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1998 Individual Salaries by Team

This is an individual salary listings by team for the 1998 season. Note that this list is not complete, though it does represent the best available information. You can also view figures for 1997 or 1999. Other financial information is available for many seasons using the tool on the right.

1998 Anaheim Angels 1998 Anaheim Angels
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Chuck Finley  $5,000,000 
2 Ken Hill  $5,000,000 
3 Tim Salmon  $5,000,000 
4 Jim Edmonds  $3,175,000 
5 Allen Watson  $2,900,000 
6 Cecil Fielder  $2,800,000 
7 Gary DiSarcina  $2,800,000 
8 Dave Hollins  $1,900,000 
9 Garret Anderson  $1,500,000 
10 Jack McDowell  $1,500,000 
11 Omar Olivares  $1,150,000 
12 Troy Percival  $1,125,000 
13 Randy Velarde  $850,000 
14 Shigetoshi Hasegawa  $790,000 
15 Matt Walbeck  $700,000 
16 Mike James  $700,000 
17 Darin Erstad  $550,000 
18 Norberto Martin  $425,000 
19 Rich DeLucia  $400,000 
20 Jason Dickson  $295,000 
21 Mike Holtz  $226,500 
22 Pep Harris  $226,500 
23 Trevor Wilson  $225,000 
24 Damon Mashore  $210,000 
25 Phil Nevin  $210,000 
26 Todd Greene  $200,000 
27 Orlando Palmeiro  $189,000 
28 Carlos Garcia  $182,500 
29 Robert Eenhoorn  $182,500 
30 Angelo Encarnacion  $180,000 
31 Frank Bolick  $178,000 
32 Chris Pritchett  $171,000 
33 Jeff Schmidt  $170,000 
34 Troy Glaus  $170,000 
Anaheim Angels 1998 payroll based on this was $41,281,000.
1998 Arizona Diamondbacks 1998 Arizona Diamondbacks
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Andy Benes  $6,450,000 
2 Jay Bell  $5,000,000 
3 Matt Williams  $4,800,000 
4 Devon White  $3,510,000 
5 Willie Blair  $3,250,000 
6 Jorge Fabregas  $1,050,000 
7 Brian Anderson  $775,000 
8 Russ Springer  $700,000 
9 Gregg Olson  $650,000 
10 Omar Daal  $575,000 
11 Chris Jones  $450,000 
12 Andy Stankiewicz  $350,000 
13 Barry Manuel  $285,000 
14 Kelly Stinnett  $275,000 
15 Andy Fox  $240,000 
16 Scott Brow  $225,000 
17 Clint Sodowsky  $214,000 
18 Jeff Suppan  $214,000 
19 Felix Rodriguez  $210,000 
20 Joel Adamson  $210,000 
21 Tony Batista  $210,000 
22 Aaron Small  $197,500 
23 Cory Lidle  $195,000 
24 Yamil Benitez  $195,000 
25 Brent Brede  $190,000 
26 Karim Garcia  $187,500 
27 Kenny Robinson  $185,000 
28 Damian Miller  $177,500 
29 David Dellucci  $177,500 
30 Bobby Chouinard  $175,000 
31 Amaury Telemaco  $173,000 
32 Hanley Frias  $171,000 
33 Ben Ford  $170,000 
34 Chris Michalak  $170,000 
35 Edwin Diaz  $170,000 
36 Travis Lee  $170,000 
Arizona Diamondbacks 1998 payroll based on this was $32,347,000.
1998 Atlanta Braves 1998 Atlanta Braves
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Greg Maddux  $9,600,000 
2 Andres Galarraga  $8,400,000 
3 John Smoltz  $7,750,000 
4 Tom Glavine  $7,000,000 
5 Denny Neagle  $4,500,000 
6 Mark Wohlers  $4,125,000 
7 Javy Lopez  $3,850,000 
8 Ryan Klesko  $3,500,000 
9 Walt Weiss  $3,050,000 
10 Chipper Jones  $2,550,000 
11 Gerald Williams  $1,250,000 
12 Keith Lockhart  $700,000 
13 Alan Embree  $575,000 
14 Dennis Martinez  $550,000 
15 Michael Tucker  $370,000 
16 Danny Bautista  $345,000 
17 Rafael Belliard  $250,000 
18 Eddie Perez  $225,000 
19 Rudy Seanez  $225,000 
20 Curtis Pride  $216,000 
21 Andruw Jones  $215,000 
22 Pedro Borbon  $195,000 
23 Tony Graffanino  $192,500 
24 Mike Cather  $182,500 
25 Kerry Ligtenberg  $175,000 
26 Kevin Millwood  $175,000 
27 Adam Butler  $170,000 
28 Brian Edmondson  $170,000 
29 Damian Moss  $170,000 
30 John Rocker  $170,000 
31 Norm Charlton  $170,000 
32 Ozzie Guillen  $170,000 
Atlanta Braves 1998 payroll based on this was $61,186,000.
