Baseball Player Salaries

James Shields | Kansas City Royals

James Shields's salary in 2013 is $9,000,000. He has appeared in 3 games for the Kansas City Royals so far this season. His agent is PSI Sports Manage....

2013 Performance

Percent of team's payroll Percent of team's on-field performance
10.78 % 10.00 %
James Shields is worth it

Key Stats

2013 Cost Per
Games 3 $3,000,000
Innings Pitched 21.0 $428,571
Wins 1 $9,000,000
Strikeouts 20 $450,000

Yearly Salary

Season Salary
2010 $2,500,000
2011 $4,250,000
2012 $7,000,000*
2013 $9,000,000*
2014 Free Agent*
2015 Free Agent

Compared to Others

Rank Player Similar Rank in Football Similar Salary in Football
108th Tim Hudson
$9,000,000
110th Patrick Willis
$6,537,000
52nd James Harrison
$9,030,000
108th James Shields
$9,000,000
111th Donald Penn
$6,433,333
53rd Aaron Rodgers
$9,000,000
108th Jacoby Ellsbury
$9,000,000
112th Antonio Gates
$6,362,500
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 James Shields's 2013 salary
30,716 weeks (590 years)

In Time...

In James Shields 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

James Shields will make the average yearly salary of In Hours In Days In Games In Innings Pitched
A High School Teacher 42 hours 1.76 days 0.01 games 0.10 innings pitched
A Police Officer 46 hours 1.93 days 0.02 games 0.11 innings pitched
A Doctor, Family Physician 136 hours 5.68 days 0.05 games 0.33 innings pitched
A U.S. Congressman 169 hours 7.06 days 0.06 games 0.41 innings pitched
President Obama 389 hours 16.22 days 0.13 games 0.93 innings pitched
A Citigroup CEO (Vikram Pandit, 2008) 37,232 hours 1,550 days 12 games 89 innings pitched
Bill Gates (Net Worth) 59,396,299 hours 2,473,942 days 20,333 games 142,333 innings pitched