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The New York Mets carried a $52,077,999 payroll in 1998 across 33 players, an average of $1,578,121 and a median of $850,000. The highest-paid player was Bernard Gilkey at $5,050,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernard Gilkey | $5,050,000 |
| 2 | Todd Hundley | $4,925,000 |
| 3 | Carlos Baerga | $4,749,999 |
| 4 | Mel Rojas | $4,583,333 |
| 5 | Brian McRae | $3,850,000 |
| 6 | John Olerud | $3,750,000 |
| 7 | Bobby Jones | $3,116,667 |
| 8 | Al Leiter | $3,000,000 |
| 9 | John Franco | $2,900,000 |
| 10 | Greg McMichael | $1,900,000 |
| 11 | Edgardo Alfonzo | $1,750,000 |
| 12 | Rich Becker | $1,550,000 |
| 13 | Rick Reed | $1,375,000 |
| 14 | Armando Reynoso | $1,250,000 |
| 15 | Dave Mlicki | $1,250,000 |
| 16 | Masato Yoshii | $1,075,000 |
| 17 | Dennis Cook | $850,000 |
| 18 | Turk Wendell | $661,500 |
| 19 | Tony Phillips | $560,000 |
| 20 | John Hudek | $499,000 |
| 21 | Luis Lopez | $375,000 |
| 22 | Brian Bohanon | $350,000 |
| 23 | Rey Ordonez | $320,000 |
| 24 | Butch Huskey | $300,000 |
| 25 | Craig Paquette | $300,000 |
| 26 | Todd Pratt | $300,000 |
| 27 | Tim Spehr | $285,000 |
| 28 | Jim Tatum | $225,000 |
| 29 | Jason Isringhausen | $220,000 |
| 30 | Matt Franco | $202,500 |
| 31 | Alberto Castillo | $192,500 |
| 32 | Paul Wilson | $192,500 |
| 33 | Hector Mercado | $170,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 1998 New York Mets roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $52,077,999 total is the sum of these 33 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.