2007-2011 Basic Agreement between the Major League Clubs and the Major League Baseball Players Association

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The 2007-2011 Basic Agreement, effective December 20, 2006 (the day the prior 2002-2006 CBA expired) through December 11, 2011. The second cycle to include an embedded Joint Drug Agreement — the post-Mitchell-Report era CBA. Operative through the Mitchell Report's December 2007 release, the Clemens / McNamee Congressional testimony, the 2008 financial crisis era, the Hall of Fame voting debates over steroid-era players, and the 2010 Deadspin Marlins-Rays-Pirates financial leaks (the Marlins financials in this archive). 241 pages. The Uniform Player Contract template in this archive (2006-12-20_contract_uniform-player-contract-template-2007-2011-cycle.pdf) is Schedule A to this CBA.

Background

Closes a gap in the archive's CBA supersession chain. The UPC template already in the archive references 'Basic Agreement effective December 20, 2006' — now we have the underlying CBA itself. Operative during: the December 2007 Mitchell Report release; the February 13, 2008 Clemens/McNamee Congressional testimony; the 2008 World Series; the 2010 Deadspin financial leak (Marlins/Rays/Pirates); the 2011 Dodgers bankruptcy (also in this archive). The CBA whose response framework to the steroid era is the most-cited for the late-2000s public narrative. Worth detailed content review especially for the JDA evolution from the 2002 to 2007 cycle.

Key provisions

  • [Detailed content review deferred — 241 pages.]
  • Effective December 20, 2006, immediately after the 2002-2006 CBA expired Dec 19, 2006.
  • Operative through 2011-12-11; succeeded by the 2012-2016 CBA effective December 12, 2011.
  • Second cycle of the embedded Joint Drug Agreement framework (introduced in the 2002-2006 CBA).

Notable provisions

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References

  1. Primary source: sabr.box.com — Office of the Commissioner of Baseball / MLBPA, retrieved 2026-05-17.
  2. Confirmation source: sabr.box.com — Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), Business of Baseball Files. SABR-hosted Box link. 241 pages. The UPC template in this archive (2006-12-20_contract_uniform-player-contract-template-2007-2011-cycle.pdf) is Schedule A to this CBA.
  3. File fingerprint: SHA256 7477a259ca35b7dac67ec9dfd978470b5604b925b795deb334403b28b3a4b002.

Evidence trail

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File integrity

SHA256
7477a259ca35b7dac67ec9dfd978470b5604b925b795deb334403b28b3a4b002
Filename
2006-12-20_cba_mlb-cba-2007-2011.pdf
Format
PDF · 241 pp · 1.09 MB
Retrieved
2026-05-17 by claude/cowork-9167cb28 (uploaded by alex)
Primary URL
https://sabr.box.com/s/l03xaw63kcxnc00y28b1ks20qz5gqv3i

Confirmation sources (1)

Publisher Retrieved URL Notes
Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), Business of Baseball Files 2026-05-17 https://sabr.box.com/s/l03xaw63kcxnc00y28b1ks20qz5gqv3i SABR-hosted Box link. 241 pages. The UPC template in this archive (2006-12-20_contract_uniform-player-contract-template-2007-2011-cycle.pdf) is Schedule A to this CBA.

Most recent status change

needs_review on 2026-05-17 by claude/cowork-9167cb28.

PDF acquired via SABR upload; metadata stub. **Closes the gap in the supersession chain** between the 2002-2006 CBA (in archive) and the 2012-2016 CBA (also added this batch).

Source provenance