 25 P 34 34 228.0 37 9 24 4 2 .892 3 16 1.30 0.97 .951 1.66 1.65 CYA-1,MVP-6
2005 MIN AL 26 P 33 33 231.2 40 12 26 2 0 .950 4 21 1.48 1.15 .955 1.70 1.68 AS,CYA-3
2006 MIN AL 27 P 34 34 233.2 45 12 32 1 2 .978 8 41 1.69 1.29 .958 1.56 1.54 AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
2007 MIN AL 28 P 33 33 219.0 40 14 26 0 1 1.000 6 33 1.64 1.21 .952 1.60 1.59 AS,CYA-5,GG
2008 NYM NL 29 P 34 34 234.1 41 13 27 1 1 .976 0 0 1.54 1.18 .959 1.73 1.72 CYA-3,MVP-14
2009 NYM NL 30 P 25 25 166.2 33 7 24 2 3 .939 4 29 1.67 1.24 .955 1.72 1.70 AS
2010 NYM NL 31 P 28 28 194.0 30 12 17 1 1 .967 2 12 1.35 1.04 .953 1.74 1.72
11 Seasons P 338 261 1903.2 325 91 215 19 14 .942 26 18 1.45 0.91 .956 1.68 1.66
11 Seasons TOT 338 261 1903.2 325 91 215 19 14 .942 26 18 1.45 0.91 .956 1.68 1.66

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2005 *
2006 *
2007 *
2009

Awards (yr lg award)
2004 AL Cy Young
2004 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
2006 AL Cy Young
2006 AL Triple Crown
2006 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 AL (6, 30%)
2006 AL (7, 28%)
2008 NL (14, 7%)
0.66 Career Shares (350th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 AL (7, 1%)
2004 AL (1, 100%)
2005 AL (3, 36%)
2006 AL (1, 100%)
2007 AL (5, 1%)
2008 NL (3, 34%)
2 Cy Youngs
2.72 Career Shares (10th)

Gold Gloves
2007 AL (P)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2004 AL  7.5 (2nd)
2005 AL  6.3 (2nd)
2006 AL  6.9 (3rd)
2008 NL  6.4 (8th)
Active  47.0 (24th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2004 AL  7.4 (1st)
2005 AL  6.3 (1st)
2006 AL  7.0 (1st)
2008 NL  6.4 (2nd)
2010 NL  4.5 (6th)
Active  46.6 (6th)
Career  46.6 (91st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2004 AL  2.61 (1st)
2005 AL  2.87 (2nd)
2006 AL  2.77 (1st)
2007 AL  3.33 (7th)
2008 NL  2.53 (1st)
Active  3.11 (3rd)
Career  3.11 (203rd)

Wins s c a p y
2004 AL  20 (2nd)
2005 AL  16 (5th)
2006 AL  19 (1st)
2008 NL  16 (7th)
Active  132 (16th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2004 AL  .769 (2nd)
2005 AL  .696 (6th)
2006 AL  .760 (2nd)
2008 NL  .696 (7th)
Active  .657 (2nd)
Career  .657 (20th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2004 AL  .921 (1st)
2005 AL  .971 (1st)
2006 AL  .997 (1st)
2007 AL  1.073 (1st)
2008 NL  1.148 (6th)
Active  1.121 (3rd)
Career  1.121 (31st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL  6.158 (1st)
2005 AL  6.993 (1st)
2006 AL  7.164 (1st)
2007 AL  7.521 (3rd)
2008 NL  7.912 (7th)
Active  7.593 (4th)
Career  7.593 (40th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL  2.132 (7th)
2005 AL  1.748 (8th)
2006 AL  1.810 (7th)
Active  2.492 (13th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL  10.461 (1st)
2005 AL  9.246 (1st)
2006 AL  9.437 (1st)
2007 AL  9.658 (3rd)
Active  8.860 (5th)
Career  8.860 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2004 AL  228.0 (2nd)
2005 AL  231.7 (2nd)
2006 AL  233.7 (1st)
2007 AL  219.0 (6th)
2008 NL  234.3 (1st)
2010 NL  194.0 (4th)
Active  1903.7 (20th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2003 AL  169 (8th)
2004 AL  265 (1st)
2005 AL  238 (1st)
2006 AL  245 (1st)
2007 AL  235 (2nd)
2008 NL  206 (2nd)
Active  1874 (6th)
Career  1874 (81st)

Games Started s c a p y
2004 AL  34 (3rd)
2005 AL  33 (8th)
2006 AL  34 (1st)
2007 AL  33 (9th)
2008 NL  34 (1st)
2010 NL  28 (2nd)
Active  262 (28th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2005 AL  3 (4th)
2008 NL  3 (3rd)
2010 NL  4 (3rd)
Active  13 (22nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2004 AL  1 (4th)
2005 AL  2 (2nd)
2007 AL  1 (5th)
2008 NL  2 (3rd)
2010 NL  2 (2nd)
Active  8 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  33 (1st)
Active  202 (20th)
Career  202 (191st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  527 (35th)

