who was the first major league player to make $100.000 a year.?
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Hank Greenberg reached that level when he signed a contract with the Pirates on January 18, 1947.
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#4 Joe Cronin\nPosition: Shortstop, 1935-1945; Manager, 1935-1947\nBorn: October 12, 1906, San Francisco, California \nDied: September 7, 1984, Osterville, Massachusetts\nBatted: Right\nThrew: Right\nNumber was formally retired May 29, 1984 \n\nCronin Red Sox Career Highlights \n\n• First modern-day player to become a league president.\n• Elected to Cooperstown National Hall of Fame in 1956.\n• Compiled .301 average in 20 M.L. seasons.\n• Affiliated with Red Sox for 24 seasons as player/manager, manager, and general manager. \n• Sold to Red Sox after 1934 season for $250,000 (a tremendous amount in the Depression era) (Red Sox also sent SS Lyn Lary to Washington to complete deal).\n• Managed Red Sox for 13 seasons (1935-47), the longest in team history.\n• Leads all Red Sox managers with 1071 wins (Mike Higgins 543).\n• Playing career ended with a broken leg at Yankee Stadium, April 19, 1945.\n• Managed Red Sox to A.L. pennant in 1946.\n• Managed Senators to A.L. pennant in 1st season as player/manager in 1933.\n• Member of Pirates 1927 World Series team but did not play; received loser's share of $3,985.47.\n• A.L. MVP in 1930 at age 23 (with Senators).\n• Led A.L. in Doubles 1933 and 1938; led A.L. in Triples 1932.\n• Holds A.L. record for PH HR in a season, 5 (1943).\n• Became 1st player to hit PH HR in both games of a doubleheader, June 17, 1943 (in a stretch when he hit three 3-run PH HR in 4 AB).\n• Participated in 12 All-Star Games for A.L.: Player in 6 (1933-35-37-38-39-41), • Player/Manager in 1 (1934), Manager in 2 (1940 and 1947), Coach in 2 (1936 and 1944), & Honorary Captain in 1 (1983). Cronin proved to be good luck for A.L. as they won 9 of the 12 games in which he took part.\n• Was named to manage American League team in 1940 All-Star Game after A.L. officials ruled that Yankee manager Joe McCarthy had managed too many consecutive games (4).\n• Promoted to Red Sox general manager, September 29, 1947.\n• Named A.L. President, January 31, 1959.\n• Named A.L. Chairman, January 1, 1974.\n• Formally inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame, November 1, 1995.\n\n\nJoe Cronin Career Statistics \nYear Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB \n1925 Johnstown .313 99 352 64 110 18 11 3 — — — — \n1926 Pittsburgh .265 38 83 9 22 2 2 0 11 6 15 0 \n New Haven .320 66 244 61 78 11 8 2 — — — — \n1927 Pittsburgh .227 12 22 2 5 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 \n1928 K.C. (A.A.) .245 74 241 34 59 10 6 2 32 — — — \n Washington .242 63 227 23 55 10 4 0 25 22 27 4 \n1929 Washington .281 145 494 72 139 29 8 8 61 85 37 5 \n1930 Washington .346 154 587 127 203 41 9 13 126 72 36 17 \n1931 Washington .306 156 611 103 187 44 13 12 126 81 52 10 \n1932 Washington .318 143 557 95 177 43 18* 6 116 66 45 7 \n1933 Washington .309 152 602 89 186 45* 11 5 118 87 49 5 \n1934 Washington .284 127 504 68 143 30 9 7 101 53 28 8 \n1935 Boston .295 144 556 70 164 37 14 9 95 63 40 3 \n1936 Boston .281 81 295 36 83 22 4 2 43 32 21 1 \n1937 Boston .307 148 570 102 175 40 4 18 110 84 73 5 \n1938 Boston .325 143 530 98 172 51* 5 17 94 91 60 7 \n1939 Boston .308 143 520 97 160 33 3 19 107 87 48 6 \n1940 Boston .285 149 548 104 156 35 6 24 111 83 65 7 \n1941 Boston .311 143 518 98 161 38 8 16 95 82 55 1 \n1942 Boston .304 45 79 7 24 3 0 4 24 15 21 0 \n1943 Boston .312 59 77 8 24 4 0 5 29 11 4 0 \n1944 Boston .241 76 191 24 46 7 0 5 28 34 19 1 \n1945 Boston .375 3 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 \nM.L. Totals .301 2124 7579 1233 2285 515 118 170 1424 1059 700 87 \n* led league \n  \nManaging Record \nYear Club W L PCT Finish GA/GB \n1933 Washington 99 53 .651 1 7 \n1934 Washington 66 86 .434 7 -34 \n1935 Boston 78 75 .510 4 -16 \n1936 Boston 74 80 .481 6 -28 \n1937 Boston 80 72 .526 5 -21 \n1938 Boston 88 61 .591 2 -9 \n1939 Boston 89 62 .589 2 -17 \n1940 Boston 82 72 .532 4 -8 \n1941 Boston 84 70 .545 2 -17 \n1942 Boston 93 59 .612 2 -9 \n1943 Boston 68 84 .447 7 -29 \n1944 Boston 77 77 .500 4 -12 \n1945 Boston 71 83 .461
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Pro Baseball?\n\nWell, the 1st pro baseball team were the Cincinnati Redstockings (Reds) which declared themselves "Professional" in 1867 but there wasn't a rival league until 1882.\n\nStatistics weren't accurate nor kept/recorded during this time frame.
