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| Shortstops Single-Season Salary Leaderboard | |
| * - Indicates Hall of Fame |
| Rank | Player | Salary | Year | Career Leaderboard | |
| 1. | Steve Bellan | $5,000,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 2. | Bill Boyd | $4,222,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 3. | Mike McGeary | $4,000,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 4. | Sam Wise | $3,850,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 5. | Jack Rowe | $3,464,286 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 6. | Arthur Irwin | $2,285,714 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 7. | George Wright | $1,670,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 8. | Candy Nelson | $840,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 9. | Gene Kimball | $800,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 10. | Davy Force | $460,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 11. | Jim Snyder | $420,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 12. | Sadie Houck | $414,286 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 13. | John Peters | $410,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 14. | Bill McClellan | $385,714 | 1884-1884 | ||
| Dasher Troy | $385,714 | 1884-1884 | |||
| 16. | Chick Fulmer | $380,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 17. | Jack Leary | $350,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| Jack Leary | $350,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| Lou Say | $350,000 | 1884-1884 | |||
| 20. | John Radcliffe | $333,001 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 21. | Denny Mack | $310,000 | 1884-1884 | ||
| 22. | Sam Wright | $255,000 | 1884-1884 |
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