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Show Baseball Salaries. YrkSuu. that professional baseball cau say w ill remove the inipres-om inipres-om the public mind that most of well paid for their work. : An f the salaries of prominent f the National leagin; shows 'oall salaries have steadily in-:;a in-:;a snce 18S1. 0'Ronrke received tho highest oy the National league in flhe amoimt was $2,000. Iu 1882 lee was paid $2,400. In 1883 ;y4 William Etving headed the an annual salary of $3,100. came to the front again in H500. In 1886 and in 1887 lap was paid $4,500, and in same player received $7,000 |