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1992 Baseball Payrolls

This is a team-by-team payroll listings for the 1992 season. The league per-player average was $1,026,288 and the average team payroll was $31,252,982. You can also view figures for 1991 or 1993 and individual player salaries here. Other financial information is available for many seasons using the tool on the right.

1992 PAYROLLS 1992 PAYROLLS 1991/1993 RANK TEAM AVERAGE TOTAL 1 Toronto Blue Jays  $1,719,694   $49,427,166  2 Oakland Athletics  $1,446,650   $48,029,667  3 New York Mets  $1,381,298   $44,009,334  4 Boston Red Sox  $1,430,586   $42,138,665  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  $1,431,760   $42,050,166  6 Pittsburgh Pirates  $1,206,012   $36,228,647  7 Atlanta Braves  $1,280,689   $35,853,321  8 Cincinnati Reds  $1,227,669   $35,429,559  9 New York Yankees  $1,111,895   $34,902,292  10 San Francisco Giants  $1,017,333   $33,240,600  11 California Angels  $874,056   $32,584,670  12 Chicago Cubs  $1,083,225   $32,374,664  13 Kansas City Royals  $972,060   $31,968,586  14 Chicago White Sox  $1,049,456   $30,180,333  15 Milwaukee Brewers  $1,054,471   $29,953,168  16 St. Louis Cardinals  $810,300   $28,714,502  17 Detroit Tigers  $942,284   $28,222,167  18 San Diego Padres  $979,582   $27,689,604  19 Minnesota Twins  $1,002,160   $27,272,834  20 Seattle Mariners  $764,635   $26,373,334  21 Texas Rangers  $847,257   $26,228,500  22 Philadelphia Phillies  $692,884   $25,451,334  23 Baltimore Orioles  $880,038   $23,963,719  24 Montreal Expos  $594,046   $16,050,854  25 Houston Astros  $556,921   $14,916,500  26 Cleveland Indians  $326,537   $9,323,339

Sources: Associated Press December 2, 1992/Baseball Weekly November 22, 1995.

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