It almost makes sense that this concept would come to him in a dream-the song clearly is inspired (and inspiring). Not only did A Change is Gonna Come distinguish itself from other Sam Cooke songs in the way it was written, the subject matter of this song is distinct from the rest of his musical catalogue.
What did that do to players' wallets? In 1920, the average salary was $5,000 a year. It took 50 years for salaries to reach $30,000, but with the reserve clause out of the picture the average salary was $143,000 by 1980.Today's average baseball salary is $3.3 million.The business of baseball has also changed a lot over the years, allowing teams to spend big bucks their players.t took 50 years for salaries to reach $30,000, but with the reserve clause out of the picture the average salary was $143,000 by 1980. Today's average baseball salary is $3.3 million.
Thus, between 1940 and 1950, the average annual wage more than doubled to $1,900. It tripled in the next two decades to $5,700 in 1970 and more than quadrupled in the next two to about $24,300 in 1990. Both men and women experienced such increases in their average annual wages during this period (Table 1).or the first time, the real average annual wage of men fell from $29,900 in 1980 to $29,800 in 1990. But, notwithstanding the large increase in the number of female wage-earners, the average annual wage of women increased by 14% to $17,900 in 1990.