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Dave Schmidt

David Joseph Schmidt

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 22, 1957 in Niles, MI
High School: Granada Hills HS (Granada Hills, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 26th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1981 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Orioles/WhiteSox/Expos/Mariners 1981-1992

Final Game: May 26, 1992 (Age 35)
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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
1979	22	TEX-min	Rk	2	2	.500	4.20	7	6		0	0	0	30.0	30	19	14	1	8	0	27	0	0	4			1.267	9.0	0.3	2.4	8.1	3.38	RGS · GULF
1980	23	TEX-min	A,AA	12	7	.632	3.07	24	23		6	1	0	164.0	166	74	56	10	41	3	113	3	1	10			1.262	9.1	0.5	2.2	6.2	2.76	AVL,TUL · SALL,TL
1981	24	TEX-min	AAA,AA	3	6	.333	4.22	15	15	0	6	0	0	111.0	107	52	52	10	32	2	66	1	0	3			1.252	8.7	0.8	2.6	5.4	2.06	WCH,TUL · AA,TL
1981	24	TEX	AL	0	1	.000	3.13	14	1	8	0	0	1	31.2	31	11	11	1	11	3	13	1	1	3	132	112	1.326	8.8	0.3	3.1	3.7	1.18
1982	25	TEX	AL	4	6	.400	3.20	33	8	14	0	0	6	109.2	118	45	39	5	25	5	69	5	0	2	462	122	1.304	9.7	0.4	2.1	5.7	2.76
1983	26	TEX	AL	3	3	.500	3.88	31	0	20	0	0	2	46.1	42	20	20	3	14	1	29	1	0	2	191	104	1.209	8.2	0.6	2.7	5.6	2.07
1984	27	TEX	AL	6	6	.500	2.56	43	0	37	0	0	12	70.1	69	30	20	3	20	9	46	0	0	4	293	162	1.265	8.8	0.4	2.6	5.9	2.30
1985	28	TEX	AL	7	6	.538	3.15	51	4	35	1	1	5	85.2	81	36	30	6	22	8	46	0	1	2	356	135	1.202	8.5	0.6	2.3	4.8	2.09
1986	29	CHW	AL	3	6	.333	3.31	49	1	21	0	0	8	92.1	94	37	34	10	27	7	67	5	0	5	394	132	1.310	9.2	1.0	2.6	6.5	2.48
1987	30	BAL	AL	10	5	.667	3.77	35	14	7	2	2	1	124.0	128	57	52	13	26	2	70	1	0	2	515	116	1.242	9.3	0.9	1.9	5.1	2.69
1988	31	BAL	AL	8	5	.615	3.40	41	9	11	0	0	2	129.2	129	58	49	14	38	5	67	3	0	3	541	115	1.288	9.0	1.0	2.6	4.7	1.76
1989	32	BAL	AL	10	13	.435	5.69	38	26	5	2	0	0	156.2	196	102	99	24	36	2	46	2	1	3	686	67	1.481	11.3	1.4	2.1	2.6	1.28
1990	33	WSN-min	AA	0	1	.000	4.50	3	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	0			0.667	6.0	1.5	0.0	6.0		JCK · SOUL
1990	33	MON	NL	3	3	.500	4.31	34	0	20	0	0	13	48.0	58	26	23	3	13	5	22	0	0	1	213	85	1.479	10.9	0.6	2.4	4.1	1.69
1991	34	TEX-WSN-min	AAA,A+	1	4	.200	3.00	33	8	9	0	0	2	51.0	51	26	17	3	17	6	30	1	2	1	220		1.333	9.0	0.5	3.0	5.3	1.76	INA,OKC,WPB · AA,FLOR
1991	34	MON	NL	0	1	.000	10.38	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	9	5	5	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	24	39	2.538	18.7	4.2	4.2	6.2	1.50
1992	35	OAK-SEA-min	AAA	5	4	.556	4.41	27	8	14	0	0	4	69.1	75	35	34	5	20	5	43	3	0	3	292		1.370	9.7	0.6	2.6	5.6	2.15	TAC,CGY · PCL
1992	35	SEA	AL	0	0		18.90	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	7	7	7	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	19	23	3.000	18.9	2.7	8.1	2.7	0.33
12 Yrs				54	55	.495	3.88	376	63	179	5	3	50	902.0	962	434	389	85	237	47	479	18	3	27	3826	104	1.329	9.6	0.8	2.4	4.8	2.02
162 Game Avg.				8	9	.495	3.88	58	10	28	1	0	8	140	149	67	60	13	37	7	74	3	0	4	593	104	1.329	9.6	0.8	2.4	4.8	2.02

