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"He's a better interview from the left side than the right side."

--Al Michaels, ABC announcer on switch-hitting Pirate Bobby Bonilla

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2000 Individual Salaries by Team

This is an individual salary listings by team for the 2000 season. Note that this list is not complete, though it does represent the best available information. You can also view figures for 1999 or 2001. Other financial information is available for many seasons using the tool on the right.

2000 Anaheim Angels 2000 Anaheim Angels

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Mo Vaughn $11,166,667
2 Tim Salmon $6,000,000
3 Ken Hill $5,600,000
4 Tim Belcher $4,600,000
5 Kent Bottenfield $4,000,000
6 Garret Anderson $3,250,000
7 Gary DiSarcina $3,225,000
8 Darin Erstad $2,500,000
9 Troy Percival $2,350,000
10 Mark Petkovsek $1,512,500
11 Matt Walbeck $925,000
12 Shigetoshi Hasegawa $900,000
13 Kent Mercker $850,000
14 Scott Spiezio $600,000
15 Orlando Palmeiro $550,000
16 Jason Dickson $375,000
17 Alan Levine $275,000
18 Troy Glaus $275,000
19 Benji Gil $225,000
20 Jarrod Washburn $222,500
21 Edgard Clemente $215,000
22 Bengie Molina $210,000
23 Mike Fyhrie $210,000
24 Scott Schoeneweis $210,000
25 Lou Pote $207,500
26 Ramon Ortiz $207,500
27 Adam Kennedy $202,500
28 Derrick Turnbow $200,000
29 Jeff Davanon $200,000
30 Mike Colangelo $200,000

Anaheim Angels 2000 payroll based on this was $51,464,167.

2000 Arizona Diamondbacks 2000 Arizona Diamondbacks

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Randy Johnson $13,350,000
2 Matt Williams $8,500,000
3 Todd Stottlemyre $8,000,000
4 Jay Bell $7,000,000
5 Omar Daal $5,625,000
6 Steve Finley $5,375,000
7 Bernard Gilkey $5,250,000
8 Armando Reynoso $3,375,000
9 Luis Gonzalez $3,333,333
10 Matt Mantei $2,831,000
11 Tony Womack $2,500,000
12 Brian Anderson $2,250,000
13 Darren Holmes $1,916,667
14 Greg Swindell $1,833,333
15 Russ Springer $1,725,000
16 Dan Plesac $1,500,000
17 Lenny Harris $1,100,000
18 Greg Colbrunn $1,005,000
19 Kelly Stinnett $1,000,000
20 Byung-Hyun Kim $762,500
21 Andy Fox $750,000
22 Travis Lee $500,000
23 David Dellucci $312,500
24 Damian Miller $300,000
25 Erubiel Durazo $260,000
26 Hanley Frias $243,500
27 Danny Klassen $215,000
28 Luis Ordaz $215,000

Arizona Diamondbacks 2000 payroll based on this was $81,027,833.

2000 Atlanta Braves 2000 Atlanta Braves

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Greg Maddux $11,100,000
2 Tom Glavine $9,463,237
3 Andres Galarraga $8,500,000
4 John Smoltz $8,500,000
5 Brian Jordan $7,600,000
6 Javy Lopez $6,250,000
7 Chipper Jones $4,750,000
8 Andruw Jones $3,700,000
9 Reggie Sanders $3,700,000
10 Wally Joyner $3,365,099
11 Quilvio Veras $3,000,000
12 Walt Weiss $3,000,000
13 Terry Mulholland $2,975,000
14 Rudy Seanez $1,650,000
15 Mike Remlinger $1,400,000
16 Keith Lockhart $1,000,000
17 John Burkett $750,000
18 Eddie Perez $650,000
19 Kevin Millwood $420,000
20 Trenidad Hubbard $400,000
21 Greg McMichael $350,000
22 John Rocker $290,000
23 Kerry Ligtenberg $255,000
24 Kevin McGlinchy $242,000
25 Odalis Perez $220,000
26 Bruce Chen $207,500
27 Bobby Bonilla $200,000
28 David Cortes $200,000
29 Luis Rivera $200,000
30 Rafael Furcal $200,000

Atlanta Braves 2000 payroll based on this was $84,537,836.

