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As of 2010, the minimum salary for a first-year Major League player is $400,000.
The minimum salary for a Major Leaguer in 2010 is $400,000.
For the 2014 season the minimum salary is $500,000.
400,000 dollars
Yes, players on an MLB active roster must get at least the Major League minimum salary, whether or not they play.
A split contract is typically one that's signed by players who have prior major league experience and are signed to a minor league contract. Generally they are given an invitation to the major league clubs Spring Training. A split contract includes separate salary rates while they're in the minor leagues and while they are on the Major League club. The major league minimum salary is currently $400,000 for an 183 day season. If the player is assigned to the minor leagues at any point in the season he'll earn a daily rate of at least 60% of the total of his minor and major league salary from the previous season.
Ted Williams broke into the Major Leagues with the Boston Red Sox in 1939. It was not his best year though.
The minimum salary for the 2009 season is $400,000 according to major league players association.
There is no team minimum salary but there is a player minimum salary, that being $400,000 in the 2010 season. With 25 players on the opening day roster, if every one of them made the minimum salary the team's payroll would be $10,000,000. In the 2010 season, the smallest opening day payroll was $34,943,000 by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Barry Bonds wasn't a rookie in the Major Leagues until 1987. However, his dad Bobby Bonds' rookie card was produced in 1969 and is valued around $60.
there isn't a minimum salary in the mlb. basically if the player is willing to sign a contract to play for that team for a dollar than he can go into contract for that.