2009 Final Baseball Payrolls
NEW YORK -- Final 2009 payrolls for the 30 major league teams, according to information received by clubs from the commissioner's office. Figures are for 40-man rosters and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing bonuses, earned incentive bonuses, non-cash compensation, buyouts of unexercised options and cash transactions. In some cases, parts of salaries that are deferred are discounted to reflect present-day values.
N.Y. Yankees $220,024,917
New York Mets 142,229,759
Chicago Cubs 141,632,703
Boston 140,454,683
Detroit 139,429,408
Philadelphia 138,286,499
Los Angeles Dodgers 131,507,197
Los Angeles Angels 121,947,524
Houston 108,059,086
Chicago White Sox 105,287,384
St. Louis 102,678,475
Seattle 102,343,617
Atlanta 100,078,591
San Francisco 95,202,185
Milwaukee 90,006,172
Colorado 84,450,797
Toronto 84,130,513
Kansas City 81,917,563
Baltimore 79,308,066
Texas 77,208,810
Cleveland 77,192,253
Arizona 73,800,852
Minnesota 73,068,407
Cincinnati 72,693,206
Tampa Bay 71,222,532
Washington 69,321,137
Oakland 61,688,124
Pittsburgh 47,991,132
San Diego 43,210,258
Florida 37,532,482
Total 2,913,904,332
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
This story is from ESPN.com's automated news wire. Wire index
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