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2001 Individual Salaries by Team

This is an individual salary listings by team for the 2001 season. Note that this list is not complete, though it does represent the best available information. You can also view figures for 2000 or 2002. Other financial information is available for many seasons using the tool on the right.

2001 Anaheim Angels 2001 Anaheim Angels
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Mo Vaughn  $13,166,667 
2 Tim Salmon  $6,500,000 
3 Garret Anderson  $4,500,000 
4 Darin Erstad  $3,450,000 
5 Troy Percival  $3,400,000 
6 Ismael Valdez  $2,500,000 
7 Pat Rapp  $2,000,000 
8 Glenallen Hill  $1,500,000 
9 Shigetoshi Hasegawa  $1,500,000 
10 Troy Glaus  $1,250,000 
11 Scott Spiezio  $1,125,000 
12 Orlando Palmeiro  $900,000 
13 Alan Levine  $715,000 
14 Mike Holtz  $705,000 
15 Jorge Fabregas  $500,000 
16 Bengie Molina  $350,000 
17 Benji Gil  $350,000 
18 Gary DiSarcina  $320,000 
19 Adam Kennedy  $280,000 
20 Scott Schoeneweis  $275,000 
21 Jarrod Washburn  $270,000 
22 Kimera Bartee  $270,000 
23 Ramon Ortiz  $250,000 
24 Jose Nieves  $232,000 
25 Lou Pote  $215,000 
26 Matt Wise  $207,500 
27 Ben Weber  $203,500 
28 Shawn Wooten  $200,500 
29 David Eckstein  $200,000 
30 Wally Joyner  $200,000 
Anaheim Angels 2001 payroll based on this was $47,535,167.
2001 Arizona Diamondbacks 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Randy Johnson  $13,350,000 
2 Matt Williams  $9,000,000 
3 Jay Bell  $8,050,000 
4 Todd Stottlemyre  $8,000,000 
5 Curt Schilling  $6,500,000 
6 Steve Finley  $5,375,000 
7 Luis Gonzalez  $4,833,333 
8 Brian Anderson  $4,125,000 
9 Tony Womack  $4,000,000 
10 Matt Mantei  $3,583,333 
11 Mark Grace  $3,000,000 
12 Greg Swindell  $2,533,333 
13 Armando Reynoso  $2,000,000 
14 Russ Springer  $1,700,000 
15 Greg Colbrunn  $1,600,000 
16 Reggie Sanders  $1,500,000 
17 Damian Miller  $1,250,000 
18 Byung-Hyun Kim  $762,500 
19 Mike Morgan  $700,000 
20 Danny Bautista  $675,000 
21 Bobby Witt  $500,000 
22 Midre Cummings  $425,000 
23 Miguel Batista  $400,000 
24 David Dellucci  $325,000 
25 Erubiel Durazo  $260,000 
26 Danny Klassen  $227,500 
27 Rod Barajas  $208,000 
28 Nick Bierbrodt  $200,000 
Arizona Diamondbacks 2001 payroll based on this was $85,082,999.
2001 Atlanta Braves 2001 Atlanta Braves
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Greg Maddux  $12,500,000 
2 Chipper Jones  $10,333,333 
3 Tom Glavine  $9,500,000 
4 Brian Jordan  $9,100,000 
5 Andruw Jones  $8,200,000 
6 John Smoltz  $8,000,000 
7 Javy Lopez  $7,750,000 
8 B.J. Surhoff  $4,833,333 
9 Quilvio Veras  $3,900,000 
10 Kevin Millwood  $3,100,000 
11 John Rocker  $1,900,000 
12 John Burkett  $1,750,000 
13 Mike Remlinger  $1,600,000 
14 Dave Martinez  $1,500,000 
15 Rico Brogna  $1,500,000 
16 Kerry Ligtenberg  $1,200,000 
17 Keith Lockhart  $800,000 
18 Eddie Perez  $650,000 
19 Kurt Abbott  $600,000 
20 Paul Bako  $450,000 
21 Marc Valdes  $375,000 
22 Joe Slusarski  $360,000 
23 Rafael Furcal  $355,000 
24 Kevin McGlinchy  $242,000 
25 Odalis Perez  $220,000 
26 Wes Helms  $210,000 
27 Jason Marquis  $205,000 
28 George Lombard  $202,500 
29 Brad Voyles  $200,000 
30 Chris Seelbach  $200,000 
31 Scott Sobkowiak  $200,000 
Atlanta Braves 2001 payroll based on this was $91,936,166.
