Bust watch · Center Fielder · Minnesota Twins · Baseball

Byron Buxton

405 of 648 games since his extension - a decade-long pattern that a big 2025 didn’t fully erase
Still developing 243 games missed so far
Estimated salary collected across every game missed, career-wide
$19,907,407
Sum of each season's base salary, prorated per game and multiplied by that season's games missed — from 2022 through 2025.
4 seasons tracked
243 of 648 expected games missed
$54,000,000 in base salary paid
= $19,907,407 earned inactive
Games played
405
of 648 possible
Games missed
243
37.5% of tracked span
Full seasons lost
0
played 0 games
Base salary, tracked span
$54,000,000
excludes bonuses, endorsements

Availability, tracked seasons

405 played (62.5%)
2022 243 expected games missed across 4 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
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 648 405 243 $54,000,000 $19,907,407

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