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The New York Mets carried a $39,800,400 payroll in 1997 across 35 players, an average of $1,137,154 and a median of $212,000. The highest-paid player was John Olerud at $6,500,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Olerud | $6,500,000 |
| 2 | Carlos Baerga | $4,750,000 |
| 3 | Todd Hundley | $4,150,000 |
| 4 | Bernard Gilkey | $3,850,000 |
| 5 | Pete Harnisch | $3,213,400 |
| 6 | Lance Johnson | $3,050,000 |
| 7 | John Franco | $3,000,000 |
| 8 | Mark Clark | $2,200,000 |
| 9 | Bobby Jones | $1,925,000 |
| 10 | Greg McMichael | $1,100,000 |
| 11 | Armando Reynoso | $1,000,000 |
| 12 | Dave Mlicki | $610,000 |
| 13 | Yorkis Perez | $375,000 |
| 14 | Toby Borland | $262,500 |
| 15 | Edgardo Alfonzo | $215,000 |
| 16 | Butch Huskey | $212,000 |
| 17 | Jason Isringhausen | $212,000 |
| 18 | Rick Reed | $212,000 |
| 19 | Brian Bohanon | $205,000 |
| 20 | Carl Everett | $205,000 |
| 21 | Manny Alexander | $205,000 |
| 22 | Andy Tomberlin | $200,000 |
| 23 | Todd Pratt | $200,000 |
| 24 | Rey Ordonez | $192,500 |
| 25 | Barry Manuel | $185,000 |
| 26 | Ricky Trlicek | $177,500 |
| 27 | Paul Wilson | $167,500 |
| 28 | Matt Franco | $160,000 |
| 29 | Bill Pulsipher | $155,000 |
| 30 | Ricardo Jordan | $155,000 |
| 31 | Alberto Castillo | $152,500 |
| 32 | Alex Ochoa | $152,000 |
| 33 | Derek Wallace | $151,500 |
| 34 | Cory Lidle | $150,000 |
| 35 | Steve Bieser | $150,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 1997 New York Mets roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $39,800,400 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.