2001 Baltimore Orioles 2001 Baltimore Orioles
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Albert Belle  $12,049,040 
2 Brady Anderson  $7,200,000 
3 David Segui  $7,000,000 
4 Cal Ripken  $6,300,000 
5 Mike Bordick  $4,500,000 
6 Pat Hentgen  $4,500,000 
7 Delino DeShields  $4,333,667 
8 Alan Mills  $3,000,000 
9 Jeff Conine  $3,000,000 
10 Jose Mercedes  $2,750,000 
11 Mike Trombley  $2,333,333 
12 Sidney Ponson  $2,100,000 
13 Buddy Groom  $2,000,000 
14 Chuck McElroy  $1,520,000 
15 Greg Myers  $1,200,000 
16 Brook Fordyce  $825,000 
17 Jason Johnson  $350,000 
18 Melvin Mora  $270,000 
19 Jerry Hairston  $235,000 
20 Chris Richard  $232,500 
21 Ryan Kohlmeier  $230,000 
22 Luis Matos  $226,000 
23 Mike Kinkade  $215,000 
24 B.J. Ryan  $210,000 
25 Calvin Maduro  $210,000 
26 Fernando Lunar  $205,000 
27 Luis Rivera  $205,000 
28 Jay Gibbons  $200,000 
29 Willis Roberts  $200,000 
Baltimore Orioles 2001 payroll based on this was $67,599,540.
2001 Boston Red Sox 2001 Boston Red Sox
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Manny Ramirez  $13,050,000 
2 Pedro Martinez  $13,000,000 
3 Carl Everett  $7,333,333 
4 Nomar Garciaparra  $7,250,000 
5 Dante Bichette  $7,000,000 
6 Jose Offerman  $6,750,000 
7 John Valentin  $6,350,000 
8 Mike Lansing  $6,250,000 
9 Bret Saberhagen  $5,000,000 
10 Troy O'Leary  $4,600,000 
11 Hideo Nomo  $4,500,000 
12 Rod Beck  $4,500,000 
13 Tim Wakefield  $3,000,000 
14 Darren Lewis  $2,500,000 
15 Frank Castillo  $2,250,000 
16 Derek Lowe  $2,125,000 
17 Jason Varitek  $1,800,000 
18 Hipolito Pichardo  $1,660,000 
19 Rolando Arrojo  $1,625,000 
20 Bryce Florie  $1,450,000 
21 Rich Garces  $1,375,000 
22 Chris Stynes  $1,300,000 
23 Scott Hatteberg  $1,050,000 
24 David Cone  $1,000,000 
25 Pete Schourek  $1,000,000 
26 Craig Grebeck  $700,000 
27 Brian Daubach  $400,000 
28 Trot Nixon  $390,000 
29 Tomokazu Ohka  $225,000 
30 Juan Pena  $202,500 
31 Paxton Crawford  $200,000 
32 Shea Hillenbrand  $200,000 
Boston Red Sox 2001 payroll based on this was $110,035,833.
2001 Chicago Cubs 2001 Chicago Cubs
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Sammy Sosa  $12,500,000 
2 Kevin Tapani  $6,500,000 
3 Jon Lieber  $5,083,333 
4 Eric Young  $4,500,000 
5 Rondell White  $4,000,000 
6 Todd Hundley  $3,500,000 
7 Ricky Gutierrez  $3,400,000 
8 Matt Stairs  $3,200,000 
9 Bill Mueller  $2,750,000 
10 Jeff Fassero  $2,400,000 
11 Julian Tavarez  $2,275,000 
12 Jason Bere  $2,250,000 
13 Joe Girardi  $2,000,000 
14 Tom Gordon  $2,000,000 
15 Kerry Wood  $1,940,000 
16 Felix Heredia  $1,150,000 
17 Damon Buford  $1,100,000 
18 Ron Coomer  $1,100,000 
19 Todd Van Poppel  $850,000 
20 Manuel Aybar  $665,000 
21 Kyle Farnsworth  $245,000 
22 Mike Fyhrie  $240,000 
23 Roosevelt Brown  $230,000 
24 Gary Matthews  $225,000 
25 Augie Ojeda  $212,500 
26 Courtney Duncan  $200,000 
27 Julio Zuleta  $200,000 
Chicago Cubs 2001 payroll based on this was $64,715,833.
2001 Chicago White Sox 2001 Chicago White Sox
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Frank Thomas  $9,927,000 
2 David Wells  $9,250,000 
3 Ray Durham  $9,000,000 
4 James Baldwin  $5,950,000 
5 Jose Valentin  $5,166,667 
6 Royce Clayton  $4,500,000 
7 Magglio Ordonez  $3,750,000 
8 Keith Foulke  $3,100,000 
9 Sandy Alomar  $2,900,000 
10 Paul Konerko  $2,300,000 
11 Bill Simas  $1,950,000 
12 Antonio Osuna  $1,500,000 
13 Harold Baines  $1,000,000 
14 Herb Perry  $975,000 
15 Cal Eldred  $750,000 
16 Jim Parque  $550,000 
17 Carlos Lee  $400,000 
18 Bobby Howry  $375,000 
19 Tony Graffanino  $375,000 
20 Chris Singleton  $315,000 
21 Sean Lowe  $300,000 
22 Kelly Wunsch  $260,000 
23 Josh Paul  $230,000 
24 Mark Buehrle  $225,000 
25 Rocky Biddle  $205,000 
26 Gary Glover  $200,000 
27 Julio Ramirez  $200,000 
Chicago White Sox 2001 payroll based on this was $65,653,667.
