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Matt Young

Matthew John Young

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 9, 1958 in Pasadena, CA
High School: St. Francis HS (La Canada, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1983
Teams (by GP): Mariners/RedSox/Dodgers/Athletics/Indians 1983-1993
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: August 6, 1993
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Standard Pitching

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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
1980	21	SEA-min	A-	4	5	.444	4.93	12	12		3	1	0	73.0	73	46	40	3	62	0	53	2	1	3			1.849	9.0	0.4	7.6	6.5	0.85	BLH · NORW
1981	22	SEA-min	AA	3	9	.250	4.00	14	14	0	3	0	0	81.0	80	47	36	4	38	3	57	2	0	6			1.457	8.9	0.4	4.2	6.3	1.50	LYN · EL
1982	23	SEA-min	AAA	12	10	.545	4.65	29	26	1	8	4	1	176.0	192	113	91	10	75	1	118	3	1	22			1.517	9.8	0.5	3.8	6.0	1.57	SLC · PCL
1983	24	SEA	AL	11	15	.423	3.27	33	32	0	5	2	0	203.2	178	86	74	17	79	2	130	7	2	4	851	131	1.262	7.9	0.8	3.5	5.7	1.65	AS
1984	25	SEA-min	AAA	6	0	1.000	1.51	6	6	0	0	0	0	41.2	32	9	7	0	20	0	37	2	0	4			1.248	6.9	0.0	4.3	8.0	1.85	SLC · PCL
1984	25	SEA	AL	6	8	.429	5.72	22	22	0	1	0	0	113.1	141	81	72	11	57	3	73	1	1	3	524	69	1.747	11.2	0.9	4.5	5.8	1.28
1985	26	SEA	AL	12	19	.387	4.91	37	35	2	5	2	1	218.1	242	135	119	23	76	3	136	7	2	6	951	86	1.456	10.0	0.9	3.1	5.6	1.79
1986	27	SEA	AL	8	6	.571	3.82	65	5	32	1	0	13	103.2	108	50	44	9	46	2	82	8	1	7	458	111	1.486	9.4	0.8	4.0	7.1	1.78
1987	28	LAD	NL	5	8	.385	4.47	47	0	31	0	0	11	54.1	62	30	27	3	17	5	42	0	0	3	234	90	1.454	10.3	0.5	2.8	7.0	2.47

1989	30	OAK-min	A,AAA	1	1	.500	1.57	5	5	0	0	0	0	23.0	17	5	4	0	11	0	19	0	0	1			1.217	6.7	0.0	4.3	7.4	1.73	MOD,TAC · CALL,PCL
1989	30	OAK	AL	1	4	.200	6.75	26	4	1	0	0	0	37.1	42	31	28	2	31	2	27	0	0	5	183	55	1.955	10.1	0.5	7.5	6.5	0.87
1990	31	SEA	AL	8	18	.308	3.51	34	33	0	7	1	0	225.1	198	106	88	15	107	7	176	6	0	16	963	112	1.354	7.9	0.6	4.3	7.0	1.64
1991	32	BOS-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	8	4	4	0	6	0	7	0	0	0	38		1.750	9.0	0.0	6.8	7.9	1.17	PAW · IL
1991	32	BOS	AL	3	7	.300	5.18	19	16	1	0	0	0	88.2	92	55	51	4	53	2	69	2	0	5	404	84	1.635	9.3	0.4	5.4	7.0	1.30
1992	33	BOS	AL	0	4	.000	4.58	28	8	4	1	0	0	70.2	69	42	36	7	42	2	57	3	0	2	321	92	1.571	8.8	0.9	5.3	7.3	1.36
1993	34	TOR-CLE-min	AAA	5	1	.833	2.37	10	8	1	1	0	0	49.1	33	15	13	2	19	0	55	5	0	0	193		1.054	6.0	0.4	3.5	10.0	2.89	SYR,CHR · IL
1993	34	CLE	AL	1	6	.143	5.21	22	8	2	0	0	0	74.1	75	45	43	8	57	0	65	3	1	5	347	84	1.776	9.1	1.0	6.9	7.9	1.14
10 Yrs				55	95	.367	4.40	333	163	73	20	5	25	1189.2	1207	661	582	99	565	28	857	37	7	56	5236	94	1.489	9.1	0.7	4.3	6.5	1.52
162 Game Avg.				8	13	.367	4.40	46	22	10	3	1	3	163	165	91	80	14	77	4	117	5	1	8	718	94	1.489	9.1	0.7	4.3	6.5	1.52

SEA (5 yrs)				45	66	.405	4.13	191	127	34	19	5	14	864.1	867	458	397	75	365	17	597	29	6	36	3747	100	1.425	9.0	0.8	3.8	6.2	1.64
BOS (2 yrs)				3	11	.214	4.91	47	24	5	1	0	0	159.1	161	97	87	11	95	4	126	5	0	7	725	87	1.607	9.1	0.6	5.4	7.1	1.33
LAD (1 yr)				5	8	.385	4.47	47	0	31	0	0	11	54.1	62	30	27	3	17	5	42	0	0	3	234	90	1.454	10.3	0.5	2.8	7.0	2.47
CLE (1 yr)				1	6	.143	5.21	22	8	2	0	0	0	74.1	75	45	43	8	57	0	65	3	1	5	347	84	1.776	9.1	1.0	6.9	7.9	1.14
OAK (1 yr)				1	4	.200	6.75	26	4	1	0	0	0	37.1	42	31	28	2	31	2	27	0	0	5	183	55	1.955	10.1	0.5	7.5	6.5	0.87

