Highly Paid

After looking at the trend in salaries and payrolls in recent posts I thought it would be interesting to list the top paychecks for the last few years:

2004	 $22,500,000 	Manny Ramirez

2003	 $22,000,000 	Alex Rodriguez

2002	 $22,000,000 	Alex Rodriguez

2001	 $22,000,000 	Alex Rodriguez

2000	 $15,714,286 	Kevin Brown

1999	 $11,949,794 	Albert Belle

1998	 $14,936,667 	Gary Sheffield

1997	 $10,000,000 	Albert Belle

1996	 $9,237,500 	Cecil Fielder

1995	 $9,237,500 	Cecil Fielder

1994	 $6,300,000 	Bobby Bonilla

1993	 $6,200,000 	Bobby Bonilla

1992	 $6,100,000 	Bobby Bonilla

I had forgotten that Bonilla and Fielder were so well payed.