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The Baltimore Orioles carried a $54,490,315 payroll in 1996 across 32 players, an average of $1,702,822 and a median of $675,000. The highest-paid player was Cal Ripken at $6,650,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cal Ripken | $6,650,000 |
| 2 | Rafael Palmeiro | $5,406,603 |
| 3 | Bobby Bonilla | $5,100,000 |
| 4 | Roberto Alomar | $4,279,379 |
| 5 | Mike Mussina | $4,000,000 |
| 6 | Brady Anderson | $3,613,333 |
| 7 | Chris Hoiles | $3,350,000 |
| 8 | Sid Fernandez | $3,333,333 |
| 9 | David Wells | $3,200,000 |
| 10 | Scott Erickson | $2,900,000 |
| 11 | Kent Mercker | $2,825,000 |
| 12 | Randy Myers | $2,600,000 |
| 13 | B. J. Surhoff | $1,416,667 |
| 14 | Mike Devereaux | $900,000 |
| 15 | Jesse Orosco | $750,000 |
| 16 | Roger McDowell | $750,000 |
| 17 | Alan Mills | $600,000 |
| 18 | Jeff Huson | $320,000 |
| 19 | Arthur Rhodes | $300,000 |
| 20 | Jeffrey Hammonds | $300,000 |
| 21 | Billy Ripken | $250,000 |
| 22 | Luis Polonia | $250,000 |
| 23 | Tony Tarasco | $230,000 |
| 24 | Manny Alexander | $190,000 |
| 25 | Armando Benitez | $155,000 |
| 26 | Gregg Zaun | $140,000 |
| 27 | Mark Smith | $130,000 |
| 28 | Jimmy Haynes | $115,000 |
| 29 | Archie Corbin | $109,000 |
| 30 | Mark Parent | $109,000 |
| 31 | Mike Milchin | $109,000 |
| 32 | Rocky Coppinger | $109,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 1996 Baltimore Orioles roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $54,490,315 total is the sum of these 32 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.