2000 Baltimore Orioles 2000 Baltimore Orioles

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Albert Belle $12,868,670
2 Brady Anderson $7,127,199
3 Mike Mussina $6,786,032
4 Scott Erickson $6,620,921
5 Cal Ripken $6,300,000
6 Will Clark $6,000,000
7 Charles Johnson $4,600,000
8 Mike Timlin $4,250,000
9 Delino DeShields $4,209,324
10 B.J. Surhoff $4,146,789
11 Mike Bordick $3,000,000
12 Jeff Conine $2,500,000
13 Mike Trombley $2,250,000
14 Harold Baines $2,000,000
15 Buddy Groom $1,750,000
16 Chuck McElroy $1,450,000
17 Greg Myers $1,200,000
18 Pat Rapp $750,000
19 Tim Worrell $700,000
20 Al Reyes $620,000
21 Rich Amaral $500,000
22 Sidney Ponson $400,000
23 Calvin Maduro $205,000
24 Jerry Hairston $205,000
25 B.J. Ryan $204,000
26 Gene Kingsale $203,500
27 Jesse Garcia $201,000
28 Brian Falkenborg $200,000
29 Willie Morales $200,000

Baltimore Orioles 2000 payroll based on this was $81,447,435.

2000 Boston Red Sox 2000 Boston Red Sox

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Pedro Martinez $11,500,000
2 John Valentin $6,350,000
3 Ramon Martinez $6,320,000
4 Jose Offerman $5,750,000
5 Carl Everett $5,000,333
6 Bret Saberhagen $4,500,000
7 Tim Wakefield $4,500,000
8 Troy O'Leary $4,000,000
9 Tom Gordon $3,750,000
10 Nomar Garciaparra $3,700,000
11 Mike Stanley $3,500,000
12 Rod Beck $3,500,000
13 Jeff Frye $2,500,000
14 Darren Lewis $2,400,000
15 Jeff Fassero $2,000,000
16 Rheal Cormier $2,000,000
17 Bryce Florie $1,350,000
18 Scott Hatteberg $695,000
19 Derek Lowe $625,000
20 John Wasdin $625,000
21 Manny Alexander $612,500
22 Rich Garces $610,000
23 Jason Varitek $375,000
24 Gary Gaetti $350,000
25 Brian Daubach $295,000
26 Trot Nixon $270,000
27 Brian Rose $250,000
28 Jin Ho Cho $210,000
29 Juan Pena $202,500
30 Pete Schourek $200,000

Boston Red Sox 2000 payroll based on this was $77,940,333.

2000 Chicago Cubs 2000 Chicago Cubs

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Sammy Sosa $11,000,000
2 Kevin Tapani $6,000,000
3 Ismael Valdez $5,737,500
4 Mark Grace $5,300,000
5 Henry Rodriguez $4,600,000
6 Eric Young $4,500,000
7 Jon Lieber $3,833,333
8 Rick Aguilera $3,500,000
9 Ricky Gutierrez $2,500,000
10 Joe Girardi $2,000,000
11 Mark Guthrie $1,600,000
12 Glenallen Hill $1,500,000
13 Damon Buford $1,100,000
14 Jeff Reed $1,000,000
15 Shane Andrews $1,000,000
16 Matt Karchner $776,000
17 Kerry Wood $690,000
18 Felix Heredia $625,000
19 Brian Williams $600,000
20 Willie Greene $395,000
21 Jeff Huson $300,000
22 Jeremi Gonzalez $265,000
23 Andrew Lorraine $245,000
24 Kyle Farnsworth $235,000
25 Jose Nieves $217,500
26 Roosevelt Brown $210,000
27 Cole Liniak $205,000
28 Jose Molina $205,000
29 Danny Young $200,000
30 Tarrik Brock $200,000

Chicago Cubs 2000 payroll based on this was $60,539,333.

