Please Who Was The First Baseball Player To Sign A Million Dollar Contract?

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 at 3:43 pm

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Niceguy0 says:

January 3, 2010 at 9:52 pm

In 1979 Dave Parker signed a contract that paid him $1,000,000 a year, although it was structured in such a way that it didn’t read like that. The Pirates played word games so no one thought they were paying a baseball player that kind of money – but they were.
In 1980 Nolan Ryan signed the first contract that clearly said outright that the player was getting $1,000,000 a year.
blueyezn says:

January 4, 2010 at 4:22 am

Good question.
mark c says:

January 4, 2010 at 10:28 am

not Reggie Jackson
Michael M says:

January 4, 2010 at 5:00 pm

1979, pitcher Nolan Ryan
Tapestry says:

January 4, 2010 at 9:05 pm

Nolan Ryan, for 10 million Dave Winfield
geek says:

January 5, 2010 at 1:10 am

Catfish Hunter was the first player to sign a multi million dollar contract – 5 year 3.25 million
Nolan Ryan was the first to get an “over a million a year” contract. 4 years – 4.5 million

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