MLB Payroll 1984-1999

Team	Payroll
1. N.Y. Yankees*	$88,180,7120
2. Texas*	$81,576,598
3. Atlanta*	$74,890,000
4. Cleveland*	$73,278,458
5. Baltimore	$72,198,363
6. Boston*	$71,725,000
7. N.Y. Mets*	$71,506,427
8. Los Angeles	$71,115,786
9. Arizona*	$70,496,000
10. Chicago Cubs	$55,443,500
11. Colorado	$54,442,505
12. Houston*	$54,339,000
13. Anaheim	$49,868,167
14. Toronto	$48,455,333
15. St. Louis	$46,173,195
16. San Francisco	$45,959,557
17. San Diego	$45,832,180
18. Seattle	$44,396,336
19. Milwaukee	$42,927,395
20. Cincinnati	$42,142,761
21. Tampa Bay	$38,027,500
22. Detroit	$34,959,667
23. Philadelphia	$30,568,167
24. Chicago White Sox	$24,535,000
25. Oakland	$24,175,333
26. Pittsburgh	$24,167,667
27. Kansas City	$16,557,000
28. Montreal	$16,413,000
29. Minnesota	$16,345,000
30. Florida	$15,150,000

Team	Payroll
1. Baltimore	$71,860,921
2. N.Y. Yankees*	$65,663,698
3. Los Angeles	$62,806,667
4. Atlanta*	$61,708,000
5. Texas*	$60,519,595
6. Cleveland*	$59,543,165
7. Boston*	$59,497,000
8. N.Y. Mets	$58,660,665
9. San Diego*	$53,066,166
10. Chicago Cubs*	$49,816,000
11. San Francisco	$48,514,715
12. Anaheim	$48,389,000
13. Houston*	$48,304,000
14. Colorado	$47,714,648
15. St. Louis	$44,090854
16. Seattle	$43,698,136
17. Kansas City	$35,610,000
18. Chicago White Sox	$35,180,000
19. Toronto	$34,158,500
20. Milwaukee	$31,897,903
21. Arizona	$31,614,500
22. Philadelphia	$28,622,500
23. Tampa Bay	$27,370,000
24. Minnesota	$24,527,500
25. Oakland	$22,463,500
26. Cincinnati	$20,707,333
27. Detroit	$19,237,500
28. Florida	$15,141,000
29. Pittsburgh	$13,695,000
30. Montreal	$8,317,000

Team	Payroll
1. N.Y. Yankees*	$73,389,577
2. Baltimore*	$64,611,399
3. Cleveland*	$58,865,056
4. Atlanta*	$53,111,000
5. Florida*	$52,465,000
6. St. Louis	$50,224,167
7. Toronto	$48,964,833
8. Los Angeles	$48,472,321
9. California	$46,684,364
10. Seattle*	$46,298,970
11. Colorado	$46,093,301
12. Texas	$44,591,013
13. San Francisco*	$43,067,378
14. Chicago White Sox	$41,849,500
15. Boston	$40,611,351
16. Cincinnati	$38,206,000
17. N.Y. Mets	$34,985,330
18. Houston*	$34,932,500
19. Kansas City	$33,868,149
20. San Diego	$32,765,172
21. Minnesota	32,197,500
22. Philadelphia	$31,102,439
23. Chicago Cubs	$30,791,000
24. Milwaukee	$26,564,840
25. Detroit	$20,985,500
26. Montreal	$18,010,500
27. Pittsburgh	$15,124,166
28. Oakland	$12,879,889

Team	Payroll
1. N.Y. Yankees*	$61,511,870
2. Baltimore*	$55,127,855
3. Atlanta*	$53,797,000
4. Cleveland*	$47,686,907
5. Chicago White Sox	$44,827,833
6. Cincinnati	$43,696,946
7. Seattle	$43,131,001
8. Colorado	$41,108,990
9. Texas*	$41,080,028
10. St. Louis*	$38,730,666
11. Boston	$38,516,402
12. Los Angeles*	$37,313,500
13. San Francisco	34,646,793
14. San Diego*	$33,376,026
15. Chicago Cubs	$32,605,000
16. Philadelphia	$30,403,458
17. N.Y. Mets	$29,890,167
18. Houston	$29,613,000
19. Toronto	$28,778,577
20. Florida	$25,311,000
21. California	$25,140,142
22. Oakland	$22,524,093
23. Minnesota	$21,254,000
24. Kansas City	$19,980,250
25. Detroit	$17,955,500
26. Montreal	$17,264,500
27. Pittsburgh	$16,994,160
28. Milwaukee	$11,701,000

