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Lou Whitaker

Louis Rodman Whitaker (Sweet Lou)

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: May 12, 1957 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Martinsville (Martinsville, VA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1977
Team: Tigers 1977-1995
Agents: Rick Brode [*]
Final Game: October 1, 1995
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:23AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #81. Barry Larkin… #82. Ryne Sandberg… #83. George Sisler… #84. LOU WHITAKER… #85. Pee Wee Reese… #86. Joe Cronin… #87. Tim Raines… 

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
1977 20 DET AL 11 37 32 5 8 1 0 0 2 2 2 4 6 .250 .333 .281 .615 67 9 0 0 1 0 0 /4
1978 21 DET AL 139 567 484 71 138 12 7 3 58 7 7 61 65 .285 .361 .357 .718 101 173 9 1 13 8 0 *4 RoY-1
1979 22 DET AL 127 520 423 75 121 14 8 3 42 20 10 78 66 .286 .395 .378 .774 108 160 10 1 14 4 2 *4
1980 23 DET AL 145 568 477 68 111 19 1 1 45 8 4 73 79 .233 .331 .283 .614 69 135 9 0 12 6 0 *4
1981 24 DET AL 109 382 335 48 88 14 4 5 36 5 3 40 42 .263 .340 .373 .714 103 125 5 1 3 3 3 *4
1982 25 DET AL 152 619 560 76 160 22 8 15 65 11 3 48 58 .286 .341 .434 .775 112 243 8 1 6 4 4 *4
1983 26 DET AL 161 720 643 94 206 40 6 12 72 17 10 67 70 .320 .380 .457 .837 134 294 9 0 2 8 8 *4 AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
1984 27 DET AL 143 629 558 90 161 25 1 13 56 6 5 62 63 .289 .357 .407 .764 111 227 9 0 4 5 5 *4 AS,GG,SS
1985 28 DET AL 152 701 609 102 170 29 8 21 73 6 4 80 56 .279 .362 .456 .819 123 278 3 2 5 5 9 *4 AS,GG,SS
1986 29 DET AL 144 651 584 95 157 26 6 20 73 13 8 63 70 .269 .338 .437 .775 110 255 20 0 0 4 5 *4 AS
1987 30 DET AL 149 684 604 110 160 38 6 16 59 13 5 71 108 .265 .341 .427 .768 106 258 5 1 4 4 2 *4 AS,SS
1988 31 DET AL 115 477 403 54 111 18 2 12 55 2 0 66 61 .275 .376 .419 .795 126 169 8 0 6 2 5 *4
1989 32 DET AL 148 611 509 77 128 21 1 28 85 6 3 89 59 .251 .361 .462 .822 133 235 7 3 1 9 6 *4
1990 33 DET AL 132 552 472 75 112 22 2 18 60 8 2 74 71 .237 .338 .407 .744 107 192 10 0 1 5 7 *4
1991 34 DET AL 138 572 470 94 131 26 2 23 78 4 2 90 45 .279 .391 .489 .881 141 230 3 2 2 8 6 *4
1992 35 DET AL 130 544 453 77 126 26 0 19 71 6 4 81 46 .278 .386 .461 .847 137 209 9 1 5 4 5 *4
1993 36 DET AL 119 476 383 72 111 32 1 9 67 3 3 78 46 .290 .412 .449 .861 133 172 5 4 7 4 4 *4
1994 37 DET AL 92 372 322 67 97 21 2 12 43 2 0 41 47 .301 .377 .491 .867 122 158 8 1 3 5 4 *4
1995 38 DET AL 84 285 249 36 73 14 0 14 44 4 0 31 41 .293 .372 .518 .890 130 129 6 2 0 3 4 4
19 Seasons 2390 9967 8570 1386 2369 420 65 244 1084 143 75 1197 1099 .276 .363 .426 .789 117 3651 143 20 89 91 79
162 Game Avg. 162 676 581 94 161 28 4 17 73 10 5 81 74 .276 .363 .426 .789 117 247 10 1 6 6 5
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