TEX (5 yrs)				20	22	.476	3.14	172	13	114	1	1	26	343.2	341	142	120	18	92	26	203	7	2	13	1434	128	1.260	8.9	0.5	2.4	5.3	2.21
BAL (3 yrs)				28	23	.549	4.39	114	49	23	4	2	3	410.1	453	217	200	51	100	9	183	6	1	8	1742	91	1.348	9.9	1.1	2.2	4.0	1.83
MON (2 yrs)				3	4	.429	4.82	38	0	21	0	0	13	52.1	67	31	28	5	15	5	25	0	0	1	237	77	1.567	11.5	0.9	2.6	4.3	1.67
SEA (1 yr)				0	0		18.90	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	7	7	7	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	19	23	3.000	18.9	2.7	8.1	2.7	0.33
CHW (1 yr)				3	6	.333	3.31	49	1	21	0	0	8	92.1	94	37	34	10	27	7	67	5	0	5	394	132	1.310	9.2	1.0	2.6	6.5	2.48

AL (10 yrs)				51	51	.500	3.82	338	63	158	5	3	37	849.2	895	403	361	80	222	42	454	18	3	26	3589	106	1.315	9.5	0.8	2.4	4.8	2.05
NL (2 yrs)				3	4	.429	4.82	38	0	21	0	0	13	52.1	67	31	28	5	15	5	25	0	0	1	237	77	1.567	11.5	0.9	2.6	4.3	1.67

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
1981	24	TEX	AL	31.2	14	1	11	3.13	4.34	0.37	-0.24	91.1	3.40	1	0.1	1.3	-0.0	0.4	4	.508	.501
1982	25	TEX	AL	109.2	33	8	45	3.69	4.76	-0.19	-0.15	94.5	4.54	11	1.2	1.5	0.0	2.2	21	.535	.507
1983	26	TEX	AL	46.1	31	0	20	3.88	4.58	0.27	-0.37	98.1	3.87	-0	-0.0	1.6	-0.1	0.3	4	.499	.500	$80,000
1984	27	TEX	AL	70.1	43	0	30	3.84	4.52	-0.15	-0.36	105.0	4.52	6	0.6	1.8	0.1	1.4	12	.514	.504	$115,000
1985	28	TEX	AL	85.2	51	4	36	3.78	4.64	-0.11	-0.22	102.5	4.63	8	0.8	1.0	-0.1	1.5	16	.516	.505	$344,000
1986	29	CHW	AL	92.1	49	1	37	3.61	4.81	0.40	-0.35	103.7	4.21	6	0.6	1.6	0.0	1.5	15	.513	.504	$465,000
1987	30	BAL	AL	124.0	35	14	57	4.14	4.90	-0.06	-0.03	98.7	4.87	10	1.0	1.5	-0.0	2.2	23	.528	.506	$435,000
1988	31	BAL	AL	129.2	41	9	58	4.03	4.43	-0.12	-0.14	98.4	4.33	4	0.4	1.4	-0.1	1.5	16	.511	.503	$625,000
1989	32	BAL	AL	156.2	38	26	102	5.86	4.36	0.13	0.09	98.1	4.23	-29	-2.9	.7	-0.1	-1.4	-13	.424	.482	$675,000
1990	33	MON	NL	48.0	34	0	26	4.88	4.20	-0.14	-0.32	97.4	3.92	-6	-0.6	1.6	-0.3	-0.5	-1	.481	.496	$651,000
1991	34	MON	NL	4.1	4	0	5	10.38	4.15	0.09	-0.32	97.8	3.66	-3	-0.3	.8	0.0	-0.3	-3	.416	.498
1992	35	SEA	AL	3.1	3	0	7	18.90	4.29	-0.39	-0.33	100.0	4.35	-5	-0.5	.3	0.2	-0.3	-5	.336	.497
12 Seasons				902.0	376	63	434	4.33	4.58	0.01	-0.16	99.0	4.36	2	0.4	1.4	-0.4	8.7	88	.501	.500	$3,390,000

TEX (5 yrs)				343.2	172	13	142	3.72	4.62	-0.05	-0.25	98.8	4.37	25	2.7	1.5	-0.1	5.9	57	.516	.503	$539,000
BAL (3 yrs)				410.1	114	49	217	4.76	4.54	-0.00	-0.02	98.4	4.46	-15	-1.5	1.3	-0.2	2.3	26	.487	.497	$1,735,000
MON (2 yrs)				52.1	38	0	31	5.33	4.20	-0.12	-0.32	97.4	3.89	-9	-1.0	1.5	-0.3	-0.8	-4	.474	.497	$651,000
SEA (1 yr)				3.1	3	0	7	18.90	4.29	-0.39	-0.33	100.0	4.35	-5	-0.5	.3	0.2	-0.3	-5	.336	.497
CHW (1 yr)				92.1	49	1	37	3.61	4.81	0.40	-0.35	103.7	4.21	6	0.6	1.6	0.0	1.5	15	.513	.504	$465,000