AL (9 yrs)				50	87	.365	4.40	286	163	42	20	5	14	1135.1	1145	631	555	96	548	23	815	37	7	53	5002	94	1.491	9.1	0.8	4.3	6.5	1.49
NL (1 yr)				5	8	.385	4.47	47	0	31	0	0	11	54.1	62	30	27	3	17	5	42	0	0	3	234	90	1.454	10.3	0.5	2.8	7.0	2.47

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
1983	24	SEA	AL	203.2	33	32	86	3.80	4.62	-0.20	0.15	103.3	5.13	30	3.3	.9	-0.1	4.9	52	.600	.520	$	AS
1984	25	SEA	AL	113.1	22	22	81	6.43	4.49	-0.30	0.15	99.5	4.92	-19	-1.8		-0.1	-0.9	-7	.417	.489	$
1985	26	SEA	AL	218.1	37	35	135	5.56	4.54	-0.16	0.15	100.9	4.90	-16	-1.6	1.8	-0.1	0.1	7	.458	.490	$159,000
1986	27	SEA	AL	103.2	65	5	50	4.34	4.70	-0.53	-0.27	100.7	5.00	7	0.8	2.1	0.2	1.8	19	.512	.505	$205,000
1987	28	LAD	NL	54.1	47	0	30	4.97	4.79	-0.31	-0.36	97.6	4.62	-3	-0.3	2.0	-0.2	0.0	4	.494	.498	$350,000

1989	30	OAK	AL	37.1	26	4	31	7.47	4.48	0.12	-0.11	95.7	4.06	-14	-1.5	1.6	-0.3	-1.4	-10	.444	.491	$425,000
1990	31	SEA	AL	225.1	34	33	106	4.23	4.30	0.30	0.15	100.2	4.16	-0	-0.0	3.1	-0.1	1.8	23	.499	.500	$587,000
1991	32	BOS	AL	88.2	19	16	55	5.58	4.43	0.22	0.14	105.5	4.59	-10	-1.0	1.8	-0.1	-0.3	0	.449	.494	$2,266,667
1992	33	BOS	AL	70.2	28	8	42	5.35	4.43	-0.12	-0.11	104.6	4.65	-5	-0.6	.8	-0.1	0.0	2	.480	.496	$2,266,667
1993	34	CLE	AL	74.1	22	8	45	5.45	4.80	0.01	-0.09	99.0	4.65	-6	-0.6	.8	-0.1	0.0	2	.473	.496	$
10 Seasons				1189.2	333	163	661	5.00	4.53	-0.08	0.05	101.2	4.72	-36	-3.2	1.7	-1.0	6.0	92	.490	.498	$6,259,334

SEA (5 yrs)				864.1	191	127	458	4.77	4.51	-0.11	0.10	101.1	4.78	3	0.7	2.0	-0.3	7.7	94	.503	.501	$951,000
BOS (2 yrs)				159.1	47	24	97	5.48	4.43	0.07	0.03	105.1	4.62	-15	-1.5	1.0	-0.2	-0.3	3	.467	.495	$4,533,334
LAD (1 yr)				54.1	47	0	30	4.97	4.79	-0.31	-0.36	97.6	4.62	-3	-0.3	2.0	-0.2	0.0	4	.494	.498	$350,000
CLE (1 yr)				74.1	22	8	45	5.45	4.80	0.01	-0.09	99.0	4.65	-6	-0.6	.8	-0.1	0.0	2	.473	.496	$
OAK (1 yr)				37.1	26	4	31	7.47	4.48	0.12	-0.11	95.7	4.06	-14	-1.5	1.6	-0.3	-1.4	-10	.444	.491	$425,000

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
1989	30	OAK	AL	ALCS	W	TOR	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	6.000	0.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
1 ALCS							0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	6.000	0.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00

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	21	SEA-min	A-	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			BLH · NORW
1981	22	SEA-min	AA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		LYN · EL
1982	23	SEA-min	AAA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		SLC · PCL
1983	24	SEA	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1984	25	SEA-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		SLC · PCL
1984	25	SEA	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	26	SEA	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	27	SEA	AL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	28	LAD	NL	47	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1989	30	OAK-min	AAA,A	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TAC,MOD · PCL,CALL
1989	30	OAK	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	31	SEA	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	32	BOS-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
1991	32	BOS	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	33	BOS	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	34	TOR-CLE-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SYR,CHR · IL
1993	34	CLE	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10 Yrs				333	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

SEA (5 yrs)				191	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (2 yrs)				47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				47	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				286	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				47	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	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
1983	24	SEA	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1	AS
1984	25	SEA	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1985	26	SEA	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$159,000	1
1986	27	SEA	AL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$205,000	1
1987	28	LAD	NL	47	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$350,000	1

