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Below are the 2009 salaries for the top 25 Major League Baseball players on active rosters and disabled lists as of June 1. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing bonuses and other guaranteed income. For some players, parts of salaries deferred without interest are discounted to reflect present-day values.

Top 25 player salaries
No.	Player/Team	Salary
1.	3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY	$ 33,000,000
2.	OF Manny Ramirez, LA	$ 23,854,494
3.	SS Derek Jeter, NYY	$ 21,600,000
4.	1B Mark Teixeira, NYY	$ 20,625,000
5.	OF Carlos Beltran, NYM	$ 19,243,682
6.	OF Carlos Lee, HOU	$ 19,000,000
7.	OF Magglio Ordonez, DET	$ 18,971,596
8.	SP/LH Johan Santana, NYM	$ 18,876,139
9.	SP/RH Carlos Zambrano, CHC	$ 18,750,000
10.	SP/LH Barry Zito, SF	$ 18,500,000
11.	OF Torii Hunter, LAA	$ 18,000,000
(tie)	OF Ichiro Suzuki, SEA	$ 18,000,000
13.	OF Alfonso Soriano, CHC	$ 17,000,000
14.	3B Aramis Ramirez, CHC	$ 16,650,000
15.	1B Todd Helton, COL	$ 16,600,000
16.	SP/RH A.J. Burnett, NYY	$ 16,500,000
17.	SP/RH Tim Hudson, ATL	$ 15,500,000
18.	SP/LH CC Sabathia, NYY	$ 15,285,714
19.	SP/RH Jason Schmidt, LA	$ 15,217,401
20.	OF Vladimir Guerrero, LAA	$ 15,000,000
(tie)	1B Ryan Howard, PHI	$ 15,000,000
(tie)	SP/RH Derek Lowe, ATL	$ 15,000,000
(tie)	RP/RH Mariano Rivera, NYY	$ 15,000,000
24.	SS Miguel Tejada, HOU	$ 14,811,414
25.	1B Lance Berkman, HOU	$ 14,500,000

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