Boston Red Sox · SS

Masahiro Kawai

#8 · Age: 23 · Position: SS · Bats: R · Throws: R

Contract

Masahiro Kawai’s current agreement and contract history.

Current contract

The active agreement and its season-by-season salary.

Active agreement

Standard

$110,000 Total contract value
Year signed1997
Term2 years
Salary seasons 1997–1998

Salary by season

Active contract salaries by season
SeasonSalary
1997$55,000
1998$55,000
Total$110,000

Salary vs. production

1998 DBL regular season · Annual salary $55,000 · Production across all teams.

Key salary rates

$887 per plate appearance Plate appearances · 62 total
$5,000 per hit Hits · 11 total
$55,000 per home run Home runs · 1 total

More production rates

Games 17 total
$3,235 per game
At-bats 60 total
$917 per at-bat
Runs 2 total
$27,500 per run
Doubles 2 total
$27,500 per double
Triples 0 total
— per triple
RBI 4 total
$13,750 per RBI
Walks 2 total
$27,500 per walk
Stolen bases 0 total
— per stolen base
WAR -0.5 total
— per WAR

Descriptive outcomes

Strikeouts 14 total
$3,929 per strikeout

Season-to-date rates use the full-year contract salary, not salary paid so far. They are not prorated or team-specific. A dash means the stat is zero or negative. For losses and allowed outcomes, a lower salary-per-stat figure does not necessarily mean better performance.

Contract history

Past agreements and their recorded salary seasons.

No contract history on file.