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Johnny Damon
Johnny David Damon

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 175 lb.

Debut August 12, 1995

Born November 5, 1973 in Fort Riley, KS

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (35th pick) of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 1992. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1995 21 KCR AL  47  188   32   53  11  5   3   23   7  0  12  22  .282  .324  .441   97   83   2   3   0   1   2
 1996 22 KCR AL 145  517   61  140  22  5   6   50  25  5  31  64  .271  .313  .368   73  190  10   5   3   3   4
 1997 23 KCR AL 146  472   70  130  12  8   8   48  16 10  42  70  .275  .338  .386   88  182   6   1   2   3   3
 1998 24 KCR AL 161  642  104  178  30 10  18   66  26 12  58  84  .277  .339  .439  100  282   3   3   4   4   4
 1999 25 KCR AL 145  583  101  179  39  9  14   77  36  6  67  50  .307  .379  .477  116  278   3   4   5   3  13
 2000 26 KCR AL 159  655  136  214  42 10  16   88  46  9  65  60  .327  .382  .495  118  324   8  12   4   1   7 MVP-19
 2001 27 OAK AL 155  644  108  165  34  4   9   49  27 12  61  70  .256  .324  .363   82  234   5   4   1   5   7
 2002 28 BOS AL 154  623  118  178  34 11  14   63  31  6  65  70  .286  .356  .443  109  276   3   5   5   6   4 AS
 2003 29 BOS AL 145  608  103  166  32  6  12   67  30  6  68  74  .273  .345  .405   94  246   6   6   4   2   5
 2004 30 BOS AL 150  621  123  189  35  6  20   94  19  8  76  71  .304  .380  .477  117  296   0   3   1   2   8 MVP-16
 2005 31 BOS AL 148  624  117  197  35  6  10   75  18  1  53  69  .316  .366  .439  110  274   0   9   3   2   5 MVP-13,AS
 2006 32 NYY AL 149  593  115  169  35  5  24   80  25 10  67  85  .285  .359  .482  115  286   2   5   1   4   4 MVP-15
 2007 33 NYY AL 141  533   93  144  27  2  12   63  27  3  66  79  .270  .351  .396   97  211   1   3   1   2   4
 2008 34 NYY AL 143  555   95  168  27  5  17   71  29  8  64  82  .303  .375  .461  118  256   2   1   0   1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         7858      2270     92      914     96     950  .289  .354  .435  103       51  64  34  39  75
               1988      1376      415    183      362    795                            3418
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        640  112  185  34  7  15   74  29  8  65  77  .289  .354  .435  103  279   4   5   3   3   6
 Career High    161  655  136  214  42 11  24   94  46 12  76  85  .327  .382  .495  118  324  10  12   5   6  13
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1995 21 KCR AL  206  142   29   5.4   110| .282  .272| .324  .346| .441  .429| .765  .774|  97  .520  -1.6  -0.1 100%
 1996 22 KCR AL  566  401   64   4.3   115| .271  .276| .313  .349| .368  .443| .681  .792|  73  .379 -22.6  -2.0  83%
 1997 23 KCR AL  524  362   63   4.7   110| .275  .272| .338  .342| .386  .431| .724  .773|  88  .454  -9.7  -0.9  61%
 1998 24 KCR AL  710  486   99   5.4   111| .277  .273| .339  .342| .439  .434| .778  .776| 100  .521  -1.3  -0.1  68%
 1999 25 KCR AL  660  430  111   6.9   116| .307  .277| .379  .350| .477  .444| .856  .794| 116  .609  14.4   1.3  85%
 2000 26 KCR AL  741  477  133   7.4   118| .327  .280| .382  .353| .495  .450| .877  .804| 118  .633  19.2   1.7  83%
