2006 Baseball Millionaires

Here are the 2006 salaries for the top 409 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 $25,680,727
2, Derek Jeter, NYY 20,600,000
3, Jason Giambi, NYY 20,428,571
4, Barry Bonds, SF 20,000,000
5, Jeff Bagwell, Hou 19,369,019
6, Mike Mussina, NYY 19,000,000
7, Manny Ramirez, Bos 18,279,238
8, Todd Helton, Col 16,600,000
9, Andy Pettitte, Hou 16,428,416
10, Magglio Ordonez, Det 16,200,000
11, Randy Johnson, NYY 15,661,427
12, Chan Ho Park, SD 15,333,679
13, Pedro Martinez, NYM 14,875,000
14, Lance Berkman, Hou 14,500,000
15, Mike Hampton, Atl 14,475,185
16, Jim Thome, WSox 14,166,667
17, Bartolo Colon, LAA 14,000,000
(tie) Albert Pujols, StL 14,000,000
19, Chipper Jones, Atl 13,666,667
20, Bobby Abreu, Phi 13,600,000
21, Carlos Beltran, NYM 13,571,429
22, Carlos Delgado, NYM 13,500,000
(tie) Vladimir Guerrero, LAA 13,500,000
(tie) Andruw Jones, Atl 13,500,000
25, Johnny Damon, NYY 13,000,000
(tie) Hideki Matsui, NYY 13,000,000
(tie) Curt Schilling, Bos 13,000,000
(tie) Richie Sexson, Sea 13,000,000
29, Adrian Beltre, Sea 12,900,000
30, Roy Halladay, Tor 12,750,000
31, Ichiro Suzuki, Sea 12,530,000
32, Scott Rolen, StL 12,456,336
33, Paul Konerko, WSox 12,000,000
(tie) Jorge Posada, NYY 12,000,000
(tie) Javier Vazquez, WSox 12,000,000
(tie) Kerry Wood, Cubs 12,000,000
37, Jim Edmonds, StL 11,979,548
38, Miguel Tejada, Bal 11,811,546
39, Jason Kendall, Oak 11,571,429
40, J.D Drew, LAD 11,400,000
41, Roy Oswalt, Hou 11,000,000
(tie) Aramis Ramirez, Cubs 11,000,000
(tie) John Smoltz, Atl 11,000,000
(tie) Mike Sweeney, KC 11,000,000
45, Gary Sheffield, NYY 10,756,171
46, Garret Anderson, LAA 10,750,000
(tie) Torii Hunter, Min 10,750,000
48, Luis Gonzalez, Ari 10,673,328
49, Ivan Rodriguez, Det 10,616,410
50, Tom Glavine, NYM 10,500,000
(tie) Mariano Rivera, NYY 10,500,000
(tie) Jason Schmidt, SF 10,500,000
(tie) Billy Wagner, NYM 10,500,000
54, Jeff Kent, LAD 10,453,382
55, Phil Nevin, Tex 10,333,347
56, Shawn Green, Ari 10,213,898
57, Eric Gagne, LAD 10,000,000
(tie) Troy Glaus, Tor 10,000,000
(tie) Edgar Renteria, Atl 10,000,000
(tie) Alfonso Soriano, Was 10,000,000
(tie) Jason Varitek, Bos 10,000,000
62, Eric Milton, Cin 9,833,333
63, Matt Clement, Bos 9,825,000
64, Pat Burrell, Phi 9,750,000
65, Ben Sheets, Mil 9,625,000
66, Eric Chavez, Oak 9,500,000
(tie) Jose Contreras, WSox 9,500,000
(tie) Derek Lowe, LAD 9,500,000
69, Derrek Lee, Cubs 9,416,667
70, Randy Wolf, Phi 9,125,000
71, Ken Griffey Jr, Cin 9,044,182
72, Freddy Garcia, WSox 9,000,000
(tie) Ryan Klesko, SD 9,000,000
(tie) Javy Lopez, Bal 9,000,000
(tie) Mike Lowell, Bos 9,000,000
(tie) Greg Maddux, Cubs 9,000,000
(tie) Brad Radke, Min 9,000,000
78, Darin Erstad, LAA 8,750,000
(tie) Jason Isringhausen, StL 8,750,000
(tie) Odalis Perez, LAD 8,750,000
