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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

Chicago Cubs 1996 payroll based on this was $33,081,000.

1996 Chicago White Sox 1996 Chicago White Sox

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Frank Thomas $7,150,000
2 Robin Ventura $6,000,000
3 Danny Tartabull $5,300,000
4 Alex Fernandez $4,500,000
5 Ozzie Guillen $4,000,000
6 Wilson Alvarez $2,825,000
7 Ron Karkovice $2,225,000
8 Roberto Hernandez $2,105,000
9 Tony Phillips $2,100,000
10 Harold Baines $1,875,000
11 Darren Lewis $1,625,000
12 Kevin Tapani $1,500,000
13 Dave Martinez $930,000
14 Kirk McCaskill $800,000
15 Chad Kreuter $350,000
16 Jason Bere $230,000
17 Joe Magrane $175,000
18 Norberto Martin $160,000
19 Ray Durham $150,000
20 Brian Keyser $145,000
21 Lyle Mouton $135,000
22 Matt Karchner $135,000
23 Bill Simas $130,000
24 Larry Thomas $130,000
25 Chris Snopek $125,000
26 James Baldwin $115,000
27 Mike Cameron $115,000
28 Mike Bertotti $109,500

Chicago White Sox 1996 payroll based on this was $45,139,500.

1996 Cincinnati Reds 1996 Cincinnati Reds

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Jose Rijo $6,150,000
2 Barry Larkin $5,700,000
3 John Smiley $4,975,000
4 Mark Portugal $4,333,334
5 Reggie Sanders $3,575,000
6 Pete Schourek $3,300,000
7 Jeff Brantley $1,850,000
8 Hal Morris $1,600,000
9 Dave Burba $1,125,000
10 Eric Anthony $1,025,000
11 Chuck McElroy $817,000
12 Eric Davis $750,000
13 Bret Boone $725,000
14 Joe Oliver $708,000
15 Thomas Howard $675,000
16 Eddie Taubensee $625,000
17 Xavier Hernandez $600,000
18 Lenny Harris $550,000
19 Vince Coleman $500,000
20 Jeff Shaw $450,000
21 Jeff Branson $425,000
22 Chris Sabo $200,000
23 Hector Carrasco $195,000
24 Johnny Ruffin $195,000
25 Tim Pugh $195,000
26 Curtis Goodwin $145,000
27 Eduardo Perez $140,000
28 Scott Service $140,000
29 Marcus Moore $135,000
30 Mike Remlinger $130,000
31 Willie Greene $130,000
32 Mike Kelly $125,000
33 Roger Salkeld $120,000
34 Eric Owens $109,000
35 Steve Gibralter $109,000

Cincinnati Reds 1996 payroll based on this was $42,526,334.

1996 Cleveland Indians 1996 Cleveland Indians

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Albert Belle $5,700,000
2 Jack McDowell $4,800,000
3 Carlos Baerga $4,750,000
4 Dennis Martinez $3,816,766
5 Kenny Lofton $3,575,000
6 Charles Nagy $3,487,500
7 Omar Vizquel $3,050,000
8 Sandy Alomar $2,575,000
9 Julio Franco $2,401,972
10 Eddie Murray $2,000,000
11 Jose Mesa $1,872,223
12 Orel Hershiser $1,750,000
13 Jim Thome $1,600,000
14 Manny Ramirez $1,100,000
15 Paul Assenmacher $871,400
16 Eric Plunk $750,000
17 Tony Pena $558,333
18 Jim Poole $500,000
19 Wayne Kirby $437,500
20 Alvaro Espinoza $400,000
21 Julian Tavarez $391,666
22 Scott Leius $300,000
23 Ryan Thompson $275,000
24 Jeromy Burnitz $190,000
25 Alan Embree $155,000
26 Casey Candaele $150,000
27 Chad Ogea $145,000
28 Paul Shuey $138,000
29 Albie Lopez $132,000
30 Nigel Wilson $125,000
31 Brian Giles $110,000

Cleveland Indians 1996 payroll based on this was $48,107,360.

1996 Colorado Rockies 1996 Colorado Rockies

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Bret Saberhagen $5,612,991
2 Bill Swift $4,608,333
3 Andres Galarraga $4,450,000
4 Larry Walker $4,375,000
5 Ellis Burks $4,033,333
6 Dante Bichette $3,591,666
7 Marvin Freeman $2,500,000
8 Walt Weiss $1,650,000
9 Vinny Castilla $1,200,000
10 Darren Holmes $1,165,000
11 Eric Young $1,125,000
12 Bruce Ruffin $1,000,000
13 Kevin Ritz $740,000
14 Jeff Reed $525,000
15 John Vander Wal $512,500
16 Steve Reed $450,000
17 Armando Reynoso $440,000
18 Mike Munoz $290,000
19 Curt Leskanic $270,000
20 Jason Bates $181,500
21 Lance Painter $167,000
22 Jayhawk Owens $155,000
23 Roger Bailey $150,000
24 Mark Thompson $145,000
25 Bryan Rekar $135,000
26 Jorge Brito $130,000
27 Trenidad Hubbard $127,500
28 Pedro Castellano $120,000
29 Quinton McCracken $112,000
30 Jamey Wright $109,000
31 Neifi Perez $109,000

Colorado Rockies 1996 payroll based on this was $40,179,823.

1996 Detroit Tigers 1996 Detroit Tigers

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Cecil Fielder $9,237,500
2 Travis Fryman $5,175,000
3 Chad Curtis $2,000,000
4 Mark Lewis $670,000
5 Alan Trammell $600,000
6 Omar Olivares $505,000
7 Brian Williams $500,000
8 Mark Parent $500,000
9 Gregg Olson $400,000
10 Eddie Williams $350,000
11 Chris Gomez $275,000
12 John Flaherty $275,000
13 Greg Gohr $200,000
14 Mike Christopher $200,000
15 Danny Bautista $185,000
16 Randy Veres $179,000
17 Bobby Higginson $170,000
18 Felipe Lira $170,000
19 Melvin Nieves $170,000
20 Richie Lewis $170,000
21 A.J. Sager $160,000
22 Curtis Pride $150,000
23 Scott Aldred $150,000
24 Jose Lima $145,000
25 Mike Myers $127,500
26 Phil Nevin $120,000
27 Clint Sodowsky $109,000
28 Greg Keagle $109,000
29 Justin Thompson $109,000
30 Kimera Bartee $109,000
31 Tony Clark $109,000
32 Trever Miller $109,000

Detroit Tigers 1996 payroll based on this was $23,438,000.

1996 Florida Marlins 1996 Florida Marlins

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Gary Sheffield $6,135,000
2 John Burkett $3,550,000
3 Kevin Brown $3,350,000
4 Devon White $3,000,000
5 Al Leiter $2,750,000
6 Jeff Conine $1,800,000
7 Terry Pendleton $1,625,000
8 Chris Hammond $1,600,000
9 Greg Colbrunn $1,200,000
10 Alejandro Pena $750,000
11 Joe Orsulak $625,000
12 Andre Dawson $500,000
13 Alex Arias $412,500
14 Craig Grebeck $400,000
15 Pat Rapp $350,000
16 Robb Nen $340,000
17 Terry Mathews $292,500
18 Kurt Abbott $250,000
19 Quilvio Veras $230,000
20 Dave Weathers $225,000
21 Charles Johnson $220,000
22 Yorkis Perez $187,500
23 Bob Natal $165,000
24 Jesus Tavarez $134,000
25 Matt Mantei $130,000
26 Miguel Batista $120,000
27 Jay Powell $118,000
28 Kurt Miller $118,000
29 Marc Valdes $118,000
30 Edgar Renteria $109,500
31 Billy McMillon $109,000
32 Felix Heredia $109,000
33 Luis Castillo $109,000

Florida Marlins 1996 payroll based on this was $31,132,000.

1996 Houston Astros 1996 Houston Astros

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Doug Drabek $5,050,000
2 Jeff Bagwell $4,875,000
3 Greg Swindell $4,450,000
4 Derek Bell $2,800,000
5 Craig Biggio $2,075,000
6 Rick Wilkins $1,550,000
7 Darryl Kile $1,250,000
8 Sean Berry $995,000
9 Derrick May $750,000
10 Bill Spiers $400,000
11 Shane Reynolds $330,000
12 Todd Jones $300,000
13 Tony Eusebio $300,000
14 John Cangelosi $280,000
15 Randy Knorr $280,000
16 Anthony Young $275,000
17 Mike Hampton $275,000
18 Ricky Gutierrez $235,000
19 Doug Brocail $220,000
20 John Hudek $210,000
21 Orlando Miller $205,000
22 James Mouton $196,000
23 Brian Hunter $180,000
24 Jeff Tabaka $165,000
25 Mike Simms $160,000
26 Dean Hartgraves $130,000
27 Donne Wall $115,000
28 Alvin Morman $109,000
29 Billy Wagner $109,000
30 Mark Small $109,000
31 Xavier Hernandez $109,000

Houston Astros 1996 payroll based on this was $28,487,000.