2000 Chicago White Sox 2000 Chicago White Sox

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Frank Thomas $7,100,000
2 Cal Eldred $5,400,000
3 Ray Durham $4,900,000
4 James Baldwin $3,300,000
5 Mike Sirotka $1,400,000
6 Bill Simas $1,350,000
7 Jose Valentin $1,320,000
8 Brook Fordyce $675,000
9 Jim Parque $475,000
10 Magglio Ordonez $425,000
11 Keith Foulke $375,000
12 Bobby Howry $325,000
13 Paul Konerko $305,000
14 Chris Singleton $285,000
15 Greg Norton $285,000
16 Carlos Lee $275,000
17 Jeff Abbott $255,000
18 Sean Lowe $255,000
19 Craig Wilson $250,000
20 Mark L. Johnson $250,000
21 Scott Eyre $250,000
22 Brian Simmons $225,000
23 Jeff Liefer $225,000
24 McKay Christensen $212,500
25 Bob Wells $210,000
26 Tanyon Sturtze $206,000
27 Aaron Myette $200,000
28 Josh Paul $200,000
29 Kelly Wunsch $200,000

Chicago White Sox 2000 payroll based on this was $31,133,500.

2000 Cincinnati Reds 2000 Cincinnati Reds

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Ken Griffey $9,329,700
2 Dante Bichette $7,000,000
3 Barry Larkin $5,300,000
4 Denny Neagle $4,750,000
5 Pete Harnisch $3,250,000
6 Dmitri Young $1,950,000
7 Pokey Reese $1,950,000
8 Michael Tucker $1,700,000
9 Ron Villone $1,600,000
10 Eddie Taubensee $1,400,000
11 Steve Parris $1,400,000
12 Scott Sullivan $1,100,000
13 Alex Ochoa $862,500
14 Benito Santiago $650,000
15 Gabe White $630,000
16 Mark Lewis $600,000
17 Hal Morris $500,000
18 Danny Graves $400,000
19 Sean Casey $400,000
20 Chris Stynes $375,000
21 Aaron Boone $300,000
22 Deion Sanders $300,000
23 Scott Williamson $300,000
24 Hector Mercado $220,000
25 D.T. Cromer $200,000
26 Dennys Reyes $200,000
27 Rob Bell $200,000

Cincinnati Reds 2000 payroll based on this was $46,867,200.

2000 Cleveland Indians 2000 Cleveland Indians

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Jim Thome $8,175,000
2 Chuck Finley $7,911,948
3 Kenny Lofton $7,500,000
4 Roberto Alomar $7,196,656
5 David Justice $7,000,000
6 Charles Nagy $6,000,000
7 Travis Fryman $5,550,000
8 Dave Burba $5,000,000
9 Manny Ramirez $4,250,000
10 Omar Vizquel $3,000,000
11 Sandy Alomar $2,700,000
12 Scott Kamieniecki $1,850,000
13 Paul Shuey $1,617,667
14 Steve Reed $1,600,000
15 Steve Karsay $1,200,000
16 Bartolo Colon $1,125,000
17 Jaret Wright $1,062,500
18 Ricardo Rincon $1,000,000
19 Bobby Witt $550,000
20 Richie Sexson $247,000
21 Einar Diaz $237,500
22 Enrique Wilson $232,500
23 Jacob Cruz $227,500
24 Tom Martin $225,000
25 Alex Ramirez $217,500
26 David Riske $205,000

Cleveland Indians 2000 payroll based on this was $75,880,771.

2000 Colorado Rockies 2000 Colorado Rockies

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Larry Walker $12,142,857
2 Pedro Astacio $6,350,000
3 Mike Lansing $6,250,000
4 Scott Karl $3,700,000
5 Jeff Cirillo $3,600,000
6 Tom Goodwin $3,416,667
7 Jeffrey Hammonds $3,183,333
8 Brian Bohanon $3,000,000
9 Masato Yoshii $3,000,000
10 Jerry Dipoto $2,350,000
11 Neifi Perez $2,212,500
12 Brent Mayne $1,750,000
13 Stan Belinda $1,500,000
14 Todd Helton $1,300,000
15 Julian Tavarez $1,200,000
16 Mike Myers $933,333
17 Darren Bragg $750,000
18 Terry Shumpert $650,000
19 Scott Servais $625,000
20 Mike DeJean $560,000
21 Aaron Ledesma $525,000
22 Jeff Manto $450,000
23 Rolando Arrojo $325,000
24 Brian Hunter $300,000
25 John Thomson $300,000
26 Manuel Aybar $270,000
27 Jose Jimenez $245,000
28 David Lee $222,500

Colorado Rockies 2000 payroll based on this was $61,111,190.

