Bust watch · Center Fielder · Minnesota Twins · Baseball

Byron Buxton

760 of 1,356 games across his career - a decade-long pattern, with one 140-game season proving what health looks like
Still developing 596 games missed so far
Estimated salary collected across every game missed, career-wide
$24,855,556
Sum of each season's base salary, prorated per game and multiplied by that season's games missed — from 2017 through 2025.
9 seasons tracked
596 of 1356 expected games missed
$63,118,889 in base salary paid
= $24,855,556 earned inactive
Games played
760
of 1356 possible
Games missed
596
44.0% of tracked span
Full seasons lost
0
played 0 games
Base salary, tracked span
$63,118,889
excludes bonuses, endorsements

Availability, tracked seasons

760 played (56.0%)
2017 596 expected games missed across 9 seasons 2025

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
2017
Career-high 140 games; won a Gold Glove
162 140 22 $535,000 $3,302 $72,654
2018
Migraines, a fractured toe, a wrist sprain, and a demotion to the minors
162 28 134 $570,000 $3,519 $471,481
2019
Shoulder subluxation in September ended the season
162 87 75 $1,750,000 $10,802 $810,185
2020
COVID-shortened 60-game season; hip and shoulder issues
60 39 21 $1,138,889 $18,981 $398,611
2021
Career-best 1.005 OPS in just 61 games; hip strain and a fractured hand
162 61 101 $5,125,000 $31,636 $3,195,216
2022
Knee issue bothered him most of the year; season-ending arthroscopic surgery in September
162 92 70 $9,000,000 $55,556 $3,888,889
2023
Played DH-only after offseason knee surgery; still needed a second knee surgery in October
162 85 77 $15,000,000 $92,593 $7,129,630
2024
Back tightness, another knee flare-up, then hip problems in August
162 102 60 $15,000,000 $92,593 $5,555,556
2025
Healthiest season in years - first All-Star-caliber year since the extension
162 126 36 $15,000,000 $92,593 $3,333,333
Career total 1356 760 596 $63,118,889 — $24,855,556

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