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1995 Baseball Payrolls

This is a team-by-team payroll listings for the 1995 season. The league per-player average was $1,138,798 and the average team payroll was $33,407,188. You can also view figures for 1994 or 1996 and individual player salaries here. Other financial information is available for many seasons using the tool on the right.

1995 PAYROLLS 1995 PAYROLLS 1994/1996 RANK TEAM AVERAGE TOTAL 1 New York Yankees  $2,000,271   $58,165,252  2 Baltimore Orioles  $1,498,623   $48,739,636  3 Cincinnati Reds  $1,585,876   $47,739,109  4 Atlanta Braves  $1,917,599   $47,023,444  5 Toronto Blue Jays  $1,534,355   $42,233,500  6 Chicago White Sox  $1,476,013   $40,750,782  7 Cleveland Indians  $1,493,959   $40,180,750  8 Boston Red Sox  $1,206,138   $38,157,750  9 Colorado Rockies  $1,343,902   $38,039,871  10 Seattle Mariners  $1,369,978   $37,984,610  11 Chicago Cubs  $1,274,100   $36,797,696  12 Los Angeles Dodgers  $1,223,168   $36,725,956  13 Texas Rangers  $1,264,712   $35,888,726  14 California Angels  $1,164,610   $34,702,577  15 San Francisco Giants  $1,138,040   $33,798,683  16 Houston Astros  $1,176,399   $33,614,668  17 Oakland Athletics  $1,071,563   $33,372,722  18 Kansas City Royals  $967,051   $31,181,334  19 Philadelphia Phillies  $865,421   $30,333,350  20 St. Louis Cardinals  $924,852   $28,679,250  21 Detroit Tigers  $1,029,737   $28,663,667  22 San Diego Padres  $808,036   $25,008,834  23 Florida Marlins  $635,327   $22,961,781  24 Pittsburgh Pirates  $624,168   $17,665,833  25 Milwaukee Brewers  $548,366   $17,407,385  26 Minnesota Twins  $535,536   $15,362,750  27 Montreal Expos  $411,142   $13,116,557  28 New York Mets  $465,891   $13,097,944

Sources: Associated Press Novemberm 8, 1999 and December 8, 1999.

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