Baseball Player Salaries

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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Highest Paid Players

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

Best Value

Name Team Cost vs. Performance Score
Austin Jackson DET 2.40
Brett Lawrie TOR 2.39
A.J. Ellis LAD 1.86
Brandon Beachy ATL 1.84
Josh Reddick OAK 1.78

Worst Value

Name Team Cost vs. Performance Score
Rickie Weeks MIL -22.92
Tim Lincecum SF -22.50
Vernon Wells LAA -17.50
Chone Figgins SEA -16.88
Adam Wainwright STL -16.88

Highest Paid Agents

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

Cheapest Home Runs

Player Cost Per HR
Bryan LaHair $48,250
Josh Reddick $48,500
Giancarlo Stanton $60,000
Matt Wieters $62,500
David Freese $63,500
Matthew Joyce $71,357

Most Expensive Home Runs

Player Cost Per HR
Joe Mauer $23,000,000
Ichiro Suzuki $17,000,000
Ryan Zimmerman $12,000,000
Alex Rios $12,000,000
Jimmy Rollins $11,000,000
Adrian Gonzalez $10,500,000

Cheapest Wins

Player Cost Per W
Lance Lynn $80,333
Tommy Milone $96,000
Brandon Beachy $99,000
Madison Bumgarner $112,000
Steve Cishek $120,000
Wade Miley $120,250

Most Expensive Wins

Player Cost Per W
Johan Santana $24,000,000
Carlos Zambrano $18,000,000
A.J. Burnett $16,500,000
Josh Johnson $13,750,000
Dan Haren $12,750,000
Edwin Jackson $11,000,000

2012 MLB Payrolls

Team Payroll
New York Yankees $195,487,909
Boston Red Sox $176,294,480
Philadelphia Phillies $172,551,500
Los Angeles Angels $143,938,771
Detroit Tigers $129,970,200
Miami Marlins $126,673,000
San Francisco Giants $117,632,350
Texas Rangers $116,869,900
St. Louis Cardinals $111,874,400
Minnesota Twins $98,926,400
Los Angeles Dodgers $97,624,600
Chicago White Sox $95,939,500
Milwaukee Brewers $95,705,000
New York Mets $91,616,430
Chicago Cubs $88,028,220
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 $54,858,578

2012 Most Efficient Teams

Team Cost Per Win
Tampa Bay Rays $2,633,706
Oakland Athletics $2,826,905
Baltimore Orioles $3,067,880
Pittsburgh Pirates $3,337,472
Atlanta Braves $3,393,666
Houston Astros $3,450,058
Toronto Blue Jays $3,553,295
Cleveland Indians $3,565,240
Washington Nationals $3,721,130
Los Angeles Dodgers $3,904,984
San Diego Padres $3,918,469
Kansas City Royals $4,116,472
Cincinatti Reds $4,226,684

2012 Least Efficient Teams

Team Cost Per Win
Boston Red Sox $9,794,137
New York Yankees $9,774,395
Philadelphia Phillies $8,627,575
Los Angeles Angels $8,466,986
Minnesota Twins $8,243,866
Detroit Tigers $7,220,566
Miami Marlins $6,333,650
San Francisco Giants $6,191,176
Milwaukee Brewers $5,981,562
Chicago Cubs $5,868,548
Chicago White Sox $5,329,972
St. Louis Cardinals $5,085,200
Colorado Rockies $5,064,066