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Originally Posted by Afino
Oh, and reserve-clause era financials need serious attention. Players up until the 1960's (at least) made at MOST $100,000 per year, and that was the best of the best (Ruth, Williams, etc). I don't want players making $1m in 1950.
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I would agree, however the issue of proper reserve clause era financials goes beyond just the dollar value of the player salaries. The possibility of player holdouts would need to be factored in, along with the fact that major league clubs could buy out a player's contract at any time at very little cost (just ten days' pay prior to 1946, and thirty days' pay afterwards until the 1970s). Also, nearly all contracts during the era were only for one year, which means renegotiating a new contract each year (though the club had the option of imposing a new salary if the team and player could not agree to one).