Robin Yount in 1990 had a 3.2 M salary.
it was actually will clark in 1989
Dave Parker was the first Major League ballplayer to earn one million dollars a year, when he signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates in January of 1979. The contract was for $5 million over five years.
Dave Winfield signed a 10 year 23 million dollar contract before the 1980 season. First 2 million per year player and at the time was the largest contract in sports history
Mike Schmidt was Baseball's first 2 million dollar man, signing a 4-year contract after the 1983 season for $2.1 million per year.
the first ball player to be paid one hundrd thousand dollars per year was hank greenberg
The first player in major league history to earn $100,000 a year was Joe DiMaggio. He signed this contract in 1949.
Hank Greenberg earned $100,000 in his final MLB season, 1947, with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Robin Yount in 1990 had a 3.2 M salary.
it was actually will clark in 1989
Hank Greenberg for the Pittsburg Pirates. In 1947 for the Pirates in the N.L.
Nolan Ryan was the first player to earn an annual salary above $1 million, signing a $4.5 million, 4-year contract with the Houston Astros in 1979.
Nolan Ryan
the first baseball game to gross a million dollars was the Yankee's versus the braves in 1965
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Bobby Hull
Kirby Puckett
Moses Malona in 1978-79
The first MLB player to earn $1 million per year was Nolan Ryan in 1979. I haven't been able to find the NBA & NFL players as of yet.
The first football player to make a million dollars a year was Joe Namath. In 1969, Namath signed a three-year contract with the New York Jets that paid him a total of $3 million, making him the highest-paid player in football at the time.
Shirley Temple was the first kid to make a million dollars.
Bobby Hull 1972 signed by the Jets of the WHA