HOUSTON COMETS
TEAM SALARY
08/11/1975
Pos Name Age 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
RF John Edwards 31 $125k $54k(A)
C Jerry Robinson 29 $95k $37k(A)
SP George Roy 29 $93k $34k(A)
2B Maury Moore 29 $88k $32k(A)
3B Ernie Carter 34 $86k $33k(A)
CF Hank Andrew 32 $73k $35k(A)
SP Joe McCarthy 31 $67k $52k(A)
1B Johnny Adams 33 $63k $39k(A)
C Milt Rush 35 $56k $21k(A)
1B Rich Harper 37 $55k $26k(A)
3B Don Jones 32 $55k $32k(A)
LF Lindsay Cohn 29 $50k $23k(A)
SP Johnny Blackburn 27 $46k $42k(A)
3B Jim Marshall 32 $46k $28k(A)
RP Pete Jones 29 $44k $23k(A)
2B Bill Gleaton 32 $41k $24k(A)
SP Spencer Reese 34 $41k $39k(A)
SS Bill Blair 32 $38k $23k(A)
SS Fred Ruesch 32 $38k $23k(A)
RF Bobby Thompson 28 $38k $25k(A)
SP Jay Hunt 24 $27k $39k(A)
RP Wayne Cooper 33 $26k $25k(A)
LF Lyn Lockwood 26 $26k $26k(A)
RP Joe Barnes 29 $25k $19k(A)
RP Sam Cooper 31 $24k $19k(A)
LF Stan Francis 24 $24k $33k(A)
CL Bob Young 29 $24k $24k(A)
RP Duane Alarcon 27 $22k $18k(A)
1B Larry Underwood 33 $20k $21k(A)
LF Wally Austin 33 $17k $32k(A)
RP Al Bailey 33 $17k $24k(A)
1B Frank Bailey 33 $17k $33k(A)
RP Don Lincoln 29 $15k $24k(A)
RP Elmer Martin 28 $15k(*) $24k(A)
RP Bill Murphy 27 $15k $21k(A)
LF Charlie Niemiec 34 $15k(*) $22k(A)
RP Frank Rector 23 $15k(*) $26k(A)
C Tex Strain 25 $15k(*) $21k(A)
CL Harry Taylor 33 $15k(*) $19k(A)
TOTAL $1.6m $1.1m $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Legend: auto = auto-renew contract, V = Vesting Option, T = Team Option, P = Player Option, A = Arbitration Eligible, A* = possibly Arbitration eligible, else auto-renew, A# = possible FA eligible, else arbitration, MiLC=Minor League Contract, O=Player holds opt-out after the season, R=Retained Salary Player, ^=Team portion, *=players in minors on league minimum deals are only paid 16.5% of their salary while in the minors
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