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 Awards
1977 20 DET AL 37 -1 0 0 0 -3 0 1 -3 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ /4
1978 21 DET AL 567 1 1 -2 0 10 3 18 31 3.1 21 2.2 0.9 $ *4 RoY-1
1979 22 DET AL 520 10 4 1 0 9 3 17 44 4.4 35 3.5 0.9 $ *4
1980 23 DET AL 568 -17 1 1 2 6 4 18 16 1.5 9 0.9 0.6 $130,000 *4
1981 24 DET AL 382 -1 2 1 1 14 3 12 33 3.3 18 1.8 1.5 $ *4
1982 25 DET AL 619 9 3 -1 2 13 5 19 50 5.1 37 3.8 1.3 $ *4
1983 26 DET AL 720 28 4 0 2 4 5 21 64 6.5 60 6.0 0.5 $ *4 AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
1984 27 DET AL 629 11 0 2 1 2 4 18 38 3.9 36 3.7 0.2 $ *4 AS,GG,SS
1985 28 DET AL 701 14 1 -4 2 -3 5 19 34 3.5 37 3.8 -0.3 $670,000 *4 AS,GG,SS
1986 29 DET AL 651 5 4 -1 -2 10 4 18 38 3.9 28 2.8 1.1 $670,000 *4 AS
1987 30 DET AL 684 6 4 -1 1 -1 5 19 33 3.3 34 3.4 -0.1 $420,000 *4 AS,SS
1988 31 DET AL 477 16 1 -1 -1 -1 3 15 32 3.3 33 3.4 -0.1 $975,000 *4
1989 32 DET AL 611 22 0 0 2 2 4 19 49 5.1 47 4.9 0.2 $1,025,000 *4
1990 33 DET AL 552 4 1 -1 1 10 1 19 35 3.5 25 2.6 0.9 $1,800,000 *4
1991 34 DET AL 572 30 3 1 2 11 1 19 67 6.9 56 5.7 1.2 $2,000,000 *4
1992 35 DET AL 544 26 0 -1 1 1 0 18 45 4.7 44 4.6 0.1 $2,200,000 *4
1993 36 DET AL 476 24 -1 -2 3 -1 1 16 40 4.1 41 4.2 -0.1 $3,433,333 *4
1994 37 DET AL 372 12 4 -1 0 -2 0 13 26 2.5 28 2.7 -0.2 $2,783,333 *4
1995 38 DET AL 285 10 1 -1 0 -6 0 10 14 1.4 20 2.0 -0.6 $3,783,334 4
19 Seasons 9967 209 33 -10 17 77 51 309 686 69.7 609 62.0 7.7 $19,890,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards

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
1984 27 DET AL ALCS KCR W 3 14 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 2 0 0 0 0 0
1984 27 DET AL WS SDP W 5 23 18 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .278 .409 .389 .798 7 1 0 1 0 0
1987 30 DET AL ALCS MIN L 5 24 17 4 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 3 .176 .417 .353 .770 6 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 13 61 49 13 10 2 0 1 1 1 0 11 10 .204 .350 .306 .656 15 1 0 1 0 0
2 ALCS 8 38 31 7 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 6 .161 .316 .258 .574 8 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 23 18 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .278 .409 .389 .798 7 1 0 1 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 DET AL 20 2B 9 35 17 18 0 2 1.000 -3 3.89 .978 5.38
1978 DET AL 21 2B 136 776 301 458 17 95 .978 10 5.58 .980 5.42 RoY-1
1979 DET AL 22 2B 126 658 280 369 9 103 .986 9 5.15 .978 5.43
1980 DET AL 23 2B 143 780 340 428 12 93 .985 6 5.37 .981 5.58
1981 DET AL 24 2B 108 590 227 354 9 77 .985 14 5.38 .982 5.52
1982 DET AL 25 2B 149 811 331 470 10 120 .988 13 5.38 .981 5.33
1983 DET AL 26 2B 160 759 299 447 13 92 .983 4 4.66 .981 5.32 AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
1984 DET AL 27 2B 142 710 290 405 15 83 .979 2 4.89 .980 5.21 AS,GG,SS
1985 DET AL 28 2B 150 739 314 414 11 101 .985 -3 4.85 .982 5.24 AS,GG,SS
1986 DET AL 29 2B 141 708 276 421 11 98 .984 10 4.94 .981 5.05 AS
1987 DET AL 30 2B 148 708 275 416 17 99 .976 -1 4.67 .980 5.06 AS,SS
1988 DET AL 31 2B 110 510 218 284 8 53 .984 -1 4.56 .982 5.08
1989 DET AL 32 2B 146 731 327 393 11 99 .985 2 4.93 .981 5.18
1989 DET AL 32 DH 1 1
1990 DET AL 33 2B 130 664 286 372 6 98 .991 10 5.06 .984 5.18
1991 DET AL 34 2B 135 620 255 361 4 91 .994 11 4.56 .981 5.18
1991 DET AL 34 DH 3 3
1992 DET AL 35 2B 119 577 256 312 9 72 .984 1 4.77 .983 5.23
1992 DET AL 35 DH 5 5
1993 DET AL 36 2B 110 569 236 322 11 75 .981 -1 5.07 .981 5.11
1994 DET AL 37 2B 83 394 136 246 12 44 .970 -2 4.60 .981 5.06
1994 DET AL 37 DH 5 5
1995 DET AL 38 2B 63 274 107 163 4 32 .985 -6 4.29 .981 5.06
1995 DET AL 38 DH 8 8
19 Seasons 2B 2308 11613 4771 6653 189 1527 .984 77 4.95 .981 5.25
19 Seasons TOT 2308 11613 4771 6653 189 1527 .984 77 4.95 .981 5.25
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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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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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2001 BBWAA ( 2.9%)