(tie) Johan Santana, Min 8,750,000
82, Rafael Furcal, LAD 8,730,196
83, Sean Casey, Pit 8,500,000
(tie) Carlos Lee, Mil 8,500,000
85, Kris Benson, Bal 8,333,333
86, Jeff Weaver, LAA 8,325,000
87, Kaz Matsui, NYM 8,058,333
88, Edgardo Alfonzo, LAA 8,000,000
(tie) Mark Buehrle, WSox 8,000,000
(tie) Livan Hernandez, Was 8,000,000
(tie) Carl Pavano, NYY 8,000,000
(tie) Kenny Rogers, Det 8,000,000
(tie) Dmitri Young, Det 8,000,000
94, Barry Zito, Oak 7,900,000
95, Russ Ortiz, Ari 7,875,000
96, Kevin Millwood, Tex 7,868,893
97, Geoff Jenkins, Mil 7,833,333
98, Keith Foulke, Bos 7,750,000
(tie) Mark Mulder, StL 7,750,000
100, Brian Giles, SD 7,666,667
(tie) Jaret Wright, NYY 7,666,667
102, Jon Lieber, Phi 7,583,333
103, Orlando Cabrera, LAA 7,500,000
(tie) Adam Dunn, Cin 7,500,000
(tie) Mike Lieberthal, Phi 7,500,000
(tie) Trot Nixon, Bos 7,500,000
107, Moises Alou, SF 7,453,426
108, Jarrod Washburn, Sea 7,450,000
109, Mike Cameron, SD 7,333,333
110, C.C. Sabathia, Cle 7,250,000
111, Paul Byrd, Cle 7,000,000
(tie) Ray Durham, SF 7,000,000
(tie) Steve Finley, SF 7,000,000
(tie) Jon Garland, WSox 7,000,000
(tie) Mark Kotsay, Oak 7,000,000
(tie) Jose Vidro, Was 7,000,000
117, Aubrey Huff, Tam 6,916,667
118, Joel Pineiro, Sea 6,800,000
119, Kelvim Escobar, LAA 6,750,000
120, Paul Lo Duca, NYM 6,600,823
121, Cliff Floyd, NYM 6,500,000
(tie) Tim Hudson, Atl 6,500,000
(tie) David Ortiz, Bos 6,500,000
(tie) Shannon Stewart, Min 6,500,000
(tie) Carlos Zambrano, Cubs 6,500,000
126, Mark Teixeira, Tex 6,400,000
127, Armando Benitez, SF 6,266,220
128, Eddie Guardado, Sea 6,250,000
(tie) Corey Koskie, Mil 6,250,000
130, Jeromy Burnitz, Pit 6,000,000
(tie) Nomar Garciaparra, LAD 6,000,000
(tie) Esteban Loaiza, Oak 6,000,000
(tie) Troy Percival, Det 6,000,000
134, Todd Jones, Det 5,809,159
135, Shea Hillenbrand, Tor 5,800,000
136, Juan Pierre, Cubs 5,750,000
137, Matt Morris, SF 5,537,284
138, Jamie Moyer, Sea 5,500,000
(tie) Brad Penny, LAD 5,500,000
140, Luis Castillo, Min 5,485,548
141, Kenji Johjima, Sea 5,433,333
142, Kyle Farnsworth, NYY 5,416,667
143, Jason Marquis, StL 5,150,000
144, Chris Carpenter, StL 5,000,000
(tie) Jermaine Dye, WSox 5,000,000
(tie) Carlos Guillen, Det 5,000,000
(tie) Jimmy Rollins, Phi 5,000,000
(tie) Reggie Sanders, KC 5,000,000
(tie) Bob Wickman, Cle 5,000,000
(tie) Woody Williams, SD 5,000,000
(tie) Randy Winn, SF 5,000,000
152, Julio Lugo, Tam 4,950,000
153, Raul Ibanez, Sea 4,916,667
154, Jack Wilson, Pit 4,900,000
155, Miguel Batista, Ari 4,750,000
(tie) John Thomson, Atl 4,750,000
157, David Bell, Phi 4,700,000
158, Adam Eaton, Tex 4,650,000
159, Orlando Hernandez, Ari 4,625,000
160, Placido Polanco, Det 4,600,000
161, Bill Mueller, LAD 4,576,451
162, Tomo Ohka, Mil 4,530,000
163, Tom Gordon, Phi 4,500,000
(tie) Trevor Hoffman, SD 4,500,000
