Thirty years ago, the average baseball player received $37,000 a year. These days that's just peanuts. In 2000, $2 million became the average. Some players make enough to buy everyone in their home stadium a hot dog at every game! Here are the players with the top yearly salaries:
1. Alex Rodriguez $25.2 million
2. Manny Ramirez $20 million
3. Derek Jeter $18.9 million
4. Sammy Sosa $18 million
5. Jeff Bagwell and Carlos Delgado $17 million
Source: The Associated Press