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Current Contract
Chris Stratton signed a 2 year / $8,000,000 contract with the Kansas City Royals, including $8,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $4,000,000. In 2024, Stratton will earn a base salary of $3,500,000, while carrying a total salary of $3,500,000.
2024-2025 Free Agent
Contract: 2 yr(s) / $8,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $4,000,000 Free Agent: 2026 / UFA Year Age Service Status Base Salary Luxury Tax Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted Salary Yearly Cash 2024 33 6.100 $3,500,000 $4,000,000 $3,500,000 $3,500,000 $3,500,000($3,500,000) 2025 34 Player $4,500,000 $4,000,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $500,000($4,000,000) 2026 35 UFA Contract Notes:- 2025 Player Option includes a $500,000 buyout
Sources: MLB contract specifics generally collected from Baseball Prospectus & Rotoworld.
Previous Contracts
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2023-2023 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $2,800,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $2,800,000 Free Agent: 2024 / UFA 2023-2023Retained
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,851,598 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,851,598 Free Agent: 2022-2022 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $2,700,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $2,700,000 Free Agent: 2022-2022Retained
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,750,560 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,750,560 Free Agent: 2021-2021 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,100,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,100,000 Free Agent: 2020-2020 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $588,500 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $588,500 Free Agent: 2019-2019 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $567,500 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $567,500 Free Agent: 2019-2019Retained
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $122,040 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $122,040 Free Agent: 2018-2018 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $552,500 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $552,500 Free Agent: 2017-2017 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $535,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $535,000 Free Agent: 2016-2016 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $507,500 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $507,500 Free Agent: 2012-2012Signing Bonus
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,850,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,850,000 Free Agent: -
Estimated Career Earnings
Year Team Awards Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 2012 - $1,850,000 - $1,850,000 2016 $85,963 - - $85,963 2017 $248,455 - - $248,455 2018 $445,500 - - $445,500 2019 $430,191 - - $430,191 2019 $122,040 - - $122,040 2020 $217,963 - - $217,963 2021 $1,100,000 - - $1,100,000 2022 $949,440 - - $949,440 2022 $1,750,560 - - $1,750,560 2023 $948,402 - - $948,402 2023 $1,851,598 - - $1,851,598 Est. Earnings
(8 seasons)$8,150,112 $1,850,000 - $10,000,112 2024 $3,500,000 - - $3,500,000 2025 $500,000 - - $500,000 $12,150,112 $1,850,000 - $14,000,112 Seasons Team Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 3 seasons $779,918 $1,850,000 - $2,629,918 3 seasons $3,498,714 - - $3,498,714 seasons $122,040 - - $122,040 1 seasons $2,801,038 - - $2,801,038 1 seasons $948,402 - - $948,402 * denotes deferred payment -
Transactions
Dec 12 2023Signed a 2 year $8 million contract with Kansas City (KC)Jul 30 2023Traded to Texas (TEX) from St. Louis (STL) with Jordan Montgomery and International Bonus Pool Cap Space for John King, Thomas Saggese and Tekoah RobyNov 17 2022Signed a 1 year $2.8 million contract with St. Louis (STL), avoiding arbitrationAug 2 2022Traded to St. Louis (STL) from Pittsburgh (PIT) with Jose Quintana for Johan Oviedo and Malcom NunezMar 22 2022Signed a 1 year $2.7 million contract with Pittsburgh (PIT), avoiding arbitrationJan 15 2021Signed a 1 year $1.1 million contract with Pittsburgh (PIT), avoiding arbitrationMar 5 2020Signed a 1 year $588,500 contract with Pittsburgh (PIT)May 11 2019Traded to Pittsburgh (PIT) from Los Angeles (LAA) for cash considerationsMar 26 2019Traded to Los Angeles (LAA) from San Francisco (SF) for Williams JerezMar 5 2019Signed a 1 year $567,500 contract with San Francisco (SF)Mar 24 2018Signed a 1 year $552,500 contract with San Francisco (SF)Jun 12 2012Signed a contract with San Francisco (SF)Jun 4 2012Drafted by San Francisco (SF): Round 1 (#20 overall) -
Injuries
A look at the injuries for Chris Stratton, and the financial implications.
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2024 Player Rankings
A visual look at how Chris Stratton ranks across the league, conference, division, and team.
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Statistics
Season Team Games IP H R ER BB K HR W L S ERA WHIP WAR 2023 TEX 63 82.2 70 39 37 25 81 8 2 1 1 4.03 1.149 0.1 2022 STL 60 63.1 72 34 30 25 60 4 10 4 2 4.26 1.532 -0.37 2021 PIT 68 79.1 70 34 32 33 86 9 7 1 8 3.63 1.298 1.08 2020 PIT 27 30.0 26 19 13 13 39 3 2 1 0 3.90 1.3 -0.54 2019 PIT 35 76.0 93 50 47 33 69 13 1 3 0 5.57 1.658 -0.58 2018 SF 28 145.0 153 87 82 54 112 19 10 10 0 5.09 1.428 -0.48 2017 SF 13 58.2 59 25 24 28 51 5 4 4 1 3.68 1.483 1.42 2016 SF 7 10.0 11 4 4 5 6 1 1 0 0 3.60 1.6 0.05 Totals 301 545.0 554 292 269 216 504 62 37 24 12 4.44 1.413 0.68