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Player Salaries Bump Up: Well-funded Mutuals Deplete the Atlantics
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Business of BaseballBusiness of Baseball |
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| City/State/Country: | Brooklyn, NY, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | "The Mutuals will now have a nine in field of old Atlantic players, with but one exception." "(The Mutuals) engaged Dick Pearse, who signed papers on the 3rd . . . at $2000, we believe. . . . Now all (of the Atlantic's fate) is left in the hands of the only veteran of the nine, viz: John Chapman." |
| Sources | Brooklyn Eagle, February 6, 1871. |
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| Comment | Richard Hershberger, 2/6/2021" "150 years ago in baseball: The continued dismemberment of the Atlantics. There is not yet any reserve system nor multi-year contracts, leading to the perpetual threat of an off-season frenzy. The Mutuals are buyers, being bankrolled by William "Boss" Tweed. The Atlantics are the big losers. At this point it is obvious that they aren't going to do anything next season, giving their veteran players that much more reason to jump.
"White" is James White, not yet "Deacon." His conversion will come in a few years. He will have the knack for hardball salary negotiations on both sides of his Road to Damascus. This season he will end up staying in Cleveland. Sadly, I don't know what salary he will manage to extract from the Forest City club.
Speaking of salaries, if these numbers are real (not at all a given), they are impressive. Baseball salaries will be in the same range for decades to come.
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Submission Note | FB Posting, 2/6/2021. |
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1871.10 Player Salaries Bump Up: Well-funded Mutuals Deplete the Atlantics"
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