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"Baseball has prostituted itself. Pretty soon we'll be starting games at midnight so the people in outer space can watch on prime-time television."

--Ray Kroc, San Diego Padres owner on the influence of TV (1977)

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2003 Individual Salaries by Team

This is an individual salary listings by team for the 2003 season. Note that this list is not complete, though it does represent the best available information. You can also view figures for 2002 or 2004. Other financial information is available for many seasons using the tool on the right.

2003 Anaheim Angels 2003 Anaheim Angels

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Kevin Appier $11,500,000
2 Tim Salmon $9,900,000
3 Aaron Sele $8,166,667
4 Troy Percival $7,833,333
5 Darin Erstad $7,250,000
6 Troy Glaus $7,250,000
7 Garret Anderson $5,350,000
8 Scott Spiezio $4,250,000
9 Jarrod Washburn $3,875,000
10 Adam Kennedy $2,270,000
11 Ramon Ortiz $2,266,667
12 Bengie Molina $1,425,000
13 Scott Schoeneweis $1,425,000
14 Brad Fullmer $1,000,000
15 Eric Owens $925,000
16 Benji Gil $725,000
17 David Eckstein $425,000
18 Ben Weber $375,000
19 Shawn Wooten $337,500
20 Brendan Donnelly $325,000
21 Jose Molina $320,000
22 John Lackey $315,000
23 Francisco Rodriguez $312,500
24 Scot Shields $305,000
25 Matt Wise $302,500
26 Mickey Callaway $302,500
27 Julio Ramirez $300,000

Anaheim Angels 2003 payroll based on this was $79,031,667.

2003 Arizona Diamondbacks 2003 Arizona Diamondbacks

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Randy Johnson $15,000,000
2 Curt Schilling $10,000,000
3 Matt Williams $10,000,000
4 Matt Mantei $7,083,333
5 Tony Womack $6,000,000
6 Steve Finley $4,250,000
7 Luis Gonzalez $4,000,000
8 Miguel Batista $3,375,000
9 Byung-Hyun Kim $3,250,000
10 Danny Bautista $3,000,000
11 Elmer Dessens $3,000,000
12 Craig Counsell $2,516,667
13 Mark Grace $1,750,000
14 Mike Myers $1,750,000
15 Quinton McCracken $1,750,000
16 David Dellucci $900,000
17 Carlos Baerga $500,000
18 Junior Spivey $432,000
19 Bret Prinz $300,000
20 Chad Moeller $300,000
21 Lyle Overbay $300,000
22 Mike Koplove $300,000
23 Oscar Villarreal $300,000
24 Rod Barajas $300,000
25 Stephen Randolph $300,000

Arizona Diamondbacks 2003 payroll based on this was $80,657,000.

2003 Atlanta Braves 2003 Atlanta Braves

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Greg Maddux $14,750,000
2 Mike Hampton $13,625,000
3 Chipper Jones $13,333,333
4 Andruw Jones $12,000,000
5 Gary Sheffield $11,416,667
6 John Smoltz $10,666,667
7 Javy Lopez $7,000,000
8 Vinny Castilla $5,000,000
9 Russ Ortiz $4,662,500
10 Paul Byrd $3,000,000
11 Rafael Furcal $2,200,000
12 Henry Blanco $1,300,000
13 Robert Fick $1,000,000
14 Matt Franco $800,000
15 Darren Holmes $700,000
16 Julio Franco $600,000
17 Ray King $600,000
18 Roberto Hernandez $600,000
19 Darren Bragg $450,000
20 Jason Marquis $368,000
21 Mark DeRosa $340,000
22 Marcus Giles $316,500
23 Kevin Gryboski $315,000
24 Horacio Ramirez $300,000
25 Joey Dawley $300,000
26 Jung Bong $300,000
27 Trey Hodges $300,000

Atlanta Braves 2003 payroll based on this was $106,243,667.

2003 Baltimore Orioles 2003 Baltimore Orioles

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Albert Belle $13,000,000
2 Scott Erickson $7,030,000
3 David Segui $7,000,000
4 Tony Batista $6,400,000
5 Jeff Conine $4,250,000
6 Sidney Ponson $4,250,000
7 Brook Fordyce $3,500,000
8 Willis Roberts $3,500,000
9 Marty Cordova $3,100,000
10 Buddy Groom $3,000,000
11 Omar Daal $3,000,000
12 Jason Johnson $2,900,000
13 Melvin Mora $1,725,000
14 Jerry Hairston $1,550,000
15 Kerry Ligtenberg $1,200,000
16 Pat Hentgen $1,200,000
17 B.J. Surhoff $1,000,000
18 Deivi Cruz $1,000,000
19 Rick Helling $1,000,000
20 Gary Matthews $900,000
21 B.J. Ryan $762,500
22 Jay Gibbons $375,000
23 Jorge Julio $350,000
24 Geronimo Gil $330,000
25 Rick Bauer $325,000
26 Rodrigo Lopez $325,000
27 Jose Leon $305,000
28 Erik Bedard $300,000
29 Jose Morban $300,000

Baltimore Orioles 2003 payroll based on this was $73,877,500.

2003 Boston Red Sox 2003 Boston Red Sox

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Manny Ramirez $20,000,000
2 Pedro Martinez $15,500,000
3 Nomar Garciaparra $11,000,000
4 Johnny Damon $7,500,000
5 John Burkett $5,500,000
6 Jason Varitek $4,700,000
7 Tim Wakefield $4,000,000
8 Trot Nixon $4,000,000
9 Derek Lowe $3,625,000
10 Todd Walker $3,450,000
11 Alan Embree $3,000,000
12 Ramiro Mendoza $2,900,000
13 Bill Mueller $2,100,000
14 Jeremy Giambi $2,000,000
15 Kevin Millar $2,000,000
16 Mike Timlin $1,850,000
17 Bobby Howry $1,700,000
18 David Ortiz $1,250,000
19 Doug Mirabelli $805,000
20 Damian Jackson $625,000
21 Chad Fox $500,000
22 Shea Hillenbrand $407,500
23 Casey Fossum $324,500
24 Brandon Lyon $309,500
25 Dicky Gonzalez $300,000
26 Matt White $300,000
27 Robert Person $300,000

Boston Red Sox 2003 payroll based on this was $99,946,500.

2003 Chicago Cubs 2003 Chicago Cubs

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Sammy Sosa $16,000,000
2 Moises Alou $9,500,000
3 Eric Karros $8,375,000
4 Kerry Wood $6,190,000
5 Alex Gonzalez $5,750,000
6 Mark Grudzielanek $5,500,000
7 Antonio Alfonseca $4,000,000
8 Matt Clement $4,000,000
9 Shawn Estes $3,000,000
10 Damian Miller $2,700,000
11 Mike Remlinger $2,633,333
12 Dave Veres $2,000,000
13 Mark Guthrie $1,600,000
14 Mark Prior $1,450,000
15 Lenny Harris $800,000
16 Ramon Martinez $800,000
17 Paul Bako $750,000
18 Troy O'Leary $750,000
19 Tom Goodwin $635,000
20 Kyle Farnsworth $600,000
21 Mark Bellhorn $465,000
22 Joe Borowski $410,000
23 Corey Patterson $365,000