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The Texas Rangers carried a $53,448,838 payroll in 1997 across 37 players, an average of $1,444,563 and a median of $285,000. The highest-paid player was Juan Gonzalez at $7,500,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Gonzalez | $7,500,000 |
| 2 | Ivan Rodriguez | $6,825,000 |
| 3 | Will Clark | $5,657,365 |
| 4 | Ken Hill | $4,850,000 |
| 5 | Dean Palmer | $4,800,000 |
| 6 | John Wetteland | $4,575,000 |
| 7 | John Burkett | $3,550,000 |
| 8 | Roger Pavlik | $2,850,000 |
| 9 | Bobby Witt | $2,000,000 |
| 10 | Mark McLemore | $1,800,000 |
| 11 | Mickey Tettleton | $1,783,140 |
| 12 | Darren Oliver | $1,075,000 |
| 13 | Xavier Hernandez | $600,000 |
| 14 | Ed Vosberg | $450,000 |
| 15 | Matt Whiteside | $375,000 |
| 16 | Warren Newson | $375,000 |
| 17 | Rusty Greer | $358,333 |
| 18 | Lee Stevens | $300,000 |
| 19 | Domingo Cedeno | $285,000 |
| 20 | Billy Ripken | $275,000 |
| 21 | Alex Diaz | $250,000 |
| 22 | Mike Devereaux | $250,000 |
| 23 | Mike Henneman | $250,000 |
| 24 | Damon Buford | $225,000 |
| 25 | Benji Gil | $200,000 |
| 26 | Mike Simms | $200,000 |
| 27 | Terry Clark | $200,000 |
| 28 | Dave Silvestri | $185,000 |
| 29 | Henry Mercedes | $180,000 |
| 30 | Rick Helling | $165,000 |
| 31 | Eric Gunderson | $160,000 |
| 32 | Bryan Eversgerd | $150,000 |
| 33 | Danny Patterson | $150,000 |
| 34 | Fernando Tatis | $150,000 |
| 35 | Julio Santana | $150,000 |
| 36 | Scott Bailes | $150,000 |
| 37 | Wilson Heredia | $150,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 1997 Texas Rangers roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $53,448,838 total is the sum of these 37 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.