Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Bonus Rule was a rule instituted by Major League Baseball in 1947 that prevented teams from assigning certain players to farm clubs. The rule stipulated that when a Major league team signed a player to a contract in excess of $4,000 ($42,200 today), the Major League team was required to keep that player on the 25-man roster for two full-seasons.Any team that failed to comply with the rule lost the rights to that player's contract. The player was then exposed to the waiver wire."@en }
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- Bonus_Rule comment "The Bonus Rule was a rule instituted by Major League Baseball in 1947 that prevented teams from assigning certain players to farm clubs. The rule stipulated that when a Major league team signed a player to a contract in excess of $4,000 ($42,200 today), the Major League team was required to keep that player on the 25-man roster for two full-seasons.Any team that failed to comply with the rule lost the rights to that player's contract. The player was then exposed to the waiver wire.".