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1992 Player Salaries - The Baseball Archive
I was fiddling around with the 1992 data to figure out how much Jeter will be making relative to the league max in 2010. In 2010 he'll be making ~$20m. The top salary (as far as I can tell) in 1992 was Bobby Bonilla's $6.1m. The max salary has increased 333% percent (roughly) since 1992, making the top salary in 2010 about $66m per year. Note that none of this is adjusted for inflation. So what will Jeter look like at age 36 and will it be worth $6.1m?
Well, if you believe that you can look at his similars and use them then it is a pretty ugly picture.
Vern Stephens, Joe Sewell, Travis Jackson (what a terrible HOF pick!), Harvey Kuenn, and Tony Lazzeri had all retired by age 36. At age 36, only Bill Dahlen (471) and Alan Trammell managed over 125 at bats. Fregosi (20), Joe Cronin (77) and Arky Vaughan (123) were all essentially done for their career.
Adjusting for era, Trammell seems like a pretty good match. Jeter appears more durable than Trammell. Like Jeter, Trammell had some MVP type seasons, but wasn't the best SS in his league. He even won a WS MVP in his age 26 season. What would Alan Trammell be worth knowing what you know of his career?
I was fiddling around with the 1992 data to figure out how much Jeter will be making relative to the league max in 2010. In 2010 he'll be making ~$20m. The top salary (as far as I can tell) in 1992 was Bobby Bonilla's $6.1m. The max salary has increased 333% percent (roughly) since 1992, making the top salary in 2010 about $66m per year. Note that none of this is adjusted for inflation. So what will Jeter look like at age 36 and will it be worth $6.1m?
Well, if you believe that you can look at his similars and use them then it is a pretty ugly picture.
Vern Stephens, Joe Sewell, Travis Jackson (what a terrible HOF pick!), Harvey Kuenn, and Tony Lazzeri had all retired by age 36. At age 36, only Bill Dahlen (471) and Alan Trammell managed over 125 at bats. Fregosi (20), Joe Cronin (77) and Arky Vaughan (123) were all essentially done for their career.
Adjusting for era, Trammell seems like a pretty good match. Jeter appears more durable than Trammell. Like Jeter, Trammell had some MVP type seasons, but wasn't the best SS in his league. He even won a WS MVP in his age 26 season. What would Alan Trammell be worth knowing what you know of his career?
posted by Sean Foran # 10:36 AM 
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