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Mario Soto

Mario Melvin Soto

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 174 lb.

Born: July 12, 1956 in Bani, Peravia, Dominican Republic
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1977 (Age 21)
Team: Reds 1977-1988
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: June 16, 1988 (Age 31)
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 2:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #437. Larry Jansen… #438. Pat Malone… #439. Steve Barber… #440. MARIO SOTO… #441. Steve Trachsel… #442. Rudy May… #443. Jack Sanford… 

Standard Pitching

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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
1974 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1977 20 CIN NL 2 6 .250 5.34 12 10 1 2 1 0 60.2 60 38 36 12 26 4 44 3 0 4 266 74 1.418 8.9 1.8 3.9 6.5 1.69
1978 21 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 2.50 5 1 1 0 0 0 18.0 13 5 5 1 13 3 13 0 0 0 79 145 1.444 6.5 0.5 6.5 6.5 1.00
1979 22 CIN NL 3 2 .600 5.30 25 0 7 0 0 0 37.1 33 25 22 2 30 2 32 1 0 0 169 72 1.688 8.0 0.5 7.2 7.7 1.07
1980 23 CIN NL 10 8 .556 3.07 53 12 10 3 1 4 190.1 126 72 65 11 84 10 182 2 4 6 777 118 1.103 6.0 0.5 4.0 8.6 2.17 CYA-5
1981 24 CIN NL 12 9 .571 3.29 25 25 0 10 3 0 175.0 142 69 64 13 61 3 151 3 3 4 717 108 1.160 7.3 0.7 3.1 7.8 2.48
1982 25 CIN NL 14 13 .519 2.79 35 34 1 13 2 0 257.2 202 88 80 19 71 3 274 4 1 6 1033 132 1.060 7.1 0.7 2.5 9.6 3.86 AS,CYA-9
1983 26 CIN NL 17 13 .567 2.70 34 34 0 18 3 0 273.2 207 96 82 28 95 6 242 5 2 2 1114 140 1.104 6.8 0.9 3.1 8.0 2.55 AS,CYA-2,MVP-14
1984 27 CIN NL 18 7 .720 3.53 33 33 0 13 0 0 237.1 181 102 93 26 87 6 185 5 0 3 971 107 1.129 6.9 1.0 3.3 7.0 2.13 AS,CYA-6
1985 28 CIN NL 12 15 .444 3.58 36 36 0 9 1 0 256.2 196 109 102 30 104 3 214 2 2 8 1055 105 1.169 6.9 1.1 3.6 7.5 2.06
1986 29 CIN NL 5 10 .333 4.71 19 19 0 1 1 0 105.0 113 61 55 15 46 6 67 1 0 3 461 82 1.514 9.7 1.3 3.9 5.7 1.46
1987 30 CIN NL 3 2 .600 5.12 6 6 0 0 0 0 31.2 34 18 18 7 12 1 11 0 0 1 138 83 1.453 9.7 2.0 3.4 3.1 0.92
1988 31 CIN NL 3 7 .300 4.66 14 14 0 3 1 0 87.0 88 49 45 8 28 3 34 2 8 0 367 78 1.333 9.1 0.8 2.9 3.5 1.21
12 Yrs 100 92 .521 3.47 297 224 20 72 13 4 1730.1 1395 732 667 172 657 50 1449 28 20 37 7147 108 1.186 7.3 0.9 3.4 7.5 2.21
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .521 3.47 39 29 3 9 2 1 226 182 96 87 22 86 7 189 4 3 5 933 108 1.186 7.3 0.9 3.4 7.5 2.21

