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Steve Sparks

Steven William Sparks

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: July 2, 1965 in Tulsa, OK
High School: Holland Hall (Tulsa, OK)
School: Sam Houston State University
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 5th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1995
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Brewers/Angels/Diamondbacks/Athletics 1995-2004

Final Game: September 26, 2004
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Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:44AM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1987	21	MIL-min	Rk	6	3	.667	4.68	10	9	0	2	0	0	57.2	68	44	30	8	20	1	47	4	0	5			1.526	10.6	1.2	3.1	7.3	2.35	HEL · PION
1988	22	MIL-min	A	9	13	.409	3.79	25	24	0	5	1	0	164.0	162	80	69	8	51	2	96	7	5	5			1.299	8.9	0.4	2.8	5.3	1.88	BEL · MIDW
1989	23	MIL-min	A	13	5	.722	2.41	23	22	0	3	2	0	164.0	125	55	44	6	53	0	126	10	0	6			1.085	6.9	0.3	2.9	6.9	2.38	STK · CALL
1990	24	MIL-min	A+,AA	11	9	.550	4.23	26	25	1	5	1	0	159.2	179	87	75	8	46	0	94	9	1	9			1.409	10.1	0.5	2.6	5.3	2.04	STK,ELP · CALL,TL
1991	25	MIL-min	A+,AA	10	12	.455	3.62	28	28	0	8	2	0	196.2	190	92	79	5	107	2	149	7	1	15	852		1.510	8.7	0.2	4.9	6.8	1.39	STK,ELP · CALL,TL
1992	26	MIL-min	AA	9	8	.529	5.37	28	22	3	3	0	1	140.2	159	99	84	11	50	1	79	8	3	6	613		1.486	10.2	0.7	3.2	5.1	1.58	ELP · TL
1993	27	MIL-min	AAA	9	13	.409	3.84	29	28	0	7	1	0	180.1	174	89	77	17	80	1	104	5	2	7	767		1.409	8.7	0.8	4.0	5.2	1.30	NOR · AA
1994	28	MIL-min	AAA	10	12	.455	4.46	28	27	0	5	1	0	183.2	183	101	91	23	68	0	105	11	3	14	787		1.367	9.0	1.1	3.3	5.1	1.54	NOR · AA
1995	29	MIL	AL	9	11	.450	4.63	33	27	2	3	0	0	202.0	210	111	104	17	86	1	96	5	1	5	875	107	1.465	9.4	0.8	3.8	4.3	1.12	RoY-9
1996	30	MIL-min	AAA	2	6	.250	4.99	11	10	0	3	2	0	57.2	64	43	32	8	35	0	27	2	0	6	267		1.717	10.0	1.2	5.5	4.2	0.77	NOR · AA
1996	30	MIL	AL	4	7	.364	6.60	20	13	2	1	0	0	88.2	103	66	65	19	52	0	21	3	0	6	406	79	1.748	10.5	1.9	5.3	2.1	0.40

