At the time of this film, neither one of them was making $100k; nobody had made that much since Ruth, as I recall. And the federal budget blasted through $100b just about then.
According to some MLB sites....Hank Greenberg made 100,000 his last season in 1947 and Joe D. made 100,000 his last few seasons. (Maybe Ted Williams towards the last years of his career to). Ruth topped out at 85k.
FY64. JFK's last submitted budget. Only $99 billion. Payable in silver to US residents, in gold to furriners.