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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 
22 Joe Crede  $400,000 
23 Willie Harris  $365,000 
24 Ross Gload  $335,000 
25 Neal Cotts  $330,000 
26 Pablo Ozuna  $330,000 
27 Felix Diaz  $318,000 
Chicago White Sox 2005 payroll based on this was $75,178,000.
2005 Cincinnati Reds 2005 Cincinnati Reds
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Ken Griffey  $12,500,000 
2 Sean Casey  $7,800,000 
3 Danny Graves  $6,250,000 
4 Eric Milton  $5,333,333 
5 Adam Dunn  $4,600,000 
6 Paul Wilson  $3,600,000 
7 Ramon Ortiz  $3,550,000 
8 Jason LaRue  $3,000,000 
9 D'Angelo Jimenez  $2,870,000 
10 Joe Randa  $2,150,000 
11 Dave Weathers  $1,250,000 
12 Kent Mercker  $1,250,000 
13 Austin Kearns  $930,000 
14 Ben Weber  $600,000 
15 Rich Aurilia  $600,000 
16 Jacob Cruz  $500,000 
17 Javier Valentin  $450,000 
18 Aaron Harang  $440,000 
19 Wily Mo Pena  $440,000 
20 Felipe Lopez  $415,000 
21 Ryan Freel  $405,000 
22 Ryan Wagner  $380,000 
23 Jung Bong  $340,000 
24 Josh Hancock  $327,250 
25 Ray Olmedo  $322,000 
26 Brandon Claussen  $320,000 
27 Joe Valentine  $320,000 
28 Luke Hudson  $318,000 
29 Andy Machado  $316,000 
30 Matt Belisle  $316,000 
Cincinnati Reds 2005 payroll based on this was $61,892,583.
2005 Cleveland Indians 2005 Cleveland Indians
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Kevin Millwood  $7,000,000 
2 C.C. Sabathia  $5,250,000 
3 Arthur Rhodes  $3,700,000 
4 Aaron Boone  $3,000,000 
5 Jake Westbrook  $2,900,000 
6 Bob Wickman  $2,750,000 
7 Ron Belliard  $2,500,000 
8 Casey Blake  $2,250,000 
9 Jose Hernandez  $1,800,000 
10 David Riske  $1,425,000 
11 Alex Cora  $1,300,000 
12 Bobby Howry  $900,000 
13 Scott Elarton  $850,000 
14 Juan Gonzalez  $600,000 
15 Scott Sauerbeck  $500,000 
16 Travis Hafner  $377,400 
17 Victor Martinez  $372,100 
18 Ben Broussard  $365,000 
19 Coco Crisp  $364,900 
20 Jody Gerut  $356,200 
21 Cliff Lee  $345,000 
22 Jason Davis  $341,700 
23 Rafael Betancourt  $338,600 
24 Matt Miller  $329,700 
25 Grady Sizemore  $318,300 
26 Josh Bard  $317,900 
27 Ryan Ludwick  $317,500 
28 Jhonny Peralta  $316,700 
29 Jason Stanford  $316,500 
Cleveland Indians 2005 payroll based on this was $41,502,500.
2005 Colorado Rockies 2005 Colorado Rockies
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Todd Helton  $12,600,000 
2 Preston Wilson  $12,500,000 
3 Byung-Hyun Kim  $6,575,000 
4 Jason Jennings  $2,400,000 
5 Shawn Chacon  $2,350,000 
6 Joe Kennedy  $2,200,000 
7 Desi Relaford  $950,000 
8 Dustan Mohr  $950,000 
9 Todd Greene  $650,000 
10 Jamey Wright  $550,000 
11 Matt Holliday  $366,000 
12 Brian Fuentes  $328,000 
13 Aaron Cook  $326,000 
14 Aaron Miles  $326,000 
15 Luis A. Gonzalez  $324,000 
16 Javier Lopez  $321,000 
17 Alfredo Amezaga  $320,000 
18 Scott Dohmann  $319,000 
19 Allan Simpson  $318,000 
20 Brad Hawpe  $317,000 
21 Chin-hui Tsao  $317,000 
22 Clint Barmes  $317,000 
23 Garrett Atkins  $317,000 
24 J.D. Closser  $317,000 
25 Jeff Francis  $317,000 
26 Cory Sullivan  $316,000 
27 Jeff Baker  $316,000 
28 Marcos Carvajal  $316,000 
29 Ryan Speier  $316,000 
Colorado Rockies 2005 payroll based on this was $47,839,000.
