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Retention

Retained salary obligations across the league

1998 retained salary

Salary clubs continue to pay for players who have left, grouped by the team carrying the obligation.

Total retained$8,146,223
Players50
Paying teams16

Paying teams

Highest total first

Cleveland Spiders

7 players
$1,658,394
PosPlayerRetained
1B Will Clark Traded to St. Louis Cardinals $513,274 80% of $641,593
SP Bob Sebra Traded to Toronto Blue Jays $456,000 80% of $570,000
C Todd Hundley Traded to Washington Senators $288,520 80% of $360,650
SP Bret Saberhagen Traded to Charlotte Knights $179,400 78% of $230,000
RP Juan Nieves Traded to Toronto Blue Jays $117,250 70% of $167,500
RF Danny Bautista Traded to Toronto Blue Jays $99,000 66% of $150,000
RP Mike Draper Traded to Toronto Blue Jays $4,950 9% of $55,000

Baltimore Orioles

7 players
$1,359,595
PosPlayerRetained
SP Steve Avery Traded to Montreal Expos $741,000 80% of $926,250
SP Chris Nabholz Traded to Colorado Rockies $304,645 80% of $380,807
CF Marquis Grissom Released to free agency $126,750 100% of $126,750
RP German Jimenez Traded to Philadelphia Phillies $73,250 59% of $124,250
CF Johnny Damon Traded to Montreal Expos $59,400 35.2% of $168,875
SS Alvaro Espinoza Traded to Montreal Expos $39,600 44% of $90,000
SP Jose DeLeon Traded to Montreal Expos $14,950 23% of $65,000

Toronto Blue Jays

5 players
$966,639
PosPlayerRetained
SP John Smiley Traded to Charlotte Knights $407,639 80% of $509,549
3B Dean Palmer Traded to Cincinnati Reds $284,000 79.8% of $355,733
SS Jay Bell Traded to Colorado Rockies $130,000 52% of $250,000
SP Scott Garrelts Traded to Colorado Rockies $100,000 26.3% of $380,000
2B Tony Womack Traded to Orlando Devil Rays $45,000 36% of $125,000

Chicago Cubs

4 players
$955,000
PosPlayerRetained
C Chris Hoiles Traded to Charlotte Knights $400,000 80% of $500,000
SP Scott Garrelts Now with Colorado Rockies $230,000 60.5% of $380,000
C Todd Zeile Traded to Colorado Rockies $200,000 80% of $250,000
3B Vinny Castilla Now with San Diego Padres $125,000 47.9% of $261,000

New York Mets

2 players
$647,650
PosPlayerRetained
SP Randy Johnson Traded to Cincinnati Reds $603,000 90% of $670,000
RP Darren Holmes Traded to Charlotte Knights $44,650 47% of $95,000

Detroit Tigers

3 players
$610,950
PosPlayerRetained
1B Mark McGwire Now with Colorado Rockies $397,750 75.8% of $525,000
SP Alex A. Sanchez Traded to Toronto Blue Jays $133,200 72% of $185,000
CF Deion Sanders Now with Cincinnati Reds $80,000 61.5% of $130,000

Boston Red Sox

4 players
$451,230
PosPlayerRetained
LF Shane Mack Traded to Washington Senators $257,300 83% of $310,000
RP Roberto Hernandez Traded to Orlando Devil Rays $98,670 66% of $149,500
C Koichi Sekikawa Released to free agency $60,000 100% of $60,000
RP Joe Borowski Traded to Charlotte Knights $35,260 41% of $86,000
$379,903
PosPlayerRetained
3B John Valentin Traded to Florida Marlins $138,950 44.3% of $313,950
RP Mariano Rivera Traded to Colorado Rockies $94,250 65% of $145,000
RP Randy Myers Traded to Florida Marlins $75,000 51% of $147,000
SP Jay Tibbs Traded to Washington Senators $44,403 47% of $94,475
1B Eric Karros Traded to Montreal Expos $27,300 35% of $78,000

Florida Marlins

5 players
$244,850
PosPlayerRetained
2B Lance Blankenship Traded to St. Louis Cardinals $153,750 75% of $205,000
2B Luis Sojo Released to free agency $50,000 100% of $50,000
RP Doug Simons Traded to Orlando Devil Rays $29,000 30.9% of $94,000
3B Dave Magadan Traded to New York Mets $10,000 14.9% of $66,900
LF Brian Jordan Traded to Colorado Rockies $2,100 4% of $52,500

Kansas City Royals

2 players
$225,405
PosPlayerRetained
RP Armando Benitez Traded to New York Mets $172,672 77% of $224,250
CF Andruw Jones Traded to Cincinnati Reds $52,733 39.1% of $135,000
$223,807
PosPlayerRetained
LF Tim Salmon Traded to Charlotte Knights $223,807 66.6% of $336,000
$182,250
PosPlayerRetained
LF Greg Vaughn Traded to Toronto Blue Jays $182,250 77.9% of $234,000
$149,300
PosPlayerRetained
3B Robin Ventura Traded to Toronto Blue Jays $79,300 61% of $130,000
RP Mike Harkey Traded to St. Louis Cardinals $70,000 23.3% of $300,000
$50,000
PosPlayerRetained
3B Willie Greene Traded to Chicago Cubs $50,000 17.1% of $292,500

Cincinnati Reds

1 player
$40,000
PosPlayerRetained
2B Fernando Vina Traded to Kansas City Royals $40,000 20% of $200,000

Milwaukee Creams

1 player
$1,250
PosPlayerRetained
1B Ken Caminiti Traded to Washington Senators $1,250 0.3% of $438,750