We have explained about the Major League Baseball here on Sportycious few days back. Now it is time to know which are the MLB players who have made a big chunk of money out of it. Professional players need to earn a lot from the game they play; no matter what sport they are playing the only reason is that their daily bread depends on it. Well, there are many professional players who earn more than what they require to buy a daily bread and as a matter of fact, nothing wrong in it either. So let us have a look on the highest earning baseball or MLB players ever in the history of the game. We have included all major Amrican sportsmen in this article just to show how much a professional player can earn by playing for years!
List of the Highest Paid American Sports Players Ever
Babe Ruth
Teams Played for: New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves
Position: Right Fielder – Baseball
Highest Salary: US$ 80, 000 (1930)
Average Salary: US$ 7, 500
Salary Ratio: 10.66
Bobby Hull
Teams Played For: Chicago Black Hawks, Winnipeg Jets, Hartford Whalers, WHA, Winnipeg Jets
Position: Left wing (NHL)
Highest salary: US$ 270, 000 (1973)
Average player salary: US$ 25, 000
Salary Ratio: 10.8
Sergei Fedorov
Teams Played For: CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Minsk, Detroit Red Wings, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Columbus Blue Jacket, Washington Capitals, Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Position: Center (NHL)
Highest Salary: US$ 14 million (1999)
Average player salary: US$ 1.29
Salary Ratio: 10.85
Wayne Gretzky
Teams Played for: Indianapolis Racers, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers
Position: Center (NHL)
Highest Salary: US$ 3 million
Average player salary: US$ 271, 000 (1991)
Salary Ratio: 11.07
Joe Montana
Teams Played for: San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs
Position: Quarterback (NFL)
Highest Salary: US$ 4, 000, 000 (1990)
Average Player Salary: US$ 356, 000
Salary Ratio: 11.23
Mario Lemieux
Teams Played For: Pittsburgh Penguins
Position: Center (NHL)
Highest Salary: US$ 11.32 Million (1997)
Average Player Salary: US$ 984, 000
Salary Ratio: 11.5
Ty Cobb
Teams Played For: Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics
Position: Outfielder (MLB)
Highest Salary: US$ 85, 000 (1927)
Average Player Salary: US$ 6, 750
Salary Ratio: 12.59
Michael Jordan
Teams Played for: Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards
Highest Salary: US$ 33.14 Million (1998)
Average player salary: US$ 2.37 Million
Salary Ratio: 13.98
Joe Sakic
Teams Played for: Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche
Highest Salary: US$ 17 Million (1998)
Average player salary: US$ 1.17 million
Salary Ratio: 14.56
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