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David West

David Lee West

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 1, 1964 in Memphis, TN
High School: Craigmont (Memphis, TN)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1983 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1988
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Twins/Mets/RedSox 1988-1998

Final Game: September 4, 1998
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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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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
1983	18	NYM-min	Rk	2	4	.333	2.85	12	10	2	0	0	0	53.2	41	28	17	1	52	1	56	1	1	10			1.733	6.9	0.2	8.7	9.4	1.08	MET · GULF
1984	19	NYM-min	A-,A	9	9	.500	4.77	25	23	1	0	0	0	122.2	84	82	65	3	130	1	139	3	3	30			1.745	6.2	0.2	9.5	10.2	1.07	LFA,CLM · NYPL,SALL
1985	20	NYM-min	A	10	9	.526	4.56	26	25	0	5	2	0	150.0	105	97	76	6	111	1	194	9	3	23			1.440	6.3	0.4	6.7	11.6	1.75	CLM · SALL
1986	21	NYM-min	A	11	9	.550	3.92	26	26	0	4	1	0	167.2	150	91	73	7	109	1	171	6	3	18			1.545	8.1	0.4	5.9	9.2	1.57	CLM,LBG · SALL,CARL
1987	22	NYM-min	AA	10	7	.588	2.81	25	25	0	4	2	0	166.2	152	67	52	5	81	1	186	4	3	5			1.398	8.2	0.3	4.4	10.0	2.30	JAC · TL
1988	23	NYM-min	AAA	12	4	.750	1.80	23	23	0	7	1	0	160.1	106	42	32	5	97	1	143	9	3	5			1.266	6.0	0.3	5.4	8.0	1.47	TID · IL
1988	23	NYM	NL	1	0	1.000	3.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	25	117	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
1989	24	NYM-min	AAA	7	4	.636	2.37	12	12	0	5	1	0	87.1	60	31	23	9	29	0	69	2	1	3			1.019	6.2	0.9	3.0	7.1	2.38	TID · IL
1989	24	TOT	MLB	3	4	.429	6.79	21	7	4	0	0	0	63.2	73	49	48	9	33	3	50	3	0	2	294	57	1.665	10.3	1.3	4.7	7.1	1.52
1989	24	NYM	NL	0	2	.000	7.40	11	2	0	0	0	0	24.1	25	20	20	4	14	2	19	1	0	1	112	45	1.603	9.2	1.5	5.2	7.0	1.36
1989	24	MIN	AL	3	2	.600	6.41	10	5	4	0	0	0	39.1	48	29	28	5	19	1	31	2	0	1	182	66	1.703	11.0	1.1	4.3	7.1	1.63
1990	25	MIN	AL	7	9	.438	5.10	29	27	0	2	0	0	146.1	142	88	83	21	78	1	92	4	1	4	646	82	1.503	8.7	1.3	4.8	5.7	1.18
1991	26	MIN-min	AAA,AA	1	1	.500	6.19	5	5	0	0	0	0	16.0	12	11	11	3	12	0	15	0	0	0	69		1.500	6.8	1.7	6.8	8.4	1.25	POR,ORL · PCL,SOUL
1991	26	MIN	AL	4	4	.500	4.54	15	12	0	0	0	0	71.1	66	37	36	13	28	0	52	1	0	3	305	94	1.318	8.3	1.6	3.5	6.6	1.86
1992	27	MIN-min	AAA	7	6	.538	4.43	19	18	0	1	0	0	101.2	88	51	50	6	65	1	87	2	1	7	444		1.505	7.8	0.5	5.8	7.7	1.34	POR · PCL
1992	27	MIN	AL	1	3	.250	6.99	9	3	1	0	0	0	28.1	32	24	22	3	20	0	19	1	0	2	139	58	1.835	10.2	1.0	6.4	6.0	0.95
1993	28	PHI	NL	6	4	.600	2.92	76	0	27	0	0	3	86.1	60	37	28	6	51	4	87	5	0	3	375	136	1.286	6.3	0.6	5.3	9.1	1.71
1994	29	PHI	NL	4	10	.286	3.55	31	14	7	0	0	0	99.0	74	44	39	7	61	2	83	1	0	9	429	122	1.364	6.7	0.6	5.5	7.5	1.36
1995	30	PHI-min	AAA,AA	1	0	1.000	0.69	2	2	0	1	1	0	13.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	14	0	0	0	45		0.538	2.8	0.7	2.1	9.7	4.67	SWB,REA · IL,EL
1995	30	PHI	NL	3	2	.600	3.79	8	8	0	0	0	0	38.0	34	17	16	5	19	0	25	1	0	1	163	113	1.395	8.1	1.2	4.5	5.9	1.32
1996	31	PHI-min	A+,AAA	2	0	1.000	3.86	7	7	0	0	0	0	35.0	35	16	15	4	13	0	29	1	0	5	151		1.371	9.0	1.0	3.3	7.5	2.23	CLW,SWB · FLOR,IL
1996	31	PHI	NL	2	2	.500	4.76	7	6	0	0	0	0	28.1	31	17	15	0	11	0	22	0	1	1	126	91	1.482	9.8	0.0	3.5	7.0	2.00