1998 Baltimore Orioles 1998 Baltimore Orioles
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Mike Mussina  $6,755,492 
2 Rafael Palmeiro  $6,515,828 
3 Cal Ripken  $6,400,000 
4 Roberto Alomar  $6,343,771 
5 Brady Anderson  $5,441,843 
6 Jimmy Key  $5,390,825 
7 Scott Erickson  $3,700,000 
8 Chris Hoiles  $3,600,000 
9 Mike Bordick  $3,583,333 
10 Joe Carter  $3,151,380 
11 Arthur Rhodes  $2,850,000 
12 Scott Kamieniecki  $2,850,000 
13 Eric Davis  $2,500,000 
14 B.J. Surhoff  $1,716,667 
15 Doug Drabek  $1,663,162 
16 Jeffrey Hammonds  $1,333,333 
17 Harold Baines  $1,275,000 
18 Armando Benitez  $1,100,000 
19 Jesse Orosco  $1,100,000 
20 Alan Mills  $1,000,000 
21 Terry Mathews  $865,000 
22 Lenny Webster  $740,000 
23 Norm Charlton  $650,000 
24 Jeff Reboulet  $450,000 
25 Ozzie Guillen  $450,000 
26 Doug Johns  $250,000 
27 Danny Clyburn  $170,000 
28 Everett Stull  $170,000 
29 Sidney Ponson  $170,000 
30 Willis Otanez  $170,000 
Baltimore Orioles 1998 payroll based on this was $72,355,634.
1998 Boston Red Sox 1998 Boston Red Sox
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Pedro Martinez  $7,575,000 
2 Mo Vaughn  $6,650,000 
3 John Valentin  $5,350,000 
4 Steve Avery  $3,900,000 
5 Bret Saberhagen  $3,800,000 
6 Tim Wakefield  $3,500,000 
7 Tom Gordon  $3,300,000 
8 Reggie Jefferson  $3,200,000 
9 Tim Naehring  $2,800,000 
10 Troy O'Leary  $2,400,000 
11 Jeff Frye  $2,100,000 
12 Jim Leyritz  $2,000,000 
13 Pete Schourek  $1,600,000 
14 Dennis Eckersley  $1,500,000 
15 Butch Henry  $1,367,500 
16 Nomar Garciaparra  $1,075,000 
17 Jim Corsi  $600,000 
18 Darren Lewis  $500,000 
19 Damon Buford  $460,000 
20 Carlos Reyes  $370,000 
21 Darren Bragg  $367,500 
22 Midre Cummings  $250,000 
23 Mike Benjamin  $242,500 
24 Scott Hatteberg  $240,000 
25 John Wasdin  $227,500 
26 Rich Garces  $190,000 
27 Derek Lowe  $172,000 
28 Brian Rose  $170,000 
29 Donnie Sadler  $170,000 
30 Jason Varitek  $170,000 
31 Keith Mitchell  $170,000 
32 Kerry Lacy  $170,000 
33 Lou Merloni  $170,000 
Boston Red Sox 1998 payroll based on this was $56,757,000.
1998 Chicago Cubs 1998 Chicago Cubs
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Sammy Sosa  $8,325,000 
2 Mark Clark  $5,050,000 
3 Lance Johnson  $4,900,000 
4 Mark Grace  $4,225,000 
5 Jeff Blauser  $4,000,000 
6 Kevin Tapani  $4,000,000 
7 Rod Beck  $3,600,000 
8 Steve Trachsel  $2,987,500 
9 Henry Rodriguez  $2,700,000 
10 Mickey Morandini  $2,000,000 
11 Scott Servais  $1,645,000 
12 Kevin Foster  $1,450,000 
13 Bob Patterson  $900,000 
14 Jose Hernandez  $725,000 
15 Terry Mulholland  $600,000 
16 Matt Mieske  $550,000 
17 Manny Alexander  $425,000 
18 Terry Adams  $295,000 
19 Kevin Orie  $240,000 
20 Dave Stevens  $225,000 
21 Tyler Houston  $225,000 
22 Jeremi Gonzalez  $210,000 
23 Brant Brown  $180,000 
24 Marc Pisciotta  $180,000 
25 Sandy Martinez  $174,500 
26 Amaury Telemaco  $173,000 
27 Robin Jennings  $173,000 
28 Ben Van Ryn  $170,000 
29 Gary Gaetti  $170,000 
30 Kerry Wood  $170,000 
31 Pedro Valdes  $170,000 
Chicago Cubs 1998 payroll based on this was $50,838,000.
1998 Chicago White Sox 1998 Chicago White Sox
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Albert Belle  $10,000,000 
2 Frank Thomas  $7,000,000 
3 Robin Ventura  $6,100,000 
4 Jaime Navarro  $5,000,000 
5 Ray Durham  $1,935,000 
6 Tony Castillo  $1,250,000 
7 Chad Kreuter  $710,000 
8 Charlie O'Brien  $700,000 
9 Jason Bere  $700,000 
10 Ruben Sierra  $500,000 
11 James Baldwin  $300,000 
12 Matt Karchner  $300,000 
13 Bill Simas  $250,000 
14 Mike Cameron  $230,000 
15 Carlos Castillo  $195,000 
16 Mike Sirotka  $195,000 
17 Chris Snopek  $190,000 
18 Keith Foulke  $185,000 
19 Scott Eyre  $185,000 
20 Greg Norton  $180,000 
21 Jeff Abbott  $175,000 
22 Magglio Ordonez  $175,000 
23 Robert Machado  $175,000 
24 Tom Fordham  $175,000 
25 Bobby Howry  $170,000 
26 Bryan Ward  $170,000 
27 Chad Bradford  $170,000 
28 Craig Wilson  $170,000 
29 Jim Parque  $170,000 
30 John Snyder  $170,000 
31 Lou Frazier  $170,000 
32 Mike Caruso  $170,000 
33 Todd Rizzo  $170,000 
Chicago White Sox 1998 payroll based on this was $38,335,000.
1998 Cincinnati Reds 1998 Cincinnati Reds
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Barry Larkin  $5,300,000 
2 Reggie Sanders  $3,700,000 
3 Bret Boone  $2,800,000 
4 Willie Greene  $1,750,000 
5 Eddie Taubensee  $975,000 
6 Stan Belinda  $835,000 
7 Melvin Nieves  $820,000 
8 Lenny Harris  $775,000 
9 Jeff Shaw  $650,000 
10 Dave Weathers  $300,000 
11 Eduardo Perez  $300,000 
12 Mike Remlinger  $300,000 
13 Pete Harnisch  $300,000 
14 Steve Cooke  $300,000 
15 Mark Hutton  $265,000 
16 Jon Nunnally  $245,000 
17 Scott Sullivan  $235,000 
18 Brett Tomko  $230,000 
19 Pokey Reese  $220,000 
20 Dmitri Young  $215,000 
21 Chris Stynes  $200,000 
22 Ricardo Jordan  $200,000 
23 Gabe White  $190,000 
24 Brook Fordyce  $180,000 
25 Danny Graves  $175,000 
26 Roberto Petagine  $175,000 
27 Sean Casey  $175,000 
28 Steve Parris  $175,000 
29 Aaron Boone  $170,000 
30 Damian Jackson  $170,000 
31 Dennys Reyes  $170,000 
32 Jason Bere  $170,000 
33 Keith Glauber  $170,000 
34 Pat Watkins  $170,000 
Cincinnati Reds 1998 payroll based on this was $23,005,000.
1998 Cleveland Indians 1998 Cleveland Indians
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Kenny Lofton  $7,550,000 
2 David Justice  $6,500,000 
3 Travis Fryman  $5,400,000 
4 Jim Thome  $4,800,000 
5 John Smiley  $3,750,000 
6 Charles Nagy  $3,416,666 
7 Omar Vizquel  $3,050,000 
8 Manny Ramirez  $2,850,000 
9 Dave Burba  $2,800,000 
10 Dwight Gooden  $2,787,500 
11 Sandy Alomar  $2,725,000 
12 Geronimo Berroa  $2,200,000 
13 Mike Jackson  $2,000,000 
14 Eric Plunk  $1,800,000 
15 Jose Mesa  $1,700,000 
16 Paul Assenmacher  $1,325,000 
17 Chad Ogea  $1,033,333 
18 Shawon Dunston  $1,000,000 
19 Paul Shuey  $567,667 
20 Jeff Branson  $550,000 
21 Pat Borders  $500,000 
22 Brian Giles  $300,000 
23 Jeff Manto  $250,000 
24 Ron Villone  $240,000 
25 Alvin Morman  $220,000 
26 Rick Krivda  $205,000 
27 Mark Whiten  $200,000 
28 Jaret Wright  $190,000 
29 Tom Martin  $190,000 
30 Bartolo Colon  $180,000 
31 Enrique Wilson  $175,000 
32 Richie Sexson  $175,000 
33 Cecil Fielder  $170,000 
Cleveland Indians 1998 payroll based on this was $60,800,166.
1998 Colorado Rockies 1998 Colorado Rockies
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Larry Walker  $6,050,000 
2 Darryl Kile  $5,492,981 
3 Dante Bichette  $5,291,667 
4 Vinny Castilla  $5,025,000 
5 Ellis Burks  $4,900,000 
6 Mike Lansing  $3,950,000 
7 Kevin Ritz  $3,500,000 
8 Pedro Astacio  $3,350,000 
9 Kirt Manwaring  $2,150,000 
10 Jerry Dipoto  $1,800,000 
11 Jeff Reed  $1,500,000 
12 Dave Veres  $1,050,000 
13 Chuck McElroy  $817,000 
14 Greg Colbrunn  $735,000 
15 Curt Leskanic  $730,000 
16 Mike Munoz  $585,000 
17 John Vander Wal  $560,000 
18 Roger Bailey  $355,000 
19 Jason Bates  $325,000 
20 Mark Thompson  $300,000 
21 Jamey Wright  $240,000 
22 Mike DeJean  $215,000 
23 John Thomson  $210,000 
24 Neifi Perez  $210,000 
25 Terry Shumpert  $210,000 
26 Curtis Goodwin  $208,000 
27 John Burke  $190,000 
28 Todd Helton  $190,000 
29 Angel Echevarria  $175,000 
30 Bobby Jones  $170,000 
Colorado Rockies 1998 payroll based on this was $50,484,648.
1998 Detroit Tigers 1998 Detroit Tigers
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Bobby Higginson  $2,425,000 
2 Bip Roberts  $2,300,000 
3 Todd Jones  $2,250,000 
4 Damion Easley  $2,050,000 
5 Luis Gonzalez  $2,000,000 
6 Frank Castillo  $1,750,000 
7 Scott Sanders  $1,700,000 
8 Tim Worrell  $1,000,000 
9 Doug Brocail  $850,000 
10 Tony Clark  $762,500 
11 Joe Oliver  $750,000 
12 Bryce Florie  $600,000 
13 Brian Hunter  $562,500 
14 Billy Ripken  $400,000 
15 Justin Thompson  $400,000 
16 Joe Randa  $375,000 
17 Pete Incaviglia  $300,000 
18 A.J. Sager  $287,500 
19 Doug Bochtler  $287,500 
20 Deivi Cruz  $245,000 
21 Brian Moehler  $240,000 
22 Raul Casanova  $225,000 
23 Greg Keagle  $200,000 
24 Joe Siddall  $190,000 
25 Kimera Bartee  $190,000 
26 Trey Beamon  $187,500 
27 Roberto Duran  $177,500 
28 Brian Powell  $170,000 
29 Frank Catalanotto  $170,000 
30 Gabe Alvarez  $170,000 
31 Juan Encarnacion  $170,000 
32 Matt Anderson  $170,000 
33 Paul Bako  $170,000 
34 Sean Runyan  $170,000 
35 Seth Greisinger  $170,000 
Detroit Tigers 1998 payroll based on this was $24,065,000.
1998 Florida Marlins 1998 Florida Marlins
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Gary Sheffield  $14,936,667 
2 Alex Fernandez  $7,000,000 
3 Bobby Bonilla  $5,900,000 
4 Charles Johnson  $3,300,000 
5 Livan Hernandez  $1,475,000 
6 Jim Eisenreich  $1,400,000 
7 John Cangelosi  $550,000 
8 Cliff Floyd  $500,000 
9 Jay Powell  $320,000 
10 Gregg Zaun  $280,000 
11 John Wehner  $275,000 
12 Edgar Renteria  $255,000 
13 Matt Mantei  $250,000 
14 Randy Knorr  $250,000 
15 Felix Heredia  $225,000 
16 Kirt Ojala  $225,000 
17 Donn Pall  $200,000 
18 Luis Castillo  $200,000 
19 Craig Counsell  $185,000 
20 Rob Stanifer  $185,000 
21 Antonio Alfonseca  $175,000 
22 Derrek Lee  $172,000 
23 Todd Dunwoody  $172,000 
24 Eric Ludwick  $171,000 
25 Mark Kotsay  $171,000 
26 Alex Gonzalez  $170,000 
27 Brian Edmondson  $170,000 
28 Brian Meadows  $170,000 
29 Dave Berg  $170,000 
30 Gabe Gonzalez  $170,000 
31 Jesus Sanchez  $170,000 
32 Joe Fontenot  $170,000 
33 Josh Booty  $170,000 
34 Justin Speier  $170,000 
35 Kevin Millar  $170,000 
36 Mike Redmond  $170,000 
37 Oscar Henriquez  $170,000 
38 Rafael Medina  $170,000 
39 Ryan Jackson  $170,000 
40 Vic Darensbourg  $170,000 
Florida Marlins 1998 payroll based on this was $41,322,667.
