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Bob Walk

Robert Vernon Walk

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 26, 1956 in Van Nuys, CA
High School: Hart HS (Newhall, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed September 7, 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1980
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Braves/Phillies 1980-1993

Final Game: September 29, 1993
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 4:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #1002. Pat Zachry… #1003. Shawn Estes… #1004. Tomo Ohka… #1005. BOB WALK… #1006. Carlos Marmol… #1007. Tom Bradley… #1008. Harry Gaspar… 

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
1980 23 PHI NL 11 7 .611 4.57 27 27 0 2 0 0 151.2 163 82 77 8 71 2 94 2 3 6 673 83 1.543 9.7 0.5 4.2 5.6 1.32 RoY-7
1981 24 ATL NL 1 4 .200 4.57 12 8 1 0 0 0 43.1 41 25 22 6 23 0 16 0 0 1 189 79 1.477 8.5 1.2 4.8 3.3 0.70
1982 25 ATL NL 11 9 .550 4.87 32 27 1 3 1 0 164.1 179 101 89 19 59 2 84 6 0 7 717 77 1.448 9.8 1.0 3.2 4.6 1.42
1983 26 ATL NL 0 0 7.36 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 20 58 2.455 17.2 0.0 4.9 9.8 2.00
1984 27 PIT NL 1 1 .500 2.61 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 8 5 3 1 4 1 10 0 0 0 44 145 1.161 7.0 0.9 3.5 8.7 2.50
1985 28 PIT NL 2 3 .400 3.68 9 9 0 1 1 0 58.2 60 27 24 3 18 2 40 0 3 2 248 98 1.330 9.2 0.5 2.8 6.1 2.22
1986 29 PIT NL 7 8 .467 3.75 44 15 7 1 1 2 141.2 129 66 59 14 64 7 78 3 1 12 592 103 1.362 8.2 0.9 4.1 5.0 1.22
1987 30 PIT NL 8 2 .800 3.31 39 12 6 1 1 0 117.0 107 52 43 11 51 2 78 3 3 7 498 124 1.350 8.2 0.8 3.9 6.0 1.53
1988 31 PIT NL 12 10 .545 2.71 32 32 0 1 1 0 212.2 183 75 64 6 65 5 81 2 9 13 881 125 1.166 7.7 0.3 2.8 3.4 1.25 AS
1989 32 PIT NL 13 10 .565 4.41 33 31 1 2 0 0 196.0 208 106 96 15 65 1 83 4 4 7 843 76 1.393 9.6 0.7 3.0 3.8 1.28
1990 33 PIT NL 7 5 .583 3.75 26 24 1 1 1 1 129.2 136 59 54 17 36 2 73 4 3 5 549 97 1.326 9.4 1.2 2.5 5.1 2.03
1991 34 PIT NL 9 2 .818 3.60 25 20 0 0 0 0 115.0 104 53 46 10 35 2 67 5 2 11 484 100 1.209 8.1 0.8 2.7 5.2 1.91
1992 35 PIT NL 10 6 .625 3.20 36 19 7 1 0 2 135.0 132 54 48 10 43 5 60 6 2 7 567 109 1.296 8.8 0.7 2.9 4.0 1.40
1993 36 PIT NL 13 14 .481 5.68 32 32 0 3 0 0 187.0 214 121 118 23 70 5 80 5 3 2 822 71 1.519 10.3 1.1 3.4 3.9 1.14
14 Yrs 105 81 .565 4.03 350 259 24 16 6 5 1666.0 1671 829 746 143 606 36 848 40 33 80 7127 91 1.367 9.0 0.8 3.3 4.6 1.40
162 Game Avg. 12 9 .565 4.03 39 29 3 2 1 1 186 187 93 83 16 68 4 95 4 4 9 796 91 1.367 9.0 0.8 3.3 4.6 1.40
PIT (10 yrs) 82 61 .573 3.83 278 196 22 11 5 5 1303.0 1281 618 555 110 451 32 650 32 30 66 5528 95 1.329 8.8 0.8 3.1 4.5 1.44
ATL (3 yrs) 12 13 .480 4.85 45 36 2 3 1 0 211.1 227 129 114 25 84 2 104 6 0 8 926 77 1.472 9.7 1.1 3.6 4.4 1.24
PHI (1 yr) 11 7 .611 4.57 27 27 0 2 0 0 151.2 163 82 77 8 71 2 94 2 3 6 673 83 1.543 9.7 0.5 4.2 5.6 1.32

