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Carlos Zambrano

Carlos Alberto Zambrano (Big Z or El Toro)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 270 lb.

Born: June 1, 1981 in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela
High School: U. E. Creacion (Carabobo, VE)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 2001
Team: Cubs 2001-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (vesting option), 5 yrs/$91.5M (08-12) & 13 vesting option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.022, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Barry Praver, previously: Scott Boras,Scott Shapiro [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #213. Brad Radke… #214. J.R. Richard… #215. Claude Passeau… #216. CARLOS ZAMBRANO… #217. Jose Rijo… #218. Jesse Haines… #219. Mort Cooper… 

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
2001 20 CHC NL 1 2 .333 15.26 6 1 1 0 0 0 7.2 11 13 13 2 8 0 4 1 0 1 42 28 2.478 12.9 2.3 9.4 4.7 0.50
2002 21 CHC NL 4 8 .333 3.66 32 16 3 0 0 0 108.1 94 53 44 9 63 2 93 4 0 6 477 111 1.449 7.8 0.7 5.2 7.7 1.48
2003 22 CHC NL 13 11 .542 3.11 32 32 0 3 1 0 214.0 188 88 74 9 94 12 168 10 1 6 907 139 1.318 7.9 0.4 4.0 7.1 1.79
2004 23 CHC NL 16 8 .667 2.75 31 31 0 1 1 0 209.2 174 73 64 14 81 4 188 20 2 6 887 160 1.216 7.5 0.6 3.5 8.1 2.32 AS,CYA-5,MVP-28
2005 24 CHC NL 14 6 .700 3.26 33 33 0 2 0 0 223.1 170 88 81 21 86 3 202 8 0 7 909 135 1.146 6.9 0.8 3.5 8.1 2.35
2006 25 CHC NL 16 7 .696 3.41 33 33 0 0 0 0 214.0 162 91 81 20 115 4 210 9 1 9 917 136 1.294 6.8 0.8 4.8 8.8 1.83 AS,CYA-5,SS
2007 26 CHC NL 18 13 .581 3.95 34 34 0 1 0 0 216.1 187 100 95 23 101 4 177 14 0 3 925 117 1.331 7.8 1.0 4.2 7.4 1.75 CYA-5
2008 27 CHC NL 14 6 .700 3.91 30 30 0 1 1 0 188.2 172 85 82 18 72 1 130 6 0 4 796 118 1.293 8.2 0.9 3.4 6.2 1.81 AS,SS
2009 28 CHC NL 9 7 .563 3.77 28 28 0 1 1 0 169.1 155 78 71 10 78 6 152 9 0 7 733 118 1.376 8.2 0.5 4.1 8.1 1.95 SS
2010 29 CHC NL 11 6 .647 3.33 36 20 2 0 0 0 129.2 119 55 48 7 69 0 117 6 1 7 571 127 1.450 8.3 0.5 4.8 8.1 1.70
2011 30 CHC NL 9 7 .563 4.82 24 24 0 0 0 0 145.2 154 80 78 19 56 4 101 5 0 1 634 81 1.442 9.5 1.2 3.5 6.2 1.80
11 Seasons 125 81 .607 3.60 319 282 6 9 4 0 1826.2 1586 804 731 152 823 40 1542 92 5 57 7798 122 1.319 7.8 0.7 4.1 7.6 1.87
162 Game Avg. 14 9 .607 3.60 36 32 1 1 0 0 207 179 91 83 17 93 5 174 10 1 6 882 122 1.319 7.8 0.7 4.1 7.6 1.87

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 Awards
2001 20 CHC NL 7.2 1 13 4 0 .9 -9 -0.9 $
2002 21 CHC NL 108.1 16 53 66 -4 .9 13 1.2 $
2003 22 CHC NL 214.0 32 88 133 2 1.1 45 4.6 $340,000
2004 23 CHC NL 209.2 31 73 131 0 .9 58 5.5 $450,000 AS,CYA-5,MVP-28
2005 24 CHC NL 223.1 33 88 137 1 1.0 49 5.0 $3,760,000
2006 25 CHC NL 214.0 33 91 135 2 .9 44 4.2 $6,500,000 AS,CYA-5,SS
2007 26 CHC NL 216.1 34 100 130 8 1.0 30 2.9 $12,400,000 CYA-5
2008 27 CHC NL 188.2 30 85 117 -2 .9 32 3.2 $16,000,000 AS,SS
2009 28 CHC NL 169.1 28 78 103 1 1.1 25 2.7 $18,750,000 SS
2010 29 CHC NL 129.2 20 55 81 -3 1.0 26 2.7 $18,875,000
2011 30 CHC NL 145.2 24 80 87 1 1.0 7 0.7 $18,875,000
11 Seasons 1826.2 282 804 1124 6 1.0 320 31.8 $95,950,000

