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Ted Williams becomes highest paid baseball player ever...
Ted Williams becomes highest paid baseball player ever...
Item # 556375
February 07, 1958
TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, February 7, 1958 This 16 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 11: "Bosox William Inks Top Player Contract" with a two column photo of Ted William signing what was then the highest paid one year contract in baseball history.
A drop in the bucket compared what players are paid today.
Other news of the day. Light browning, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams (August 30, 1918–July 5, 2002) also nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame and The Thumper, was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. He played 21 seasons, twice interrupted by military service as a Marine Corps pilot, with the Boston Red Sox. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest hitters in the history of baseball.
Category: The 20th Century
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