(tie) Jason Jennings, Col 4,500,000
(tie) Bengie Molina, Tor 4,500,000
(tie) Mark Redman, KC 4,500,000
168, Vernon Wells, Tor 4,470,000
169, Eric Hinske, Tor 4,425,000
170, Vicente Padilla, Tex 4,410,000
171, LaTroy Hawkins, Bal 4,400,000
172, Dontrelle Willis, Fla 4,350,000
173, Michael Barrett, Cubs 4,333,333
(tie) Ryan Dempster, Cubs 4,333,333
(tie) Melvin Mora, Bal 4,333,333
176, Josh Beckett, Bos 4,325,000
177, Jake Westbrook, Cle 4,250,000
178, Jay Gibbons, Bal 4,200,000
(tie) Cristian Guzman, Was 4,200,000
180, Kip Wells, Pit 4,150,000
181, Francisco Cordero, Tex 4,125,000
182, David Wells, Bos 4,075,000
183, Jacque Jones, Cubs 4,033,333
184, Danys Baez, LAD 4,000,000
(tie) Ronnie Belliard, Cle 4,000,000
(tie) Craig Biggio, Hou 4,000,000
(tie) Scott Elarton, KC 4,000,000
(tie) Pedro Feliz, SF 4,000,000
(tie) Mark Grudzielanek, KC 4,000,000
(tie) Jose Guillen, Was 4,000,000
(tie) Ramon Hernandez, Bal 4,000,000
(tie) Ted Lilly, Tor 4,000,000
(tie) Jay Payton, Oak 4,000,000
(tie) A.J. Pierzynski, WSox 4,000,000
(tie) Joe Randa, Pit 4,000,000
(tie) B.J. Ryan, Tor 4,000,000
(tie) Jeff Suppan, StL 4,000,000
(tie) Tim Wakefield, Bos 4,000,000
(tie) Preston Wilson, Hou 4,000,000
200, Brad Lidge, Hou 3,975,000
201, Kyle Lohse, Min 3,950,000
202, Jason LaRue, Cin 3,900,000
(tie) Brad Wilkerson, Tex 3,900,000
204, Brian Lawrence, Was 3,875,000
205, Brad Ausmus, Hou 3,857,068
206, Marcus Giles, Atl 3,850,000
207, Kenny Lofton, LAD 3,826,421
208, Bruce Chen, Bal 3,800,000
(tie) Morgan Ensberg, Hou 3,800,000
210, Francisco Rodriguez, LAA 3,775,000
211, Aaron Boone, Cle 3,750,000
(tie) Rodrigo Lopez, Bal 3,750,000
(tie) Joe Nathan, Min 3,750,000
(tie) Paul Wilson, Cin 3,750,000
215, Gil Meche, Sea 3,700,000
(tie) Arthur Rhodes, Phi 3,700,000
217, Mark Prior, Cubs 3,650,000
218, Omar Vizquel, SF 3,640,044
219, Shawn Chacon, NYY 3,600,000
(tie) Brett Tomko, LAD 3,600,000
221, Juan Encarnacion, StL 3,500,000
(tie) Jason Johnson, Cle 3,500,000
(tie) Braden Looper, StL 3,500,000
224, Carl Everett, Sea 3,400,000
225, Adam Kennedy, LAA 3,350,000
(tie) Mike Matheny, SF 3,350,000
(tie) Julian Tavarez, Bos 3,350,000
228, John Lackey, LAA 3,343,333
229, David Eckstein, StL 3,333,333
230, Cory Lidle, Phi 3,300,000
(tie) Brett Myers, Phi 3,300,000
(tie) Craig Wilson, Pit 3,300,000
233, Mark Loretta, Bos 3,250,000
(tie) Damian Miller, Mil 3,250,000
(tie) Aaron Rowand, Phi 3,250,000
236, Rod Barajas, Tex 3,200,000
(tie) Vinny Castilla, SD 3,200,000
(tie) Doug Davis, Mil 3,200,000
(tie) Scott Eyre, Cubs 3,200,000
(tie) Cesar Izturis, LAD 3,200,000
(tie) Nick Johnson, Was 3,200,000
(tie) Carlos Silva, Min 3,200,000
243, Dustin Hermanson, WSox 3,150,000
(tie) Juan Uribe, WSox 3,150,000
245, Brady Clark, Mil 3,100,000
246, Brian Roberts, Bal 3,075,000