1998	32	ANA-min	AA,AAA	0	8	.000	5.37	11	11	0	2	0	0	68.2	72	49	41	5	21	0	53	1	1	5	298		1.354	9.4	0.7	2.8	6.9	2.52	MDL,VAN · TL,PCL
1998	32	ANA	AL	9	4	.692	4.34	22	20	1	0	0	0	128.2	130	66	62	14	58	0	90	5	0	6	562	110	1.461	9.1	1.0	4.1	6.3	1.55
1999	33	ANA	AL	5	11	.313	5.42	28	26	1	0	0	0	147.2	165	101	89	21	82	0	73	9	0	8	688	90	1.673	10.1	1.3	5.0	4.4	0.89
2000	34	DET-min	AAA	5	7	.417	3.77	16	14	0	1	0	0	90.2	86	53	38	8	41	0	44	4	1	0	397		1.401	8.5	0.8	4.1	4.4	1.07	TOL · IL
2000	34	DET	AL	7	5	.583	4.07	20	15	5	1	1	1	104.0	108	55	47	7	29	0	53	4	0	6	446	115	1.317	9.3	0.6	2.5	4.6	1.83
2001	35	DET	AL	14	9	.609	3.65	35	33	2	8	1	0	232.0	244	110	94	22	64	1	116	6	2	8	982	117	1.328	9.5	0.9	2.5	4.5	1.81
2002	36	DET	AL	8	16	.333	5.52	32	30	0	3	0	0	189.0	238	134	116	23	67	3	98	12	2	8	868	77	1.614	11.3	1.1	3.2	4.7	1.46
2003	37	TOT	AL	0	6	.000	4.88	51	0	26	0	0	2	107.0	114	68	58	13	37	4	54	3	0	3	460	89	1.411	9.6	1.1	3.1	4.5	1.46
2003	37	DET	AL	0	6	.000	4.72	42	0	24	0	0	2	89.2	95	57	47	11	34	4	49	3	0	3	386	92	1.439	9.5	1.1	3.4	4.9	1.44
2003	37	OAK	AL	0	0		5.71	9	0	2	0	0	0	17.1	19	11	11	2	3	0	5	0	0	0	74	79	1.269	9.9	1.0	1.6	2.6	1.67
2004	38	ARI	NL	3	7	.300	6.04	29	18	6	0	0	0	120.2	139	89	81	18	45	2	57	5	0	4	545	77	1.525	10.4	1.3	3.4	4.3	1.27
2005	39	OAK-SDP-min	AAA	7	5	.583	5.92	15	14	0	0	0	0	83.2	102	58	55	11	32	1	40	2	0	5	381		1.602	11.0	1.2	3.4	4.3	1.25	SAC,POR · PCL
9 Seasons				59	76	.437	4.88	270	182	45	16	2	3	1319.2	1451	800	716	154	520	11	658	52	5	54	5832	95	1.494	9.9	1.1	3.5	4.5	1.27
162 Game Avg.				9	11	.437	4.88	41	27	7	2	0	0	199	218	120	108	23	78	2	99	8	1	8	877	95	1.494	9.9	1.1	3.5	4.5	1.27

DET (4 yrs)				29	36	.446	4.45	129	78	31	12	2	3	614.2	685	356	304	63	194	8	316	25	4	25	2682	98	1.430	10.0	0.9	2.8	4.6	1.63
ANA (2 yrs)				14	15	.483	4.92	50	46	2	0	0	0	276.1	295	167	151	35	140	0	163	14	0	14	1250	98	1.574	9.6	1.1	4.6	5.3	1.16
MIL (2 yrs)				13	18	.419	5.23	53	40	4	4	0	0	290.2	313	177	169	36	138	1	117	8	1	11	1281	96	1.552	9.7	1.1	4.3	3.6	0.85
ARI (1 yr)				3	7	.300	6.04	29	18	6	0	0	0	120.2	139	89	81	18	45	2	57	5	0	4	545	77	1.525	10.4	1.3	3.4	4.3	1.27
OAK (1 yr)				0	0		5.71	9	0	2	0	0	0	17.1	19	11	11	2	3	0	5	0	0	0	74	79	1.269	9.9	1.0	1.6	2.6	1.67

AL (8 yrs)			AL	56	69	.448	4.77	241	164	39	16	2	3	1199.0	1312	711	635	136	475	9	601	47	5	50	5287	97	1.490	9.8	1.0	3.6	4.5	1.27
NL (1 yr)			NL	3	7	.300	6.04	29	18	6	0	0	0	120.2	139	89	81	18	45	2	57	5	0	4	545	77	1.525	10.4	1.3	3.4	4.3	1.27

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1995	29	MIL	AL	202.0	27	111	146	0	.9	35	3.0	$109,000	RoY-9
1996	30	MIL	AL	88.2	13	66	66	1	.9	0	0.0	$175,000

