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The Boston Red Sox carried a $13,896,092 payroll in 1988 across 24 players, an average of $579,004 and a median of $310,000. The highest-paid player was Jim Rice at $2,214,865. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Rice | $2,214,865 |
| 2 | Wade Boggs | $1,650,000 |
| 3 | Dwight Evans | $1,600,000 |
| 4 | Roger Clemens | $1,350,000 |
| 5 | Bob Stanley | $1,060,000 |
| 6 | Rich Gedman | $952,727 |
| 7 | Bruce Hurst | $900,000 |
| 8 | Lee Smith | $850,000 |
| 9 | Marty Barrett | $675,000 |
| 10 | Oil Can Boyd | $550,000 |
| 11 | Spike Owen | $525,000 |
| 12 | Ed Romero | $415,000 |
| 13 | Mike Greenwell | $205,000 |
| 14 | Jeff Sellers | $135,000 |
| 15 | Ellis Burks | $125,000 |
| 16 | Wes Gardner | $117,000 |
| 17 | Todd Benzinger | $85,000 |
| 18 | Sam Horn | $80,000 |
| 19 | Kevin Romine | $77,500 |
| 20 | John Marzano | $77,000 |
| 21 | Jody Reed | $64,500 |
| 22 | Brady Anderson | $62,500 |
| 23 | John Trautwein | $62,500 |
| 24 | Steve Ellsworth | $62,500 |
Each row is one salary from the 1988 Boston Red Sox roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $13,896,092 total is the sum of these 24 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.