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by Charlie Hough (2024-01-17 18:21:48)
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Completely useless baseball trivia that is...

Name for me the ten MLB players with the most in career earnings as of the end of the 2023 season. This is salary from the team earnings, not endorsements or anything else.

Hint: 3 are active.

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by Charlie Hough  (2024-01-18 21:19:52)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

1. ARod leaps and bounds ahead at $445mm
2. Miguel Cabrera $368mm
3. Albert Pujols $346mm
4. Zach Greinke $330mm
5. Justin Verlander $317mm
6. Clayton Kershaw $274mm
7. Derek Jeter $265mm
8. CC Sabathia $260mm
9. Prince Fielder $222mm
10. Carlos Beltran $221mm
Guys I never would have guessed:
by bizdomer09  (2024-01-18 21:52:23)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Greinke, Sabathia, Fielder

I'm a little surprised Jeter is still there considering he has been retired for what... 10 years now?
Interestingly, the Baseball Reference list is a little
by voidoid  (2024-01-18 21:28:10)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

different. Cabrera topped ARod by one million bucks (which is so, so satisfying to see), and David Price and Derek Jeter make appearances on the tail end in place of Fielder and Beltran.

The recency bias is astounding but not surprising. A decade from now we'll still have Cabrera, ARod and Pujols most likely, but the remainder of the top ten will have completely turned over, and there might be three Padres on the list!

Link below to the Baseball Ref version.
Wow Wiki isn’t updated - you are correct! *
by Charlie Hough  (2024-01-18 22:32:27)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

given the money the Angels shelled out for them
by kdh325  (2024-01-18 08:54:24)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

i would guess Puljols and Hamilton
I would have guessed
by Charlie Hough  (2024-01-18 09:15:44)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Hamilton as well but he didn't make the top 20.

Pujols is correct. Number 3.
Some more guesses
by voidoid  (2024-01-18 07:32:56)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I feel like Chris Davis and Jason Heyward are part of this list. Kershaw, Scherzer, Verlander and Greinke.

Then maybe ARod, Trout, Cabrera and Beltre?

[edit: having now looked it up, yikes did I miss a couple of big names]
I was surprised by the list
by Charlie Hough  (2024-01-18 08:23:04)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

In particular 8, 9, and 10.
Guesses
by SixShutouts66  (2024-01-17 20:52:24)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Alex Rodriguez
Giancarlo Stanton
Mike Trout
Nolan Ryan
David Ortiz
Roger Clemens
Barry Bonds
Ken Griffey
Unfortunately only one correct
by Charlie Hough  (2024-01-18 08:21:06)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

That one correct being ARod.