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The Toronto Blue Jays carried a $47,079,833 payroll in 1997 across 33 players, an average of $1,426,662 and a median of $500,000. The highest-paid player was Roger Clemens at $8,400,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Clemens | $8,400,000 |
| 2 | Joe Carter | $6,500,000 |
| 3 | Juan Guzman | $4,000,000 |
| 4 | Erik Hanson | $3,533,333 |
| 5 | Pat Hentgen | $3,300,000 |
| 6 | Orlando Merced | $2,700,000 |
| 7 | Carlos Garcia | $2,550,000 |
| 8 | Benito Santiago | $2,500,000 |
| 9 | Otis Nixon | $2,500,000 |
| 10 | Ed Sprague | $1,900,000 |
| 11 | Mike Timlin | $1,300,000 |
| 12 | Jacob Brumfield | $1,050,000 |
| 13 | Dan Plesac | $800,000 |
| 14 | Paul Quantrill | $700,000 |
| 15 | Charlie O'Brien | $625,000 |
| 16 | Alex Gonzalez | $500,000 |
| 17 | Carlos Delgado | $500,000 |
| 18 | Shawn Green | $500,000 |
| 19 | Woody Williams | $387,500 |
| 20 | Bill Risley | $380,000 |
| 21 | Juan Samuel | $375,000 |
| 22 | Tim Crabtree | $245,000 |
| 23 | Paul Spoljaric | $185,000 |
| 24 | Robert Perez | $185,000 |
| 25 | Robert Person | $185,000 |
| 26 | Tomas Perez | $185,000 |
| 27 | Luis Andujar | $170,000 |
| 28 | Felipe Crespo | $160,000 |
| 29 | Tilson Brito | $160,000 |
| 30 | Shannon Stewart | $154,000 |
| 31 | Chris Carpenter | $150,000 |
| 32 | Jose Cruz | $150,000 |
| 33 | Kelvim Escobar | $150,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 1997 Toronto Blue Jays roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $47,079,833 total is the sum of these 33 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.