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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
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| 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.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Mario
Soto |
$1,071,429 |
| 2
| Dave
Parker |
$970,000 |
| 3
| Dave
Concepcion |
$920,000 |
| 4
| Tom
Hume |
$833,333 |
| 5
| Buddy
Bell |
$751,297 |
| 6
| Ron
Oester |
$550,000 |
| 7
| Joe
Price |
$410,000 |
| 8
| Pete
Rose |
$358,858 |
| 9
| Frank
Pastore |
$350,000 |
| 10
| Eddie
Milner |
$300,000 |
| 11
| Ted
Power |
$255,000 |
| 12
| John
Stuper |
$250,000 |
| 13
| Wayne
Krenchicki |
$250,000 |
| 14
| Gary
Redus |
$227,500 |
| 15
| Tony
Perez |
$225,000 |
| 16
| Max
Venable |
$155,000 |
| 17
| Tom
Foley |
$117,500 |
| 18
| Andy
McGaffigan |
$110,000 |
| 19
| John
Franco |
$75,000 |
| 20
| Dave
Van Gorder |
$60,000 |
| 21
| Jay
Tibbs |
$60,000 |
| 22
| Tom
Browning |
$60,000 |
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Cincinnati Reds 1985 payroll based on this
was $8,359,917.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Andre
Thornton |
$1,100,000 |
| 2
| Bert
Blyleven |
$650,000 |
| 3
| Mike
Hargrove |
$458,333 |
| 4
| Julio
Franco |
$455,000 |
| 5
| Brett
Butler |
$425,000 |
| 6
| Tony
Bernazard |
$400,000 |
| 7
| George
Vukovich |
$375,000 |
| 8
| Benny
Ayala |
$303,333 |
| 9
| Vern
Ruhle |
$295,000 |
| 10
| Pat
Tabler |
$285,000 |
| 11
| Jamie
Easterly |
$265,000 |
| 12
| Chris
Bando |
$225,000 |
| 13
| Neal
Heaton |
$225,000 |
| 14
| Mel
Hall |
$210,000 |
| 15
| Wayne
Garland |
$200,000 |
| 16
| Mike
Fischlin |
$190,000 |
| 17
| Brook
Jacoby |
$140,000 |
| 18
| Tom
Waddell |
$125,000 |
| 19
| Ernie
Camacho |
$115,000 |
| 20
| Joe
Carter |
$110,000 |
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Cleveland Indians 1985 payroll based on this
was $6,551,666.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Darrell
Evans |
$1,083,333 |
| 2
| Jack
Morris |
$885,000 |
| 3
| Dan
Petry |
$875,000 |
| 4
| Lance
Parrish |
$766,667 |
| 5
| Kirk
Gibson |
$685,000 |
| 6
| Larry
Herndon |
$675,000 |
| 7
| Chet
Lemon |
$670,000 |
| 8
| Lou
Whitaker |
$670,000 |
| 9
| Willie
Hernandez |
$660,000 |
| 10
| Aurelio
Lopez |
$575,000 |
| 11
| Milt
Wilcox |
$550,000 |
| 12
| Alan
Trammell |
$517,143 |
| 13
| Dave
LaPoint |
$380,000 |
| 14
| Dave
Bergman |
$262,500 |
| 15
| Johnny
Grubb |
$250,000 |
| 16
| Tom
Brookens |
$250,000 |
| 17
| Juan
Berenguer |
$240,000 |
| 18
| Walt
Terrell |
$177,500 |
| 19
| Bill
Scherrer |
$100,000 |
| 20
| Marty
Castillo |
$76,000 |
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Detroit Tigers 1985 payroll based on this
was $10,348,143.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Nolan
Ryan |
$1,350,000 |
| 2
| Bob
Knepper |
$850,000 |
| 3
| Joe
Niekro |
$825,000 |
| 4
| Jose
Cruz |
$796,383 |
| 5
| Phil
Garner |
$745,000 |
| 6
| Omar
Moreno |
$700,000 |
| 7
| Dickie
Thon |
$675,000 |