1996 Kansas City Royals 1996 Kansas City Royals

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Kevin Appier $5,051,250
2 Bip Roberts $2,500,000
3 Jeff Montgomery $2,150,000
4 Mark Gubicza $1,600,000
5 Tim Belcher $1,400,000
6 Jose Offerman $1,100,000
7 Mike Macfarlane $850,000
8 Hipolito Pichardo $625,000
9 David Howard $600,000
10 Chris Haney $575,000
11 Bob Hamelin $375,000
12 Tom Goodwin $312,500
13 Mike Magnante $250,000
14 Keith Lockhart $207,500
15 Jon Nunnally $190,000
16 Johnny Damon $180,000
17 Terry Clark $180,000
18 Julio Valera $175,000
19 Michael Tucker $160,000
20 Craig Paquette $150,000
21 Jason Jacome $150,000
22 Joe Vitiello $150,000
23 Kevin Young $150,000
24 Jim Converse $148,000
25 Jim Pittsley $135,000
26 Joe Randa $120,000
27 Patrick Lennon $120,000
28 Les Norman $118,000
29 Rick Huisman $118,000
30 Mike Sweeney $114,000
31 Jaime Bluma $109,000
32 Jose Rosado $109,000
33 Sal Fasano $109,000

Kansas City Royals 1996 payroll based on this was $20,281,250.

1996 Los Angeles Dodgers 1996 Los Angeles Dodgers

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Ramon Martinez $4,800,000
2 Todd Worrell $4,000,000
3 Eric Karros $3,150,000
4 Delino DeShields $3,000,000
5 Tom Candiotti $3,000,000
6 Mike Piazza $2,700,000
7 Greg Gagne $2,600,000
8 Mike Blowers $2,300,000
9 Brett Butler $2,000,000
10 Pedro Astacio $1,100,000
11 Raul Mondesi $950,000
12 Mark Guthrie $870,000
13 Hideo Nomo $600,000
14 Scott Radinsky $600,000
15 Ismael Valdez $425,000
16 Dave Hansen $400,000
17 Carlos Hernandez $375,000
18 Tom Prince $325,000
19 Milt Thompson $300,000
20 Billy Ashley $195,000
21 Chad Fonville $175,000
22 Darren Hall $175,000
23 John Cummings $170,000
24 Antonio Osuna $150,000
25 Todd Hollandsworth $136,000
26 Joey Eischen $135,000
27 Darren Dreifort $134,000
28 Chan Ho Park $124,000
29 Juan Castro $124,000
30 Roger Cedeno $124,000
31 Rick Gorecki $109,000
32 Tim Wallach $109,000

Los Angeles Dodgers 1996 payroll based on this was $35,355,000.

1996 Milwaukee Brewers 1996 Milwaukee Brewers

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Greg Vaughn $5,875,000
2 Pat Listach $2,200,000
3 Ben McDonald $2,000,000
4 Mike Fetters $1,700,000
5 Ricky Bones $1,425,000
6 Kevin Seitzer $1,150,000
7 John Jaha $1,100,000
8 Dave Nilsson $1,075,000
9 Cal Eldred $712,000
10 Turner Ward $400,000
11 Chuck Carr $325,000
12 Jose Valentin $300,000
13 Kevin Wickander $290,000
14 David Hulse $270,000
15 Graeme Lloyd $215,000
16 Matt Mieske $200,000
17 Fernando Vina $190,000
18 Jeff Cirillo $187,500
19 Steve Sparks $175,000
20 Scott Karl $155,000
21 Cris Carpenter $150,000
22 Jesse Levis $150,000
23 Mike Matheny $150,000
24 Kelly Stinnett $147,500
25 Angel Miranda $135,000
26 Brian Givens $135,000
27 Mark Kiefer $130,000
28 Jamie McAndrew $128,000
29 Tim Van Egmond $115,000
30 Doug Jones $109,000
31 Jeff D'Amico $109,000
32 Mark Loretta $109,000
33 Mike Potts $109,000
34 Ramon Garcia $109,000

Milwaukee Brewers 1996 payroll based on this was $21,730,000.

1996 Minnesota Twins 1996 Minnesota Twins

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Kirby Puckett $6,200,000
2 Chuck Knoblauch $4,670,000
3 Rick Aguilera $3,500,000
4 Paul Molitor $2,025,000
5 Dave Hollins $1,350,000
6 Roberto Kelly $550,000
7 Marty Cordova $500,000
8 Greg Myers $475,000
9 Jeff Reboulet $350,000
10 Pat Meares $275,000
11 Matt Walbeck $225,000
12 Pat Mahomes $202,500
13 Brad Radke $175,000
14 Chip Hale $175,000
15 Dave Stevens $172,000
16 Mike Trombley $162,500
17 Eddie Guardado $155,000
18 Rich Becker $152,500
19 Rich Robertson $140,000
20 Scott Stahoviak $140,000
21 Frank Rodriguez $137,500
22 Jose Parra $125,000
23 Tom Quinlan $125,000
24 Ron Coomer $122,500
25 Dennis Hocking $117,500
26 Greg Hansell $117,500
27 LaTroy Hawkins $117,500
28 Matt Lawton $115,000
29 Dan Naulty $109,000
30 Erik Bennett $109,000
31 Mike Durant $109,000
32 Todd Walker $109,000
33 Travis Miller $109,000

Minnesota Twins 1996 payroll based on this was $23,117,000.

1996 Montreal Expos 1996 Montreal Expos

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Moises Alou $3,050,000
2 Jeff Fassero $2,800,000
3 Mel Rojas $2,025,000
4 David Segui $1,550,000
5 Darrin Fletcher $1,125,000
6 Rheal Cormier $950,000
7 Tim Scott $700,000
8 Mike Lansing $315,000
9 Pedro Martinez $315,000
10 Rondell White $300,000
11 Henry Rodriguez $220,000
12 Dave Veres $200,000
13 Lenny Webster $200,000
14 Andy Stankiewicz $190,000
15 Mike Dyer $175,000
16 Carlos Perez $165,000
17 Sherman Obando $165,000
18 Kirk Rueter $160,000
19 Omar Daal $156,000
20 Cliff Floyd $150,000
21 Tim Spehr $150,000
22 Mark Grudzielanek $135,000
23 Shane Andrews $135,000
24 Dave Silvestri $132,500
25 F.P. Santangelo $121,000
26 Tim Laker $121,000
27 Barry Manuel $120,000
28 Ugueth Urbina $112,000
29 Jose Paniagua $109,000
30 Raul Chavez $109,000
31 Tavo Alvarez $109,000

Montreal Expos 1996 payroll based on this was $16,264,500.

1996 New York Mets 1996 New York Mets

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Pete Harnisch $3,725,000
2 Bernard Gilkey $2,787,500
3 Lance Johnson $2,715,000
4 John Franco $2,600,000
5 Jose Vizcaino $2,200,000
6 Jeff Kent $1,960,000
7 Todd Hundley $1,837,500
8 Mark Clark $1,100,000
9 Doug Henry $750,000
10 Brent Mayne $725,000
11 Bobby Jones $405,000
12 Chris Jones $337,500
13 Rico Brogna $325,000
14 Jerry Dipoto $225,000
15 Tim Bogar $215,000
16 Bob MacDonald $200,000
17 Blas Minor $198,000
18 Dave Mlicki $195,000
19 Edgardo Alfonzo $180,000
20 Carl Everett $178,000
21 Jason Isringhausen $169,000
22 Bill Pulsipher $155,000
23 Roberto Petagine $135,000
24 Andy Tomberlin $130,000
25 Kevin Roberson $125,000
26 Juan Acevedo $123,000
27 Paul Byrd $123,000
28 Butch Huskey $116,000
29 Alex Ochoa $109,000
30 Derek Wallace $109,000
31 Paul Wilson $109,000
32 Rey Ordonez $109,000
33 Robert Person $109,000

New York Mets 1996 payroll based on this was $24,479,500.

1996 New York Yankees 1996 New York Yankees

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Ruben Sierra $6,200,000
2 Paul O'Neill $5,300,000
3 Kenny Rogers $5,000,000
4 David Cone $4,666,667
5 Melido Perez $4,650,000
6 John Wetteland $4,000,000
7 Bernie Williams $3,000,000
8 Joe Girardi $2,325,000
9 Tino Martinez $2,300,000
10 Tim Raines $2,100,000
11 Wade Boggs $2,050,000
12 Jimmy Key $1,750,000
13 Tony Fernandez $1,500,000
14 Jim Leyritz $1,470,000
15 Scott Kamieniecki $1,100,000
16 Dwight Gooden $950,000
17 Pat Kelly $900,000
18 Jeff Nelson $860,000
19 Bob Wickman $850,000
20 Mariano Duncan $845,000
21 Steve Howe $500,000
22 Darryl Strawberry $300,000
23 Gerald Williams $200,000
24 Andy Pettitte $195,000
25 Mariano Rivera $131,125
26 Derek Jeter $130,000
27 Wally Whitehurst $125,000
28 Dave Pavlas $120,000
29 Mark Hutton $119,000
30 Robert Eenhoorn $119,000
31 Andy Fox $109,000
32 Dale Polley $109,000
33 Matt Luke $109,000
34 Ruben Rivera $109,000

New York Yankees 1996 payroll based on this was $54,191,792.

1996 Oakland Athletics 1996 Oakland Athletics

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Mark McGwire $7,050,000
2 Terry Steinbach $4,200,000
3 Mike Bordick $2,000,000
4 Geronimo Berroa $1,150,000
5 Scott Brosius $970,000
6 Pedro Munoz $595,000
7 Phil Plantier $500,000
8 Jim Corsi $450,000
9 Todd Van Poppel $318,000
10 Dennis Eckersley $300,000
11 Brent Gates $290,000
12 Buddy Groom $195,000
13 Ariel Prieto $181,000
14 Torey Lovullo $180,000
15 Carlos Reyes $170,000
16 Mike Mohler $155,000
17 John Briscoe $150,000
18 Rafael Bournigal $150,000
19 Dave Telgheder $147,500
20 Mark Acre $140,000
21 Billy Taylor $135,000
22 Matt Stairs $130,000
23 Jason Giambi $120,000
24 Aaron Small $118,000
25 Allen Battle $117,000
26 Don Wengert $117,000
27 George Williams $115,000
28 Doug Johns $113,500
29 Ernie Young $112,000
30 John Wasdin $111,000
31 Brian Lesher $109,000
32 Damon Mashore $109,000
33 Izzy Molina $109,000
34 Kerwin Moore $109,000
35 Steve Montgomery $109,000
36 Tony Batista $109,000
37 Willie Adams $109,000

Oakland Athletics 1996 payroll based on this was $21,243,000.

1996 Philadelphia Phillies 1996 Philadelphia Phillies

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Lenny Dykstra $6,200,000
2 Gregg Jefferies $5,500,000
3 Darren Daulton $5,250,000
4 Todd Zeile $2,700,000
5 Curt Schilling $2,000,000
6 Mickey Morandini $1,900,000
7 Benito Santiago $1,700,000
8 Jim Eisenreich $1,200,000
9 Mark Whiten $800,000
10 Terry Mulholland $700,000
11 Sid Fernandez $650,000
12 Pete Incaviglia $550,000
13 David West $500,000
14 Mike Benjamin $325,000
15 Ken Ryan $272,500
16 Kevin Stocker $265,000
17 Dave Leiper $250,000
18 Lee Tinsley $225,000
19 Tony Longmire $225,000
20 Mike Williams $200,000
21 Ricky Bottalico $185,000
22 Russ Springer $185,000
23 Toby Borland $175,000
24 Mike Mimbs $160,000
25 Tyler Green $155,000
26 Bobby Munoz $145,000
27 Jeff Parrett $137,000
28 Mike Lieberthal $125,000
29 Gary Bennett $109,000
30 Gene Schall $109,000
31 Glenn Murray $109,000
32 Jon Zuber $109,000
33 Kevin Jordan $109,000
34 Kevin Sefcik $109,000
35 Larry Mitchell $109,000
36 Matt Beech $109,000
37 Mike Grace $109,000
38 Ricardo Jordan $109,000
39 Rich Hunter $109,000
40 Ricky Otero $109,000
41 Ruben Amaro $109,000
42 Scott Rolen $109,000
43 Wendell Magee $109,000

Philadelphia Phillies 1996 payroll based on this was $34,314,500.

1996 Pittsburgh Pirates 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Jay Bell $4,700,000
2 Orlando Merced $2,700,000
3 Jeff King $2,500,000
4 Denny Neagle $2,300,000
5 Charlie Hayes $1,750,000
6 Carlos Garcia $1,350,000
7 Dan Plesac $1,100,000
8 Dave Clark $800,000
9 Mike Kingery $750,000
10 Danny Darwin $550,000
11 Al Martin $500,000
12 Zane Smith $400,000
13 Jacob Brumfield $350,000
14 Nelson Liriano $350,000
15 Paul Wagner $275,000
16 Dan Miceli $220,000
17 John Wehner $200,000
18 Steve Cooke $180,000
19 Esteban Loaiza $150,000
20 Jon Lieber $150,000
21 Jason Christiansen $143,500
22 John Ericks $135,000
23 Steve Parris $135,000
24 Mark Johnson $127,500
25 Lee Hancock $110,500
26 Ramon Morel $110,000
27 Chris Peters $109,000
28 Dave Wainhouse $109,000
29 Elmer Dessens $109,000
30 Francisco Cordova $109,000
31 Jason Kendall $109,000
32 Jermaine Allensworth $109,000
33 Keith Osik $109,000
34 Marc Wilkins $109,000
35 Matt Ruebel $109,000