1998	33	HOU-BOS-min	AAA	6	1	.857	1.94	36	2	14	0	0	3	55.2	45	15	12	3	34	1	56	3	0	4	242		1.419	7.3	0.5	5.5	9.1	1.65	NOR,PAW · PCL,IL
1998	33	BOS	AL	0	0		27.00	6	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	7	6	6	1	7	0	4	0	0	1	20	20	7.000	31.5	4.5	31.5	18.0	0.57
1999	34	LAD-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.43	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	9	5	5	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	29		1.286	11.6	1.3	0.0	9.0		ABQ · PCL
10 Seasons				31	38	.449	4.66	204	78	39	2	0	3	569.1	525	321	295	65	311	10	437	16	4	26	2522	89	1.468	8.3	1.0	4.9	6.9	1.41
162 Game Avg.				7	9	.449	4.66	49	19	9	0	0	1	137	127	77	71	16	75	2	105	4	1	6	608	89	1.468	8.3	1.0	4.9	6.9	1.41

MIN (4 yrs)				15	18	.455	5.33	63	47	5	2	0	0	285.1	288	178	169	42	145	2	194	8	1	10	1272	79	1.518	9.1	1.3	4.6	6.1	1.34
PHI (4 yrs)				15	18	.455	3.50	122	28	34	0	0	3	251.2	199	115	98	18	142	6	217	7	1	14	1093	120	1.355	7.1	0.6	5.1	7.8	1.53
NYM (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	6.53	13	3	0	0	0	0	30.1	31	22	22	4	17	2	22	1	2	1	137	51	1.582	9.2	1.2	5.0	6.5	1.29
BOS (1 yr)				0	0		27.00	6	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	7	6	6	1	7	0	4	0	0	1	20	20	7.000	31.5	4.5	31.5	18.0	0.57

NL (6 yrs)			NL	16	20	.444	3.83	135	31	34	0	0	3	282.0	230	137	120	22	159	8	239	8	3	15	1230	107	1.379	7.3	0.7	5.1	7.6	1.50
AL (5 yrs)			AL	15	18	.455	5.48	69	47	5	2	0	0	287.1	295	184	175	43	152	2	198	8	1	11	1292	77	1.556	9.2	1.3	4.8	6.2	1.30

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
1988	23	NYM	NL	6.0	1	2	3	0	.6	1	0.1	$
1989	24	NYM	NL	24.1	2	20	11	1	.5	-9	-0.8	$68,000
1989	24	MIN	AL	39.1	5	29	25	-1	1.0	-4	-0.5	$
1990	25	MIN	AL	146.1	27	88	92	0	.9	4	0.3	$100,000
1991	26	MIN	AL	71.1	12	37	43	2	1.0	6	0.6	$160,000
1992	27	MIN	AL	28.1	3	24	17	1	.6	-7	-0.7	$
1993	28	PHI	NL	86.1	0	37	52	-2	1.5	15	1.1	$315,000
1994	29	PHI	NL	99.0	14	44	64	-3	1.1	20	1.9	$600,000
1995	30	PHI	NL	38.0	8	17	23	0	1.0	6	0.6	$950,000
1996	31	PHI	NL	28.1	6	17	17	0	1.0	0	0.0	$500,000