All-Star Games
1983 *
1984 (2B)
1985 (2B)
1986 (2B)
1987

Awards (yr lg award)
1978 AL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 AL (8, 21%)
0.21 Career Shares (727th)

Gold Gloves
1983 AL (2B)
1984 AL (2B)
1985 AL (2B)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1983 AL (2B)
1984 AL (2B)
1985 AL (2B)
1987 AL (2B)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1983 AL  6.5 (6th)
1991 AL  6.9 (6th)
Career  69.7 (84th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1983 AL  6.5 (6th)
1989 AL  5.1 (9th)
1991 AL  6.9 (4th)
Career  69.7 (56th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1983 AL  6.0 (5th)
1989 AL  4.9 (9th)
1991 AL  5.7 (9th)
Career  62.0 (77th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1981 AL  1.5 (6th)
1991 AL  1.2 (10th)
Career  7.7 (129th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1983 AL  .320 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1979 AL  .395 (8th)
1991 AL  .391 (10th)
1992 AL  .386 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1981 AL  109 (1st)
1983 AL  161 (4th)
Career  2,390 (83rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1983 AL  643 (3rd)
Career  8,570 (96th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1983 AL  720 (2nd)
1985 AL  701 (9th)
1987 AL  684 (10th)
Career  9,967 (81st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1985 AL  102 (10th)
1987 AL  110 (3rd)
Career  1,386 (92nd)

Hits s c a p y
1983 AL  206 (3rd)
Career  2,369 (122nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1983 AL  294 (7th)
Career  3,651 (126th)

Doubles s c a p y
1983 AL  40 (7th)
1987 AL  38 (3rd)
Career  420 (141st)

Triples s c a p y
1979 AL  8 (10th)
1982 AL  8 (8th)
1985 AL  8 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1989 AL  28 (7th)
Career  244 (212th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
Career  1,084 (207th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1989 AL  89 (7th)
1991 AL  90 (7th)
Career  1,197 (56th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career  1,099 (193rd)

Singles s c a p y
1983 AL  148 (2nd)
Career  1,640 (132nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1989 AL  133 (9th)
1991 AL  141 (10th)
1992 AL  136 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1983 AL  114 (5th)
1985 AL  107 (9th)
Career  1,395 (106th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1983 AL  31 (9th)
Career  229 (210th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1983 AL  3.1 (9th)
Career  22.3 (222nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
Career  729 (151st)

Times On Base s c a p y
1983 AL  273 (2nd)
1985 AL  252 (9th)
Career  3,586 (85th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1991 AL  .716 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1979 AL  14 (6th)
1980 AL  12 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1978 AL  8 (9th)
1983 AL  8 (7th)
1989 AL  9 (9th)
Career  91 (53rd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  79 (177th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1986 AL  20 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1983 AL  10 (9th)
Career  75 (247th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
Career  180.3 (111th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1989 AL  18.2 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1987 AL  462 (9th)
Career  6,599 (82nd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1983 AL  32.78 (5th)
1985 AL  29.79 (7th)
1989 AL  31.51 (10th)
1991 AL  40.11 (9th)
Career  272.39 (121st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1983 AL  4.0 (5th)
1985 AL  3.7 (7th)
1989 AL  4.2 (4th)
1991 AL  4.1 (4th)
Career  29.5 (99th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1989 AL  3.4 (7th)
1991 AL  4.2 (5th)
Career  25.0 (133rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1983 AL  3.3 (5th)
1985 AL  2.9 (7th)
1989 AL  3.2 (10th)
1991 AL  3.9 (10th)
Career  26.7 (121st)