2000 Detroit Tigers 2000 Detroit Tigers

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Juan Gonzalez $7,500,000
2 Dean Palmer $7,000,000
3 Dave Mlicki $4,500,000
4 Willie Blair $4,500,000
5 Bobby Higginson $4,425,000
6 Tony Clark $4,062,500
7 Brad Ausmus $4,000,000
8 Damion Easley $3,950,000
9 Todd Jones $3,650,000
10 Gregg Jefferies $3,125,000
11 Deivi Cruz $1,975,000
12 Brian Moehler $1,816,667
13 Doug Brocail $1,300,000
14 Luis Polonia $1,100,000
15 Hideo Nomo $1,000,000
16 C.J. Nitkowski $950,000
17 Karim Garcia $700,000
18 Danny Patterson $550,000
19 Juan Encarnacion $325,000
20 Sean Runyan $300,000
21 Matt Anderson $255,000
22 Seth Greisinger $240,000
23 Shane Halter $236,000
24 Wendell Magee $205,000
25 Jim Poole $200,000
26 Mark J. Johnson $200,000
27 Robert Fick $200,000

Detroit Tigers 2000 payroll based on this was $58,265,167.

2000 Florida Marlins 2000 Florida Marlins

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Alex Fernandez $7,000,000
2 Cliff Floyd $4,500,000
3 Dan Miceli $1,500,000
4 Danny Bautista $500,000
5 Luis Castillo $390,000
6 Antonio Alfonseca $380,000
7 Mark Kotsay $324,000
8 Sandy Martinez $318,000
9 Brant Brown $315,000
10 Alex Gonzalez $295,000
11 Dave Berg $295,000
12 Preston Wilson $287,000
13 Brian Edmondson $269,000
14 Ryan Dempster $268,000
15 Jesus Sanchez $265,000
16 Kevin Millar $265,000
17 Vladimir Nunez $264,000
18 Braden Looper $255,000
19 Mike Lowell $255,000
20 Mike Redmond $245,000
21 Vic Darensbourg $240,000
22 Derrek Lee $225,000
23 Derrick Gibson $208,000
24 A.J. Burnett $204,000
25 Armando Almanza $203,000
26 Chris Clapinski $201,000
27 Michael Tejera $201,000
28 Brad Penny $200,000

Florida Marlins 2000 payroll based on this was $19,872,000.

2000 Houston Astros 2000 Houston Astros

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Craig Biggio $6,750,000
2 Shane Reynolds $6,666,667
3 Jeff Bagwell $6,500,000
4 Moises Alou $5,250,000
5 Jose Lima $5,032,444
6 Ken Caminiti $4,500,000
7 Billy Wagner $3,200,000
8 Roger Cedeno $2,400,000
9 Bill Spiers $1,700,000
10 Jay Powell $1,250,000
11 Tony Eusebio $1,100,000
12 Chris Holt $1,025,000
13 Doug Henry $800,000
14 Matt Mieske $700,000
15 Tim Bogar $700,000
16 Dwight Gooden $500,000
17 Yorkis Perez $500,000
18 Mike Maddux $350,000
19 Richard Hidalgo $330,000
20 Scott Elarton $300,000
21 Paul Bako $275,000
22 Russ Johnson $260,000
23 Glen Barker $255,000
24 Jose Cabrera $252,500
25 Octavio Dotel $240,000
26 Daryle Ward $237,500
27 Mitch Meluskey $215,000

Houston Astros 2000 payroll based on this was $51,289,111.

2000 Kansas City Royals 2000 Kansas City Royals

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Johnny Damon $4,000,000
2 Jermaine Dye $2,300,000
3 Rey Sanchez $2,300,000
4 Jose Rosado $2,250,000
5 Mike Sweeney $2,250,000
6 Ricky Bottalico $1,500,000
7 Jeff Suppan $1,450,000
8 Joe Randa $1,000,000
9 Jerry Spradlin $962,500
10 Jeff Reboulet $575,000
11 Brian Johnson $550,000
12 Gregg Zaun $525,000
13 Carlos Beltran $350,000
14 David McCarty $325,000
15 Carlos Febles $250,000
16 Jay Witasick $250,000
17 Scott Pose $232,500
18 Todd Dunwoody $232,500
19 Blake Stein $225,000
20 Ray Holbert $225,000
21 Brad Rigby $220,000
22 Mac Suzuki $220,000
23 Jose Santiago $215,000
24 Chris Fussell $210,000
25 Dan Reichert $205,000
26 Mark Quinn $205,000
27 Chad Durbin $203,000
28 Orber Moreno $202,500

Kansas City Royals 2000 payroll based on this was $23,433,000.