1989	30	OAK	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$425,000	1
1990	31	SEA	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$587,000	1
1991	32	BOS	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,266,667	1
1992	33	BOS	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,266,667	1
1993	34	CLE	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
10 Seasons				333	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.2	-0	$6,259,334

SEA (5 yrs)				191	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$951,000
BOS (2 yrs)				47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$4,533,334
LAD (1 yr)				47	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$350,000
CLE (1 yr)				22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
OAK (1 yr)				26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$425,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1989	30	OAK	AL	ALCS	TOR	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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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
1983	SEA	AL	24	P	33	32	5	203.2	51	9	39	3	0	.941	2.12	1.45	.958	1.80	1.78	14	8	36%	33%	2	AS
1984	SEA	AL	25	P	22	22	1	113.1	26	3	21	2	3	.923	1.91	1.09	.958	1.79	1.78	6	5	45%	36%	2
1985	SEA	AL	26	P	37	35	5	218.1	31	6	24	1	1	.968	1.24	0.81	.953	1.86	1.84	13	16	55%	33%	1
1986	SEA	AL	27	P	65	5	1	103.2	17	4	9	4	0	.765	1.13	0.20	.957	1.83	1.81	4	2	33%	34%	0
1987	LAD	NL	28	P	47	0	0	54.1	6	3	1	2	0	.667	0.66	0.09	.955	1.90	1.90	3	1	25%	29%	0
1989	OAK	AL	30	P	26	4	0	37.1	9	3	6	0	0	1.000	2.17	0.35	.960	1.88	1.85	8	0	0%	31%	0
1990	SEA	AL	31	P	34	33	7	225.1	52	12	31	9	1	.827	1.72	1.26	.953	1.78	1.76	20	14	41%	34%	3
1991	BOS	AL	32	P	19	16	0	88.2	15	4	10	1	1	.933	1.42	0.74	.956	1.80	1.80	8	3	27%	34%	0
1992	BOS	AL	33	P	28	8	1	70.2	16	2	8	6	0	.625	1.27	0.36	.953	1.72	1.71	10	3	23%	34%	0
1993	CLE	AL	34	P	22	8	0	74.1	15	4	10	1	0	.933	1.70	0.64	.953	1.79	1.78	9	7	44%	36%	0
	10 Seasons			P	333	163	20	1189.2	238	50	159	29	6	.878	1.58	0.63	.955	1.81	1.81	95	59	38%	34%	8
	10 Seasons			TOT	333	163	20	1189.2	238	50	159	29	6	.878	1.58	0.63	.955	1.81	1.81	95	59	38%	34%	8

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-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.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1983 *	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1983 AL 4.9 (5th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1983 AL 3.27 (8th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1983 AL 7.866 (6th) 1990 AL 7.908 (10th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1990 AL 7.030 (10th) Career 6.483 (171st)	Games Played s c a p y 1986 AL 65 (7th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1990 AL 225.3 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1990 AL 176 (8th)
Games Started s c a p y 1985 AL 35 (7th) 1990 AL 33 (8th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1990 AL 7 (3rd)	Shutouts s c a p y 1983 AL 2 (9th) 1985 AL 2 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1990 AL 107 (4th)
Hits s c a p y 1985 AL 242 (9th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1990 AL 0.599 (9th)	Losses s c a p y 1983 AL 15 (4th) 1985 AL 19 (1st) 1990 AL 18 (2nd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1985 AL 119 (2nd)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1990 AL 16 (2nd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1983 AL 7 (9th) 1985 AL 7 (9th) 1986 AL 8 (9th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1990 AL 963 (5th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1983 AL 131 (4th)
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1983 AL 2.2 (8th)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1983 AL 3 (2nd) 1986 AL 4 (3rd) 1990 AL 9 (1st) 1992 AL 6 (3rd)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 22 (1014), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1574), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1883), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (318th), 6.0 career WAR/8.6 7yr-peak WAR/7.3 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 37.9 career WAR/26.7 7yr-peak WAR/32.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 10, 1978: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft.
December 10, 1986: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Mike Watters (minors) and Dennis Powell.
December 11, 1987: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Bob Welch to the Oakland Athletics. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Jack Savage to the New York Mets. The Oakland Athletics sent Alfredo Griffin and Jay Howell to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Oakland Athletics sent Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst to the New York Mets. The New York Mets sent Jesse Orosco to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
November 21, 1988: Released by the Oakland Athletics.
January 19, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.
December 15, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.
December 4, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
March 30, 1993: Released by the Boston Red Sox.
April 6, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
August 9, 1993: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
August 12, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
September 8, 1993: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

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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
1985	26	Seattle Mariners	$159,000	1985 USA Today survey
1986	27	Seattle Mariners	$205,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	28	Los Angeles Dodgers	$350,000	1987 USA Today survey

1989	30	Oakland Athletics	$425,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	31	Seattle Mariners	$587,000	USA Today
1991	32	Boston Red Sox	$2,266,667	USA Today survey
1992	33	Boston Red Sox	$2,266,667	4/2/92 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$6,259,334

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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