45 Request at Least $1 Million : Baseball: Of 135 players filing for arbitration, eight seek at least $2 million.

Baseball displayed a new array of numbing salary numbers Friday as players who had filed for arbitration exchanged figures with their clubs.

Of the 135 submitting figures, 45 seek a 1990 salary of $1 million or more, among them eight who filed at $2 million or more and three others at $3 million or more.

The $3-million group includes center fielder Robin Yount of the Milwaukee Brewers, who filed at $3.4 million--the largest arbitration filing ever. Dodger pitcher Orel Hershiser set the record last year when he sought $2.425 million, then signed a three-year contract.

The process calls for an impartial arbitrator to choose either the player’s or club’s figure after a hearing in February. However, the player and club can continue negotiating until the hearing begins. Of the 136 players who filed for arbitration last year, only 12 failed to settle before their hearings began.

Don Mattingly, New York Yankee first baseman, set an arbitration record in 1987 when he was awarded $1.975 million, but 11 players are now seeking more than that. Yount has already agreed to a three-year, $9.6-million deal with the Brewers. He filed as a formality, the club said, while technicalities involving a $5.7-million loan in his last contract are resolved.

Yount and the Brewers agreed on the $9.6 million Dec. 19, the same day he accepted the club’s offer of arbitration, a legality that allowed the Brewers to continue negotiations past Jan. 7 and technically made Yount a signed player.

“From the bits and pieces I know, Robin is just marking time (by filing) until he gets the real deal in place,” said Angel General Manager Mike Port, who had pursued Yount as a free agent until then. “There is no reason to believe there’s been a breakdown. Knowing the complexities of his last contract, I’m not surprised (it has taken this long to work out a new one).”

The Brewers countered Yount’s $3.4-million filing with an offer of $3.2 million. General Manager Harry Dalton has never had a player go the distance in arbitration, and although Yount is not expected to be the first, Paul Molitor may be.

Molitor, who batted .318 with 11 home runs and 56 runs batted in, filed at $3.250 million, which represents a $1.85-million raise. The Brewers countered at $2.6 million.

Will Clark, the San Francisco Giants’ first baseman, is seeking an even larger raise of $1.875 million, having filed at $3 million. The Giants came in at $2.3 million. Clark batted .333 and had 23 homers and 111 RBIs in his fourth major league season.

Among the eight other players who filed at $2 million or more were former Angel catcher Bob Boone, who came in at $2.05 million compared to the Kansas City Royals’ offer of $1.5 million, and the Oakland Athletics’ Jose Canseco, who was sidelined for half the season but is seeking a $600,000 raise to $2.2 million. The A’s filed at $1.6 million, Canseco’s salary of last year.

Of the 12 Angels who had been eligible for arbitration, reserve outfielder Max Venable and pitcher Mike Witt have already signed, with Witt accepting a $90,000 cut to $1,310,000.

The remaining 10:

--Pitcher Scott Bailes made $300,000 last year and has filed for $495,000. The Angels countered at $375,000.

--Pitcher Chuck Finley, $180,000 last year, filed at $810,000. The Angels: $600,000.

--Pitcher Willie Fraser, $200,000 last year, filed at $430,000. The Angels: $350.000.

--Third baseman Jack Howell, $465,000 last year, filed at $780,000. The Angels: $525,000.

--First baseman Wally Joyner, $920,000 last year, filed at $1.75 million. The Angels: $1.225 million.

--Pitcher Kirk McCaskill, $400,000 last year, filed at $1.185 million. The Angels: $750,000.

--Pitcher Bob McClure, $200,000 last year, filed at $880,000. The Angels: $650,000.

--Pitcher Greg Minton, $630,000 in salary last year, filed at $1,150,000. The Angels: $780,000.

--Catcher Bill Schroeder, $372,500 last year, filed at $515,000. The Angels: $372,500.

--Center fielder Devon White, $320,000 last year, filed at $865,000. The Angels: $580,000.

Nine Angels were eligible for arbitration last year and all settled before their hearings.

This time, the obstacles may be greater. Joyner and the Angels are $525,000 apart. McCaskill, who went 15-10 last year, is seeking a raise of $785,00, which is $35,000 more than the Angels’ offer. Finley, 16-9 last year, wants a raise of $630,000, and White, who has been on the trading block in the wake of his .245, 56 RBI season, filed for almost $300,000 more than the club’s figure.

Of the 135 filings Friday, the most unusual was submitted by Bo Jackson, of the Royals when he isn’t playing football for the Raiders. He asked for $1,900,001, or $1 more than the figure submitted by the Texas Rangers’ Ruben Sierra.

Aside from the one-upmanship, it represents a raise of $1,315,001 for Jackson and leaves him with the greatest disparity among players in arbitration. The Royals offered $1 million, a difference of $900,001.