Brendan Donovan
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St. Louis Cardinals, Left Field
Age: 27-173d (Jan 16, 1997)
Exp: 2.000 Years
Country: US
College: South Alabama
Drafted: Round 7 (#213 overall), 2018
2024 Payroll Salary
$757,200
2024 Cash
$757,200
Career Earnings
$2,316,844
2024-2024 Pre-Arb (CURRENT)
Brendan Donovan signed a 1 year , $757,200 contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, including $757,200 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $757,200. In 2024, Donovan will earn a base salary of $757,200, while carrying a total salary of $757,200.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $757,200
Average Salary:
$757,200
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Free Agent:
2028 / UFA
Year | Age | PayrollAnnual | Luxury Tax | Tax % League Tax | Cash Annual | Cash Cumulative | |
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2024 |
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27 | $757,200 | $757,200 | 0.32% | $757,200 | $757,200 |
2025 |
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28 |
ARB 1
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2026 |
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29 |
ARB 2
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2027 |
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30 |
ARB 3
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2028 |
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31 |
UFA |
Year | Age | Service | Base Salary | Incentives Likely | Incentives Unlikely | Payroll Salary | Luxury Tax | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 |
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27 | 2.000 | $757,200 | - | - | $757,200 | $757,200 |
2025 |
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28 | -- |
ARB 1
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2026 |
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29 | -- |
ARB 2
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2027 |
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30 | -- |
ARB 3
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2028 |
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31 | -- |
UFA |
Year | Age | Base Salary | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | AYC Cumulative | AYC Remaining | |
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2024 |
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27 | $757,200 | $757,200 | $757,200 | $757,200 | $757,200 |
Source:
MLB contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.
2023-2023 Pre-Arb
Brendan Donovan signed a 1 year , $728,600 contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, including $728,600 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $728,600.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $728,600
Average Salary:
$728,600
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2022-2022 Pre-Arb
Brendan Donovan signed a 1 year , $700,000 contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, including $700,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $700,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $700,000
Average Salary:
$700,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2018-2018 Signing Bonus
Brendan Donovan signed a 1 year , $200,300 contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, including $200,300 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $200,300.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $200,300
Average Salary:
$200,300
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Career Earnings thru 2024
$2,316,844
Career Earnings w/ Different Teams
1 team
Earnings Per Year
Year | Age | Team(s) | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
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2018 | 21 |
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Signing Bonus
|
$200,300 |
$200,300 |
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2022 | 25 |
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Active
|
$630,744 |
$831,044 |
NL Gold Glove:UTIL |
2023 | 26 |
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Injured
|
$728,600 |
$1,559,644 |
|
2024 | 27 |
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Active
|
$757,200 |
$2,316,844 |
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Total |
$2,316,844 |
$2,316,844 |
Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 |
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21 |
$200,300 |
$200,300 |
$200,300 |
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2022 |
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25 |
$630,744
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$630,744 |
$831,044 |
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2023 |
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26 |
$728,600
|
$728,600 |
$1,559,644 |
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2024 |
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27 |
$757,200
|
$757,200 |
$2,316,844 |
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Total |
$2,116,544 |
$200,300 |
$2,316,844 |
$2,316,844 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 |
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$2,116,544 | $200,300 | - | $2,316,844 |
Injuries
Year | Dates | Reason | |
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2023 |
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Aug 01, 2023 - Oct 01, 2023 | Arm |
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Mar 01, 2024 Signed a 1 year $757,200 contract with St. Louis (STL)
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Mar 01, 2023 Signed a 1 year $728,600 contract with St. Louis (STL)
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Apr 25, 2022 Promoted from the Minors by St. Louis (STL)
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Apr 03, 2022 Optioned to the Minors by St. Louis (STL)
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Nov 19, 2021 Contract purchased by St. Louis (STL)
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Jun 13, 2018 Signed a contract with St. Louis (STL)
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Jun 04, 2018 Drafted by St. Louis (STL): Round 7 (#213 overall)
Year | Team | GP | GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | K | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | WAR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | STL | 78 | 77 | 303 | 36 | 80 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 41 | 124 | 23 | 48 | 2 | .264 | .333 | .333 | .742 | 1.05 |
2023 | STL | 95 | 81 | 327 | 48 | 93 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 34 | 138 | 33 | 53 | 5 | .284 | .365 | .365 | .787 | 1.89 |
2022 | STL | 126 | 108 | 391 | 64 | 110 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 148 | 60 | 70 | 2 | .281 | .394 | .394 | .773 | 4.10 |