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
2003 22 CHC NL NLDS W ATL 0 0 4.76 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 11 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 28 1.941 17.5 0.0 0.0 6.4
2003 22 CHC NL NLCS L FLA 0 1 .000 5.73 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 14 8 7 4 5 0 8 1 0 1 52 1.727 11.5 3.3 4.1 6.5 1.60
2007 26 CHC NL NLDS L ARI 0 0 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 1 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 22 0.833 6.0 1.5 1.5 12.0 8.00
2008 27 CHC NL NLDS L LAD 0 1 .000 4.26 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 6 7 3 1 2 0 7 1 0 0 30 1.263 8.5 1.4 2.8 9.9 3.50
3 Seasons (4 Series) 0 2 .000 4.34 5 5 0 0 0 0 29.0 35 19 14 6 8 0 27 2 0 1 132 1.483 10.9 1.9 2.5 8.4 3.38
3 NLDS 0 1 .000 3.50 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.0 21 11 7 2 3 0 19 1 0 0 80 1.333 10.5 1.0 1.5 9.5 6.33
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 5.73 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 14 8 7 4 5 0 8 1 0 1 52 1.727 11.5 3.3 4.1 6.5 1.60

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
2001 20 CHC NL 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2002 21 CHC NL 32 32 30 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .033 .033 .067 .100 -74 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
2003 22 CHC NL 32 80 75 9 18 5 0 2 6 0 0 1 26 .240 .250 .387 .637 62 29 2 0 4 0 0 1
2004 23 CHC NL 31 82 70 8 16 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 29 .229 .257 .286 .542 39 20 2 0 8 1 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-28
2005 24 CHC NL 34 84 80 8 24 6 2 1 6 0 0 0 25 .300 .300 .463 .763 93 37 2 0 4 0 0 1
2006 25 CHC NL 37 80 73 9 11 0 0 6 11 1 0 1 27 .151 .160 .397 .557 35 29 2 0 5 1 0 1 AS,CYA-5,SS
2007 26 CHC NL 37 86 81 9 20 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 29 .247 .247 .346 .593 48 28 0 0 5 0 0 1 CYA-5
2008 27 CHC NL 38 85 83 9 28 4 1 4 14 0 0 0 24 .337 .337 .554 .892 122 46 4 0 2 0 0 1 AS,SS
2009 28 CHC NL 35 72 69 7 15 5 0 4 11 0 0 1 28 .217 .225 .464 .689 71 32 0 0 1 1 0 1 SS
2010 29 CHC NL 42 57 52 5 12 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 15 .231 .255 .288 .543 44 15 0 0 2 1 0 1
2011 30 CHC NL 22 48 44 8 14 2 0 2 5 0 0 2 14 .318 .348 .500 .848 130 22 0 0 2 0 0 1
11 Seasons 346 708 659 72 159 26 3 23 69 1 0 10 232 .241 .251 .395 .646 64 260 12 0 35 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 331 309 34 74 12 1 11 32 0 0 5 109 .241 .251 .395 .646 64 122 6 0 16 2 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 Awards
2001 20 CHC NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
2002 21 CHC NL 32 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
2003 22 CHC NL 80 -4 0 -1 0 0 9 2 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $340,000 1
2004 23 CHC NL 82 -6 0 1 0 0 9 2 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $450,000 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-28
2005 24 CHC NL 84 -2 0 -1 0 0 9 2 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $3,760,000 1
2006 25 CHC NL 80 -7 0 0 0 0 9 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $6,500,000 1 AS,CYA-5,SS
2007 26 CHC NL 86 -6 -1 0 0 0 9 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $12,400,000 1 CYA-5
2008 27 CHC NL 85 3 0 -1 0 0 8 2 12 1.3 12 1.2 0.1 $16,000,000 1 AS,SS
2009 28 CHC NL 72 -3 0 -0 0 0 8 2 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $18,750,000 1 SS
2010 29 CHC NL 57 -5 -0 -1 1 0 6 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $18,875,000 1
2011 30 CHC NL 48 2 0 -0 0 0 5 1 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $18,875,000 1
11 Seasons 708 -36 -1 -3 1 0 75 18 53 5.3 53 5.3 -0.0 $95,950,000

