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Posted By: joe

From accounting ledger.

Aug 29, 1905 Cobb's 1st game.
Sept 12, 1905, 1st entry for Cobb, code 29 $7.00.

1904 player salaries $39,145.94
Mullen 2750.50
O'Leary 3000.00
Wood 1943.38
Stovall 1800.00
Drill 1016.65
Robinson 1800.00
McIntyre 2400.00
Hiniman 1116.62 ?
Coughlin 1341.66
Kitson 4000.00
Barritt 3300.00
Jaeger 200.00
Killian 1850.00
Donovan 4500.00
Raymond 115.00
Bivelle 1228.85
Crawford 3500.00
Lowe 3283.28
Fred Burton 1341.38 ?
Edward Guringer 1235.oo ?
Carr 1593.37


1905 player salaries $$18,700.00 no individual breakdown, not sure why salaries went down.

1906 $26,150.00
1907 $47,336.58 Cobb $2400.00, 7 players with higher salary.
1908 $45,600.00
1909 $65,100.00
1910 $67,400.00
1911 $80,150.00

Ty Cobb, Spikes flying!