A tweet from Darren Rovell:
The highest paid player on Jack McKeon's '73 team (Lou Piniella) made an inflation adjusted $254K (via @swood40)
<sarcasm>Ah, the good old days when players stayed with their teams and kids could always follow their favorite players on their favorite teams. </sarcasm> There was a reason players stayed with their teams back in the day. It was the reserve clause.