2005 Detroit Tigers 2005 Detroit Tigers
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Bobby Higginson  $8,850,000 
2 Dmitri Young  $8,000,000 
3 Ivan Rodriguez  $8,000,000 
4 Magglio Ordonez  $7,200,000 
5 Troy Percival  $6,000,000 
6 Carlos Guillen  $4,000,000 
7 Jason Johnson  $4,000,000 
8 Ugueth Urbina  $4,000,000 
9 Rondell White  $3,250,000 
10 Fernando Vina  $3,000,000 
11 Carlos Pena  $2,575,000 
12 Kyle Farnsworth  $1,975,000 
13 Brandon Inge  $1,350,000 
14 Ramon Martinez  $1,025,000 
15 Jamie Walker  $900,000 
16 Vance Wilson  $760,000 
17 Mike Maroth  $405,000 
18 Craig Monroe  $400,000 
19 Jeremy Bonderman  $400,000 
20 Nate Robertson  $355,000 
21 Omar Infante  $355,000 
22 Colby Lewis  $339,500 
23 Wilfredo Ledezma  $335,000 
24 Matt Ginter  $333,000 
25 Jason Smith  $325,000 
26 Franklyn German  $321,000 
27 Nook Logan  $320,000 
28 Fernando Rodney  $318,500 
Detroit Tigers 2005 payroll based on this was $69,092,000.
2005 Florida Marlins 2005 Florida Marlins
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Mike Lowell  $7,500,000 
2 Al Leiter  $7,000,000 
3 Luis Castillo  $5,166,667 
4 Paul Lo Duca  $4,666,667 
5 Juan Encarnacion  $4,435,000 
6 Carlos Delgado  $4,000,000 
7 Juan Pierre  $3,700,000 
8 A.J. Burnett  $3,650,000 
9 Alex Gonzalez  $3,400,000 
10 Jeff Conine  $3,000,000 
11 Guillermo Mota  $2,600,000 
12 Josh Beckett  $2,400,000 
13 Ismael Valdez  $1,500,000 
14 Jim Mecir  $1,100,000 
15 Todd Jones  $1,100,000 
16 Damion Easley  $750,000 
17 John Riedling  $750,000 
18 Matt Perisho  $475,000 
19 Lenny Harris  $425,000 
20 Brian Moehler  $400,000 
21 Dontrelle Willis  $378,500 
22 Miguel Cabrera  $370,000 
23 Nate Bump  $360,000 
24 Tim Spooneybarger  $350,000 
25 Chris Aguila  $316,000 
26 Matt Treanor  $316,000 
27 Antonio Alfonseca  $300,000 
Florida Marlins 2005 payroll based on this was $60,408,834.
2005 Houston Astros 2005 Houston Astros
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Jeff Bagwell  $18,000,000 
2 Roger Clemens  $18,000,000 
3 Lance Berkman  $10,500,000 
4 Andy Pettitte  $8,500,000 
5 Roy Oswalt  $5,900,000 
6 Brad Ausmus  $3,000,000 
7 Craig Biggio  $3,000,000 
8 Mike Lamb  $1,300,000 
9 Jose Vizcaino  $1,250,000 
10 Orlando Palmeiro  $800,000 
11 John Franco  $700,000 
12 Russ Springer  $550,000 
13 Brad Lidge  $500,000 
14 Brandon Duckworth  $500,000 
15 Morgan Ensberg  $450,000 
16 Adam Everett  $445,000 
17 Chad Harville  $365,000 
18 Dan Wheeler  $365,000 
19 Raul Chavez  $360,000 
20 Brandon Backe  $350,000 
21 Jason Lane  $345,000 
22 Eric Bruntlett  $335,000 
23 Chad Qualls  $316,000 
24 Chris Burke  $316,000 
25 Luke Scott  $316,000 
26 Willy Taveras  $316,000 
Houston Astros 2005 payroll based on this was $76,779,000.