 2001 27 OAK AL  719  507   79   4.2   106| .256  .266| .324  .333| .363  .427| .687  .760|  82  .412 -15.9  -1.5  69%
 2002 28 BOS AL  702  463  107   6.2   108| .286  .268| .356  .336| .443  .431| .799  .766| 109  .600   8.1   0.8  83%
 2003 29 BOS AL  690  465   93   5.4   111| .273  .274| .345  .340| .405  .438| .750  .778|  94  .528  -5.2  -0.5  83%
 2004 30 BOS AL  702  451  117   7.0   115| .304  .278| .380  .346| .477  .446| .857  .792| 117  .631  16.2   1.5  70%
 2005 31 BOS AL  688  442  108   6.5   108| .316  .273| .366  .336| .439  .433| .805  .769| 110  .628  10.5   1.0  94%
 2006 32 NYY AL  671  445  108   6.5   112| .285  .277| .359  .341| .482  .440| .841  .781| 115  .597  13.3   1.2  71%
 2007 33 NYY AL  605  400   83   5.5   107| .270  .271| .351  .338| .396  .424| .747  .762|  97  .542  -1.2  -0.1  90%
 2008 34 NYY AL  623  403  102   6.8   108| .303  .272| .375  .340| .461  .426| .836  .767| 118  .639  14.7   1.4  78%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     8807 5874 1296   5.9   111| .289  .273| .354  .342| .435  .436| .789  .778| 103  .559  38.9   3.7  79%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1995 21 KCR AL OF 47 110 0 1 0 .991 .983 2.34 1.99 2.50 2.33 43 396.7 CF 44 102 0 1 0 .990 .987 2.32 2.38 2.49 2.73 40 369.3 RF 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.62 2.64 2.04 3 27.3 1996 22 KCR AL OF 144 349 5 6 4 .983 .983 2.46 2.02 2.69 2.37 132 1184.7 CF 89 204 3 3 2 .986 .990 2.33 2.35 2.78 2.78 75 669.0 RF 63 145 2 3 1 .980 .979 2.33 1.72 2.57 2.17 57 515.7 DH 1 1997 23 KCR AL OF 136 321 5 4 3 .988 .982 2.40 2.02 2.68 2.32 118 1095.0 CF 65 155 1 2 0 .987 .988 2.40 2.31 2.92 2.71 51 480.3 LF 48 69 0 1 0 .986 .979 1.44 1.71 1.99 2.06 32 311.3 RF 47 99 4 1 3 .990 .978 2.19 1.79 3.06 2.18 35 303.3 DH 5 1998 24 KCR AL OF 158 369 10 4 1 .990 .985 2.40 2.02 2.52 2.31 151 1354.3 CF 130 315 9 2 1 .994 .987 2.49 2.36 2.60 2.69 127 1123.3 RF 24 43 1 2 0 .957 .982 1.83 1.81 2.11 2.14 22 188.0 LF 14 13 0 0 0 1.000 .985 0.93 1.74 2.72 2.09 2 43.0 1999 25 KCR AL OF 140 301 8 4 0 .987 .984 2.21 2.03 2.27 2.30 140 1227.7 LF 132 288 7 4 0 .987 .985 2.23 1.73 2.31 2.08 131 1148.7 CF 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 2.36 1.64 2.72 6 55.0 DH 4 RF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.83 1.88 2.10 3 24.0 2000 26 KCR AL OF 133 332 6 5 1 .985 .985 2.54 2.02 2.65 2.36 132 1149.7 CF 69 187 4 2 1 .990 .986 2.77 2.44 2.97 2.76 67 579.7 LF 67 147 2 3 0 .980 .985 2.22 1.76 2.35 2.16 65 570.0 DH 25 2001 27 OAK AL OF 154 345 4 3 1 .991 .984 2.27 2.01 2.33 2.30 152 1350.3 CF 86 209 2 0 0 1.000 .988 2.45 2.39 2.55 2.67 84 744.3 LF 67 131 1 3 1 .978 .981 1.97 1.72 2.11 2.14 64 562.0 RF 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 1.82 1.23 2.09 4 44.0 2002 28 BOS AL CF 151 351 7 1 2 .997 .989 2.37 2.49 2.44 2.78 150 1319.0 AS DH 1 AS 2003 29 BOS AL CF 144 362 7 1 2 .997 .990 2.56 2.45 2.63 2.78 141 1265.0 DH 1 2004 30 BOS AL CF 148 349 5 5 2 .986 .988 2.39 2.35 2.54 2.64 145 1256.3 DH 1 2005 31 BOS AL CF 147 394 5 6 0 .985 .989 2.71 2.38 2.93 2.69 144 1225.0 AS DH 1 AS 2006 32 NYY AL CF 131 306 3 3 1 .990 .989 2.36 2.29 2.56 2.65 129 1086.7 DH 16 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.00 