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
2003 22 CHC NL NLDS ATL W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 22 CHC NL NLCS FLA L 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 26 CHC NL NLDS ARI L 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
2008 27 CHC NL NLDS LAD L 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 5 11 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .100 .182 .200 .382 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLDS 3 8 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .286 .536 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 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% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2001 CHC NL 20 P 6 1 0 7.2 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.35 0.33 .960 1.76 1.73 1 0 0% 0
2002 CHC NL 21 P 32 16 0 108.1 34 8 26 0 4 1.000 2.82 1.06 .963 1.83 1.81 7 5 42% 0
2003 CHC NL 22 P 32 32 3 214.0 69 19 46 4 2 .942 2 2 2.73 2.03 .957 1.84 1.83 3 5 63% 1
2004 CHC NL 23 P 31 31 1 209.2 49 18 29 2 2 .959 1 1 2.02 1.52 .965 1.84 1.82 7 4 36% 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-28
2005 CHC NL 24 P 33 33 2 223.1 57 21 34 2 4 .965 5 4 2.22 1.67 .960 1.75 1.73 1 9 90% 3
2006 CHC NL 25 P 33 33 0 214.0 49 12 33 4 4 .918 0 0 1.89 1.36 .958 1.72 1.71 2 3 60% 1 AS,CYA-5,SS
2007 CHC NL 26 P 34 34 1 216.1 49 20 28 1 1 .980 1 1 2.00 1.41 .965 1.68 1.67 4 3 43% 1 CYA-5
2008 CHC NL 27 P 30 30 1 188.2 44 21 20 3 1 .932 1 1 1.96 1.37 .959 1.73 1.72 10 9 47% 3 AS,SS
2009 CHC NL 28 P 28 28 1 169.1 45 19 23 3 2 .933 4 5 2.23 1.50 .955 1.72 1.70 5 8 62% 2 SS
2010 CHC NL 29 P 36 20 0 129.2 32 10 19 3 1 .906 -1 -2 2.01 0.81 .954 1.73 1.72 9 3 25% 1
2011 CHC NL 30 P 24 24 0 145.2 21 8 12 1 5 .952 1 1 1.24 0.83 .955 1.80 1.79 4 0 0% 2
11 Seasons P 319 282 9 1826.2 451 156 272 23 27 .949 14 1 2.11 1.34 .959 1.76 1.75 53 49 48% 15
11 Seasons TOT 319 282 9 1826.2 451 156 272 23 27 .949 14 9 2.11 1.34 .959 1.76 1.75 53 49 48% 15
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-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.
  • 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2004 *
2006
2008 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 NL (28, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1713th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 NL (5, 5%)
2006 NL (5, 4%)
2007 NL (5, 2%)
0.11 Career Shares (180th)

Silver Sluggers
2006 NL (P)
2008 NL (P)
2009 NL (P)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2005 NL  5.8 (9th)
Active  37.1 (36th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2003 NL  4.6 (8th)
2004 NL  5.5 (3rd)
2005 NL  5.0 (6th)
2006 NL  4.2 (8th)
Active  31.8 (13th)
Career  31.8 (205th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2003 NL  3.11 (7th)
2004 NL  2.75 (4th)
2005 NL  3.26 (10th)
2006 NL  3.41 (5th)
Active  3.60 (16th)

Wins s c a p y
2004 NL  16 (5th)
2006 NL  16 (1st)
2007 NL  18 (2nd)
Active  125 (20th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2004 NL  .667 (10th)
2005 NL  .700 (3rd)
2006 NL  .696 (2nd)
2008 NL  .700 (6th)
2010 NL  .647 (5th)
Active  .607 (12th)
Career  .607 (98th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2005 NL  1.146 (8th)
Active  1.319 (34th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 NL  7.469 (6th)
2005 NL  6.851 (3rd)
2006 NL  6.813 (2nd)
2007 NL  7.780 (3rd)
Active  7.814 (6th)
Career  7.814 (70th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 NL  8.070 (8th)
2005 NL  8.140 (10th)
2006 NL  8.832 (3rd)
Active  7.597 (23rd)
Career  7.597 (51st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2003 NL  214.0 (8th)
2005 NL  223.3 (9th)
2007 NL  216.3 (5th)
Active  1,826.7 (27th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2004 NL  188 (8th)
2005 NL  202 (6th)
2006 NL  210 (4th)
2007 NL  177 (7th)
Active  1,542 (21st)
Career  1,542 (166th)

Games Started s c a p y
2007 NL  34 (2nd)
Active  282 (26th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2003 NL  3 (7th)
Active  9 (45th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2004 NL  1 (9th)
2008 NL  1 (7th)
2009 NL  1 (6th)
Active  4 (35th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2003 NL  94 (5th)
2004 NL  81 (9th)
2005 NL  86 (4th)
2006 NL  115 (1st)
2007 NL  101 (1st)
2009 NL  78 (10th)
Active  823 (9th)
Career  823 (222nd)

