Who was the first baseball player to sign a hundred million dollar contract?

Answer 1

On November 19, 1979, Nolan Ryan became the first player to sign a contract for more than a million dollars per year. Richard Moss, Ryan's agent, helped negotiate a 4-year, $4.5 million dollar contract for the future Hall of Famer, making him the highest paid player at the time. Although most people would say the above answer is the official first one million dollar a year player, in actuality Pittsburgh Pirate Dave Parker was the first player to make one million dollars a year signing the contract a year prior to Nolan Ryan. The reason he isn't commonly cited as so is because the Pirates worded the contract in a way to make it look like he was making that much because they didn't want to be known as the first team to pay a player one million dollars a year

Answer 2

The first Baseball player to sign a $100 million contract was **Kevin Brown**. He signed a 7-year, $105 million deal with the **Los Angeles Dodgers** in 1998. At the time, it was a groundbreaking contract, making Brown the highest-paid player in baseball history.

Pretty wild to think about how much contracts have escalated since then!

Answer 3

It was Kevin Brown for $101,000,000.

Answer 4

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