Salary Milestones
Posted: Monday October 26, 1998 02:59 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Milestone contracts in baseball history, as
obtained by The Associated Press from player and management source.
Figures include all guaranteed income but not income from potential
incentive bonuses. There is no distinction for money deferred
without interest:
November 19, 1979 - Nolan Ryan, Houston, $1 million a year for 4 seasons
February 7, 1982 -- George Foster, NYM, $2.04 million a year for 5
seasons
November 22, 1989 -- Kirby Puckett, Minnnesota, $3 million a year for 3
seasons
June 27, 1990 -- Jose Canseco, Oakland, $4.7 million a year for 5
seasons
February 8, 1991 -- Roger Clemens, Boston, $5,380,250 a year for 4
seasons
March 2, 1992 -- Ryne Sandberg, Cubs, $7.1 million a year for 4
seasons
January 31, 1996 -- Ken Griffey Jr., Seattle, $8.5 million a year for 4
seasons
November 19, 1996 -- Albert Belle, WSox, $11 million a year for 5
seasons
December 12, 1997 -- Pedro Martinez, Boston, $12.5 million a year for 6
seasons
October 26, 1998 -- Mike Piazza, NYM, $13 million a year for 7
seasons
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