Sam Howard

Detroit Tigers, Relief Pitcher
Age: 31y-11m-18d (Mar 05, 1993)
Exp: 2.135 Years
Country: US
College: Georgia Southern
Drafted: Round 3 (#82 overall), 2014
Agent(s): Wasserman
2022-2022 Pre-Arbitration
Sam Howard signed a 1 year, $725,000 contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates, including $725,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $725,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $725,000
Average Salary:
$725,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Year | Age | Status | PayrollAnnual | Luxury Tax | Tax % League Tax | Cash Annual | Cash Cumulative | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 |
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29 | $725,000 | - | - | - | - | |
2023 |
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30 |
PRE-ARB
|
Year | Age | Service | Status | Base Salary | Incentives Likely | Incentives Unlikely | Payroll Salary | Luxury Tax | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 |
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29 | 2.115 | $725,000 | - | - | $725,000 | - | |
2023 |
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30 | -- |
PRE-ARB
|
Year | Age | Status | Base Salary | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Cash Remaining | AYC Cumulative | AYC Remaining | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 |
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29 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Source:
MLB contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.
2021-2021 Pre-Arbitration
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $596,000
Average Salary:
$596,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2020-2020 Pre-Arbitration
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $563,500
Average Salary:
$563,500
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2019-2019 Pre-Arbitration
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $555,000
Average Salary:
$555,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2018-2018 Pre-Arbitration
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $545,000
Average Salary:
$545,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2014-2014 Signing Bonus
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $672,100
Average Salary:
$672,100
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Seasons
2.135 Years
Career Earnings thru 2025
$1,803,343
Earnings w/ Different Teams
2 teams
Earnings Per Year
Year | Age | Team(s) | Service | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | 21 |
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- |
Signing Bonus
|
$672,100 |
$672,100 |
|
2018 | 25 |
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0 |
Active
|
$134,780 |
$806,880 |
|
2019 | 26 |
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0.048 |
Active
|
$158,152 |
$965,032 |
|
2020 | 27 |
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0.102 |
Active
|
$177,555 |
$1,142,587 |
|
2021 | 28 |
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1.105 |
Active
|
$575,000 |
$1,717,587 |
|
2022 | 29 |
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2.115 |
Retained
|
$85,756 |
$1,803,343 |
|
Total |
$1,803,343 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 |
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$292,932 | $672,100 | - | $965,032 |
3 |
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$838,311 | - | - | $838,311 |
Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 |
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21 |
$672,100 |
$672,100 |
$672,100 |
||
2018 |
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25 |
$134,780
|
$134,780 |
$806,880 |
||
2019 |
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26 |
$158,152
|
$158,152 |
$965,032 |
||
2020 |
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27 |
$177,555
|
$177,555 |
$1,142,587 |
||
2021 |
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28 |
$575,000
|
$575,000 |
$1,717,587 |
||
2022 |
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29 |
$85,756
|
$85,756 |
$1,803,343 |
||
Total |
$1,131,243 |
$672,100 |
$1,803,343 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 |
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$292,932 | $672,100 | - | $965,032 |
3 |
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$838,311 | - | - | $838,311 |
Injuries
Year | Dates | Reason | |
---|---|---|---|
2022 |
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Apr 04, 2022 - Apr 20, 2022 | Back |
2021 |
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Jul 10, 2021 - Aug 28, 2021 | Oblique |
2021 |
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Jun 19, 2021 - Jun 29, 2021 | Knee |
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Jul 05, 2022 Designated for Assignment by Detroit (DET)
-
May 13, 2022 Claimed off waivers by Detroit (DET)
-
May 13, 2022 Optioned to the Minors by Detroit (DET)
-
May 07, 2022 Designated for Assignment by Pittsburgh (PIT)
-
May 02, 2022 Optioned to the Minors by Pittsburgh (PIT)
-
Apr 26, 2022 Promoted from the Minors by Pittsburgh (PIT)
-
Apr 20, 2022 Optioned to the Minors by Pittsburgh (PIT)
-
Mar 01, 2022 Signed a 1 year $725,000 contract with Pittsburgh (PIT)
-
Oct 30, 2019 Claimed off waivers by Pittsburgh (PIT)
-
Dec 01, 2018 Non-tendered by Colorado (COL)
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Jun 15, 2014 Signed a contract with Colorado (COL)
-
Jun 06, 2014 Drafted by Colorado (COL): Round 3 (#82 overall)
Year | Team | GP | GS | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | W | L | SV | IP | ERA | WHIP | WAR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | PIT | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 9.00 | 3.00 | -0.06 |
2021 | PIT | 54 | 1 | 34 | 29 | 28 | 32 | 60 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 45.0 | 5.60 | 1.47 | -0.36 |
2020 | PIT | 22 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21.0 | 3.86 | 1.24 | 0.12 |
2019 | COL | 20 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 6.63 | 1.63 | -0.31 |
2018 | COL | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2.25 | 2.00 | 0.09 |