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2005 Individual Salaries by Team

This is an individual salary listings by team for the 2005 season. Note that this list is not complete, though it does represent the best available information. You can also view figures for 2004 or previous seasons. Other financial information is available for many seasons using the tool on the right.

2005 Arizona Diamondbacks 2005 Arizona Diamondbacks

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Javier Vazquez $11,000,000
2 Luis Gonzalez $10,083,333
3 Troy Glaus $9,000,000
4 Shawn Green $7,833,333
5 Russ Ortiz $7,375,000
6 Jose Cruz $4,000,000
7 Shawn Estes $2,500,000
8 Craig Counsell $1,350,000
9 Royce Clayton $1,350,000
10 Mike Koplove $825,000
11 Quinton McCracken $750,000
12 Tony Clark $750,000
13 Brandon Webb $715,000
14 Randy Choate $550,000
15 Alex Cintron $360,000
16 Chad Tracy $335,000
17 Jose Valverde $335,000
18 Brandon Lyon $330,000
19 Matt Kata $330,000
20 Greg Aquino $325,000
21 Brian Bruney $322,500
22 Luis Terrero $321,000
23 Chris Snyder $318,000
24 Jerry Gil $318,000
25 Koyie Hill $318,000
26 Brad Halsey $317,500
27 Mike Gosling $317,500

Arizona Diamondbacks 2005 payroll based on this was $62,329,166.

2005 Atlanta Braves 2005 Atlanta Braves

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Chipper Jones $16,061,802
2 Mike Hampton $15,125,000
3 Andruw Jones $13,000,000
4 John Smoltz $9,000,000
5 Tim Hudson $6,500,000
6 Rafael Furcal $5,600,000
7 John Thomson $4,250,000
8 Danny Kolb $3,400,000
9 Marcus Giles $2,350,000
10 Tom Martin $1,900,000
11 Chris Reitsma $1,650,000
12 Julio Franco $1,000,000
13 Raul Mondesi $1,000,000
14 Kevin Gryboski $877,500
15 Jorge Sosa $650,000
16 Eddie Perez $625,000
17 Brian Jordan $600,000
18 Johnny Estrada $460,000
19 Adam Bernero $450,000
20 Horacio Ramirez $370,000
21 Adam LaRoche $337,500
22 Roman Colon $318,500
23 Ryan Langerhans $316,000
24 Wilson Betemit $316,000
25 Pete Orr $300,000

Atlanta Braves 2005 payroll based on this was $86,457,302.

2005 Baltimore Orioles 2005 Baltimore Orioles

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Sammy Sosa $17,000,000
2 Miguel Tejada $11,000,000
3 Sidney Ponson $8,500,000
4 Javy Lopez $7,500,000
5 Melvin Mora $3,833,333
6 Rafael Palmeiro $3,000,000
7 B.J. Ryan $2,600,000
8 Jay Gibbons $2,600,000
9 Jorge Julio $2,500,000
10 Steve Kline $2,500,000
11 Rodrigo Lopez $2,375,000
12 Jason Grimsley $2,000,000
13 B.J. Surhoff $1,100,000
14 Luis Matos $1,025,000
15 Steve Reed $900,000
16 Chris Gomez $850,000
17 John Parrish $612,500
18 Bruce Chen $550,000
19 Brian Roberts $390,000
20 Larry Bigbie $380,000
21 David Newhan $365,000
22 Rick Bauer $350,000
23 Todd Williams $347,500
24 Geronimo Gil $342,500
25 Erik Bedard $330,000
26 Daniel Cabrera $325,000
27 Kurt Ainsworth $322,500
28 Val Majewski $316,000

Baltimore Orioles 2005 payroll based on this was $73,914,333.

2005 Boston Red Sox 2005 Boston Red Sox

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Manny Ramirez $22,000,000
2 Curt Schilling $14,500,000
3 Johnny Damon $8,250,000
4 Edgar Renteria $8,000,000
5 Jason Varitek $8,000,000
6 Keith Foulke $7,500,000
7 Trot Nixon $7,500,000
8 Matt Clement $6,500,000
9 David Ortiz $5,250,000
10 Tim Wakefield $4,670,000
11 David Wells $4,075,000
12 Jay Payton $3,500,000
13 Kevin Millar $3,500,000
14 Alan Embree $3,000,000
15 Mark Bellhorn $2,750,000
16 Mike Timlin $2,750,000
17 Bill Mueller $2,500,000
18 Bronson Arroyo $1,850,000
19 Doug Mirabelli $1,500,000
20 Wade Miller $1,500,000
21 John Halama $850,000
22 Matt Mantei $750,000
23 Ramon Vazquez $700,000
24 Mike Myers $600,000
25 David McCarty $550,000
26 Kevin Youkilis $323,125
27 Blaine Neal $321,000
28 Adam Stern $316,000

Boston Red Sox 2005 payroll based on this was $123,505,125.

2005 Chicago Cubs 2005 Chicago Cubs

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Kerry Wood $9,500,000
2 Greg Maddux $9,000,000
3 Aramis Ramirez $8,950,000
4 Nomar Garciaparra $8,250,000
5 Derrek Lee $7,666,667
6 Jeromy Burnitz $4,500,000
7 LaTroy Hawkins $4,500,000
8 Mike Remlinger $4,233,333
9 Carlos Zambrano $3,760,000
10 Mark Prior $3,550,000
11 Michael Barrett $3,133,333
12 Corey Patterson $2,800,000
13 Todd Walker $2,500,000
14 Joe Borowski $2,300,000
15 Glendon Rusch $2,000,000
16 Ryan Dempster $2,000,000
17 Jerry Hairston $1,800,000
18 Henry Blanco $1,200,000
19 Neifi Perez $1,000,000
20 Todd Hollandsworth $900,000
21 Jose Macias $825,000
22 Chad Fox $575,000
23 Scott Williamson $500,000
24 Todd Wellemeyer $329,000
25 Michael Wuertz $322,000
26 Jason Dubois $320,000
27 Cliff Bartosh $318,600
28 Jon Leicester $300,000

Chicago Cubs 2005 payroll based on this was $87,032,933.

2005 Chicago White Sox 2005 Chicago White Sox

RANK NAME SALARY

1 Paul Konerko $8,750,000
2 Jose Contreras $8,500,000
3 Frank Thomas $8,000,000
4 Freddy Garcia $8,000,000
5 Mark Buehrle $6,000,000
6 Carl Everett $4,000,000
7 Jermaine Dye $4,000,000
8 Orlando Hernandez $3,500,000
9 Jon Garland $3,400,000
10 Shingo Takatsu $2,500,000
11 Tadahito Iguchi $2,300,000
12 A.J. Pierzynski $2,250,000
13 Juan Uribe $2,150,000
14 Aaron Rowand $2,000,000
15 Dustin Hermanson $2,000,000
16 Luis Vizcaino $1,300,000
17 Damaso Marte $1,250,000
18 Cliff Politte $1,000,000
19 Timo Perez $1,000,000
20 Scott Podsednik $700,000
21 Chris Widger $500,000
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