HOUSTON DRILLERS
TEAM SALARY
10/24/1974
Pos Name Age 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
C Charlie Fee 32 $855k $855k
RF Jackie Frost 29 $725k $690k $670k $655k
LF Mike Lockhart 31 $600k $600k $600k $600k(P)
RP Tom McAteer 33 $392k $408k $408k
CF Mark Sisson 27 $350k $350k $350k
2B Lou Ward 28 $320k $320k $320k
SP Francisco Castro 27 $285k $235k $195k
1B Mike Wells 29 $250k
3B Wade Fields 28 $150k $360k $360k $360k $360k(P)
1B Brian Fitch 31 $150k $236k $248k
RP Warner Manning 32 $130k $100k $80k
2B Chuck Walton 30 $110k
RP Rick McStay 27 $105k $105k $125k
RP Randy Robins 28 $95k
LF Joe Burke 27 $80k $110k(A)
CF Bobby Jackson 27 $71k $120k(A)
1B Jim Pavlik 34 $70k
SS Tom Martucci 31 $66k
C Rich Lewis 26 $60k $60k
SP Bill Switzer 27 $59k $59k $59k
SS Ed Shofner 26 $55k $85k(A) $120k(A)
RP Dave Van Loon 30 $55k
SP Larry Bilski 25 $28k $80k(A) $110k(A) $140k(A)
1B Jeff Drago 23 $28k $28k(*) $28k(*) $50k(A) $60k(A) $70k(A)
RP Jeff Ferguson 22 $28k $28k(*) $134k(A) $214k(A) $263k(A)
LF Dick Hayes 22 $28k(*) MiLC MiLC MiLC $75k(A) $85k(A) $100k(A)
CF Mickey Hoffman 22 $28k $28k(*) $80k(A) $120k(A) $160k(A)
SS Jim Johnson 23 $28k $28k(*) $28k(*) $60k(A) $75k(A) $85k(A)
SP Dick Knight 23 $28k $28k(*) $120k(A) $180k(A) $210k(A)
RP Hank Mitchell 22 $28k(*) MiLC MiLC $49k(A) $55k(A) $65k(A)
TOTAL $5.3m $4.9m $4.0m $2.4m $1.3m $305k $100k $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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