HOUSTON DRILLERS
TEAM SALARY
07/05/1976
Pos Name Age 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
RF Jackie Frost 31 $670k $655k
C Lute Eccles 30 $652k $756k $704k $800k(P)
LF Mike Wells 31 $650k $650k
1B Mike Lockhart 33 $600k $600k(P)
CL Tom McAteer 35 $408k
SP Jerry Zaruba 29 $380k $380k $380k $380k
CF Mark Sisson 29 $350k $428k $428k $428k $428k(P)
2B Lou Ward 30 $320k
SP Francisco Castro 29 $195k
SP Larry Bilski 27 $192k $260k(A)
2B Jerry Duersch 34 $160k
RP Rick McStay 29 $125k
3B Ed Shofner 28 $112k
SP Dick Knight 25 $101k $180k(A) $230k(A)
SS Al Thompson 27 $90k $130k(A) $150k(A)
RP Warner Manning 34 $80k
CF Mickey Hoffman 24 $65k $130k(A) $200k(A)
SP Bill Switzer 29 $59k
RP Gary Greco 22 $42k MiLC MiLC $65k(A*) $75k(A) $85k(A) $95k(A#)
SP Angel Colon 24 $28k $28k(*) $100k(A) $160k(A) $200k(A)
RP Gary Dale 21 $28k $28k(*) $28k(*) $70k(A) $80k(A) $95k(A)
LF Dave Elwood 20 $28k $28k(*) $28k(*) $60k(A) $70k(A) $85k(A)
RP Milt Erb 27 $28k $28k(*) $75k(A) $110k(A) $140k(A)
RP Bill Footman 25 $28k $28k(*) $65k(A) $90k(A) $110k(A)
SS Jim Johnson 25 $28k $80k(A) $140k(A) $170k(A)
RP Ed Myatt 22 $28k $28k(*) $28k(*) $60k(A) $70k(A) $85k(A)
3B Paul Parkyn 25 $28k $28k(*) $122k(A) $182k(A) $211k(A)
TOTAL $5.5m $4.4m $2.7m $2.6m $1.4m $350k $95k $0 $0 $0
Legend: auto = auto-renew contract, V = Vesting Option, T = Team Option, P = Player Option, A = Arbitration Eligible, A* = possibly Arbitration eligible, else auto-renew, A# = possible FA eligible, else arbitration, MiLC=Minor League Contract, O=Player holds opt-out after the season, R=Retained Salary Player, ^=Team portion, *=players in minors on league minimum deals are only paid 16.5% of their salary while in the minors
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