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Hockey Fortune: $549,260

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Bobby Baun’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $549,260 (US $4,605,434 in today's dollars), ranking #4492 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: September 9, 1936
Salary History - Bobby Baun
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1952-53 $2,042 $24,181
Amount in Canadian currency: $2,000.
Earned $CAN 75/week plus got a $CAN 200 signing bonus with the Toronto Marlboros in the Ontario Hockey Association junior league. Was also provided a weekly $35 to cover room and board.
Source(s): Book: Golden Oldies / Book: '67
1953-54 $1,831 $21,507
Amount in Canadian currency: $1,800.
Earned $CAN 75/week with the Toronto Marlboros in the Ontario Hockey Association junior league. Was also provided a weekly $35 to cover room and board.
Source(s): Book: Golden Oldies / Book: '67
1954-55 $1,849 $21,646
Amount in Canadian currency: $1,800.
Earned $CAN 75/week with the Toronto Marlboros in the Ontario Hockey Association junior league. Was also provided a weekly $35 to cover room and board.
Source(s): Book: Golden Oldies / Book: '67
1955-56 $1,825 $21,428
Amount in Canadian currency: $1,800.
Earned $CAN 75/week with the Toronto Marlboros in the Ontario Hockey Association junior league. Was also provided a weekly $35 to cover room and board.
Source(s): Book: Golden Oldies / Book: '67
1956-57 $12,192 $141,029
Amount in Canadian currency: $12,000.
Prior to his first year of pro-hockey, signed a two-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, for a salary of C $8,000 per season and a signing bonus of $4,000.
Source(s): Book: Golden Oldies / Book: Net Worth
1957-58 $8,344 $93,391
Amount in Canadian currency: $8,000.
Source(s): Book: Net Worth
1964-65 $14,832 $150,328
Amount in Canadian currency: $16,000.
Source(s): Book: '67
1965-66 $20,416 $203,706
Amount in Canadian currency: $22,000.
(Earned in the $20,000 range, according to The Hockey News, after getting a $8,000 salary increase.)
Source(s): Book: '67
1966-67 $27,840 $269,735
Amount in Canadian currency: $30,000.
(Earned $25,000 according to the book Gordie.)
Source(s): Book: Hockey Stars of 1969
1967-68 $37,500 $353,417
Signed a three-year, one-way, contract with the Oakland Seals for $37,500/season, after being their 1st pick at the NHL expansion draft. (According to the book Golden Oldies, earned $87,500; According to the book '67, earned $35,000; According to the book Gordie, earned $60,000. According to the book Net Worth, earned $40,000 or $70,000, depending on the chapter.)
Source(s): Book: The California Golden Seas / Book Hockey Stars of 1969
1968-69 $67,000 $605,658
Source(s): Book: Gordie: A Hockey Legend / Book: Gordie / Book: Net Worth
1969-70 $125,000 $1,071,429
Earned $37,500 according to the book Hockey Stars of 1969
Source(s): Book: Golden Oldies
1970-71 $50,000 $404,946
Source(s): The Hockey News
1971-72 $49,500 $384,362
Amount in Canadian currency: $50,000.
Signed a three-year, one-way contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs for CAN$50,000 per season. Possible bonuses included CAN$10,000 if the team won the Stanley Cup and CAN$3,000 if he helped the goalies maintain a goal-against average at 2.40 or less. He did not earn the bonuses.
Source(s): Copy of contract
1972-73 $50,450 $379,280
Amount in Canadian currency: $50,000.
Five games into the season, he got a career-ending neck injury and never played professional again.
Source(s): Copy of contract.
1975-76 $78,640 $459,391
Amount in Canadian currency: $80,000.
As coach of the Toronto Toros of the World Hockey Association.
Source(s): Book: Golden Oldies
1979-80 $0 $0
Earned $6,237 annually in pension from the NHL.
Source(s): Book: Net Worth
1980-81 $0 $0
Earned an increased $7,622 annually in pension from the NHL.
Source(s): Book: Net Worth
Career Total: US $549,260
(In today's dollars: US $4,605,434)

NHL Rank: 4492
(In today's dollars: 2455)

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