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1988 Individual Salaries by Team
This is an individual salary listings by team for the 1988 season.
Note that this list is not complete, though it does represent the
best available information. You can also view figures for 1987
or 1989.
Other financial information is available for many seasons using the tool
on the right.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Dale
Murphy |
$2,000,000 |
| 2
| Bruce
Sutter |
$1,729,167 |
| 3
| Len
Barker |
$900,000 |
| 4
| Ozzie
Virgil |
$900,000 |
| 5
| Rick
Mahler |
$737,500 |
| 6
| Ken
Oberkfell |
$725,000 |
| 7
| Damaso
Garcia |
$691,507 |
| 8
| Bruce
Benedict |
$665,000 |
| 9
| Ken
Griffey |
$500,000 |
| 10
| Ted
Simmons |
$470,000 |
| 11
| Zane
Smith |
$450,000 |
| 12
| Jim
Acker |
$435,000 |
| 13
| Gerald
Perry |
$425,000 |
| 14
| Gary
Roenicke |
$380,000 |
| 15
| Dion
James |
$360,000 |
| 16
| Albert
Hall |
$250,000 |
| 17
| Charlie
Puleo |
$195,000 |
| 18
| Andres
Thomas |
$110,000 |
| 19
| Paul
Runge |
$107,500 |
| 20
| Paul
Assenmacher |
$81,000 |
| 21
| Ed
Olwine |
$79,000 |
| 22
| Chuck
Cary |
$78,000 |
| 23
| Terry
Blocker |
$70,000 |
| 24
| Jeff
Blauser |
$67,000 |
| 25
| Kevin
Coffman |
$65,000 |
| 26
| Pete
Smith |
$65,000 |
| 27
| Ron
Gant |
$65,000 |
| 28
| Tom
Glavine |
$65,000 |
| 29
| Gary
Eave |
$62,500 |
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Atlanta Braves 1988 payroll based on this
was $12,728,174.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Eddie
Murray |
$2,142,904 |
| 2
| Cal
Ripken |
$1,700,000 |
| 3
| Fred
Lynn |
$1,540,000 |
| 4
| Scott
McGregor |
$1,066,171 |
| 5
| Mike
Boddicker |
$850,000 |
| 6
| Terry
Kennedy |
$850,000 |
| 7
| Tom
Niedenfuer |
$850,000 |
| 8
| Don
Aase |
$675,000 |
| 9
| Dave
Schmidt |
$625,000 |
| 10
| Larry
Sheets |
$540,000 |
| 11
| Mark
Thurmond |
$435,000 |
| 12
| Doug
Sisk |
$410,000 |
| 13
| Mike
Morgan |
$375,000 |
| 14
| Jim
Dwyer |
$300,000 |
| 15
| Rick
Schu |
$165,000 |
| 16
| Jeff
Stone |
$160,000 |
| 17
| Joe
Orsulak |
$120,000 |
| 18
| Mark
Williamson |
$85,000 |
| 19
| Ken
Gerhart |
$83,000 |
| 20
| Billy
Ripken |
$80,000 |
| 21
| Jim
Traber |
$80,000 |
| 22
| Rene
Gonzales |
$75,000 |
| 23
| Wade
Rowdon |
$72,500 |
| 24
| Carl
Nichols |
$65,000 |
| 25
| Jose
Bautista |
$62,500 |
| 26
| Jose
Mesa |
$62,500 |
| 27
| Oswaldo
Peraza |
$62,500 |
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Baltimore Orioles 1988 payroll based on this
was $13,532,075.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Jim
Rice |
$2,214,865 |
| 2
| Wade
Boggs |
$1,650,000 |
| 3
| Dwight
Evans |
$1,600,000 |
| 4
| Roger
Clemens |
$1,350,000 |
| 5
| Bob
Stanley |
$1,060,000 |
| 6
| Rich
Gedman |
$952,727 |
| 7
| Bruce
Hurst |
$900,000 |
| 8
| Lee
Smith |
$850,000 |
| 9
| Marty
Barrett |
$675,000 |
| 10
| Oil
Can Boyd |
$550,000 |
| 11
| Spike
Owen |
$525,000 |
| 12
| Ed
Romero |
$415,000 |
| 13
| Mike
Greenwell |
$205,000 |
| 14
| Jeff
Sellers |
$135,000 |
| 15
| Ellis
Burks |
$125,000 |
| 16
| Wes
Gardner |
$117,000 |
| 17
| Todd
Benzinger |
$85,000 |
| 18
| Sam
Horn |
$80,000 |
| 19
| Kevin
Romine |
$77,500 |
| 20
| John
Marzano |
$77,000 |
| 21
| Jody
Reed |
$64,500 |