1998	33	BOS	AL	2.0	0	6	1	0	.7	-5	-0.4	$
10 Seasons				569.1	78	321	348	-2	1.0	27	2.2	$2,693,000

MIN (4 yrs)				285.1	47	178	177	2	.9	-1	-0.3	$260,000
PHI (4 yrs)				251.2	28	115	156	-5	1.2	41	3.6	$2,365,000
NYM (2 yrs)				30.1	3	22	14	1	.5	-8	-0.7	$68,000
BOS (1 yr)				2.0	0	6	1	0	.7	-5	-0.4	$

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
1991	26	MIN	AL	ALCS	W	TOR	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	2	22	0.882	1.6	0.0	6.4	6.4	1.00
1991	26	MIN	AL	WS	W	ATL	0	0		inf	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	4	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	6						0.00

1993	28	PHI	NL	NLCS	W	ATL	0	0		13.50	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	5	5	4	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	16	2.625	16.9	0.0	6.8	16.9	2.50
1993	28	PHI	NL	WS	L	TOR	0	0		27.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	6.000	45.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2 Seasons (4 Series)							1	0	1.000	10.61	10	0	0	0	0	0	9.1	13	12	11	1	11	1	9	1	0	2	54	2.571	12.5	1.0	10.6	8.7	0.82
1 NLCS							0	0		13.50	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	5	5	4	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	16	2.625	16.9	0.0	6.8	16.9	2.50
1 ALCS							1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	2	22	0.882	1.6	0.0	6.4	6.4	1.00
2 WS							0	0		63.00	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	7	7	7	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	16	12.000	63.0	9.0	45.0	0.0	0.00

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
1983	18	NYM-min	Rk	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	MET · GULF
1984	19	NYM-min	A-,A	30	31	27	3	9	0	1	0	5	0	0	3	7	.333	.400	.407	.807		11		0	1	0	0	LFA,CLM · NYPL,SALL
1985	20	NYM-min	A	28	29	23	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	9	.174	.321	.174	.495		4		0	1	0	0	CLM · SALL
1986	21	NYM-min	A	26	39	31	4	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	9	.161	.278	.194	.471		6		0	3	0	0	CLM,LBG · SALL,CARL
1987	22	NYM-min	AA	25	42	35	3	7	0	0	2	4	0	0	2	17	.200	.243	.371	.615		13		0	5	0	0	JAC · TL
1988	23	NYM-min	AAA	23	27	22	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.273	.304	.318	.623		7		0	4	0	0	TID · IL
1988	23	NYM	NL	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	627	3	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1989	24	NYM-min	AAA	12	14	12	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.333	.385	.500	.885		6		0	1	0	0	TID · IL
1989	24	TOT	MLB	21	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	24	NYM	NL	11	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	24	MIN	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	25	MIN	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	26	MIN-min	AA,AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	ORL,POR · SOUL,PCL
1991	26	MIN	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	27	MIN-min	AAA	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	POR · PCL
1992	27	MIN	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1993	28	PHI	NL	76	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.600	1.000	165	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	29	PHI	NL	31	29	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.071	.071	.071	.143	-63	2	1	0	1	0	0	1
1995	30	PHI-min	AAA,AA	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0	0	SWB,REA · IL,EL
1995	30	PHI	NL	8	15	8	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	4	.125	.222	.500	.722	84	4	1	0	6	0	0	/1
1996	31	PHI-min	AAA,A+	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SWB,CLW · IL,FLOR
1996	31	PHI	NL	7	11	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.286	.444	.286	.730	99	2	0	0	2	0	0	/1

1998	33	HOU-BOS-min	AAA	37	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	NOR,PAW · PCL,IL
1998	33	BOS	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1999	34	LAD-min	AAA	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	ABQ · PCL
10 Seasons				204	67	55	3	10	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	22	.182	.224	.273	.497	31	15	2	0	9	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	53	44	2	8	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	17	.182	.224	.273	.497	31	12	2	0	7	0	0

