Baseball Player Salaries

Alex Gordon | Kansas City Royals

Alex Gordon's salary in 2013 is $9,000,000. He has appeared in 12 games for the Kansas City Royals so far this season. His agent is Casey Close.

2013 Performance

Percent of team's payroll Percent of team's on-field performance
10.78 % 16.67 %
Alex Gordon is very valuable

Key Stats

2013 Cost Per
Games 12 $750,000
At Bats 53 $169,811
Hits 19 $473,684
Runs 10 $900,000
Home Runs 0 !

Yearly Salary

Season Salary
2010 $1,150,000
2011 $1,400,000
2012 $6,000,000
2013 $9,000,000
2014 $10,000,000
2015 $12,500,000
2016 Free Agent*
2017 Free Agent

Compared to Others

Rank Player Similar Rank in Football Similar Salary in Football
104th Yu Darvish
$9,500,000
107th Darnell Dockett
$6,650,000
52nd James Harrison
$9,030,000
108th Alex Gordon
$9,000,000
108th Ndamukong Suh
$6,562,500
53rd Aaron Rodgers
$9,000,000
108th Heath Bell
$9,000,000
109th A.J. Hawk
$6,550,000
53rd Antrel Rolle
$9,000,000

Federal Income Taxes (in current dollars using that years rates)

Under Administration Taxes
President Obama (D), 2012 $3,261,549
President Clinton (D), 1999 $3,674,282
President Reagan (R), 1981 $6,279,552
President Johnson (D), 1965 $6,288,144
President Eisenhower (R), 1956 $8,254,448

Unemployment

How long it will take the average person on unemployment to make Alex Gordon's 2013 salary
30,716 weeks (590 years)

In Time...

In Alex Gordon Will Make
one month $750,000
one week $173,076
one day $24,657
one hour $1,027
one minute $17.12
one second $0.29
since you loaded this page $0.29

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Inflation

Year Inflation Adjusted Value Actual Average MLB Salary Actual Average Household Income Median Home Price
2013 $9,000,000 $3,305,393 $49,777 $213,000
2000 $6,577,644 $1,895,630 $47,053 $174,700
1990 $4,928,348 $597,537 $28,040 $118,900
1980 $2,997,655 $143,756 $16,305 $66,700
1970 $1,473,423 $39,327 $5,640 $23,500
1950 $922,355 $12,340 $2,770 $14,500
1930 $672,225 $7,000 $1,140 $7,145
1920 $738,665 $5,000 $1,250 $3,100

Other Jobs

Alex Gordon will make the average yearly salary of In Hours In Days In Games In At Bats
A High School Teacher 42 hours 1.76 days 0.06 games 0.26 at bats
A Police Officer 46 hours 1.93 days 0.06 games 0.28 at bats
A Doctor, Family Physician 136 hours 5.68 days 0.19 games 0.83 at bats
A U.S. Congressman 169 hours 7.06 days 0.23 games 1.02 at bats
President Obama 389 hours 16.22 days 0.53 games 2.36 at bats
A Citigroup CEO (Vikram Pandit, 2008) 37,232 hours 1,550 days 50 games 225 at bats
Bill Gates (Net Worth) 59,396,299 hours 2,473,942 days 81,333 games 359,222 at bats