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Highest Salaries
SportsLine.com wire reports
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Baseball contracts with average annual values of $12 million or more. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources and include all guaranteed income but not income from potential incentive bonuses. There is no distinction for money deferred without interest:
| Player | Team | Years | Avg. Salary |
| Alex Rodriguez |
Texas |
2001-10 |
$25,200,000 |
| Manny Ramirez |
Boston |
2001-08 |
$20,000,000 |
| Derek Jeter |
NY Yankees |
2001-10 |
$18,900,000 |
| Carlos Delgado |
Toronto |
2001-04 |
$17,000,000 |
| Roger Clemens |
N.Y. Yankees |
2001-02 |
$15,450,000 |
| Mike Hampton |
Colorado |
2001-08 |
$15,125,000 |
| Kevin Brown |
Los Angeles |
1999-05 |
$15,000,000 |
| Chipper Jones |
Atlanta |
2001-06 |
$15,000,000 |
| Mike Mussina |
N.Y. Yankees |
2001-06 |
$14,750,000 |
| Shawn Green |
Los Angeles |
2000-05 |
$14,000,000 |
| Mo Vaughn |
Anaheim |
1999-04 |
$13,333,333 |
| Randy Johnson |
Arizona |
1999-02 |
$13,100,000 |
| Albert Belle |
Baltimore |
1999-03 |
$13,000,000 |
| Mike Piazza |
N.Y. Mets |
1999-05 |
$13,000,000 |
| Ken Griffey Jr. |
Cincinnati |
2000-08 |
$12,944,444 |
| Pedro Martinez |
Boston |
1998-03 |
$12,500,000 |
| Bernie Williams |
N.Y. Yankees |
1999-05 |
$12,500,000 |
| Larry Walker |
Colorado |
2000-05 |
$12,500,000 |
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