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List of highest-paid Major League Baseball players. In 2019, Mike Trout signed a 12-year, $426 million contract with the Angels, the richest contract in the history of North American sports at the time. Alex Rodriguez earned the highest salary in MLB in 2013 at $28,000,000. He also has the highest career earnings in MLB history, as well as a ...
Major League Baseball salaries at their highest levels are staggering, with three players earning $40 million or more in the 2023 season. And MLB contracts are guaranteed, whether players play all ...
Alex Rodriguez, Steven Strasburg, Manny Machado, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, Deshaun Watson, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jayson Tatum are on the list two times each. Entries in this list also require an individual citation of the contract, so a number of the highest salaried athletes (according to Forbes) are not included as their contract details ...
Mike Trout. Michael Nelson Trout (born August 7, 1991) is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). Trout is an 11-time MLB All-Star, three-time American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) (winning the award in 2014, 2016, and 2019, while finishing second in 2012, 2013, 2015 ...
Shohei Ohtani (大谷 翔平 (おおたに しょうへい), Ōtani Shōhei, [oːtaɲi ɕoːheː]; born July 5, 1994) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and designated hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Shotime", [2] he has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Angels and the Hokkaido ...
—Ozzie Smith describes a fielding play he made in 1978 Smith began 1978 as a non-roster invitee to the San Diego Padres' spring training camp in Yuma, Arizona. Smith credited Padres manager Alvin Dark for giving him confidence by telling reporters the shortstop job was Smith's until he proved he can't handle it. Even though Dark was fired in the middle of training camp, Smith made his Major ...
With Major League Baseball playing a reduced season in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, baseball players' salaries took a corresponding hit. The season was shortened from 162 games to just ...
1995. Vote. 96.5% (first ballot) Michael Jack Schmidt (born September 27, 1949) is an American former professional baseball third baseman who spent his entire 18-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Philadelphia Phillies from 1972 to 1989. [1] Schmidt was a 12-time All-Star and a three-time winner of the National League (NL) Most ...