Bobby Baun
NHL Fortune:
$490,916
Description
Bobby Baun’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $490,916 (US $3,980,384 in today's dollars), ranking #4471 in NHL / hockey career earnings.
Birthdate: September 9, 1936
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Salary History - Bobby Baun All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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Season | Earnings (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Rank |
1952-53 | $2,042 | $23,435 | |
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 | $20,844 | |
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 | $20,978 | |
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 | $20,767 | |
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 | $136,678 | |
Amount in Canadian currency: $12,000. | |||
In his first year of pro-hockey, with the Toronto Maple Leafs, earned a salary of $8,000 and a signing bonus of $4,000. | |||
Source(s): Book: Golden Oldies | |||
1964-65 | $14,832 | $145,690 | |
Amount in Canadian currency: $16,000. | |||
Source(s): Book: '67 | |||
1965-66 | $20,416 | $197,422 | |
Amount in Canadian currency: $22,000. | |||
Source(s): Book: '67 | |||
1966-67 | $27,840 | $261,413 | |
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 | $342,513 | |
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.) | |||
Source(s): Book: The California Golden Seas / Book Hockey Stars of 1969 | |||
1968-69 | $67,000 | $586,972 | |
Source(s): Book: Gordie: A Hockey Legend / Book: Gordie | |||
1969-70 | $125,000 | $1,038,372 | |
Earned $37,500 according to the book Hockey Stars of 1969 | |||
Source(s): Book: Golden Oldies | |||
1971-72 | $49,500 | $372,503 | |
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 | $367,578 | |
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 | $445,218 | |
Amount in Canadian currency: $80,000. | |||
As coach of the Toronto Toros of the World Hockey Association. | |||
Source(s): Book: Golden Oldies | |||
Career Total: US $490,916 (In today's dollars: US $3,980,384) NHL Rank: 4471 (In today's dollars: 2493) |