2005 Baseball Millionaires

Here are the 2005 salaries for the top 390 major league baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing bonuses, other guaranteed income and incentive-based bonuses. For some players, parts of salaries deferred without interest are discounted to reflect present-day values.

Player / Club / Salary

1, Alex Rodriguez, NYY $25,705,118
2, Barry Bonds, SF 22,000,000
3, Manny Ramirez, Bos 19,806,820
4, Derek Jeter, NYY 19,600,000
5, Mike Mussina, NYY 19,000,000
6, Roger Clemens, Hou 18,000,022
7, Jeff Bagwell, Hou 18,000,000
8, Sammy Sosa, Bal 17,875,000
9, Mike Piazza, NYM 16,071,429
10, Chipper Jones, Atl 16,008,539
11, Kevin Brown, NYY 15,714,286
12, Randy Johnson, NYY 15,419,815
13, Chan Ho Park, Tex 15,000,000
14, Curt Schilling, Bos 14,500,000
15, Mike Hampton, Atl 13,503,543
16, Jason Giambi, NYY 13,428,571
17, Jim Thome, Phi 13,166,667
18, Bobby Abreu, Phi 13,100,000
19, Andruw Jones, Atl 13,000,000
20, Larry Walker, StL 12,666,667
21, Todd Helton, Col 12,600,000
22, Ichiro Suzuki, Sea 12,529,000
23, Vladimir Guerrero, LAA 12,500,000
(tie) Preston Wilson, Col 12,500,000
25, Bernie Williams, NYY 12,357,143
26, Carlos Beltran, NYM 11,571,429
27, Gary Sheffield, NYY 11,496,689
28, Adrian Beltre, Sea 11,400,000
(tie) Darren Dreifort, LAD 11,400,000
30, Jorge Posada, NYY 11,000,000
(tie) Albert Pujols, StL 11,000,000
(tie) Mike Sweeney, KC 11,000,000
(tie) Javier Vazquez, Ari 11,000,000
34, Pedro Martinez, NYM 10,875,000
35, Miguel Tejada, Bal 10,781,206
36, Tom Glavine, NYM 10,765,608
37, Scott Rolen, StL 10,715,509
38, Jason Kendall, Oak 10,571,429
39, Lance Berkman, Hou 10,500,000
(tie) Roy Halladay, Tor 10,500,000
(tie) Mariano Rivera, NYY 10,500,000
42, Ken Griffey Jr, Cin 10,365,692
43, Jim Edmonds, StL 10,333,333
44, Tim Salmon, LAA 10,150,000
45, Luis Gonzalez, Ari 10,083,333
46, Bartolo Colon, LAA 10,000,000
47, Garret Anderson, LAA 9,750,000
48, Kerry Wood, Cubs 9,500,000
49, Phil Nevin, SD 9,492,689
50, J.D. Drew, LAD 9,400,000
51, Jeff Weaver, LAD 9,350,000
52, Bret Boone, Sea 9,000,000
(tie) Troy Glaus, Ari 9,000,000
(tie) Ryan Klesko, SD 9,000,000
(tie) Greg Maddux, Cubs 9,000,000
(tie) Carl Pavano, NYY 9,000,000
(tie) Brad Radke, Min 9,000,000
(tie) John Smoltz, Atl 9,000,000
(tie) Billy Wagner, Phi 9,000,000
60, Bobby Higginson, Det 8,850,000
61, Paul Konerko, W Sox 8,750,000
62, Shawn Green, Ari 8,500,000
63, Eric Chavez, Oak 8,500,000
(tie) Jose Contreras, W Sox 8,500,000
(tie) Andy Pettitte, Hou 8,500,000
(tie) Sidney Ponson, Bal 8,500,000
67, Johnny Damon, Bos 8,250,000
(tie) Darin Erstad, LAA 8,250,000
(tie) Nomar Garciaparra, Cubs 8,250,000
(tie) Jason Isringhausen, StL 8,250,000
(tie) Aramis Ramirez, Cubs 8,250,000
