List of highest paid baseball players

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Annual Salary

The following chart reveals the evolution of the highest paid player in Major League Baseball.

YEAR - $ SALARY/YR - PLAYER - TEAM/ORGANIZATION 1930 $80,000 - Babe Ruth 1985 - $2,130,300 - Mike Schmidt - Philadelphia Phillies 1986 - $2,800,000 - George Foster 1990 - $3,200,000 - Robin Yount 1991 - $3,800,000 - Darryl Strawberry - 1992 - $6,100,000 - Bobby Bonilla 1993 - $6,200,000 - Bobby Bonilla 1994 - $6,300,000 - Bobby Bonilla 1995 - $9,237,500 - Cecil Fielder 1997 - $10,000,000 - Albert Belle 1998 - $14,936,667 - Gary Sheffield 2000 - $15,714,286 - Kevin Brown 2001 - $22,000,000 - Alex Rodriguez

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YEAR - $ SALARY/YR - PLAYER - TEAM/ORGANIZATION 1927 $70,000 - Babe Ruth 1949 $100,000 - Ted Williams 1961 - $75,000 - Mickey Mantle 1966 - $130,000 - Willie Mays 1972 $200,000 - Hank Aaron 1979 - - Pete Rose 1980 - $1,000,000 - Nolan Ryan - Houston Astros - 1st player to pass $1 million a year mark 1981 - $2,000,000 - Dave Winfield

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Total earnings

The following chart reveals the Major League Baseball players that have earned the most total salary in their career (through the end of 2003).

$109,845,000 - Greg Maddux $104,463,215 - Barry Bonds $ 99,461,930 - Kevin Brown $ 98,001,000 - Roger Clemens $ 97,376,294 - Albert Belle (retired) $ 95,159,654 - Ken Griffey, Jr. $ 94,295,000 - Randy Johnson $ 93,010,002 - Gary Sheffield $ 90,568,000 - Sammy Sosa $ 85,030,097 - Larry Walker $ 83,765,000 - Barry Larkin $ 83,238,334 - Mo Vaughn $ 82,437,500 - Juan Gonzalez $ 82,297,996 - Rafael Palmeiro $ 82,199,437 - Tom Glavine $ 78,860,000 - Matt Williams $ 78,283,144 - Mike Piazza $ 78,027,000 - Alex Rodriguez $ 77,194,000 - Pedro Martinez $ 76,700,000 - Cal Ripken, Jr. (no data available for 1981-1984) $ 76,885,715 - Bernie Williams $ 75,603,815 - Roberto Alomar $ 74,688,354 - Mark McGwire (retired) $ 72,014,000 - Frank (Edward) Thomas $ 68,342,501 - David Cone (retired) $ 66,599,000 - Carlos Delgado $ 64,320,000 - Raul Mondesi $ 63,532,727 - Manny Ramirez


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