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The St. Louis Cardinals carried a $54,672,521 payroll in 1998 across 35 players, an average of $1,562,072 and a median of $500,000. The highest-paid player was Mark McGwire at $8,928,354. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark McGwire | $8,928,354 |
| 2 | Ron Gant | $5,500,000 |
| 3 | Todd Stottlemyre | $4,900,000 |
| 4 | Ray Lankford | $4,666,667 |
| 5 | Donovan Osborne | $3,750,000 |
| 6 | Brian Jordan | $3,700,000 |
| 7 | Royce Clayton | $3,500,000 |
| 8 | Delino DeShields | $3,000,000 |
| 9 | Jeff Brantley | $2,800,000 |
| 10 | Tom Pagnozzi | $2,100,000 |
| 11 | John Mabry | $1,400,000 |
| 12 | Willie McGee | $1,400,000 |
| 13 | Kent Mercker | $1,300,000 |
| 14 | Gary Gaetti | $1,000,000 |
| 15 | David Howard | $850,000 |
| 16 | Kent Bottenfield | $800,000 |
| 17 | Alan Benes | $550,000 |
| 18 | Tom Lampkin | $500,000 |
| 19 | Mark Petkovsek | $475,000 |
| 20 | Lance Painter | $430,000 |
| 21 | Pat Kelly | $325,000 |
| 22 | Brian Hunter | $300,000 |
| 23 | Matt Morris | $300,000 |
| 24 | John Frascatore | $240,000 |
| 25 | David Bell | $200,000 |
| 26 | Juan Acevedo | $200,000 |
| 27 | Bryan Eversgerd | $185,000 |
| 28 | Manny Aybar | $175,000 |
| 29 | Eli Marrero | $172,500 |
| 30 | Luis Ordaz | $172,500 |
| 31 | Mike Busby | $172,500 |
| 32 | Braden Looper | $170,000 |
| 33 | Cliff Politte | $170,000 |
| 34 | Fernando Tatis | $170,000 |
| 35 | Placido Polanco | $170,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 1998 St. Louis Cardinals roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $54,672,521 total is the sum of these 35 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.