Aaron Brooks
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Oakland Athletics, Starting Pitcher
Age: 34-142d (Apr 27, 1990)
Exp: 2.131 Years
Country: US
College: California State-San Bernardino
Drafted: Round 9 (#276 overall), 2011
Agent(s): Paragon Sports International
2024-2024 free-agent-restricted (CURRENT)
Aaron Brooks signed a 1 year , $740,000 contract with the Oakland Athletics, including $740,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $740,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $740,000
Average Salary:
$740,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Year | Age | Status | PayrollAnnual | Luxury Tax | Tax % League Tax | Cash Annual | Cash Cumulative | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 |
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34 |
Buried
|
$104,839 | $104,839 | - | $104,839 | $104,839 |
Year | Age | Service | Status | Base Salary | Incentives Likely | Incentives Unlikely | Payroll Salary | Luxury Tax | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 |
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34 | - |
Buried
|
$740,000 | - | - | $104,839 | $104,839 |
Year | Age | Status | Base Salary | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | AYC Cumulative | AYC Remaining | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 |
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34 |
Buried |
$104,839 | $104,839 | $104,839 | $104,839 | $104,839 |
Source:
MLB contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.
2022-2022 free-agent-restricted
Aaron Brooks signed a 1 year , $1,400,000 contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, including $1,400,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $1,400,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $1,400,000
Average Salary:
$1,400,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2019-2019 Pre-Arb
Aaron Brooks signed a 1 year , $560,000 contract with the Oakland Athletics, including $560,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $560,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $560,000
Average Salary:
$560,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2018-2018 Pre-Arb
Aaron Brooks signed a 1 year , $545,000 contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, including $545,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $545,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $545,000
Average Salary:
$545,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2016-2016 Pre-Arb
Aaron Brooks signed a 1 year , $510,000 contract with the Chicago Cubs, including $510,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $510,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $510,000
Average Salary:
$510,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2015-2015 Pre-Arb
Aaron Brooks signed a 1 year , $507,500 contract with the Kansas City Royals, including $507,500 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $507,500.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $507,500
Average Salary:
$507,500
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2014-2014 Pre-Arb
Aaron Brooks signed a 1 year contract with the Kansas City Royals.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s)
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2011-2011 Signing Bonus
Aaron Brooks signed a 1 year , $90,000 contract with the Kansas City Royals, including $90,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $90,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $90,000
Average Salary:
$90,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Career Earnings thru 2024
$1,410,465
Career Earnings w/ Different Teams
6 teams
Earnings Per Year
Year | Age | Team(s) | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | 21 |
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Signing Bonus
|
$90,000 |
$90,000 |
|
2015 | 25 |
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Active
Retained
|
$191,352 $27,732 |
$281,352 $309,084 |
|
2016 | 26 |
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Injured
|
$510,000 |
$819,084 |
Champion |
2018 | 28 |
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Retained
|
$5,860 |
$824,944 |
|
2019 | 29 |
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Active
|
$249,913 |
$1,074,857 |
|
2022 | 32 |
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Reserve / minor-buried
|
$230,769 |
$1,305,626 |
|
2024 | 34 |
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Reserve / minor-buried
|
$104,839 |
$1,410,465 |
|
Total |
$1,410,465 |
$1,410,465 |
Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 |
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21 |
$90,000 |
$90,000 |
$90,000 |
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2015 |
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25 |
$191,352 $27,732
|
$191,352 $27,732 |
$281,352 $309,084 |
||
2016 |
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26 |
$510,000
|
$510,000 |
$819,084 |
||
2018 |
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28 |
$5,860
|
$5,860 |
$824,944 |
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2019 |
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29 |
$249,913
|
$249,913 |
$1,074,857 |
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2022 |
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32 |
$230,769
|
$230,769 |
$1,305,626 |
||
2024 |
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34 |
$104,839
|
$104,839 |
$1,410,465 |
||
Total |
$1,320,465 |
$90,000 |
$1,410,465 |
$1,410,465 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 |
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$27,732 | $90,000 | - | $117,732 |
2 |
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$296,191 | - | - | $296,191 |
1 |
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$510,000 | - | - | $510,000 |
1 |
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$5,860 | - | - | $5,860 |
1 |
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$249,913 | - | - | $249,913 |
1 |
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$230,769 | - | - | $230,769 |
Injuries
Year | Dates | Reason | |
---|---|---|---|
2016 |
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Aug 20, 2016 - Oct 02, 2016 | Hip |
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Jun 25, 2024 Designated for Assignment by Oakland (OAK)
-
Jun 23, 2024 Contract purchased by Oakland (OAK)
-
Jun 02, 2024 Designated for Assignment by Oakland (OAK)
-
May 15, 2024 Contract purchased by Oakland (OAK)
-
Feb 09, 2024 Signed a minor league contract with Oakland (OAK)
-
Dec 24, 2022 Signed a minor league contract with San Diego (SD)
-
Oct 17, 2022 Released by St. Louis (STL)
-
May 05, 2022 Outrighted to the Minors by St. Louis (STL)
-
May 02, 2022 Designated for Assignment by St. Louis (STL)
-
Mar 25, 2022 Contract purchased by St. Louis (STL)
-
Feb 03, 2022 Signed a minor league contract with St. Louis (STL)
-
Jul 06, 2019 Claimed off waivers by Baltimore (BAL)
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Mar 05, 2019 Signed a 1 year $560,000 contract with Oakland (OAK)
-
Sep 03, 2018 Traded to Oakland (OAK) from Milwaukee (MIL) for cash considerations
-
Aug 24, 2017 Claimed off waivers by Milwaukee (MIL)
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Mar 04, 2016 Signed a 1 year $510,000 contract with Chicago (CHC)
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Feb 25, 2016 Traded to Chicago (CHC) from Oakland (OAK) for Chris Coghlan
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Jul 28, 2015 Traded to Oakland (OAK) from Kansas City (KC) with Sean Manaea for Ben Zobrist
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Feb 25, 2015 Signed a 1 year contract with Kansas City (KC)
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Jul 13, 2011 Signed a contract with Kansas City (KC)
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Jun 24, 2011 Drafted by Kansas City (KC): Round 9 (#276 overall)
Year | Team | GP | GS | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | W | L | SV | IP | ERA | WHIP | WAR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | OAK | 5 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26.7 | 5.06 | 1.54 | -0.22 |
2022 | STL | 5 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 7.71 | 1.39 | -0.21 |
2019 | BAL | 29 | 18 | 118 | 72 | 69 | 34 | 82 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 110.0 | 5.65 | 1.38 | 0.22 |
2018 | OAK | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 0.00 | 1.13 | 0.08 |
2015 | KC | 13 | 9 | 73 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 55.3 | 6.67 | 1.57 | -0.02 |
2014 | KC | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.7 | 43.88 | 5.63 | -0.51 |