Hits s c a p y
2008 NL  206 (8th)
2010 NL  176 (7th)
Active  1606 (35th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2004 AL  4.907 (4th)
2005 AL  5.289 (2nd)
2006 AL  5.213 (2nd)
2007 AL  4.519 (4th)
2008 NL  3.270 (7th)
Active  3.556 (5th)
Career  3.556 (14th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL  .855 (7th)
Active  .955 (27th)

Losses s c a p y
2007 AL  13 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
Active  657 (43rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2002 AL  15 (1st)
2005 AL  8 (10th)
2008 NL  9 (10th)
Active  67 (15th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2005 AL  910 (7th)
2006 AL  923 (3rd)
2008 NL  964 (1st)
2010 NL  798 (3rd)
Active  7744 (26th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2004 AL  182 (1st)
2005 AL  155 (1st)
2006 AL  162 (1st)
2007 AL  129 (10th)
2008 NL  166 (2nd)
Active  142 (2nd)
Career  142 (12th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2003 AL  27 (8th)
2004 AL  54 (1st)
2005 AL  41 (1st)
2006 AL  45 (1st)
2007 AL  25 (10th)
2008 NL  44 (2nd)
2010 NL  24 (7th)
Active  282 (3rd)
Career  282 (34th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2003 AL  2.7 (8th)
2004 AL  5.5 (1st)
2005 AL  4.3 (1st)
2006 AL  4.6 (1st)
2007 AL  2.5 (10th)
2008 NL  4.6 (2nd)
2010 NL  2.6 (7th)
Active  29.2 (2nd)
Career  29.2 (36th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2003 AL  33.22 (6th)
2004 AL  63.35 (1st)
2005 AL  45.12 (1st)
2006 AL  49.87 (1st)
2007 AL  29.94 (8th)
2008 NL  45.22 (2nd)
2010 NL  28.22 (7th)
Active  318.00 (2nd)
Career  318.00 (19th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2003 AL  3.7 (9th)
2004 AL  5.8 (2nd)
2005 AL  4.4 (2nd)
2006 AL  4.1 (6th)
2008 NL  4.1 (3rd)
2010 NL  3.4 (9th)
Active  29.9 (4th)
Career  29.9 (28th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2003 AL  2.6 (8th)
2004 AL  6.3 (1st)
2005 AL  4.8 (1st)
2006 AL  5.0 (1st)
2007 AL  2.6 (8th)
2008 NL  3.6 (2nd)
2010 NL  2.7 (8th)
Active  28.6 (3rd)
Career  28.6 (26th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2003 AL  3.3 (6th)
2004 AL  6.6 (1st)
2005 AL  4.7 (1st)
2006 AL  5.2 (1st)
2007 AL  3.1 (7th)
2008 NL  4.9 (2nd)
2010 NL  3.0 (7th)
Active  33.3 (3rd)
Career  33.3 (24th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2004 AL  4 (5th)
Active  19 (11th)

Salary s c a p y
2008 NL  $16,984,216 (2nd)
2009 NL  $18,876,139 (4th)
2010 NL  $20,144,707 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
2000 AL  born 1979-03-13 (4th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 42 (34), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 123 (147), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 81 (139), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 39 (75), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Sid Fernandez (899)
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  9. CC Sabathia (895)
  10. Chris Carpenter (894)
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  3. Lefty Grove (930) *
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  6. Roy Halladay (905)
  7. Ramon Martinez (904)
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Transactions

July 2, 1995: Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent.

December 13, 1999: Drafted by the Florida Marlins from the Houston Astros in the 1999 rule 5 draft.

December 13, 1999: Traded by the Florida Marlins with cash to the Minnesota Twins for Jared Camp (minors).

February 2, 2008: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the New York Mets for Deolis Guerra (minors), Carlos Gomez, Philip Humber and Kevin Mulvey.

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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
200021Minnesota Twins$200,0004/5/00 AP
200122Minnesota Twins$212,5004/6/01 USA Today
200324Minnesota Twins$335,0004/3/03 AP
200425Minnesota Twins$1,600,0004/7/04 AP
200526Minnesota Twins$4,750,000
200627Minnesota Twins$8,750,000
200728Minnesota Twins$13,000,000
200829New York Mets$16,984,216
200930New York Mets$18,876,139
201031New York Mets$20,144,707
201132New York Mets$22,500,000
201233New York Mets$24,000,000
201334New York Mets$25,500,000
201435New York Mets*$25,000,000$25M Team Option, $5.5M BuyoutOption becomes player option if criteria is met relating to Cy Young finishes and 2011-2013 innings pitched
Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$84,852,562Does 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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

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