Years
1994-2013 (1997-2013)
Proper Name
Mark Steven Kotsay
Positions
CF (1015) ... RF (467) ... OF (140) ... 1B (137) ... LF (62) ... DH (55)
Service Time
16.018 (2013)
[1995] Golden Spikes award winner as best amateur baseball player in US ... Men's College World Series Champion with Cal State Fullerton [1996] Golden Spikes award finalist ... Played for United States in the Atlanta Olympics ... 1st Round Draft Pick (#9 overall) by the Florida Marlins [1998] Topps All-Star Rookie [2007] Inducted into the Cal State Fullerton Athletics Hall of Fame [2008] Hit for the cycle on Aug 14
Player salaries are available since they were made public in 1985.
1997 Florida Marlins 21 150,000 - - 1,336,609 150,000 1998 Florida Marlins 22 171,000 23 806 1,398,831 170,000 1999 Florida Marlins 23 280,000 8 569 1,611,166 200,000 2000 Florida Marlins 24 324,000 7 541 1,895,630 200,000 2001 San Diego Padres 25 2,125,000 6 282 2,138,896 200,000 2002 San Diego Padres 26 3,050,000 5 230 2,295,649 200,000 2003 San Diego Padres 27 4,450,000 5 157 2,372,189 300,000 2004 Oakland Athletics 28 5,500,000 2 123 2,313,535 300,000 2005 Oakland Athletics 29 6,500,000 3 113 2,476,589 316,000 2006 Oakland Athletics 30 7,000,000 4 106 2,699,292 327,000 2007 Oakland Athletics 31 8,000,000 4 94 2,824,751 380,000 2008 Atlanta Braves 32 7,000,000 7 127 2,925,679 390,000 2009 Boston Red Sox 33 1,500,000 16 367 2,996,106 400,000 2010 Chicago White Sox 34 1,500,000 16 368 3,014,572 400,000 2011 Milwaukee Brewers 35 800,000 18 488 3,095,183 414,000 2012 San Diego Padres 36 1,250,000 14 402 3,213,479 480,000 2013 San Diego Padres 37 1,300,000 13 420 3,386,212 490,000 16.018 17 season(s) 50,900,000
Service Time value is expressed as the career years.days on an MLB roster as of end of season.
1996-08-15 Florida Marlins Bonus 1,125,000 Signed out of draft (Cal State Fullerton) 2001-01-18 Florida Marlins 2001 2001 1 2,125,000 Signed to 1-year contract for 2001-2001 ($2.125m) [Avoids arbitration]
2009-01-09 Boston Red Sox 2009 2009 1 1,500,000 Signed to 1-year contract for 2009-2009 ($1.5m) [Free Agent] 2011-02-04 Milwaukee Brewers 2011 2011 1 800,000 Signed to 1-year contract for 2011-2011 ($0.8m) [Free Agent] 2011-11-15 San Diego Padres 2012 2012 1 1,250,000 Signed to 1-year contract for 2012-2012 ($1.25m) [Free Agent] 2012-08-12 San Diego Padres 2013 2013 1 1,300,000 Signed to 1-year contract extension thru 2013 ($1.3m) 6 record(s)
