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Five of the twenty highest-paid players in 2013 were members of the Yankees. Their team payroll for 2013 was $228,835,490, roughly $12 million above the second-largest Los Angeles Dodgers. [12] The Yankees have drawn criticism for their payroll, with some claiming it undermines the parity of MLB.
More: 2024 MLB salary database As such, the Yankees and Dodgers’ massive investments greatly impacted their seasons and into the playoffs: Judge (nine years, $360 million): 58 regular season ...
Major League Baseball salaries at their highest levels are staggering, with three players earning $40 million or more in the 2023 season. And MLB contracts are guaranteed, whether players play all ...
Major League Baseball had a tumultuous offseason, with the owners locking out the players in a contract stalemate. But on March 10 -- about three weeks after spring training was to have started ...
Catcher Josh Gibson, whose career ended in 1946, has the highest batting average in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. [a] He batted .372 over 14 seasons, mostly with the Homestead Grays. In addition, he also holds the single-season record for highest batting average in major league history at .466 in 1943.
This list does not reflect the highest annual salaries or career earnings, only the top 100 largest contracts and thus is largely limited to athletes in team sports and auto racing. Athletes in individual sports , such as golf , tennis , table tennis , boxing , kickboxing , and MMA , are not employed by a team and usually earn money primarily ...
Pro athletes are rich -- but some are a whole lot richer than others. Obviously, the top-paid athlete on any given team is bringing home a whole lot more than the rookies. However, it might come...
would be interesting to show highest paid indexed to inflation--Confuzion 08:49, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC) If you want to do the math, be our guest :) Kingturtle 05:08, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC) Wow, I just totaled the salaries of the highest 100 MLB players and got $1.175 billion per year.