| 8
| Terry
Puhl |
$541,667 |
| 9
| Dave
Smith |
$500,000 |
| 10
| Alan
Ashby |
$416,667 |
| 11
| Mike
Scott |
$360,000 |
| 12
| Craig
Reynolds |
$350,000 |
| 13
| Denny
Walling |
$341,667 |
| 14
| Bill
Doran |
$325,000 |
| 15
| Bill
Dawley |
$295,000 |
| 16
| Enos
Cabell |
$291,667 |
| 17
| Frank
DiPino |
$255,000 |
| 18
| Harry
Spilman |
$160,000 |
| 19
| Kevin
Bass |
$155,000 |
| 20
| Glenn
Davis |
$60,000 |
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Houston Astros 1985 payroll based on this
was $9,993,051.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| George
Brett |
$1,000,000 |
| 2
| Dan
Quisenberry |
$975,000 |
| 3
| Dennis
Leonard |
$871,429 |
| 4
| Willie
Wilson |
$843,750 |
| 5
| Hal
McRae |
$800,000 |
| 6
| Jim
Sundberg |
$608,333 |
| 7
| Dennis
Lamp |
$535,000 |
| 8
| Bud
Black |
$465,000 |
| 9
| Jorge
Orta |
$450,000 |
| 10
| John
Wathan |
$425,000 |
| 11
| Joe
Beckwith |
$358,000 |
| 12
| Greg
Pryor |
$316,667 |
| 13
| Onix
Concepcion |
$250,000 |
| 14
| Charlie
Leibrandt |
$225,000 |
| 15
| Steve
Balboni |
$205,000 |
| 16
| Lynn
Jones |
$202,500 |
| 17
| Pat
Sheridan |
$175,000 |
| 18
| Darryl
Motley |
$155,500 |
| 19
| Bret
Saberhagen |
$150,000 |
| 20
| Mark
Gubicza |
$115,000 |
| 21
| Mike
Jones |
$100,000 |
| 22
| Danny
Jackson |
$95,000 |
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Kansas City Royals 1985 payroll based on
this was $9,321,179.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Pedro
Guerrero |
$1,270,000 |
| 2
| Fernando
Valenzuela |
$1,200,000 |
| 3
| Jerry
Reuss |
$980,000 |
| 4
| Al
Oliver |
$750,000 |
| 5
| Rick
Honeycutt |
$705,000 |
| 6
| Bob
Welch |
$643,750 |
| 7
| Ken
Landreaux |
$537,500 |
| 8
| Dave
Goltz |
$500,000 |
| 9
| Steve
Yeager |
$500,000 |
| 10
| Steve
Sax |
$465,000 |
| 11
| Bill
Russell |
$450,000 |
| 12
| Mike
Scioscia |
$435,000 |
| 13
| Tom
Niedenfuer |
$370,000 |
| 14
| Alejandro
Pena |
$350,000 |
| 15
| Mike
Marshall |
$333,000 |
| 16
| Bob
Bailor |
$330,000 |
| 17
| Terry
Whitfield |
$316,667 |
| 18
| Orel
Hershiser |
$212,000 |
| 19
| Greg
Brock |
$150,000 |
| 20
| Jay
Johnstone |
$150,000 |
| 21
| Candy
Maldonado |
$140,000 |
| 22
| Carlos
Diaz |
$120,000 |
| 23
| Mariano
Duncan |
$60,000 |
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Los Angeles Dodgers 1985 payroll based on
this was $10,967,917.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Cecil
Cooper |
$1,176,190 |
| 2
| Rollie
Fingers |
$1,065,000 |
| 3
| Robin
Yount |
$1,000,000 |
| 4
| Ted
Simmons |
$1,000,000 |
| 5
| Paul
Molitor |
$950,000 |
| 6
| Jim
Gantner |
$687,500 |
| 7
| Moose
Haas |
$679,167 |
| 8
| Ray
Burris |
$581,250 |
| 9
| Danny
Darwin |
$565,000 |
| 10
| Ben
Oglivie |
$560,000 |
| 11
| Pete
Vuckovich |
$540,000 |
| 12
| Rick
Manning |
$510,000 |
| 13
| Bob
McClure |
$480,000 |
| 14
| Rick
Waits |
$460,000 |
| 15
| Charlie
Moore |
$365,000 |
| 16
| Ed
Romero |
$290,000 |
| 17
| Paul
Householder |
$215,000 |
| 18
| Bill
Schroeder |
