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2006 Baseball Payrolls

This is a team-by-team payroll listings for the 2006 season. The league per-player average was $3,231,537 and the average team payroll was $77,556,890. You can also view figures for 2005. Other financial information is available for many seasons using the tool on the right.

2006 PAYROLLS 2006 PAYROLLS 2005 RANK TEAM AVERAGE TOTAL 1 New York Yankees  $8,110,962   $194,663,079  2 Boston Red Sox  $5,004,159   $120,099,824  3 Anaheim Angels  $4,311,333   $103,472,000  4 Chicago White Sox  $4,281,278   $102,750,667  5 New York Mets  $4,211,873   $101,084,963  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  $4,101,966   $98,447,187  7 Chicago Cubs  $3,934,354   $94,424,499  8 Houston Astros  $3,856,313   $92,551,503  9 Atlanta Braves  $3,756,537   $90,156,876  10 San Francisco Giants  $3,752,351   $90,056,419  11 St. Louis Cardinals  $3,703,807   $88,891,371  12 Philadelphia Phillies  $3,678,056   $88,273,333  13 Seattle Mariners  $3,664,993   $87,959,833  14 Detroit Tigers  $3,442,203   $82,612,866  15 Baltimore Orioles  $3,024,399   $72,585,582  16 Toronto Blue Jays  $2,996,458   $71,915,000  17 San Diego Padres  $2,912,339   $69,896,141  18 Texas Rangers  $2,842,861   $68,228,662  19 Minnesota Twins  $2,641,500   $63,396,006  20 Washington Nationals  $2,630,958   $63,143,000  21 Oakland Athletics  $2,593,462   $62,243,079  22 Cincinnati Reds  $2,537,897   $60,909,519  23 Arizona Diamondbacks  $2,486,843   $59,684,226  24 Milwaukee Brewers  $2,398,681   $57,568,333  25 Cleveland Indians  $2,334,646   $56,031,500  26 Kansas City Royals  $1,970,583   $47,294,000  27 Pittsburgh Pirates  $1,946,573   $46,717,750  28 Colorado Rockies  $1,718,042   $41,233,000  29 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  $1,475,749   $35,417,967  30 Florida Marlins  $624,938   $14,998,500

Source: USA Today Baseball Salaries Database.

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