13.50 9.45 0 2.0 2007 33 NYY AL OF 81 193 3 2 0 .990 .987 2.42 2.00 2.71 2.30 76 651.0 CF 48 121 1 0 0 1.000 .989 2.54 2.42 2.91 2.71 45 377.0 DH 47 LF 32 71 2 2 0 .973 .985 2.28 1.71 2.42 2.11 31 271.0 1B 5 9 0 1 1 .900 1.000 1.80 7.92 9.76 9.33 0 8.3 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 3.00 2.10 0 3.0 2008 34 NYY AL LF 87 155 2 1 0 .994 .984 1.80 1.66 2.14 2.05 75 659.3 CF 34 77 1 1 0 .987 .989 2.29 2.35 2.46 2.71 33 285.0 DH 25 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.00 9.00 9.00 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2006 32 NYY AL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.00 13.50 9.45 0 2.0 2007 33 NYY AL 1B 5 9 0 1 1 .900 1.000 1.80 7.92 9.76 9.33 0 8.3 2008 34 NYY AL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.00 9.00 9.00 0 1.0 1995 21 KCR AL CF 44 102 0 1 0 .990 .987 2.32 2.38 2.49 2.73 40 369.3 1996 22 KCR AL CF 89 204 3 3 2 .986 .990 2.33 2.35 2.78 2.78 75 669.0 1997 23 KCR AL CF 65 155 1 2 0 .987 .988 2.40 2.31 2.92 2.71 51 480.3 1998 24 KCR AL CF 130 315 9 2 1 .994 .987 2.49 2.36 2.60 2.69 127 1123.3 1999 25 KCR AL CF 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 2.36 1.64 2.72 6 55.0 2000 26 KCR AL CF 69 187 4 2 1 .990 .986 2.77 2.44 2.97 2.76 67 579.7 2001 27 OAK AL CF 86 209 2 0 0 1.000 .988 2.45 2.39 2.55 2.67 84 744.3 2002 28 BOS AL CF 151 351 7 1 2 .997 .989 2.37 2.49 2.44 2.78 150 1319.0 2003 29 BOS AL CF 144 362 7 1 2 .997 .990 2.56 2.45 2.63 2.78 141 1265.0 2004 30 BOS AL CF 148 349 5 5 2 .986 .988 2.39 2.35 2.54 2.64 145 1256.3 2005 31 BOS AL CF 147 394 5 6 0 .985 .989 2.71 2.38 2.93 2.69 144 1225.0 2006 32 NYY AL CF 131 306 3 3 1 .990 .989 2.36 2.29 2.56 2.65 129 1086.7 2007 33 NYY AL CF 48 121 1 0 0 1.000 .989 2.54 2.42 2.91 2.71 45 377.0 2008 34 NYY AL CF 34 77 1 1 0 .987 .989 2.29 2.35 2.46 2.71 33 285.0 1996 22 KCR AL DH 1 1997 23 KCR AL DH 5 1999 25 KCR AL DH 4 2000 26 KCR AL DH 25 2002 28 BOS AL DH 1 2003 29 BOS AL DH 1 2004 30 BOS AL DH 1 2005 31 BOS AL DH 1 2006 32 NYY AL DH 16 2007 33 NYY AL DH 47 2008 34 NYY AL DH 25 1997 23 KCR AL LF 48 69 0 1 0 .986 .979 1.44 1.71 1.99 2.06 32 311.3 1998 24 KCR AL LF 14 13 0 0 0 1.000 .985 0.93 1.74 2.72 2.09 2 43.0 1999 25 KCR AL LF 132 288 7 4 0 .987 .985 2.23 1.73 2.31 2.08 131 1148.7 2000 26 KCR AL LF 67 147 2 3 0 .980 .985 2.22 1.76 2.35 2.16 65 570.0 2001 27 OAK AL LF 67 131 1 3 1 .978 .981 1.97 1.72 2.11 2.14 64 562.0 2007 33 NYY AL LF 32 71 2 2 0 .973 .985 2.28 1.71 2.42 2.11 31 271.0 2008 34 NYY AL LF 87 155 2 1 0 .994 .984 1.80 1.66 2.14 2.05 75 659.3 1995 21 KCR AL OF 47 110 0 1 0 .991 .983 2.34 1.99 2.50 2.33 43 396.7 1996 22 KCR AL OF 144 349 5 6 4 .983 .983 2.46 2.02 2.69 2.37 132 1184.7 1997 23 KCR AL OF 136 321 5 4 3 .988 .982 2.40 2.02 2.68 2.32 118 1095.0 1998 24 KCR AL OF 158 369 10 4 1 .990 .985 2.40 2.02 2.52 2.31 151 1354.3 1999 25 KCR AL OF 140 301 8 4 0 .987 .984 2.21 2.03 2.27 2.30 140 1227.7 2000 26 KCR AL OF 133 332 6 5 1 .985 .985 2.54 2.02 2.65 2.36 132 1149.7 2001 27 OAK AL OF 154 345 4 3 1 .991 .984 2.27 2.01 2.33 2.30 152 1350.3 2002 28 BOS AL OF 151 349 7 1 2 .997 .985 2.36 2.05 2.43 2.35 150 1319.0 2003 29 BOS AL OF 144 361 7 1 2 .997 .985 2.56 2.08 2.62 2.35 141 1265.0 2004 30 BOS AL OF 148 349 4 5 2 .986 .985 2.39 2.05 2.53 2.30 