SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Thursday, November 17, 1994 11 TV SportsWatch Live, same-day and delayed national TV sports coverage for Thursday. All times in C.S.T. (schedule subject to change and-or blackouts): THURSDAY.NOVEMBER17 1 p.m. ESPN — Men's tennis, ATP World Championship, early rounds, at Frankfurt, Germany 3 p.m. ESPN—Golf, The Mexican Open, first round, at Mexico City 5:30P.M. ESPN2 —IHL Hockey, Detroit at Indianapolis 7 p.m. TBS — NBA Basketball, Chicago at Houston 8.p.m. PRIME—Women's tennis, Virginia Slims Championships, quarterfinals, at New York (same-day tape) 8:30 p.m. ESPN — College Basketball, Preseason NIT, first round, SW Louisiana at Memphis 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 — College Basketball, Preseason NIT, first round, San Francisco at New Mexico Copyright 1994 World Features Syndicate, Inc. Players would have had smaller salary increases The Associated Press NEW YORK — The amount of money paid to baseball players would have gone up less than 3 percent this year without a strike, according to figures compiled by management's player relations committee. The payroll of the 28 clubs, absent a strike, would have been $908,477,950, according to the figures. That's up from $905,104,594 last year. If the season had been completed, the payroll total would have increased by about $20 million more because of performance bonuses. According to management figures, the average player salary — which doesn't take the strike into account — rose 8.5 percent to $1,153,343, up from $1,062,780. Players earned $9.38 million in performance bonuses this year, down from $23.90 million in 1993. That's the second-lowest increase since 1988 and the fourth-lowest rise since the free agent era began following the 1976 season. Despite the strike, rosters expanded to 40 after Aug. 31, the date used for annual salary studies. There were 761 players on Aug. 31 rosters, 55 fewer than last year. 1994-1992 Payroll Comparison NEWYORK—Comparisons of 1994, 1993 and 1992 baseball payrolls, as determined by management's plaver relations committee.
Teams199419931992
NY Yankees$47,512,342$46,588,791$34,902,292
Atlanta44,025,97247,206,41635,853,321
Toronto42,165,16851,935,03449,427,166
San Fran42,160,53836,342,32233,240,600
Cincinnati41,408,05241,631,38735,429,559
Detroit41,118,50938,038,49828,222,167
Kansas City40,667,37540,164,87831,968,586
Chi WSox40,094,83642,115,72330,180,333
Los Angeles38,837,52633,529,00042,050,166
Baltimore38,711,48729,253,06623,963,719
Boston36,337,93746,164,78842,138,665
Oakland34,574,00035,351,33448,029,667
Houston32,967,50030,130,23314,916,500
Chi Cubs32,434,33336,005,97632,374,664
Texas32,379,09735,959,69026,228,500
Cleveland31,555,66716,690,9979,323,339
Philadelphia31,143,00028,695,85825,451,334
Mets30,903,58340,822,66744,009,334
St. Louis29,597,05224,190,66728,714,502
Seattle28,363,11033,311,04226,373,334
Minnesota25,028,23727,067,76827,272,834
Milwaukee24,786,85725,635,38729,953,168
California24,528,38527,444,89932,584,670
Colorado23,654,50814,872,588
Pittsburgh21,503,25024,318,66736,228,647
Florida19,524,36121,172,545
Montreal18,771,00017,622,04016,050,854
San Diego13,724,26812,842,33327,689,604
Totals908,477,950905,104,594812,577,525
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