2005 Kansas City Royals 2005 Kansas City Royals
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Mike Sweeney  $11,000,000 
2 Terrence Long  $4,875,000 
3 Brian Anderson  $3,250,000 
4 Eli Marrero  $3,200,000 
5 Scott Sullivan  $2,600,000 
6 Jose Lima  $2,500,000 
7 Matt Stairs  $1,200,000 
8 Tony Graffanino  $1,100,000 
9 Jeremy Affeldt  $950,000 
10 Angel Berroa  $500,000 
11 Alberto Castillo  $450,000 
12 Chris Truby  $360,000 
13 Emil Brown  $355,000 
14 Mike MacDougal  $352,000 
15 Jaime Cerda  $341,500 
16 Zack Greinke  $330,500 
17 Nate Field  $327,500 
18 Runelvys Hernandez  $325,000 
19 Calvin Pickering  $323,500 
20 David DeJesus  $320,000 
21 Shawn Camp  $319,500 
22 Mike Wood  $319,000 
23 John Buck  $318,500 
24 Andrew Sisco  $316,000 
25 Denny Bautista  $316,000 
26 Mark Teahen  $316,000 
27 Ruben Gotay  $316,000 
Kansas City Royals 2005 payroll based on this was $36,881,000.
2005 Los Angeles Angels 2005 Los Angeles Angels
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Vladimir Guerrero  $12,500,000 
2 Tim Salmon  $10,150,000 
3 Bartolo Colon  $10,000,000 
4 Garret Anderson  $9,600,000 
5 Darin Erstad  $8,250,000 
6 Jarrod Washburn  $6,500,000 
7 Kelvim Escobar  $6,250,000 
8 Orlando Cabrera  $6,000,000 
9 Steve Finley  $6,000,000 
10 Paul Byrd  $5,000,000 
11 Adam Kennedy  $3,000,000 
12 Bengie Molina  $3,000,000 
13 Esteban Yan  $1,000,000 
14 Jeff Davanon  $925,000 
15 Scot Shields  $925,000 
16 Jose Molina  $725,000 
17 Lou Merloni  $500,000 
18 Josh Paul  $450,000 
19 Francisco Rodriguez  $440,000 
20 John Lackey  $440,000 
21 Brendan Donnelly  $420,000 
22 Chone Figgins  $390,000 
23 Juan Rivera  $390,000 
24 Kevin Gregg  $360,000 
25 Robb Quinlan  $360,000 
26 Bret Prinz  $342,322 
27 Matt Hensley  $317,500 
28 Maicer Izturis  $317,000 
29 Jake Woods  $316,000 
Los Angeles Angels 2005 payroll based on this was $94,867,822.
2005 Los Angeles Dodgers 2005 Los Angeles Dodgers
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Darren Dreifort  $13,400,000 
2 J.D. Drew  $9,400,000 
3 Jeff Weaver  $9,350,000 
4 Eric Gagne  $8,000,000 
5 Jeff Kent  $7,350,000 
6 Derek Lowe  $7,000,000 
7 Brad Penny  $5,100,000 
8 Odalis Perez  $4,500,000 
9 Jose Valentin  $3,500,000 
10 Milton Bradley  $2,500,000 
11 Cesar Izturis  $2,150,000 
12 Wilson Alvarez  $2,000,000 
13 Elmer Dessens  $1,300,000 
14 Ricky Ledee  $1,000,000 
15 Olmedo Saenz  $650,000 
16 Paul Bako  $650,000 
17 Kelly Wunsch  $550,000 
18 Scott Erickson  $525,000 
19 Giovanni Carrara  $500,000 
20 Hee Seop Choi  $351,500 
21 Jason Phillips  $339,000 
22 Jayson Werth  $337,000 
23 Duaner Sanchez  $332,000 
24 Antonio Perez  $330,000 
25 Buddy Carlyle  $330,000 
26 Jason Grabowski  $327,000 
27 Yhency Brazoban  $319,500 
28 D.J. Houlton  $316,000 
29 Jason Repko  $316,000 
30 Steve Schmoll  $316,000 
Los Angeles Dodgers 2005 payroll based on this was $83,039,000.
