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The Cleveland Guardians carried a $56,802,460 payroll in 1997 across 31 players, an average of $1,832,337 and a median of $1,220,000. The highest-paid player was Matt Williams at $7,150,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Williams | $7,150,000 |
| 2 | David Justice | $6,300,000 |
| 3 | Marquis Grissom | $4,850,000 |
| 4 | Jack McDowell | $4,800,000 |
| 5 | Charles Nagy | $3,437,500 |
| 6 | Julio Franco | $3,292,404 |
| 7 | Orel Hershiser | $3,100,000 |
| 8 | Omar Vizquel | $3,050,000 |
| 9 | Jim Thome | $2,625,000 |
| 10 | Sandy Alomar | $2,600,000 |
| 11 | Manny Ramirez | $2,100,000 |
| 12 | Michael Jackson | $2,000,000 |
| 13 | Jose Mesa | $1,947,223 |
| 14 | Eric Plunk | $1,850,000 |
| 15 | Tony Fernandez | $1,550,000 |
| 16 | Kevin Seitzer | $1,220,000 |
| 17 | Chad Curtis | $900,000 |
| 18 | Paul Assenmacher | $875,000 |
| 19 | Chad Ogea | $533,333 |
| 20 | Kevin Mitchell | $500,000 |
| 21 | Pat Borders | $400,000 |
| 22 | Jeff Manto | $240,000 |
| 23 | Paul Shuey | $197,000 |
| 24 | Albie Lopez | $176,000 |
| 25 | Brian Giles | $175,000 |
| 26 | Herbert Perry | $169,000 |
| 27 | Alvin Morman | $165,000 |
| 28 | Alex Ramirez | $150,000 |
| 29 | Bartolo Colon | $150,000 |
| 30 | Jaret Wright | $150,000 |
| 31 | Steve Kline | $150,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 1997 Cleveland Guardians roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $56,802,460 total is the sum of these 31 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.