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In 2019, Mike Trout signed a 12-year, $426 million contract with the Angels, the richest contract in the history of North American sports at the time. Alex Rodriguez earned the highest salary in MLB in 2013 at $28,000,000. He also has the highest career earnings in MLB history, as well as a record 13 years with the highest AAV.
Black Enterprise reported in 2003 that "the average career span for professional basketball, football, and baseball is a mere 4.5 years, 3.2 years, and under five years, respectively." [12] A 2007 study found that, excluding pitchers, rookie Major League Baseball players' careers last for 5.6 years on average. [13]
Michael Jordan became the first NBA player to sign a contract worth over $20 million and $30 million in a season (1996–97) and earned $33,140,000 in the 1997–98 season, setting the record for the largest 1-year contract in NBA history, and held the overall record for over 20 years.
With Major League Baseball playing a reduced season in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, baseball players' salaries took a corresponding hit. The season was shortened from 162 games to just ...
Methodology: To find the richest and “poorest” owners in professional sports, GOBankingRates began by referencing Forbes’ most recent Major League Baseball, National Football League, and ...
Robert Parish was the first to play 21 seasons in the NBA, currently tied for the 3rd most in league history. Dirk Nowitzki spent his entire 21-year career with the Dallas Mavericks, the most ever by an NBA player with one team. [26] Kevin Garnett began his career with Minnesota, returning later and tying the then-record of 21 seasons played in ...
In Major League Baseball (MLB), records play an integral part in evaluating a player's impact on the sport. Holding a career record almost guarantees a player eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame because it represents both longevity and consistency over a long period of time. (For Japanese baseball records see Nippon Professional Baseball)
25. Jacoby Ellsbury. Ellsbury was known as one of the league’s best leadoff men and center fielders for much of his career in Boston, finishing second in MVP voting in 2011, clearing 50 steals ...