145 1256.3 2005 31 BOS AL OF 147 394 5 6 0 .985 .986 2.71 2.05 2.93 2.30 144 1225.0 2006 32 NYY AL OF 131 306 3 3 1 .990 .986 2.36 1.99 2.56 2.30 129 1086.7 2007 33 NYY AL OF 81 193 3 2 0 .990 .987 2.42 2.00 2.71 2.30 76 651.0 1995 21 KCR AL RF 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.62 2.64 2.04 3 27.3 1996 22 KCR AL RF 63 145 2 3 1 .980 .979 2.33 1.72 2.57 2.17 57 515.7 1997 23 KCR AL RF 47 99 4 1 3 .990 .978 2.19 1.79 3.06 2.18 35 303.3 1998 24 KCR AL RF 24 43 1 2 0 .957 .982 1.83 1.81 2.11 2.14 22 188.0 1999 25 KCR AL RF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.83 1.88 2.10 3 24.0 2001 27 OAK AL RF 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 1.82 1.23 2.09 4 44.0 2007 33 NYY AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 3.00 2.10 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1714 4079 67 45 17 .989 .985 2.42 2.03 2.56 2.32 1653 14561.3 447 1294 147# CF*1294 3142 48 27 11 .992 .988 2.47 2.39 2.65 2.71 1237 10835.0 LF* 447 874 14 14 1 .984 .984 1.99 1.72 2.24 2.10 400 3565.3 RF* 147 305 9 6 4 .981 .979 2.14 1.76 2.56 2.16 124 1105.3 DH 127 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 7 13 0 1 1 .929 1.000 1.86 7.94 10.35 9.32 0 11.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1721 4092 67 46 18 .989 .985 2.42 2.05 2.57 2.33 1653 14573
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2001   ALDS  OAK NYY     L   5  22   3   9  2  1  0   0   1   1  .409  .435  .591   2  0   0   0   0 
 2003   ALDS  BOS OAK     W   5  19   2   6  2  0  1   3   2   1  .316  .409  .579   2  0   0   0   1 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     L   5  20   1   4  1  0  0   1   3   3  .200  .304  .250   1  0   0   0   0 
 2004   ALDS  BOS ANA     W   3  15   4   7  1  0  0   0   1   2  .467  .500  .533   3  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     W   7  35   5   6  0  0  2   7   2   8  .171  .216  .343   2  1   0   0   0 
        WS    BOS STL     W   4  21   4   6  2  1  1   2   0   1  .286  .286  .619   0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   ALDS  BOS CHW     L   3  13   2   3  1  0  0   0   1   4  .231  .286  .308   0  0             
 2006   ALDS  NYY DET     L   4  17   3   4  0  0  1   3   1   2  .235  .278  .412   0  0             
 2007   ALDS  NYY CLE     L   4  18   2   5  0  0  2   5   1   5  .278  .316  .611   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  6 Lg Div Series       2-4  24 104  16  34  6  1  4  11   7  15  .327  .375  .519   7  0   0   0   1 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1  12  55   6  10  1  0  2   8   5  11  .182  .250  .309   3  1   0   0   0 
  9 Postseason Series   4-5  40 180  26  50  9  2  7  21  12  27  .278  .326  .467  10  1   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2002   BOS AL       3   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   1  0   0   0   0           
 2005   BOS AL   *   2   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      1   5   2   2  0  0  0   0   0   1   1  0   0   0   0  .400  .400  .400 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2002 *
2005 (CF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2000-AL-19-0.00
2004-AL-16-0.02
2005-AL-13-0.03
2006-AL-15-0.02
Car-993-0.07 shares

