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The Baltimore Orioles carried a $58,516,400 payroll in 1997 across 29 players, an average of $2,017,807 and a median of $1,100,000. The highest-paid player was Cal Ripken at $6,850,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cal Ripken | $6,850,000 |
| 2 | Mike Mussina | $6,825,000 |
| 3 | Roberto Alomar | $6,354,379 |
| 4 | Rafael Palmeiro | $5,337,021 |
| 5 | Brady Anderson | $4,050,000 |
| 6 | Randy Myers | $3,950,000 |
| 7 | Chris Hoiles | $3,600,000 |
| 8 | Scott Erickson | $3,300,000 |
| 9 | Jimmy Key | $2,340,000 |
| 10 | Mike Bordick | $2,333,333 |
| 11 | Eric Davis | $2,200,000 |
| 12 | B. J. Surhoff | $1,616,667 |
| 13 | Arthur Rhodes | $1,600,000 |
| 14 | Scott Kamieniecki | $1,535,000 |
| 15 | Jesse Orosco | $1,100,000 |
| 16 | Alan Mills | $850,000 |
| 17 | Terry Mathews | $685,000 |
| 18 | Shawn Boskie | $660,000 |
| 19 | Pete Incaviglia | $650,000 |
| 20 | Jeffrey Hammonds | $490,000 |
| 21 | Lenny Webster | $425,000 |
| 22 | Jerome Walton | $385,000 |
| 23 | Armando Benitez | $275,000 |
| 24 | Tony Tarasco | $270,000 |
| 25 | Jeff Reboulet | $200,000 |
| 26 | Rocky Coppinger | $185,000 |
| 27 | Aaron Ledesma | $150,000 |
| 28 | Mike Johnson | $150,000 |
| 29 | Rick Krivda | $150,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 1997 Baltimore Orioles roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $58,516,400 total is the sum of these 29 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.