(tie) Michael Young, Tex 3,075,000
248, Casey Blake, Cle 3,050,000
(tie) Hank Blalock, Tex 3,050,000
250, Mike Timlin, Bos 3,023,894
251, Bronson Arroyo, Cin 3,000,000
(tie) Milton Bradley, Oak 3,000,000
(tie) Bob Howry, Cubs 3,000,000
(tie) Brandon Inge, Det 3,000,000
(tie) Steve Kline, SF 3,000,000
(tie) Guillermo Mota, Cle 3,000,000
(tie) Victor Zambrano, NYM 3,000,000
258, Jose Cruz Jr, LAD 2,910,000
259, Kevin Mench, Tex 2,800,000
(tie) Craig Monroe, Det 2,800,000
(tie) Corey Patterson, Bal 2,800,000
262, Coco Crisp, Bos 2,750,000
(tie) Roberto Hernandez, Pit 2,750,000
(tie) Chris Reitsma, Atl 2,750,000
(tie) Glendon Rusch, Cubs 2,750,000
(tie) Scott Schoeneweis, Tor 2,750,000
267, Frank Catalanotto, Tor 2,700,000
(tie) Travis Hafner, Cle 2,700,000
(tie) Felipe Lopez, Cin 2,700,000
(tie) Brian Schneider, Was 2,700,000
271, Alex Gonzalez, Bos 2,682,592
272, Joe Crede, WSox 2,675,000
273, Carl Crawford, Tam 2,625,000
274, Hector Carrasco, LAA 2,600,000
(tie) Ryan Franklin, Phi 2,600,000
276, Jorge Julio, NYM 2,525,000
(tie) Lyle Overbay, Tor 2,525,000
278, Rheal Cormier, Phi 2,500,000
(tie) Ray King, Col 2,500,000
(tie) Ramon Ortiz, Was 2,500,000
(tie) Jake Peavy, SD 2,500,000
(tie) Neifi Perez, Cubs 2,500,000
(tie) Steve Trachsel, NYM 2,500,000
(tie) Todd Walker, Cubs 2,500,000
(tie) Brandon Webb, Ari 2,500,000
(tie) Rondell White, Min 2,500,000
287, Ben Broussard, Cle 2,487,500
288, Tadahito Iguchi, WSox 2,475,000
289, Travis Lee, Tam 2,450,000
290, Joe Kennedy, Oak 2,400,000
291, Gary Matthews Jr., Tex 2,387,500
292, Aaron Harang, Cin 2,350,000
293, Jeremy Bonderman, Det 2,300,000
(tie) Jerry Hairston Jr., Cubs 2,300,000
(tie) Orlando Hudson, Ari 2,300,000
(tie) Mike Maroth, Det 2,300,000
(tie) Josh Towers, Tor 2,300,000
298, Eric Byrnes, Ari 2,250,000
(tie) Mark Ellis, Oak 2,250,000
(tie) Chone Figgins, LAA 2,250,000
(tie) Toby Hall, Tam 2,250,000
(tie) Rob Mackowiak, WSox 2,250,000
(tie) Damaso Marte, Pit 2,250,000
(tie) Dave Roberts, SD 2,250,000
(tie) Justin Speier, Tor 2,250,000
(tie) Ron Villone, NYY 2,250,000
307, A.J. Burnett, Tor 2,200,000
(tie) Horacio Ramirez, Atl 2,200,000
(tie) J.C. Romero, LAA 2,200,000
(tie) Jorge Sosa, Atl 2,200,000
311, Scott Podsednik, WSox 2,125,000
312, Tony Armas Jr., Was 2,100,000
(tie) Kevin Millar, Bal 2,100,000
(tie) Scot Shields, LAA 2,100,000
315, Tony Graffanino, KC 2,050,000
316, Casey Fossum, Tam 2,025,000
317, Rocco Baldelli, Tam 2,000,000
(tie) Angel Berroa, KC 2,000,000
(tie) Octavio Dotel, NYY 2,000,000
(tie) Johnny Estrada, Ari 2,000,000
(tie) Brian Fuentes, Col 2,000,000
(tie) Dan Kolb, Mil 2,000,000
(tie) Jose Mesa, Col 2,000,000
(tie) J.T. Snow, Bos 2,000,000
(tie) Scott Williamson, Cubs 2,000,000
(tie) Tony Womack, Cin 2,000,000
327, Mark Hendrickson, Tam 1,950,000
328, Ryan Drese, Was 1,900,000