| 22
| Brady
Anderson |
$62,500 |
| 23
| John
Trautwein |
$62,500 |
| 24
| Steve
Ellsworth |
$62,500 |
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Boston Red Sox 1988 payroll based on this
was $13,896,092.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Mike
Witt |
$1,400,000 |
| 2
| Donnie
Moore |
$1,000,000 |
| 3
| George
Hendrick |
$989,333 |
| 4
| Brian
Downing |
$900,000 |
| 5
| Bob
Boone |
$883,000 |
| 6
| Chili
Davis |
$850,000 |
| 7
| Dan
Petry |
$785,000 |
| 8
| Butch
Wynegar |
$733,333 |
| 9
| Johnny
Ray |
$732,000 |
| 10
| Dick
Schofield |
$552,222 |
| 11
| Greg
Minton |
$500,000 |
| 12
| Bill
Buckner |
$400,000 |
| 13
| Wally
Joyner |
$340,000 |
| 14
| Kirk
McCaskill |
$262,000 |
| 15
| Jack
Howell |
$200,000 |
| 16
| Devon
White |
$185,000 |
| 17
| Joe
Johnson |
$157,500 |
| 18
| De
Wayne Buice |
$150,000 |
| 19
| Willie
Fraser |
$125,000 |
| 20
| Mark
McLemore |
$122,500 |
| 21
| Chuck
Finley |
$111,000 |
| 22
| Tony
Armas |
$100,000 |
| 23
| Gus
Polidor |
$97,000 |
| 24
| Jack
Lazorko |
$97,000 |
| 25
| Chico
Walker |
$88,000 |
| 26
| Bryan
Harvey |
$62,500 |
| 27
| Frank
Dimichele |
$62,500 |
| 28
| Jim
Eppard |
$62,500 |
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California Angels 1988 payroll based on this
was $11,947,388.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Rick
Sutcliffe |
$2,070,000 |
| 2
| Andre
Dawson |
$1,850,000 |
| 3
| Leon
Durham |
$1,383,333 |
| 4
| Rich
Gossage |
$1,331,532 |
| 5
| Jody
Davis |
$1,108,333 |
| 6
| Scott
Sanderson |
$950,000 |
| 7
| Ryne
Sandberg |
$840,000 |
| 8
| Jerry
Mumphrey |
$608,000 |
| 9
| Frank
DiPino |
$465,000 |
| 10
| Al
Nipper |
$397,000 |
| 11
| Vance
Law |
$375,000 |
| 12
| Manny
Trillo |
$357,000 |
| 13
| Calvin
Schiraldi |
$207,500 |
| 14
| Shawon
Dunston |
$207,500 |
| 15
| Jamie
Moyer |
$142,500 |
| 16
| Dave
Martinez |
$135,000 |
| 17
| Mike
Bielecki |
$110,000 |
| 18
| Les
Lancaster |
$90,000 |
| 19
| Rafael
Palmeiro |
$90,000 |
| 20
| Greg
Maddux |
$82,500 |
| 21
| Drew
Hall |
$68,000 |
| 22
| Darrin
Jackson |
$63,500 |
| 23
| Damon
Berryhill |
$62,500 |
| 24
| Mike
Capel |
$62,500 |
| 25
| Rolando
Roomes |
$62,500 |
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Chicago Cubs 1988 payroll based on this was
$13,119,198.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Harold
Baines |
$1,000,000 |
| 2
| Greg
Walker |
$730,000 |
| 3
| Carlton
Fisk |
$700,000 |
| 4
| Ozzie
Guillen |
$537,500 |
| 5
| Ricky
Horton |
$532,500 |
| 6
| Gary
Redus |
$460,000 |
| 7
| Dave
LaPoint |
$425,000 |
| 8
| Donnie
Hill |
$275,000 |
| 9
| Jerry
Reuss |
$200,000 |
| 10
| Mark
Salas |
$185,000 |
| 11
| Steve
Lyons |
$175,000 |
| 12
| Dan
Pasqua |
$165,000 |
| 13
| Ivan
Calderon |
$140,000 |
| 14
| Bill
Long |
$102,500 |
| 15
| Jose
Segura |
$102,500 |
| 16
| Kenny
Williams |
$102,500 |
| 17
| Fred
Manrique |
$97,500 |
| 18
| Daryl
Boston |
$75,000 |
| 19
| Bobby
Thigpen |
$70,000 |
| 20
| John
Davis |
$65,000 |
| 21
| Jack
McDowell |
$62,500 |
| 22
| John
Pawlowski |
$62,500 |
| 23
| Lance
Johnson |
$62,500 |
| 24
| Melido
Perez |
$62,500 |
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Chicago White Sox 1988 payroll based on this
