who was the first major league player to make #100.000 a year.?

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who was the first major league player to make #100.000 a year.?

2006-11-15 13:01:40 · 2 answers · asked by CARL G lucky 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball

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Babe Ruth maxxed out at $80,000. Joe DiMaggio was the first $100,000 baseball player.

2006-11-16 13:51:11 · answer #1 · answered by Bullwinkle Moose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The Yankees first paid Babe Ruth $100,000 in the early 1930s. When a reporter noted that he would be making more than President Herbert Hoover, the Babe supposedly said, "I had a better year."

2006-11-16 01:26:46 · answer #2 · answered by mattapan26 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