72, Jason Schmidt, SF 8,187,500
73, Brian Giles, SD 8,063,003
74, Eric Gagne, LAD 8,000,000
(tie) Freddy Garcia, W Sox 8,000,000
(tie) Livan Hernandez, Was 8,000,000
(tie) Torii Hunter, Min 8,000,000
(tie) Carlos Lee, Mil 8,000,000
(tie) Hideki Matsui, NYY 8,000,000
(tie) Jamie Moyer, Sea 8,000,000
(tie) Edgar Renteria, Bos 8,000,000
(tie) Ivan Rodriguez, Det 8,000,000
(tie) Frank Thomas, W Sox 8,000,000
(tie) Jason Varitek, Bos 8,000,000
(tie) Dmitri Young, Det 8,000,000
86, Sean Casey, Cin 7,800,000
87, Matt Lawton, Pit 7,750,000
88, Derrek Lee, Cubs 7,666,667
89, Edgardo Alfonzo, SF 7,500,000
(tie) Keith Foulke, Bos 7,500,000
(tie) Mike Lieberthal, Phi 7,500,000
(tie) Javy Lopez, Bal 7,500,000
(tie) Mike Lowell, Fla 7,500,000
(tie) Trot Nixon, Bos 7,500,000
(tie) Alfonso Soriano, Tex 7,500,000
96, Russ Ortiz, Ari 7,375,000
97, Jeff Kent, LAD 7,350,000
98, Mike Cameron, NYM 7,333,333
(tie) Geoff Jenkins, Mil 7,333,333
100, Pat Burrell, Phi 7,250,000
(tie) Joe Mays, Min 7,250,000
102, Al Leiter, Fla 7,241,931
103, Ray Durham, SF 7,200,000
(tie) Magglio Ordonez, Det 7,200,000
105, Kazuo Matsui, NYM 7,058,333
106, Moises Alou, SF 7,031,166
107, Derek Lowe, LAD 7,000,000
(tie) Kevin Millwood, Cle 7,000,000
(tie) Jose Vidro, Was 7,000,000
110, Kirk Rueter, SF 6,928,685
111, Steve Trachsel, NYM 6,782,500
112, Tim Hudson, Atl 6,750,000
113, Randy Wolf, Phi 6,625,000
114, Byung-Hyun Kim, Col 6,575,000
115, Mark Mulder, StL 6,550,000
116, Matt Clement, Bos 6,500,000
(tie) Cliff Floyd, NYM 6,500,000
(tie) Mark Kotsay, Oak 6,500,000
(tie) Jarrod Washburn, LAA 6,500,000
120, Kelvim Escobar, LAA 6,250,000
(tie) Danny Graves, Cin 6,250,000
122, Mark Buehrle, W Sox 6,000,000
(tie) Orlando Cabrera, LAA 6,000,000
(tie) Steve Finley, LAA 6,000,000
(tie) Steve Karsay, NYY 6,000,000
(tie) Richie Sexson, Sea 6,000,000
(tie) Ben Sheets, Mil 6,000,000
(tie) Shannon Stewart, Min 6,000,000
129, Troy Percival, Det 5,906,183
130, Roy Oswalt, Hou 5,900,000
131, Roger Cedeno, StL 5,875,000
132, Jaret Wright, NYY 5,666,667
133, Rafael Furcal, Atl 5,600,000
(tie) Barry Zito, Oak 5,600,000
135, Jon Lieber, Phi 5,583,333
136, LaTroy Hawkins, Cubs 5,350,000
137, Kris Benson, NYM 5,333,333
(tie) Eric Milton, Cin 5,333,333
139, Braden Looper, NYM 5,300,000
140, David Ortiz, Bos 5,250,000
(tie) C.C. Sabathia, Cle 5,250,000
142, Brad Penny, LAD 5,100,000
143, Paul Byrd, LAA 5,000,000
(tie) Richard Hidalgo, Tex 5,000,000
(tie) Trevor Hoffman, SD 5,000,000
(tie) Jacque Jones, Min 5,000,000
147, Luis Castillo, Fla 4,985,537
148, Aubrey Huff, Tam 4,916,667
149, Terrence Long, KC 4,875,000
150, Armando Benitez, SF 4,771,206
151, Miguel Batista, Tor 4,750,000
(tie) Octavio Dotel, Oak 4,750,000
(tie) Johan Santana, Min 4,750,000
