NOW YOU KNOW
The minimum weekly salary in Major League Baseball since 1988:
1988-90...$1,038
1991...$1,923
1992-96...$2,096
1997...$2,885
1998...$3,269
1999-2002...$3,846
2003...$5,769
Source: World Features Syndicate
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