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 |