1998	32	ANA	AL	128.2	20	66	97	-6	.9	31	2.8	$
1999	33	ANA	AL	147.2	26	101	96	8	1.0	-5	-0.5	$1,387,500
2000	34	DET	AL	104.0	15	55	70	0	.8	15	1.3	$
2001	35	DET	AL	232.0	33	110	152	-6	1.0	42	4.2	$650,000
2002	36	DET	AL	189.0	30	134	123	-6	.9	-11	-1.1	$3,000,000
2003	37	DET	AL	89.2	0	57	62	-4	.8	5	-0.3	$4,500,000
2003	37	OAK	AL	17.1	0	11	10	0	.3	-1	-0.1	$
2004	38	ARI	NL	120.2	18	89	84	-2	.8	-5	-0.5	$500,000
9 Seasons				1319.2	182	800	906	-15	.9	106	8.8	$10,321,500

DET (4 yrs)				614.2	78	356	407	-16	.9	51	4.1	$8,150,000
ANA (2 yrs)				276.1	46	167	193	2	1.0	26	2.3	$1,387,500
MIL (2 yrs)				290.2	40	177	212	1	.9	35	3.0	$284,000
ARI (1 yr)				120.2	18	89	84	-2	.8	-5	-0.5	$500,000
OAK (1 yr)				17.1	0	11	10	0	.3	-1	-0.1	$

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
2003	37	OAK	AL	ALDS	L	BOS	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	17	1.250	4.5	2.3	6.8	2.3	0.33
1 ALDS							0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	17	1.250	4.5	2.3	6.8	2.3	0.33

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
1987	21	MIL-min	Rk	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	HEL · PION
1988	22	MIL-min	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	BEL · MIDW
1989	23	MIL-min	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	STK · CALL
1990	24	MIL-min	AA,A+	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	ELP,STK · TL,CALL
1991	25	MIL-min	AA,A+	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	ELP,STK · TL,CALL
1992	26	MIL-min	AA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	ELP · TL
1993	27	MIL-min	AAA	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	NOR · AA
1994	28	MIL-min	AAA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	NOR · AA
1995	29	MIL	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	RoY-9
1996	30	MIL-min	AAA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	NOR · AA
1996	30	MIL	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1998	32	ANA-min	AA,AAA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	MDL,VAN · TL,PCL
1998	32	ANA	AL	22	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	46	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1999	33	ANA	AL	29	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	148	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	34	DET-min	AAA	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	TOL · IL
2000	34	DET	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	35	DET	AL	36	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	36	DET	AL	32	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	37	TOT	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	37	DET	AL	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	37	OAK	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2004	38	ARI	NL	29	32	31	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.129	.129	.129	.258	-34	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
2005	39	SDP-OAK-min	AAA	15	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500		3	0	0	1	0	0	POR,SAC · PCL
9 Seasons				272	44	41	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	17	.122	.143	.146	.289	-25	6	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	26	24	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.122	.143	.146	.289	-25	4	0	0	1	0	0

DET (4 yrs)				130	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
ANA (2 yrs)				51	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.500	.900	130	2	0	0	1	0	0
MIL (2 yrs)				53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
ARI (1 yr)				29	32	31	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.129	.129	.129	.258	-34	4	0	0	1	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (8 yrs)				243	12	10	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.100	.182	.200	.382	2	2	0	0	1	0	0
NL (1 yr)				29	32	31	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.129	.129	.129	.258	-34	4	0	0	1	0	0

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
1998	32	ANA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1999	33	ANA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,387,500	1

2001	35	DET	AL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$650,000	1
2002	36	DET	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$3,000,000	1

2004	38	ARI	NL	32	-6	0	0	0	0	4	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$500,000	1
5 Seasons				44	-8	0	0	0	0	4	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$5,537,500

ANA (2 yrs)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,387,500
DET (2 yrs)				6	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$3,650,000
ARI (1 yr)				32	-6	0	0	0	0	4	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$500,000

