Player Salaries Increased 13% in 1989 Season : Baseball: The average goes from $430,000 to $488,000 with the Dodgers still having the second-highest payroll.

Major league baseball’s player payrolls increased about 13%, or more than $48 million, in 1989, according to figures compiled by the owners’ Player Relations Committee and distributed at the general managers’ meeting here Thursday.

The 1989 total for the 26 clubs was $369,346,309, including $16,737,000 in termination pay, which means salary paid to players no longer active or performing for other clubs under different contracts.

The 1988 total was $321,288,129, including $26,225,000 in termination pay.

The average salary increased from $430,000 in 1988 to $488,000 in 1989, with the payroll of the Oakland Athletics, who won the American League pennant in ‘88, jumping more than $6 million, baseball’s biggest increase.

And considering they are coming off a World Series victory and faced with the task of re-signing free agents Rickey Henderson, Dave Parker, Storm Davis and Tony Phillips, among others, the A’s, at $17.5 million, should soon chalk up another significant increase.

The National League champion San Francisco Giants were behind the A’s at $17.1 million.

The New York Mets, at $21,285,878, led the 1989 payroll derby. The Dodgers were second at $21,147,506. The Boston Red Sox were third at $19,039,885.

The New York Yankees, who set a payroll record at $21,524,152 in 1988, fell to fourth at $18,482,251.

The Philadelphia Phillies went from 10th to last, the biggest drop. The Phillies’ payroll of $8,633,000 was slightly lower than the $8,702,500 of the Seattle Mariners, who had been last for three consecutive years.

The Angels moved from 14th to 11th, with a total of $15,337,833, or an increase of $2.95 million.

The Detroit Tigers, third in 1988, dropped to 14th, a decrease of $1.73 million.

MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM PAYROLLS FOR 1988, 1989

1988

1 New York Yankees $21,524,152 2 Los Angeles Dodgers $16,412,515 3 Detroit Tigers $15,874,571 4 Boston Red Sox $15,544,592 5 New York Mets $15,302,714 6 Toronto Blue Jays $14,073,725 7 Kansas City Royals $14,058,873 8 St. Louis Cardinals $14,027,500 9 Houston Astros $13,565,576 10 Philadelphia Phillies $13,248,000 11 Minnesota Twins $13,149,800 12 Chicago Cubs $12,789,833 13 Atlanta Braves $12,634,667 14 California Angels $12,382,389 15 San Francisco Giants $12,332,000 16 Oakland Athletics $11,548,083 17 Baltimore Orioles $11,370,404 18 San Diego Padres $10,978,168 19 Milwaukee Brewers $10,864,000 20 Cleveland Indians $10,244,500 21 Cincinnati Reds $9,968,833 22 Montreal Expos $9,452,333 23 Pittsburgh Pirates $8,602,500 24 Chicago White Sox $7,686,952 25 Texas Rangers $7,105,500 26 Seattle Mariners $6,545,950

1989

1 New York Mets $21,285,878 2 Los Angeles Dodgers $21,147,506 3 Boston Red Sox $19,039,885 4 New York Yankees $18,482,251 5 Oakland Athletics $17,572,999 6 San Francisco Giants $17,155,083 7 Kansas City Royals $17,001,047 8 Houston Astros $16,711,625 9 St. Louis Cardinals $16,063,333 10 Toronto Blue Jays $15,961,666 11 California Angels $15,337,833 12 Montreal Expos $15,141,222 13 Minnesota Twins $14,238,000 14 Detroit Tigers $14,140,263 15 San Diego Padres $13,994,000 16 Pittsburgh Pirates $12,453,000 17 Cincinnati Reds $12,182,000 18 Chicago Cubs $12,157,000 19 Milwaukee Brewers $11,851,500 20 Baltimore Orioles $10,944,499 21 Texas Rangers $10,806,781 22 Cleveland Indians $10,349,500 23 Atlanta Braves $9,065,344 24 Chicago White Sox $8,928,594 25 Seattle Mariners $8,702,500 26 Philadelphia Phillies $8,633,000