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The Atlanta Braves carried a $16,544,560 payroll in 1987 across 32 players, an average of $517,018 and a median of $440,000. The highest-paid player was Dale Murphy at $1,925,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dale Murphy | $1,925,000 |
| 2 | Bruce Sutter | $1,729,167 |
| 3 | Ken Griffey | $1,150,000 |
| 4 | Len Barker | $890,000 |
| 5 | Rafael Ramirez | $875,000 |
| 6 | Gene Garber | $786,667 |
| 7 | Ozzie Virgil | $760,000 |
| 8 | David Palmer | $725,000 |
| 9 | Ken Oberkfell | $725,000 |
| 10 | Rick Mahler | $695,000 |
| 11 | Doyle Alexander | $650,000 |
| 12 | Damaso Garcia | $646,726 |
| 13 | Joe Boever | $625,000 |
| 14 | Bruce Benedict | $615,000 |
| 15 | Glenn Hubbard | $555,000 |
| 16 | Ted Simmons | $500,000 |
| 17 | Gary Roenicke | $380,000 |
| 18 | Jim Acker | $350,000 |
| 19 | Jeff Dedmon | $300,000 |
| 20 | Zane Smith | $250,000 |
| 21 | Graig Nettles | $219,500 |
| 22 | Darryl Motley | $210,000 |
| 23 | Albert Hall | $150,000 |
| 24 | Gerald Perry | $150,000 |
| 25 | Dion James | $120,000 |
| 26 | Charlie Puleo | $117,500 |
| 27 | Paul Runge | $95,000 |
| 28 | Paul Assenmacher | $80,000 |
| 29 | Andres Thomas | $75,000 |
| 30 | Ed Olwine | $70,000 |
| 31 | Jeff Blauser | $62,500 |
| 32 | Tom Glavine | $62,500 |
Each row is one salary from the 1987 Atlanta Braves roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $16,544,560 total is the sum of these 32 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.