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Team Payrolls · Top Player Salaries · Average Player Salary · Player-by-Player
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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