Team	Payroll
1. New York Yankees*	$58,165,252
2. Baltimore	$48,739,636
3. Cincinnati*	$47,739,109
4. Atlanta*	$47,023,444
5. Toronto	$42,233,500
6. Chicago White Sox	$40,750,782
7. Cleveland*	$40,180,750
8. Boston*	$38,157,750
9. Colorado*	$38,039,871
10. Seattle*	$37,984,610
11. Chicago Cubs	$36,797,696
12. Los Angeles*	$36,725,956
13. Texas	35,888,726
14. California	$34,702,577
15. San Francisco	$33,798,683
16. Houston	$33,614,668
17. Oakland	$33,372,722
18. Kansas City	$31,181,334
19. Philadelphia	$30,333,350
20. St. Louis	$28,679,250
21. Detroit	$28,663,667
22. San Diego	$25,008,834
23. Florida	$22,961,781
24. Pittsburgh	$17,665,833
25. Milwaukee	$17,407,385
26. Minnesota	$15,362,750
27. Montreal	$13,116,557
28. N.Y. Mets	$13,097,944

Team	Payroll
1. N.Y. Yankees	$47,512,342
2. Atlanta	$44,100,972
3. Toronto	$42,265,168
4. San Francisco	$42,260,538
5. Cincinnati	$41,458,042
6. Detroit	$41,118,509
7. Kansas City	$40,667,375
8. Chicago White Sox	$40,144,836
9. Los Angeles	$38,837,526
10. Baltimore	$38,711,487
11. Boston	$36,337,937
12. Oakland	$34,574,000
13. Houston	$33,092,500
14. Chicago Cubs	$32,546,333
15. Texas	$32,399,097
16. Cleveland	$31,705,667
17. Philadelphia	$30,903,583
18. N.Y. Mets	$30,903,583
19. St. Louis	$29,622,052
20. Seattle	$28,463,110
21. Minnesota	$25,053,237
22. Milwaukee	$24,786,857
23. California	$24,528,385
24. Colorado	$23,654,508
25. Pittsburgh	$21,503,250
26. Florida	$19,524,361
27. Montreal	$18,771,000
28. San Diego	$13,774,268

Team	Payroll
1. Toronto*	$51,935,034
2. Atlanta*	$47,206,416
3. N.Y. Yankees	$46,588,791
4. Boston	$46,164,788
5. Chicago White Sox*	$42,115,723
6. Cincinnati	$41,641,387
7. N.Y. Mets	$40,822,667
8. Kansas City	$40,164,878
9. Detroit	$38,038,498
10. San Francisco	$36,342,322
11. Chicago Cubs	$36,005,976
12. Texas	$35,959,690
13. Oakland	$35,351,334
14. Los Angeles	$33,529,000
15. Seattle	$33,311,042
16. Houston	$30,130,233
17. Baltimore	$29,253,066
18. Philadelphia*	$28,695,858
19. California	$27,444,899
20. Minnesota	$27,127,768
21. Milwaukee	$25,635,387
22. Pittsburgh	$24,318,667
23. St. Louis	$24,190,667
24. Florida	$21,172,545
25. Montreal	$17,622,040
26. Cleveland	$16,690,997
27. Colorado	$14,872,588
28. San Diego	$12,842,333

Team	Payroll
1. Toronto*	$49,427,166
2. Oakland*	$48,029,667
3. N.Y. Mets	$44,009,334
4. Boston	$42,138,665
5. Los Angeles	$42,050,166
6. Pittsburgh*	$36,228,647
7. Atlanta*	$35,853,321
8. Cincinnati	$35,429,559
9. N.Y. Yankees	$34,902,292
10. San Francisco	$33,240,600
11. California	$32,584,670
12. Chicago Cubs	32,374,664
13. Kansas City	$31,968,586
14. Chicago White Sox	$30,180,333
15. Milwaukee	$29,953,168
16. St. Louis	$28,714,502
17. Detroit	$28,222,167
18. San Diego	$27,689,604
19. Minnesota	$27,272,834
20. Seattle	$26,373,334
21. Texas	26,228,500
22. Philadelphia	$25,451,334
23. Baltimore	$23,963,719
24. Montreal	$16,050,854
25. Houston	$14,916,500
26. Cleveland	$9,323,339

