Thursday, May 26, 2011

Highest Payroll 2006-10

  1. Yankees - $1,008.1 M
  2. Red Sox - $675.3 M
  3. Mets - $630.0 M
  4. White Sox - $621.9 M
  5. Cubs - $591.6 M
  6. Angels - $566.8 M
  7. Tigers - $564.6 M
  8. Dodgers - $528.0 M
  9. Phillies - $527.2 M
  10. Mariners - $502.2 M
  11. Astros - $464.9 M
  12. Cardinals - $461.5 M
  13. Braves - $460.5 M
  14. Giants - $435.8 M
  15. Blue Jays - $411.0 M
  16. Brewers - $380.1 M
  17. Orioles - $374.3 M
  18. Twins - $354.7 M
  19. Reds - $353.7 M
  20. Indians - $339.8 M
  21. Rangers - $337.2 M
  22. Diamondbacks - $326.9 M
  23. Rockies - $323.8 M
  24. Royals - $318.2 M
  25. Athletics - $310.2 M
  26. Padres - $283.2 M
  27. Nationals - $282.0 M
  28. Rays - $239.3 M
  29. Pirates - $221.7 M
  30. Marlins - $151.5 M


     

        As expected, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox place one-two on the highest payroll list for 2006-10. The average payroll a team gave out during this time was $434.9 M. The largest payroll ($1,008.1 M - NYY) was 232% of the average given out during this time and the smallest amount ( $151.5 M - FLA) was 35% of the average payroll. Opposed to the amount of wins in this time span where both the largest and smallest amounts were separated by about 40% of the average, the 297% gap in payroll is incredible. Obviously there is no salary cap in baseball but, when the Yankees paid out more than 6.5 times the amount the Marlins did over five years, it comes to question if one should be put in place.