letsgobucs.com | 'Let's go bucks' | Pittsburgh Pirates salaries and financial roster

updated 4.8.2005 by Jeff Tripodi | Discuss this chart with other readers | Bookmark this page | Return to letsgobucs.com

Pitchers	DOB	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Bobby Bradley	12/15/80	$316,000^#	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)
Sean Burnett	09/17/82	$321,000^a	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	year 1 arb	year 2 arb
Josh Fogg	12/13/76	$2,150,000^b	year 2 arb	year 3 arb
Mike Gonzalez	05/23/78	$330,000	(rights controlled)	year 1 arb	year 2 arb	year 3 arb
John Grabow	11/04/78	$327,000	(rights controlled)	year 1 arb	year 2 arb	year 3 arb
Mike Johnston	03/30/79	$316,000^#	(rights controlled)	year 1 arb	year 2 arb	year 3 arb
Brian Meadows	11/21/75	$1,125,000^c
Jose Mesa	05/22/66	$2,500,000	[$4,000,000]^d
Jeff Miller	02/01/80	$316,000^#	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)
Oliver Perez	08/15/81	$381,000	year 1 arb	year 2 arb	year 3 arb
Matt Peterson	02/11/82	$316,000^#	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)
Mark Redman	01/05/74	$4,250,000	[$4,500,000]^e
Ian Snell	10/30/81	$316,000^#	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	year 1 arb	year 2 arb
Cory Stewart	11/14/79	$316,000^#	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)
Salomon Torres	03/11/72	$1,200,000^f	$1,400,000
John Van Benschoten	04/14/80	$316,000	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	year 1 arb	year 2 arb
Ryan Vogelsong	07/22/77	$332,000	year 1 arb	year 2 arb	year 3 arb
Kip Wells	04/21/77	$3,175,000^g	year 3 arb
Dave Williams	03/12/79	$330,000	year 1 arb	year 2 arb	year 3 arb
Catchers	DOB	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Humberto Cota	02/07/79	$324,000	(rights controlled)	year 1 arb	year 2 arb	year 3 arb
Ryan Doumit	04/03/81	$316,000^#	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)
Ronny Paulino	04/21/81	$316,000^#	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)
Benito Santiago	03/09/65	$1,150,000^h
Infielders	DOB	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Jose Bautista	10/19/80	$316,000^#	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)
Jose Castillo	03/19/81	$328,000	(rights controlled)	year 1 arb	year 2 arb	year 2 arb
Brad Eldred	07/12/80	$316,000^#	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)
Bobby Hill	04/03/78	$326,000	year 1 arb	year 2 arb	year 3 arb
Freddy Sanchez	12/21/77	$322,000	(rights controlled)	year 1 arb	year 2 arb	year 3 arb
Daryle Ward	06/27/75	$975,000
Ty Wigginton	10/11/77	$342,000	year 1 arb	year 2 arb	year 3 arb	year 4 arb^{^}
Jack Wilson	12/29/77	$3,400,000	$4,600,000	year 4 arb^{^}
Outfielders	DOB	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Jason Bay	09/20/78	$355,000	(rights controlled)	year 1 arb	year 2 arb	year 3 arb
Rajai Davis	10/19/80	$316,000^#	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)
Chris Duffy	04/20/80	$316,000^#	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)
Matt Lawton	11/03/71	$7,250,000ⁱ
Rob Mackowiak	06/20/76	$1,500,000	year 2 arb	year 3 arb
Nate McLouth	10/28/81	$316,000^#	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)	(rights controlled)
Tike Redman	03/10/77	$336,500	year 1 arb	year 2 arb	year 3 arb
Craig Wilson	11/30/76	$3,000,000	year 3 arb
Other obligations		2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Jason Kendall				$5,000,000^j
Arthur Rhodes			(undisclosed)ⁱ
PLAYER PAYROLL		$40,453,500

^#Contract value not yet publicly announced, but the MLB minimum is a very safe bet.

Figures will be updated as information becomes available.

^{^}These are my Super Two guesses. Because the information is guarded so closely by the clubs, it's not exactly clear who comprises that top 17% of first-year service time. Jack Wilson is a confirmed Super Two.

I haven't even tried to guess when players who've yet to debut will reach arbitration. The earliest that any such player could be a six-year free agent is following the 2010 season. Again, I'll update this as things progress.

[Bracketed italics] denote team and/or player options See footnotes for specific figures and conditions.

Notes:

Burnett has a split contract in 2005. Major league portion pays $321K; minor league portion is $150,639.
Fogg can make $25,000 for 29 starts and $50,000 for 33 starts, plus $25,000 for 180 innings pitched, $40,000 for 190 innings and $60,000 for 200 innings
Meadows gets a $75,000 bonus in 2005 if he appears in 70 games
Pirates hold a $4,000,000 option on Mesa for 2006, with a $500,000 buyout
Redman's contract includes a joint option for 2006. The club has a $4,950,000 option; if the team declines, Redman has the option to renew at $4,500,000
Torres' base contract in 2005 is $1,000,000, plus a $200,000 signing bonus, plus contract escalators for games finished: $25,000 (30), $35,000 (35), $45,000 (40), $55,000 (45), $65,000 (50) and $75,000 (55)
$50,000 bonus will be paid if Wells throws 210 or more innings
Santiago's contract will pay him $2.15M in 2005. The Royals are paying an undisclosed amount, believed to be in the neighborhood of $1M
The Pirates received an undisclosed amount of cash from Cleveland in the Lawton/Rhodes deal. They will send the same amount of cash back to Cleveland before the 2006 season to help defray Rhodes' contract. Source: Sheldon Ocker, Akron Beacon Journal
Pirates will send $5M to Oakland in 2007 to pay part of Kendall's contract