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James Shields

James Anthony Shields (Jamie)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 20, 1981 in Newhall, CA
High School: Hart HS (Newhall, CA)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 16th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed August 17, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 2006 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Rays/DevilRays/Royals 2006-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 6 yrs/$26.25M (08-13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.125, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: PSI Sports Management [*]
Relatives: Cousin of Aaron Rowand
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 6:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #412. Buddy Black… #413. Josh Johnson… #414. George Mogridge… #415. JAMES SHIELDS… #416. Ed Killian… #417. Fritz Peterson… #418. Ellis Kinder… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
2002 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2006 24 TBD AL 6 8 .429 4.84 21 21 0 1 0 0 124.2 141 69 67 18 38 5 104 5 0 9 540 95 1.436 10.2 1.3 2.7 7.5 2.74
2007 25 TBD AL 12 8 .600 3.85 31 31 0 1 0 0 215.0 202 98 92 28 36 0 184 10 0 9 874 117 1.107 8.5 1.2 1.5 7.7 5.11
2008 26 TBR AL 14 8 .636 3.56 33 33 0 3 2 0 215.0 208 94 85 24 40 0 160 12 0 6 877 124 1.153 8.7 1.0 1.7 6.7 4.00
2009 27 TBR AL 11 12 .478 4.14 33 33 0 0 0 0 219.2 239 113 101 29 52 1 167 1 1 3 930 105 1.325 9.8 1.2 2.1 6.8 3.21
2010 28 TBR AL 13 15 .464 5.18 34 33 0 0 0 0 203.1 246 128 117 34 51 2 187 5 2 13 899 75 1.461 10.9 1.5 2.3 8.3 3.67
2011 29 TBR AL 16 12 .571 2.82 33 33 0 11 4 0 249.1 195 83 78 26 65 1 225 5 0 4 975 134 1.043 7.0 0.9 2.3 8.1 3.46 AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
2012 30 TBR AL 15 10 .600 3.52 33 33 0 3 2 0 227.2 208 103 89 25 58 2 223 11 1 7 944 109 1.168 8.2 1.0 2.3 8.8 3.84
2013 31 KCR AL 2 3 .400 2.48 8 8 0 1 0 0 58.0 42 17 16 4 14 0 53 2 0 5 225 167 0.966 6.5 0.6 2.2 8.2 3.79
8 Yrs 89 76 .539 3.84 226 225 0 20 8 0 1512.2 1481 705 645 188 354 11 1303 51 4 56 6264 108 1.213 8.8 1.1 2.1 7.8 3.68
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .539 3.84 34 34 0 3 1 0 228 223 106 97 28 53 2 196 8 1 8 944 108 1.213 8.8 1.1 2.1 7.8 3.68
TBR (7 yrs) 87 73 .544 3.89 218 217 0 19 8 0 1454.2 1439 688 629 184 340 11 1250 49 4 51 6039 107 1.223 8.9 1.1 2.1 7.7 3.68
KCR (1 yr) 2 3 .400 2.48 8 8 0 1 0 0 58.0 42 17 16 4 14 0 53 2 0 5 225 167 0.966 6.5 0.6 2.2 8.2 3.79

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 Awards
2006 24 TBD AL 124.2 21 21 69 4.98 5.06 -0.22 0.20 100.0 5.48 5 0.5 -0.1 1.7 21 .525 .503
2007 25 TBD AL 215.0 31 31 98 4.10 4.90 -0.40 0.19 101.2 5.55 33 3.5 -0.1 5.5 59 .612 .521 $394,900
2008 26 TBR AL 215.0 33 33 94 3.93 4.74 0.14 0.18 100.7 4.81 17 1.8 -0.2 3.8 44 .554 .511 $1,000,000
2009 27 TBR AL 219.2 33 33 113 4.63 4.82 0.29 0.19 97.6 4.61 -3 -0.2 -0.2 1.8 24 .493 .498 $1,500,000
2010 28 TBR AL 203.1 34 33 128 5.67 4.49 0.35 0.16 96.6 4.15 -36 -3.4 2.3 -0.1 -1.5 -13 .399 .479 $2,500,000
2011 29 TBR AL 249.1 33 33 83 3.00 4.57 0.47 0.17 92.2 3.93 25 2.8 -0.2 5.2 51 .585 .517 $4,250,000 AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
2012 30 TBR AL 227.2 33 33 103 4.07 4.46 0.08 0.17 94.2 4.30 5 0.6 -0.2 2.7 29 .518 .504 $7,000,000
2013 31 KCR AL 58.0 8 8 17 2.64 4.24 0.11 0.17 105.8 4.55 11 1.3 -0.1 1.8 18 .662 .508 $9,000,000
8 Seasons 1512.2 226 225 705 4.19 4.68 0.13 0.18 97.5 4.62 59 6.8 2.3 -1.1 21.1 233 .530 .505 $25,644,900
TBR (7 yrs) 1454.2 218 217 688 4.26 4.70 0.13 0.18 97.2 4.62 47 5.5 2.3 -1.0 19.3 215 .525 .505 $16,644,900
KCR (1 yr) 58.0 8 8 17 2.64 4.24 0.11 0.17 105.8 4.55 11 1.3 -0.1 1.8 18 .662 .508 $9,000,000