2000 Los Angeles Dodgers 2000 Los Angeles Dodgers

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Kevin Brown $15,714,286
2 Gary Sheffield $9,916,667
3 Shawn Green $9,416,667
4 Todd Hundley $6,125,000
5 Jeff Shaw $5,383,333
6 Eric Karros $5,375,000
7 Carlos Perez $5,333,333
8 Devon White $4,000,000
9 Chan Ho Park $3,850,000
10 Darren Dreifort $3,700,000
11 Jose Vizcaino $3,500,000
12 Mark Grudzielanek $3,000,000
13 Alan Mills $2,250,000
14 Orel Hershiser $2,000,000
15 Todd Hollandsworth $1,450,000
16 Terry Adams $1,400,000
17 Gregg Olson $1,250,000
18 Adrian Beltre $1,000,000
19 F.P. Santangelo $750,000
20 Mike Fetters $550,000
21 Chad Kreuter $500,000
22 Dave Hansen $475,000
23 Kevin Elster $300,000
24 Antonio Osuna $250,000
25 Onan Masaoka $230,000
26 Matt Herges $205,000

Los Angeles Dodgers 2000 payroll based on this was $87,924,286.

2000 Milwaukee Brewers 2000 Milwaukee Brewers

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Jaime Navarro $5,000,000
2 Marquis Grissom $5,000,000
3 Jeromy Burnitz $4,462,500
4 Jose Hernandez $3,333,333
5 Mark Loretta $2,500,000
6 Bob Wickman $2,400,000
7 Sean Berry $2,350,000
8 Curt Leskanic $1,450,000
9 Jamey Wright $1,025,000
10 Jimmy Haynes $900,000
11 Tyler Houston $835,000
12 Jason Bere $800,000
13 Luis Lopez $775,000
14 Dave Weathers $650,000
15 Juan Acevedo $612,500
16 Mark Sweeney $515,000
17 Steve Woodard $350,000
18 Charlie Hayes $300,000
19 Geoff Jenkins $282,000
20 Lyle Mouton $275,000
21 James Mouton $260,000
22 John Snyder $258,000
23 Chad Fox $255,000
24 Ron Belliard $250,000
25 Henry Blanco $235,000
26 Kyle Peterson $215,000
27 Valerio de los Santos $210,000
28 Kevin Barker $205,000
29 Rocky Coppinger $201,500
30 Robinson Cancel $200,500
31 Jim Bruske $200,000
32 Matt Williams $200,000

Milwaukee Brewers 2000 payroll based on this was $36,505,333.

2000 Minnesota Twins 2000 Minnesota Twins

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Brad Radke $3,500,000
2 Matt Lawton $2,000,000
3 Ron Coomer $1,500,000
4 Sean Bergman $1,200,000
5 LaTroy Hawkins $1,115,000
6 Eddie Guardado $875,000
7 Hector Carrasco $825,000
8 Bob Wells $700,000
9 Butch Huskey $500,000
10 Dennis Hocking $500,000
11 Todd Walker $322,500
12 Midre Cummings $300,000
13 Eric Milton $285,000
14 Marcus Jensen $285,000
15 Corey Koskie $245,000
16 Joe Mays $240,000
17 Cristian Guzman $230,000
18 Jacque Jones $225,000
19 Torii Hunter $225,000
20 Travis Miller $225,000
21 David Ortiz $220,000
22 Jason Maxwell $202,000
23 J.C. Romero $200,000
24 Johan Santana $200,000
25 Mark Redman $200,000
26 Matt LeCroy $200,000

Minnesota Twins 2000 payroll based on this was $16,519,500.

