Baseball Player Salaries
is a fun look at money in baseball, baseball player value and agent commissions.
Salaries, statistics and value calculations for the
2012 season
are live and updated daily!
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| Player |
2012 Salary |
| Alex Rodriguez |
$29,000,000 |
| Johan Santana |
$24,000,000 |
| Prince Fielder |
$23,000,000 |
| CC Sabathia |
$23,000,000 |
| Joe Mauer |
$23,000,000 |
| Mark Teixeira |
$22,500,000 |
| Cliff Lee |
$21,500,000 |
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| Agent |
2012 Total Contracts |
Estimated Commission |
Highest Paid Player |
| Scott Boras |
$278,506,500 |
$13,035,225 |
Prince Fielder
$23,000,000
|
| Greg Genske |
$128,750,000 |
$6,168,400 |
CC Sabathia
$23,000,000
|
| ACES |
$85,100,000 |
$3,985,900 |
David Wright
$15,000,000
|
| SFX |
$81,501,000 |
$3,661,050 |
Miguel Cabrera
$21,000,000
|
| Peter Greenberg |
$68,000,000 |
$3,255,100 |
Johan Santana
$24,000,000
|
| CAA Sports (Greg ... |
$61,520,000 |
$2,972,500 |
Ryan Howard
$20,000,000
|
| Player |
Cost Per HR |
| Joe Mauer |
$23,000,000 |
| Ichiro Suzuki |
$17,000,000 |
| Alex Rios |
$12,000,000 |
| Ryan Zimmerman |
$12,000,000 |
| Lance Berkman |
$12,000,000 |
| Jimmy Rollins |
$11,000,000 |
| Player |
Cost Per W |
| Johan Santana |
$24,000,000 |
| A.J. Burnett |
$16,500,000 |
| Josh Johnson |
$13,750,000 |
| Dan Haren |
$12,750,000 |
| Edwin Jackson |
$11,000,000 |
| Carlos Zambrano |
$9,000,000 |
2012 MLB Payrolls
| Team |
Payroll |
| New York Yankees |
$195,487,909 |
| Boston Red Sox |
$176,359,480 |
| Philadelphia Phillies |
$172,551,500 |
| Los Angeles Angels |
$143,696,565 |
| Detroit Tigers |
$129,970,200 |
| Miami Marlins |
$126,673,000 |
| San Francisco Giants |
$117,632,350 |
| Texas Rangers |
$116,869,900 |
| St. Louis Cardinals |
$111,864,800 |
| Minnesota Twins |
$98,936,000 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers |
$97,804,600 |
| Chicago White Sox |
$95,939,500 |
| Milwaukee Brewers |
$95,705,000 |
| New York Mets |
$91,616,430 |
| Chicago Cubs |
$87,963,220 |
| Washington Nationals |
$85,586,000 |
| Atlanta Braves |
$81,448,000 |
| Cincinatti Reds |
$80,307,000 |
| Cleveland Indians |
$78,435,300 |
| Seattle Mariners |
$78,235,600 |
| Baltimore Orioles |
$76,697,000 |
| Colorado Rockies |
$75,960,999 |
| Toronto Blue Jays |
$74,619,200 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks |
$73,623,999 |
| Tampa Bay Rays |
$63,208,950 |
| Kansas City Royals |
$61,747,090 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates |
$60,074,499 |
| Houston Astros |
$58,651,000 |
| Oakland Athletics |
$56,538,100 |
| San Diego Padres |
$54,920,784 |
2012 Most Efficient Teams
| Team |
Cost Per Win |
| Tampa Bay Rays |
$2,633,706 |
| Oakland Athletics |
$2,826,905 |
| Baltimore Orioles |
$2,949,884 |
| Atlanta Braves |
$3,257,920 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates |
$3,337,472 |
| Toronto Blue Jays |
$3,391,781 |
| Houston Astros |
$3,450,058 |
| Cleveland Indians |
$3,565,240 |
| Washington Nationals |
$3,721,130 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers |
$3,761,715 |
| San Diego Padres |
$3,922,913 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks |
$4,090,222 |
| Kansas City Royals |
$4,116,472 |
2012 Least Efficient Teams
| Team |
Cost Per Win |
| Boston Red Sox |
$9,797,748 |
| New York Yankees |
$9,308,948 |
| Philadelphia Phillies |
$8,216,738 |
| Los Angeles Angels |
$7,983,142 |
| Minnesota Twins |
$7,610,461 |
| Detroit Tigers |
$6,840,536 |
| Miami Marlins |
$6,032,047 |
| Milwaukee Brewers |
$5,981,562 |
| San Francisco Giants |
$5,881,617 |
| Chicago Cubs |
$5,864,214 |
| St. Louis Cardinals |
$5,084,763 |
| Colorado Rockies |
$5,064,066 |
| Chicago White Sox |
$5,049,447 |