$100,000 |
| 19
| Teddy
Higuera |
$60,000 |
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Milwaukee Brewers 1985 payroll based on this
was $11,284,107.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Roy
Smalley |
$728,571 |
| 2
| Ron
Davis |
$650,000 |
| 3
| Kent
Hrbek |
$560,000 |
| 4
| John
Castino |
$550,000 |
| 5
| Tom
Brunansky |
$425,000 |
| 6
| Gary
Gaetti |
$415,000 |
| 7
| Frank
Viola |
$375,000 |
| 8
| Mike
Smithson |
$335,000 |
| 9
| John
Butcher |
$320,000 |
| 10
| Mickey
Hatcher |
$293,750 |
| 11
| Dave
Engle |
$215,000 |
| 12
| Ken
Schrom |
$150,000 |
| 13
| Tim
Laudner |
$145,000 |
| 14
| Kirby
Puckett |
$130,000 |
| 15
| Pete
Filson |
$120,000 |
| 16
| Randy
Bush |
$120,000 |
| 17
| Tim
Teufel |
$110,000 |
| 18
| Allan
Anderson |
$62,500 |
| 19
| Mark
Salas |
$60,000 |
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Minnesota Twins 1985 payroll based on this
was $5,764,821.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Tim
Raines |
$1,200,000 |
| 2
| Andre
Dawson |
$1,033,333 |
| 3
| Jeff
Reardon |
$850,000 |
| 4
| Bill
Gullickson |
$700,000 |
| 5
| Charlie
Lea |
$650,000 |
| 6
| U
L Washington |
$650,000 |
| 7
| Tim
Wallach |
$565,000 |
| 8
| Hubie
Brooks |
$550,000 |
| 9
| Gary
Lucas |
$513,500 |
| 10
| Dan
Schatzeder |
$375,000 |
| 11
| David
Palmer |
$375,000 |
| 12
| Vance
Law |
$375,000 |
| 13
| Doug
Flynn |
$350,000 |
| 14
| Jim
Wohlford |
$308,333 |
| 15
| Bryn
Smith |
$290,000 |
| 16
| Terry
Francona |
$250,000 |
| 17
| Miguel
Dilone |
$175,000 |
| 18
| Steve
Nicosia |
$105,000 |
| 19
| Bert
Roberge |
$95,000 |
| 20
| Brian
Fisher |
$60,000 |
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Montreal Expos 1985 payroll based on this
was $9,470,166.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Gary
Carter |
$2,028,571 |
| 2
| George
Foster |
$1,942,857 |
| 3
| Keith
Hernandez |
$1,100,000 |
| 4
| Jesse
Orosco |
$650,000 |
| 5
| Mookie
Wilson |
$591,667 |
| 6
| Ray
Knight |
$560,000 |
| 7
| Larry
Bowa |
$525,000 |
| 8
| Darryl
Strawberry |
$516,667 |
| 9
| Dwight
Gooden |
$450,000 |
| 10
| Ed
Lynch |
$330,000 |
| 11
| Bruce
Berenyi |
$325,000 |
| 12
| Rusty
Staub |
$300,000 |
| 13
| Doug
Sisk |
$275,000 |
| 14
| Danny
Heep |
$260,000 |
| 15
| Ron
Darling |
$230,000 |
| 16
| Wally
Backman |
$200,000 |
| 17
| Tom
Gorman |
$150,000 |
| 18
| Rafael
Santana |
$125,000 |
| 19
| Howard
Johnson |
$115,000 |
| 20
| Ron
Gardenhire |
$100,000 |
| 21
| Roger
McDowell |
$60,000 |
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New York Mets 1985 payroll based on this was
$10,834,762.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Dave
Winfield |
$1,795,704 |
| 2
| Rickey
Henderson |
$1,470,000 |
| 3
| Steve
Kemp |
$1,420,000 |
| 4
| Ken
Griffey |
$1,075,000 |
| 5
| Ron
Guidry |
$900,000 |
| 6
| Don
Baylor |
$810,000 |
| 7
| Ed
Whitson |
$800,000 |
| 8
| Dave
Righetti |
$680,000 |
| 9
| Bob
Shirley |
$637,500 |
| 10
| John
Montefusco |
$637,500 |
| 11
| Phil