2000 Montreal Expos 2000 Montreal Expos

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Hideki Irabu $4,125,000
2 Rondell White $4,000,000
3 Dustin Hermanson $3,633,333
4 Lee Stevens $3,500,000
5 Vladimir Guerrero $3,500,000
6 Ugueth Urbina $3,200,000
7 Graeme Lloyd $3,000,000
8 Chris Widger $1,350,000
9 Wilton Guerrero $825,000
10 Anthony Telford $700,000
11 Lenny Webster $600,000
12 Steve Kline $355,000
13 Mike Mordecai $350,000
14 Jose Vidro $340,000
15 Miguel Batista $325,000
16 Javier Vazquez $280,000
17 Mike Thurman $267,500
18 Michael Barrett $265,000
19 Orlando Cabrera $265,000
20 Carl Pavano $255,000
21 Terry Jones $225,000
22 Jeremy Powell $218,000
23 Geoff Blum $210,000
24 Scott Strickland $202,500
25 Peter Bergeron $201,500
26 Trace Coquillette $201,500
27 Bob Henley $200,000
28 Matt Blank $200,000
29 Tony Armas $200,000

Montreal Expos 2000 payroll based on this was $32,994,333.

2000 New York Mets 2000 New York Mets

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Mike Piazza $12,071,429
2 Robin Ventura $8,000,000
3 Al Leiter $7,750,000
4 Mike Hampton $5,750,000
5 Bobby Jones $5,366,667
6 Derek Bell $5,000,000
7 Rick Reed $4,375,000
8 Todd Zeile $4,333,333
9 Edgardo Alfonzo $4,225,000
10 Darryl Hamilton $3,633,333
11 Armando Benitez $3,437,500
12 John Franco $3,350,000
13 Rey Ordonez $2,250,000
14 Dennis Cook $2,200,000
15 Turk Wendell $2,050,014
16 Rickey Henderson $2,000,000
17 Pat Mahomes $750,000
18 Rich Rodriguez $600,000
19 Kurt Abbott $500,000
20 Todd Pratt $500,000
21 Matt Franco $462,500
22 Jon Nunnally $260,000
23 Benny Agbayani $220,000
24 Jay Payton $215,000
25 Melvin Mora $210,000

New York Mets 2000 payroll based on this was $79,509,776.

2000 New York Yankees 2000 New York Yankees

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Bernie Williams $12,357,143
2 David Cone $12,000,000
3 Derek Jeter $10,000,000
4 Mariano Rivera $7,250,000
5 Andy Pettitte $7,000,000
6 Paul O'Neill $6,500,000
7 Roger Clemens $6,350,000
8 Chuck Knoblauch $6,000,000
9 Scott Brosius $5,250,000
10 Tino Martinez $4,800,000
11 Mike Stanton $2,400,000
12 Orlando Hernandez $1,950,000
13 Jeff Nelson $1,916,667
14 Ramiro Mendoza $1,400,000
15 Allen Watson $1,300,000
16 Jorge Posada $1,250,000
17 Jim Leyritz $1,000,000
18 Roberto Kelly $800,000
19 Jason Grimsley $750,000
20 Lance Johnson $350,000
21 Shane Spencer $250,000
22 Ricky Ledee $240,000
23 Wilson Delgado $213,000
24 Clay Bellinger $206,650
25 Todd Erdos $203,800
26 Ted Lilly $201,000
27 D'Angelo Jimenez $200,000
28 Nick Johnson $200,000

New York Yankees 2000 payroll based on this was $92,338,260.

2000 Oakland Athletics 2000 Oakland Athletics

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Kevin Appier $5,600,000
2 Omar Olivares $4,000,000
3 Jason Giambi $3,103,333
4 Matt Stairs $3,050,000
5 Randy Velarde $3,050,000
6 John Jaha $2,750,000
7 Gil Heredia $2,100,000
8 T.J. Mathews $1,225,000
9 Mike Magnante $900,000
10 Jason Isringhausen $825,000
11 Ben Grieve $750,000
12 Doug Jones $600,000
13 Rich Becker $500,000
14 Scott Service $500,000
15 Miguel Tejada $290,000
16 Olmedo Saenz $260,000
17 Tim Hudson $250,000
18 Eric Chavez $240,000
19 Jeff Tam $240,000
20 Sal Fasano $240,000
21 Jeremy Giambi $228,000
22 Ryan Christenson $221,000
23 Jorge Velandia $219,500
24 Ron Mahay $217,000
25 Ramon Hernandez $211,000
26 Frank Menechino $201,000
27 Luis Vizcaino $200,500

Oakland Athletics 2000 payroll based on this was $31,971,333.