154, David Bell, Phi 4,700,000
(tie) Erubiel Durazo, Oak 4,700,000
(tie) Joel Pineiro, Sea 4,700,000
157, Tim Wakefield, Bos 4,670,000
158, Paul Lo Duca, Fla 4,600,993
159, Adam Dunn, Cin 4,600,000
(tie) Placido Polanco, Phi 4,600,000
161, Jeromy Burnitz, Cubs 4,500,000
(tie) Odalis Perez, LAD 4,500,000
(tie) Mark Redman, Pit 4,500,000
164, Juan Encarnacion, Fla 4,435,000
165, Raul Ibanez, Sea 4,416,667
166, Ramon Hernandez, SD 4,312,500
167, John Thomson, Atl 4,250,000
168, Mike Remlinger, Cubs 4,233,333
169, Cristian Guzman, Was 4,200,000
170, David Wells, Bos 4,075,000
171, Jose Cruz Jr, Ari 4,000,000
(tie) Carlos Delgado, Fla 4,000,000
(tie) Jermaine Dye, W Sox 4,000,000
(tie) Carl Everett, W Sox 4,000,000
(tie) Eddie Guardado, Sea 4,000,000
(tie) Carlos Guillen, Det 4,000,000
(tie) Jason Johnson, Det 4,000,000
(tie) Reggie Sanders, StL 4,000,000
(tie) Mike Stanton, NYY 4,000,000
(tie) Jeff Suppan, StL 4,000,000
(tie) Ugueth Urbina, Det 4,000,000
182, Francisco Cordero, Tex 3,875,000
183, Shea Hillenbrand, Tor 3,870,000
184, Jimmy Rollins, Phi 3,850,000
185, Melvin Mora, Bal 3,833,333
186, Carlos Zambrano, Cubs 3,760,000
187, Danny Baez, Tam 3,750,000
(tie) Tom Gordon, NYY 3,750,000
(tie) Doug Mientkiewicz, NYM 3,750,000
(tie) Randy Winn, Sea 3,750,000
191, Juan Pierre, Fla 3,700,000
(tie) Arthur Rhodes, Cle 3,700,000
193, A.J. Burnett, Fla 3,650,000
194, Mark Teixeira, Tex 3,625,000
195, Paul Wilson, Cin 3,600,000
196, Ramon Ortiz, Cin 3,550,000
(tie) Mark Prior, Cubs 3,550,000
198, Jose Guillen, Was 3,500,000
(tie) Orlando Hernandez, W Sox 3,500,000
(tie) Corey Koskie, Tor 3,500,000
(tie) Kevin Millar, Bos 3,500,000
(tie) Jay Payton, Bos 3,500,000
(tie) Jose Valentin, LAD 3,500,000
204, Jon Garland, W Sox 3,400,000
(tie) Alex Gonzalez, Fla 3,400,000
(tie) Dan Kolb, Atl 3,400,000
207, Adam Eaton, SD 3,375,000
208, Kenny Rogers, Tex 3,338,758
209, Brian Anderson, KC 3,250,000
(tie) Julio Lugo, Tam 3,250,000
(tie) Damian Miller, Mil 3,250,000
(tie) Rondell White, Det 3,250,000
(tie) Jack Wilson, Pit 3,250,000
214, Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Sea 3,225,000
(tie) Darrell May, SD 3,225,000
216, Eli Marrero, KC 3,200,000
(tie) Vicente Padilla, Phi 3,200,000
218, Kip Wells, Pit 3,175,000
219, Scott Spiezio, Sea 3,166,667
220, Omar Vizquel, SF 3,156,869
221, Felix Rodriguez, NYY 3,150,000
222, Michael Barrett, Cubs 3,133,333
223, Eric Hinske, Tor 3,100,000
(tie) Ted Lilly, Tor 3,100,000
225, Vernon Wells, Tor 3,070,000
226, Brad Wilkerson, Was 3,050,000
(tie) Tim Worrell, Phi 3,050,000
228, Brad Ausmus, Hou 3,000,000
(tie) Craig Biggio, Hou 3,000,000
(tie) Aaron Boone, Cle 3,000,000
(tie) Vinny Castilla, Was 3,000,000
(tie) Jeff Conine, Fla 3,000,000
