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1985 Individual Salaries by Team
This is an individual salary listings by team for the 1985 season.
Note that this list is not complete, though it does represent the best available information. You can also view figures for 1986
or later seasons. Other financial information is available for many
seasons using the tool on the right.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Dale
Murphy |
$1,625,000 |
| 2
| Bob
Horner |
$1,500,000 |
| 3
| Bruce
Sutter |
$1,354,167 |
| 4
| Len
Barker |
$870,000 |
| 5
| Chris
Chambliss |
$800,000 |
| 6
| Claudell
Washington |
$800,000 |
| 7
| Jerry
Mumphrey |
$775,000 |
| 8
| Gene
Garber |
$772,000 |
| 9
| Rafael
Ramirez |
$750,000 |
| 10
| Rick
Camp |
$633,333 |
| 11
| Rick
Cerone |
$625,000 |
| 12
| Ken
Oberkfell |
$616,667 |
| 13
| Steve
Bedrosian |
$550,000 |
| 14
| Bruce
Benedict |
$545,000 |
| 15
| Terry
Forster |
$483,333 |
| 16
| Glenn
Hubbard |
$455,000 |
| 17
| Pascual
Perez |
$450,000 |
| 18
| Rick
Mahler |
$407,500 |
| 19
| Craig
McMurtry |
$275,000 |
| 20
| Terry
Harper |
$250,000 |
| 21
| Jeff
Dedmon |
$150,000 |
| 22
| Gerald
Perry |
$120,000 |
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Atlanta Braves 1985 payroll based on this
was $14,807,000.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Eddie
Murray |
$1,472,819 |
| 2
| Fred
Lynn |
$1,090,000 |
| 3
| Cal
Ripken |
$800,000 |
| 4
| Lee
Lacy |
$725,000 |
| 5
| Mike
Flanagan |
$641,667 |
| 6
| Mike
Boddicker |
$625,000 |
| 7
| Sammy
Stewart |
$581,250 |
| 8
| Dennis
Martinez |
$560,000 |
| 9
| Gary
Roenicke |
$558,333 |
| 10
| Scott
McGregor |
$547,143 |
| 11
| Rick
Dempsey |
$512,500 |
| 12
| Wayne
Gross |
$483,333 |
| 13
| Rich
Dauer |
$480,000 |
| 14
| Dan
Ford |
$450,000 |
| 15
| Tippy
Martinez |
$440,000 |
| 16
| Storm
Davis |
$437,500 |
| 17
| Jim
Dwyer |
$375,000 |
| 18
| Joe
Nolan |
$341,667 |
| 19
| John
Shelby |
$130,000 |
| 20
| Floyd
Rayford |
$128,500 |
| 21
| Mike
Young |
$121,000 |
| 22
| Larry
Sheets |
$60,000 |
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Baltimore Orioles 1985 payroll based on this
was $11,560,712.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Bob
Stanley |
$1,075,000 |
| 2
| Wade
Boggs |
$1,000,000 |
| 3
| Tony
Armas |
$915,000 |
| 4
| Dwight
Evans |
$800,000 |
| 5
| Jim
Rice |
$779,227 |
| 6
| Bill
Buckner |
$747,500 |
| 7
| Mike
Easler |
$650,000 |
| 8
| Mark
Clear |
$580,000 |
| 9
| Jerry
Remy |
$483,333 |
| 10
| Rich
Gedman |
$477,500 |
| 11
| Bruce
Kison |
$370,000 |
| 12
| Glenn
Hoffman |
$335,000 |
| 13
| Dave
Stapleton |
$325,000 |
| 14
| Bruce
Hurst |
$300,000 |
| 15
| Rick
Miller |
$275,000 |
| 16
| Marty
Barrett |
$272,500 |
| 17
| Reid
Nichols |
$260,000 |
| 18
| Bob
Ojeda |
$240,000 |
| 19
| Oil
Can Boyd |
$177,500 |
| 20
| Al
Nipper |
$165,000 |
| 21
| Steve
Crawford |
$160,000 |
| 22
| Roger
Clemens |
$140,000 |
| 23
| Jackie
Gutierrez |
$130,000 |
| 24
| Ed
Jurak |
$125,000 |
| 25
| Rich
