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Matt Holliday

Left Field
Drafted:Round 7 (#210 overall), 1998

Current Salary Information
Contract: 7 yr(s) / $120,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $17,142,857 End Year: 2017 Free Agent: 2018 / Unrestricted
  Base Salary S. Bonus Misc. Bonus Total Salary
2010 17,000,000 - - 17,000,000
2011 17,000,000 - - 17,000,000
2012 17,000,000 - - 17,000,000
2013 17,000,000 - - 17,000,000
2014 17,000,000 - - 17,000,000
2015 17,000,000 - - 17,000,000
2016 17,000,000 - - 17,000,000
2017 17,000,000 - - 17,000,000
2018 FA
  • 2017 option contains a $1 million buyout
  • No-Trade Clause
  • $200k for MVP
  • $150k for WS MVP
  • $100k for NLCS MVP
  • $50k for NLDS MVP, All-Star Start, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger
  • $25k for All-Star Selection
  • $2M annually deferred without interest, to be paid from 2020 to 2029

Perks
Suite on the road

Previous Contracts
Team:Colorado Rockies
Contract: 2 yr(s) / $23,000,000
Free Agent Type:UFA
2008: 9,500,000
2009: 13,500,000
  • award bonuses: $25,000 each for All Star, Gold Glove; $50,000 for Silver Slugger; $75,000 for LCS MVP; $0.1M each for MVP, WS MVP
Team:Colorado Rockies
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $4,400,000
Free Agent Type:UFA
2007: 4,400,000
Team:Colorado Rockies
Contract: 4 yr(s) / $1,160,000
Free Agent Type:UFA
2002: 200,000
2003: 300,000
2004: 300,000
2005: 316,000
2006: 500,000

Fan Review: Is He Worth It?

2012 Salary Rankings

MLB:
#21
National:
#9
National Central:
#3
St. Louis Cardinals:
#1
Left Field:
#4

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Transactions

Jan 7 2010
Signed a 7 year $120 million contract with St. Louis (STL)
Jul 24 2009
Traded to St. Louis from Oakland for Brett Wallace, Clay Mortensen and Shane Peterson
Nov 12 2008
Traded to Oakland (OAK) from Colorado (COL) for Huston Street, Greg Smith and Carlos Gonzalez
Jan 18 2008
Signed a 2 year $23 million contract with Colorado (COL)
Jan 16 2007
Signed a 1 year $4.4 million contract with Colorado (COL)
Mar 1 2002
Signed a 4 year $1.11 million contract with Colorado (COL)
Jun 2 1998
Drafted by Colorado (COL): Round 7 (#210 overall)