Team	Payroll
1. Oakland	$39,191,167
2. Boston	$36,821,537
3. Los Angeles	$35,557,927
4. San Francisco	$33,167,954
5. N.Y. Mets	$32,492,502
6. Kansas City	$32,412,661
7. California	$32,411,561
8. New York Yankees	$31,938,000
9. Toronto*	$31,266,809
10. Chicago Cubs	$27,103,867
11. Cincinnati	$26,939,166
12. Pittsburgh*	$26,196,166
13. Milwaukee	$24,509,116
14. Detroit	$24,233,245
15. Minnesota*	$23,644,814
16. San Diego	$23,323,558
17. St. Louis	$22,950,837
18. Texas	$22,885,314
19. Atlanta*	$21,831,330
20. Philadelphia	$21,321,832
21. Chicago White Sox	$18,092,979
22. Seattle	$17,453,833
23. Montreal	$16,752,964
24. Baltimore	$15,281,669
25. Cleveland	$13,415,928
26. Houston	$12,484,014

Team	Payroll
1. Kansas City	$23,617,090
2. Boston*	$22,848,698
3. Oakland*	$22,669,834
4. San Francisco	$22,456,224
5. N.Y. Mets	$22,229,333
6. California	$21,960,389
7. Los Angeles	$20,943,107
8. N.Y. Yankees	$20,592,948
9. St. Louis	$19,647,498
10. Milwaukee	$18,453,999
11. Houston	$18,229,781
12. Toronto	$18,193,500
13. Detroit	$17,848,737
14. San Diego	$16,718,332
15. Montreal	$16,472,220
16. Cincinnati*	$15,819,728
17. Pittsburgh*	$15,550,000
18. Cleveland	$15,394,298
19. Atlanta	$14,188,833
20. Minnesota	$14,162,299
21. Philadelphia	$14,156,000
22. Chicago Cubs	$13,831,702
23. Texas	$12,803,035
24. Seattle	$12,591,199
25. Chicago White Sox	$11,462,310
26. Baltimore	$8,087,702

Team	Payroll
1. N.Y. Mets	$21,300,878
2. Los Angeles	$21,147,506
3. Boston	$19,064,885
4. N.Y. Yankees	$18,482,251
5. Oakland*	$17,722,999
6. San Francisco*	$17,255,083
7. Kansas City	$17,101,047
8. Houston	$16,761,625
9. St. Louis	$16,077,333
10. Toronto*	$16,016,666
11. California	$15,362,333
12. Montreal	$15,141,222
13. Minnesota	$14,303,000
14. Detroit	$14,147,763
15. San Diego	$14,004,000
16. Pittsburgh	$12,463,000
17. Cincinnati	$12,257,000
18. Chicago Cubs*	$12,167,000
19. Milwaukee	$11,901,500
20. Baltimore	$10,944,499
21. Texas	$10,831,781
22. Cleveland	$10,349,500
23. Atlanta	$9,065,334
24. Chicago White Sox	$8,981,094
25. Seattle	$8,702,500
26. Philadelphia	$8,633,000

Team	Payroll
1. N.Y. Yankees	$21,524,152
2. Los Angeles*	$16,412,515
3. Boston*	$15,629,592
4. Detroit	$15,597,071
5. N.Y. Mets*	$15,452,714
6. Toronto	$14,098,725
7. Kansas City	$14,058,873
8. St. Louis	$14,027,500
9. Houston	$13,565,576
10. Minnesota	$13,444,800
11. Philadelphia	$13,248,000
12. Chicago Cubs	$12,849,333
13. Atlanta	$12,634,667
14. California	$12,382,388
15. San Francisco	$12,332,000
16. Oakland*	$11,628,083
17. Baltimore	$11,370,404
18. San Diego	$10,978,168
19. Milwaukee	$10,864,000
20. Cleveland	$10,244,500
21. Cincinnati	$9,998,833
22. Montreal	$9,452,333
23. Pittsburgh	$8,647,500
24. Chicago White Sox	$7,736,952
25. Texas	$7,105,500
26. Seattle	$6,545,950

