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rank	player	team	salary
1	George Foster	New York Mets	2,800,000
2	Gary Carter	New York Mets	2,160,714
3	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	2,136,666
4	Jim Rice	Boston Red Sox	1,984,423
5	Ozzie Smith	St. Louis Cardinals	1,940,000
6	Dave Winfield	New York Yankees	1,886,714
7	Dale Murphy	Atlanta Braves	1,825,000
7	Jose DeLeon	Pittsburgh Pirates	1,825,000
9	Bob Horner	Atlanta Braves	1,800,000
10	Bruce Sutter	Atlanta Braves	1,729,167
11	Keith Hernandez	New York Mets	1,650,000
12	Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles Dodgers	1,600,000
13	Rickey Henderson	New York Yankees	1,570,000
14	Bill Caudill	Toronto Blue Jays	1,533,333
15	Rick Sutcliffe	Chicago Cubs	1,530,000
16	Tim Raines	Montreal Expos	1,515,000
17	George Brett	Kansas City Royals	1,471,429
18	Bert Blyleven	Minnesota Twins	1,450,000
19	Ron Cey	Chicago Cubs	1,400,000
20	Don Mattingly	New York Yankees	1,375,000
21	Pedro Guerrero	Los Angeles Dodgers	1,370,000
22	Wade Boggs	Boston Red Sox	1,350,000
23	Dwight Gooden	New York Mets	1,320,000
24	Jack Clark	St. Louis Cardinals	1,300,000
25	Steve Garvey	San Diego Padres	1,250,000
rank	player	team	salary
26	Joaquin Andujar	Oakland Athletics	1,233,333
27	Tony Pena	Pittsburgh Pirates	1,225,000
28	Steve Kemp	Pittsburgh Pirates	1,220,000
29	Kirk Gibson	Detroit Tigers	1,200,000
29	Carney Lansford	Oakland Athletics	1,200,000
29	Doug DeCinces	California Angels	1,200,000
32	Fred Lynn	Baltimore Orioles	1,190,000
33	Willie Wilson	Kansas City Royals	1,175,000
34	Paul Molitor	Milwaukee Brewers	1,160,000
35	Cal Ripken	Baltimore Orioles	1,150,000
35	Mario Soto	Cincinnati Reds	1,150,000
37	Tom Seaver	Chicago White Sox	1,132,652
38	Nolan Ryan	Houston Astros	1,125,000
39	Garry Templeton	San Diego Padres	1,103,018
40	Reggie Jackson	California Angels	1,102,946
41	Andre Thornton	Cleveland Indians	1,100,000
41	Dave Parker	Cincinnati Reds	1,100,000
43	John Denny	Cincinnati Reds	1,083,333
44	Larry McWilliams	Pittsburgh Pirates	1,080,000
45	Kent Hrbek	Minnesota Twins	1,060,000
45	Bob Stanley	Boston Red Sox	1,060,000
45	Willie Randolph	New York Yankees	1,060,000
48	Dick Ruthven	Chicago Cubs	1,050,000
49	Andre Dawson	Montreal Expos	1,047,000
50	Rich Gossage	San Diego Padres	1,046,761
rank	player	team	salary
51	Dave Stieb	Toronto Blue Jays	1,033,333
52	Dwight Evans	Boston Red Sox	1,017,757
53	LaMarr Hoyt	San Diego Padres	1,000,000
53	Orel Hershiser	Los Angeles Dodgers	1,000,000
53	Donnie Moore	California Angels	1,000,000
53	Bob Knepper	Houston Astros	1,000,000
53	Tony Armas	Boston Red Sox	1,000,000
53	Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	1,000,000
53	Lonnie Smith	Kansas City Royals	1,000,000
53	Ted Simmons	Atlanta Braves	1,000,000
53	John Tudor	St. Louis Cardinals	1,000,000
53	Jason Thompson	Montreal Expos	1,000,000
53	Jerry Reuss	Los Angeles Dodgers	1,000,000
53	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	1,000,000
65	Leon Durham	Chicago Cubs	983,333
66	Ron Guidry	New York Yankees	975,000
66	Richard Dotson	Chicago White Sox	975,000
68	Willie Hernandez	Detroit Tigers	960,000
69	Robin Yount	Milwaukee Brewers	950,000
70	Darryl Strawberry	New York Mets	945,000
71	Willie Upshaw	Toronto Blue Jays	940,000
72	George Hendrick	California Angels	939,333
73	Mike Witt	California Angels	933,333
74	Floyd Bannister	Chicago White Sox	930,000
75	Eddie Murray	Baltimore Orioles	925,814
rank	player	team	salary
76	Bret Saberhagen	Kansas City Royals	925,000
76	Dan Quisenberry	Kansas City Royals	925,000
78	Terry Kennedy	San Diego Padres	920,000
78	Dave Concepcion	Cincinnati Reds	920,000
80	Graig Nettles	San Diego Padres	912,247
81	Scott McGregor	Baltimore Orioles	911,051
82	Dwayne Murphy	Oakland Athletics	900,149
83	Jeffrey Leonard	San Francisco Giants	900,000
83	Neil Allen	Chicago White Sox	900,000
85	Don Sutton	California Angels	890,000
85	Steve Trout	Chicago Cubs	890,000
85	Kent Tekulve	Philadelphia Phillies	890,000
88	Jim Gantner	Milwaukee Brewers	887,500
89	Dennis Leonard	Kansas City Royals	883,333
90	Jack Morris	Detroit Tigers	875,000
90	Carlton Fisk	Chicago White Sox	875,000
90	Dan Petry	Detroit Tigers	875,000
93	Buddy Bell	Cincinnati Reds	870,000
94	Gary Ward	Texas Rangers	865,000
95	Rick Burleson	California Angels	856,667
96	Bob Boone	California Angels	853,479
97	Jerry Mumphrey	Chicago Cubs	850,000
97	Brett Butler	Cleveland Indians	850,000
97	Terry Puhl	Houston Astros	850,000
97	Jeff Reardon	Montreal Expos	850,000
rank	player	team	salary
97	Lance Parrish	Detroit Tigers	850,000
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