Stan Musial

Jan. 21, 1960 - Stan Musial asks for, and receives, a pay cut from $100,000 to $80,000 a year. Musial says he was overpaid in 1957 and 1958, and his salary should be cut based on his 1959 performance. 

St. Louis Cardinals Stan Musial in 1962. 

(Sporting News Archives) 

Julius Erving

Julius Erving of Massachusetts in 1970. (Sporting News Archives)

Babe Ruth

Jan. 15, 1934, Babe Ruth signed a 1934 contract for $35,000. 

New York Yankees’ Babe Ruth in 1934. (Charles Conlon/Sporting News Archives)

Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, right.  

(Charles M. Conlon / Sporting News Archives) 

Ralph Kiner

Pittsburgh Pirates Ralph Kiner.  (Sporting News Archives)

Whitey Ford

New York Yankees' Whitey Ford in 1961.  

(Sporting News Archives)

Connie Mack

Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack in 1929.  

(Charles M. Conlon/Sporting News Archives)

Addie Joss

Cleveland Indians Addie Joss. 

(Charles M. Conlon / Sporting News Archives)

Roger Maris

New York Yankees Roger Maris hits home run number 61 on Oct. 1, 1961.  

(Sporting News Archives)

Dizzy Dean

St. Louis Cardinals Dizzy Dean in 1930. (Charles M. Conlon/Sporting News Archives)

Babe Ruth

New York Yankees Babe Ruth in 1927.  (Charles M. Conlon/Sporting News Archives)

Miller Huggins

New York Yankees manager Miller Huggins in 1927. 

(Charles M. Conlon/Sporting News Archives)

Babe Ruth

New York Yankees Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel and Mark Koenig look at Ruth’s locker.  

(Sporting News Archives)

Ebbets Field

Maintenance worker Danny Gezzi looks at a blackboard in the clubhouse at Brooklyn Dodgers Ebbets Field in 1960. (Sporting News Archives)

Bill Russell and Shaquille O'Neal

Former Boston Celtics great and Hall of Fame member Bill Russell 

and Los Angeles Lakers Shaquille O'Neal on Oct. 29, 1998, 

at Planet Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA.   

(Robert Seale/Sporting News)

Frank Robinson

Cincinnati Reds Frank Robinson and Cincinnati Post's Pat Harmon (right) on June 26, 1957.  (Sporting News Archives)

Albert Spalding

Philadelphia Phillies Albert Spalding. 

(Charles M. Conlon / Sporting News)

Frank Frisch

St. Louis Cardinals Frank Frisch in 1933. 

(Charles M. Conlon/Sporting News)

Frank Chance

New York Yankees Frank Chance in 1913. 

(Charles M. Conlon / Sporting News)

Mark McGwire

St. Louis Cardinals Mark McGwire hits his 62nd home run 341 feet at Busch Stadium on September 8, 1998, breaking Roger Maris record of 61 home runs set in 1961. McGwire went on to hit 70 home runs in 1998 setting a new record. (Albert Dickson/Sporting News)