Batting Average
2000 AL-.327-10
2005 AL-.316-4

Games
1998 AL-161-4
2000 AL-159-5
Act-1988-18

At Bats
1998 AL-642-2
2000 AL-655-2
2001 AL-644-3
2004 AL-621-9
Act-7858-14

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1998 AL-710-5
2000 AL-741-2
2001 AL-719-3
2002 AL-702-7
2004 AL-702-8
Act-8807-15

Runs
2000 AL-136-1
2001 AL-108-7
2002 AL-118-5
2003 AL-103-10
2004 AL-123-2
2005 AL-117-4
2006 AL-115-3
Act-1376-13
Car-1376-91

Hits
2000 AL-214-2
2004 AL-189-6
2005 AL-197-5
Act-2270-16

Total Bases
2000 AL-324-9
Act-3418-24

Doubles
1999 AL-39-9
2000 AL-42-10
Act-415-19

Triples
1997 AL-8-3
1998 AL-10-2
1999 AL-9-2
2000 AL-10-3
2002 AL-11-1
2005 AL-6-7
Act-92-2

Bases on Balls
2004 AL-76-10
Act-795-25

Stolen Bases
1996 AL-25-8
1999 AL-36-6
2000 AL-46-1
2002 AL-31-4
2003 AL-30-6
2006 AL-25-9
2007 AL-27-10
2008 AL-29-9
Act-362-5
Car-362-94

Singles
2000 AL-146-4
2002 AL-119-10
2004 AL-128-6
2005 AL-146-4
Act-1580-6

Runs Created
Act-1296-24

Extra-Base Hits
Act-690-28

Times on Base
2000 AL-280-9
2004 AL-267-3
2005 AL-252-9
Act-3104-19

Sac. Hits
1996 AL-10-10

Sac. Flies
2000 AL-12-3
2005 AL-9-4
Act-64-28

Caught Stealing
1998 AL-12-6
2000 AL-9-8
2001 AL-12-4
2006 AL-10-4
2008 AL-8-8
Act-96-13

Power/Speed Number
1998 AL-21.3-9
2000 AL-23.7-3
2002 AL-19.3-6
2003 AL-17.1-10
2004 AL-19.5-8
2006 AL-24.5-3
2008 AL-21.4-3
Act-243.1-11
Car-243.1-51

At Bats per Strikeout
1999 AL-11.7-4
2000 AL-10.9-3
2001 AL-9.2-3
2004 AL-8.7-8
2005 AL-9.0-6
Act-8.3-21

Outs
1998 AL-486-2
2000 AL-477-7
2001 AL-507-2
Act-5874-14

Youngest Player
1995 AL-21-8

Black Ink: Batting - 6 (331) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 72 (334) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 34.1 (204) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 71.5 (249) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 1, 1992: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (35th pick) of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 1992.

January 8, 2001: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Kansas City Royals with Mark Ellis to the Oakland Athletics. The Oakland Athletics sent Ben Grieve to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Oakland Athletics sent Angel Berroa and A.J. Hinch to the Kansas City Royals. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Cory Lidle to the Oakland Athletics. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Roberto Hernandez to the Kansas City Royals.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 28, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 3, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1995Kansas City Royals$109,000
1996Kansas City Royals$180,000
1997Kansas City Royals$240,000
1998Kansas City Royals$460,000
1999Kansas City Royals$2,100,000
2000Kansas City Royals$4,000,000
2001Oakland Athletics$7,100,000
2002Boston Red Sox$7,250,000
2003Boston Red Sox$7,500,000
2004Boston Red Sox$8,000,000
2005Boston Red Sox$8,250,000
2006New York Yankees$13,000,000
2007New York Yankees$13,000,000
2008New York Yankees$13,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$84,189,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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