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The Athletics carried a $15,613,070 payroll in 1989 across 25 players, an average of $624,523 and a median of $572,500. The highest-paid player was Jose Canseco at $1,600,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Canseco | $1,600,000 |
| 2 | Carney Lansford | $1,375,000 |
| 3 | Mike Moore | $1,291,666 |
| 4 | Bob Welch | $1,208,333 |
| 5 | Dave Stewart | $1,200,000 |
| 6 | Dave Parker | $1,125,000 |
| 7 | Dennis Eckersley | $1,062,500 |
| 8 | Dave Henderson | $850,000 |
| 9 | Rick Honeycutt | $650,000 |
| 10 | Gene Nelson | $615,000 |
| 11 | Ron Hassey | $600,000 |
| 12 | Storm Davis | $587,500 |
| 13 | Curt Young | $572,500 |
| 14 | Mark McGwire | $510,500 |
| 15 | Tony Phillips | $450,000 |
| 16 | Matt Young | $425,000 |
| 17 | Terry Steinbach | $350,000 |
| 18 | Mike Gallego | $207,500 |
| 19 | Luis Polonia | $182,500 |
| 20 | Walt Weiss | $180,000 |
| 21 | Stan Javier | $177,500 |
| 22 | Greg Cadaret | $154,071 |
| 23 | Todd Burns | $100,000 |
| 24 | Billy Beane | $70,500 |
| 25 | Lance Blankenship | $68,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 1989 Athletics roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $15,613,070 total is the sum of these 25 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.