was $6,390,000.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Mario
Soto |
$1,200,000 |
| 2
| Eric
Davis |
$899,000 |
| 3
| Bo
Diaz |
$850,000 |
| 4
| Buddy
Bell |
$790,909 |
| 5
| John
Franco |
$675,000 |
| 6
| Nick
Esasky |
$460,000 |
| 7
| Dennis
Rasmussen |
$457,500 |
| 8
| Frank
Williams |
$442,500 |
| 9
| Tom
Browning |
$442,500 |
| 10
| Danny
Jackson |
$390,000 |
| 11
| Ron
Robinson |
$390,000 |
| 12
| Dave
Concepcion |
$370,000 |
| 13
| Kal
Daniels |
$185,000 |
| 14
| Dave
Collins |
$175,000 |
| 15
| Rob
Murphy |
$175,000 |
| 16
| Tracy
Jones |
$157,500 |
| 17
| Pat
Perry |
$132,500 |
| 18
| Barry
Larkin |
$127,500 |
| 19
| Jose
Rijo |
$127,500 |
| 20
| Paul
O'Neill |
$97,500 |
| 21
| Bill
Landrum |
$75,000 |
| 22
| Lloyd
McClendon |
$75,000 |
| 23
| Terry
McGriff |
$66,000 |
| 24
| Jeff
Treadway |
$65,000 |
| 25
| Chris
Sabo |
$62,500 |
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Cincinnati Reds 1988 payroll based on this
was $8,888,409.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Andre
Thornton |
$1,100,000 |
| 2
| Julio
Franco |
$975,000 |
| 3
| Willie
Upshaw |
$900,000 |
| 4
| Joe
Carter |
$840,000 |
| 5
| Brook
Jacoby |
$812,500 |
| 6
| Pat
Tabler |
$800,000 |
| 7
| Mel
Hall |
$725,000 |
| 8
| Jeff
Dedmon |
$350,000 |
| 9
| Chris
Bando |
$325,000 |
| 10
| Dan
Schatzeder |
$325,000 |
| 11
| Carmen
Castillo |
$310,000 |
| 12
| Ron
Kittle |
$300,000 |
| 13
| Tom
Candiotti |
$230,000 |
| 14
| Cory
Snyder |
$185,000 |
| 15
| Scott
Bailes |
$150,000 |
| 16
| Doug
Jones |
$115,000 |
| 17
| Andy
Allanson |
$102,500 |
| 18
| Greg
Swindell |
$90,000 |
| 19
| Rich
Yett |
$90,000 |
| 20
| Dave
Clark |
$72,000 |
| 21
| John
Farrell |
$72,000 |
| 22
| Jay
Bell |
$67,500 |
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Cleveland Indians 1988 payroll based on this
was $8,936,500.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Jack
Morris |
$1,988,000 |
| 2
| Willie
Hernandez |
$1,210,000 |
| 3
| Frank
Tanana |
$1,100,000 |
| 4
| Alan
Trammell |
$1,000,000 |
| 5
| Lou
Whitaker |
$975,000 |
| 6
| Darrell
Evans |
$860,000 |
| 7
| Chet
Lemon |
$828,571 |
| 8
| Walt
Terrell |
$665,000 |
| 9
| Ray
Knight |
$525,000 |
| 10
| Doyle
Alexander |
$500,000 |
| 11
| Gary
Pettis |
$400,000 |
| 12
| Mike
Heath |
$400,000 |
| 13
| Larry
Herndon |
$375,000 |
| 14
| Dave
Bergman |
$360,000 |
| 15
| Tom
Brookens |
$350,000 |
| 16
| Pat
Sheridan |
$343,000 |
| 17
| Jim
Morrison |
$277,500 |
| 18
| Matt
Nokes |
$165,000 |
| 19
| Luis
Salazar |
$150,000 |
| 20
| Eric
King |
$125,000 |
| 21
| Mike
Henneman |
$115,000 |
| 22
| Jeff
Robinson |
$95,000 |
| 23
| Paul
Gibson |
$62,500 |
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Detroit Tigers 1988 payroll based on this
was $12,869,571.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Dave
Smith |
$1,100,000 |
| 2
| Bob
Knepper |
$1,000,000 |
| 3
| Nolan
Ryan |
$1,000,000 |
| 4
| Terry
Puhl |
$950,000 |
| 5
| Bill
Doran |
$933,000 |
| 6
| Rafael
Ramirez |
$925,000 |
| 7
| Kevin
Bass |
$880,000 |
| 8
| Danny
Darwin |
$760,000 |
| 9
| Mike
Scott |
$666,667 |
| 10
| Denny
Walling |
$575,000 |
| 11
| Craig
Reynolds |
$500,000 |
| 12
| Alan
Ashby |
$450,000 |
| 13
| Joaquin
Andujar |
$450,000 |