1998 Houston Astros 1998 Houston Astros
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Jeff Bagwell  $7,945,000 
2 Craig Biggio  $6,145,000 
3 Moises Alou  $5,020,000 
4 Derek Bell  $4,250,000 
5 Shane Reynolds  $3,325,000 
6 Mike Hampton  $2,250,000 
7 Bill Spiers  $1,600,000 
8 Brad Ausmus  $1,600,000 
9 Carl Everett  $1,075,000 
10 Sean Berry  $1,000,000 
11 Ricky Gutierrez  $850,000 
12 Doug Henry  $725,000 
13 Tim Bogar  $725,000 
14 Tony Eusebio  $725,000 
15 Dave Clark  $700,000 
16 Mike Magnante  $600,000 
17 Jack Howell  $500,000 
18 Sean Bergman  $465,000 
19 Billy Wagner  $280,000 
20 Chris Holt  $269,000 
21 Ramon Garcia  $260,000 
22 J.R. Phillips  $250,000 
23 Jose Lima  $240,000 
24 C.J. Nitkowski  $185,000 
25 Ray Montgomery  $185,000 
26 Jose Cabrera  $180,000 
27 Trever Miller  $175,000 
28 John Halama  $170,000 
29 Mitch Meluskey  $170,000 
30 Pete Incaviglia  $170,000 
31 Richard Hidalgo  $170,000 
32 Scott Elarton  $170,000 
Houston Astros 1998 payroll based on this was $42,374,000.
1998 Kansas City Royals 1998 Kansas City Royals
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Dean Palmer  $5,825,000 
2 Kevin Appier  $4,800,000 
3 Jeff King  $4,000,000 
4 Jeff Montgomery  $2,800,000 
5 Tim Belcher  $2,300,000 
6 Jeff Conine  $2,240,000 
7 Hipolito Pichardo  $2,150,000 
8 Jose Offerman  $2,000,000 
9 Chris Haney  $1,800,000 
10 Hal Morris  $1,400,000 
11 Pat Rapp  $800,000 
12 Mike Macfarlane  $725,000 
13 Johnny Damon  $460,000 
14 Terry Pendleton  $425,000 
15 Ricky Bones  $400,000 
16 Luis Rivera  $245,000 
17 Jose Rosado  $242,500 
18 Jermaine Dye  $230,000 
19 Mike Sweeney  $230,000 
20 Scott Service  $230,000 
21 Joe Vitiello  $225,000 
22 Glendon Rusch  $220,000 
23 Ernie Young  $215,000 
24 Jim Pittsley  $215,000 
25 Jamie Walker  $205,000 
26 Shane Halter  $200,000 
27 Rod Myers  $195,000 
28 Matt Whisenant  $185,000 
29 Scott Leius  $180,000 
30 Brian Barber  $175,000 
31 Brian Bevil  $175,000 
32 Sal Fasano  $175,000 
33 Jed Hansen  $172,500 
34 Larry Sutton  $172,500 
35 Allen McDill  $170,000 
36 Bart Evans  $170,000 
37 Felix Martinez  $170,000 
38 Hector Ortiz  $170,000 
39 Mendy Lopez  $170,000 
Kansas City Royals 1998 payroll based on this was $36,862,500.
1998 Los Angeles Dodgers 1998 Los Angeles Dodgers
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Mike Piazza  $8,000,000 
2 Raul Mondesi  $5,500,000 
3 Ramon Martinez  $4,800,000 
4 Eric Karros  $4,500,000 
5 Eric Young  $4,500,000 
6 Todd Zeile  $3,200,000 
7 Jose Vizcaino  $3,000,000 
8 Hideo Nomo  $2,800,000 
9 Ismael Valdez  $2,800,000 
10 Mark Guthrie  $1,600,000 
11 Scott Radinsky  $900,000 
12 Chan Ho Park  $700,000 
13 Todd Hollandsworth  $700,000 
14 Darren Dreifort  $685,000 
15 Darren Hall  $650,000 
16 Antonio Osuna  $450,000 
17 Thomas Howard  $425,000 
18 Tom Prince  $350,000 
19 Roger Cedeno  $280,000 
20 Wilton Guerrero  $265,000 
21 Mike Devereaux  $250,000 
22 Trenidad Hubbard  $250,000 
23 Tripp Cromer  $245,000 
24 Juan Castro  $240,000 
25 Jim Bruske  $200,000 
26 Adam Riggs  $170,000 
27 Adrian Beltre  $170,000 
28 Frank Lankford  $170,000 
29 Henry Blanco  $170,000 
30 Matt Luke  $170,000 
31 Mike Judd  $170,000 
32 Paul Konerko  $170,000 
33 Sean Maloney  $170,000 
34 Steve Montgomery  $170,000 
Los Angeles Dodgers 1998 payroll based on this was $48,820,000.
