Who was the first baseball player to make over a million dollars in a season?

dave_fl

Nolan Ryan in 1980 with the Houston Astros. May 24 00, 10:29 PM

zbeckabee

Dateline: Washington, D.C. December 29th, 1960 The 29 year old Spooner, who won the 1960 Cy Young Award, going 21-5, with a 2.16 ERA for the Kansas City Athletics received an unheard of SEVEN Year contract, at nearly $715,000 a year, but he's not even going to be the biggest paid star on the Senators, as Mickey Mantle will be the first player in Baseball history to be paid over a million dollars in one season, as he will earn a shade more then $1,100,000. (2nd place is Duke Snider at $985,000) http://fof.sportplanet.gamespy.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-57812.html Feb 12 08, 9:22 AM

McGruff

Nolan Ryan was the first Major League Baseball player to be paid a million dollars a year. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/543389/nolan_ryan_baseballs_first_million.html 11-19-1979 - $1,000,000 Nolan Ryan Houston NL http://www.baseball-almanac.com/firsts/first9.shtml Feb 13 08, 1:08 AM