(tie) Alan Embree, Bos 3,000,000
(tie) Adam Kennedy, LAA 3,000,000
(tie) Jason LaRue, Cin 3,000,000
(tie) Cory Lidle, Phi 3,000,000
(tie) Jason Marquis, StL 3,000,000
(tie) Bengie Molina, LAA 3,000,000
(tie) Rafael Palmeiro, Bal 3,000,000
(tie) Paul Quantrill, NYY 3,000,000
(tie) Fernando Vina, Det 3,000,000
(tie) Woody Williams, SD 3,000,000
(tie) Craig Wilson, Pit 3,000,000
244, Kenny Lofton, Phi 2,915,908
245, Esteban Loaiza, Was 2,900,000
(tie) Jake Westbrook, Cle 2,900,000
247, D'Angelo Jimenez, Cin 2,870,000
248, Wes Helms, Mil 2,812,500
249, Corey Patterson, Cubs 2,800,000
250, Mark Bellhorn, Bos 2,750,000
(tie) Marquis Grissom, SF 2,750,000
(tie) Mark Loretta, SD 2,750,000
(tie) Tino Martinez, NYY 2,750,000
(tie) Tomo Ohka, Was 2,750,000
(tie) Mike Timlin, Bos 2,750,000
(tie) Bob Wickman, Cle 2,750,000
257, Frank Catalanotto, Tor 2,700,000
(tie) Ryan Franklin, Sea 2,700,000
259, Brett Tomko, SF 2,650,000
260, Jay Gibbons, Bal 2,600,000
(tie) Guillermo Mota, Fla 2,600,000
(tie) B.J. Ryan, Bal 2,600,000
(tie) Scott Sullivan, KC 2,600,000
(tie) Julian Tavarez, StL 2,600,000
265, Kazuhisa Ishii, NYM 2,581,174
266, Carlos Pena, Det 2,575,000
(tie) Michael Young, Tex 2,575,000
268, Gil Meche, Sea 2,535,000
269, Shingo Takatsu, W Sox 2,525,000
270, Ronnie Belliard, Cle 2,500,000
(tie) Milton Bradley, LAD 2,500,000
(tie) Shawn Estes, Ari 2,500,000
(tie) Jorge Julio, Bal 2,500,000
(tie) Steve Kline, Bal 2,500,000
(tie) Jose Lima, KC 2,500,000
(tie) Matt Morris, StL 2,500,000
(tie) Bill Mueller, Bos 2,500,000
(tie) Scott Schoeneweis, Tor 2,500,000
(tie) Todd Walker, Cubs 2,500,000
280, Scott Hatteberg, Oak 2,450,000
281, Josh Beckett, Fla 2,400,000
(tie) Jason Jennings, Col 2,400,000
(tie) Kyle Lohse, Min 2,400,000
284, Brian Lawrence, SD 2,375,000
(tie) Rodrigo Lopez, Bal 2,375,000
286, Shawn Chacon, Col 2,350,000
(tie) Doug Davis, Mil 2,350,000
(tie) Marcus Giles, Atl 2,350,000
289, David Eckstein, StL 2,333,333
290, Pedro Feliz, SF 2,325,000
(tie) Tadahito Iguchi, WSox 2,325,000
292, Joe Borowski, Cubs 2,300,000
293, Tony Armas, Was 2,260,000
294, Casey Blake, Cle 2,250,000
(tie) Rheal Cormier, Phi 2,250,000
(tie) A.J. Pierzynski, W Sox 2,250,000
297, Eric Byrnes, Oak 2,200,000
(tie) Joe Kennedy, Col 2,200,000
299, Josh Fogg, Pit 2,150,000
(tie) Cesar Izturis, LAD 2,150,000
(tie) Joe Randa, Cin 2,150,000
(tie) Benito Santiago, Pit 2,150,000
(tie) Juan Uribe, W Sox 2,150,000
304, Junior Spivey, Mil 2,125,000
305, Joe Nathan, Min 2,100,000
(tie) Victor Zambrano, NYM 2,100,000
307, Wilson Alvarez, LAD 2,000,000
(tie) Chris Carpenter, StL 2,000,000
(tie) Ryan Dempster, Cubs 2,000,000
(tie) Jason Grimsley, Bal 2,000,000
(tie) Dustin Hermanson, W Sox 2,000,000
