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Alex Rodriguez

The one entry on this site where the player did NOT collect his salary while inactive

Repeat offender 162 career games missed

Estimated salary collected across every game missed, career-wide

$2,868,852

Sum of each season's base salary, prorated per game and multiplied by that season's games missed — from 2014 through 2014.

1 seasons tracked
162 of 162 expected games missed
$2,868,852 in base salary paid
= $2,868,852 earned inactive

Games played

of 162 possible

Games missed

162

100.0% of tracked span

Full seasons lost

played 0 games

Base salary, tracked span

$2,868,852

excludes bonuses, endorsements

The ledger, season by season

Base salary ÷ expected games that season × games missed that season. "Expected games" is the team's full schedule for position players, or a starting pitcher's typical rotation turns (~team games ÷ 5) — a healthy ace was never going to start 162 games either. Figures are approximate, sourced from public salary and game-log reporting.

Season	Expected	Played	Missed	Base salary	Per game	Collected inactive
2014 Suspended without pay for the full season for PED use; forfeited $22.1M of his $25M salary	162	0	162	$2,868,852	$17,709	$2,868,852
Career total	162	0	162	$2,868,852	—	$2,868,852

Sources

Yahoo Sports, MLB.com, Bleacher Report, CBS New York, CNN, ESPN — suspension and pay-forfeiture reporting
Note: unlike every other case tracked here, Rodriguez’s 2014 suspension for PED use was explicitly WITHOUT PAY under MLB’s drug program - he forfeited $22.1M of his $25M salary and actually received only $2,868,852 for the season (MLB service-time rules still credited him for a handful of non-game days). Included as the exception that proves the rule: most of this site is about players who kept collecting despite not playing; this is a rare case where a suspension actually cost the player real money.

Alex Rodriguez

Availability, tracked seasons

The ledger, season by season

Sources