2005 Milwaukee Brewers 2005 Milwaukee Brewers
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Carlos Lee  $8,000,000 
2 Geoff Jenkins  $7,333,333 
3 Ben Sheets  $6,000,000 
4 Damian Miller  $3,250,000 
5 Wes Helms  $2,812,500 
6 Junior Spivey  $2,125,000 
7 Doug Davis  $2,050,000 
8 Brady Clark  $1,150,000 
9 Ricky Bottalico  $800,000 
10 Russell Branyan  $800,000 
11 Chad Moeller  $700,000 
12 Lyle Overbay  $446,000 
13 Victor Santos  $420,000 
14 Gary Glover  $390,000 
15 Tommy Phelps  $360,000 
16 Matt Wise  $345,000 
17 Bill Hall  $344,000 
18 Wes Obermueller  $342,000 
19 Chris Capuano  $340,000 
20 Mike Adams  $331,000 
21 Chris Magruder  $325,000 
22 Derrick Turnbow  $322,000 
23 Jorge de la Rosa  $317,000 
24 J.J. Hardy  $316,000 
25 Jeff Cirillo  $316,000 
Milwaukee Brewers 2005 payroll based on this was $39,934,833.
2005 Minnesota Twins 2005 Minnesota Twins
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Brad Radke  $9,000,000 
2 Torii Hunter  $8,000,000 
3 Joe Mays  $7,250,000 
4 Shannon Stewart  $6,000,000 
5 Jacque Jones  $5,000,000 
6 Johan Santana  $4,750,000 
7 Kyle Lohse  $2,400,000 
8 Joe Nathan  $2,100,000 
9 Carlos Silva  $1,750,000 
10 Luis Rivas  $1,625,000 
11 J.C. Romero  $1,250,000 
12 Juan Castro  $1,000,000 
13 Mike Redmond  $900,000 
14 Matt LeCroy  $750,000 
15 Juan Rincon  $440,000 
16 Lew Ford  $385,000 
17 Mike Cuddyer  $347,500 
18 Justin Morneau  $345,000 
19 Grant Balfour  $330,000 
20 Joe Mauer  $325,000 
21 Nick Punto  $325,000 
22 Corky Miller  $321,000 
23 Jesse Crain  $321,000 
24 Michael Ryan  $321,000 
25 Matt Guerrier  $318,500 
26 Jason Bartlett  $316,000 
27 Jason Kubel  $316,000 
Minnesota Twins 2005 payroll based on this was $56,186,000.
2005 New York Mets 2005 New York Mets
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Mike Piazza  $16,071,429 
2 Carlos Beltran  $11,571,429 
3 Pedro Martinez  $10,875,000 
4 Tom Glavine  $10,765,608 
5 Mike Cameron  $7,333,333 
6 Kazuo Matsui  $7,033,333 
7 Steve Trachsel  $6,782,500 
8 Cliff Floyd  $6,616,856 
9 Kris Benson  $5,333,333 
10 Doug Mientkiewicz  $3,750,000 
11 Kazuhisa Ishii  $3,575,000 
12 Victor Zambrano  $2,100,000 
13 Felix Heredia  $1,800,000 
14 Mike DeJean  $1,150,000 
15 Miguel Cairo  $900,000 
16 Braden Looper  $800,000 
17 Chris Woodward  $700,000 
18 Roberto Hernandez  $650,000 
19 Mike Matthews  $500,000 
20 Ramon Castro  $500,000 
21 Dae-Sung Koo  $450,000 
22 Manuel Aybar  $425,000 
23 Eric Valent  $332,000 
24 Jose Reyes  $332,000 
25 David Wright  $322,500 
26 Tyler Yates  $319,500 
27 Bartolome Fortunato  $317,000 
New York Mets 2005 payroll based on this was $101,305,821.
2005 New York Yankees 2005 New York Yankees
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Alex Rodriguez  $26,000,000 
2 Derek Jeter  $19,600,000 
3 Mike Mussina  $19,000,000 
4 Randy Johnson  $16,000,000 
5 Kevin Brown  $15,714,286 
6 Jason Giambi  $13,428,571 
7 Gary Sheffield  $13,000,000 
8 Bernie Williams  $12,357,143 
9 Jorge Posada  $11,000,000 
10 Mariano Rivera  $10,500,000 
11 Carl Pavano  $9,000,000 
12 Hideki Matsui  $8,000,000 
13 Steve Karsay  $6,000,000 
14 Jaret Wright  $5,666,667 
15 Mike Stanton  $4,000,000 
16 Tom Gordon  $3,750,000 
17 Felix Rodriguez  $3,150,000 
18 Paul Quantrill  $3,000,000 
19 Tino Martinez  $2,750,000 
20 Tony Womack  $2,000,000 
21 Ruben Sierra  $1,500,000 
22 Tanyon Sturtze  $850,000 
23 John Flaherty  $800,000 
24 Rey Sanchez  $600,000 
25 Bubba Crosby  $322,950 
26 Andy Phillips  $317,200 
New York Yankees 2005 payroll based on this was $208,306,817.
