In one account in the book Working at the Ballpark by Tom Jones, two MLB ballboys each made $81.50 per game plus tips from the players at the end of the season (page 142).Considering how many millions of dollars per year some of the players earn, the tips could potentially be pretty large... The ballboy in Mr. Jones' book was a first-year ballboy and had not gotten to the end of the season yet, and he had no idea how generous the ball players were with their end-of-season tipping.
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I was a ball boy for the Sacramento Kings from 1988 - 1982 (during high school). We were each paid $12.00 per home game. Our paychecks were literally personal checks from the team's trainer, not actual payroll checks.