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
1977 20 CIN NL 60.2 12 10 38 5.64 4.35 -0.01 0.13 105.1 4.71 -7 -0.7 .4 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .444 .496
1978 21 CIN NL 18.0 5 1 5 2.50 4.11 -0.17 -0.15 105.0 4.33 3 0.4 .8 -0.0 0.5 5 .583 .503
1979 22 CIN NL 37.1 25 0 25 6.03 4.32 0.03 -0.34 101.6 4.01 -9 -0.9 .7 0.1 -0.5 -5 .463 .494
1980 23 CIN NL 190.1 53 12 72 3.40 4.05 0.01 -0.10 99.5 3.92 10 1.2 1.2 -0.1 2.8 27 .522 .507 CYA-5
1981 24 CIN NL 175.0 25 25 69 3.55 3.82 -0.02 0.14 101.6 4.04 7 0.9 -0.1 2.3 24 .534 .505
1982 25 CIN NL 257.2 35 34 88 3.07 4.17 -0.28 0.14 101.9 4.67 43 5.3 2.2 -0.1 7.5 68 .651 .533 $295,000 AS,CYA-9
1983 26 CIN NL 273.2 34 34 96 3.16 4.18 0.12 0.14 104.4 4.39 36 4.4 -0.1 6.8 61 .629 .527 $625,000 AS,CYA-2,MVP-14
1984 27 CIN NL 237.1 33 33 102 3.87 4.13 -0.29 0.14 104.1 4.75 20 2.4 -0.1 4.5 43 .573 .515 AS,CYA-6
1985 28 CIN NL 256.2 36 36 109 3.82 4.01 0.07 0.14 104.9 4.27 11 1.2 -0.2 3.4 34 .534 .508 $1,071,429
1986 29 CIN NL 105.0 19 19 61 5.23 4.25 -0.15 0.15 101.6 4.62 -8 -0.8 -0.0 0.1 2 .457 .495 $1,150,000
1987 30 CIN NL 31.2 6 6 18 5.12 4.70 -0.07 0.17 98.1 4.85 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.2 2 .479 .499 $1,200,000
1988 31 CIN NL 87.0 14 14 49 5.07 3.98 0.41 0.13 100.8 3.74 -13 -1.4 -0.0 -0.6 -6 .399 .491 $1,200,000
12 Seasons 1730.1 297 224 732 3.81 4.11 -0.04 0.10 102.7 4.37 94 11.8 1.0 -0.8 26.9 254 .540 .506 $5,541,429

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
1979 22 CIN NL NLCS L PIT 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5

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
1974 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1977 20 CIN NL 12 17 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .077 .188 .077 .264 -26 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
1978 21 CIN NL 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1979 22 CIN NL 25 7 7 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .571 .571 .571 1.143 213 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 23 CIN NL 54 54 46 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .043 .043 .043 .087 -76 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 CYA-5
1981 24 CIN NL 25 66 59 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 .068 .083 .068 .151 -57 4 0 0 6 0 0 1
1982 25 CIN NL 37 100 84 5 14 4 0 0 5 0 0 4 25 .167 .213 .214 .428 19 18 0 1 11 0 0 1 AS,CYA-9
1983 26 CIN NL 35 100 88 6 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 26 .125 .135 .159 .294 -20 14 0 0 11 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-14
1984 27 CIN NL 33 92 87 5 18 5 0 1 9 0 0 0 28 .207 .205 .299 .503 38 26 0 0 4 1 0 1 AS,CYA-6
1985 28 CIN NL 37 90 83 3 11 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 24 .133 .143 .157 .299 -17 13 1 0 6 0 0 1
1986 29 CIN NL 20 33 27 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .111 .111 .148 .259 -30 4 0 0 6 0 0 1
1987 30 CIN NL 6 12 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -56 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1988 31 CIN NL 14 29 22 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .045 .160 .045 .205 -39 1 1 0 4 0 0 1
12 Yrs 303 603 530 32 70 13 1 1 24 0 0 11 166 .132 .152 .166 .318 -12 88 2 2 58 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 322 283 17 37 7 1 1 13 0 0 6 89 .132 .152 .166 .318 -12 47 1 1 31 1 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
1977 20 CIN NL 12 17 -3 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .494 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 1
1978 21 CIN NL 5 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .491 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
1979 22 CIN NL 25 7 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .509 .501 0.2 0.0 2 1
1980 23 CIN NL 54 54 -12 -0 0 0 6 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.6 .488 .496 -0.6 0.0 -4 1 CYA-5
1981 24 CIN NL 25 66 -12 0 0 0 7 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.5 .481 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 1
1982 25 CIN NL 37 100 -10 -0 0 0 12 1 0.2 3 5 0.2 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 5 $295,000 1 AS,CYA-9
1983 26 CIN NL 35 100 -13 -0 0 0 12 -0 -0.1 3 3 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 3 $625,000 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-14
1984 27 CIN NL 33 92 -8 -0 0 0 11 3 0.4 3 6 0.4 .511 .502 0.3 0.0 6 1 AS,CYA-6
1985 28 CIN NL 37 90 -12 -0 0 0 10 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.2 0.0 2 $1,071,429 1
1986 29 CIN NL 20 33 -5 -0 0 0 4 -0 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $1,150,000 1
1987 30 CIN NL 6 12 -3 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .483 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $1,200,000 /1
1988 31 CIN NL 14 29 -4 -0 -0 0 4 -0 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $1,200,000 1
12 Seasons 303 603 -80 -1 2 0 72 -8 -0.9 21 13 -0.9 .497 .500 -1.0 0.2 13 $5,541,429

