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The Baltimore Orioles carried a $72,355,634 payroll in 1998 across 30 players, an average of $2,411,854 and a median of $1,498,248. The highest-paid player was Mike Mussina at $6,755,492. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Mussina | $6,755,492 |
| 2 | Rafael Palmeiro | $6,515,828 |
| 3 | Cal Ripken | $6,400,000 |
| 4 | Roberto Alomar | $6,343,771 |
| 5 | Brady Anderson | $5,441,843 |
| 6 | Jimmy Key | $5,390,825 |
| 7 | Scott Erickson | $3,700,000 |
| 8 | Chris Hoiles | $3,600,000 |
| 9 | Mike Bordick | $3,583,333 |
| 10 | Joe Carter | $3,151,380 |
| 11 | Arthur Rhodes | $2,850,000 |
| 12 | Scott Kamieniecki | $2,850,000 |
| 13 | Eric Davis | $2,500,000 |
| 14 | B. J. Surhoff | $1,716,667 |
| 15 | Doug Drabek | $1,663,162 |
| 16 | Jeffrey Hammonds | $1,333,333 |
| 17 | Harold Baines | $1,275,000 |
| 18 | Armando Benitez | $1,100,000 |
| 19 | Jesse Orosco | $1,100,000 |
| 20 | Alan Mills | $1,000,000 |
| 21 | Terry Mathews | $865,000 |
| 22 | Lenny Webster | $740,000 |
| 23 | Norm Charlton | $650,000 |
| 24 | Jeff Reboulet | $450,000 |
| 25 | Ozzie Guillen | $450,000 |
| 26 | Doug Johns | $250,000 |
| 27 | Danny Clyburn | $170,000 |
| 28 | Everett Stull | $170,000 |
| 29 | Sidney Ponson | $170,000 |
| 30 | Willis Otanez | $170,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 1998 Baltimore Orioles roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $72,355,634 total is the sum of these 30 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.