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The New York Mets carried a $10,834,762 payroll in 1985 across 21 players, an average of $515,941 and a median of $325,000. The highest-paid player was Gary Carter at $2,028,571. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Carter | $2,028,571 |
| 2 | George Foster | $1,942,857 |
| 3 | Keith Hernandez | $1,100,000 |
| 4 | Jesse Orosco | $650,000 |
| 5 | Mookie Wilson | $591,667 |
| 6 | Ray Knight | $560,000 |
| 7 | Larry Bowa | $525,000 |
| 8 | Darryl Strawberry | $516,667 |
| 9 | Dwight Gooden | $450,000 |
| 10 | Ed Lynch | $330,000 |
| 11 | Bruce Berenyi | $325,000 |
| 12 | Rusty Staub | $300,000 |
| 13 | Doug Sisk | $275,000 |
| 14 | Danny Heep | $260,000 |
| 15 | Ron Darling | $230,000 |
| 16 | Wally Backman | $200,000 |
| 17 | Tom Gorman | $150,000 |
| 18 | Rafael Santana | $125,000 |
| 19 | Howard Johnson | $115,000 |
| 20 | Ron Gardenhire | $100,000 |
| 21 | Roger McDowell | $60,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 1985 New York Mets roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $10,834,762 total is the sum of these 21 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.