You learn something new everyday. Below are some shocking facts about Minor League Baseball wages.
- Minor League players are not paid during spring training.
- Players are not paid in extended ball. Extended ball is for players that do not make a Big League/Minor League opening day roster, and thus continue to practice and play in Arizona or Florida for another month or two.
- A player competing in Single A can make as low as $1,100 a month, for a three month season.
- MiLB players are not paid during the offseason.
- MLB players have yearly contracts with guaranteed money for an entire season regardless of injury. MiLB players are paid by the month with no money guaranteed, and are often released upon getting injured.
- The average salary of the MLB player has gone up 2000% since 1976, while MiLB players have only seen a pay increase of 75%.
- There is no Players Union nor a collective bargaining agreement for MiLB players like there is for MLB players.
- Minor League players are paid only between $1,100 and $2,150 per month, on average.
- Once an player exceeds his initial seven-year contract, he can resign from anywhere between $60,000 and $125,000 if he made his MLB debut, compared to the minimum in MiLB of $5,500.