2001 Cincinnati Reds 2001 Cincinnati Reds
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Ken Griffey  $12,500,000 
2 Barry Larkin  $9,000,000 
3 Pete Harnisch  $3,750,000 
4 Dmitri Young  $3,500,000 
5 Pokey Reese  $3,200,000 
6 Sean Casey  $3,000,000 
7 Danny Graves  $2,100,000 
8 Michael Tucker  $1,800,000 
9 Scott Sullivan  $1,700,000 
10 Alex Ochoa  $1,600,000 
11 Ruben Rivera  $1,000,000 
12 Dennys Reyes  $625,000 
13 Osvaldo Fernandez  $600,000 
14 Kelly Stinnett  $500,000 
15 Mark Wohlers  $500,000 
16 Elmer Dessens  $475,000 
17 Aaron Boone  $400,000 
18 Juan Castro  $400,000 
19 Scott Williamson  $400,000 
20 Wilton Guerrero  $400,000 
21 Rob Bell  $250,000 
22 Jason LaRue  $235,000 
23 Donnie Sadler  $225,000 
24 John Riedling  $214,000 
25 Seth Etherton  $210,000 
26 Scott Winchester  $202,000 
27 Chris Reitsma  $200,000 
Cincinnati Reds 2001 payroll based on this was $48,986,000.
2001 Cleveland Indians 2001 Cleveland Indians
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Juan Gonzalez  $10,000,000 
2 Chuck Finley  $9,666,667 
3 Kenny Lofton  $8,000,000 
4 Jim Thome  $7,875,000 
5 Roberto Alomar  $7,750,000 
6 Charles Nagy  $6,000,000 
7 Travis Fryman  $5,750,000 
8 Ellis Burks  $5,666,667 
9 Dave Burba  $5,000,000 
10 Omar Vizquel  $3,000,000 
11 Steve Karsay  $2,700,000 
12 Wil Cordero  $2,666,667 
13 Bartolo Colon  $2,625,000 
14 Bob Wickman  $2,600,000 
15 Jaret Wright  $2,562,500 
16 Paul Shuey  $2,000,000 
17 Eddie Taubensee  $1,800,000 
18 Steve Reed  $1,600,000 
19 Ricardo Rincon  $1,500,000 
20 Steve Woodard  $1,325,000 
21 Jerry Spradlin  $625,000 
22 Marty Cordova  $500,000 
23 Einar Diaz  $387,500 
24 Justin Speier  $243,000 
25 Jolbert Cabrera  $237,000 
26 Jacob Cruz  $230,000 
27 Russell Branyan  $219,000 
28 Dave Roberts  $212,000 
29 John McDonald  $209,000 
30 Tim Drew  $202,000 
Cleveland Indians 2001 payroll based on this was $93,152,001.
2001 Colorado Rockies 2001 Colorado Rockies
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Larry Walker  $12,166,667 
2 Mike Hampton  $10,500,000 
3 Denny Neagle  $7,200,000 
4 Pedro Astacio  $6,850,000 
5 Todd Helton  $4,950,000 
6 Jeff Cirillo  $4,850,000 
7 Brian Bohanon  $4,000,000 
8 Neifi Perez  $3,550,000 
9 Ron Villone  $2,800,000 
10 Todd Hollandsworth  $2,750,000 
11 Brent Mayne  $2,150,000 
12 Ron Gant  $1,750,000 
13 Mike Myers  $1,250,000 
14 Gabe White  $1,166,667 
15 Todd Walker  $1,050,000 
16 John Wasdin  $975,000 
17 Terry Shumpert  $725,000 
18 Scott Karl  $625,000 
19 Greg Norton  $450,000 
20 Jose Jimenez  $345,000 
21 John Thomson  $300,000 
22 Bobby Chouinard  $278,000 
23 Ben Petrick  $232,000 
24 Juan Pierre  $215,000 
25 Mark Little  $210,000 
26 Horacio Estrada  $203,000 
Colorado Rockies 2001 payroll based on this was $71,541,334.
