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This is a 2001 posting, but inetersting to compare rates with! 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: