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1997 Individual Salaries by Team

This is an individual salary listings by team for the 1997 season. Note that this list is not complete, though it does represent the best available information. You can also view figures for 1996 or 1998. Other financial information is available for many seasons using the tool on the right.

1997 Anaheim Angels 1997 Anaheim Angels
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Chuck Finley  $4,000,000 
2 Mark Langston  $4,000,000 
3 Tim Salmon  $3,500,000 
4 Gary DiSarcina  $2,700,000 
5 Dave Hollins  $2,050,000 
6 Jim Edmonds  $2,025,000 
7 Jim Leyritz  $1,916,972 
8 Mark Gubicza  $1,600,000 
9 Allen Watson  $1,300,000 
10 Chuck McElroy  $817,000 
11 Randy Velarde  $800,000 
12 Eddie Murray  $750,000 
13 Luis Alicea  $650,000 
14 Troy Percival  $650,000 
15 Garret Anderson  $600,000 
16 Shigetoshi Hasegawa  $575,000 
17 Craig Grebeck  $400,000 
18 Jack Howell  $400,000 
19 Mike James  $330,000 
20 Jorge Fabregas  $275,000 
21 Dennis Springer  $195,000 
22 Angelo Encarnacion  $175,000 
23 Darin Erstad  $175,000 
24 Jason Dickson  $162,000 
25 Mike Holtz  $160,000 
26 Orlando Palmeiro  $160,000 
27 Pep Harris  $157,500 
28 Chris Turner  $155,000 
29 Steve Ontiveros  $154,000 
30 Todd Greene  $153,000 
31 Darrell May  $150,000 
Anaheim Angels 1997 payroll based on this was $31,135,472.
1997 Atlanta Braves 1997 Atlanta Braves
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 John Smoltz  $7,000,000 
2 Greg Maddux  $6,775,000 
3 Fred McGriff  $5,500,000 
4 Tom Glavine  $5,050,000 
5 Kenny Lofton  $4,825,000 
6 Jeff Blauser  $4,020,000 
7 Denny Neagle  $3,610,000 
8 Mark Wohlers  $3,000,000 
9 Ryan Klesko  $2,450,000 
10 Javy Lopez  $2,050,000 
11 Mark Lemke  $2,000,000 
12 Chipper Jones  $1,525,000 
13 Mike Bielecki  $707,500 
14 Bryan Harvey  $500,000 
15 Keith Lockhart  $290,000 
16 Michael Tucker  $250,000 
17 Rafael Belliard  $250,000 
18 Brad Clontz  $245,000 
19 Alan Embree  $206,000 
20 Danny Bautista  $200,000 
21 Mike Mordecai  $200,000 
22 Pedro Borbon  $185,000 
23 Terrell Wade  $180,000 
24 Paul Byrd  $175,000 
25 Eddie Perez  $172,500 
26 Joe Borowski  $157,500 
27 Andruw Jones  $152,500 
28 Tony Graffanino  $152,500 
29 Chad Fox  $150,000 
30 Mike Cather  $150,000 
31 Tim Spehr  $150,000 
Atlanta Braves 1997 payroll based on this was $52,278,500.
1997 Baltimore Orioles 1997 Baltimore Orioles
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Cal Ripken  $6,850,000 
2 Mike Mussina  $6,825,000 
3 Roberto Alomar  $6,354,379 
4 Rafael Palmeiro  $5,337,021 
5 Brady Anderson  $4,050,000 
6 Randy Myers  $3,950,000 
7 Chris Hoiles  $3,600,000 
8 Scott Erickson  $3,300,000 
9 Jimmy Key  $2,340,000 
10 Mike Bordick  $2,333,333 
11 Eric Davis  $2,200,000 
12 B.J. Surhoff  $1,616,667 
13 Arthur Rhodes  $1,600,000 
14 Scott Kamieniecki  $1,535,000 
15 Jesse Orosco  $1,100,000 
16 Alan Mills  $850,000 
17 Terry Mathews  $685,000 
18 Shawn Boskie  $660,000 
19 Pete Incaviglia  $650,000 
20 Jeffrey Hammonds  $490,000 
21 Lenny Webster  $425,000 
22 Jerome Walton  $385,000 
23 Armando Benitez  $275,000 
24 Tony Tarasco  $270,000 
25 Jeff Reboulet  $200,000 
26 Rocky Coppinger  $185,000 
27 Aaron Ledesma  $150,000 
28 Mike Johnson  $150,000 
29 Rick Krivda  $150,000 
Baltimore Orioles 1997 payroll based on this was $58,516,400.
1997 Boston Red Sox 1997 Boston Red Sox
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Mo Vaughn  $6,350,000 
2 Steve Avery  $4,850,000 
3 John Valentin  $3,750,000 
4 Wil Cordero  $3,000,000 
5 Tom Gordon  $2,900,000 
6 Tim Naehring  $2,700,000 
7 Tim Wakefield  $2,500,000 
8 Heathcliff Slocumb  $2,300,000 
9 Mike Stanley  $2,100,000 
10 Reggie Jefferson  $1,900,000 
11 Shane Mack  $1,850,000 
12 Aaron Sele  $1,126,000 
13 Troy O'Leary  $1,100,000 
14 Robinson Checo  $925,000 
15 Jeff Frye  $900,000 
16 Chris Hammond  $700,000 
17 Bill Haselman  $650,000 
18 Bret Saberhagen  $500,000 
19 Jim Corsi  $470,000 
20 Butch Henry  $400,000 
21 Pat Mahomes  $360,000 
22 Darren Bragg  $240,000 
23 Mark Brandenburg  $187,500 
24 John Wasdin  $185,000 
25 Ricky Trlicek  $184,250 
26 Vaughn Eshelman  $182,000 
27 Jesus Tavarez  $175,000 
28 Rich Garces  $172,000 
29 Rudy Pemberton  $152,000 
30 Joe Hudson  $150,000 
31 Jose Malave  $150,000 
32 Nomar Garciaparra  $150,000 
33 Ron Mahay  $150,000 
34 Scott Hatteberg  $150,000 
Boston Red Sox 1997 payroll based on this was $43,558,750.
1997 Chicago Cubs 1997 Chicago Cubs
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Sammy Sosa  $5,500,000 
2 Mel Rojas  $4,583,333 
3 Mark Grace  $4,525,000 
4 Brian McRae  $3,900,000 
5 Kevin Tapani  $3,750,000 
6 Ryne Sandberg  $3,250,000 
7 Terry Mulholland  $2,400,000 
8 Shawon Dunston  $2,325,000 
9 Steve Trachsel  $2,100,000 
10 Frank Castillo  $1,740,000 
11 Scott Servais  $1,370,000 
12 Rey Sanchez  $1,287,500 
13 Bob Patterson  $1,050,000 
14 Dave Clark  $450,000 
15 Jose Hernandez  $450,000 
16 Larry Casian  $350,000 
17 Turk Wendell  $350,000 
18 Dave Hansen  $325,000 
19 Kevin Foster  $275,000 
20 Terry Adams  $215,000 
21 Dave Stevens  $210,000 
22 Kent Bottenfield  $195,000 
23 Tyler Houston  $185,000 
24 Brant Brown  $155,000 
25 Doug Glanville  $155,000 
26 Dave Swartzbaugh  $153,500 
27 Miguel Batista  $153,000 
28 Mike Hubbard  $153,000 
29 Jeremi Gonzalez  $150,000 
30 Kevin Orie  $150,000 
31 Marc Pisciotta  $150,000 
32 Ramon Tatis  $150,000 
Chicago Cubs 1997 payroll based on this was $42,155,333.
1997 Chicago White Sox 1997 Chicago White Sox
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
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