Niekro |
$600,000 |
| 12
| Willie
Randolph |
$600,000 |
| 13
| Butch
Wynegar |
$550,000 |
| 14
| Dale
Berra |
$477,500 |
| 15
| Don
Mattingly |
$455,000 |
| 16
| Bill
Sample |
$435,000 |
| 17
| Ron
Hassey |
$425,000 |
| 18
| Marty
Bystrom |
$250,000 |
| 19
| Joe
Cowley |
$120,000 |
| 20
| Bob
Meacham |
$100,000 |
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New York Yankees 1985 payroll based on this
was $14,238,204.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Dave
Kingman |
$1,087,500 |
| 2
| Carney
Lansford |
$900,000 |
| 3
| Dwayne
Murphy |
$845,833 |
| 4
| Dave
Collins |
$700,000 |
| 5
| Alfredo
Griffin |
$610,000 |
| 6
| Rick
Langford |
$608,333 |
| 7
| Tommy
John |
$600,000 |
| 8
| Dusty
Baker |
$575,000 |
| 9
| Steve
McCatty |
$520,000 |
| 10
| Mike
Heath |
$425,000 |
| 11
| Bruce
Bochte |
$350,000 |
| 12
| Mike
Davis |
$305,000 |
| 13
| Mike
Norris |
$283,107 |
| 14
| Jay
Howell |
$262,500 |
| 15
| Tony
Phillips |
$220,000 |
| 16
| Tom
Tellmann |
$207,500 |
| 17
| Steve
Henderson |
$150,000 |
| 18
| Chris
Codiroli |
$141,500 |
| 19
| Keith
Atherton |
$107,333 |
| 20
| Rob
Picciolo |
$100,000 |
| 21
| Tim
Birtsas |
$60,000 |
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Oakland Athletics 1985 payroll based on this
was $9,058,606.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Mike
Schmidt |
$2,130,300 |
| 2
| John
Denny |
$1,109,333 |
| 3
| Steve
Carlton |
$1,075,000 |
| 4
| Garry
Maddox |
$820,333 |
| 5
| Shane
Rawley |
$700,000 |
| 6
| Bo
Diaz |
$620,000 |
| 7
| Jerry
Koosman |
$600,000 |
| 8
| Von
Hayes |
$500,000 |
| 9
| Greg
Gross |
$350,000 |
| 10
| Ozzie
Virgil |
$350,000 |
| 11
| Joe
Lefebvre |
$310,000 |
| 12
| Larry
Andersen |
$250,500 |
| 13
| Juan
Samuel |
$240,000 |
| 14
| Luis
Aguayo |
$237,000 |
| 15
| Dave
Rucker |
$220,000 |
| 16
| Tim
Corcoran |
$220,000 |
| 17
| Charles
Hudson |
$192,500 |
| 18
| Kevin
Gross |
$140,000 |
| 19
| Alan
Knicely |
$60,000 |
|
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Philadelphia Phillies 1985 payroll based on
this was $10,124,966.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Tony
Pena |
$1,075,000 |
| 2
| Jason
Thompson |
$1,066,667 |
| 3
| Bill
Madlock |
$975,500 |
| 4
| Kent
Tekulve |
$830,000 |
| 5
| Larry
McWilliams |
$796,667 |
| 6
| Rick
Rhoden |
$645,000 |
| 7
| Johnny
Ray |
$632,000 |
| 8
| Lee
Mazzilli |
$600,000 |
| 9
| Don
Robinson |
$520,000 |
| 10
| Sixto
Lezcano |
$425,000 |
| 11
| Rod
Scurry |
$350,000 |
| 12
| Bill
Almon |
$255,000 |
| 13
| Jim
Morrison |
$232,500 |
| 14
| Rick
Reuschel |
$200,000 |
| 15
| Cecilio
Guante |
$150,000 |
| 16
| Lee
Tunnell |
$130,000 |
| 17
| Andy
Hassler |
$129,166 |
| 18
| Joe
Orsulak |
$60,000 |
|
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Pittsburgh Pirates 1985 payroll based on
this was $9,072,500.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Rich
Gossage |
$1,713,333 |
| 2
| Garry
Templeton |
$1,137,000 |
| 3
| La
Marr Hoyt |
$975,000 |