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
2008 26 TBR AL ALDS W CHW 1 0 1.000 4.26 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 6 3 3 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 26 1.105 8.5 1.4 1.4 5.7 4.00
2008 26 TBR AL ALCS W BOS 0 2 .000 3.46 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 15 6 5 2 5 0 9 0 0 0 57 1.538 10.4 1.4 3.5 6.2 1.80
2008 26 TBR AL WS L PHI 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 25 1.588 11.1 0.0 3.2 6.4 2.00
2010 28 TBR AL ALDS L TEX 0 1 .000 8.31 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 4 4 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 19 0.923 8.3 2.1 0.0 4.2
2011 29 TBR AL ALDS L TEX 0 1 .000 12.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 8 7 7 0 0 0 6 2 0 2 25 1.600 14.4 0.0 0.0 10.8
3 Yrs (5 Series) 2 4 .333 4.98 6 6 0 0 0 0 34.1 40 20 19 4 8 0 25 5 0 3 152 1.398 10.5 1.0 2.1 6.6 3.13
3 ALDS 1 2 .333 8.04 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.2 18 14 14 2 1 0 12 5 0 2 70 1.213 10.3 1.1 0.6 6.9 12.00
1 ALCS 0 2 .000 3.46 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 15 6 5 2 5 0 9 0 0 0 57 1.538 10.4 1.4 3.5 6.2 1.80
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 25 1.588 11.1 0.0 3.2 6.4 2.00

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
2002 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2006 24 TBD AL 21 8 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .375 .375 .375 .750 97 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 25 TBD AL 31 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2008 26 TBR AL 34 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 78 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 27 TBR AL 33 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -40 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 28 TBR AL 34 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 181 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 29 TBR AL 33 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
2012 30 TBR AL 33 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
2013 31 KCR AL 8 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 84 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
8 Yrs 227 43 40 6 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 12 .200 .238 .200 .438 21 8 1 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 31 29 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .200 .238 .200 .438 21 6 1 0 1 0 0
TBR (7 yrs) 219 40 37 5 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 11 .189 .231 .189 .420 16 7 1 0 1 0 0
KCR (1 yr) 8 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 84 1 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 Awards
2006 24 TBD AL 21 8 -0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 0.0 2 1
2007 25 TBD AL 31 7 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 $394,900 1
2008 26 TBR AL 34 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $1,000,000 1
2009 27 TBR AL 33 5 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,500,000 1
2010 28 TBR AL 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $2,500,000 1
2011 29 TBR AL 33 8 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 $4,250,000 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
2012 30 TBR AL 33 5 -1 -0 -0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $7,000,000 1
2013 31 KCR AL 1 3 -0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .530 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $9,000,000 /1
8 Seasons 220 43 -3 -0 -0 0 7 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .502 .500 0.4 0.2 6 $25,644,900
TBR (7 yrs) 219 40 -2 -0 -0 0 7 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .502 .500 0.4 0.2 6 $16,644,900
KCR (1 yr) 1 3 -0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .530 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $9,000,000

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
2008 26 TBR AL ALDS CHW W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 26 TBR AL ALCS BOS W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 26 TBR AL WS PHI L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 28 TBR AL ALDS TEX L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 29 TBR AL ALDS TEX L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (5 Series) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALDS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2006 TBD AL 24 P 21 21 1 124.2 29 14 15 0 1 1.000 2 3 2.09 1.38 .958 1.56 1.54 7 4 36% 30% 4
2007 TBD AL 25 P 31 31 1 215.0 55 30 24 1 3 .982 3 3 2.26 1.74 .955 1.60 1.59 9 6 40% 27% 0
2008 TBR AL 26 P 33 33 3 215.0 39 19 19 1 3 .974 1 1 1.59 1.15 .952 1.60 1.59 7 6 46% 27% 1
2009 TBR AL 27 P 33 33 0 219.2 43 16 25 2 5 .953 0 0 1.68 1.24 .953 1.53 1.51 5 2 29% 26% 1
2010 TBR AL 28 P 34 33 0 203.1 39 18 17 4 2 .897 -4 -4 1.55 1.03 .953 1.63 1.61 10 3 23% 26% 2
2011 TBR AL 29 P 33 33 11 249.1 54 19 32 3 2 .944 7 6 1.84 1.55 .949 1.60 1.59 6 5 45% 28% 12 AS,CYA-3,MVP-16
2012 TBR AL 30 P 33 33 3 227.2 42 16 21 5 0 .881 -3 -3 1.46 1.12 .954 1.57 1.56 14 2 13% 25% 3
2013 KCR AL 31 P 8 8 1 58.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 0.62 0.50 .970 1.54 1.52 1 1 50% 24% 1
8 Seasons P 226 225 20 1512.2 305 134 155 16 16 .948 5 0 1.72 1.28 .953 1.58 1.57 59 29 33% 27% 24
8 Seasons TOT 226 225 20 1512.2 305 134 155 16 16 .948 5 3 1.72 1.28 .953 1.58 1.57 59 29 33% 27% 24
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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2011