2000 Philadelphia Phillies 2000 Philadelphia Phillies

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Andy Ashby $5,900,000
2 Curt Schilling $5,650,000
3 Ron Gant $5,066,667
4 Mike Lieberthal $4,833,333
5 Rico Brogna $4,200,000
6 Mike Jackson $3,000,000
7 Bobby Abreu $2,933,333
8 Scott Rolen $2,750,000
9 Doug Glanville $2,016,667
10 Paul Byrd $1,885,000
11 Robert Person $1,400,000
12 Kevin Jordan $1,000,000
13 Mickey Morandini $750,000
14 Scott Aldred $600,000
15 Alex Arias $550,000
16 Carlos Reyes $500,000
17 Jeff Brantley $500,000
18 Rob Ducey $500,000
19 Kevin Sefcik $475,000
20 Wayne Gomes $390,000
21 Amaury Telemaco $375,000
22 Desi Relaford $345,000
23 Tom Prince $300,000
24 Trever Miller $280,000
25 Chris Brock $250,000
26 Randy Wolf $240,000
27 Steve Schrenk $210,000
28 Jim Bullinger $205,000
29 Jason Boyd $203,000

Philadelphia Phillies 2000 payroll based on this was $47,308,000.

2000 Pittsburgh Pirates 2000 Pittsburgh Pirates

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Kevin Young $5,625,000
2 Pat Meares $3,290,000
3 Jason Schmidt $2,750,000
4 Jason Kendall $2,250,000
5 Wil Cordero $2,166,667
6 Francisco Cordova $2,050,000
7 Brian Giles $1,816,667
8 Jason Christiansen $1,000,000
9 Mike Williams $1,000,000
10 John Vander Wal $875,000
11 Marc Wilkins $750,000
12 Mike Benjamin $700,000
13 Chris Peters $550,000
14 Luis Sojo $450,000
15 Keith Osik $400,000
16 Rich Loiselle $400,000
17 Todd Ritchie $380,000
18 Jose Silva $335,000
19 Bruce Aven $320,000
20 Kris Benson $300,000
21 Warren Morris $300,000
22 Adrian Brown $285,000
23 Scott Sauerbeck $285,000
24 Aramis Ramirez $230,000
25 Jimmy Anderson $215,000
26 Chad Hermansen $205,000

Pittsburgh Pirates 2000 payroll based on this was $28,928,334.

2000 San Diego Padres 2000 San Diego Padres

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Randy Myers $6,916,667
2 Trevor Hoffman $6,600,000
3 Tony Gwynn $6,300,000
4 Sterling Hitchcock $6,100,000
5 Ryan Klesko $5,750,000
6 Woody Williams $4,583,333
7 Bret Boone $3,750,000
8 Chris Gomez $2,600,000
9 Al Martin $1,750,000
10 Carlos Hernandez $1,750,000
11 Phil Nevin $875,000
12 Brian Boehringer $830,000
13 Ed Sprague $800,000
14 Dave Magadan $775,000
15 Donne Wall $700,000
16 Ruben Rivera $700,000
17 Matt Clement $600,000
18 Matt Whisenant $450,000
19 Eric Owens $370,000
20 Brian Meadows $360,000
21 Damian Jackson $250,000
22 Rodney Myers $250,000
23 Steve Montgomery $250,000
24 Dan Serafini $230,000
25 Will Cunnane $230,000
26 Carlton Loewer $225,000
27 Carlos Almanzar $215,000
28 Wiki Gonzalez $208,000
29 David Newhan $203,000
30 Kory DeHaan $200,000

San Diego Padres 2000 payroll based on this was $54,821,000.