2001 Detroit Tigers 2001 Detroit Tigers
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Dean Palmer  $7,500,000 
2 Bobby Higginson  $5,325,000 
3 Dave Mlicki  $5,300,000 
4 Damion Easley  $5,075,000 
5 Tony Clark  $4,462,500 
6 Juan Encarnacion  $4,400,000 
7 Todd Jones  $3,975,000 
8 Deivi Cruz  $3,525,000 
9 Roger Cedeno  $2,700,000 
10 Brian Moehler  $2,416,667 
11 Chris Holt  $1,850,000 
12 C.J. Nitkowski  $1,200,000 
13 Danny Patterson  $1,100,000 
14 Steve Sparks  $650,000 
15 Jeff Weaver  $425,000 
16 Shane Halter  $420,000 
17 Matt Anderson  $355,000 
18 Mitch Meluskey  $345,000 
19 Wendell Magee  $275,000 
20 Billy McMillon  $260,000 
21 Matt Perisho  $255,000 
22 Robert Fick  $255,000 
23 Ryan Jackson  $250,000 
24 Jose Macias  $240,000 
25 Seth Greisinger  $240,000 
26 Javier Cardona  $217,000 
27 Brandon Inge  $200,000 
28 Jermaine Clark  $200,000 
Detroit Tigers 2001 payroll based on this was $53,416,167.
2001 Florida Marlins 2001 Florida Marlins
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Alex Fernandez  $7,000,000 
2 Cliff Floyd  $5,500,000 
3 Charles Johnson  $5,000,000 
4 Antonio Alfonseca  $2,450,000 
5 Luis Castillo  $2,200,000 
6 Dan Miceli  $2,000,000 
7 Eric Owens  $1,250,000 
8 Preston Wilson  $1,000,000 
9 Matt Clement  $900,000 
10 Ricky Bones  $800,000 
11 Andy Fox  $775,000 
12 Kevin Millar  $700,000 
13 Vic Darensbourg  $625,000 
14 Dave Berg  $587,500 
15 Mike Lowell  $500,000 
16 Braden Looper  $400,000 
17 Ryan Dempster  $400,000 
18 Derrek Lee  $375,000 
19 Lyle Mouton  $350,000 
20 Jeff Abbott  $300,000 
21 Mike Redmond  $300,000 
22 Alex Gonzalez  $295,000 
23 Vladimir Nunez  $264,000 
24 Brad Penny  $260,000 
25 A.J. Burnett  $250,000 
26 Chuck Smith  $240,000 
27 Armando Almanza  $225,000 
28 Ramon Castro  $214,000 
29 Pablo Ozuna  $202,000 
30 Jason Grilli  $200,000 
31 Nate Rolison  $200,000 
Florida Marlins 2001 payroll based on this was $35,762,500.
2001 Houston Astros 2001 Houston Astros
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Craig Biggio  $7,750,000 
2 Shane Reynolds  $7,166,667 
3 Jeff Bagwell  $6,500,000 
4 Jose Lima  $6,250,000 
5 Moises Alou  $5,250,000 
6 Billy Wagner  $5,000,000 
7 Brad Ausmus  $4,250,000 
8 Richard Hidalgo  $3,500,000 
9 Doug Brocail  $2,300,000 
10 Kent Bottenfield  $2,000,000 
11 Bill Spiers  $1,700,000 
12 Jay Powell  $1,600,000 
13 Jose Vizcaino  $1,500,000 
14 Tony Eusebio  $1,300,000 
15 Mike Jackson  $750,000 
16 Charlie Hayes  $500,000 
17 Scott Elarton  $400,000 
18 Lance Berkman  $305,000 
19 Octavio Dotel  $305,000 
20 Orlando Merced  $300,000 
21 Daryle Ward  $287,500 
22 Nelson Cruz  $285,000 
23 Glen Barker  $270,000 
24 Julio Lugo  $245,000 
25 Wade Miller  $241,000 
26 Chris Truby  $237,500 
27 Scott Linebrink  $210,000 
28 Wayne Franklin  $210,000 
Houston Astros 2001 payroll based on this was $60,612,667.
2001 Kansas City Royals 2001 Kansas City Royals
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Roberto Hernandez  $6,000,000 
2 Mike Sweeney  $5,000,000 
3 Jermaine Dye  $3,800,000 
4 Jose Rosado  $3,250,000 
5 Jeff Suppan  $2,350,000 
6 Joe Randa  $2,300,000 
7 Rey Sanchez  $2,300,000 
8 Brian Meadows  $1,900,000 
9 Doug Henry  $1,200,000 
10 Gregg Zaun  $1,150,000 
11 Luis Alicea  $800,000 
12 David McCarty  $750,000 
13 Jason Grimsley  $750,000 
14 Carlos Beltran  $425,000 
15 Mac Suzuki  $320,000 
16 Carlos Febles  $310,000 
17 Mark Quinn  $280,000 
18 Blake Stein  $275,000 
19 Dan Reichert  $265,000 
20 A.J. Hinch  $260,000 
21 Jose Santiago  $260,000 
22 Luis Ordaz  $235,000 
23 Hector Ortiz  $230,000 
24 Dee Brown  $205,000 
25 Kris Wilson  $205,000 
26 Orber Moreno  $202,500 
27 Scott Mullen  $200,000 
28 Tony Cogan  $200,000 
Kansas City Royals 2001 payroll based on this was $35,422,500.
