Bobby Baun
Hockey Fortune:
$490,916
Description
Bobby Baun’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $490,916 (US $3,956,870 in today's dollars), ranking #4459 in NHL / hockey career earnings.
Birthdate: 9-Sep-36|
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| Salary History - Bobby Baun All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Earnings (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Rank |
| 1952-53 | $2,042 | $23,296 | |
| 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 | $20,721 | |
| 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 | $20,854 | |
| 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 | $20,644 | |
| 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 | $135,870 | |
| 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 | $144,830 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $16,000 . | |||
| Source(s): Book: '67 | |||
| 1965-66 | $20,416 | $196,255 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $22,000 . | |||
| Source(s): Book: '67 | |||
| 1966-67 | $27,840 | $259,869 | |
| 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 | $340,490 | |
| 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 | $583,505 | |
| Source(s): Book: Gordie: A Hockey Legend / Book: Gordie | |||
| 1969-70 | $125,000 | $1,032,238 | |
| Earned $37,500 according to the book Hockey Stars of 1969 | |||
| Source(s): Book: Golden Oldies | |||
| 1971-72 | $49,500 | $370,303 | |
| 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 | $365,407 | |
| 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 | $442,587 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $80,000 . | |||
| As coach of the Toronto Toros of the World Hockey Association. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Golden Oldies | |||
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Career Total: US $490,916 (In today's dollars: US $3,956,870 ) NHL Rank: 4459 (In today's dollars: 2491) |
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