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The Athletics carried a $11,680,839 payroll in 1987 across 26 players, an average of $449,263 and a median of $272,500. The highest-paid player was Bill Caudill at $1,633,333. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Caudill | $1,633,333 |
| 2 | Joaquin Andujar | $1,353,333 |
| 3 | Carney Lansford | $1,300,000 |
| 4 | Dennis Eckersley | $833,333 |
| 5 | Mike Davis | $780,000 |
| 6 | Dwayne Murphy | $759,000 |
| 7 | Don Baylor | $731,123 |
| 8 | Alfredo Griffin | $607,653 |
| 9 | Moose Haas | $578,889 |
| 10 | Dave Stewart | $550,000 |
| 11 | Jay Howell | $530,000 |
| 12 | Tony Phillips | $425,000 |
| 13 | Gene Nelson | $365,000 |
| 14 | Jose Canseco | $180,000 |
| 15 | Curt Young | $171,875 |
| 16 | Steve Ontiveros | $131,500 |
| 17 | Mickey Tettleton | $120,000 |
| 18 | Eric Plunk | $77,667 |
| 19 | Stan Javier | $75,000 |
| 20 | Steve Henderson | $75,000 |
| 21 | Dave Leiper | $73,133 |
| 22 | Mark McGwire | $72,500 |
| 23 | Brian Harper | $70,000 |
| 24 | Greg Cadaret | $62,500 |
| 25 | Luis Polonia | $62,500 |
| 26 | Terry Steinbach | $62,500 |
Each row is one salary from the 1987 Athletics roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $11,680,839 total is the sum of these 26 salaries; the table lists every one of them, top contract first. Amounts are nominal US dollars; full source credits live on the sources page.
Salary and payroll records aggregated and published by Legends Deck. Nominal dollars; no inflation adjustment. Full source credits, licenses and access dates on the sources page.