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The deal was the largest sports contract in history, doubling the total value of Kevin Garnett's $126 million National Basketball Association contract (the previous record holder) and more than doubling Mike Hampton's $121 million contract, the previous MLB record which had been signed just days before. [9]
This is a list of the largest sports contracts. These figures include signing bonuses but exclude options, buyouts , and the endorsement deals. 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 .
The first agreement stated that the top five salary teams in each year would pay a 34% fine on each dollar a team spent beyond halfway between the salaries of the fifth and sixth teams. For example, if the fifth-highest salary team had a payroll of $100 million and the sixth-highest salary team had a payroll of $98 million, the top five teams ...
Most World Series appearances (as a manager): 10, Casey Stengel; Most World Series appearances (as a team): 40, New York Yankees; Most World Series titles (as a team): 27, New York Yankees; Most MVP Awards won: 7, Barry Bonds; Most consecutive games played: 2,632, Cal Ripken Jr.
List of Major League Baseball career records; List of Major League Baseball single-season records; List of Major League Baseball single-game records; List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable; List of Major League Baseball record breakers by season; List of Major League Baseball individual streaks
The play on the diamond garners the spotlight, but these days, Major League Baseball players' salaries are dazzling too, with figures teams of past eras would balk at. The New York Yankees inked ...
2 pinch-hit grand slams (by batters on different teams) in a game 1 b: Baseball Almanac: 10 home runs by one team in a game 1 c: Baseball Almanac: Home runs by same 2 consecutive batters twice in same inning 1 d: AP Online: 5 sacrifice flies by one team in a game 2 e: CBS Sportsline: 9 or more home runs by one team in a game 2: Baseball Almanac
The minimum NWSL salary under the new collective bargaining agreement is $37,856 and teams are signing elite players to record deals worth more than $400,000 annually using allocation money.