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
1979	22	TEX-min	Rk	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			RGS · GULF
1980	23	TEX-min	AA,A	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			TUL,AVL · TL,SALL
1981	24	TEX-min	AAA,AA	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		WCH,TUL · AA,TL
1981	24	TEX	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	25	TEX	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	26	TEX	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	27	TEX	AL	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	28	TEX	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	29	CHW	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	30	BAL	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	31	BAL	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	32	BAL	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	33	WSN-min	AA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		JCK · SOUL
1990	33	MON	NL	34	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	34	TEX-WSN-min	AAA,A+	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1	0	0	0	0	0		OKC,INA,WPB · AA,FLOR
1991	34	MON	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1992	35	OAK-SEA-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TAC,CGY · PCL
1992	35	SEA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
12 Yrs				376	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

TEX (5 yrs)				172	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (3 yrs)				114	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
MON (2 yrs)				38	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SEA (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (10 yrs)				338	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				38	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
1981	24	TEX	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
1982	25	TEX	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
1983	26	TEX	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$80,000	1
1984	27	TEX	AL	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$115,000	1
1985	28	TEX	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$344,000	1
1986	29	CHW	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$465,000	1
1987	30	BAL	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$435,000	1
1988	31	BAL	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$625,000	1
1989	32	BAL	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$675,000	1
1990	33	MON	NL	34	3	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$651,000	1
1991	34	MON	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
1992	35	SEA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
12 Seasons				376	3	-1	0	0	0	3	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.3	2	$3,390,000

TEX (5 yrs)				172	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$539,000
BAL (3 yrs)				114	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$1,735,000
MON (2 yrs)				38	3	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$651,000
SEA (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0
CHW (1 yr)				49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$465,000

Standard Fielding

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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
1981	TEX	AL	24	P	14	1	0	31.2	7	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.99	0.50	.963	1.99	1.98	3	4	57%	38%	0
1982	TEX	AL	25	P	33	8	0	109.2	20	2	16	2	2	.900	1.48	0.55	.958	1.80	1.80	7	7	50%	36%	4
1983	TEX	AL	26	P	31	0	0	46.1	10	6	4	0	1	1.000	1.94	0.32	.958	1.81	1.78	8	0	0%	33%	0
1984	TEX	AL	27	P	43	0	0	70.1	20	6	13	1	2	.950	2.43	0.44	.958	1.79	1.78	7	4	36%	36%	0
1985	TEX	AL	28	P	51	4	1	85.2	25	3	19	3	3	.880	2.31	0.43	.953	1.86	1.84	8	0	0%	33%	0
1986	CHW	AL	29	P	49	1	0	92.1	17	7	7	3	0	.824	1.36	0.29	.957	1.83	1.81	7	1	13%	34%	0
1987	BAL	AL	30	P	35	14	2	124.0	21	6	14	1	2	.952	1.45	0.57	.955	1.84	1.82	16	4	20%	31%	0
1988	BAL	AL	31	P	41	9	0	129.2	39	18	20	1	2	.974	2.64	0.93	.961	1.78	1.77	10	8	44%	31%	1
1989	BAL	AL	32	P	38	26	2	156.2	49	18	28	3	2	.939	2.64	1.21	.960	1.87	1.85	13	4	24%	31%	1
1990	MON	NL	33	P	34	0	0	48.0	14	2	10	2	0	.857	2.25	0.35	.957	1.80	1.79	7	1	13%	29%	0
1991	MON	NL	34	P	4	0	0	4.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.08	0.25	.960	1.87	1.85	0	0			0
1992	SEA	AL	35	P	3	0	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.62	1.70	0	0			0
	12 Seasons			P	376	63	5	902.0	223	69	138	16	14	.928	2.07	0.55	.958	1.83	1.81	86	33	28%	33%	6
	12 Seasons			TOT	376	63	5	902.0	223	69	138	16	14	.928	2.07	0.55	.958	1.83	1.81	86	33	28%	33%	6

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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y 1987 AL 2 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1989 AL 24 (4th)	Losses s c a p y 1989 AL 13 (10th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1989 AL 99 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1987 AL 2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1989 AL 24 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1989 AL 13 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1989 AL 99 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2652), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (243rd), 8.8 career WAR/10.9 7yr-peak WAR/9.9 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Ron Taylor (948)
Don Elston (947)
Rick Camp (946)

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Transactions

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 26th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
November 25, 1985: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Wayne Tolleson to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later, Ed Correa and Scott Fletcher. The Chicago White Sox sent Jose Mota (December 11, 1985) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
December 20, 1986: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
January 22, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.
December 13, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.
April 7, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
August 2, 1991: Released by the Montreal Expos.
August 8, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
October 9, 1991: Released by the Texas Rangers.
March 29, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
June 6, 1992: Released by the Seattle Mariners.
July 2, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
October 15, 1992: 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
1983	26	Texas Rangers	$80,000	2/13/84 TSN
1984	27	Texas Rangers	$115,000	1986 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database	2/20/84 TSN: $125,000
1985	28	Texas Rangers	$344,000	1986 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database	Arbitration win; $230,000 offer
1986	29	Chicago White Sox	$465,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	30	Baltimore Orioles	$435,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	31	Baltimore Orioles	$625,000	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	32	Baltimore Orioles	$675,000*
1990	33	Montreal Expos	$651,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,390,000

Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $650,000 - 11/1/89 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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