Salaries: sluggers before free agency 1920-1976. First of a series. Sunday, March 7, 2021
Annual salaries in this series are from https://www.baseball-reference.com/:
Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses ...
The Salary column contains some obvious mistakes. For instance, Willie Mays was paid $12,500 in 1954 after missing most of the previous two seasons in military service in the U.S. Army. Mays was NL MVP in 1954 but is shown for the next season getting the same salary: no raise. No way. The note for 1955 states that The Sporting News has Mays 1955 salary as $25,000, double his 1954 salary. That rings true.
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This link has complete data on the sluggers profiles in this series.
Columns to the right contain their ages and the so far undefined asterisks (*). Salaries:
BOLD: highest
red: lowest
framed: one of the alternate salaries used because it seems to make more sense. Percent is the increase from the previous year. Read the first post in this series for more.
| Year | Mantle | Mays | Aaron | Mantle | Mays | Aaron | Mantle | Mays | Aaron | Mantle | Mays | Aaron | Mantle | Mays | Aaron |
| 1951 | $7,500 | $7,500 | | | | | 19 | 20 | | * | * | | New York Yankees | New York Giants | |
| 1952 | $10,000 | $12,500 | | 33.33% | 66.67% | | 20 | 21 | | | | | New York Yankees | New York Giants | |
| 1953 | $17,500 | | | 75.00% | | | 21 | 22 | | * | | | New York Yankees | U.S. Army | |
| 1954 | $21,000 | $12,500 | $6,000 | 20.00% | | | 22 | 23 | 20 | * | | | New York Yankees | New York Giants | Milwaukee Braves |
| 1955 | $25,000 | $25,000 | $10,000 | 19.05% | 100.00% | 66.67% | 23 | 24 | 21 | * | * | | New York Yankees | New York Giants | Milwaukee Braves |
| 1956 | $32,000 | $30,000 | $17,500 | 28.00% | 20.00% | 75.00% | 24 | 25 | 22 | * | | | New York Yankees | New York Giants | Milwaukee Braves |
| 1957 | $60,000 | $50,000 | $22,500 | 87.50% | 66.67% | 28.57% | 25 | 26 | 23 | * | | | New York Yankees | New York Giants | Milwaukee Braves |
| 1958 | $70,000 | $75,000 | $35,000 | 16.67% | 50.00% | 55.56% | 26 | 27 | 24 | * | * | * | New York Yankees | San Francisco Giants | Milwaukee Braves |
| 1959 | $75,000 | $75,000 | $40,000 | 7.14% | 0.00% | 14.29% | 27 | 28 | 25 | * | * | * | New York Yankees | San Francisco Giants | Milwaukee Braves |
| 1960 | $65,000 | $80,000 | $45,000 | -13.33% | 6.67% | 12.50% | 28 | 29 | 26 | * | * | | New York Yankees | San Francisco Giants | Milwaukee Braves |
| 1961 | $72,000 | $85,000 | $45,000 | 10.77% | 6.25% | 0.00% | 29 | 30 | 27 | * | * | | New York Yankees | San Francisco Giants | Milwaukee Braves |
| 1962 | $90,000 | $90,000 | $47,500 | 25.00% | 5.88% | 5.56% | 30 | 31 | 28 | * | * | * | New York Yankees | San Francisco Giants | Milwaukee Braves |
| 1963 | $100,000 | $105,000 | $53,000 | 11.11% | 16.67% | 11.58% | 31 | 32 | 29 | * | * | | New York Yankees | San Francisco Giants | Milwaukee Braves |
| 1964 | $100,000 | $105,000 | $61,000 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 15.09% | 32 | 33 | 30 | | * | | New York Yankees | San Francisco Giants | Milwaukee Braves |
| 1965 | $100,000 | $105,000 | $63,500 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 4.10% | 33 | 34 | 31 | * | * | | New York Yankees | San Francisco Giants | Milwaukee Braves |
| 1966 | $100,000 | $125,000 | $70,000 | 0.00% | 19.05% | 10.24% | 34 | 35 | 32 | * | * | | New York Yankees | San Francisco Giants | Atlanta Braves |
| 1967 | $100,000 | $125,000 | $100,000 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 42.86% | 35 | 36 | 33 | * | * | * | New York Yankees | San Francisco Giants | Atlanta Braves |
| 1968 | $100,000 | $125,000 | $100,000 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 36 | 37 | 34 | * | * | | New York Yankees | San Francisco Giants | Atlanta Braves |
| 1969 | | $125,000 | $100,000 | | 0.00% | 0.00% | 36 | 38 | 35 | * | * | | 1969 | San Francisco Giants | Atlanta Braves |
| 1970 | | $125,000 | $125,000 | | 0.00% | 25.00% | | 39 | 36 | | | | 1970 | San Francisco Giants | Atlanta Braves |
| 1971 | | $160,000 | $125,000 | | 28.00% | 0.00% | | 40 | 37 | | | | 1971 | San Francisco Giants | Atlanta Braves |
| 1972 | | $165,000 | $165,000 | | 3.13% | 32.00% | | 41 | 38 | | | | 1972 | San Francisco Giants | Atlanta Braves |
| 1973 | | $165,000 | $165,000 | | 0.00% | 0.00% | | 42 | 39 | | | | 1973 | New York Mets | Atlanta Braves |
| 1974 | | | $200,000 | | | 21.21% | | | 40 | | | | 1974 | 1974 | Atlanta Braves |
| 1975 | | | $240,000 | | | 20.00% | | | 41 | | | | 1975 | 1975 | Milwaukee Brewers |
| 1976 | | | $240,000 | | | 0.00% | | | 42 | | | | 1976 | 1976 | Milwaukee Brewers |
| Year | Mantle | Mays | Aaron | Mantle | Mays | Aaron | Mantle | Mays | Aaron | Mantle | Mays | Aaron | Mantle | Mays | Aaron |
General conclusions:
Mays was paid more than Mantle.
Aaron eventually passes Mays.
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