(tie) Mike Matheny, SF 2,000,000
(tie) Jose Mesa, Pit 2,000,000
(tie) Aaron Rowand, WSox 2,000,000
(tie) Glendon Rusch, Cubs 2,000,000
(tie) Brian Schneider, Was 2,000,000
(tie) J.T. Snow, SF 2,000,000
(tie) Michael Tucker, SF 2,000,000
(tie) Tony Womack, NYY 2,000,000
320, Kyle Farnsworth, Det 1,975,000
321, Toby Hall, Tam 1,950,000
(tie) Ron Villone, Sea 1,950,000
323, Tom Martin, Atl 1,900,000
(tie) Ricardo Rincon, Oak 1,900,000
(tie) Justin Speier, Tor 1,900,000
326, Bronson Arroyo, Bos 1,850,000
(tie) Rod Barajas, Tex 1,850,000
(tie) Felix Heredia, NYM 1,850,000
(tie) Ray King, StL 1,850,000
330, Jerry Hairston Jr., Cubs 1,800,000
(tie) Jose Hernandez, Cle 1,800,000
332, Alex S. Gonzalez, Tam 1,750,000
(tie) Carlos Silva, Min 1,750,000
(tie) Dan Wilson, Sea 1,750,000
335, Sean Burroughs, SD 1,675,000
336, Chris Reitsma, Atl 1,650,000
337, Luis Rivas, Min 1,625,000
338, Matt Herges, SF 1,600,000
339, Scott Eyre, SF 1,540,000
340, Rob Mackowiak, Pit 1,500,000
(tie) Wade Miller, Bos 1,500,000
(tie) Doug Mirabelli, Bos 1,500,000
(tie) Ruben Sierra, NYY 1,500,000
(tie) Ismael Valdez, Fla 1,500,000
345, Nick Johnson, Was 1,450,000
346, David Riske, Cle 1,425,000
347, Chad Bradford, Oak 1,400,000
348, Royce Clayton, Ari 1,350,000
(tie) Craig Counsell, Ari 1,350,000
(tie) Brandon Inge, Det 1,350,000
(tie) Dave Roberts, SD 1,350,000
352, Alex Cora, Cle 1,300,000
(tie) Elmer Dessens, LAD 1,300,000
(tie) Mike Lamb, Hou 1,300,000
(tie) Travis Lee, Tam 1,300,000
(tie) Luis Vizcaino, W Sox 1,300,000
357, Damaso Marte, W Sox 1,250,000
(tie) Kent Mercker, Cin 1,250,000
(tie) J.C. Romero, Min 1,250,000
(tie) Jose Vizcaino, Hou 1,250,000
(tie) David Weathers, Cin 1,250,000
362, Henry Blanco, Cubs 1,200,000
(tie) Matt Stairs, KC 1,200,000
364, Jim Brower, SF 1,162,500
365, Brady Clark, Mil 1,150,000
(tie) Mike De Jean, NYM 1,150,000
367, Brian Meadows, Pit 1,125,000
368, Dewon Brazelton, Tam 1,124,000
369, Carlos Almanzar, Tex 1,100,000
(tie) Tony Graffanino, KC 1,100,000
(tie) Todd Jones, Fla 1,100,000
(tie) Gary Matthews Jr., Tex 1,100,000
(tie) Jim Mecir, Fla 1,100,000
(tie) Trever Miller, Tam 1,100,000
(tie) B.J. Surhoff, Bal 1,100,000
(tie) Salomon Torres, Pit 1,100,000
377, Jason Christiansen, SF 1,050,000
378, Joey Eischen, Was 1,040,000
379, Ramon Martinez, Det 1,025,000
(tie) Luis Matos, Bal 1,025,000
381, Doug Brocail, Tex 1,000,000
(tie) Juan Castro, Min 1,000,000
(tie) Julio Franco, Atl 1,000,000
(tie) Mark Grudzielanek, StL 1,000,000
(tie) Ricky Ledee, LAD 1,000,000
(tie) Raul Mondesi, Atl 1,000,000
(tie) Neifi Perez, Cubs 1,000,000
(tie) Timo Perez, W Sox 1,000,000
(tie) Cliff Politte, W Sox 1,000,000
(tie) Esteban Yan, LAA 1,000,000

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