AP Photo/HF / AP Photo/Kathy Willens Willie Mays (left), Nolan Ryan (center), and Alex Rodriguez (right).
- The highest-paid player in Major League Baseball in 2019 makes $42 million more than the highest-paid player in 1960.
- Alex Rodriguez leads the pack with 11 years as the highest-paid player in baseball since 1960.
- Former American League outfielder Albert Belle was the first player to receive $10 million per year in the MLB.
- Max Scherzer is the highest-paid player of 2019 with $42.1 million.
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The highest-paid player in Major League Baseball in 2019 makes $42 million more than the highest-paid player in 1960.
As the MLB has grown since its founding in 1903, so have the contracts, reaching sky high sums this past offseason with the signings of Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, and the re-signing of Mike Trout by the Los Angeles Angels.
Using salary data obtained by Baseball Reference and the Society for American Baseball Research, and other sources, here are the highest-paid MLB players every year since 1960.