2001 Los Angeles Dodgers 2001 Los Angeles Dodgers
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Kevin Brown  $15,714,286 
2 Shawn Green  $12,166,667 
3 Gary Sheffield  $9,916,667 
4 Chan Ho Park  $9,900,000 
5 Darren Dreifort  $9,400,000 
6 Carlos Perez  $7,833,333 
7 Eric Karros  $7,500,000 
8 Jeff Shaw  $6,383,333 
9 Andy Ashby  $6,000,000 
10 Marquis Grissom  $5,000,000 
11 Mark Grudzielanek  $4,000,000 
12 Tom Goodwin  $3,416,667 
13 Terry Adams  $2,600,000 
14 Gregg Olson  $1,750,000 
15 Mike Fetters  $1,725,000 
16 Adrian Beltre  $1,250,000 
17 Chad Kreuter  $900,000 
18 Dave Hansen  $625,000 
19 Tim Bogar  $525,000 
20 Jeff Reboulet  $450,000 
21 Chris Donnels  $300,000 
22 Matt Herges  $250,000 
23 Alex Cora  $240,000 
24 Paul Lo Duca  $230,000 
25 Eric Gagne  $220,000 
26 Angel Pena  $210,000 
27 Hiram Bocachica  $200,000 
28 Jose Antonio Nunez  $200,000 
29 Luke Prokopec  $200,000 
Los Angeles Dodgers 2001 payroll based on this was $109,105,953.
2001 Milwaukee Brewers 2001 Milwaukee Brewers
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Jeffrey Hammonds  $6,500,000 
2 Jeromy Burnitz  $5,512,500 
3 Devon White  $5,000,000 
4 Mark Loretta  $3,500,000 
5 Jose Hernandez  $3,333,333 
6 Jamey Wright  $2,350,000 
7 Jeff D'Amico  $2,300,000 
8 Curt Leskanic  $2,200,000 
9 Jimmy Haynes  $2,200,000 
10 Tyler Houston  $1,375,000 
11 Dave Weathers  $1,200,000 
12 Geoff Jenkins  $1,187,500 
13 Richie Sexson  $1,125,000 
14 Mike DeJean  $910,000 
15 Henry Blanco  $712,500 
16 Luis Lopez  $700,000 
17 Tony Fernandez  $600,000 
18 Mark Leiter  $500,000 
19 Raul Casanova  $400,000 
20 Ron Belliard  $310,000 
21 James Mouton  $300,000 
22 Angel Echevarria  $280,000 
23 Valerio de los Santos  $275,000 
24 Will Cunnane  $255,000 
25 Paul Rigdon  $225,000 
26 Ray King  $220,000 
27 Everett Stull  $216,000 
28 Ben Sheets  $200,000 
Milwaukee Brewers 2001 payroll based on this was $43,886,833.
2001 Minnesota Twins 2001 Minnesota Twins
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Brad Radke  $7,750,000 
2 Matt Lawton  $3,900,000 
3 Eric Milton  $2,150,000 
4 Eddie Guardado  $1,800,000 
5 LaTroy Hawkins  $1,450,000 
6 Bob Wells  $1,100,000 
7 Dennis Hocking  $900,000 
8 Hector Carrasco  $400,000 
9 Tom Prince  $400,000 
10 Cristian Guzman  $325,000 
11 Corey Koskie  $300,000 
12 Jacque Jones  $275,000 
13 David Ortiz  $260,000 
14 Joe Mays  $260,000 
15 Travis Miller  $255,000 
16 Chad Allen  $240,000 
17 Jay Canizaro  $235,000 
18 Mark Redman  $235,000 
19 Torii Hunter  $230,000 
20 Doug Mientkiewicz  $215,000 
21 Jason Maxwell  $215,000 
22 Johan Santana  $212,500 
23 A.J. Pierzynski  $210,000 
24 J.C. Romero  $207,500 
25 Brian Buchanan  $205,000 
26 John Barnes  $200,000 
27 Luis Rivas  $200,000 
Minnesota Twins 2001 payroll based on this was $24,130,000.
2001 Montreal Expos 2001 Montreal Expos
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Vladimir Guerrero  $6,000,000 
2 Ugueth Urbina  $4,200,000 
3 Lee Stevens  $4,000,000 
4 Graeme Lloyd  $3,000,000 
5 Fernando Tatis  $2,750,000 
6 Hideki Irabu  $2,500,000 
7 Jose Vidro  $2,500,000 
8 Javier Vazquez  $2,000,000 
9 Carl Pavano  $1,300,000 
10 Anthony Telford  $1,225,000 
11 Chris Peters  $450,000 
12 Mike Mordecai  $375,000 
13 Tim Raines  $350,000 
14 Orlando Cabrera  $340,000 
15 Sandy Martinez  $320,000 
16 Randy Knorr  $310,000 
17 Mike Thurman  $300,000 
18 Michael Barrett  $285,000 
19 Geoff Blum  $260,000 
20 Scott Strickland  $250,000 
21 Peter Bergeron  $242,500 
22 Guillermo Mota  $233,000 
23 Fernando Seguignol  $231,500 
24 Tony Armas  $230,000 
25 Scott Downs  $225,000 
26 Terry Jones  $225,000 
27 Mike Johnson  $220,000 
28 Andy Tracy  $218,000 
29 Britt Reames  $212,500 
30 Milton Bradley  $207,000 
31 Scott Stewart  $200,000 
Montreal Expos 2001 payroll based on this was $35,159,500.
2001 New York Mets 2001 New York Mets
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Mike Piazza  $13,571,429 
2 Al Leiter  $9,750,000 
3 Kevin Appier  $8,500,000 
4 Robin Ventura  $8,000,000 
5 Todd Zeile  $6,833,333 
6 Rick Reed  $6,750,000 
7 Armando Benitez  $5,812,500 
8 Edgardo Alfonzo  $5,750,000 
9 Rey Ordonez  $4,000,000 
10 John Franco  $3,583,333 
11 Darryl Hamilton  $3,333,333 
12 Turk Wendell  $3,100,000 
13 Steve Trachsel  $3,000,000 
14 Dennis Cook  $2,400,000 
15 Glendon Rusch  $1,800,000 
16 Donne Wall  $1,150,000 
17 Rick White  $1,150,000 
18 Lenny Harris  $1,100,000 
19 Todd Pratt  $600,000 
20 Tsuyoshi Shinjo  $500,000 
21 Desi Relaford  $475,000 
22 Jay Payton  $290,000 
23 Brian Rose  $278,000 
24 Bobby Jones  $270,000 
25 Benny Agbayani  $260,000 
26 Rich Croushore  $255,000 
27 Joe McEwing  $252,500 
28 Eric Cammack  $205,000 
29 Timo Perez  $205,000 
New York Mets 2001 payroll based on this was $93,174,428.
2001 New York Yankees 2001 New York Yankees
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Derek Jeter  $12,600,000 
2 Bernie Williams  $12,357,143 
3 Roger Clemens  $10,300,000 
4 Mike Mussina  $10,000,000 
5 Mariano Rivera  $9,150,000 
6 David Justice  $7,800,000 
7 Paul O'Neill  $7,250,000 
8 Andy Pettitte  $7,000,000 
9 Tino Martinez  $6,300,000 
10 Chuck Knoblauch  $6,000,000 
11 Scott Brosius  $5,250,000 
12 Jorge Posada  $4,050,000 
13 Mike Stanton  $2,450,000 
14 Orlando Hernandez  $2,050,000 
15 Allen Watson  $1,700,000 
16 Ramiro Mendoza  $1,600,000 
17 Henry Rodriguez  $1,500,000 
18 Joe Oliver  $1,100,000 
19 Alfonso Soriano  $630,000 
20 Luis Sojo  $500,000 
21 Brian Boehringer  $350,000 
22 Shane Spencer  $320,000 
23 Todd Williams  $320,000 
24 Carlos Almanzar  $270,000 
25 Clay Bellinger  $230,000 
26 Darrell Einertson  $206,000 
27 Michael Coleman  $204,000 
28 Christian Parker  $200,000 
29 D'Angelo Jimenez  $200,000 
30 Randy Choate  $200,000 
31 Scott Seabol  $200,000 
New York Yankees 2001 payroll based on this was $112,287,143.
