Previous Major League Baseball star bobby bonilla New York Metsthe famous will continue to pay him into the 2030s.
Now, the deal has paid off in other ways, too.
The contract signed by Bonilla sold for $180,000 at Goldin auction Saturday night, fox business report.
The Mets released Bonilla in January 2000. He hit .160 with four homers and 18 RBIs last season when a knee injury limited him to 119 at-bats. With two seasons remaining on Bonilla’s contract worth $5.9 million, the Mets agreed to defer his salary at 8% interest and make 25 equal payments of $1,193,248.20 each July 1 from 2011-35 , totaling $29,831,205.
“This is a truly historic project unlike any other contract,” reads the description, according to FOX Business. “This contract is accompanied by an attribution letter from Dennis Gilbert stating ‘I have owned this contract since 1993 and warrant this is an original from Bobby Bonilla.'”
Bonilla hit .279 with 287 homers and 2,010 hits in his MLB career from 1986 to 2001. He has played for the Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Mets, Baltimore Orioles, Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals. During his time with the Buccaneers, Bonilla finished second and third in NL MVP voting.
Bonilla, 59, will continue to receive checks from the Mets until he turns 72.
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