Hits s c a p y
Active  1,586 (38th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2003 NL  0.379 (1st)
2004 NL  0.601 (2nd)
2009 NL  0.532 (5th)
Active  0.749 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
2007 NL  13 (10th)
Active  81 (41st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
Active  731 (37th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2006 NL  9 (6th)
Active  57 (23rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2003 NL  10 (9th)
2004 NL  20 (1st)
2007 NL  14 (2nd)
2009 NL  9 (8th)
Active  92 (10th)
Career  92 (105th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2003 NL  907 (7th)
2007 NL  925 (4th)
Active  7,798 (28th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2003 NL  139 (7th)
2004 NL  160 (4th)
2005 NL  135 (8th)
2006 NL  136 (5th)
Active  122 (14th)
Career  122 (99th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2004 NL  36 (3rd)
2005 NL  27 (8th)
2006 NL  27 (6th)
Active  152 (9th)
Career  152 (123rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2004 NL  3.8 (3rd)
2005 NL  2.8 (8th)
2006 NL  2.7 (7th)
Active  15.7 (9th)
Career  15.7 (124th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2004 NL  35.67 (6th)
2005 NL  26.15 (9th)
2006 NL  24.28 (7th)
Active  144.01 (19th)
Career  144.01 (92nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2005 NL  4.1 (6th)
Active  14.5 (18th)
Career  14.5 (107th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2003 NL  2.9 (7th)
2005 NL  2.5 (8th)
2006 NL  2.2 (10th)
Active  12.8 (20th)
Career  12.8 (97th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2004 NL  3.7 (6th)
2005 NL  2.7 (10th)
2006 NL  2.4 (9th)
Active  14.5 (19th)
Career  14.5 (104th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
2003 NL  19 (3rd)
2004 NL  18 (5th)
2005 NL  21 (3rd)
2007 NL  20 (5th)
2008 NL  21 (3rd)
Active  156 (16th)

Assists as P s c a p y
2003 NL  46 (4th)
Active  272 (16th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2003 NL  4 (3rd)
2006 NL  4 (4th)
2008 NL  3 (4th)
Active  23 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
2003 NL  2.03 (2nd)
Active  1.34 (15th)

Salary s c a p y
2008 NL  $16,000,000 (4th)
2009 NL  $18,750,000 (5th)
2010 NL  $18,875,000 (6th)
2011 NL  $18,875,000 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
2001 NL  born 1981-06-01 (2nd)
2002 NL  born 1981-06-01 (3rd)

                           

† 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 InkPitching - 4 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 82 (291), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 32 (416), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 22 (260), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Ramon Martinez (965)
  2. Josh Beckett (948)
  3. Ray Culp (948)
  4. Jim Maloney (947)
  5. Earl Wilson (933)
  6. Jason Schmidt (932)
  7. Jack McDowell (931)
  8. John Denny (924)
  9. Mike Scott (923)
  10. Carl Erskine (920)
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  1. Ramon Martinez (950)
  2. Ray Culp (944)
  3. Jack Morris (944)
  4. Barry Zito (944)
  5. Jim Maloney (939)
  6. Jack McDowell (932)
  7. Mike Torrez (932)
  8. Tommy Bridges (929)
  9. John Smoltz (923)
  10. Andy Benes (922)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  2. Dennis Blair (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ray Culp (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ramon Martinez (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ramon Martinez (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jake Peavy (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ramon Martinez (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ramon Martinez (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ramon Martinez (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ramon Martinez (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  4. Hal Breeden (964)
  5. Orestes Destrade (963)
  6. Danny Goodwin (961)
  7. Mike Hampton (959)
  8. Elam Vangilder (958)
  9. Wayne Belardi (957)
  10. Claude Hendrix (953)
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  1. Joe Vitiello (963)
  2. Claude Hendrix (962)
  3. Mike Hampton (959)
  4. Jim Marshall (958)
  5. Jim Tobin (953)
  6. Mark Johnson (952)
  7. Len Matuszek (949)
  8. Don Newcombe (949)
  9. Mickey McDermott (949)
  10. Doug Ault (949)
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  3. Joe Vitiello (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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
200322Chicago Cubs$340,0004/3/03 AP
200423Chicago Cubs$450,0004/7/04 AP
200524Chicago Cubs$3,760,000
200625Chicago Cubs$6,500,000
200726Chicago Cubs$12,400,000
200827Chicago Cubs$16,000,000
200928Chicago Cubs$18,750,000
201029Chicago Cubs$18,875,000
201130Chicago Cubs$18,875,000
201231Florida Marlins$18,000,000 $15.5M paid by Chicago Cubs
201332Florida Marlins*$19,250,000$19.25M Vesting OptionOption guaranteed if Cy Young (1st or 2nd in 2011 or 2012 top 4) and healthy] at completion of 2012 season
Career to date (may be incomplete)$95,950,000Does not include future salaries
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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