Spencer Howard
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San Francisco Giants, Starting Pitcher
Age: 28-47d (Jul 28, 1996)
Exp: 2.033 Years
Country: US
College: California State Poly-San Luis Obispo
Drafted: Round 2 (#45 overall), 2017
Agent(s): Apex Baseball
2024-2024 Pre-Arb (CURRENT)
Spencer Howard signed a 1 year , $740,000 contract with the San Francisco Giants, 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 | |||
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2024 |
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27 |
Buried
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$63,648 | $63,648 | - | $63,648 | $63,648 | ||
Retained Salary | ||||||||||
2024 |
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27 | $157,312 | $107,312 | 0.05% | $157,312 | $157,312 |
Year | Age | Service | Status | Base Salary | Incentives Likely | Incentives Unlikely | Payroll Salary | Luxury Tax | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 |
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27 | 2.033 |
Buried
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$740,000 | - | - | $63,648 | $63,648 | |||
Retained Salary | ||||||||||||
2024 |
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27 | $157,312 | - | - | $157,312 | $107,312 |
Year | Age | Status | Base Salary | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | AYC Cumulative | AYC Remaining | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 |
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27 |
Buried |
$63,648 | $63,648 | $63,648 | $63,648 | $63,648 | ||||
Retained/Dead Cash | ||||||||||||
2024 |
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27 | - | $157,312 | $157,312 | $157,312 | $157,312 | $157,312 |
Source:
MLB contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.
2023-2023 Pre-Arb
Spencer Howard signed a 1 year , $733,455 contract with the Texas Rangers, including $733,455 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $733,455.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $733,455
Average Salary:
$733,455
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2027 / UFA
2022-2022 Pre-Arb
Spencer Howard signed a 1 year , $714,000 contract with the Texas Rangers, including $714,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $714,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $714,000
Average Salary:
$714,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2021-2021 Pre-Arb
Spencer Howard signed a 1 year , $570,500 contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, including $570,500 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $570,500.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $570,500
Average Salary:
$570,500
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2020-2020 Pre-Arb
Spencer Howard signed a 1 year , $563,500 contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, including $563,500 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $563,500.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $563,500
Average Salary:
$563,500
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2017-2017 Signing Bonus
Spencer Howard signed a 1 year , $1,150,000 contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, including $1,150,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $1,150,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $1,150,000
Average Salary:
$1,150,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Career Earnings thru 2024
$2,654,345
Career Earnings w/ Different Teams
4 teams
Earnings Per Year
Year | Age | Team(s) | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | 20 |
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Signing Bonus
|
$1,150,000 |
$1,150,000 |
|
2020 | 23 |
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Active
|
$155,750 |
$1,305,750 |
|
2021 | 24 |
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Active
Retained
|
$199,355 $165,618 |
$1,505,105 $1,670,723 |
|
2022 | 25 |
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Reserve / minor-buried
|
$447,222 |
$2,117,945 |
|
2023 | 26 |
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Retained
|
$315,440 |
$2,433,385 |
|
2024 | 27 |
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Reserve / minor-buried
Retained
|
$63,648 $157,312 |
$2,497,033 $2,654,345 |
|
Total |
$2,654,345 |
$2,497,033 $2,654,345 |
Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 |
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20 |
$1,150,000 |
$1,150,000 |
$1,150,000 |
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2020 |
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23 |
$155,750
|
$155,750 |
$1,305,750 |
||
2021 |
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24 |
$199,355 $165,618
|
$199,355 $165,618 |
$1,505,105 $1,670,723 |
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2022 |
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25 |
$447,222
|
$447,222 |
$2,117,945 |
||
2023 |
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26 |
$315,440
|
$315,440 |
$2,433,385 |
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2024 |
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27 |
$63,648 $157,312
|
$63,648 $157,312 |
$2,497,033 $2,654,345 |
||
Total |
$1,504,345 |
$1,150,000 |
$2,654,345 |
$2,497,033 $2,654,345 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 |
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$321,368 | $1,150,000 | - | $1,471,368 |
3 |
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$962,017 | - | - | $962,017 |
1 |
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$63,648 | - | - | $63,648 |
1 |
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$157,312 | - | - | $157,312 |
Injuries
Year | Dates | Reason | |
---|---|---|---|
2020 |
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Sep 13, 2020 - Sep 24, 2020 | Shoulder |
2021 |
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Aug 27, 2021 - Sep 07, 2021 | COVID-19 |
2022 |
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Apr 14, 2022 - Apr 24, 2022 | Finger |
2022 |
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Aug 10, 2022 - Sep 29, 2022 | Shoulder |
2023 |
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Mar 30, 2023 - Jun 05, 2023 | Arm |
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Aug 08, 2024 Signed a minor league contract with San Francisco (SF)
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Jul 28, 2024 Released by Cleveland (CLE)
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Jul 21, 2024 Designated for Assignment by Cleveland (CLE)
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Jul 05, 2024 Traded to Cleveland (CLE) from San Francisco (SF) for cash considerations
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Jun 30, 2024 Designated for Assignment by San Francisco (SF)
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May 28, 2024 Contract purchased by San Francisco (SF)
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Sep 22, 2023 Signed a minor league contract with San Francisco (SF)
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Aug 29, 2023 Released by New York (NYY)
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Aug 01, 2023 Traded to New York (NYY) from Texas (TEX) for cash considerations
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Jul 25, 2023 Recalled from the Minors by Texas (TEX)
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Jun 10, 2023 Optioned to the Minors by Texas (TEX)
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Mar 01, 2023 Signed a 1 year $733,455 contract with Texas (TEX)
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Sep 29, 2022 Demoted to the Minors by Texas (TEX)
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Jul 05, 2022 Promoted from the Minors by Texas (TEX)
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Mar 01, 2022 Signed a 1 year $714,000 contract with Texas (TEX)
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Jul 30, 2021 Traded to Texas (TEX) from Philadelphia (PHI) with Kevin Gowdy and Josh Gessner for Kyle Gibson, Ian Kennedy and Hans Crouse
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Jun 21, 2017 Signed a contract with Philadelphia (PHI)
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Jun 15, 2017 Drafted by Philadelphia (PHI): Round 2 (#45 overall)
Year | Team | GP | GS | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | W | L | SV | IP | ERA | WHIP | WAR |
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2024 | CLE | 9 | 3 | 44 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29.0 | 6.21 | 2.00 | -0.24 |
2023 | NYY | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 10.80 | 2.10 | -0.12 |
2022 | TEX | 10 | 8 | 50 | 33 | 31 | 15 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 37.7 | 7.41 | 1.73 | -1.08 |
2021 | TEX | 19 | 15 | 53 | 45 | 41 | 27 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 49.7 | 7.43 | 1.61 | 0.15 |
2020 | PHI | 6 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24.3 | 5.92 | 1.64 | 0.14 |