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Originally Posted by Rainger99
During his playing and managing career, Pete Rose earned a total of $7.1 million in salaries. His highest-earning year was 1986 when the Cincinnati Reds paid Rose $1 million for managing the team.
That is a lot money but it is a pittance to what the top players make now.
I saw an interview with Mickey Mantle shortly before he died. Mantle made $1,128,000 during his entire career playing with the Yankees. At that time Roger Clemens was making more than $5 million a year. Mantle said that Clemens would more by Memorial Day than he did in his entire career.
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Don't forget that the value of money (the dollar) has changed radically over all those years. You need to convert the older players salaries to today"s dollar value. What that will LIKELY reveal is that Mickey Mantle was probably paid as much as today's players. Note : I have NOT taken the time to make the actual calculation. I am not that interested. Someone else may be?