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"Get 30 games over .500 and you can break even the rest of the way."

--Ralph Houk, Detroit Tigers manager on how to win the pennant

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1996 Individual Salaries by Team

This is an individual salary listings by team for the 1996 season. Note that this list is not complete, though it does represent the best available information. You can also view figures for 1995 or 1997. Other financial information is available for many seasons using the tool on the right.

1996 Atlanta Braves 1996 Atlanta Braves

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Greg Maddux $6,675,000
2 David Justice $6,200,000
3 John Smoltz $6,000,000
4 Tom Glavine $5,350,000
5 Fred McGriff $5,050,000
6 Marquis Grissom $4,850,000
7 Steve Avery $4,200,000
8 Jeff Blauser $3,500,000
9 Mark Lemke $1,500,000
10 Mark Wohlers $1,425,000
11 Chipper Jones $825,000
12 Rafael Belliard $575,000
13 Jerome Walton $500,000
14 Greg McMichael $460,000
15 Dwight Smith $455,000
16 Ryan Klesko $315,000
17 Javy Lopez $290,000
18 Pedro Borbon $142,500
19 Brad Clontz $137,500
20 Mike Mordecai $135,000
21 Mike Bielecki $125,000
22 Eddie Perez $111,500
23 Jason Schmidt $111,500
24 Joe Borowski $111,500
25 Andruw Jones $109,000
26 Ed Giovanola $109,000
27 Jermaine Dye $109,000
28 Luis Polonia $109,000
29 Terrell Wade $109,000
30 Tyler Houston $109,000

Atlanta Braves 1996 payroll based on this was $49,698,500.

1996 Baltimore Orioles 1996 Baltimore Orioles

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Cal Ripken $6,650,000
2 Rafael Palmeiro $5,406,603
3 Bobby Bonilla $5,100,000
4 Roberto Alomar $4,279,379
5 Mike Mussina $4,000,000
6 Brady Anderson $3,613,333
7 Chris Hoiles $3,350,000
8 Sid Fernandez $3,333,333
9 David Wells $3,200,000
10 Scott Erickson $2,900,000
11 Kent Mercker $2,825,000
12 Randy Myers $2,600,000
13 B.J. Surhoff $1,416,667
14 Mike Devereaux $900,000
15 Jesse Orosco $750,000
16 Roger McDowell $750,000
17 Alan Mills $600,000
18 Jeff Huson $320,000
19 Arthur Rhodes $300,000
20 Jeffrey Hammonds $300,000
21 Billy Ripken $250,000
22 Luis Polonia $250,000
23 Tony Tarasco $230,000
24 Manny Alexander $190,000
25 Armando Benitez $155,000
26 Gregg Zaun $140,000
27 Mark Smith $130,000
28 Jimmy Haynes $115,000
29 Archie Corbin $109,000
30 Mark Parent $109,000
31 Mike Milchin $109,000
32 Rocky Coppinger $109,000

Baltimore Orioles 1996 payroll based on this was $54,490,315.

1996 Boston Red Sox 1996 Boston Red Sox

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Roger Clemens $5,500,000
2 Mo Vaughn $5,400,000
3 Jose Canseco $4,725,000
4 Mike Greenwell $3,700,000
5 Tom Gordon $3,050,000
6 John Valentin $2,672,500
7 Mike Stanley $2,300,000
8 Wil Cordero $1,850,000
9 Mike Stanton $1,750,000
10 Heathcliff Slocumb $1,425,000
11 Stan Belinda $1,275,000
12 Tim Naehring $1,200,000
13 Kevin Mitchell $1,135,000
14 Jamie Moyer $825,000
15 Reggie Jefferson $695,000
16 Mike Maddux $600,000
17 Tim Wakefield $450,000
18 Butch Henry $400,000
19 John Doherty $400,000
20 Aaron Sele $380,000
21 Bill Haselman $310,000
22 Milt Cuyler $242,500
23 Troy O'Leary $240,000
24 Dwayne Hosey $225,000
25 Esteban Beltre $200,000
26 Jeff Manto $200,000
27 Brad Pennington $160,000
28 Vaughn Eshelman $140,000
29 Rich Garces $132,500
30 Nate Minchey $130,000
31 Jeff Frye $125,000
32 Jeff Suppan $117,000
33 Reggie Harris $112,000
34 Alex Delgado $109,000
35 Kerry Lacy $109,000
36 Nomar Garciaparra $109,000

Boston Red Sox 1996 payroll based on this was $42,393,500.

1996 California Angels 1996 California Angels

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Mark Langston $5,000,000
2 Chili Davis $3,800,000
3 Chuck Finley $3,060,000
4 Tim Salmon $2,500,000
5 Jim Abbott $2,200,000
6 Lee Smith $2,100,000
7 Gary DiSarcina $1,600,000
8 Randy Velarde $800,000
9 J.T. Snow $725,000
10 Jim Edmonds $625,000
11 Bryan Harvey $500,000
12 Shawn Boskie $450,000
13 Jason Grimsley $425,000
14 Rex Hudler $400,000
15 Tim Wallach $400,000
16 Troy Percival $355,000
17 Don Slaught $350,000
18 Damion Easley $305,000
19 Jack Howell $300,000
20 Dick Schofield $250,000
21 Garret Anderson $250,000
22 Mike Aldrete $250,000
23 Steve Ontiveros $225,000
24 Scott Sanderson $200,000
25 Jorge Fabregas $175,000
26 Mark Eichhorn $170,000
27 Dennis Springer $150,000
28 Mike James $150,000
29 Rich Monteleone $135,000
30 Mark Holzemer $117,500
31 Orlando Palmeiro $113,500
32 Ken Edenfield $112,000
33 George Arias $109,000
34 Jason Dickson $109,000
35 Mike Holtz $109,000
36 Pep Harris $109,000
37 Todd Greene $109,000

California Angels 1996 payroll based on this was $28,738,000.

1996 Chicago Cubs 1996 Chicago Cubs

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Sammy Sosa $4,750,000
2 Mark Grace $4,175,000
3 Jose Guzman $3,675,000
4 Jaime Navarro $3,600,000
5 Brian McRae $3,400,000
6 Ryne Sandberg $2,300,000
7 Frank Castillo $1,600,000
8 Luis Gonzalez $1,400,000
9 Rey Sanchez $1,200,000
10 Doug Jones $825,000
11 Scott Servais $822,500
12 Bob Patterson $675,000
13 Leo Gomez $550,000
14 Dave Magadan $500,000
15 Mike Perez $500,000
16 Jim Bullinger $385,000
17 Larry Casian $275,000
18 Jose Hernandez $253,000
19 Kevin Foster $230,000
20 Steve Trachsel $220,000
21 Brian Dorsett $210,000
22 Scott Bullett $160,000
23 Turk Wendell $160,000
24 Ozzie Timmons $150,000
25 Terry Shumpert $150,000
26 Todd Haney $127,500
27 Mike Campbell $125,000
28 Terry Adams $113,000
29 Mike Hubbard $112,000
30 Kent Bottenfield $111,000
31 Amaury Telemaco $109,000
32 Brooks Kieschnick $109,000
33 Rodney Myers $109,000