Current Contract:
Contract purchased from Triple-A Memphis on June 26, 2007.

2007: $500,000

*Percival received a $100,000 bonus when he signed his minor league contract. He gets a $500,000 base salary and can earn up to $1.2 million in performance bonus based on games, getting the full amount if he pitches in 30. He would also get an additional $500,000 if he finishes 30 games. The Cardinals had two weeks to call Percival up to St. Louis or an opt-out clause in his contract would have allowed him to sign with another team.

Agent: Paul Cohen

Became a Cardinal:
Signed to a minor league contract on June 8, 2007.

2006 Season:
Percival attempted a comeback from a forearm injury, but was ultimately forced to retire.

Career Notes:
A sixth round draft pick of the California Angels as a catcher in 1990, Percival was converted to a pitcher and made his Major League Debut on April 26, 1995. He became the regular closer for the Angels the following year and has compiled a 29-38 record with a 2.99 ERA in 586.2 career innings. He holds 324 saves, which ranks 12th on the All-Time Major League saves list and ranks 5th among active Major Leaguers. He collected a career-high 42 saves in 1998 and enjoyed his best season in 2002 with a 4-1 record, 40 saves, 68 strikeouts and just a 1.92 ERA. A four-time All-Star (1996, 1998, 1999, 2001) he went nine-straight seasons with 20 or more saves from 1996-2004, eight of those years with 30+ saves. Troy was a member of the Angels' World Championship team in 2002 in which he collected seven saves and a 2.79 ERA over the course of the postseason. After signing with Detroit as a free agent in 2005, he suffered an injury to his right forearm in July and missed the remaineder of the season.

Photo: Allison Rhoades/Memphis Redbirds