Through The Years: Top Baseball Salaries
Calvin Johnson and Prince Fielder's mega-million-dollar deals with Detroit sports teams made mega-headlines recently. And if it seems like prices for serious players are skyrocketing -- you're right.
Hour Detroit Magazine compiled a list of the top Detroit Tigers salaries from 1901 to 2012. And the numbers? Let's just say they're eye-opening. Check the list below and let us know -- are today's players worth the dough? And while you're at it check the difference between Cecil Fielder's top salary in 1995 and his son Prince Fielder's jaw-dropping numbers 17 years later.
TOP TIGERS SALARIES
1901: $3,000, Jimmy Barrett
1910: $9,000, Ty Cobb
1925: $50,000 Ty Cobb
1947: $65,000, Hal Newhouser
1957: $32,000, Harvey Kuehn
1963: $54,000, Rocky Colavito
1972: $120,000, Frank Howard
1973: $100,000, Al Kaline
1973: $100,000, Mickey Lolich
1976: $145,000, Rusty Staub
1980: $210,000, Steve Kemp
1984: $875,000, Jack Morris
1985: $1.1 million, Darrell Evans
1990: $2.1 million, Jack Morris
1995: $9.2 million, Cecil Fielder
2003: $11.9 million Bobby Higginson
2009: $19 million, Magglion Ordonez
2012: $23 million, Prince Fielder
