2008 Baseball Millionaires

Here are the 2008 salaries for the top 434 major league baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists earning $1 million or more. 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.
April 2, 2008

Player / Club / Salary

1, Alex Rodriguez, NYY $28,000,000
2, Jason Giambi, NYY 23,428,571
3, Derek Jeter, NYY 21,600,000
4, Manny Ramirez, Bos 18,929,923
5, Carlos Beltran, NYM 18,622,810
6, Ichiro Suzuki, Sea 17,102,149
7, Johan Santana, NYM 16,984,216
8, Todd Helton, Col 16,600,000
9, Torii Hunter, LAA 16,500,000
10, Bobby Abreu, NYY 16,000,000
(tie) Carlos Delgado, NYM 16,000,000
(tie) Andy Pettitte, NYY 16,000,000
(tie) Carlos Zambrano, Cubs 16,000,000
14, Mike Hampton, Atl 15,975,185
15, Magglio Ordonez, Det 15,768,175
16, Rafael Furcal, LAD 15,730,196
17, Jim Thome, WSox 15,666,667
18, Vladimir Guerrero, LAA 15,500,000
(tie) Tim Hudson, Atl 15,500,000
(tie) Richie Sexson, Sea 15,500,000
21, Aramis Ramirez, Cubs 15,250,000
22, Jason Schmidt, LAD 15,217,401
23, Randy Johnson, Ari 15,100,546
24, Mariano Rivera, NYY 15,000,000
25, Miguel Tejada, Hou 14,811,415
26, Andruw Jones, LAD 14,726,911
27, Lance Berkman, Hou 14,500,000
(tie) Barry Zito, SF 14,500,000
29, Pat Burrell, Phi 14,250,000
30, Mark Buehrle, WSox 14,000,000
(tie) J.D. Drew, Bos 14,000,000
(tie) John Smoltz, Atl 14,000,000
(tie) Alfonso Soriano, Cubs 14,000,000
34, Albert Pujols, StL 13,870,950
35, Troy Glaus, StL 13,500,000
36, Adrian Beltre, Sea 13,400,000
37, Gary Sheffield, Det 13,326,306
38, Derrek Lee, Cubs 13,250,000
39, A.J. Burnett, Tor 13,200,000
40, Jorge Posada, NYY 13,100,000
41, Johnny Damon, NYY 13,000,000
(tie) Adam Dunn, Cin 13,000,000
(tie) Hideki Matsui, NYY 13,000,000
(tie) David Ortiz, Bos 13,000,000
(tie) Roy Oswalt, Hou 13,000,000
46, Garret Anderson, LAA 12,600,000
47, Frank Thomas, Tor 12,560,000
48, Carlos Lee, Hou 12,500,000
(tie) Mike Lowell, Bos 12,500,000
(tie) Mark Teixeira, Atl 12,500,000
51, Ivan Rodriguez, Det 12,379,883
52, Chipper Jones, Atl 12,333,333
53, Ben Sheets, Mil 12,125,000
54, Jon Garland, LAA 12,000,000
(tie) Carlos Guillen, Det 12,000,000
(tie) Jose Guillen, KC 12,000,000
(tie) Paul Konerko, WSox 12,000,000
(tie) B.J. Ryan, Tor 12,000,000
59, Pedro Martinez, NYM 11,813,352
60, Scott Rolen, Tor 11,625,000
61, Eric Chavez, Oak 11,500,000
(tie) Javier Vazquez, WSox 11,500,000
63, Gil Meche, KC 11,400,000
64, Miguel Cabrera, Det 11,300,000
65, Joe Nathan, Min 11,250,000
66, Mike Mussina, NYY 11,071,030
67, Vicente Padilla, Tex 11,000,000
(tie) Carl Pavano, NYY 11,000,000
(tie) Edgar Renteria, Det 11,000,000
