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Jaydawg
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Re: Average salary of an MLB baseball player: $2.6 million       <FONT COLOR=BLACK><b>[</font>Reply to #<a href="read.pl?1-1128">1128</a>]</b>
4/11/05, 11:18pm
>   On every team, the last guy on the bench earns well into
>the six-figures.  Where's the salary cap?  Hank Aaron never
>made more than $200K.  In today's dollars, that would come out
>the same as most average players and some bench-warmers in the
>league.  That's one reason why I love the fantasy leagues
>where every team gets a fair shot to put out a winner.  It
>should be that way in real life.

That's not entirely true.

Aaron retired in 1976.

The average house in 1976 was probably around $30,000.

The average house today is probably around $450,000... still, your point is well taken because this means in today's dollars, Aaron was likely making just over average.

[Reedster from Sylmar/CA]
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