Spalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ..: a complete hand book of the national game of base ball .. . its organizationin 1871, one has to make special reference to a chapterof the experience which marked the decade of the 80s,during which period the American Association, startingout as a minor organization, essayed to rival the NationalLeague as a major league. What this would-be rivalry;cost the National League during the decade of the 80sin the way of raising the salaries of players may be judgedby the figures of the salaries paid to star players the yearbefore the America
Spalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ..: a complete hand book of the national game of base ball .. . its organizationin 1871, one has to make special reference to a chapterof the experience which marked the decade of the 80s,during which period the American Association, startingout as a minor organization, essayed to rival the NationalLeague as a major league. What this would-be rivalry;cost the National League during the decade of the 80sin the way of raising the salaries of players may be judgedby the figures of the salaries paid to star players the yearbefore the American Association was organized, and thesalaries paid in 1889, the last successful year of the oldAssociation. Here are the columns side by side: Player. 1881. 1889. M. J. Kelly $1300 $4000 H. Richardson 1250 4200 B. N. Williamson 1400 3000 D. Brouthers 875 4700 J. H. GRourke 2000 3500 J. L. White 1600 3500 J. C. Rowe 1250 3500 B. Hanlon 1200 3100 Player. 1881. 1889. G. A. Wood 875 2500 James Galvin 1200 3000 Fred Pfefifer 750 3000 William Ewing 1000 5000 J. M. Ward 1700 4250 T. J. Keefe 1500 4500 Roger Connor 900 3500.
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