(tie) Adam Everett, Hou 1,900,000
(tie) Oliver Perez, Pit 1,900,000
(tie) Rudy Seanez, Bos 1,900,000
332, Austin Kearns, Cin 1,850,000
(tie) Doug Mientkiewicz, KC 1,850,000
334, David Riske, Bos 1,800,000
335, Emil Brown, KC 1,775,000
(tie) Luis Vizcaino, Ari 1,775,000
337, Craig Counsell, Ari 1,750,000
(tie) Akinori Otsuka, Tex 1,750,000
(tie) Eduardo A. Perez, Cle 1,750,000
(tie) Tim Worrell, SF 1,750,000
341, Jeff Conine, Bal 1,700,000
(tie) Elmer Dessens, KC 1,700,000
(tie) Mike Lamb, Hou 1,700,000
344, Luis Matos, Bal 1,625,000
345, Alex Cintron, WSox 1,600,000
346, Kent Mercker, Cin 1,550,000
347, Salomon Torres, Pit 1,525,000
348, Henry Blanco, Cubs 1,500,000
(tie) Sean Burroughs, Tam 1,500,000
(tie) Ricky Ledee, LAD 1,500,000
(tie) Jason Michaels, Cle 1,500,000
(tie) Doug Mirabelli, SD 1,500,000
(tie) Brian Moehler, Fla 1,500,000
(tie) Tanyon Sturtze, NYY 1,500,000
(tie) David Weathers, Cin 1,500,000
(tie) Bernie Williams, NYY 1,500,000
357, Reed Johnson, Tor 1,425,000
358, Erik Bedard, Bal 1,400,000
(tie) Chad Bradford, NYM 1,400,000
(tie) Alex Cora, Bos 1,400,000
(tie) Dave Williams, Cin 1,400,000
362, Scott Linebrink, SD 1,365,000
363, Matt Stairs, KC 1,350,000
364, Rich Aurilia, Cin 1,300,000
(tie) Michael Cuddyer, Min 1,300,000
(tie) Joey Eischen, Was 1,300,000
(tie) Ryan Freel, Cin 1,300,000
(tie) Trever Miller, Hou 1,300,000
369, Claudio Vargas, Ari 1,275,000
370, Tony Batista, Min 1,250,000
(tie) Aaron Cook, Col 1,250,000
(tie) Rich Harden, Oak 1,250,000
(tie) Byung-Hyun Kim, Col 1,250,000
(tie) Wily Mo Pena, Bos 1,250,000
(tie) Mike Piazza, SD 1,250,000
(tie) Juan Rivera, LAA 1,250,000
(tie) Jamie Walker, Det 1,250,000
(tie) Esteban Yan, LAA 1,250,000
379, Jose Vizcaino, SF 1,231,090
380, Rickie Weeks, Mil 1,220,000
381, Aaron Fultz, Phi 1,200,000
(tie) Cliff Politte, WSox 1,200,000
(tie) Ricardo Rincon, StL 1,200,000
(tie) Scott Sauerbeck, Cle 1,200,000
(tie) Aaron Small, NYY 1,200,000
(tie) Junior Spivey, StL 1,200,000
387, Mike DeJean, Col 1,150,000
(tie) Mike Myers, NYY 1,150,000
(tie) Javier Valentin, Cin 1,150,000
390, Abraham Nunez, Phi 1,125,000
391, Shawn Estes, SD 1,100,000
392, John Mabry, Cubs 1,075,000
393, Julio Franco, NYM 1,050,000
394, Tony Clark, Ari 1,034,000
395, Jeremy Affeldt, KC 1,000,000
(tie) Pedro Astacio, Was 1,000,000
(tie) Jason Bay, Pit 1,000,000
(tie) Doug Brocail, SD 1,000,000
(tie) Miguel Cairo, NYY 1,000,000
(tie) Juan Castro, Min 1,000,000
(tie) Royce Clayton, Was 1,000,000
(tie) Victor Martinez, Cle 1,000,000
(tie) Joe Mays, KC 1,000,000
(tie) Wade Miller, Cubs 1,000,000
(tie) Sidney Ponson, StL 1,000,000
(tie) Olmedo Saenz, LAD 1,000,000
(tie) Mike Stanton, Was 1,000,000
(tie) Jay Witasick, Oak 1,000,000
(tie) Gregg Zaun, Tor 1,000,000
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