2001 Oakland Athletics 2001 Oakland Athletics
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Johnny Damon  $7,100,000 
2 Jason Giambi  $4,103,333 
3 Gil Heredia  $3,300,000 
4 Jason Isringhausen  $3,300,000 
5 John Jaha  $3,250,000 
6 Miguel Tejada  $2,025,000 
7 T.J. Mathews  $1,900,000 
8 Mark Guthrie  $1,800,000 
9 Jim Mecir  $1,116,667 
10 Mike Magnante  $900,000 
11 Eric Chavez  $625,000 
12 Tim Hudson  $525,000 
13 Sal Fasano  $375,000 
14 Jeff Tam  $350,000 
15 Olmedo Saenz  $290,000 
16 Robin Jennings  $290,000 
17 Jeremy Giambi  $282,500 
18 Ryan Christenson  $267,500 
19 Ramon Hernandez  $245,000 
20 Terrence Long  $240,750 
21 Barry Zito  $240,000 
22 Mark Mulder  $232,500 
23 Frank Menechino  $225,000 
24 Adam Piatt  $217,500 
25 Mario Valdez  $205,000 
26 Chad Harville  $204,000 
27 Jose Ortiz  $201,000 
Oakland Athletics 2001 payroll based on this was $33,810,750.
2001 Philadelphia Phillies 2001 Philadelphia Phillies
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Mike Lieberthal  $6,333,333 
2 Scott Rolen  $5,500,000 
3 Bobby Abreu  $4,983,000 
4 Doug Glanville  $3,016,667 
5 Robert Person  $2,975,000 
6 Jose Mesa  $2,900,000 
7 Omar Daal  $2,750,000 
8 Rheal Cormier  $2,583,333 
9 Pat Burrell  $1,905,000 
10 Ricky Bottalico  $1,500,000 
11 Wayne Gomes  $925,000 
12 Brian Hunter  $900,000 
13 Travis Lee  $800,000 
14 Chris Brock  $700,000 
15 Kevin Jordan  $700,000 
16 Rob Ducey  $500,000 
17 Amaury Telemaco  $375,000 
18 Randy Wolf  $365,000 
19 Bruce Chen  $300,000 
20 Marlon Anderson  $280,000 
21 Tomas Perez  $280,000 
22 Gary Bennett  $237,500 
23 Vicente Padilla  $230,000 
24 Cliff Politte  $225,000 
25 Eddie Oropesa  $200,000 
26 Jimmy Rollins  $200,000 
Philadelphia Phillies 2001 payroll based on this was $41,663,833.
2001 Pittsburgh Pirates 2001 Pittsburgh Pirates
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Brian Giles  $7,333,333 
2 Kevin Young  $6,125,000 
3 Jason Kendall  $5,100,000 
4 Derek Bell  $5,000,000 
5 Omar Olivares  $4,000,000 
6 Francisco Cordova  $3,850,000 
7 Pat Meares  $3,790,000 
8 Kris Benson  $3,450,000 
9 Jason Schmidt  $3,200,000 
10 Terry Mulholland  $2,750,000 
11 Todd Ritchie  $1,933,333 
12 John Vander Wal  $1,850,000 
13 Mike Williams  $1,200,000 
14 Mike Benjamin  $925,000 
15 Keith Osik  $887,500 
16 Jose Silva  $795,000 
17 Rich Loiselle  $775,000 
18 Enrique Wilson  $635,000 
19 Josias Manzanillo  $550,000 
20 Marc Wilkins  $500,000 
21 Scott Sauerbeck  $416,667 
22 Adrian Brown  $380,000 
23 John Wehner  $375,000 
24 Aramis Ramirez  $285,000 
25 Jimmy Anderson  $285,000 
26 Abraham Nunez  $275,000 
27 Emil Brown  $265,000 
28 Bronson Arroyo  $225,000 
29 Alex Hernandez  $205,000 
30 Jack Wilson  $200,000 
31 Joe Beimel  $200,000 
Pittsburgh Pirates 2001 payroll based on this was $57,760,833.
2001 San Diego Padres 2001 San Diego Padres
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Trevor Hoffman  $6,750,000 
2 Sterling Hitchcock  $6,000,000 
3 Ryan Klesko  $5,750,000 
4 Woody Williams  $5,083,333 
5 Chris Gomez  $3,000,000 
6 Mark Kotsay  $2,125,000 
7 Tony Gwynn  $2,000,000 
8 Phil Nevin  $1,625,000 
9 Jay Witasick  $800,000 
10 Bobby Jones  $625,000 
11 Dave Magadan  $575,000 
12 Alex Arias  $550,000 
13 Kevin Jarvis  $550,000 
14 Damian Jackson  $350,000 
15 Bubba Trammell  $335,000 
16 Rickey Henderson  $300,000 
17 Rodney Myers  $290,000 
18 Kevin Walker  $255,000 
19 Wiki Gonzalez  $240,000 
20 Adam Eaton  $235,000 
21 Ben Davis  $235,000 
22 Brian Tollberg  $230,000 
23 Tom Davey  $230,000 
24 Carlton Loewer  $225,000 
25 Mike Darr  $215,000 
26 Santiago Perez  $207,000 
27 Dave Maurer  $202,500 
28 Donaldo Mendez  $200,000 
San Diego Padres 2001 payroll based on this was $39,182,833.
