Roger Clemens 2007 Yankees Official Salary - $15k Per Pitch, $175k Per Inning and $4.1MM Per Win!
Amazing numbers on the amount of money that George Steinbrenner and the NY yankees had to pay out for the services of Mr. roger clemens.
Amazingly, the Yankees paid over $4,000,000 for each of Clemens’ wins. That is sensational - especially when you consider the lackluster performance of both Roger and the Yankees in October. When Roger signed, the contract was for $28mm prorated… and CNBC reports that this translates into:
Clemens joined the Yankees on May 7 of this year, but the clock started ticking on June 9 when he got called up. Since the Yankees season is based on 182 days, that means Clemens salary of $28,000,022 was prorated to 115 days. Based on this, Clemens received a total of $17,690,413 for the season.
That’s how much Clemens made, but it won’t be how much the Yankees paid out. You have to throw 40 percent on top of that since the Yankees pay a luxury tax. So Clemens cost the Yankees a total of $24,766,578. Using that, here’s what Clemens cost the Yankees:
Per Pitch: $15,047
Per Inning: $245,213
Per Start: $1,375,921
Per Win: $4,127,763
In hindsight - the Roger Clemens love-fest that NY had just a few months ago was idiotic:
Tags: George Steinbrenner, roger clemens, yankees
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