(tie) C.C. Sabathia, Cle 11,000,000
71, Kevin Millwood, Tex 10,836,116
72, Chris Carpenter, StL 10,500,000
(tie) Billy Wagner, NYM 10,500,000
74, Jason Varitek, Bos 10,442,031
75, Josh Beckett, Bos 10,166,667
76, Matt Morris, Pit 10,037,283
77, Orlando Cabrera, WSox 10,000,000
(tie) Jose Contreras, WSox 10,000,000
(tie) Eric Gagne, Mil 10,000,000
(tie) Roy Halladay, Tor 10,000,000
(tie) Ryan Howard, Phi 10,000,000
(tie) Derek Lowe, LAD 10,000,000
(tie) Greg Maddux, SD 10,000,000
(tie) Francisco Rodriguez, LAA 10,000,000
(tie) Jake Westbrook, Cle 10,000,000
86, Jarrod Washburn, Sea 9,850,000
87, Brian Giles, SD 9,666,667
88, Aaron Rowand, SF 9,600,000
89, Nomar Garciaparra, LAD 9,516,697
90, Miguel Batista, Sea 9,500,000
(tie) Jermaine Dye, WSox 9,500,000
(tie) Kelvim Escobar, LAA 9,500,000
(tie) Matt Holliday, Col 9,500,000
(tie) Brad Penny, LAD 9,500,000
95, Gary Matthews Jr., LAA 9,400,000
96, Julio Lugo, Bos 9,250,000
97, Randy Winn, SF 9,125,000
98, Jeff Kent, LAD 9,000,000
99, Francisco Cordero, Cin 8,625,000
100, Brett Myers, Phi 8,583,333
101, Jeremy Bonderman, Det 8,500,000
(tie) Jose Vidro, Sea 8,500,000
103, Justin Morneau, Min 8,400,000
104, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Bos 8,333,333
105, Ken Griffey Jr., Cin 8,282,695
106, Carlos Silva, Sea 8,250,000
(tie) Jeff Suppan, Mil 8,250,000
108, Travis Hafner, Cle 8,050,000
109, Jim Edmonds, SD 8,000,000
(tie) Tom Glavine, Atl 8,000,000
(tie) Aubrey Huff, Bal 8,000,000
(tie) Jason Isringhausen, StL 8,000,000
(tie) Ted Lilly, Cubs 8,000,000
(tie) Juan Pierre, LAD 8,000,000
(tie) Kenny Rogers, Det 8,000,000
(tie) Jimmy Rollins, Phi 8,000,000
(tie) Curt Schilling, Bos 8,000,000
118, Adam Eaton, Phi 7,958,333
119, Melvin Mora, Bal 7,826,915
120, Chase Utley, Phi 7,785,714
121, Doug Davis, Ari 7,750,000
122, Moises Alou, NYM 7,500,000
(tie) Paul Byrd, Cle 7,500,000
(tie) Ray Durham, SF 7,500,000
(tie) Ramon Hernandez, Bal 7,500,000
(tie) Trevor Hoffman, SD 7,500,000
(tie) Esteban Loaiza, LAD 7,500,000
128, Hiroki Kuroda, LAD 7,433,333
129, Ryan Dempster, Cubs 7,333,333
(tie) John Lackey, LAA 7,333,333
131, Erik Bedard, Sea 7,000,000
(tie) Kosuke Fukudome, Cubs 7,000,000
(tie) Orlando Hernandez, NYM 7,000,000
(tie) Todd Jones, Det 7,000,000
(tie) Mark Kotsay, Atl 7,000,000
(tie) Mark Mulder, StL 7,000,000
(tie) Dontrelle Willis, Det 7,000,000
138, Aaron Harang, Cin 6,750,000
(tie) Lyle Overbay, Tor 6,750,000
140, Jack Wilson, Pit 6,700,000
141, Eric Byrnes, Ari 6,666,667
142, Juan Encarnacion, StL 6,500,000
(tie) Jake Peavy, SD 6,500,000
(tie) Oliver Perez, NYM 6,500,000
(tie) Dave Roberts, SF 6,500,000
