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?Market data on the growth of average salary levels for professional
athletes in the NBA, NFL and/or MLB from the period 1980 through 2002.?
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Baseball
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Average baseball salary as compiled by the Major League Baseball
Players Association and the minimum salary.
Year Minimum Average
1967 $6,000 $19,000
1968 10,000 NA
1969 10,000 24,909
1970 12,000 29,303
1971 12,750 31,543
1972 13,500 34,092
1973 15,000 36,566
1974 15,000 40,839
1975 16,000 44,676
1976 19,000 51,501
1977 19,000 76,066
1978 21,000 99,876
1979 21,000 113,558
1980 30,000 143,756
1981 32,500 185,651
1982 33,500 241,497
1983 35,000 289,194
1984 40,000 329,408
1985 60,000 371,571
1986 60,000 412,520
1987 62,500 412,454
1988 62,500 438,729
1989 68,000 497,254
1990 100,000 597,537
1991 100,000 851,492
1992 109,000 1,028,667
1993 109,000 1,076,089
1994 109,000 1,168,263
1995 109,000 1,110,766
1996 122,667 1,119,981
1997 150,000 1,336,609
1998 170,000 1,398,831
1999 200,000 1,611,166
2000 200,000 1,895,630
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/mlbfs90.htm#year
Here is another table of average salaries of the MLB from
1989 ? 2003.
ESPN.com: Associated Press
http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2003/0403/1533578.html
Here you will find average baseball salaries by club in 2003, 2002,
2001, 2000, 1999 and 1998 as compiled by the Major League Baseball
Players Association.
ContractBud.com
http://www.contractbud.com/?article=apc_baseavgsalary
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Basketball
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"Patricia's Various Basketball Stuff" is a great resource for
Basketball information.
http://www.dfw.net/~patricia/
Average NBA salaries from 1984
Season Salary Cap Average Player Salary
2004-05 $43.87 million
2003-04 $43.84 million $4,917,000
2002-03 $40.27 million $4,546,000
2001-02 $42.5 million $4,500,000
2000-01 $35.5 million $4,200,000
1999-00 $34.0 million $3,600,000
1998-99 $30.0 million $3,000,000
1997-98 $26.9 million $2,600,000
1996-97 $24.4 million $2,300,000
1995-96 $23.0 million $2,000,000
1994-95 $15.9 million $1,800,000
1993-94 $15.1 million $1,500,000
1992-93 $14.0 million $1,300,000
1991-92 $12.5 million $1,100,000
1990-91 $11.9 million $927,000
1989-90 $9.8 million $717,000
1988-89 $7.2 million $575,000
1987-88 $6.2 million $502,000
1986-87 $4.9 million $431,000
1985-86 $4.2 million $382,000
1984-85 $3.6 million $330,000
http://www.dfw.net/~patricia/cap
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Football
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NFL PLAYER SALARIES
Average Salaries since 1992
Year Average Salary Percent Change
1992 $483,900 +2
1993 $666,400 +33
1994 $628,300 -8
1995 $716,600 +10
1996 $787,500 +7
1997 $736,700 -8
1998 $992,700 +33
1999 $1,056,300 +4
2000 $1,116,100 +3
2001 $1,100,500 -1.4
http://www.sportsfansofamerica.com/FansInAction/Football/NFLSalaries.htm
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USA TODAYS DATABASE OF ATHLETES SALARIES
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?USA TODAY's baseball salaries database contains year-by-year listings
of salaries for Major League Baseball players on opening day rosters,
1988 through the current season. The search options here allow you to
see salaries for specific players, plus median and total salaries for
each team.?
http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/salaries/default.aspx
USA TODAY's basketball salaries database contains year-by-year
listings of salaries for National Basketball Association players, from
the 2001-02 season through the current season. The search options here
allow you to see salaries and contract totals for specific players,
plus median and total salaries for each team.
http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/salaries/default.aspx
USA TODAY's football salaries database contains year-by-year listings
of salaries for National Football League players, from the 2000 season
through the most recently-completed season. The search options here
allow you to see salaries and bonuses for specific players, plus
median and total salaries for each team.
http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/salaries/default.aspx?Loc=Vanity
USA TODAY?s hockey salaries database contains year-by-year listings of
salaries for National Hockey League players from 2000-01 through the
current season. The search options here allow you to see salaries for
specific players, highest paid by position, plus median and total
salaries for each team.
http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/salaries/default.aspx
Here are some more statistics taken from miscellaneous articles that I
located during my search:
?In 1967 the average salary for a baseball player at the professional
level sat at $19,000. Can anyone guess how much is being made this
season? Is the average a million? Two million? Try more along the
lines of $2,264,403 -- give or take a thousand -- based on an
Associated Press study.?
(..)
?The NBA has jumped in leaps and bounds while the quality of play has
dropped into an all-time low. The 1989-90 average was $653,000 -- not
a bad payday considering all you do is dribble, travel, shoot, miss
and watch the other team rebound. The preliminary estimate of the
2000-2001 average hangs up there around $3,530,000.?
(..)
?The National Hockey League's average has risen nicely in the past
decade -- if you are a player and not a fan. The rising costs to
attend games are due to the dramatic increases in salaries like the
NHL has given us. In the 1991-92 season the average salary was
$271,000 -- or equivalent to what Michael Jordan spends on a watch --
while this year's salaries are expected to be around $1,400,000.?
Peninsula Clarion, a Division of Morris Communication
http://peninsulaclarion.com/stories/040501/spo_0405010025.shtml
?In 1995 the average salary for a major league baseball player was
$1.1 million, while the average pay for a player in the National
Basketball Association was $1.9 million. The average salary for a
National Football League player that year was "only" $714,000.?
?Even as recently as 1985, the average salary for a player in the NBA
was just $325,000. If adjusted for inflation, that figure in constant
dollars for 1997 would be $414,000. Yet, the average NBA salary in
1997 was $2.1 million.?
Liberty Haven
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:EynEOvlx0OUJ:www.libertyhaven.com/noneoftheabove/sports/praiseathletes.shtml+average+salary+levels+for+professional+athletes&hl=en
For further reading:
MLB salaries drop for first time in 9 years (4/09/04)
http://www.salary.com/advice/layoutscripts/advl_display.asp?tab=adv&cat=nocat&ser=Ser288&part=Par444
'82 strike changed salary dealings forever
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/comment/forbes/2001-06-08-forbes.htm
?Players? salaries have outstripped inflation by absurd proportions
during the lifespan of Seattle?s pro sports franchises. The average
salary in the NBA, for example, has increased 16,205 percent since the
1967-68 season, more than 31 times the rate of inflation. Amounts are
average salaries in millions of dollars.?
See NBA NFL and MLB average salary graphs at the following link:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/moneyinsports/salaries.pdf
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I hope you find this information helpful!
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