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1980 23 PHI NL 151.2 27 27 82 4.87 3.92 0.02 0.13 106.8 4.30 -10 -1.1 -0.1 0.1 5 .460 .493 $ RoY-7
1981 24 ATL NL 43.1 12 8 25 5.19 3.91 -0.03 0.06 102.1 4.08 -6 -0.7 .5 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .445 .496 $
1982 25 ATL NL 164.1 32 27 101 5.53 3.99 -0.21 0.12 102.5 4.42 -22 -2.3 1.0 -0.1 -1.1 -5 .427 .486 $
1983 26 ATL NL 3.2 1 1 3 7.36 4.34 -0.12 0.15 98.0 4.52 -1 -0.1 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .384 .499 $
1984 27 PIT NL 10.1 2 2 5 4.35 3.76 0.16 0.13 102.0 3.81 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0 .460 .500 $
1985 28 PIT NL 58.2 9 9 27 4.14 4.19 -0.19 0.14 100.7 4.56 2 0.3 -0.0 0.7 8 .530 .502 $
1986 29 PIT NL 141.2 44 15 66 4.19 4.25 0.17 -0.03 101.0 4.08 -2 -0.3 1.3 -0.2 0.8 12 .494 .498 $175,000
1987 30 PIT NL 117.0 39 12 52 4.00 4.62 0.41 -0.03 101.2 4.23 2 0.2 .7 -0.1 1.1 15 .505 .501 $285,000
1988 31 PIT NL 212.2 32 32 75 3.17 3.83 0.19 0.13 98.1 3.69 11 1.4 -0.1 3.0 32 .542 .508 $450,000 AS
1989 32 PIT NL 196.0 33 31 106 4.87 3.88 0.19 0.13 97.2 3.71 -25 -2.7 2.3 -0.2 -1.3 -7 .418 .483 $800,000
1990 33 PIT NL 129.2 26 24 59 4.10 4.06 0.11 0.14 96.2 3.93 -5 -0.5 3.1 -0.1 0.4 9 .481 .497 $850,000
1991 34 PIT NL 115.0 25 20 53 4.15 4.00 -0.08 0.11 97.0 4.07 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.1 0.6 9 .492 .499 $850,000
1992 35 PIT NL 135.0 36 19 54 3.60 3.78 0.00 0.05 99.4 3.80 2 0.3 1.1 -0.1 1.2 14 .507 .502 $2,025,000
1993 36 PIT NL 187.0 32 32 121 5.82 4.54 -0.10 0.16 100.2 4.81 -24 -2.4 -0.1 -1.1 -3 .426 .485 $2,175,000
14 Seasons 1666.0 350 259 829 4.48 4.07 0.06 0.10 100.0 4.12 -80 -8.2 1.1 -1.1 4.0 86 .477 .496 $7,610,000
PIT (10 yrs) 1303.0 278 196 618 4.27 4.10 0.10 0.09 98.8 4.06 -41 -4.0 1.1 -0.9 5.4 90 .486 .498 $7,610,000
ATL (3 yrs) 211.1 45 36 129 5.49 3.98 -0.17 0.10 102.3 4.35 -29 -3.1 .8 -0.1 -1.5 -8 .431 .494 $
PHI (1 yr) 151.2 27 27 82 4.87 3.92 0.02 0.13 106.8 4.30 -10 -1.1 -0.1 0.1 5 .460 .493 $

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
1980 23 PHI NL WS W KCR 1 0 1.000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 6 6 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 31 1.571 10.3 3.9 3.9 3.9 1.00
1982 25 ATL NL NLCS L STL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1990 33 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 1 1 .500 4.85 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 11 7 7 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 50 1.000 7.6 1.4 1.4 5.5 4.00
1991 34 PIT NL NLCS L ATL 0 0 1.93 3 0 1 0 0 1 9.1 5 2 2 1 3 1 5 0 1 0 35 0.857 4.8 1.0 2.9 4.8 1.67
1992 35 PIT NL NLCS L ATL 1 0 1.000 3.86 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.2 6 5 5 1 7 1 6 0 0 0 48 1.114 4.6 0.8 5.4 4.6 0.86
5 Yrs (5 Series) 3 1 .750 4.50 9 4 2 1 0 1 42.0 32 21 21 7 16 3 23 0 1 1 171 1.143 6.9 1.5 3.4 4.9 1.44
4 NLCS 2 1 .667 3.86 8 3 2 1 0 1 35.0 24 15 15 4 13 3 20 0 1 0 140 1.057 6.2 1.0 3.3 5.1 1.54
1 WS 1 0 1.000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 6 6 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 31 1.571 10.3 3.9 3.9 3.9 1.00