146, Kenji Johjima, Sea 6,383,333
147, Jason Marquis, Cubs 6,375,000
148, Brad Lidge, Phi 6,350,000
149, Jacque Jones, Det 6,333,333
150, Brian Roberts, Bal 6,300,000
151, Mike Cameron, Mil 6,250,000
(tie) Luis Castillo, NYM 6,250,000
(tie) Orlando Hudson, Ari 6,250,000
(tie) Joe Mauer, Min 6,250,000
(tie) Bengie Molina, SF 6,250,000
156, Chad Cordero, Was 6,200,000
(tie) Brandon Inge, Det 6,200,000
158, Michael Young, Tex 6,174,975
159, Danys Baez, Bal 6,166,667
160, Casey Blake, Cle 6,100,000
161, Jason Bay, Pit 6,000,000
(tie) Hank Blalock, Tex 6,000,000
(tie) Jamie Moyer, Phi 6,000,000
(tie) Carlos Pena, Tam 6,000,000
165, Michael Cuddyer, Min 5,916,667
(tie) Kyle Farnsworth, NYY 5,916,667
167, A.J. Pierzynski, WSox 5,850,000
168, Tom Gordon, Phi 5,500,000
(tie) Raul Ibanez, Sea 5,500,000
(tie) Nick Johnson, Was 5,500,000
(tie) Braden Looper, StL 5,500,000
(tie) Kaz Matsui, Hou 5,500,000
(tie) Joel Pineiro, StL 5,500,000
(tie) Brandon Webb, Ari 5,500,000
175, Brian Schneider, NYM 5,400,000
176, Carl Crawford, Tam 5,375,000
177, Milton Bradley, Tex 5,250,000
(tie) David Wright, NYM 5,250,000
179, Aaron Cook, Col 5,125,000
180, Joe Crede, WSox 5,100,000
181, Coco Crisp, Bos 5,083,333
182, Brian Fuentes, Col 5,050,000
183, Octavio Dotel, WSox 5,000,000
(tie) Mark Ellis, Oak 5,000,000
(tie) Livan Hernandez, Min 5,000,000
(tie) Geoff Jenkins, Phi 5,000,000
(tie) Austin Kearns, Was 5,000,000
(tie) Adam LaRoche, Pit 5,000,000
(tie) Paul Lo Duca, Was 5,000,000
(tie) Jay Payton, Bal 5,000,000
(tie) Omar Vizquel, SF 5,000,000
(tie) Dmitri Young, Was 5,000,000
193, Bill Hall, Mil 4,925,000
194, Felipe Lopez, Was 4,900,000
195, Alex Rios, Tor 4,835,000
196, Mark DeRosa, Cubs 4,750,000
(tie) Chone Figgins, LAA 4,750,000
(tie) Rich Harden, Oak 4,750,000
(tie) Randy Wolf, SD 4,750,000
200, Jose Valverde, Hou 4,700,000
201, Alex Gonzalez, Cin 4,625,000
202, Placido Polanco, Det 4,600,000
203, Bronson Arroyo, Cin 4,575,000
204, Rich Aurilia, SF 4,500,000
(tie) David Eckstein, Tor 4,500,000
(tie) Khalil Greene, SD 4,500,000
(tie) Mark Grudzielanek, KC 4,500,000
(tie) Bobby Howry, Cubs 4,500,000
(tie) Juan Uribe, WSox 4,500,000
(tie) Jamie Walker, Bal 4,500,000
211, Victor Martinez, Cle 4,450,000
212, J.J. Putz, Sea 4,400,000
213, Garrett Atkins, Col 4,387,500
214, Jose Reyes, NYM 4,375,000
215, Ty Wigginton, Hou 4,350,000
216, Jason Kendall, Mil 4,250,000
(tie) Kyle Lohse, StL 4,250,000
(tie) Nate Robertson, Det 4,250,000
(tie) Scot Shields, LAA 4,250,000
(tie) Justin Speier, LAA 4,250,000
221, Cristian Guzman, Was 4,200,000
(tie) Kerry Wood, Cubs 4,200,000
