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Mike Venafro \VEN-a-fro\

Michael Robert Venafro

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 2, 1973 in Takoma Park, MD
High School: Paul VI HS (Fairfax, VA)
School: James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 29th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1999 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Athletics/DevilRays/Dodgers/Rockies 1999-2006

Final Game: September 30, 2006 (Age 33)
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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
1995	21	TEX-min	A-	9	1	.900	2.13	32	0	12	0	0	2	50.2	37	13	12	0	21	2	32	5	3	1	200		1.145	6.6	0.0	3.7	5.7	1.52	HDV · NYPL
1996	22	TEX-min	A	1	3	.250	3.51	50	0	42	0	0	19	59.0	57	27	23	0	21	3	62	3	0	13	258		1.322	8.7	0.0	3.2	9.5	2.95	CHS · SALL
1997	23	TEX-min	A+,AA	4	3	.571	3.43	46	0	36	0	0	11	60.1	64	29	23	3	33	1	48	3	0	2	271		1.608	9.5	0.4	4.9	7.2	1.45	CHT,TUL · FLOR,TL
1998	24	TEX-min	AA,AAA	3	4	.429	3.89	59	0	43	0	0	14	69.1	61	33	30	8	36	0	60	3	0	4	305		1.399	7.9	1.0	4.7	7.8	1.67	TUL,OKC · TL,PCL
1999	25	TEX-min	AAA	0	0		5.40	6	0	3	0	0	1	11.2	16	7	7	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	46		1.371	12.3	1.5	0.0	5.4		OKC · PCL
1999	25	TEX	AL	3	2	.600	3.29	65	0	11	0	0	0	68.1	63	29	25	4	22	0	37	3	0	0	283	155	1.244	8.3	0.5	2.9	4.9	1.68
2000	26	TEX	AL	3	1	.750	3.83	77	0	21	0	0	1	56.1	64	27	24	2	21	4	32	4	0	1	248	132	1.509	10.2	0.3	3.4	5.1	1.52
2001	27	TEX	AL	5	5	.500	4.80	70	0	20	0	0	4	60.0	54	35	32	2	28	4	29	7	0	3	266	98	1.367	8.1	0.3	4.2	4.4	1.04
2002	28	OAK-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.97	8	0	2	0	0	0	10.1	12	8	8	2	1	0	14	2	0	0	46		1.258	10.5	1.7	0.9	12.2	14.00	SAC · PCL
2002	28	OAK	AL	2	2	.500	4.62	47	0	8	0	0	0	37.0	45	22	19	5	14	2	16	2	0	1	168	95	1.595	10.9	1.2	3.4	3.9	1.14
2003	29	HOU-min	AAA	2	1	.667	3.54	23	0	9	0	0	0	28.0	35	11	11	0	5	1	11	1	0	2	121		1.429	11.2	0.0	1.6	3.5	2.20	NOR · PCL
2003	29	TBD	AL	1	0	1.000	4.74	24	0	6	0	0	0	19.0	24	10	10	1	3	0	9	3	0	1	85	94	1.421	11.4	0.5	1.4	4.3	3.00
2004	30	LAD-KCR-min	AAA	2	5	.286	4.64	40	0	17	0	0	3	64.0	78	35	33	8	21	2	45	5	0	3	296		1.547	11.0	1.1	3.0	6.3	2.14	LVG,OMA · PCL
2004	30	LAD	NL	0	0		4.00	17	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	11	5	4	1	3	1	6	2	0	0	42	107	1.556	11.0	1.0	3.0	6.0	2.00

2005	31	LAD-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.85	53	0	13	0	0	1	44.2	60	38	34	4	35	5	24	5	0	0	224		2.127	12.1	0.8	7.1	4.8	0.69	LVG · PCL
2006	32	CIN-COL-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.35	56	0	13	0	0	2	38.1	29	10	10	1	13	3	28	2	0	3	155		1.096	6.8	0.2	3.1	6.6	2.15	LOU,CSP · IL,PCL
2006	32	COL	NL	1	0	1.000	2.45	7	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	15	217	1.636	7.4	0.0	7.4	4.9	0.67
2007	33	TOR-MIN-STL-min	AAA	1	2	.333	4.65	51	0	14	0	0	2	50.1	61	27	26	2	20	1	28	7	0	3	231		1.609	10.9	0.4	3.6	5.0	1.40	SYR,ROC,MEM · IL,PCL
7 Yrs				15	10	.600	4.09	307	0	68	0	0	5	253.1	264	129	115	15	94	11	131	21	0	6	1107	118	1.413	9.4	0.5	3.3	4.7	1.39
162 Game Avg.				3	2	.600	4.09	68	0	15	0	0	1	56	58	29	25	3	21	2	29	5	0	1	245	118	1.413	9.4	0.5	3.3	4.7	1.39