1998 Milwaukee Brewers 1998 Milwaukee Brewers
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Marquis Grissom  $5,000,000 
2 Dave Nilsson  $3,700,000 
3 John Jaha  $3,387,500 
4 Cal Eldred  $3,266,667 
5 Doug Jones  $2,500,000 
6 Jose Valentin  $2,136,095 
7 Bob Wickman  $1,532,000 
8 Jeff Cirillo  $1,500,000 
9 Fernando Vina  $1,100,000 
10 Jose Mercedes  $1,050,000 
11 Jeff Juden  $1,000,000 
12 Jeromy Burnitz  $912,500 
13 Mike Matheny  $800,000 
14 Scott Karl  $800,000 
15 Darrin Jackson  $550,000 
16 Mike Myers  $525,000 
17 Bob Hamelin  $450,000 
18 Paul Wagner  $450,000 
19 Jesse Levis  $350,000 
20 Marc Newfield  $318,750 
21 Mark Loretta  $275,000 
22 Jeff D'Amico  $238,892 
23 Al Reyes  $180,000 
24 Eric Owens  $180,000 
25 Steve Woodard  $174,500 
26 Chad Fox  $174,000 
27 Brad Woodall  $172,000 
28 Todd Dunn  $172,000 
29 Bobby Hughes  $170,000 
30 Bronswell Patrick  $170,000 
31 Greg Martinez  $170,000 
32 Rafael Roque  $170,000 
33 Travis Smith  $170,000 
34 Valerio de los Santos  $170,000 
Milwaukee Brewers 1998 payroll based on this was $33,914,904.
1998 Minnesota Twins 1998 Minnesota Twins
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Paul Molitor  $4,250,000 
2 Terry Steinbach  $2,850,000 
3 Rick Aguilera  $2,750,000 
4 Pat Meares  $2,500,000 
5 Marty Cordova  $2,000,000 
6 Otis Nixon  $2,000,000 
7 Bob Tewksbury  $1,750,000 
8 Brad Radke  $1,400,000 
9 Greg Swindell  $1,300,000 
10 Mike Morgan  $1,300,000 
11 Orlando Merced  $800,000 
12 Hector Carrasco  $700,000 
13 Eddie Guardado  $650,000 
14 Frank Rodriguez  $425,000 
15 Mike Trombley  $425,000 
16 Brent Gates  $350,000 
17 Ron Coomer  $325,000 
18 Matt Lawton  $215,000 
19 Dan Naulty  $185,000 
20 Dennis Hocking  $185,000 
21 Alex Ochoa  $182,500 
22 LaTroy Hawkins  $180,000 
23 Todd Ritchie  $180,000 
24 Todd Walker  $175,000 
25 Dan Serafini  $170,000 
26 David Ortiz  $170,000 
27 Eric Milton  $170,000 
28 Javier Valentin  $170,000 
29 Travis Baptist  $170,000 
Minnesota Twins 1998 payroll based on this was $27,927,500.
1998 Montreal Expos 1998 Montreal Expos
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Rondell White  $2,000,000 
2 Carlos Perez  $1,500,000 
3 Ugueth Urbina  $565,000 
4 Shane Andrews  $450,000 
5 Chris Widger  $350,000 
6 Mark Grudzielanek  $350,000 
7 F.P. Santangelo  $320,000 
8 Derrick May  $250,000 
9 Dustin Hermanson  $250,000 
10 Mike Mordecai  $250,000 
11 Scott Livingstone  $250,000 
12 Mike Maddux  $235,000 
13 Vladimir Guerrero  $230,000 
14 Anthony Telford  $225,000 
15 Marc Valdes  $225,000 
16 Jose Vidro  $222,500 
17 Robert Perez  $215,000 
18 Ryan McGuire  $185,000 
19 Mike Hubbard  $174,000 
20 Steve Kline  $173,500 
21 Miguel Batista  $173,000 
22 Brad Fullmer  $172,500 
23 Rick DeHart  $172,500 
24 Shayne Bennett  $172,500 
25 Mike Thurman  $170,500 
26 Orlando Cabrera  $170,500 
27 Bob Henley  $170,000 
28 Carl Pavano  $170,000 
29 Da Rond Stovall  $170,000 
30 Javier Vazquez  $170,000 
31 Kirk Bullinger  $170,000 
32 Terry Jones  $170,000 
33 Trey Moore  $170,000 
Montreal Expos 1998 payroll based on this was $10,641,500.
1998 New York Mets 1998 New York Mets
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Bernard Gilkey  $5,050,000 
2 Todd Hundley  $4,925,000 
3 Carlos Baerga  $4,749,999 
4 Mel Rojas  $4,583,333 
5 Brian McRae  $3,850,000 
6 John Olerud  $3,750,000 
7 Bobby Jones  $3,116,667 
8 Al Leiter  $3,000,000 
9 John Franco  $2,900,000 
10 Greg McMichael  $1,900,000 
11 Edgardo Alfonzo  $1,750,000 
12 Rich Becker  $1,550,000 
13 Rick Reed  $1,375,000 
14 Armando Reynoso  $1,250,000 
15 Dave Mlicki  $1,250,000 
16 Masato Yoshii  $1,075,000 
17 Dennis Cook  $850,000 
18 Turk Wendell  $661,500 
19 Tony Phillips  $560,000 
20 John Hudek  $499,000 
21 Luis Lopez  $375,000 
22 Brian Bohanon  $350,000 
23 Rey Ordonez  $320,000 
24 Butch Huskey  $300,000 
25 Craig Paquette  $300,000 
26 Todd Pratt  $300,000 
27 Tim Spehr  $285,000 
28 Jim Tatum  $225,000 
29 Jason Isringhausen  $220,000 
30 Matt Franco  $202,500 
31 Alberto Castillo  $192,500 
32 Paul Wilson  $192,500 
33 Hector Mercado  $170,000 
New York Mets 1998 payroll based on this was $52,077,999.