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
1979 22 CIN NL NLCS PIT L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Awards
1977 CIN NL 20 P 12 10 2 60.2 14 5 9 0 1 1.000 2.08 1.17 .950 1.85 1.85 2 3 60% 35% 1
1978 CIN NL 21 P 5 1 0 18.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 0.20 .950 1.90 1.90 2 0 0% 32% 0
1979 CIN NL 22 P 25 0 0 37.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.72 0.12 .950 1.81 1.80 9 4 31% 34% 0
1980 CIN NL 23 P 53 12 3 190.1 40 12 25 3 2 .925 1.75 0.70 .952 1.91 1.91 25 5 17% 31% 0 CYA-5
1981 CIN NL 24 P 25 25 10 175.0 31 10 19 2 1 .935 1.49 1.16 .959 1.97 1.98 25 5 17% 33% 1
1982 CIN NL 25 P 35 34 13 257.2 42 10 29 3 1 .929 1.36 1.11 .952 1.96 1.97 24 9 27% 32% 0 AS,CYA-9
1983 CIN NL 26 P 34 34 18 273.2 55 22 28 5 1 .909 1.64 1.47 .952 1.92 1.91 18 14 44% 33% 0 AS,CYA-2,MVP-14
1984 CIN NL 27 P 33 33 13 237.1 37 12 22 3 1 .919 1.29 1.03 .954 1.88 1.87 32 14 30% 31% 1 AS,CYA-6
1985 CIN NL 28 P 36 36 9 256.2 49 13 34 2 0 .959 1.65 1.31 .953 1.92 1.92 43 10 19% 30% 0
1986 CIN NL 29 P 19 19 1 105.0 20 3 16 1 0 .950 1.63 1.00 .955 1.94 1.94 15 8 35% 32% 2
1987 CIN NL 30 P 6 6 0 31.2 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.27 1.33 .955 1.90 1.90 9 2 18% 29% 0
1988 CIN NL 31 P 14 14 3 87.0 20 5 12 3 1 .850 1.76 1.21 .955 1.96 1.96 13 4 24% 29% 1
12 Seasons P 297 224 72 1730.1 320 95 203 22 8 .931 1.55 1.00 .953 1.92 1.91 217 78 26% 31% 6
12 Seasons TOT 297 224 72 1730.1 320 95 203 22 8 .931 1.55 1.00 .953 1.92 1.91 217 78 26% 31% 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.
  • 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