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Sachin Tendulkar\nWorth some $80 million
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The amount minor leaguers get paid is very small. The best prospects may make a lot of money but almost all of it is normally in the form of bonuses and not a salary. The minimum wage for players in the majors is 316,000 but for AAA players that is much lower. The minimum wage for a first year triple A player is 2150 a month, double A makes 1500 a month, high A 1050 a month and low A 850 a month. This salary goes up each year you are at that level. If a player gets moved up a level his contract is prorated and he is paid a fraction of the minimum at that higher level based off the amount of time he spends there
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Depends on the contract of the individual player.\n\nPLAYER SALARY (US$) \n1. Kerry Wood 12,000,000 \n2. Aramis Ramirez 11,000,000 \n3. Derrek Lee 9,416,667 \n4. Greg Maddux 9,000,000 \n5. Carlos Zambrano 6,500,000 \n6. Juan Pierre 5,750,000 \n7. Ryan Dempster 4,333,333 \n8. Michael Barrett 4,333,333 \n9. Jacque Jones 4,033,333 \n10. Mark Prior 3,650,000 \n11. Scott Eyre 3,200,000 \n12. Bob Howry 3,000,000 \n13. Glendon Rusch 2,750,000 \n14. Todd Walker 2,500,000 \n15. Neifi Perez 2,500,000 \n16. Jerry Hairston Jr. 2,300,000 \n17. Scott Williamson 2,000,000 \n18. Henry Blanco 1,500,000 \n19. John Mabry 1,075,000 \n20. Wade Miller 1,000,000 \n21. Will Ohman 610,000 \n22. Michael Wuertz 355,000 \n23. Matt Murton 337,000 \n24. Ronny Cedeno 336,000 \n25. Freddie Bynum 327,500 \n26. Angel Pagan 327,000 \n27. Sean Marshall 327,000 \nTotal Team Salary:  94,841,166 \n\nDivide the players salary by 162 (number of games) and that is what they make per day.  For example, Kerry Woods makes 12,000,000 a year divided by 162 games come out to about $74,074.07 per day.\n\nIn other words, he makes more in one day than most people work for in one year.
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Triples \nSingle Season National League Leaders\n\n'Top 100'\n \nName Triples Year Team League Rank \nChief Wilson\n 36\n 1912\n Pittsburgh Pirates\n NL\n 1\n \nHeinie Reitz\n 31\n 1894\n Baltimore Orioles\n NL\n 2\n \nPerry Werden\n 29\n 1893\n St. Louis Browns\n NL\n 3\n \nHarry Davis\n 28\n 1897\n Pittsburgh Pirates\n NL\n 4\n \nGeorge Davis\n 27\n 1893\n New York Giants\n NL\n 5\n \nSam Thompson\n 27\n 1894\n Philadelphia Phillies\n NL\n  \n \nJimmy Williams\n 27\n 1899\n Pittsburgh Pirates\n NL\n  \n \nKiki Cuyler\n 26\n 1925\n Pittsburgh Pirates\n NL\n 8\n \nJohn Reilly\n 26\n 1890\n Cincinnati Reds\n NL\n  \n \nGeorge Treadway\n 26\n 1894\n Brooklyn Bridegrooms\n NL\n  \n \n   \n \n  \n \n  \n \n  Pittsburgh Pirates\n   \n \n  \n \n  \n \n \ntriples \nSingle Season American League Leaders\n\n'Top 100'\n \nName Triples Year Team League Rank \nSam Crawford\n 26\n 1914\n Detroit Tigers\n AL\n 1\n \nJoe Jackson\n 26\n 1912\n Cleveland Naps\n AL\n  \n \nSam Crawford\n 25\n 1903\n Detroit Tigers\n AL\n 3\n \nTy Cobb\n 24\n 1911\n Detroit Tigers\n AL\n 4\n \nTy Cobb\n 24\n 1917\n Detroit Tigers\n AL\n  \n \nTy Cobb\n 23\n 1912\n Detroit Tigers\n AL\n 6\n \nEarle Combs\n 23\n 1927\n New York Yankees\n AL\n  \n \nSam Crawford\n 23\n 1913\n Detroit Tigers\n AL\n  \n \nDale Mitchell\n 23\n 1949\n Cleveland Indians\n AL\n  \n \nBill Bradley\n 22\n 1903\n Cleveland Blues\n AL\n 10\n \nEarle Combs\n 22\n 1930\n New York Yankees\n AL\n  \n \nBirdie Cree\n 22\n 1911\n New York Highlanders\n AL\n  \n \nElmer Flick\n 22\n 1906\n Cleveland Naps\n AL\n  \n \nTris Speaker\n 22\n 1913\n Boston Red Sox\n AL\n  \n \nSnuffy Stirnweiss\n 22\n 1945\n New York Yankees\n AL\n  \n \nFrank Baker\n 21\n 1912\n Philadelphia Athletics\n AL\n 16\n \nEarle Combs\n 21\n 1928\n New York Yankees\n AL\n  \n \nSam Crawford\n 21\n 1912\n Detroit Tigers\n AL\n  \n \nJoe Jackson\n 21\n 1916\n Chicago White Sox\n AL\n  \n \nBill Keister\n 21\n 1901\n Baltimore Orioles\n AL\n  \n \nJimmy Williams\n 21\n 1902\n Baltimore Orioles\n AL\n  \n \nJimmy Williams\n 21\n 1901\n Baltimore Orioles\n AL\n  \n \nWillie Wilson\n 21\n 1985\n Kansas City Royals\n AL\n  \n \nGeorge Brett\n 20\n 1979\n Kansas City Royals\n AL\n 24\n \nTy Cobb\n 20\n 1908\n Detroit Tigers\n AL\n  \n \nBuck Freeman\n 20\n 1903\n Boston Americans\n AL\n  \n \nLou Gehrig\n 20\n 1926\n New York Yankees\n AL\n  \n \nGoose Goslin\n 20\n 1925\n Washington Senators\n AL\n  \n \nCristian Guzman\n 20\n 2000\n Minnesota Twins\n AL\n  \n \nJeff Heath\n 20\n 1941\n Cleveland Indians\n AL\n  \n \nJoe Jackson\n 20\n 1920\n Chicago White Sox\n AL\n  \n \nHeinie Manush\n 20\n 1928\n St. Louis Browns\n AL\n  \n \nGeorge Stone\n 20\n 1906\n St. Louis Browns\n AL\n  \n \nJoe Vosmik\n 20\n 1935\n Cleveland Indians\n AL
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Yes, before free agency players were loyal to their team.\nNow it's all about the money\nLook at Johnny Damon, 10 mil. wasn't enough so he went to the Yankees for 13 mil.\nI can remember when a player stayed with a team for his entire career.Now if they stick around for 5yrs. that's a long time.\nGive me the good old days when I could afford to go to a ball game.\nI recently read an article that said it costs a family of 4 500.00 to go to a game at Fenway.\nGive me back the days of Yaz, Freddy Lynn and Pudge Fisk.\nI know I'm showing my age, but those were great days when you could sit in the bleachers for 7 bucks(now at least 25.00)
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$100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.07
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Based on annual earnings, that would be Formula One driver Michael Schumacher, who makes an estimated $106.5 million per year from his racing contract and sponsorships. Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees MLB team is second and golfer Tiger Woods is third.
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Well in 2006 roger clemens got about 12million, for a few months work, which equated to 22million over a full season.\n\nMike Mussina was paid 17million for the 06 season, Randy Johnson got 16mil, Schilling 13, Pedro 14, Andy Petitte got 17.5 wow.. Roy Oswalt is not a 13mil pitcher, Bartolo Colon 13, \n\nObviously Matsuzaka of Japan will join this list somewhere..\n\nI was just throwing out some names to give you an idea\n\nhttp://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/ is a good list of all the current contracts that are out there by team.
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u guys all got it wrong! its Major League Baseball\n65 million for a contract?
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the link has a player index, and lists this years salary for each player. I know it isnt exactly what you asked for, but its a start.
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Sorry, but I don't play video games, so I don't know if this fits your criteria.  I think Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals is one of the purest players I've ever seen.  I'm not a fan of the team, but I think he's an amazing player.
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Lou Gehrig hit 23 career grand slams, the most by any player in Major League Baseball.
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In a career - Hank Aaron (755).  In a season - Barry Bonds (73).
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The answer is Jackie Robinson.  In 1947, he became the first African-American player in Major League Baseball.  He was honored as Rookie of the YEar (then only awarded to one player).  Two years later, he was given the National League MVP for a stellar season.\n\nJackie Robinson was a pioneer in the MLB and his memory is still kept alive becuase is his number is retired league-wide.