THE SIDELINES : Boone to Earn $1.9 Million in ’90

Veteran catcher Bob Boone will earn $1.9 million in 1990, thanks to the one-year contract he signed Monday with the Kansas City Royals.

The non-guaranteed pact also includes up to $325,000 more in contract incentives.

Boone, 42, and the Royals had been scheduled for arbitration because Boone wanted $2.05 million and the Royals offered $1.5 million.

Boone made $883,001 last year after signing with the team as a free agent in November, 1988. He spent seven years with the Angels and nine years with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Last season, he won his seventh Gold Glove and was voted the league’s best defensive catcher by American League managers. He hit .274 in 131 games and had 43 RBIs.