| 14
| Larry
Andersen |
$450,000 |
| 15
| Glenn
Davis |
$340,000 |
| 16
| Billy
Hatcher |
$240,000 |
| 17
| Jim
Deshaies |
$205,000 |
| 18
| Juan
Agosto |
$157,500 |
| 19
| Jim
Pankovits |
$150,000 |
| 20
| Charlie
Kerfeld |
$100,000 |
| 21
| Mark
Bailey |
$100,000 |
| 22
| Gerald
Young |
$85,000 |
| 23
| Jeff
Heathcock |
$72,000 |
| 24
| Ty
Gainey |
$68,000 |
| 25
| Chuck
Jackson |
$66,500 |
| 26
| Scott
Medvin |
$62,500 |
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Houston Astros 1988 payroll based on this
was $12,286,167.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| George
Brett |
$2,305,000 |
| 2
| Dan
Quisenberry |
$1,562,350 |
| 3
| Willie
Wilson |
$1,383,712 |
| 4
| Charlie
Leibrandt |
$1,250,000 |
| 5
| Bret
Saberhagen |
$1,100,000 |
| 6
| Floyd
Bannister |
$900,000 |
| 7
| Frank
White |
$825,000 |
| 8
| Bud
Black |
$635,000 |
| 9
| Mark
Gubicza |
$635,000 |
| 10
| Ted
Power |
$575,000 |
| 11
| Gene
Garber |
$500,000 |
| 12
| Thad
Bosley |
$400,000 |
| 13
| Bo
Jackson |
$383,000 |
| 14
| Steve
Balboni |
$350,000 |
| 15
| Jamie
Quirk |
$335,000 |
| 16
| Danny
Tartabull |
$330,000 |
| 17
| Steve
Farr |
$225,000 |
| 18
| Kevin
Seitzer |
$175,000 |
| 19
| Kurt
Stillwell |
$137,500 |
| 20
| Brad
Wellman |
$125,000 |
| 21
| Jim
Eisenreich |
$90,000 |
| 22
| Ed
Hearn |
$80,000 |
| 23
| Bill
Pecota |
$65,000 |
| 24
| Scotti
Madison |
$65,000 |
| 25
| Gary
Thurman |
$62,500 |
| 26
| Mike
Macfarlane |
$62,500 |
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Kansas City Royals 1988 payroll based on
this was $14,556,562.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Fernando
Valenzuela |
$2,050,000 |
| 2
| Kirk
Gibson |
$1,833,333 |
| 3
| Pedro
Guerrero |
$1,720,000 |
| 4
| Orel
Hershiser |
$1,100,000 |
| 5
| Jesse
Orosco |
$1,000,000 |
| 6
| Mike
Scioscia |
$1,000,000 |
| 7
| Mike
Davis |
$987,500 |
| 8
| Steve
Sax |
$838,182 |
| 9
| Mike
Marshall |
$760,000 |
| 10
| Alfredo
Griffin |
$750,000 |
| 11
| Jay
Howell |
$595,000 |
| 12
| John
Shelby |
$465,000 |
| 13
| Alejandro
Pena |
$400,000 |
| 14
| Don
Sutton |
$350,000 |
| 15
| Alex
Trevino |
$312,500 |
| 16
| Danny
Heep |
$300,000 |
| 17
| Mickey
Hatcher |
$300,000 |
| 18
| Tito
Landrum |
$300,000 |
| 19
| Dave
Anderson |
$262,500 |
| 20
| Rick
Dempsey |
$250,000 |
| 21
| Franklin
Stubbs |
$235,000 |
| 22
| Ken
Howell |
$215,000 |
| 23
| Tim
Leary |
$190,000 |
| 24
| Brad
Havens |
$185,000 |
| 25
| Jeff
Hamilton |
$82,500 |
| 26
| Shawn
Hillegas |
$78,000 |
| 27
| Tim
Belcher |
$78,000 |
| 28
| Tim
Crews |
$78,000 |
| 29
| Ralph
Bryant |
$72,500 |
| 30
| William
Brennan |
$62,500 |
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Los Angeles Dodgers 1988 payroll based on
this was $16,850,515.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Paul
Molitor |
$1,400,000 |
| 2
| Robin
Yount |
$1,150,000 |
| 3
| Teddy
Higuera |
$1,025,000 |
| 4
| Jim
Gantner |
$937,500 |
| 5
| Greg
Brock |
$600,000 |
| 6
| Mark
Clear |
$535,000 |
| 7
| Rob
Deer |
$460,000 |
| 8
| Bill
Schroeder |
$372,500 |
| 9
| Dan
Plesac |
$275,000 |
| 10
| Ernest
Riles |
$250,000 |
| 11
| Juan
Nieves |
$195,000 |
| 12
| Dale
Sveum |
$185,000 |
| 13
| Bill
Wegman |
$175,000 |
| 14
| B.J.
