Salary History| 2001 | *200,000 | | 1,609,512 | 79 | | 2002 | 4,125,000 | | 1,654,088 | 15 | | 2003 | 5,125,000 | | 1,773,364 | 13 | | 2004 | 1,750,000 | | 1,716,303 | 26 | | 2005 | 3,750,000 | | 1,825,756 | 16 | | 2006 | 4,000,000 | | 1,937,004 | 16 | | 2007 | *5,666,667 | | 2,923,340 | 19 | | 2008 | *6,166,666 | | NA | | | 2009 | 7,166,666 | | NA | | | | Career: | $37,949,999 | estimate |
Salary Notes: Major League salary data has been publicly available since 1985. Though TBC has salary data for most major leaguers since the data became public, mid-season callups and late signees might not appear. In these cases, the league minimum has been assigned. Minor league salaries are not available as they are not public.
Centiles divide all players into 100 groups and in this situation, a centile of 1 indicates a player is in the highest-paid group, contrary to centile reporting conventions. Players who are in the bottom 20% will automatically earn a centile value of 80 since most likely, all of these players earn the minimum.
The ranking column includes only the top 100 players for each season. | Contract History2000-2003 Signed 4-year, $14,500,000 contract with the Cleveland Indians on Nov 7,1999. Club option for 2005 worth $5m (declined). Had defected from Cuba
2004-2005 Signed 2-year, $6,500,000 contract with the Cleveland Indians on Jan 7,2004. Club option for 2006 with $1m buyout
2006-2006 Signed 1-year, $4,000,000 contract with the Tampa Bay Rays on Dec 4,2005. Option Exercised
2007-2009 Signed 3-year, $19,000,000 contract with the Baltimore Orioles on Nov 28,2006. $5m signing bonus
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