MIN (4 yrs)				63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (4 yrs)				122	60	48	2	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	3	20	.146	.196	.229	.425	11	11	2	0	9	0	0
NYM (2 yrs)				13	7	7	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.571	1.000	191	4	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				135	67	55	3	10	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	22	.182	.224	.273	.497	31	15	2	0	9	0	0
AL (5 yrs)				69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	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
1988	23	NYM	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1
1989	24	NYM	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$68,000	1

1993	28	PHI	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$315,000	1
1994	29	PHI	NL	29	-7	0	0	0	0	3	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$600,000	1
1995	30	PHI	NL	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$950,000	/1
1996	31	PHI	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$500,000	/1
6 Seasons				67	-7	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	-0.0	0	-0.0	0.0	$2,433,000

PHI (4 yrs)				60	-7	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	-0.0	0	-0.0	0.0	$2,365,000
NYM (2 yrs)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$68,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1991	26	MIN	AL	WS	ATL	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1993	28	PHI	NL	NLCS	ATL	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	28	PHI	NL	WS	TOR	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (3 Series)							6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							3	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%	PO
1988	NYM	NL	23	P	2	1	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.50	0.50	.960	1.95	1.95	0	0		0
1989	TOT	MLB	24	P	21	7	0	63.2	5	2	2	1	0	.800	0.57	0.19	.958	1.87	1.86	1	1	50%	0
1989	NYM	NL	24	P	11	2	0	24.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.37	0.09	.950	1.85	1.87	1	1	50%	0
1989	MIN	AL	24	P	10	5	0	39.1	4	2	1	1	0	.750	0.69	0.30	.960	1.88	1.85	0	0		0
1990	MIN	AL	25	P	29	27	2	146.1	21	3	16	2	2	.905	1.17	0.66	.953	1.78	1.76	5	5	50%	1
1991	MIN	AL	26	P	15	12	0	71.1	13	1	11	1	1	.923	1.51	0.80	.956	1.80	1.80	3	2	40%	0
1992	MIN	AL	27	P	9	3	0	28.1	7	0	5	2	0	.714	1.59	0.56	.953	1.72	1.71	2	0	0%	0
1993	PHI	NL	28	P	76	0	0	86.1	8	2	4	2	1	.750	0.63	0.08	.952	1.83	1.83	5	3	38%	0
1994	PHI	NL	29	P	31	14	0	99.0	9	3	6	0	1	1.000	0.82	0.29	.958	1.86	1.85	10	2	17%	0
1995	PHI	NL	30	P	8	8	0	38.0	5	1	3	1	0	.800	0.95	0.50	.956	1.85	1.82	5	2	29%	0
1996	PHI	NL	31	P	7	6	0	28.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.95	0.43	.953	1.84	1.83	0	0		0
1998	BOS	AL	33	P	6	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.77	0	0		0
	10 Seasons			P	204	78	2	569.1	72	13	50	9	5	.875	1.00	0.31	.955	1.82	1.82	31	15	33%	1
	10 Seasons			TOT	204	78	2	569.1	72	13	50	9	5	.875	1.00	0.31	.955	1.82	1.82	31	15	33%	1

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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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1993 NL 76 (2nd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1994 NL 61 (4th)	Losses s c a p y 1994 NL 10 (7th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1994 NL 9 (4th)
Def. Games as P s c a p y 1993 NL 76 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 7 (1143), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1983.
July 31, 1989: Traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later, Rick Aguilera, Tim Drummond and Kevin Tapani to the Minnesota Twins for Frank Viola. The New York Mets sent Jack Savage (October 16, 1989) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.
December 5, 1992: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mike Hartley.
October 31, 1996: Granted Free Agency.
February 2, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
March 9, 1998: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
April 6, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
June 18, 1998: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Blais (minors).
September 8, 1998: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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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
1989	24	New York Mets	$68,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	25	Minnesota Twins	$100,000	USA Today
1991	26	Minnesota Twins	$160,000	USA Today survey

1993	28	Philadelphia Phillies	$315,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	29	Philadelphia Phillies	$600,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	30	Philadelphia Phillies	$950,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	31	Philadelphia Phillies	$500,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $150,000 earned bonus

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,693,000

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