![]() Bouton decided to ask for $25,000 but the Yankees only offered him $15,500. Then Bouton had a 21-7 season and a 2.53 ERA in 1963 and figured he would be offered a hefty raise for the 1964 season. Bouton and the Yankees finally settled on $10,500 after Bouton threatened to go home. ![]() ![]() The Yankees offered him a $2,000 raise for the 1963 season and he turned down the offer and asked for $12,000 instead of the $9,000 they were offering. Bouton signed his $7,000 contract in 1962 but he received an additional $10,000 World Series share so he actually made $3,000 more from his World Series share than he earned during the season. The major league minimum salary in 1962 was $7,000 and today it is $400,000. I am currently reading Ball Four written by Jim Bouton and it is amazing how difficult it was for him to get the Yankees to pay him a decent salary. ![]() Jim Bouton dealt for dollars with Yankees. ![]()
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