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List Of Highest Paid Baseball Players Total earnings The following chart reveals the Major League Baseball players that have earned the most total salary in their career (through the end of 2004). $122,463,215 - Barry Bonds $115,845,000 - Greg Maddux $115,176,216 - Kevin Brown $110,501,000 - Ken Griffey, Jr. $110,295,000 - Randy Johnson $106,568,000 - Sammy Sosa $106,010,002 - Gary Sheffield $103,001,000 - Roger Clemens $100,405,001 - Mo Vaughn $100,027,000 - Alex Rodriguez $ 97,696,764 - Larry Walker $ 97,376,294 - Albert Belle (retired) $ 94,694,000 - Pedro Martinez $ 94,354,573 - Mike Piazza $ 92,965,045 - Tom Glavine $ 90,775,000 - Jeff Bagwell $ 89,242,858 - Bernie Williams $ 88,095,446 - John Smoltz $ 86,437,500 - Juan Gonzalez $ 86,299,000 - Carlos Delgado $ 86,297,996 - Rafael Palmeiro $ 86,032,727 - Manny Ramirez $ 84,465,000 - Barry Larkin $ 84,392,167 - Mike Mussina $ 78,860,000 - Matt Williams (retired) $ 78,014,000 - Frank (Edward) Thomas $ 77,830,000 - Derek Jeter $ 76,700,000 - Cal Ripken, Jr. (no data available for 1981-1984) $ 75,603,815 - Roberto Alomar $ 74,688,354 - Mark McGwire (retired) $ 73,510,000 - Ivan Rodriguez $ 73,068,835 - Shawn Green $ 70,015,500 - Craig Biggio $ 68,143,667 - John Olerud $ 68,342,501 - David Cone (retired) $ 65,658,000 - Curt Schilling $ 65,470,000 - Raul Mondesi $ 64,490,332 - Chipper Jones $ 62,446,543 - Mike Hampton $ 61,100,100 - Al Leiter Annual Salary The following chart reveals the evolution of the highest paid player in Major League Baseball. A player's yearly salary is considered to be for the maximum value of the contract divided by the term of the contract in years. YEAR $ALARY/YR PLAYER TEAM/ORGANIZATION 1927 $70,000 Babe Ruth New York Yankees 1930 $80,000 Babe Ruth New York Yankees 1949 $100,000 Ted Williams Boston Red Sox 1966 $130,000 Willie Mays San Francisco Giants 1972 $200,000 Hank Aaron Atlanta Braves 1975 $740,000 Catfish Hunter New York Yankees Major League Baseball's reserve clause was struck down in 1976, beginning an era of free agency and thus market-value player contracts 1979 $1,000,000 Nolan Ryan Houston Astros 1981 $2,000,000 Dave Winfield New York Yankees 1985 $2,130,300 Mike Schmidt Philadelphia Phillies 1986 $2,800,000 George Foster New York Mets 1990 $3,000,000 Rickey Henderson Oakland Athletics 1991 $4,700,000 Jose Canseco Oakland Athletics 1992 $5,800,000 Bobby Bonilla New York Mets 1993 $5,975,000* Ryne Sandberg Chicago Cubs 1995 $9,237,500 Cecil Fielder Detroit Tigers 1997 $10,000,000 Albert Belle Cleveland Indians 1998 $14,936,667 Gary Sheffield Florida Marlins 2000 $15,714,286 Kevin Brown Los Angeles Dodgers 2001 $22,000,000* Alex Rodriguez Texas Rangers Ryne Sandberg's 1993 contract was originally for $7,100,000 per year, but he retired before the contract expired and forfeited the back-loaded end of the contract. Alex Rodriguez's 2001 contract was originally for $25,200,000 per year but was later renegotiated to average $22,000,000. Bibliography "The Century in Dollars and Cents", Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/moneyinsports/sportstimeline.pdf - List of highest paid baseball players
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