2001 San Francisco Giants 2001 San Francisco Giants
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Barry Bonds  $10,300,000 
2 Robb Nen  $6,600,000 
3 Jeff Kent  $6,000,000 
4 J.T. Snow  $5,750,000 
5 Kirk Rueter  $4,866,667 
6 Shawn Estes  $4,725,000 
7 Rich Aurilia  $3,250,000 
8 Livan Hernandez  $3,025,000 
9 Marvin Benard  $2,700,000 
10 Alan Embree  $2,400,000 
11 John Johnstone  $2,175,000 
12 Mark Gardner  $1,750,000 
13 Eric Davis  $1,500,000 
14 Russ Davis  $1,300,000 
15 Tim Worrell  $1,300,000 
16 Felix Rodriguez  $1,037,500 
17 Shawon Dunston  $1,000,000 
18 Russ Ortiz  $912,500 
19 Benito Santiago  $500,000 
20 Felipe Crespo  $425,000 
21 Armando Rios  $310,000 
22 Bobby Estalella  $310,000 
23 Ramon Martinez  $300,000 
24 Calvin Murray  $222,500 
25 Aaron Fultz  $220,000 
26 Pedro Feliz  $201,000 
27 Damon Minor  $200,000 
San Francisco Giants 2001 payroll based on this was $63,280,167.
2001 Seattle Mariners 2001 Seattle Mariners
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Aaron Sele  $7,000,000 
2 John Olerud  $6,700,000 
3 Jamie Moyer  $6,500,000 
4 Ichiro Suzuki  $5,666,667 
5 Edgar Martinez  $5,500,000 
6 Al Martin  $5,000,000 
7 Kazuhiro Sasaki  $4,666,667 
8 Dan Wilson  $4,400,000 
9 Mike Cameron  $3,416,667 
10 Jeff Nelson  $3,333,333 
11 Arthur Rhodes  $3,250,000 
12 Bret Boone  $3,250,000 
13 David Bell  $2,200,000 
14 Mark McLemore  $2,000,000 
15 Jay Buhner  $1,850,000 
16 Chris Widger  $1,700,000 
17 Paul Abbott  $1,700,000 
18 Stan Javier  $1,500,000 
19 Brett Tomko  $1,100,000 
20 Tom Lampkin  $1,100,000 
21 Jose Paniagua  $837,500 
22 Freddy Garcia  $425,000 
23 John Halama  $425,000 
24 Carlos Guillen  $285,000 
25 Gil Meche  $275,000 
26 Charles Gipson  $235,000 
27 Anthony Sanders  $202,500 
28 Ryan Franklin  $202,500 
Seattle Mariners 2001 payroll based on this was $74,720,834.
2001 St. Louis Cardinals 2001 St. Louis Cardinals
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Mark McGwire  $11,000,000 
2 Ray Lankford  $8,100,000 
3 Andy Benes  $6,666,667 
4 Darryl Kile  $6,666,667 
5 Jim Edmonds  $6,333,333 
6 Dustin Hermanson  $5,333,333 
7 Edgar Renteria  $4,500,000 
8 Fernando Vina  $4,333,333 
9 Mike Timlin  $4,250,000 
10 Carlos Hernandez  $3,500,000 
11 J.D. Drew  $2,750,000 
12 Dave Veres  $1,900,000 
13 Jason Christiansen  $1,600,000 
14 Mike James  $1,525,000 
15 Craig Paquette  $1,500,000 
16 Matt Morris  $1,200,000 
17 Chad Hutchinson  $1,175,000 
18 Garrett Stephenson  $1,025,000 
19 Bobby Bonilla  $900,000 
20 Mike Matheny  $900,000 
21 Steve Kline  $750,000 
22 Jeff Tabaka  $400,000 
23 Rick Ankiel  $400,000 
24 Eli Marrero  $375,000 
25 Placido Polanco  $320,000 
26 Larry Sutton  $305,000 
27 Mike Matthews  $225,000 
28 Gene Stechschulte  $205,000 
29 Albert Pujols  $200,000 
30 Luther Hackman  $200,000 
St. Louis Cardinals 2001 payroll based on this was $78,538,333.
2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Wilson Alvarez  $9,000,000 
2 Greg Vaughn  $8,250,000 
3 Vinny Castilla  $7,250,000 
4 Fred McGriff  $6,500,000 
5 Juan Guzman  $6,000,000 
6 Gerald Williams  $3,000,000 
7 John Flaherty  $3,000,000 
8 Albie Lopez  $2,975,000 
9 Ben Grieve  $2,750,000 
10 Bryan Rekar  $1,400,000 
11 Jose Guillen  $975,000 
12 Mike Difelice  $775,000 
13 Ken Hill  $750,000 
14 Ariel Prieto<