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Pete Orr Baseball Salary 2011
Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Pete Orr reportedly earned $600,000 in 2011. Of the 30 players playing for the Philadelphia Phillies his salary ranks him as the 22nd highest-paid player.The Philadelphia Phillies total team payroll in 2011 was $172,976,379. His salary represents 0.3% of that total payroll.For further comparison, the team's average salary was $5,765,879 and the median salary was $2,625,000. In 2011, there were reportedly 59 men playing the position of second baseman. The average second baseman earned $2,776,197 in 2011, so Pete Orr's salary ranks him as 34th among these 59 players.
A right-handed batter, Pete Orr stands 6 feet, 1 inches tall (that is 185 centimeters for you metric lovers). He weighs 194 pounds (88. kilograms) and was born on Jun 8, 1979.If you want to compare salaries even further, an average salary among players who were born in 1979 is roughly $5,900,000.
Don't forget about taxes. Having a salary of $600,000 we can estimate that he would have to hand over $185,284 in federal income taxes. For comparison, that is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 23 median high school teachers, 26 median police officers, or 37 median fire fighters. After paying the federal government, he would have $414,716 left over. However, he may still need to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.
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