1998 New York Yankees 1998 New York Yankees
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Bernie Williams  $8,300,000 
2 David Cone  $6,666,667 
3 Chuck Knoblauch  $6,000,000 
4 Paul O'Neill  $5,500,000 
5 David Wells  $4,666,666 
6 Chili Davis  $4,333,333 
7 Tino Martinez  $4,300,000 
8 Andy Pettitte  $3,800,000 
9 Hideki Irabu  $2,925,000 
10 Joe Girardi  $2,850,000 
11 Scott Brosius  $2,650,000 
12 Mike Stanton  $1,916,667 
13 Jeff Nelson  $1,766,667 
14 Tim Raines  $1,300,000 
15 Chad Curtis  $1,250,000 
16 Darren Holmes  $1,066,667 
17 Darryl Strawberry  $875,000 
18 Graeme Lloyd  $875,000 
19 Dale Sveum  $800,000 
20 Luis Sojo  $800,000 
21 Derek Jeter  $750,000 
22 Mariano Rivera  $750,000 
23 Orlando Hernandez  $750,000 
24 Willie Banks  $342,500 
25 Ramiro Mendoza  $275,000 
26 Jorge Posada  $250,000 
27 Joe Borowski  $188,800 
28 Homer Bush  $178,900 
29 Darrell Einertson  $170,000 
30 Jay Tessmer  $170,000 
31 Scott Seabol  $170,000 
32 Shane Spencer  $170,000 
New York Yankees 1998 payroll based on this was $66,806,867.
1998 Oakland Athletics 1998 Oakland Athletics
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Kenny Rogers  $5,000,000 
2 Tom Candiotti  $2,850,000 
3 Mike Fetters  $2,475,000 
4 Rickey Henderson  $1,150,000 
5 Billy Taylor  $1,100,000 
6 Kurt Abbott  $1,000,000 
7 Buddy Groom  $595,000 
8 Mike Mohler  $525,000 
9 Dave Magadan  $475,000 
10 Mike Blowers  $475,000 
11 Shane Mack  $450,000 
12 Rafael Bournigal  $385,000 
13 Matt Stairs  $325,000 
14 Jason Giambi  $315,000 
15 T.J. Mathews  $315,000 
16 Gil Heredia  $275,000 
17 Mark Holzemer  $250,000 
18 Kevin Mitchell  $225,000 
19 George Williams  $215,000 
20 Mike Oquist  $215,000 
21 Scott Spiezio  $205,000 
22 Dave Telgheder  $200,000 
23 Aaron Small  $197,500 
24 Jimmy Haynes  $187,500 
25 Willie Adams  $177,000 
26 Izzy Molina  $175,000 
27 Brad Rigby  $174,000 
28 Brian Lesher  $174,000 
29 Jason McDonald  $174,000 
30 Ben Grieve  $172,000 
31 Miguel Tejada  $172,000 
32 A.J. Hinch  $170,000 
33 Blake Stein  $170,000 
34 Jason Wood  $170,000 
35 Ryan Christenson  $170,000 
Oakland Athletics 1998 payroll based on this was $21,303,000.
1998 Philadelphia Phillies 1998 Philadelphia Phillies
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Gregg Jefferies  $6,000,000 
2 Lenny Dykstra  $6,000,000 
3 Curt Schilling  $4,700,000 
4 Mark Portugal  $2,350,000 
5 Ricky Bottalico  $2,200,000 
6 Mark Leiter  $2,000,000 
7 Rico Brogna  $1,725,000 
8 Mark Lewis  $1,720,000 
9 Mike Lieberthal  $1,200,000 
10 Rex Hudler  $1,150,000 
11 Ken Ryan  $990,000 
12 Scott Rolen  $750,000 
13 Tyler Green  $550,000 
14 Alex Arias  $425,000 
15 Mark Parent  $400,000 
16 Billy Brewer  $310,000 
17 Ruben Amaro  $265,000 
18 Doug Glanville  $260,000 
19 Yorkis Perez  $260,000 
20 Paul Byrd  $237,500 
21 Jerry Spradlin  $235,000 
22 Kevin Jordan  $230,000 
23 Mike Grace  $225,000 
24 Kevin Sefcik  $195,000 
25 Garrett Stephenson  $185,000 
26 Matt Beech  $185,000 
27 Bobby Abreu  $180,000 
28 Ron Blazier  $180,000 
29 Bobby Estalella  $170,000 
30 Carlton Loewer  $170,000 
31 Darrin Winston  $170,000 
32 Desi Relaford  $170,000 
33 Matt Whiteside  $170,000 
34 Wayne Gomes  $170,000 
35 Wendell Magee  $170,000 
Philadelphia Phillies 1998 payroll based on this was $36,297,500.