2005 Oakland Athletics 2005 Oakland Athletics
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Jason Kendall  $10,571,429 
2 Eric Chavez  $8,500,000 
3 Mark Kotsay  $6,500,000 
4 Barry Zito  $5,600,000 
5 Octavio Dotel  $4,750,000 
6 Erubiel Durazo  $4,700,000 
7 Scott Hatteberg  $2,450,000 
8 Eric Byrnes  $2,200,000 
9 Ricardo Rincon  $1,900,000 
10 Chad Bradford  $1,400,000 
11 Bobby Kielty  $875,000 
12 Keiichi Yabu  $750,000 
13 Juan Cruz  $600,000 
14 Keith Ginter  $583,333 
15 Mark Ellis  $400,000 
16 Adam Melhuse  $385,000 
17 Bobby Crosby  $350,000 
18 Rich Harden  $336,500 
19 Kiko Calero  $330,000 
20 Justin Duchscherer  $329,500 
21 Danny Haren  $323,500 
22 Marco Scutaro  $323,500 
23 Charles Thomas  $319,000 
24 Joe Blanton  $316,500 
25 Nick Swisher  $316,500 
26 Huston Street  $316,000 
Oakland Athletics 2005 payroll based on this was $55,425,762.
2005 Philadelphia Phillies 2005 Philadelphia Phillies
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Jim Thome  $13,166,667 
2 Bobby Abreu  $13,100,000 
3 Billy Wagner  $9,000,000 
4 Mike Lieberthal  $7,500,000 
5 Pat Burrell  $7,250,000 
6 Randy Wolf  $6,625,000 
7 Jon Lieber  $5,583,333 
8 David Bell  $4,700,000 
9 Placido Polanco  $4,600,000 
10 Jimmy Rollins  $3,850,000 
11 Vicente Padilla  $3,200,000 
12 Kenny Lofton  $3,100,000 
13 Tim Worrell  $3,050,000 
14 Cory Lidle  $3,000,000 
15 Rheal Cormier  $2,250,000 
16 Jason Michaels  $825,000 
17 Todd Pratt  $750,000 
18 Tomas Perez  $650,000 
19 Aaron Fultz  $550,000 
20 Jose Offerman  $500,000 
21 Terry Adams  $500,000 
22 Brett Myers  $445,000 
23 Ryan Madson  $350,000 
24 Chase Utley  $345,000 
25 Gavin Floyd  $316,000 
26 Pedro Liriano  $316,000 
Philadelphia Phillies 2005 payroll based on this was $95,522,000.
2005 Pittsburgh Pirates 2005 Pittsburgh Pirates
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Matt Lawton  $7,750,000 
2 Mark Redman  $4,500,000 
3 Jack Wilson  $3,250,000 
4 Kip Wells  $3,175,000 
5 Craig Wilson  $3,000,000 
6 Benito Santiago  $2,150,000 
7 Josh Fogg  $2,150,000 
8 Jose Mesa  $2,000,000 
9 Rob Mackowiak  $1,500,000 
10 Brian Meadows  $1,125,000 
11 Salomon Torres  $1,100,000 
12 Daryle Ward  $950,000 
13 Rick White  $475,000 
14 Oliver Perez  $381,000 
15 Jason Bay  $355,000 
16 Ty Wigginton  $342,000 
17 Dave Ross  $338,500 
18 Tike Redman  $336,500 
19 Ryan Vogelsong  $332,000 
20 Dave Williams  $330,000 
21 Mike Gonzalez  $330,000 
22 John Grabow  $327,000 
23 Jose Castillo  $327,000 
24 Bobby Hill  $326,000 
25 Humberto Cota  $324,000 
26 Freddy Sanchez  $322,000 
27 Sean Burnett  $321,000 
28 John Van Benschoten  $316,000 
Pittsburgh Pirates 2005 payroll based on this was $38,133,000.
