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The Boston Red Sox carried a $17,481,748 payroll in 1989 across 26 players, an average of $672,375 and a median of $435,000. The highest-paid player was Jim Rice at $2,354,748. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Rice | $2,354,748 |
| 2 | Roger Clemens | $2,300,000 |
| 3 | Wade Boggs | $1,850,000 |
| 4 | Lee Smith | $1,425,000 |
| 5 | Mike Boddicker | $1,375,000 |
| 6 | Rich Gedman | $1,150,000 |
| 7 | Dwight Evans | $1,100,000 |
| 8 | Marty Barrett | $775,000 |
| 9 | Nick Esasky | $570,000 |
| 10 | Oil Can Boyd | $550,000 |
| 11 | Mike Smithson | $540,000 |
| 12 | Mike Greenwell | $500,000 |
| 13 | Rick Cerone | $490,000 |
| 14 | Dennis Lamp | $380,000 |
| 15 | Danny Heep | $365,000 |
| 16 | Rob Murphy | $295,000 |
| 17 | Wes Gardner | $285,000 |
| 18 | Ellis Burks | $275,000 |
| 19 | Kevin Romine | $200,000 |
| 20 | Jody Reed | $175,000 |
| 21 | John Dopson | $125,000 |
| 22 | Luis Rivera | $105,000 |
| 23 | Randy Kutcher | $90,000 |
| 24 | Carlos Quintana | $71,000 |
| 25 | Ed Romero | $68,000 |
| 26 | Eric Hetzel | $68,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 1989 Boston Red Sox roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $17,481,748 total is the sum of these 26 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.