1998 Pittsburgh Pirates 1998 Pittsburgh Pirates
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Al Martin  $2,600,000 
2 Kevin Young  $1,600,000 
3 Jon Lieber  $1,450,000 
4 Turner Ward  $825,000 
5 Jason Kendall  $600,000 
6 Doug Strange  $575,000 
7 Francisco Cordova  $500,000 
8 Jason Schmidt  $500,000 
9 Esteban Loaiza  $450,000 
10 Mike Williams  $350,000 
11 Jason Christiansen  $320,000 
12 Jeff Tabaka  $300,000 
13 Todd Van Poppel  $300,000 
14 Tony Womack  $290,000 
15 Keith Osik  $275,000 
16 Marc Wilkins  $275,000 
17 Rich Loiselle  $275,000 
18 Jermaine Allensworth  $260,000 
19 Mark Smith  $260,000 
20 Jose Guillen  $255,000 
21 Ricardo Rincon  $245,000 
22 Chris Peters  $205,000 
23 Jeff McCurry  $205,000 
24 Kevin Polcovich  $200,000 
25 Freddy Garcia  $190,000 
26 Manny Martinez  $190,000 
27 Elmer Dessens  $180,000 
28 Jose Silva  $180,000 
29 Adrian Brown  $178,000 
30 Jeff Wallace  $176,000 
31 Lou Collier  $176,000 
32 Aramis Ramirez  $170,000 
33 Javier Martinez  $170,000 
34 Kane Davis  $170,000 
35 Sean Lawrence  $170,000 
Pittsburgh Pirates 1998 payroll based on this was $15,065,000.
1998 San Diego Padres 1998 San Diego Padres
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Greg Vaughn  $5,275,000 
2 Kevin Brown  $4,935,000 
3 Andy Ashby  $4,125,000 
4 Tony Gwynn  $4,050,000 
5 Wally Joyner  $3,750,000 
6 Ken Caminiti  $3,500,000 
7 Steve Finley  $3,400,000 
8 Joey Hamilton  $3,250,000 
9 Trevor Hoffman  $2,925,000 
10 Sterling Hitchcock  $2,250,000 
11 Chris Gomez  $1,150,000 
12 Quilvio Veras  $1,100,000 
13 Pete Smith  $975,000 
14 Dan Miceli  $750,000 
15 Greg Myers  $750,000 
16 Carlos Hernandez  $700,000 
17 Ed Vosberg  $575,000 
18 Mark Langston  $500,000 
19 Archi Cianfrocco  $475,000 
20 James Mouton  $435,000 
21 Don Wengert  $240,000 
22 Mark Sweeney  $235,000 
23 Brian Boehringer  $230,000 
24 Donne Wall  $215,000 
25 Ruben Rivera  $182,500 
26 Andy Sheets  $181,000 
27 Ed Giovanola  $181,000 
28 George Arias  $181,000 
29 Marc Kroon  $176,000 
30 Stan Spencer  $170,000 
San Diego Padres 1998 payroll based on this was $46,861,500.
1998 San Francisco Giants 1998 San Francisco Giants
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Barry Bonds  $8,916,667 
2 Robb Nen  $4,090,000 
3 Orel Hershiser  $3,720,000 
4 Jeff Kent  $3,400,000 
5 Darryl Hamilton  $2,750,000 
6 J.T. Snow  $2,750,000 
7 Kirk Rueter  $1,835,000 
8 Charlie Hayes  $1,800,000 
9 Stan Javier  $1,750,000 
10 Osvaldo Fernandez  $1,233,333 
11 Julian Tavarez  $1,108,334 
12 Mark Gardner  $1,100,000 
13 Brian Johnson  $1,025,000 
14 Jim Poole  $1,000,000 
15 Steve Reed  $1,000,000 
16 Danny Darwin  $710,000 
17 Rich Rodriguez  $710,000 
18 Brent Mayne  $700,000 
19 Shawn Estes  $650,000 
20 Rey Sanchez  $500,000 
21 Bill Mueller  $300,000 
22 Rich Aurilia  $265,000 
23 Marvin Benard  $250,000 
24 John Johnstone  $230,000 
25 Alvin Morman  $220,000 
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