Some Saturday’s are nonstop for me, others are completely boring. Today was one of those boring days and thanks to Baseball Prospectus’ Compensation Page I took some time looking over last year’s payroll of all 30 teams, then at the average dollar they spent on each player.
The Tigers finished 4th overall in the league and ranked 10th in average payroll spent per player. The 8 playoff teams finished 1st (NYY), 2nd (PHI), 10th (DET), 11 (STL), 16th (TEX), 18th (MIL), 25th (ARI), 27th (TAM).
Team Name |
Players |
Payroll |
Per Player |
|
TOTAL |
884 |
$2,877,334,604 |
$3,254,903 |
|
1 |
New York Yankees (PO) |
31 |
$207,047,964 |
$6,678,967 |
2 |
Philadelphia Phillies (PO) |
30 |
$165,976,381 |
$5,532,546 |
3 |
Boston Red Sox |
30 |
$165,321,476 |
$5,510,716 |
4 |
Chicago Cubs |
27 |
$134,329,000 |
$4,975,148 |
5 |
Chicago White Sox |
28 |
$127,789,000 |
$4,563,893 |
6 |
Los Angeles Angels |
32 |
$145,398,524 |
$4,543,704 |
7 |
New York Mets |
32 |
$142,797,167 |
$4,462,411 |
8 |
San Francisco Giants |
27 |
$118,198,333 |
$4,377,716 |
9 |
Minnesota Twins |
26 |
$113,237,000 |
$4,355,269 |
10 |
Detroit Tigers (PO) |
28 |
$106,953,000 |
$3,819,750 |
11 |
St. Louis Cardinals (PO) |
29 |
$109,798,000 |
$3,786,138 |
12 |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
32 |
$108,388,167 |
$3,387,130 |
13 |
Atlanta Braves |
28 |
$92,205,750 |
$3,293,063 |
14 |
Baltimore Orioles |
27 |
$86,989,250 |
$3,221,824 |
15 |
Colorado Rockies |
27 |
$82,311,404 |
$3,048,571 |
16 |
Texas Rangers (PO) |
31 |
$93,923,420 |
$3,029,788 |
17 |
Seattle Mariners |
32 |
$93,623,191 |
$2,925,725 |
18 |
Milwaukee Brewers (PO) |
30 |
$84,253,333 |
$2,808,444 |
19 |
Cincinnati Reds |
31 |
$80,826,667 |
$2,607,312 |
20 |
Houston Astros |
30 |
$77,694,000 |
$2,589,800 |
21 |
Oakland Athletics |
29 |
$67,094,000 |
$2,313,586 |
22 |
Florida Marlins |
27 |
$57,695,000 |
$2,136,852 |
23 |
Toronto Blue Jays |
33 |
$70,317,800 |
$2,130,842 |
24 |
Washington Nationals |
32 |
$67,956,929 |
$2,123,654 |
25 |
Arizona D'backs (PO) |
28 |
$54,989,833 |
$1,963,923 |
26 |
Cleveland Indians |
30 |
$49,426,567 |
$1,647,552 |
27 |
Tampa Bay Rays (PO) |
27 |
$43,171,308 |
$1,598,937 |
28 |
San Diego Padres |
31 |
$45,869,140 |
$1,479,650 |
29 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
30 |
$44,247,000 |
$1,474,900 |
30 |
Kansas City Royals |
29 |
$39,506,000 |
$1,362,276 |
Baseball Prospectus Compensation/Cots Baseball Contracts |
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