2000 San Francisco Giants 2000 San Francisco Giants

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Barry Bonds $10,658,826
2 Jeff Kent $6,000,000
3 Ellis Burks $5,500,000
4 Robb Nen $5,500,000
5 J.T. Snow $4,750,000
6 Kirk Rueter $4,000,000
7 Mark Gardner $3,000,000
8 Shawn Estes $2,450,000
9 Rich Aurilia $1,550,000
10 Alan Embree $1,450,000
11 Bill Mueller $1,325,000
12 Livan Hernandez $1,325,000
13 John Johnstone $1,175,000
14 Marvin Benard $1,125,000
15 Russ Davis $1,000,000
16 Felix Rodriguez $537,500
17 Russ Ortiz $462,500
18 Felipe Crespo $232,000
19 Armando Rios $225,000
20 Joe Nathan $225,000
21 Ramon Martinez $220,000
22 Doug Mirabelli $215,000
23 Bobby Estalella $210,000
24 Calvin Murray $202,000
25 Aaron Fultz $200,000
26 Ben Weber $200,000

San Francisco Giants 2000 payroll based on this was $53,737,826.

2000 Seattle Mariners 2000 Seattle Mariners

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Aaron Sele $7,500,000
2 John Olerud $6,350,000
3 Jamie Moyer $6,000,000
4 Edgar Martinez $5,400,000
5 Alex Rodriguez $4,362,500
6 Dan Wilson $4,000,000
7 Kazuhiro Sasaki $4,000,000
8 Jose Mesa $3,950,000
9 Arthur Rhodes $2,750,000
10 Mike Cameron $2,225,000
11 Mark McLemore $2,000,000
12 John Mabry $1,850,000
13 Stan Javier $1,500,000
14 Jay Buhner $1,450,000
15 David Bell $1,425,000
16 Tom Lampkin $950,000
17 Frank Rodriguez $580,000
18 Joe Oliver $500,000
19 Freddy Garcia $325,000
20 John Halama $290,000
21 Paul Abbott $285,000
22 Jose Paniagua $275,000
23 Raul Ibanez $275,000
24 Gil Meche $252,500
25 Charles Gipson $215,000
26 Carlos Guillen $205,000

Seattle Mariners 2000 payroll based on this was $58,915,000.

2000 St. Louis Cardinals 2000 St. Louis Cardinals

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Mark McGwire $9,333,333
2 Ray Lankford $7,600,000
3 Darryl Kile $7,417,981
4 Pat Hentgen $6,000,000
5 Jim Edmonds $4,500,000
6 Eric Davis $4,420,840
7 Andy Benes $2,867,542
8 Scott Radinsky $2,500,000
9 Fernando Vina $2,300,000
10 Edgar Renteria $2,250,000
11 J.D. Drew $1,750,000
12 Heathcliff Slocumb $1,600,000
13 Dave Veres $1,366,667
14 Jesse Orosco $1,100,000
15 Fernando Tatis $750,000
16 Mike Matheny $750,000
17 Mike Mohler $690,000
18 Thomas Howard $650,000
19 Shawon Dunston $600,000
20 Craig Paquette $595,000
21 Garrett Stephenson $550,000
22 Matt Morris $550,000
23 Mark Thompson $400,000
24 Dave Wainhouse $250,000
25 Eli Marrero $240,000
26 Placido Polanco $220,000
27 Rick Ankiel $202,500

St. Louis Cardinals 2000 payroll based on this was $61,453,863.

2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Wilson Alvarez $9,000,000
2 Greg Vaughn $7,097,962
3 Vinny Castilla $6,250,000
4 Juan Guzman $6,000,000
5 Roberto Hernandez $6,000,000
6 Fred McGriff $5,945,818
7 Kevin Stocker $3,300,000
8 Jose Canseco $3,000,000
9 John Flaherty $2,947,410
10 Gerald Williams $2,373,439
11 Dave Martinez $2,000,000
12 Quinton McCracken $1,850,000
13 Steve Trachsel $1,000,000
14 Albie Lopez $800,000
15 Rick White $610,000
16 Mike Difelice $525,000
17 Tony Saunders $425,000
18 Jose Guillen $375,000
19 Jim Mecir $350,000
20 Dave Eiland $300,000
21 Miguel Cairo $295,000
22 Tony Graffanino $270,000
23 Bryan Rekar $265,000
24 Esteban Yan $265,000
25 Bubba Trammell $253,000
26 Bobby Smith $237,500
27 Ryan Rupe $230,000
28 Damian Rolls $200,000
29 Dan Wheeler $200,000
30 Jim Morris $200,000
31 Steve Cox $200,000

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