Ordonez hits $18M incentive

By The Tampa Tribune
Published: September 16, 2009

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DETROIT --

Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez earned $18 million with a fifth-inning ground ball in an 11-1 loss to Kansas City on Tuesday night.

The at-bat was Ordonez's 1,080th plate appearance since the start of the 2008 season, the number that he needed to automatically trigger his $18 million contract option for 2010. The option will make the contract that began in 2005 worth $93 million over six years.

The appearance was also Ordonez's 455th of 2009. If Ordonez comes to the plate 1,080 times between 2009 and 2010, he'll activate another $15 million option for 2011.

Ordonez reached on Alex Gordon's error in the fifth inning.

The Associated Press