PITTSBURGH - Right-handed reliever Rick White agreed Thursday to a minor-league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the team he broke into the majors with 11 years ago.

White, 36, is the 27th non-roster player invited to the Pirates' major league spring training camp. His major league salary would be $475,000, with bonuses of $50,000 each for 50 and 60 games and $100,000 for 70 games.

White has been with seven major league clubs since going a combined 6-8 in 58 games with Pittsburgh during the 1994 and 1995 seasons. He spent last season with the Indians, going 5-5 with a 5.29 ERA in 59 games after being acquired from the Dodgers for minor leaguer Trey Dyson in April. He became a free agent in December after the Indians declined to offer him salary arbitration.

White hasn't had a full-season ERA below 4.31 since he was 4-5 with a 3.88 ERA in 2001 with the Mets.

Since leaving the Pirates, White was out of the majors for two seasons following elbow surgery before pitching for the Devil Rays, Mets, Rockies, Cardinals, White Sox and Indians, almost exclusively as a reliever. He hasn't started a game since 1999 and has made only 18 starts in 449 games, with a career record of 33-45 and a 4.30 ERA.