Which Major League Baseball players have made the most over their career through 2011? We have put together the Top 10 highest paid baseball players with a list of their career salary earned. The list has a few of the best MLB pitchers of all time along with a few big hitters from the steroid era.
Here are the top earning baseball players of all time:
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Rank
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Player
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Career Salary
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1.
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Alex Rodriguez
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$264,416,252
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2.
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Derek Jeter
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$205,430,000
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3.
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Manny Ramirez
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$204,807,769
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4.
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Barry Bonds
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$188,245,322
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5.
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Randy Johnson
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$175,550,019
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6.
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Gary Sheffield
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$168,008,550
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7.
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Greg Maddux
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$153,845,000
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8.
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Ken Griffey
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$151,703,682
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9.
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Roger Clemens
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$150,601,000
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10.
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Carlos Delgado
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$146,299,000
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Which of these players do you believe will be the first in the NFL Hall of Fame?
Data gathered from baseball-reference.com
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