Surhoff |
$122,000 |
| 15
| Glenn
Braggs |
$122,000 |
| 16
| Chris
Bosio |
$107,000 |
| 17
| Mike
Felder |
$102,500 |
| 18
| Chuck
Crim |
$101,000 |
| 19
| Juan
Castillo |
$90,000 |
| 20
| Mike
Birkbeck |
$70,000 |
| 21
| Dave
Stapleton |
$65,000 |
| 22
| Joey
Meyer |
$62,500 |
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Milwaukee Brewers 1988 payroll based on this
was $8,402,000.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Gary
Gaetti |
$1,666,666 |
| 2
| Kent
Hrbek |
$1,410,000 |
| 3
| Frank
Viola |
$1,350,000 |
| 4
| Tom
Brunansky |
$1,140,000 |
| 5
| Kirby
Puckett |
$1,090,000 |
| 6
| Bert
Blyleven |
$1,000,000 |
| 7
| Jeff
Reardon |
$850,000 |
| 8
| Joe
Niekro |
$800,000 |
| 9
| Juan
Berenguer |
$500,000 |
| 10
| Greg
Gagne |
$440,000 |
| 11
| Dan
Gladden |
$360,000 |
| 12
| Randy
Bush |
$350,000 |
| 13
| Keith
Atherton |
$345,000 |
| 14
| Tim
Laudner |
$295,000 |
| 15
| Steve
Lombardozzi |
$152,500 |
| 16
| Steve
Carlton |
$115,000 |
| 17
| Tom
Nieto |
$103,500 |
| 18
| Al
Newman |
$100,000 |
| 19
| Les
Straker |
$93,000 |
| 20
| Mark
Davidson |
$89,000 |
| 21
| Gene
Larkin |
$83,000 |
| 22
| Dwight
Lowry |
$67,500 |
| 23
| Charlie
Lea |
$62,500 |
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Minnesota Twins 1988 payroll based on this
was $12,462,666.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Tim
Raines |
$1,666,333 |
| 2
| Hubie
Brooks |
$850,000 |
| 3
| Tim
Wallach |
$850,000 |
| 4
| Dennis
Martinez |
$735,000 |
| 5
| Neal
Heaton |
$625,000 |
| 6
| Tim
Burke |
$625,000 |
| 7
| Mitch
Webster |
$550,000 |
| 8
| Bryn
Smith |
$525,000 |
| 9
| Andy
McGaffigan |
$500,000 |
| 10
| Bob
McClure |
$500,000 |
| 11
| Mike
Fitzgerald |
$335,000 |
| 12
| Tom
Foley |
$250,000 |
| 13
| Andres
Galarraga |
$240,000 |
| 14
| Graig
Nettles |
$200,000 |
| 15
| Floyd
Youmans |
$160,000 |
| 16
| Dave
Engle |
$150,000 |
| 17
| Herm
Winningham |
$140,000 |
| 18
| Casey
Candaele |
$110,000 |
| 19
| Randy
St. Claire |
$100,000 |
| 20
| Wallace
Johnson |
$100,000 |
| 21
| Jeff
Parrett |
$90,000 |
| 22
| Jeff
Reed |
$90,000 |
| 23
| Ron
Shepherd |
$72,000 |
| 24
| Luis
Rivera |
$70,000 |
| 25
| Pascual
Perez |
$70,000 |
|
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Montreal Expos 1988 payroll based on this
was $9,603,333.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Gary
Carter |
$2,160,714 |
| 2
| Keith
Hernandez |
$1,850,000 |
| 3
| Dwight
Gooden |
$1,400,000 |
| 4
| Darryl
Strawberry |
$1,320,000 |
| 5
| Ron
Darling |
$1,000,000 |
| 6
| Kevin
McReynolds |
$975,000 |
| 7
| Mookie
Wilson |
$900,000 |
| 8
| Bob
Ojeda |
$725,000 |
| 9
| Howard
Johnson |
$695,000 |
| 10
| Wally
Backman |
$650,000 |
| 11
| Roger
McDowell |
$615,000 |
| 12
| Sid
Fernandez |
$580,000 |
| 13
| Tim
Teufel |
$537,500 |
| 14
| Lee
Mazzilli |
$350,000 |
| 15
| Lenny
Dykstra |
$305,000 |
| 16
| Rick
Aguilera |
$295,000 |
| 17
| Terry
Leach |
$190,000 |
| 18
| Dave
Magadan |
$112,500 |
| 19
| Gene
Walter |
$111,600 |
| 20
| Randy
Myers |
$108,000 |
| 21
| David
Cone |
$92,500 |
| 22
| Barry
Lyons |
$90,000 |
| 23
| John
Gibbons |
$75,000 |
| 24
| Kevin
Elster |
$69,000 |
| 25
| Mackey
Sasser |
$62,500 |
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New York Mets 1988 payroll based on this was
$15,269,314.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Don
