1991 Event NL Cy Young winner Doug Drabek wins record $3 mil salary arbitration 1991 Event Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration 1987 Event Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year) 1986 Event Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency 1986 Event Despite losing, Red Sox Wade Boggs gets largest arbitration ($1.35M) 1986 Event Los Angeles Dodger Orel Hershiser is 1st to win a $1M salary by arbitration 1983 Event Fernando Valenzuela wins his salary arbitration of $1 million 1974 Event Catfish Hunter and Charlie Finley meet in arbitration 1974 Event Dick Woodson is 1st of 48 to invoke baseball's new arbitration rule 1974 Event 1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000 1925 Event 1st federal arbitration law approved by Congress