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Old 11-09-2021, 10:41 PM
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Default 1919 to 2021 US Dollars

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Originally Posted by Directly View Post
Cicotte salary of $5,000 in 1919 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $150,719.78 today.

Comiskey partly blamed for his ball players low salaries for them to throw the Series doesn't add up.
Crunching numbers ...

1919 to 2021

$5,000 = $79,280.35
$9,075 = $143,893.83


SABR has Cicotte's base salary at $5,000.
Baseball Reference has Cicotte's salary at $9,075.


SABR - Black Sox salaries


SABR - 1919 American League salaries


Baseball Reference - 1919 Chicago White Sox

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