Hall of Fame
1994 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1982 *
1983 (P)
1984 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 NL (14, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1130th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1980 NL (5, 1%)
1982 NL (9, 0%)
1983 NL (2, 51%)
1984 NL (6, 2%)
0.54 Career Shares (98th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1982 NL  7.7 (4th)
1983 NL  6.7 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1982 NL  7.5 (2nd)
1983 NL  6.8 (2nd)
1984 NL  4.5 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1980 NL  3.07 (7th)
1982 NL  2.79 (4th)
1983 NL  2.70 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1981 NL  12 (4th)
1983 NL  17 (2nd)
1984 NL  18 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1984 NL  .720 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1980 NL  1.103 (5th)
1982 NL  1.060 (1st)
1983 NL  1.104 (2nd)
1984 NL  1.129 (4th)
Career  1.186 (109th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 NL  5.958 (1st)
1981 NL  7.303 (7th)
1982 NL  7.056 (2nd)
1983 NL  6.808 (2nd)
1984 NL  6.864 (2nd)
1985 NL  6.873 (5th)
Career  7.256 (21st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 NL  8.606 (1st)
1981 NL  7.766 (4th)
1982 NL  9.571 (1st)
1983 NL  7.959 (3rd)
1984 NL  7.015 (7th)
1985 NL  7.504 (5th)
Career  7.537 (58th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1981 NL  175.0 (3rd)
1982 NL  257.7 (6th)
1983 NL  273.7 (2nd)
1984 NL  237.3 (5th)
1985 NL  256.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1980 NL  182 (3rd)
1981 NL  151 (3rd)
1982 NL  274 (2nd)
1983 NL  242 (2nd)
1984 NL  185 (4th)
1985 NL  214 (2nd)
Career  1,449 (209th)

Games Started s c a p y
1981 NL  25 (1st)
1983 NL  34 (9th)
1984 NL  33 (7th)
1985 NL  36 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1981 NL  10 (2nd)
1982 NL  13 (5th)
1983 NL  18 (1st)
1984 NL  13 (1st)
1985 NL  9 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1981 NL  3 (4th)
1982 NL  2 (9th)
1983 NL  3 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1981 NL  13 (1st)
1982 NL  19 (10th)
1983 NL  28 (1st)
1984 NL  26 (2nd)
1985 NL  30 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 NL  84 (7th)
1981 NL  61 (6th)
1983 NL  95 (7th)
1984 NL  87 (9th)
1985 NL  104 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1980 NL  2.167 (8th)
1981 NL  2.475 (7th)
1982 NL  3.859 (1st)
1983 NL  2.547 (8th)
Career  2.206 (191st)

Losses s c a p y
1981 NL  9 (6th)
1982 NL  13 (10th)
1983 NL  13 (8th)
1985 NL  15 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1981 NL  64 (5th)
1984 NL  93 (5th)
1985 NL  102 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1985 NL  8 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 NL  3 (10th)
1983 NL  5 (4th)
1984 NL  5 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1981 NL  717 (3rd)
1982 NL  1,033 (8th)
1983 NL  1,114 (3rd)
1984 NL  971 (4th)
1985 NL  1,055 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1980 NL  118 (7th)
1982 NL  132 (4th)
1983 NL  140 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1982 NL  26 (4th)
1983 NL  31 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1982 NL  2.9 (4th)
1983 NL  3.4 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1982 NL  30.77 (4th)
1983 NL  31.76 (2nd)
Career  72.13 (215th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1982 NL  3.3 (7th)
1983 NL  4.2 (1st)
Career  9.1 (224th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1980 NL  2.1 (7th)
1981 NL  1.8 (10th)
1982 NL  3.1 (6th)
1983 NL  3.2 (2nd)
1984 NL  2.0 (10th)
Career  9.6 (156th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1982 NL  3.4 (4th)
1983 NL  3.4 (2nd)
Career  8.2 (199th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1983 NL  11 (10th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1983 NL  22 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1983 NL  5 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1977 NL  born 1956-07-12 (4th)


† 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 - 7 (344), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 95 (233), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 27 (488), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (504), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (312th), 26.0 career WAR/27.1 7yr-peak WAR/26.6 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  8. Frank Sullivan (935)
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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
198225Cincinnati Reds$295,0001983 TSN GuidePlayer win; offer of $200K
198326Cincinnati Reds$625,0001984 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman databasePlayer win; $450,000 offer
198528Cincinnati Reds$1,071,4293/3/86 TSN
198629Cincinnati Reds$1,150,0001986 USA Today survey
198730Cincinnati Reds$1,200,0001987 USA Today survey
198831Cincinnati Reds$1,200,000*
198932Cincinnati Reds$250,000Larry Grasso corrections
Career to date (may be incomplete)$5,791,429
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $1,450,000 - 12/13/88 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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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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