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
1980 23 PHI NL 27 62 50 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 20 .140 .218 .160 .378 5 8 2 1 7 0 0 1 RoY-7
1981 24 ATL NL 12 10 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -19 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
1982 25 ATL NL 32 63 51 2 10 0 0 0 6 0 1 6 17 .196 .281 .196 .477 34 10 0 0 6 0 0 1
1983 26 ATL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1984 27 PIT NL 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1985 28 PIT NL 9 22 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .056 .000 .056 -83 0 0 1 4 0 0 /1
1986 29 PIT NL 44 42 39 2 6 3 0 0 7 0 2 1 11 .154 .171 .231 .402 9 9 0 0 1 1 0 1
1987 30 PIT NL 39 27 26 6 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .231 .231 .231 .462 23 6 1 0 1 0 0 1
1988 31 PIT NL 34 76 69 3 6 1 0 0 5 0 1 2 31 .087 .137 .101 .238 -30 7 0 2 3 0 0 1 AS
1989 32 PIT NL 33 76 70 2 13 2 2 0 9 0 0 1 18 .186 .197 .271 .469 35 19 2 0 5 0 0 1
1990 33 PIT NL 26 49 37 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 13 .162 .205 .189 .394 12 7 1 1 10 0 0 1
1991 34 PIT NL 25 42 39 2 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 11 .205 .225 .308 .533 49 12 1 0 2 0 0 1
1992 35 PIT NL 36 44 43 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .093 .093 .116 .209 -41 5 1 0 1 0 0 1
1993 36 PIT NL 32 66 58 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .121 .136 .138 .274 -26 8 0 1 7 0 0 1
14 Yrs 352 583 510 30 74 11 2 1 48 0 4 16 167 .145 .180 .180 .361 1 92 8 6 50 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 268 235 14 34 5 1 0 22 0 2 7 77 .145 .180 .180 .361 1 42 4 3 23 0 0
PIT (10 yrs) 280 447 401 22 56 10 2 1 39 0 3 6 127 .140 .162 .182 .344 -3 73 6 5 34 1 0
ATL (3 yrs) 45 74 59 3 11 0 0 0 7 0 1 6 20 .186 .262 .186 .448 26 11 0 0 9 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 27 62 50 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 20 .140 .218 .160 .378 5 8 2 1 7 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1980 23 PHI NL 27 62 -7 -0 -0 0 7 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1 RoY-7
1981 24 ATL NL 12 10 -2 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1982 25 ATL NL 32 63 -4 0 0 0 7 3 0.4 2 5 0.4 .511 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1
1983 26 ATL NL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .477 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1984 27 PIT NL 2 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .471 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1985 28 PIT NL 9 22 -5 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .472 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /1
1986 29 PIT NL 44 42 -5 -1 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $175,000 1
1987 30 PIT NL 39 27 -3 0 -0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $285,000 1
1988 31 PIT NL 34 76 -10 -0 0 0 9 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $450,000 1 AS
1989 32 PIT NL 33 76 -6 -0 -0 0 8 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $800,000 1
1990 33 PIT NL 26 49 -5 -0 -0 0 6 1 0.2 1 3 0.2 .505 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $850,000 1
1991 34 PIT NL 25 42 -3 0 -0 0 5 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .510 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $850,000 1
1992 35 PIT NL 36 44 -8 -0 -0 0 5 -3 -0.3 1 -1 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $2,025,000 1
1993 36 PIT NL 32 66 -12 -0 0 0 9 -3 -0.2 2 -1 -0.2 .491 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $2,175,000 1
14 Seasons 352 583 -69 -2 -1 0 70 -2 -0.1 17 16 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.4 0.2 16 $7,610,000
PIT (10 yrs) 280 447 -56 -2 -0 0 55 -3 -0.3 13 10 -0.3 .499 .500 -0.5 0.2 10 $7,610,000
ATL (3 yrs) 45 74 -6 0 0 0 8 2 0.3 2 5 0.3 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 5 $
PHI (1 yr) 27 62 -7 -0 -0 0 7 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $

