# How much luck would an average layman have swinging at MLB pitcher's pitches?

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**Created:** [May 1, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-luck-would-an-average-layman-have-swinging-at-mlb-pitchers-pitches/1017774 "2025-05-01T22:33:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-luck-would-an-average-layman-have-swinging-at-mlb-pitchers-pitches/1017774/81 "2025-05-07T18:40:05Z")

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> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> So, he was definitely a highly-paid player during the second half of his career, and at least for a year or two, he was the highest-paid player in the game.

At a time that teams didn’t make as much as they do now.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-luck-would-an-average-layman-have-swinging-at-mlb-pitchers-pitches/1017774/82 "2025-05-07T21:10:22Z")

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> [@RickJay](#):
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> At a time that teams didn’t make as much as they do now.

Exactly. Even by the late '80s, no more than a few dozen MLB players were making $1 million+ a year. Today, the MLB _minimum_ salary is $760K.

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