TEX (3 yrs)				11	8	.579	3.95	212	0	52	0	0	5	184.2	181	91	81	8	71	8	98	14	0	4	797	125	1.365	8.8	0.4	3.5	4.8	1.38
LAD (1 yr)				0	0		4.00	17	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	11	5	4	1	3	1	6	2	0	0	42	107	1.556	11.0	1.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
TBD (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	4.74	24	0	6	0	0	0	19.0	24	10	10	1	3	0	9	3	0	1	85	94	1.421	11.4	0.5	1.4	4.3	3.00
COL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	2.45	7	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	15	217	1.636	7.4	0.0	7.4	4.9	0.67
OAK (1 yr)				2	2	.500	4.62	47	0	8	0	0	0	37.0	45	22	19	5	14	2	16	2	0	1	168	95	1.595	10.9	1.2	3.4	3.9	1.14

AL (5 yrs)				14	10	.583	4.11	283	0	66	0	0	5	240.2	250	123	110	14	88	10	123	19	0	6	1050	117	1.404	9.3	0.5	3.3	4.6	1.40
NL (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	3.55	24	0	2	0	0	0	12.2	14	6	5	1	6	1	8	2	0	0	57	129	1.579	9.9	0.7	4.3	5.7	1.33

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
1999	25	TEX	AL	68.1	65	0	29	3.82	5.32	-0.03	-0.39	106.0	5.25	11	1.0	1.2	-0.1	1.7	19	.516	.506	$200,000
2000	26	TEX	AL	56.1	77	0	27	4.31	5.69	-0.39	-0.42	103.3	5.85	9	0.9	1.4	0.0	1.5	17	.511	.505	$245,000
2001	27	TEX	AL	60.0	70	0	35	5.25	5.19	-0.29	-0.39	104.2	5.31	-0	-0.0	1.3	-0.1	0.5	7	.500	.500	$310,000
2002	28	OAK	AL	37.0	47	0	22	5.35	5.23	-0.04	-0.40	97.5	4.75	-3	-0.3	1.4	-0.1	0.0	2	.494	.498	$812,500
2003	29	TBD	AL	19.0	24	0	10	4.74	5.16	0.17	-0.39	96.2	4.43	-1	-0.1	1.1	-0.0	0.1	2	.498	.500	$300,000
2004	30	LAD	NL	9.0	17	0	5	5.00	5.57	0.38	-0.41	100.0	4.78	-0	-0.0	1.3	-0.0	0.0	1	.498	.500

2006	32	COL	NL	3.2	7	0	1	2.45	5.42	0.08	-0.40	114.4	5.65	1	0.1	1.6	0.0	0.2	2	.519	.501
7 Seasons				253.1	307	0	129	4.58	5.35	-0.14	-0.40	102.9	5.25	18	1.6	1.3	-0.3	4.0	48	.505	.501	$1,867,500

TEX (3 yrs)				184.2	212	0	91	4.44	5.39	-0.22	-0.40	104.6	5.45	20	1.9	1.3	-0.1	3.7	43	.509	.504	$755,000
LAD (1 yr)				9.0	17	0	5	5.00	5.57	0.38	-0.41	100.0	4.78	-0	-0.0	1.3	-0.0	0.0	1	.498	.500
TBD (1 yr)				19.0	24	0	10	4.74	5.16	0.17	-0.39	96.2	4.43	-1	-0.1	1.1	-0.0	0.1	2	.498	.500	$300,000
COL (1 yr)				3.2	7	0	1	2.45	5.42	0.08	-0.40	114.4	5.65	1	0.1	1.6	0.0	0.2	2	.519	.501
OAK (1 yr)				37.0	47	0	22	5.35	5.23	-0.04	-0.40	97.5	4.75	-3	-0.3	1.4	-0.1	0.0	2	.494	.498	$812,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	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
1999	25	TEX	AL	ALDS	L	NYY	0	0	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	3.000	18.0	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

2004	30	LAD	NL	NLDS	L	STL	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5
2 Yrs (2 Series)							0	0	0.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	10	1.800	10.8	5.4	5.4	5.4	1.00
1 ALDS							0	0	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	3.000	18.0	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
1 NLDS							0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5