Assists† s c a p y
1981 AL  354 (3rd)
1982 AL  470 (3rd)
1983 AL  447 (5th)
Career  6,653 (21st)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
Career  77 (83rd)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1980 AL  143 (5th)
1981 AL  108 (1st)
1982 AL  149 (3rd)
1983 AL  160 (1st)
1984 AL  142 (5th)
1985 AL  150 (2nd)
1986 AL  141 (5th)
1987 AL  148 (3rd)
1989 AL  146 (4th)
Career  2,308 (4th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1980 AL  340 (4th)
1982 AL  331 (5th)
1983 AL  299 (5th)
1985 AL  314 (3rd)
1989 AL  327 (1st)
1990 AL  286 (5th)
Career  4,771 (11th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1978 AL  458 (3rd)
1981 AL  354 (1st)
1982 AL  470 (1st)
1983 AL  447 (3rd)
1985 AL  414 (4th)
1986 AL  421 (4th)
1987 AL  416 (4th)
1989 AL  393 (5th)
Career  6,653 (6th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1978 AL  17 (2nd)
1984 AL  15 (3rd)
1986 AL  11 (5th)
1987 AL  17 (2nd)
1994 AL  12 (2nd)
Career  189 (71st)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1978 AL  10 (4th)
1979 AL  9 (3rd)
1980 AL  7 (2nd)
1981 AL  15 (1st)
1982 AL  13 (1st)
1986 AL  10 (3rd)
1991 AL  11 (2nd)
Career  77 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1978 AL  6.09 (1st)
1979 AL  5.74 (4th)
1981 AL  5.69 (5th)
1982 AL  5.62 (4th)
1986 AL  5.20 (5th)
1989 AL  5.50 (4th)
1990 AL  5.71 (1st)
1991 AL  5.21 (4th)
1993 AL  5.81 (1st)
1994 AL  5.36 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1978 AL  5.58 (2nd)
1981 AL  5.38 (5th)
1982 AL  5.38 (4th)
1989 AL  4.93 (5th)
1990 AL  5.06 (3rd)
1993 AL  5.07 (3rd)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1979 AL  .986 (2nd)
1980 AL  .985 (5th)
1981 AL  .985 (4th)
1982 AL  .988 (3rd)
1986 AL  .984 (5th)
1989 AL  .985 (4th)
1990 AL  .991 (3rd)
1991 AL  .994 (1st)
Career  .984 (47th)

Youngest s c a p y
1977 AL  born 1957-05-12 (6th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 31 (766), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 92 (180), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 43 (131), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Ryne Sandberg (900) *
  2. Alan Trammell (868)
  3. Roberto Alomar (858) *
  4. Joe Morgan (850) *
  5. Buddy Bell (849)
  6. Joe Torre (844)
  7. Ray Durham (844)
  8. Brian Downing (843)
  9. Barry Larkin (842) *
  10. Julio Franco (833)
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  1. Johnny Evers (984) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rod Carew (973) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Willie Randolph (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Steve Sax (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Delino DeShields (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rennie Stennett (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rennie Stennett (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ray Durham (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ray Durham (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ray Durham (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ray Durham (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jim Fregosi (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Toby Harrah (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Alan Trammell (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Joe Morgan (907) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Joe Morgan (908) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Joe Morgan (908) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Joe Morgan (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft.
  • November 2, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 7, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
  • November 7, 1995: Granted Free Agency.
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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
198023Detroit Tigers$130,0001981 TSN GuidePlayer win; team offered $105K
198528Detroit Tigers$670,0003/3/86 TSN
198629Detroit Tigers$670,0001986 USA Today survey
198730Detroit Tigers$420,0001987 USA Today survey
198831Detroit Tigers$975,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198932Detroit Tigers$1,025,0001989 USA Today survey
199033Detroit Tigers$1,800,000USA Today
199134Detroit Tigers$2,000,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199235Detroit Tigers$2,200,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199336Detroit Tigers$3,433,3331996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $283,333 signing bonus
199437Detroit Tigers$2,783,3331996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $283,333 signing bonus
199538Detroit Tigers$3,783,3341996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $283,334 signing bonus
Career to date (may be incomplete)$19,890,000
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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