223, Freddy Sanchez, Pit 4,150,000
224, Vernon Wells, Tor 4,142,857
225, Dan Haren, Ari 4,050,000
226, Joe Borowski, Cle 4,000,000
(tie) Frank Catalanotto, Tex 4,000,000
(tie) Jason Jennings, Tex 4,000,000
(tie) Cliff Lee, Cle 4,000,000
(tie) Scott Linebrink, WSox 4,000,000
(tie) Ron Mahay, KC 4,000,000
(tie) David Riske, Mil 4,000,000
(tie) Chad Tracy, Ari 4,000,000
(tie) Tim Wakefield, Bos 4,000,000
(tie) Chien-Ming Wang, NYY 4,000,000
236, Brad Hawpe, Col 3,925,000
237, Troy Percival, Tam 3,897,798
238, Ben Broussard, Tex 3,850,000
(tie) Tadahito Iguchi, SD 3,850,000
(tie) Julian Tavarez, Bos 3,850,000
241, Craig Monroe, Min 3,820,000
242, Scott Eyre, Cubs 3,800,000
(tie) Kevin Millar, Bal 3,800,000
244, Scott Kazmir, Tam 3,785,000
245, Chris Capuano, Mil 3,750,000
(tie) David Dellucci, Cle 3,750,000
(tie) LaTroy Hawkins, NYY 3,750,000
(tie) Gregg Zaun, Tor 3,750,000
249, Joe Blanton, Oak 3,700,000
250, Chad Bradford, Bal 3,666,667
251, Scott Schoeneweis, NYM 3,600,000
(tie) Nick Swisher, WSox 3,600,000
253, Bobby Crosby, Oak 3,550,000
254, Michael Barrett, SD 3,500,000
(tie) Adam Kennedy, StL 3,500,000
(tie) Mike Lamb, Min 3,500,000
(tie) Jon Lieber, Cubs 3,500,000
(tie) Russ Springer, StL 3,500,000
(tie) Luis Vizcaino, Col 3,500,000
260, Salomon Torres, Mil 3,400,000
261, Derrick Turnbow, Mil 3,370,667
262, Xavier Nady, Pit 3,350,000
263, Huston Street, Oak 3,300,000
(tie) David Weathers, Cin 3,300,000
265, J.C. Romero, Phi 3,250,000
266, Guillermo Mota, Mil 3,200,000
267, Henry Blanco, Cubs 3,175,000
268, Grady Sizemore, Cle 3,166,667
269, Brandon Lyon, Ari 3,125,000
270, Alan Embree, Oak 3,107,126
271, Kip Wells, Col 3,100,000
272, Jeremy Affeldt, Cin 3,000,000
(tie) Robinson Cano, NYY 3,000,000
(tie) Pedro Feliz, Phi 3,000,000
(tie) Jeff Francis, Col 3,000,000
(tie) Ryan Freel, Cin 3,000,000
(tie) Masa Kobayashi, Cle 3,000,000
(tie) Mike Stanton, Cin 3,000,000
(tie) Mike Timlin, Bos 3,000,000
(tie) Brett Tomko, KC 3,000,000
(tie) Yorvit Torrealba, Col 3,000,000
(tie) Brad Wilkerson, Sea 3,000,000
(tie) Kevin Youkilis, Bos 3,000,000
284, Brandon Phillips, Cin 2,937,500
285, Daniel Cabrera, Bal 2,875,000
(tie) Dan Wheeler, Tam 2,875,000
287, Cesar Izturis, StL 2,850,000
288, Craig Counsell, Mil 2,800,000
(tie) Adam Everett, Min 2,800,000
290, Cliff Floyd, Tam 2,750,000
(tie) Mark Loretta, Hou 2,750,000
292, J.J. Hardy, Mil 2,650,000
(tie) Rafael Soriano, Atl 2,650,000
294, Chris Young, SD 2,625,000
295, David Bush, Mil 2,550,000
296, David Ross, Cin 2,525,000
297, Doug Brocail, Hou 2,500,000
(tie) David DeJesus, KC 2,500,000
(tie) Kevin Gregg, Fla 2,500,000
(tie) Noah Lowry, SF 2,500,000
