The Whatifsports Sim League Baseball Company is a sports simulation company which gives prorated salaries in today’s dollars for earlier eras’ players.
The recent big contract given to two-way player Shohei Ohtani has historians seeking data and stats regarding previous two-way players other than Babe Ruth.
The salary of Brooklyn Bridegrooms (Dodgers) pitcher and position player Adonis Terry, from Westfield, Mass. — based on Whatifsports calculations — was boosted 3.5 times after the 1887 season for the 1888 season from (the prorated) ‘87 salary of $2.34 million to the (adjusted into today’s currency) figure of $8.19 million.
