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2001 Baseball Payrolls

This is a team-by-team payroll listings for the 2001 season. The league per-player average was $2,205,275 and the average team payroll was $63,541,750. You can also view figures for 2000 or 2002 and individual player salaries here. Other financial information is available for many seasons using the tool on the right.

2001 PAYROLLS 2001 PAYROLLS 2000/2002 RANK TEAM AVERAGE TOTAL 1 New York Yankees  $3,541,674   $109,791,893  2 Boston Red Sox  $3,423,716   $109,558,908  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  $3,757,964   $108,980,952  4 New York Mets  $3,327,658   $93,174,428  5 Cleveland Indians  $3,065,833   $91,974,979  6 Atlanta Braves  $2,962,958   $91,851,587  7 Texas Rangers  $2,854,981   $88,504,421  8 Arizona Diamondbacks  $2,900,233   $81,206,513  9 St. Louis Cardinals  $2,664,512   $77,270,855  10 Toronto Blue Jays  $2,707,089   $75,798,500  11 Seattle Mariners  $2,701,875   $75,652,500  12 Baltimore Orioles  $2,497,460   $72,426,328  13 Colorado Rockies  $2,632,148   $71,068,000  14 Chicago Cubs  $2,462,147   $64,015,833  15 San Francisco Giants  $2,345,654   $63,332,667  16 Chicago White Sox  $2,309,741   $62,363,000  17 Houston Astros  $2,236,395   $60,382,667  18 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  $2,035,245   $54,951,602  19 Pittsburgh Pirates  $1,699,946   $52,698,333  20 Detroit Tigers  $1,779,685   $49,831,167  21 Anaheim Angels  $1,502,199   $46,568,180  22 Cincinnati Reds  $1,739,534   $45,227,882  23 Milwaukee Brewers  $1,595,901   $43,089,333  24 Philadelphia Phillies  $1,602,468   $41,664,167  25 San Diego Padres  $1,419,745   $38,333,117  26 Kansas City Royals  $1,229,069   $35,643,000  27 Florida Marlins  $1,183,472   $35,504,167  28 Montreal Expos  $1,159,150   $34,774,500  29 Oakland Athletics  $1,252,250   $33,810,750  30 Minnesota Twins  $901,952   $24,350,000

Source: Associated Press April 4, 2001.

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