2005 San Diego Padres 2005 San Diego Padres
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Phil Nevin  $9,625,000 
2 Ryan Klesko  $9,000,000 
3 Brian Giles  $8,333,333 
4 Trevor Hoffman  $5,000,000 
5 Ramon Hernandez  $4,312,500 
6 Adam Eaton  $3,375,000 
7 Darrell May  $3,225,000 
8 Woody Williams  $3,000,000 
9 Mark Loretta  $2,750,000 
10 Brian Lawrence  $2,375,000 
11 Sean Burroughs  $1,675,000 
12 Dave Roberts  $1,350,000 
13 Scott Linebrink  $910,000 
14 Eric Young  $850,000 
15 Akinori Otsuka  $800,000 
16 Chris Hammond  $750,000 
17 Jake Peavy  $750,000 
18 Tim Redding  $750,000 
19 Geoff Blum  $575,000 
20 Mark Sweeney  $575,000 
21 Dennys Reyes  $550,000 
22 Rudy Seanez  $550,000 
23 Xavier Nady  $488,000 
24 Adam Hyzdu  $375,000 
25 Khalil Greene  $355,000 
26 Miguel Asencio  $350,000 
27 Miguel Ojeda  $325,000 
28 Freddy Guzman  $317,000 
San Diego Padres 2005 payroll based on this was $63,290,833.
2005 San Francisco Giants 2005 San Francisco Giants
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Barry Bonds  $22,000,000 
2 Jason Schmidt  $8,187,500 
3 Edgardo Alfonzo  $7,500,000 
4 Moises Alou  $7,250,000 
5 Ray Durham  $7,200,000 
6 Kirk Rueter  $7,133,333 
7 Armando Benitez  $4,966,667 
8 Omar Vizquel  $3,250,000 
9 Marquis Grissom  $2,750,000 
10 Brett Tomko  $2,650,000 
11 Pedro Feliz  $2,325,000 
12 J.T. Snow  $2,000,000 
13 Michael Tucker  $2,000,000 
14 Mike Matheny  $2,000,000 
15 Matt Herges  $1,600,000 
16 Scott Eyre  $1,540,000 
17 Jim Brower  $1,162,500 
18 Jason Christiansen  $1,050,000 
19 Deivi Cruz  $800,000 
20 Yorvit Torrealba  $715,000 
21 Jeff Fassero  $500,000 
22 Jerome Williams  $336,000 
23 Tyler Walker  $326,000 
24 Noah Lowry  $322,500 
25 Tony Torcato  $318,500 
26 Jason Ellison  $316,500 
San Francisco Giants 2005 payroll based on this was $90,199,500.
2005 Seattle Mariners 2005 Seattle Mariners
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Ichiro Suzuki  $12,500,000 
2 Adrian Beltre  $11,400,000 
3 Bret Boone  $9,000,000 
4 Jamie Moyer  $8,000,000 
5 Eddie Guardado  $6,000,000 
6 Richie Sexson  $6,000,000 
7 Joel Pineiro  $4,700,000 
8 Raul Ibanez  $4,416,667 
9 Randy Winn  $3,750,000 
10 Shigetoshi Hasegawa  $3,225,000 
11 Scott Spiezio  $3,166,667 
12 Ryan Franklin  $2,600,000 
13 Gil Meche  $2,535,000 
14 Ron Villone  $1,950,000 
15 Dan Wilson  $1,750,000 
16 Pokey Reese  $900,000 
17 Aaron Sele  $700,000 
18 Jeff Nelson  $400,000 
19 Miguel Olivo  $400,000 
20 Julio Mateo  $390,000 
21 Willie Bloomquist  $385,000 
22 J.J. Putz  $360,000 
23 Rafael Soriano  $340,000 
24 Bobby Madritsch  $335,000 
25 Bucky Jacobsen  $325,000 
26 Matt Thornton  $323,000 
27 Scott Atchison  $323,000 
28 Chris Snelling  $316,000 
29 Greg Dobbs  $316,000 
30 Jeremy Reed  $316,000 
31 Travis Blackley  $316,000 
32 Wilson Valdez  $316,000 
Seattle Mariners 2005 payroll based on this was $87,754,334.