Team	Payroll
1. N.Y. Yankees	$17,082,214
2. N.Y. Mets	$14,102,214
3. Atlanta	$13,520,393
4. Baltimore	$12,913,466
5. Chicago Cubs	$12,732,999
6. Detroit*	$12,557,881
7. Kansas City	$12,148,384
8. Boston	$12,145,206
9. Los Angeles	$12,100,987
10. California	$12,035,499
11. Oakland	$11,928,250
12. Minnesota*	$11,671,956
13. Toronto	$11,626,334
14. St. Louis*	$11,615,000
15. Houston	$11,358,371
16. Philadelphia	$11,301,833
17. San Francisco*	$9,535,000
18. San Diego	$9,484,429
19. Cincinnati	$8,536,500
20. Cleveland	$7,955,250
21. Chicago White Sox	$7,872,800
22. Montreal	$7,625,552
23. Milwaukee	$7,617,724
24. Texas	$6,342,718
25. Seattle	$5,499,500
26. Pittsburgh	$4,024,500

Team	Payroll
1. Atlanta	$17,940,286
2. N.Y. Yankees	$17,248,360
3. Chicago Cubs	$16,904,832
4. Boston*	$16,003,236
5. Los Angeles	$15,471,276
6. California*	$14,254,758
7. Kansas City	$13,996,417
8. N.Y. Mets*	$13,597,780
9. Toronto	$12,447,880
10. Detroit	$12,254,047
11. Baltimore	$12,196,745
12. Montreal	$11,937,394
13. San Diego	$11,897,522
14. Cincinnati	$11,785,036
15. Philadelphia	$11,715,166
16. Houston*	$10,368,276
17. Pittsburgh	$10,231,500
18. Chicago White Sox	$10,099,510
19. Oakland	$9,933,388
20. Minnesota	$9,815,200
21. St. Louis	$9,481,677
22. San Francisco	$8,682,000
23. Milwaukee	$8,429,321
24. Cleveland	$8,047,000
25. Texas	$6,892,218
26. Seattle	$6,382,309

Team	Payroll
1. N.Y. Yankees	$15,398,047
2. Atlanta	$14,771,382
3. Chicago Cubs	$13,478,225
4. Baltimore	$12,371,429
5. Milwaukee	$12,216,965
6. Los Angeles*	$11,970,412
7. Toronto*	$11,800,281
8. Philadelphia	$11,785,445
9. *Kansas City**	$11,754,512
10. California	$11,559,593
11. Boston	$11,080,695
12. N.Y. Mets	$11,013,714
13. Detroit	$10,850,643
14. St. Louis*	$10,441,639
15. Pittsburgh	$10,223,945
16. Montreal	$10,195,246
17. Houston	$10,153,335
18. Oakland	$10,008,823
19. Chicago White Sox	$9,849,689
20. San Diego	$9,801,052
21. Cincinnati	$9,258,848
22. Texas	$8,101,222
23. San Francisco	$7,777,945
24. Minnesota	$7,238,667
25. Cleveland	$6,623,133
26. Seattle	$5,549,870

Team	Payroll
1 N.Y Yankees	$11,463,600
2 Chicago White Sox	$11,182,025
3 California	$10,785,775
4 Chicago Cubs*	$10,554,850
5 Atlanta	$10,071,725
6 Philadelphia	$10,036,900
7 Milwaukee	$9,630,375
8 Houston	$9,574,775
9 Oakland	$9,550,675
10 Detroit*	$9,283,300
11 Montreal	$9,213,925
12 Baltimore	$9,005,100
13 Pittsburgh	$8,266,525
14 Los Angeles	$7,913,250
15 San Diego*	$7,779,975
16 Boston	$7,446,950
17 Toronto	$7,390,800
18 Kansas City*	$7,279,000
19 St. Louis	$7,272,150
20 N.Y. Mets	$7,073,800
21 San Francisco	$7,053,300
22 Cincinnati	$6,725,475
23 Texas	$6,177,025
24 Minnesota	$4,300,600
25 Seattle	$4,212,625
26 Cleveland	$3,994,350

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