Baseball Reference shows his MLB salary to be $123M. *

That's more than I've made in a lifetime. *

You and me both.

Now maybe if we combined our numbers .....

My salary's below the Mendoza Line. *

Not bad for someone who was 80-106.

I didn't follow his career that closely as baseball is somewhat boring to me. Did he spend a significant amount of his time as a relief pitcher? I know he was a better pitcher than his W-L record would indicate.

He was a bit of a hard-luck pitcher

He started as a reliever, but was mostly a starter throughout his career. There were several years with the Cubs, A’s, and Giants where he had a good/great ERA but either didn’t get enough run support or had bullpens squander leads.

It evens out

His year with the White Sox he won 11 games who knows how, because he had 4.96 ERA and *the worst* first inning ERA in baseball, well over 7.

Love the Shark, but he was terrible that year.

Unless you’re Jacob DeGrom *

I remember that now.

Seems like he lost a lot of games where he only gave up 1 or 2 runs.