2005 St. Louis Cardinals 2005 St. Louis Cardinals
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Larry Walker  $12,666,667 
2 Scott Rolen  $11,625,000 
3 Albert Pujols  $11,000,000 
4 Jim Edmonds  $10,333,333 
5 Jason Isringhausen  $7,000,000 
6 Mark Mulder  $6,050,000 
7 Roger Cedeno  $5,500,000 
8 Jeff Suppan  $4,000,000 
9 Reggie Sanders  $4,000,000 
10 Jason Marquis  $3,000,000 
11 Julian Tavarez  $2,600,000 
12 Matt Morris  $2,500,000 
13 David Eckstein  $2,333,333 
14 Chris Carpenter  $2,000,000 
15 Ray King  $1,850,000 
16 Mark Grudzielanek  $1,000,000 
17 John Mabry  $725,000 
18 Cal Eldred  $600,000 
19 Einar Diaz  $600,000 
20 So Taguchi  $550,000 
21 Al Reyes  $450,000 
22 Rick Ankiel  $400,000 
23 Mike Lincoln  $360,000 
24 Yadier Molina  $323,500 
25 Hector Luna  $320,000 
26 Randy Flores  $320,000 
St. Louis Cardinals 2005 payroll based on this was $92,106,833.
2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Aubrey Huff  $4,916,667 
2 Danys Baez  $3,750,000 
3 Julio Lugo  $3,250,000 
4 Toby Hall  $1,950,000 
5 Alex Gonzalez  $1,750,000 
6 Travis Lee  $1,300,000 
7 Dewon Brazelton  $1,124,000 
8 Trever Miller  $1,100,000 
9 Casey Fossum  $950,000 
10 Eduardo Perez  $950,000 
11 Hideo Nomo  $800,000 
12 Josh Phelps  $800,000 
13 Rob Bell  $800,000 
14 Travis Harper  $745,000 
15 Jesus Colome  $600,000 
16 Chris Singleton  $550,000 
17 Carl Crawford  $370,000 
18 Rocco Baldelli  $369,000 
19 Mark Hendrickson  $362,500 
20 Lance Carter  $361,000 
21 Kevin Cash  $327,500 
22 Bobby Seay  $325,000 
23 Nick Green  $325,000 
24 Seth McClung  $320,000 
25 Michael Restovich  $318,500 
26 Jorge Cantu  $316,900 
27 Alex Sanchez  $316,000 
28 Franklin Nunez  $316,000 
29 Scott Kazmir  $316,000 
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2005 payroll based on this was $29,679,067.
2005 Texas Rangers 2005 Texas Rangers
 RANK   NAME   SALARY 
1 Chan Ho Park  $15,000,000 
2 Alfonso Soriano  $7,500,000 
3 Richard Hidalgo  $5,000,000 
4 Francisco Cordero  $3,875,000 
5 Mark Teixeira  $3,625,000 
6 Kenny Rogers  $3,500,000 
7 Michael Young  $2,575,000 
8 Rod Barajas  $1,850,000 
9 Carlos Almanzar  $1,100,000 
10 Gary Matthews  $1,100,000 
11 Doug Brocail  $1,000,000 
12 David Dellucci  $850,000 
13 Hank Blalock  $850,000 
14 Pedro Astacio  $800,000 
15 Ron Mahay  $775,000 
16 Greg Colbrunn  $650,000 
17 Ryan Drese  $550,000 
18 Sandy Alomar  $550,000 
19 Mark DeRosa  $500,000 
20 Chris Young  $400,000 
21 Brian Shouse  $395,000 
22 Chad Allen  $380,000 
23 Joaquin Benoit  $372,500 
24 R.A. Dickey  $372,500 
25 Kevin Mench  $345,000 
26 Erasmo Ramirez  $332,500 
27 Matt Riley  $328,000 
28 Frank Francisco  $321,500 
29 Ryan Bukvich  $319,500 
30 Nick Regilio  $316,500 
31 Adrian Gonzalez  $316,000 
Texas Rangers 2005 payroll based on this was $55,849,000.
2005 Toronto Blue Jays 2005 Toronto Blue Jays