Which Major League Baseball players have made the most in one season through 2011? We have put together the Top 10 highest paid baseball players with a list of their highest one year salary. Unfortunately, most of these players have been linked to steroids. Have we encouraged this behavior at the world's best MLB baseball ballparks?
Here are the top earning baseball players of all time:
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Single-Season Salaries
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Player
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Year Team
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Salary
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Alex Rodriguez
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2009 NYY
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$33,000,000
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Alex Rodriguez
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2010 NYY
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$33,000,000
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Alex Rodriguez
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2008 NYY
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$28,000,000
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Alex Rodriguez
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2005 NYY
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$26,000,000
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CC Sabathia
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2010 NYY
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$24,285,714
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Manny Ramirez
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2009 LAD
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$23,854,494
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Jason Giambi
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2007 NYY
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$23,428,571
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Jason Giambi
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2008 NYY
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$23,428,571
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Alex Rodriguez
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2007 NYY
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$22,708,525
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Derek Jeter
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2010 NYY
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$22,600,000
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Manny Ramirez
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2004 BOS
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$22,500,000
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Which of these players do you believe will be the first in the MLB Hall of Fame?
Data gathered from baseball-reference.com
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