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1999 Baseball Payrolls

This is a team-by-team payroll listings for the 1999 season. The league per-player average was $1,555,536 and the average team payroll was $47,705,954. You can also view figures for 1998 or 2000 and individual player salaries here. Other financial information is available for many seasons using the tool on the right.

1999 PAYROLLS 1999 PAYROLLS 1998/2000 RANK TEAM AVERAGE TOTAL 1 New York Yankees  $3,217,914   $91,990,955  2 Texas Rangers  $2,813,666   $80,801,598  3 Atlanta Braves  $2,491,388   $79,256,599  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  $2,413,389   $76,607,247  5 Baltimore Orioles  $2,495,937   $75,443,363  6 Cleveland Indians  $2,166,075   $73,531,692  7 Boston Red Sox  $2,218,787   $72,330,656  8 New York Mets  $2,199,903   $71,510,523  9 Arizona Diamondbacks  $2,267,955   $70,046,818  10 Houston Astros  $1,722,192   $56,389,000  11 Chicago Cubs  $1,983,191   $55,419,648  12 Colorado Rockies  $1,978,261   $54,367,504  13 Anaheim Angels  $1,512,848   $51,340,257  14 Toronto Blue Jays  $1,564,383   $48,847,300  15 San Diego Padres  $1,667,821   $46,507,179  16 St. Louis Cardinals  $1,510,269   $46,337,129  17 San Francisco Giants  $1,645,749   $45,991,934  18 Seattle Mariners  $1,454,846   $45,351,254  19 Milwaukee Brewers  $1,424,408   $42,976,575  20 Cincinnati Reds  $1,472,230   $38,031,285  21 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  $1,134,669   $37,860,451  22 Detroit Tigers  $1,177,180   $36,954,666  23 Philadelphia Phillies  $955,693   $30,441,500  24 Oakland Athletics  $812,282   $25,208,858  25 Chicago White Sox  $908,704   $24,535,000  26 Pittsburgh Pirates  $674,414   $23,682,420  27 Kansas City Royals  $529,460   $16,557,000  28 Minnesota Twins  $636,176   $15,845,000  29 Montreal Expos  $538,258   $15,015,250  30 Florida Marlins  $561,111   $14,650,000

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

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