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2000 Baseball Payrolls

This is a team-by-team payroll listings for the 2000 season. The league per-player average was $1,848,323 and the average team payroll was $55,399,310. You can also view figures for 1999 or 2001 and individual player salaries here. Other financial information is available for many seasons using the tool on the right.

2000 PAYROLLS 2000 PAYROLLS 1999/2001 RANK TEAM AVERAGE TOTAL 1 New York Yankees  $3,656,542   $113,365,877  2 Atlanta Braves  $3,127,992   $95,010,734  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  $3,141,883   $94,224,580  4 Boston Red Sox  $2,861,753   $93,866,322  5 New York Mets  $3,115,549   $89,745,275  6 Arizona Diamondbacks  $2,828,909   $80,756,962  7 Cleveland Indians  $2,707,783   $78,717,979  8 St. Louis Cardinals  $2,390,042   $72,376,177  9 Seattle Mariners  $2,075,165   $62,552,802  10 Texas Rangers  $1,870,723   $61,359,492  11 Detroit Tigers  $1,980,411   $60,601,934  12 Baltimore Orioles  $2,131,260   $59,215,354  13 Anaheim Angels  $1,619,719   $58,739,880  14 Colorado Rockies  $1,734,529   $56,049,523  15 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  $1,915,275   $55,157,593  16 San Diego Padres  $1,603,601   $54,675,799  17 Toronto Blue Jays  $1,984,039   $54,551,428  18 San Francisco Giants  $2,128,333   $54,234,841  19 Houston Astros  $1,625,136   $51,999,461  20 Chicago Cubs  $2,017,536   $51,078,366  21 Chicago White Sox  $1,360,172   $36,944,286  22 Philadelphia Phillies  $1,386,510   $36,683,832  23 Cincinnati Reds  $1,298,459   $35,134,339  24 Milwaukee Brewers  $927,610   $33,765,388  25 Oakland Athletics  $1,156,925   $32,693,833  26 Pittsburgh Pirates  $1,004,335   $31,939,336  27 Montreal Expos  $767,420   $27,970,273  28 Florida Marlins  $847,208   $25,864,697  29 Kansas City Royals  $798,242   $24,468,440  30 Minnesota Twins  $601,680   $15,822,000

Sources: Associated Press October 10, 2000 and December 20, 2000.

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