Increased 3.8 percent this year to a record $3.2 million.
NEW YORK -- Baseball's average salary increased 3.8 percent this year to a record $3.2 million. According to final figures released Friday by the Major League Baseball Players Association, the rise was the steepest since 2007. The boost was helped by an increase in the minimum salary from $414,000 to $480,000. In the 2002 CBA, the minimum Major League Baseball salary was raised by 50% to $300,000. This figure was 2913% higher than a full-time salary based on the U.S. federal minimum wage, but still a pittance compared to the average MLB salary, which was $2.3 million in 2004. The average salary per season paid to Major League Baseball players has topped the $3 million mark for the first time this year, with the Yankees again far and away leading as a team and three of their players -- Alex Rodriguez, Jason Giambi and Derek Jeter -- topping the individual list. +. The average salary for a Major Leaguer made its largest jump since 2008, increasing 2.7 percent in 2011 to almost $3.1 million. According to the Major League Baseball Players Assocation's annual report, the 913 players on club rosters and disabled lists on Aug. 31 made an average of $3,095,183. Comment. NEW YORK -- Baseball's average salary increased 3.8 percent this year to a record $3.2 million. According to final figures released Friday by the Major League Baseball Players Association, the rise was the steepest since 2007. The boost was helped by an increase in the minimum salary from $414,000 to $480,000. Opening day salaries are, on average, higher for a team than at the end of the season. This is because higher priced veteran players are released or otherwise removed from a team's roster as the season progresses and replaced by younger, cheaper players (the minimum salary of a major leaguer was $400,000 in 2009). CBA. The MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement specifies minimum player salaries up to 2016. The minimum rate in 2012 was $480,000 per year, rising to $490,000 for 2013, $500,000 for 2014, and, for subsequent years, equaling at least the previous year’s rate plus a cost of living adjustment. Salaries. The average salary of a professional baseball player on one of the 30 Major League teams was $3.4 million per year, as calculated from the 2012 amounts provided by USA Today.
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