Mattingly |
$2,000,000 |
| 2
| Dave
Winfield |
$1,958,652 |
| 3
| Rickey
Henderson |
$1,770,000 |
| 4
| Jack
Clark |
$1,500,000 |
| 5
| Dave
Righetti |
$1,300,000 |
| 6
| Richard
Dotson |
$900,000 |
| 7
| Rick
Rhoden |
$900,000 |
| 8
| Willie
Randolph |
$875,000 |
| 9
| Ron
Guidry |
$825,000 |
| 10
| John
Candelaria |
$700,000 |
| 11
| Tim
Stoddard |
$700,000 |
| 12
| Gary
Ward |
$625,000 |
| 13
| Don
Slaught |
$531,500 |
| 14
| Mike
Pagliarulo |
$500,000 |
| 15
| Claudell
Washington |
$480,000 |
| 16
| Charles
Hudson |
$450,000 |
| 17
| Rafael
Santana |
$425,000 |
| 18
| Wayne
Tolleson |
$410,000 |
| 19
| Cecilio
Guante |
$380,000 |
| 20
| Tommy
John |
$375,000 |
| 21
| Jose
Cruz |
$350,000 |
| 22
| Rick
Cerone |
$300,000 |
| 23
| Jerry
Royster |
$275,000 |
| 24
| Neil
Allen |
$250,000 |
| 25
| Bob
Meacham |
$212,500 |
| 26
| Lee
Guetterman |
$137,500 |
| 27
| Joel
Skinner |
$110,000 |
| 28
| Al
Leiter |
$67,000 |
| 29
| Jay
Buhner |
$67,000 |
| 30
| Roberto
Kelly |
$67,000 |
|
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New York Yankees 1988 payroll based on this
was $19,441,152.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Carney
Lansford |
$1,300,000 |
| 2
| Dave
Parker |
$1,000,000 |
| 3
| Bob
Welch |
$937,500 |
| 4
| Rick
Honeycutt |
$855,000 |
| 5
| Dennis
Eckersley |
$650,000 |
| 6
| Dave
Stewart |
$600,000 |
| 7
| Storm
Davis |
$550,000 |
| 8
| Don
Baylor |
$495,000 |
| 9
| Gene
Nelson |
$450,000 |
| 10
| Glenn
Hubbard |
$425,000 |
| 11
| Curt
Young |
$410,000 |
| 12
| Jose
Canseco |
$325,000 |
| 13
| Ron
Hassey |
$300,000 |
| 14
| Mark
McGwire |
$250,000 |
| 15
| Dave
Henderson |
$225,000 |
| 16
| Steve
Ontiveros |
$200,000 |
| 17
| Tony
Phillips |
$200,000 |
| 18
| Terry
Steinbach |
$125,000 |
| 19
| Mike
Gallego |
$100,000 |
| 20
| Eric
Plunk |
$90,000 |
| 21
| Stan
Javier |
$77,500 |
| 22
| Doug
Jennings |
$62,500 |
| 23
| Walt
Weiss |
$62,500 |
|
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Oakland Athletics 1988 payroll based on this
was $9,690,000.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Mike
Schmidt |
$2,250,000 |
| 2
| Von
Hayes |
$1,300,000 |
| 3
| Juan
Samuel |
$1,060,000 |
| 4
| Lance
Parrish |
$1,000,000 |
| 5
| Steve
Bedrosian |
$925,000 |
| 6
| Phil
Bradley |
$905,000 |
| 7
| Shane
Rawley |
$900,000 |
| 8
| Kent
Tekulve |
$850,000 |
| 9
| David
Palmer |
$675,000 |
| 10
| Don
Carman |
$450,000 |
| 11
| Kevin
Gross |
$450,000 |
| 12
| Bob
Dernier |
$400,000 |
| 13
| Mike
Young |
$395,000 |
| 14
| Luis
Aguayo |
$375,000 |
| 15
| Greg
Gross |
$320,000 |
| 16
| Bill
Almon |
$250,000 |
| 17
| Milt
Thompson |
$240,000 |
| 18
| Steve
Jeltz |
$215,000 |
| 19
| John
Russell |
$150,000 |
| 20
| Bruce
Ruffin |
$140,000 |
| 21
| Chris
James |
$138,000 |
| 22
| Jeff
Calhoun |
$125,000 |
| 23
| Darren
Daulton |
$115,000 |
| 24
| Wally
Ritchie |
$77,500 |
| 25
| Mike
Maddux |
$70,000 |
| 26
| Todd
Frohwirth |
$62,500 |
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Philadelphia Phillies 1988 payroll based on
this was $13,838,000.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Andy
Van Slyke |
$825,000 |
| 2
| Jim
Gott |
$500,000 |
| 3
| Jeff
Robinson |
$475,000 |
| 4
| Bob
Walk |
$450,000 |
| 5
| Darnell
Coles |
$375,000 |
| 6
| Sid
Bream |
$360,000 |
| 7
| R.J.
