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The Kansas City Royals carried a $34,655,000 payroll in 1997 across 37 players, an average of $936,622 and a median of $240,000. The highest-paid player was Jay Bell at $5,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jay Bell | $5,000,000 |
| 2 | Kevin Appier | $4,800,000 |
| 3 | Chili Davis | $3,800,000 |
| 4 | Jeff King | $2,500,000 |
| 5 | Jeff Montgomery | $2,300,000 |
| 6 | Tim Belcher | $2,300,000 |
| 7 | Bip Roberts | $1,950,000 |
| 8 | Chris Haney | $1,700,000 |
| 9 | Jose Offerman | $1,600,000 |
| 10 | Tom Goodwin | $1,050,000 |
| 11 | Mike Macfarlane | $887,500 |
| 12 | Hipolito Pichardo | $780,000 |
| 13 | David Howard | $762,500 |
| 14 | Hector Carrasco | $560,000 |
| 15 | Ricky Bones | $390,000 |
| 16 | Scott Cooper | $375,000 |
| 17 | Craig Paquette | $340,000 |
| 18 | Tim Spehr | $260,000 |
| 19 | Johnny Damon | $240,000 |
| 20 | Jason Jacome | $220,000 |
| 21 | Gregg Olson | $210,000 |
| 22 | Joe Vitiello | $210,000 |
| 23 | Jose Rosado | $200,000 |
| 24 | Randy Veres | $185,000 |
| 25 | Jermaine Dye | $175,000 |
| 26 | Mike Sweeney | $175,000 |
| 27 | Jaime Bluma | $165,000 |
| 28 | Rick Huisman | $165,000 |
| 29 | Rod Myers | $155,000 |
| 30 | Brian Bevil | $150,000 |
| 31 | Glendon Rusch | $150,000 |
| 32 | Jamie Walker | $150,000 |
| 33 | Jed Hansen | $150,000 |
| 34 | Larry Sutton | $150,000 |
| 35 | Matt Whisenant | $150,000 |
| 36 | Shane Halter | $150,000 |
| 37 | Yamil Benitez | $150,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 1997 Kansas City Royals roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $34,655,000 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.