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
1980 23 PHI NL WS KCR W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 25 ATL NL NLCS STL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 33 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 34 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 35 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (5 Series) 9 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 NLCS 8 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 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% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1980 PHI NL 23 P 27 27 2 151.2 33 17 15 1 2 .970 1.90 1.19 .952 1.91 1.91 27 7 21% 31% 2 RoY-7
1981 ATL NL 24 P 12 8 0 43.1 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.45 0.58 .959 1.97 1.98 6 2 25% 33% 0
1982 ATL NL 25 P 32 27 3 164.1 35 12 17 6 2 .829 1.59 0.91 .952 1.96 1.97 27 8 23% 32% 3
1983 ATL NL 26 P 1 1 0 3.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.91 2.00 .950 1.96 1.90 3 1 25% 33% 1
1984 PIT NL 27 P 2 2 0 10.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.92 1.85 1 0 0% 31% 0
1985 PIT NL 28 P 9 9 1 58.2 9 7 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 1.00 .953 1.92 1.92 5 5 50% 30% 0
1986 PIT NL 29 P 44 15 1 141.2 52 21 28 3 4 .942 3.11 1.11 .955 1.94 1.94 10 9 47% 32% 5
1987 PIT NL 30 P 39 12 1 117.0 33 9 22 2 2 .939 2.38 0.79 .955 1.91 1.90 12 7 37% 29% 5
1988 PIT NL 31 P 32 32 1 212.2 60 23 34 3 3 .950 2.41 1.78 .955 1.96 1.96 12 1 8% 29% 3 AS
1989 PIT NL 32 P 33 31 2 196.0 53 19 31 3 3 .943 2.30 1.52 .947 1.87 1.87 24 11 31% 32% 6
1990 PIT NL 33 P 26 24 1 129.2 26 12 11 3 0 .885 1.60 0.88 .957 1.80 1.79 13 9 41% 29% 1
1991 PIT NL 34 P 25 20 0 115.0 26 9 15 2 1 .923 1.88 0.96 .955 1.86 1.85 7 4 36% 33% 1
1992 PIT NL 35 P 36 19 1 135.0 39 10 28 1 1 .974 2.53 1.06 .954 1.94 1.94 19 5 21% 32% 1
1993 PIT NL 36 P 32 32 3 187.0 37 12 23 2 4 .946 1.68 1.09 .953 1.84 1.83 19 6 24% 31% 1
14 Seasons P 350 259 16 1666.0 412 154 232 26 22 .937 2.09 1.10 .953 1.90 1.90 185 75 29% 31% 29
14 Seasons TOT 350 259 16 1666.0 412 154 232 26 22 .937 2.09 1.10 .953 1.90 1.90 185 75 29% 31% 29
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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

All-Star Games
1988 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1988 NL  2.71 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1980 NL  .611 (10th)
1992 NL  .625 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1982 NL  19 (10th)
1993 NL  23 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1989 NL  208 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 NL  0.254 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1982 NL  89 (10th)
1989 NL  96 (2nd)
1993 NL  118 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1986 NL  12 (4th)
1988 NL  13 (1st)
1991 NL  11 (5th)
Career  80 (184th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1982 NL  6 (3rd)
1992 NL  6 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1988 NL  125 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1990 NL  10 (9th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1982 NL  6 (1st)
1990 NL  3 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1986 NL  3.11 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1988 NL  1.78 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1477), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (974), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1060th), 3.9 career WAR/7.6 7yr-peak WAR/5.8 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 58) = 67.9 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 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
198629Pittsburgh Pirates$175,0001986 USA Today survey
198730Pittsburgh Pirates$285,0001987 USA Today survey
198831Pittsburgh Pirates$450,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198932Pittsburgh Pirates$800,0001989 USA Today survey
199033Pittsburgh Pirates$850,000USA Today
199134Pittsburgh Pirates$850,000USA Today survey
199235Pittsburgh Pirates$2,025,00011/4/92 Toronto SunIncludes $800,000 earned bonus
199336Pittsburgh Pirates$2,175,000USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$7,610,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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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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