Baseball Greats Who Were Underpaid

[key2win]

This is a great article on 6 baseball greats and what their salary back then would look like inflated in today's economy. Enjoy the read.

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Baseball greats who were paid like benchwarmers


Ted Williams
Highest salary: $125,000 (1959)
Adjusted salary (2010): $935,000

Hank Aaron
Highest salary: $250,000 (1976)
Adjusted salary (2010): $960,000

Willie Mays
Highest salary: $180,000 (1971)
Adjusted salary (2010): $965,000

Joe DiMaggio
Highest salary: $100,000 (1949)
Adjusted salary (2010): $900,000

Mickey Mantle
Highest salary: $100,000 (1963)
Adjusted salary (2010): $710,000

Babe Ruth
Highest salary: $80,000 (1930)
Adjusted salary (2010): $1,050,000

[gladdyontherise]

The times then were so different, and those adjusted salaries are incredibly far off, a player like Aaron, Mantle, Ruth, Williams, Dimaggio etc would be $20-$30 million players in todays game