Bonus rule
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bonus-rule-187-9533538
title:
Bonus rule
text:
The bonus rule was a rule instituted by Major League Baseball in 1947 to prevent teams from assigning certain players to farm teams. The rule stipulated that when a major league team signed a player to a contract with a signing bonus in excess of $4,000, the team was required to keep that player on their 25-man active roster for two full seasons. Any team that failed to comply with the rule lost the rights to that player's contract, and the player was then exposed to the waiver wire. Once a play
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_rule
date created:
2006-11-16T09:25:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T15:32:58Z
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