Babe Ruth's salary for one season (1930)

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$80,000

Babe Ruth's salary for one season in 1930 was $80,000.

It was an unprecedented salary, more than double what the next-highest-paid player earned.

Source: Babe Ruth, Wikipedia. Prices are what people paid at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

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