ARBITRATION AWARDS SOAR, SAYS STUDY.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. The average salary for players in arbitration arbitration Process of resolving a dispute or a grievance outside a court system by presenting it for decision to an impartial third party. Both sides in the dispute usually must agree in advance to the choice of arbitrator and certify that they will abide by the soared a record 153 percent - more than twice last year's rise - according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a study by The Associated Press. The teams' ability to hold down the salaries of young players was the major reason, causing huge increases among those eligible for arbitration for the first time. The 80 players who filed for arbitration last month saw their salaries increase to an average of $2,014,460 from an average of $793,196. Last year, the average for the 76 players who filed rose 73 percent, to $1,876,305 from $1,087,031 - the smallest percentage increase since 1989. Still, salaries have not rebounded to the arbitration record of $2,091,187, set in 1994 before the 7-1/2-month strike. Two Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (French: Les Expos de Montréal) were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 until 2004. After the 2004 season, the franchise relocated to Washington, D.C. and became the Washington Nationals. increased their salaries by 10-fold or more. Pitcher Pedro Pedro. For Spanish and Portuguese rulers thus named, use Peter. Pedro in marrying former mistress of enemy. [Ger. Opera: d’Albert, Tief land, Westerman, 371–374] See : Innocence Martinez Martinez (märtē`nəs), city (1990 pop. 31,808), seat of Contra Costa co., W Calif., on Carquinez Strait between San Pablo and Suisun bays, in a farm area; inc. 1884. Its major industry is petroleum refining. got a record 1,111 percent rise, from $315,000 to $3.5 million, and outfielder Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. Henry Rodriguez got a 1,045 percent increase, from $220,000 to $2.3 million. Juan Gonzalez set the previous record with a 1,070 percent increase in 1994, when he went from $525,000 to $6.14 million, his average in a $30.7 million, five-year contract. The previous record rise, according to management calculations, was 113 percent in 1981. Sixty players - three of four among those filing - doubled their salaries in arbitration, up from 34 last year. Thirty tripled their salaries, up from 23 in 1996, and 20 got four-fold increases, up from nine. Fifteen got five-fold raises, up from five, and eight got six-fold raises, double the number from last year. Multiyear continued to rise, rebounding to their pre-strike level. There were 14 this year, up from 10 last winter and four following the end of the strike in 1995. Every player in arbitration got a raise except Philadelphia outfielder Tony Longmire, who will receive $225,000, the same salary he got last season. |
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