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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	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1995	21	TEX-min	A-	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		HDV · NYPL
1996	22	TEX-min	A	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		CHS · SALL
1997	23	TEX-min	AA,A+	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		TUL,CHT · TL,FLOR
1998	24	TEX-min	AA,AAA	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		TUL,OKC · TL,PCL
1999	25	TEX-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		OKC · PCL
1999	25	TEX	AL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	26	TEX	AL	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	27	TEX	AL	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	28	OAK-min	AAA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		SAC · PCL
2002	28	OAK	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	29	HOU-min	AAA	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		NOR · PCL
2003	29	TBD	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	30	KCR-LAD-min	AAA	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0		OMA,LVG · PCL
2004	30	LAD	NL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2005	31	LAD-min	AAA	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		LVG · PCL
2006	32	COL-CIN-min	AAA	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		CSP,LOU · PCL,IL
2006	32	COL	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2007	33	STL-TOR-MIN-min	AAA	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		MEM,SYR,ROC · PCL,IL
7 Yrs				307	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

TEX (3 yrs)				212	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD (1 yr)				24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
COL (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				283	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					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
1999	25	TEX	AL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$200,000	1
2000	26	TEX	AL	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$245,000	1
2001	27	TEX	AL	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$310,000	1
2002	28	OAK	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$812,500	1
2003	29	TBD	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$300,000	1
2004	30	LAD	NL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1

2006	32	COL	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
7 Seasons				307	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$1,867,500

TEX (3 yrs)				212	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$755,000
TBD (1 yr)				24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$300,000
COL (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0
OAK (1 yr)				47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$812,500
LAD (1 yr)				17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1999	25	TEX	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2004	30	LAD	NL	NLDS	STL	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALDS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							2	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	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%
1999	TEX	AL	25	P	65	68.1	20	2	18	0	0	1.000			2.63	0.31	.952	1.69	1.66	2	0	0%	33%
2000	TEX	AL	26	P	77	56.1	14	3	9	2	1	.857			1.92	0.16	.956	1.61	1.60	3	2	40%	30%
2001	TEX	AL	27	P	70	60.0	21	4	13	4	4	.810			2.55	0.24	.955	1.76	1.74	2	0	0%	30%
2002	OAK	AL	28	P	47	37.0	12	1	11	0	1	1.000			2.92	0.26	.957	1.68	1.67	2	2	50%	32%
2003	TBD	AL	29	P	24	19.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-11	0.95	0.08	.955	1.75	1.71	0	1	100%	30%
2004	LAD	NL	30	P	17	9.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.00	0.06	.960	1.80	1.82	0	0
2006	COL	NL	32	P	7	3.2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.72	1.71	0	0
	7 Seasons			P	307	253.1	70	12	52	6	6	.914	-1	-6	2.27	0.21	.955	1.69	1.68	9	5	36%	31%
	7 Seasons			TOT	307	253.1	70	12	52	6	6	.914	-1	-37	2.27	0.21	.955	1.69	1.68	9	5	36%	31%

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
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played s c a p y 2000 AL 77 (2nd) 2001 AL 70 (8th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 2000 AL 77 (2nd)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 2001 AL 4 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
2000 AL 77 (2nd)
2001 AL 70 (8th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
2000 AL 77 (2nd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2001 AL 4 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2494), Average HOFer ≈ 185
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (663rd), 4.2 career WAR/4.2 7yr-peak WAR/4.2 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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Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 29th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1995.
January 14, 2002: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Carlos Pena to the Oakland Athletics for Jason Hart, Gerald Laird, Ryan Ludwick and Mario Ramos.
December 21, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
January 13, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
March 26, 2003: Released by the Atlanta Braves.
March 28, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
June 30, 2003: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
July 10, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
August 29, 2003: Released by the Houston Astros.
November 21, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
August 10, 2004: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Elvin Nina (minors).
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
February 19, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
January 21, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
March 31, 2006: Released by the New York Mets.
April 14, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
July 15, 2006: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
July 20, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
October 13, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
December 12, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
May 13, 2007: Purchased by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Minnesota Twins.
August 1, 2007: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.
August 14, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
February 13, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.

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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
1999	25	Texas Rangers	$200,000	11/19/99 USA Today
2000	26	Texas Rangers	$245,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	27	Texas Rangers	$310,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	28	Oakland Athletics	$812,500	4/3/02 AP
2003	29	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	$300,000	4/3/03 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,867,500

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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