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 AL (16, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1402nd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 AL (3, 34%)
0.34 Career Shares (131st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2007 AL  5.5 (9th)
2011 AL  5.2 (7th)
2013 AL  1.8 (7th)
Active  21.1 (37th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2011 AL  2.82 (3rd)
2013 AL  2.48 (8th)
Active  3.84 (21st)

Wins s c a p y
2011 AL  16 (4th)
2012 AL  15 (10th)
Active  89 (39th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
Active  .539 (37th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2007 AL  1.107 (3rd)
2008 AL  1.153 (4th)
2011 AL  1.043 (5th)
2012 AL  1.168 (9th)
2013 AL  0.966 (5th)
Active  1.213 (14th)
Career  1.213 (166th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL  8.456 (10th)
2011 AL  7.039 (6th)
2012 AL  8.223 (10th)
2013 AL  6.517 (6th)
Active  8.812 (30th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL  1.507 (3rd)
2008 AL  1.674 (4th)
2009 AL  2.131 (6th)
Active  2.106 (7th)
Career  2.106 (123rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  8.277 (8th)
2012 AL  8.816 (7th)
Active  7.752 (21st)
Career  7.752 (48th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2007 AL  215.0 (10th)
2008 AL  215.0 (6th)
2009 AL  219.7 (6th)
2011 AL  249.3 (2nd)
2012 AL  227.7 (3rd)
2013 AL  58.0 (5th)
Active  1,512.7 (35th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 AL  184 (9th)
2010 AL  187 (9th)
2011 AL  225 (3rd)
2012 AL  223 (3rd)
2013 AL  53 (10th)
Active  1,303 (31st)

Games Started s c a p y
2008 AL  33 (5th)
2009 AL  33 (4th)
2010 AL  33 (4th)
2011 AL  33 (6th)
2012 AL  33 (4th)
2013 AL  8 (7th)
Active  225 (38th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 AL  3 (3rd)
2011 AL  11 (1st)
2012 AL  3 (5th)
2013 AL  1 (3rd)
Active  20 (11th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL  2 (1st)
2011 AL  4 (1st)
2012 AL  2 (3rd)
Active  8 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  28 (3rd)
2009 AL  29 (2nd)
2010 AL  34 (1st)
2011 AL  26 (4th)
Active  188 (34th)

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  239 (2nd)
2010 AL  246 (1st)
2012 AL  208 (8th)
Active  1,481 (38th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2007 AL  5.111 (2nd)
2008 AL  4.000 (6th)
2009 AL  3.212 (9th)
2010 AL  3.667 (4th)
2011 AL  3.462 (8th)
2012 AL  3.845 (6th)
Active  3.681 (4th)
Career  3.681 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
2009 AL  12 (7th)
2010 AL  15 (2nd)
Active  76 (48th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  101 (4th)
2010 AL  117 (1st)
Active  645 (44th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2007 AL  9 (9th)
2010 AL  13 (4th)
2013 AL  5 (1st)
Active  56 (27th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 AL  10 (8th)
2008 AL  12 (5th)
2012 AL  11 (6th)
Active  51 (43rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2009 AL  930 (5th)
2010 AL  899 (9th)
2011 AL  975 (2nd)
2012 AL  944 (2nd)
2013 AL  225 (7th)
Active  6,264 (38th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL  124 (10th)
2011 AL  134 (8th)
2013 AL  167 (7th)
Active  108 (30th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  30 (7th)
2013 AL  11 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2011 AL  3.1 (7th)
2013 AL  1.2 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2011 AL  39.37 (3rd)
2013 AL  12.20 (5th)
Active  81.33 (34th)
Career  81.33 (183rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2011 AL  4.2 (3rd)
Active  7.2 (50th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2007 AL  2.6 (9th)
2011 AL  3.5 (3rd)
2013 AL  1.3 (5th)
Active  7.6 (38th)
Career  7.6 (212th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2011 AL  4.5 (3rd)
2013 AL  1.3 (4th)
Active  8.9 (34th)
Career  8.9 (179th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
2007 AL  30 (1st)
2008 AL  19 (5th)
2009 AL  16 (4th)
2011 AL  19 (3rd)
Active  134 (22nd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2010 AL  4 (3rd)
2012 AL  5 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
2007 AL  2.26 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
2007 AL  1.74 (3rd)
Active  1.28 (13th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2013 AL  1.000 (1st)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 - 4 (472), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 85 (279), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 20 (651), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (627), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (462nd), 19.9 career WAR/21.3 7yr-peak WAR/20.6 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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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
200725Tampa Bay Devil Rays$394,900
200826Tampa Bay Rays$1,000,000
200927Tampa Bay Rays$1,500,000
201028Tampa Bay Rays$2,500,000
201129Tampa Bay Rays$4,250,000
201230Tampa Bay Rays$7,000,000contracts
201331Kansas City Royals$9,000,000
201432Kansas City Royals*$12,000,000$12M Team Option, $1M Buyout
Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$25,644,900Does not include future salaries
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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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.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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