HOUSTON DRILLERS
TEAM SALARY
07/04/1977
Pos Name Age 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
C Lute Eccles 31 $756k $704k $800k(P)
LF Randy Barnes 32 $688k $638k $638k $638k
RF Jackie Frost 32 $655k
LF Mike Wells 32 $650k
1B Mike Lockhart 34 $600k $656k $656k $856k(P)
SP Andy Campbell 26 $552k $552k $552k $552k(P)
3B Charlie Hall 29 $552k $552k(P)
2B Lowell Bickle 30 $500k $500k $500k(P)
CF Mark Sisson 30 $428k $428k $428k $428k(P)
SP Jerry Zaruba 30 $380k $380k $380k
SP Larry Bilski 28 $308k $508k $408k $408k
SP Billy Duprey 30 $302k $302k $302k(P)
SP Francisco Castro 30 $270k $270k
CL Bill Switzer 30 $200k $200k $200k
SP Dick Knight 26 $160k $230k(A)
CF Mickey Hoffman 25 $130k $200k(A)
SS Al Thompson 28 $110k $130k(A)
C Ivey Smith 29 $96k
SS Jim Johnson 26 $60k $120k(A) $160k(A)
RP Troy Clark 19 $28k(*) MiLC MiLC $65k(A*) $75k(A) $85k(A) $95k(A#)
RP Larry Clarke 21 $28k $28k(*) $28k(*) $95k(A) $130k(A) $170k(A)
SP Angel Colon 25 $28k $55k(A) $75k(A) $90k(A)
RP Gary Dale 22 $28k $28k(*) $100k(A) $150k(A) $180k(A)
RP Bill Footman 26 $28k $55k(A) $75k(A) $90k(A)
3B Allen Galyean 22 $28k $28k(*) $55k(A) $70k(A) $85k(A)
RP Ed Myatt 23 $28k $28k(*) $60k(A) $75k(A) $90k(A)
C Al Reilly 24 $28k $28k(*) $28k(*) $60k(A) $70k(A) $85k(A)
RF Kit Schmitt 22 $28k(*) MiLC MiLC $70k(A*) $80k(A) $95k(A) $110k(A#)
CF Mike Tice 24 $28k $28k(*) $28k(*) $110k(A) $180k(A) $200k(A)
TOTAL $7.6m $6.5m $5.4m $3.8m $890k $635k $205k $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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