Bordi |
$115,000 |
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Boston Red Sox 1985 payroll based on this
was $10,897,560.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Doug
DeCinces |
$1,100,000 |
| 2
| Reggie
Jackson |
$1,058,894 |
| 3
| Bob
Boone |
$883,000 |
| 4
| Rod
Carew |
$875,000 |
| 5
| Rick
Burleson |
$856,667 |
| 6
| Brian
Downing |
$808,333 |
| 7
| Don
Sutton |
$750,000 |
| 8
| George
Hendrick |
$737,000 |
| 9
| Bobby
Grich |
$700,000 |
| 10
| Mike
Witt |
$683,333 |
| 11
| Ken
Forsch |
$633,333 |
| 12
| Al
Holland |
$625,000 |
| 13
| John
Candelaria |
$612,500 |
| 14
| Geoff
Zahn |
$550,000 |
| 15
| Jim
Slaton |
$437,500 |
| 16
| Donnie
Moore |
$407,500 |
| 17
| Ruppert
Jones |
$390,000 |
| 18
| Juan
Beniquez |
$365,000 |
| 19
| Doug
Corbett |
$360,000 |
| 20
| Frank
LaCorte |
$346,667 |
| 21
| Luis
Sanchez |
$340,000 |
| 22
| Rob
Wilfong |
$266,667 |
| 23
| Ron
Romanick |
$146,500 |
| 24
| Daryl
Sconiers |
$130,000 |
| 25
| Gary
Pettis |
$125,000 |
| 26
| Dick
Schofield |
$120,000 |
| 27
| Kirk
McCaskill |
$60,000 |
| 28
| Stew
Cliburn |
$60,000 |
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California Angels 1985 payroll based on this
was $14,427,894.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Ron
Cey |
$1,450,000 |
| 2
| Rick
Sutcliffe |
$1,260,000 |
| 3
| Keith
Moreland |
$865,000 |
| 4
| Leon
Durham |
$800,000 |
| 5
| Dick
Ruthven |
$766,667 |
| 6
| Dennis
Eckersley |
$750,000 |
| 7
| Lee
Smith |
$670,000 |
| 8
| Steve
Trout |
$640,000 |
| 9
| Gary
Matthews |
$600,000 |
| 10
| Jody
Davis |
$550,000 |
| 11
| Ryne
Sandberg |
$505,000 |
| 12
| Scott
Sanderson |
$500,000 |
| 13
| Davey
Lopes |
$490,000 |
| 14
| George
Frazier |
$483,333 |
| 15
| Bob
Dernier |
$406,250 |
| 16
| Warren
Brusstar |
$375,000 |
| 17
| Gary
Woods |
$321,667 |
| 18
| Lary
Sorensen |
$320,000 |
| 19
| Richie
Hebner |
$310,000 |
| 20
| Chris
Speier |
$225,000 |
| 21
| Thad
Bosley |
$215,000 |
| 22
| Ray
Fontenot |
$200,000 |
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Chicago Cubs 1985 payroll based on this was
$12,702,917.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Julio
Cruz |
$1,242,333 |
| 2
| Tom
Seaver |
$1,136,262 |
| 3
| Richard
Dotson |
$900,000 |
| 4
| Floyd
Bannister |
$811,250 |
| 5
| Britt
Burns |
$727,500 |
| 6
| Carlton
Fisk |
$685,000 |
| 7
| Harold
Baines |
$675,000 |
| 8
| Rudy
Law |
$565,000 |
| 9
| Tim
Lollar |
$463,000 |
| 10
| Dan
Spillner |
$390,000 |
| 11
| Tom
Paciorek |
$333,333 |
| 12
| Luis
Salazar |
$325,000 |
| 13
| Ron
Kittle |
$300,000 |
| 14
| Bob
James |
$265,000 |
| 15
| Marc
Hill |
$200,000 |
| 16
| Greg
Walker |
$195,000 |
| 17
| Scott
Fletcher |
$165,000 |
| 18
| Jerry
Hairston |
$150,000 |
| 19
| Juan
Agosto |
$147,500 |
| 20
| Gene
Nelson |
$110,000 |
| 21
| Ozzie
Guillen |
$60,000 |
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Chicago White Sox 1985 payroll based on this
was $9,846,178.
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