| 4
| Steve
Garvey |
$975,000 |
| 5
| Graig
Nettles |
$900,000 |
| 6
| Terry
Kennedy |
$870,000 |
| 7
| Tim
Stoddard |
$556,250 |
| 8
| Eric
Show |
$537,500 |
| 9
| Alan
Wiggins |
$512,500 |
| 10
| Tony
Gwynn |
$440,000 |
| 11
| Roy
Lee Jackson |
$340,000 |
| 12
| Jerry
Royster |
$325,000 |
| 13
| Craig
Lefferts |
$270,000 |
| 14
| Dave
Dravecky |
$240,000 |
| 15
| Andy
Hawkins |
$200,000 |
| 16
| Tim
Flannery |
$175,000 |
| 17
| Al
Bumbry |
$160,000 |
| 18
| Jose
DeLeon |
$155,000 |
| 19
| Bobby
Brown |
$150,000 |
| 20
| Kevin
McReynolds |
$150,000 |
| 21
| Carmelo
Martinez |
$140,000 |
| 22
| Kurt
Bevacqua |
$140,000 |
| 23
| Mark
Thurmond |
$130,000 |
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San Diego Padres 1985 payroll based on this
was $11,191,583.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Jeffrey
Leonard |
$900,000 |
| 2
| Greg
Minton |
$865,000 |
| 3
| Dan
Driessen |
$767,500 |
| 4
| Manny
Trillo |
$709,714 |
| 5
| Mike
Krukow |
$630,000 |
| 6
| Chili
Davis |
$550,000 |
| 7
| Johnnie
LeMaster |
$500,000 |
| 8
| Alex
Trevino |
$462,500 |
| 9
| Bob
Brenly |
$385,000 |
| 10
| Joel
Youngblood |
$375,000 |
| 11
| Atlee
Hammaker |
$355,000 |
| 12
| Bill
Laskey |
$355,000 |
| 13
| David
Green |
$275,000 |
| 14
| Vida
Blue |
$250,000 |
| 15
| Scot
Thompson |
$197,000 |
| 16
| Mark
Davis |
$195,000 |
| 17
| Jim
Gott |
$170,000 |
| 18
| Dan
Gladden |
$135,000 |
| 19
| Scott
Garrelts |
$85,000 |
| 20
| Chris
Brown |
$60,000 |
|
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San Francisco Giants 1985 payroll based on
this was $8,221,714.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Gorman
Thomas |
$690,000 |
| 2
| Jim
Beattie |
$470,000 |
| 3
| Barry
Bonnell |
$437,500 |
| 4
| Al
Cowens |
$400,000 |
| 5
| Ed
Vande Berg |
$315,000 |
| 6
| Dave
Henderson |
$310,000 |
| 7
| Richie
Zisk |
$272,500 |
| 8
| Mike
Moore |
$228,000 |
| 9
| Alvin
Davis |
$225,000 |
| 10
| Bob
Kearney |
$183,000 |
| 11
| Ken
Phelps |
$180,000 |
| 12
| Jack
Perconte |
$175,000 |
| 13
| Mark
Langston |
$160,000 |
| 14
| Matt
Young |
$159,000 |
| 15
| Phil
Bradley |
$125,000 |
| 16
| Spike
Owen |
$114,400 |
| 17
| Edwin
Nunez |
$97,000 |
| 18
| Jim
Presley |
$71,600 |
|
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Seattle Mariners 1985 payroll based on this
was $4,613,000.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Jack
Clark |
$1,555,000 |
| 2
| Ozzie
Smith |
$1,440,000 |
| 3
| Joaquin
Andujar |
$1,030,000 |
| 4
| Neil
Allen |
$750,000 |
| 5
| Darrell
Porter |
$740,000 |
| 6
| Lonnie
Smith |
$740,000 |
| 7
| Ivan
DeJesus |
$700,000 |
| 8
| Bob
Forsch |
$583,333 |
| 9
| Cesar
Cedeno |
$562,500 |
| 10
| Tom
Herr |
$560,000 |
| 11
| Willie
McGee |
$475,000 |
| 12
| Bill
Campbell |
$457,500 |
| 13
| John
Tudor |
$457,500 |
| 14
| Jeff
Lahti |
$250,000 |
| 15
| Tito
Landrum |
$208,750 |
| 16
| Mike
Jorgensen |
$200,000 |
| 17
| Andy
Van Slyke |
$170,000 |
| 18
| Steve
Braun |
$160,000 |
| 19
| Ken