Reynolds |
$290,000 |
| 8
| Brian
Fisher |
$255,000 |
| 9
| Junior
Ortiz |
$250,000 |
| 10
| Bobby
Bonilla |
$230,000 |
| 11
| Barry
Bonds |
$220,000 |
| 12
| Mike
LaValliere |
$215,000 |
| 13
| Mike
Diaz |
$172,500 |
| 14
| Doug
Drabek |
$160,000 |
| 15
| Mike
Dunne |
$142,500 |
| 16
| Rafael
Belliard |
$130,000 |
| 17
| Bob
Kipper |
$125,000 |
| 18
| John
Cangelosi |
$125,000 |
| 19
| John
Smiley |
$107,500 |
| 20
| Al
Pedrique |
$91,000 |
| 21
| Barry
Jones |
$90,000 |
| 22
| Bob
Patterson |
$80,000 |
| 23
| Jose
Lind |
$75,000 |
| 24
| Felix
Fermin |
$67,500 |
| 25
| Randy
Milligan |
$62,500 |
| 26
| Ruben
Rodriguez |
$62,500 |
| 27
| Vicente
Palacios |
$62,500 |
|
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Pittsburgh Pirates 1988 payroll based on
this was $5,998,500.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Keith
Moreland |
$1,243,333 |
| 2
| Garry
Templeton |
$1,143,502 |
| 3
| Ed
Whitson |
$1,000,000 |
| 4
| Eric
Show |
$887,500 |
| 5
| Tony
Gwynn |
$840,000 |
| 6
| Mark
Davis |
$520,000 |
| 7
| Andy
Hawkins |
$453,000 |
| 8
| Carmelo
Martinez |
$440,000 |
| 9
| Tim
Flannery |
$381,667 |
| 10
| Terry
Kennedy |
$300,000 |
| 11
| Chris
Brown |
$265,000 |
| 12
| Marvell
Wynne |
$255,000 |
| 13
| John
Kruk |
$250,000 |
| 14
| Randy
Ready |
$210,000 |
| 15
| Dickie
Thon |
$200,000 |
| 16
| Lance
McCullers |
$190,000 |
| 17
| Benito
Santiago |
$167,500 |
| 18
| Greg
Booker |
$130,000 |
| 19
| Jimmy
Jones |
$95,000 |
| 20
| Mark
Grant |
$90,000 |
| 21
| Stan
Jefferson |
$90,000 |
| 22
| Dave
Leiper |
$75,000 |
| 23
| Shane
Mack |
$73,500 |
| 24
| Eric
Nolte |
$70,000 |
| 25
| Mark
Parent |
$65,000 |
| 26
| Shawn
Abner |
$63,500 |
| 27
| Candy
Sierra |
$62,500 |
|
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San Diego Padres 1988 payroll based on this
was $9,561,002.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Brett
Butler |
$900,000 |
| 2
| Don
Robinson |
$900,000 |
| 3
| Jeffrey
Leonard |
$900,000 |
| 4
| Mike
Krukow |
$900,000 |
| 5
| Rick
Reuschel |
$800,000 |
| 6
| Atlee
Hammaker |
$750,000 |
| 7
| Candy
Maldonado |
$750,000 |
| 8
| Dave
Dravecky |
$700,000 |
| 9
| Scott
Garrelts |
$625,000 |
| 10
| Bob
Brenly |
$600,000 |
| 11
| Craig
Lefferts |
$575,000 |
| 12
| Jose
Uribe |
$535,000 |
| 13
| Mike
LaCoss |
$500,000 |
| 14
| Chris
Speier |
$400,000 |
| 15
| Phil
Garner |
$375,000 |
| 16
| Joel
Youngblood |
$320,000 |
| 17
| Will
Clark |
$320,000 |
| 18
| Joe
Price |
$300,000 |
| 19
| Kevin
Mitchell |
$237,500 |
| 20
| Robby
Thompson |
$232,500 |
| 21
| Harry
Spilman |
$225,000 |
| 22
| Kelly
Downs |
$160,000 |
| 23
| Mike
Aldrete |
$160,000 |
| 24
| Bob
Melvin |
$145,000 |
| 25
| Francisco
Melendez |
$70,000 |
|
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San Francisco Giants 1988 payroll based on
this was $12,380,000.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Steve
Trout |
$990,000 |
| 2
| Alvin
Davis |
$887,500 |
| 3
| Glenn
Wilson |
$850,000 |
| 4
| Mark
Langston |
$820,000 |
| 5
| Ken
Phelps |
$670,000 |
| 6
| Jim
Presley |
$535,000 |
| 7
| Mike
Moore |
$481,950 |
| 8
| Edwin
Nunez |
$320,000 |
| 9
| Harold
Reynolds |
$200,000 |
| 10
| Scott
Bradley |
$130,000 |
| 11
| Dave
Valle |
$125,000 |
| 12
| Jerry
Reed |
$125,000 |
| 13
| Rey
Quinones |
$120,000 |
| 14
| Mickey
Brantley |
$112,500 |
| 15
| Mike
Kingery |
$112,500 |
| 16
| Scott
Bankhead |
$112,500 |
| 17
| Bill