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%	PO	Awards
1995	MIL	AL	29	P	33	27	3	202.0	70	25	43	2	5	.971			3.03	2.06	.960	1.79	1.77	16	7	30%	4	RoY-9
1996	MIL	AL	30	P	20	13	1	88.2	33	9	23	1	1	.970			3.25	1.60	.960	1.77	1.76	4	2	33%	3
1998	ANA	AL	32	P	22	20	0	128.2	43	12	31	0	2	1.000			3.01	1.95	.958	1.78	1.76	10	4	29%	5
1999	ANA	AL	33	P	28	26	0	147.2	45	7	35	3	4	.933			2.56	1.50	.952	1.69	1.66	12	5	29%	3
2000	DET	AL	34	P	20	15	1	104.0	29	11	17	1	2	.966			2.42	1.40	.956	1.62	1.60	2	1	33%	0
2001	DET	AL	35	P	35	33	8	232.0	64	20	43	1	1	.984			2.44	1.80	.955	1.75	1.74	9	8	47%	3
2002	DET	AL	36	P	32	30	3	189.0	58	15	41	2	3	.966			2.67	1.75	.957	1.69	1.67	9	4	31%	2
2003	TOT	AL	37	P	51	0	0	107.0	25	8	16	1	6	.960	0	0	2.02	0.47	.957	1.72	1.71	4	3	43%	0
2003	DET	AL	37	P	42	0	0	89.2	19	6	12	1	5	.947	1	2	1.81	0.43	.957	1.73	1.71	2	3	60%	0
2003	OAK	AL	37	P	9	0	0	17.1	6	2	4	0	1	1.000	-1	-12	3.12	0.67	.957	1.71	1.71	2	0	0%	0
2004	ARI	NL	38	P	29	18	0	120.2	31	8	21	2	0	.935	3	5	2.16	1.00	.965	1.84	1.82	5	5	50%	0
	9 Seasons			P	270	182	16	1319.2	398	115	270	13	24	.967	3	2	2.63	1.43	.958	1.74	1.72	71	39	35%	20
	9 Seasons			TOT	270	182	16	1319.2	398	115	270	13	24	.967	3	15	2.63	1.43	.958	1.74	1.72	71	39	35%	20

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2001 AL 4.2 (10th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1995 AL 202.0 (10th) 2001 AL 232.0 (4th)	Complete Games s c a p y 2001 AL 8 (1st) 2002 AL 3 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2000 AL 1 (4th) 2001 AL 1 (10th)
Hits s c a p y 1995 AL 210 (9th) 2001 AL 244 (2nd) 2002 AL 238 (2nd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1995 AL 0.757 (7th)	Losses s c a p y 2002 AL 16 (2nd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1995 AL 104 (8th) 2002 AL 116 (3rd)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2002 AL 12 (5th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1995 AL 875 (10th) 2001 AL 982 (2nd)	Putouts as P s c a p y 1995 AL 25 (4th) 2001 AL 20 (4th)	Assists as P s c a p y 1995 AL 43 (2nd) 2001 AL 43 (3rd) 2002 AL 41 (3rd)
Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1995 AL 3.03 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 1995 AL 2.06 (4th) 2001 AL 1.80 (4th) 2002 AL 1.75 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (731), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1351), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 0 (2348), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1984), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Jack Hallett (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Birkbeck (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Osvaldo Fernandez (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mel Queen (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lynn Nelson (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Kamieniecki (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Kamieniecki (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Hendrickson (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Brian Moehler (917) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 5th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1987.
October 15, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
April 1, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.
October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
February 1, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
March 23, 2000: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
March 26, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
August 27, 2003: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
August 31, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
October 29, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
January 6, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
January 25, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
April 26, 2005: Released by the San Diego Padres.
May 15, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
July 16, 2005: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1995	29	Milwaukee Brewers	$109,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	30	Milwaukee Brewers	$175,000	4/10/96 Baseball Weekly survey
1997	31	Milwaukee Brewers	$175,000
1998	32	Milwaukee Brewers	$225,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
1999	33	Anaheim Angels	$1,387,500	2001 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $37,500 earned bonus

2001	35	Detroit Tigers	$650,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2002	36	Detroit Tigers	$3,000,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	37	Detroit Tigers	$4,500,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	38	Arizona Diamondbacks	$500,000	4/7/04 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$10,721,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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