Dayley |
$150,000 |
| 20
| Brian
Harper |
$135,000 |
| 21
| Terry
Pendleton |
$112,500 |
| 22
| Danny
Cox |
$110,000 |
| 23
| Ricky
Horton |
$110,000 |
| 24
| Kurt
Kepshire |
$100,000 |
| 25
| Vince
Coleman |
$60,000 |
|
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St. Louis Cardinals 1985 payroll based on
this was $11,817,083.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Gary
Ward |
$720,000 |
| 2
| Cliff
Johnson |
$683,333 |
| 3
| Toby
Harrah |
$650,000 |
| 4
| Charlie
Hough |
$636,667 |
| 5
| Frank
Tanana |
$590,000 |
| 6
| Burt
Hooton |
$565,000 |
| 7
| Larry
Parrish |
$560,000 |
| 8
| Dave
Stewart |
$505,000 |
| 9
| George
Wright |
$400,000 |
| 10
| Alan
Bannister |
$350,000 |
| 11
| Dave
Schmidt |
$344,000 |
| 12
| Dave
Rozema |
$310,000 |
| 13
| Bill
Stein |
$250,000 |
| 14
| Dickie
Noles |
$235,000 |
| 15
| Don
Slaught |
$215,000 |
| 16
| Duane
Walker |
$185,000 |
| 17
| Pete
O'Brien |
$165,000 |
| 18
| Wayne
Tolleson |
$135,000 |
| 19
| Bob
Jones |
$117,500 |
| 20
| Oddibe
McDowell |
$60,000 |
|
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Texas Rangers 1985 payroll based on this was
$7,676,500.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Dave
Stieb |
$913,636 |
| 2
| Doyle
Alexander |
$875,000 |
| 3
| Bill
Caudill |
$833,333 |
| 4
| Damaso
Garcia |
$740,000 |
| 5
| Willie
Upshaw |
$730,000 |
| 6
| Lloyd
Moseby |
$587,500 |
| 7
| Jim
Clancy |
$580,000 |
| 8
| Gary
Lavelle |
$475,000 |
| 9
| Ernie
Whitt |
$370,000 |
| 10
| Buck
Martinez |
$356,300 |
| 11
| Jeff
Burroughs |
$350,000 |
| 12
| George
Bell |
$335,000 |
| 13
| Jesse
Barfield |
$325,000 |
| 14
| Rance
Mulliniks |
$325,000 |
| 15
| Garth
Iorg |
$256,667 |
| 16
| Len
Matuszek |
$185,000 |
| 17
| Jim
Acker |
$170,000 |
| 18
| Jimmy
Key |
$131,250 |
| 19
| Tony
Fernandez |
$127,500 |
| 20
| Tom
Henke |
$60,000 |
|
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Toronto Blue Jays 1985 payroll based on this
was $8,726,186.
Sources: Baseball Databank/Doug Pappas
(see credits).
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Baseball,
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by Andrew Zimbalist
Built
to Win: Inside Stories and Leadership Strategies from Baseball's Winningest GM
by John Schuerholz
Free
Agency and Competitive Balance in Baseball by Ronald W. Cox
The
Formation, Sometimes Absorption and Mostly Inevitable Demise of 18 Professional
Baseball Organizations, 1871 to Present by David Pietrusza.
Getting
in the Game: Inside Baseball's Winter Meetings by Josh Lewin
State
of Baseball Management: Decision-Making in the Best and Worst Teams, 1993-2003
by Scott Barzilla
In
the Best Interests of Baseball? The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig by
Andrew Zimbalist
May
the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy, by Andrew Zimbalist
The
Inside Pitch ... and More: Baseball's Business and the Public Trust by Gene
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