CLEVELAND BOBCATS
TEAM SALARY
05/02/1977
Pos Name Age 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
C Fred Johnson 32 $1.5m
LF Bill Harper 31 $830k
SS Ernie Wilkins 29 $756k $556k $456k(P)
3B Keith MacPherson 29 $530k $500k $475k(P)
SP Myron Baird 27 $430k $430k
C Ruben Galvan 30 $300k $320k $340k
2B Mark Bassett 34 $260k
SP Bruce Cardenas 36 $256k
CF Phil Chirico 29 $250k $420k
2B Benito Olivas 29 $224k $332k(A)
RP Rick Tomlinson 28 $160k $160k
1B Don Pelletier 27 $120k
SP Bruce Elsner 41 $101k
RF Tom Crowell - R:15% 33 $98k(R) $98k(P,R)
1B Rick Gruber 25 $91k $180k(A) $270k(A)
RP Ted McGuire 30 $84k $100k(A) $120k(A#)
RP Joel Goodyear 27 $80k $100k(A)
RP Mike Chernock 28 $66k $75k(A)
SP Ray Norton 27 $66k
SP Dennis Lawrence 27 $60k $90k(A) $110k(A) $130k(A#)
SP John Phillips 25 $60k MiLC $80k(A*) $90k(A) $110k(A) $130k(A#)
CF Mike Sunseri 28 $55k $75k
RP Frank Rudin 27 $42k $70k(A)
1B Jim Baumann 23 $28k $28k(*) $28k(*) $170k(A) $220k(A) $250k(A)
3B Billy Booth 26 $28k $28k(*) $28k(*) $60k(A) $70k(A) $85k(A)
RP Steve Cheatham 25 $28k $40k(A) $60k(A) $70k(A)
SP Paul Darch 27 $28k $71k(A) $101k(A) $121k(A)
RF Alan Romano 24 $28k $110k(A) $210k(A) $300k(A)
2B Lamar Snyder 22 $28k $28k(*) $28k(*) $60k(A) $70k(A) $85k(A)
SS Art Spruill 24 $28k $70k(A) $120k(A) $160k(A)
TOTAL $6.6m $3.8m $2.4m $1.2m $470k $550k $0 $0 $0 $0
Legend: auto = auto-renew contract, V = Vesting Option, T = Team Option, P = Player Option, A = Arbitration Eligible, A* = possibly Arbitration eligible, else auto-renew, A# = possible FA eligible, else arbitration, MiLC=Minor League Contract, O=Player holds opt-out after the season, R=Retained Salary Player, ^=Team portion, *=players in minors on league minimum deals are only paid 16.5% of their salary while in the minors
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