Payrolls and salareis

[thedude]

The Ap releases this data every year. A couple intersting facts:

12 players make more than the entire Marlins team.

Also, The New York Yankees payroll is also back under 200 million, despite having the three highest paid players.

NEW YORK --
Payrolls and average salaries for the opening day rosters of the 30 major league teams. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing bonuses. In some cases, parts of salaries deferred without interest are discounted to reflect present-day values.
Team Payroll Average
N.Y. Yankees $198,662,180 $7,095,078
Boston 120,100,524 4,448,168
Los Angeles Angels 103,625,333 4,145,013
Chicago White Sox 102,875,667 3,956,756
New York Mets 100,901,085 3,880,811
Los Angeles Dodgers 99,176,950 3,673,220
Chicago Cubs 94,841,167 3,387,185
Houston 92,551,503 3,559,673
Atlanta 92,461,852 3,188,340
San Francisco 90,862,063 3,634,483
St. Louis 88,441,218 3,401,585
Seattle 88,324,500 3,397,096
Philadelphia 88,273,333 3,269,383
Detroit 82,302,069 3,048,225
Baltimore 72,585,713 2,592,347
Toronto 71,915,000 2,663,519
San Diego 69,725,179 2,490,185
Texas 65,468,130 2,111,875
Minnesota 63,810,048 2,454,233
Washington 63,267,500 2,108,917
Oakland 62,322,054 2,492,882
Cincinnati 59,489,015 2,124,608
Arizona 59,221,226 2,277,739
Cleveland 56,795,867 2,271,835
Milwaukee 56,790,000 2,271,600
Kansas City 47,294,000 1,630,828
Pittsburgh 46,867,750 1,673,848
Colorado 41,133,000 1,371,100
Tampa Bay 35,417,967 1,264,927
Florida 14,998,500 576,865

Boston Globe

1. Alex Rodriguez
New York Yankees
$25,680,727


2. Derek Jeter
New York Yankees
$20,600,000


3. Jason Giambi
New York Yankees
$20,428,571


4. Barry Bonds
San Francisco Giants
$20,000,000


5. Jeff Bagwell
Houston Astros
$19,369,019


6. Mike Mussina
New York Yankees
$19,000,000


7. Manny Ramirez
Boston Red Sox
$18,279,238


8. Todd Helton
Colorado Rockies
$16,600,000


9. Andy Pettitte
Houston Astros
$16,428,416


10. Magglio Ordonez
Detroit Tigers
$16,200,000


11. Randy Johnson
New York Yankees
$15,661,427


12. Chan Ho Park
San Diego Padres
$15,333,679


13. Pedro Martinez
New York Mets
$14,875,000


14. Lance Berkman
Houston Astros
$14,500,000


15. Mike Hampton
Atlanta Braves
$14,475,185


16. Jim Thome
Chicago White Sox
$14,166,667


17. Bartolo Colon
Los Angeles Angels
$14,000,000


17. Albert Pujols
St. Louis Cardinals
$14,000,000


19. Chipper Jones
Atlanta Braves
$13,666,667


20. Bobby Abreu
Philadelphia Phillies
$13,600,000


21. Carlos Beltran, New York Mets $13,571,429

22. Carlos Delgado, New York Mets $13,500,000

(tie) Vladimir Guerrero, Los Angeles Angels $13,500,000

(tie) Andruw Jones, Atlanta Braves $13,500,000

25. Johnny Damon, New York Yankees $13,000,000

(tie) Hideki Matsui, New York Yankees $13,000,000

(tie) Curt Schilling, Boston Red Sox $13,000,000

(tie) Richie Sexson, Seattle Mariners $13,000,000

29. Adrian Beltre, Seattle Mariners $12,900,000

30. Roy Halladay, Toronto Blue Jays $12,750,000


31. Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Mariners $12,530,000

32. Scott Rolen, St. Louis Cardinals $12,456,336

33. Paul Konerko, Chicago White Sox $12,000,000

(tie) Jorge Posada, New York Yankees $12,000,000

(tie) Javier Vazquez, Chicago White Sox $12,000,000

(tie) Kerry Wood, Chicago Cubs $12,000,000

37. Jim Edmonds, St. Louis Cardinals $11,979,548

38. Miguel Tejada, Baltimore Orioles $11,8$11,546

39. Jason Kendall, Oakland A's $11,571,429

40. J.D. Drew, Los Angeles Dodgers $11,400,000


41. Roy Oswalt, Hou $11,000,000

(tie) Aramis Ramirez, Chicago Cubs $11,000,000

(tie) John Smoltz, Atlanta Braves $11,000,000

(tie) Mike Sweeney, Kansas City Royals $11,000,000

45. Gary Sheffield, New York Yankees $10,756,171

46. Garret Anderson, Los Angeles Angels $10,750,000

(tie) Torii Hunter, Minnesota Twins $10,750,000

48. Luis Gonzalez, Arizona Diamondbacks $10,673,328

49. Ivan Rodriguez, Detroit Tigers $10,616,410

50. Tom Glavine, New York Mets $10,500,000


50 (tie). Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees $10,500,000

(tie) Jason Schmidt, San Francisco Giants $10,500,000

(tie) Billy Wagner, New York Mets $10,500,000

The other 350 millionares are here

[Mookie4ever]

Thanks for the info.

The Yank's payroll may have gone down (I don't know) but I believe that with luxury tax and revenue sharing the Yankees' payroll will be well over $200 M.

[mweir145]

Despite spending all of that money this off-season, the Jays surprisingly are still in the bottom half of the league in payroll. If they draw well this year, and the team succeeds, I can't see any reason why the Jays couldn't be up near the Angels and White Sox of the world within the next few years. Ted Rogers can certainly afford it.

And yeah, the Yankees got rid of a lot of salary when Kevin Brown's contract was up. Though, it's still crazy to see 198 million up there.

[5]

yeah good info, the dude.

So how much does team chemistry cost? Maybe Tino, Brosius or O'Neill knows that answer.

[GotowarMissAgnes]

yeah good info, the dude.

So how much does team chemistry cost? Maybe Tino, Brosius or O'Neill knows that answer.

About as much as it's worth.

[thedude]

yeah good info, the dude.

So how much does team chemistry cost? Maybe Tino, Brosius or O'Neill knows that answer.

About as much as it's worth.

This is where you cit the 1970s per game fights and championship baseball.

It is the old chicken and edge question.

Does good chemistry breed winning/ or does winning build chemistry.