Wilkinson |
$100,000 |
| 18
| Henry
Cotto |
$90,000 |
| 19
| Julio
Solano |
$80,000 |
| 20
| Bill
Swift |
$77,500 |
| 21
| Mike
Jackson |
$77,500 |
| 22
| Dennis
Powell |
$72,500 |
| 23
| Rich
Renteria |
$65,500 |
| 24
| Bruce
Fields |
$62,500 |
| 25
| Mario
Diaz |
$62,500 |
| 26
| Mike
Campbell |
$62,500 |
|
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Seattle Mariners 1988 payroll based on this
was $7,342,450.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Ozzie
Smith |
$2,340,000 |
| 2
| Willie
McGee |
$1,200,000 |
| 3
| John
Tudor |
$1,100,000 |
| 4
| Tony
Pena |
$1,100,000 |
| 5
| Bob
Horner |
$950,000 |
| 6
| Tom
Herr |
$875,000 |
| 7
| Danny
Cox |
$750,000 |
| 8
| Vince
Coleman |
$700,000 |
| 9
| Terry
Pendleton |
$660,000 |
| 10
| Ken
Dayley |
$610,000 |
| 11
| Bob
Forsch |
$400,000 |
| 12
| Jose
DeLeon |
$375,000 |
| 13
| Jose
Oquendo |
$275,000 |
| 14
| Steve
Lake |
$240,000 |
| 15
| Todd
Worrell |
$200,000 |
| 16
| Eddie
Tucker |
$125,000 |
| 17
| Greg
Mathews |
$125,000 |
| 18
| Tom
Lawless |
$125,000 |
| 19
| Curt
Ford |
$100,000 |
| 20
| Joe
Magrane |
$100,000 |
| 21
| Mike
Laga |
$100,000 |
| 22
| Jim
Lindeman |
$75,000 |
| 23
| John
Morris |
$75,000 |
| 24
| Scott
Terry |
$75,000 |
| 25
| Tom
Pagnozzi |
$72,500 |
| 26
| Rod
Booker |
$70,000 |
| 27
| Ken
Hill |
$62,500 |
|
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St. Louis Cardinals 1988 payroll based on
this was $12,880,000.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| Charlie
Hough |
$850,000 |
| 2
| Scott
Fletcher |
$575,000 |
| 3
| Pete
O'Brien |
$562,500 |
| 4
| Larry
Parrish |
$550,131 |
| 5
| Pete
Incaviglia |
$275,000 |
| 6
| Curtis
Wilkerson |
$252,500 |
| 7
| Oddibe
McDowell |
$250,000 |
| 8
| Ruben
Sierra |
$230,000 |
| 9
| Mitch
Williams |
$200,000 |
| 10
| Jeff
Russell |
$190,000 |
| 11
| Steve
Buechele |
$180,000 |
| 12
| Jose
Guzman |
$170,000 |
| 13
| Dale
Mohorcic |
$157,500 |
| 14
| Geno
Petralli |
$135,000 |
| 15
| Bobby
Witt |
$130,000 |
| 16
| Ed
Correa |
$130,000 |
| 17
| Jerry
Browne |
$117,500 |
| 18
| Bob
Brower |
$98,000 |
| 19
| Mike
Stanley |
$84,000 |
| 20
| Paul
Kilgus |
$80,000 |
| 21
| Cecil
Espy |
$62,500 |
| 22
| Jose
Cecena |
$62,500 |
|
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Texas Rangers 1988 payroll based on this was
$5,342,131.
| RANK |
NAME |
SALARY |
| 1
| George
Bell |
$1,900,000 |
| 2
| Jesse
Barfield |
$1,400,000 |
| 3
| Dave
Stieb |
$900,000 |
| 4
| Jim
Clancy |
$900,000 |
| 5
| Tony
Fernandez |
$875,000 |
| 6
| Lloyd
Moseby |
$857,500 |
| 7
| Ernie
Whitt |
$750,000 |
| 8
| Tom
Henke |
$725,000 |
| 9
| Rance
Mulliniks |
$600,000 |
| 10
| Mike
Flanagan |
$550,000 |
| 11
| Jimmy
Key |
$440,225 |
| 12
| Juan
Beniquez |
$400,000 |
| 13
| Rick
Leach |
$300,000 |
| 14
| Mark
Eichhorn |
$272,500 |
| 15
| John
Cerutti |
$230,000 |
| 16
| Kelly
Gruber |
$130,000 |
| 17
| Fred
McGriff |
$127,500 |
| 18
| Jeff
Musselman |
$127,000 |
| 19
| Cecil
Fielder |
$125,000 |
| 20
| Manuel
Lee |
$103,000 |
| 21
| David
Wells |
$82,000 |
| 22
| Duane
Ward |
$80,000 |
| 23
| Nelson
Liriano |
$75,000 |
| 24
| Matt
Stark |
$66,500 |
| 25
| Pat
Borders |
$62,500 |
| 26
| Sil
Campusano |
$62,500 |
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Toronto Blue Jays 1988 payroll based on this
was $12,141,225.
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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