Pittsburgh Pirates 1996 payroll based on this was $23,017,500.

1996 San Diego Padres 1996 San Diego Padres

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Tony Gwynn $4,300,000
2 Ken Caminiti $3,275,000
3 Rickey Henderson $3,250,000
4 Steve Finley $2,886,672
5 Wally Joyner $2,550,000
6 Andy Ashby $2,000,000
7 Bob Tewksbury $1,500,000
8 Fernando Valenzuela $1,000,000
9 Jody Reed $1,000,000
10 Trevor Hoffman $955,000
11 Willie Blair $750,000
12 Scott Livingstone $550,000
13 Andujar Cedeno $500,000
14 Craig Shipley $500,000
15 Chris Gwynn $360,000
16 Brad Ausmus $350,000
17 Joey Hamilton $325,000
18 Scott Sanders $300,000
19 Archi Cianfrocco $262,500
20 Tim Worrell $230,000
21 Sean Bergman $205,000
22 Bryce Florie $172,500
23 Brian Johnson $170,000
24 Luis Lopez $155,000
25 Mike Oquist $150,000
26 Doug Bochtler $145,000
27 Marc Newfield $142,500
28 Ron Villone $130,000
29 Todd Steverson $125,000
30 Dario Veras $109,000

San Diego Padres 1996 payroll based on this was $28,348,172.

1996 San Francisco Giants 1996 San Francisco Giants

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Barry Bonds $8,416,667
2 Matt Williams $6,600,000
3 Robby Thompson $4,958,333
4 Rod Beck $2,954,451
5 Kirt Manwaring $1,875,000
6 Mark Leiter $1,850,000
7 Glenallen Hill $1,700,000
8 Shawon Dunston $1,460,941
9 Mark Carreon $1,000,000
10 Stan Javier $1,000,000
11 Jose Bautista $790,000
12 Osvaldo Fernandez $633,333
13 Rich DeLucia $475,000
14 Steve Scarsone $375,000
15 Allen Watson $240,000
16 Tom Lampkin $230,000
17 Mark Dewey $225,000
18 Mark Gardner $202,500
19 Sergio Valdez $200,000
20 William Van Landingham $200,000
21 David McCarty $150,000
22 Kim Batiste $150,000
23 J.R. Phillips $125,000
24 Mel Hall $120,000
25 Jeff Juden $119,000
26 Doug Creek $110,500
27 Marvin Benard $110,500
28 Rich Aurilia $110,500
29 Chris Hook $109,000
30 Dax Jones $109,000
31 Desi Wilson $109,000
32 Doug Mirabelli $109,000
33 Jay Canizaro $109,000
34 Shawn Estes $109,000
35 Steve Bourgeois $109,000

San Francisco Giants 1996 payroll based on this was $37,144,725.

1996 Seattle Mariners 1996 Seattle Mariners

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Ken Griffey $7,650,000
2 Randy Johnson $6,025,000
3 Jay Buhner $5,641,667
4 Chris Bosio $4,250,000
5 Edgar Martinez $3,500,000
6 Greg Hibbard $2,850,000
7 Norm Charlton $2,075,000
8 Mike Jackson $1,200,000
9 Paul Sorrento $1,025,000
10 Felix Fermin $850,000
11 Joey Cora $850,000
12 Luis Sojo $625,000
13 Rich Amaral $450,000
14 Alex Rodriguez $442,334
15 Dan Wilson $400,000
16 Doug Strange $380,000
17 Alex Diaz $350,000
18 Bobby Ayala $325,000
19 Brian Hunter $300,000
20 Ricky Jordan $250,000
21 Sterling Hitchcock $235,000
22 John Marzano $175,000
23 Bob Wells $155,000
24 Paul Menhart $140,000
25 Tim Davis $140,000
26 Darren Bragg $130,000
27 Rafael Carmona $125,000
28 Russ Davis $120,000
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