(tie) Jhonny Peralta, Cle 2,500,000
(tie) Yasuhiko Yabuta, KC 2,500,000
303, Juan Rincon, Min 2,475,000
304, Wes Helms, Phi 2,400,000
(tie) Akinori Iwamura, Tam 2,400,000
(tie) Nick Punto, Min 2,400,000
307, Mike Gonzalez, Atl 2,362,500
308, Mark Teahen, KC 2,337,500
309, Al Reyes, Tam 2,300,000
310, Rocco Baldelli, Tam 2,250,000
(tie) Joaquin Benoit, Tex 2,250,000
(tie) Scott Downs, Tor 2,250,000
(tie) Ryan Franklin, StL 2,250,000
314, Josh Bard, SD 2,237,500
315, Andrew Miller, Fla 2,212,500
316, John Bale, KC 2,200,000
(tie) John Buck, KC 2,200,000
(tie) Jason Michaels, Cle 2,200,000
319, Jamey Carroll, Cle 2,150,000
(tie) Damaso Marte, Pit 2,150,000
321, Rafael Betancourt, Cle 2,050,000
(tie) Miguel Olivo, KC 2,050,000
323, Juan Rivera, LAA 2,025,000
324, Brad Ausmus, Hou 2,000,000
(tie) Shawn Chacon, Hou 2,000,000
(tie) Ryan Church, NYM 2,000,000
(tie) Alex Cora, Bos 2,000,000
(tie) Luis Gonzalez, Fla 2,000,000
(tie) Eddie Guardado, Tex 2,000,000
(tie) Matt Herges, Col 2,000,000
(tie) Darren Oliver, LAA 2,000,000
(tie) Wily Mo Pena, Was 2,000,000
(tie) Takashi Saito, LAD 2,000,000
(tie) Brian Shouse, Mil 2,000,000
(tie) Jorge Sosa, NYM 2,000,000
336, Mike Pelfrey, NYM 1,987,500
337, Ramon Castro, NYM 1,975,000
(tie) Willy Taveras, Col 1,975,000
339, Mike MacDougal, WSox 1,950,000
340, Juan Cruz, Ari 1,937,500
341, Joe Beimel, LAD 1,925,000
342, John McDonald, Tor 1,900,000
343, Yuniesky Betancourt, Sea 1,877,500
344, Jose Molina, NYY 1,875,000
(tie) Chris Snyder, Ari 1,875,000
346, Scott Hatteberg, Cin 1,850,000
347, Yadier Molina, StL 1,812,500
348, Jose Bautista, Pit 1,800,000
(tie) Marlon Byrd, Tex 1,800,000
(tie) Endy Chavez, NYM 1,800,000
351, Chad Gaudin, Oak 1,775,000
352, Morgan Ensberg, NYY 1,750,000
(tie) Toby Hall, WSox 1,750,000
(tie) Jose Lopez, Sea 1,750,000
355, Luis Ayala, Was 1,700,000
(tie) Fernando Rodney, Det 1,700,000
(tie) Jayson Werth, Phi 1,700,000
358, Matt Stairs, Tor 1,625,000
359, Ronnie Belliard, Was 1,600,000
(tie) Brad Hennessey, SF 1,600,000
(tie) Gerald Laird, Tex 1,600,000
(tie) Trever Miller, Tam 1,600,000
(tie) Will Ohman, Atl 1,600,000
364, Marco Scutaro, Tor 1,550,000
365, Stephen Drew, Ari 1,500,000
(tie) Josh Fogg, Cin 1,500,000
(tie) Mark Hendrickson, Fla 1,500,000
(tie) Rob Mackowiak, Was 1,500,000
(tie) Shannon Stewart, Tor 1,500,000
(tie) Steve Trachsel, Bal 1,500,000
371, Casey Kotchman, LAA 1,450,000
372, Delmon Young, Min 1,440,000
373, Emil Brown, Oak 1,400,000
(tie) Kazuo Fukumori, Tex 1,400,000
(tie) Zack Greinke, KC 1,400,000
(tie) Omar Infante, Atl 1,400,000
(tie) Ryan Madson, Phi 1,400,000
(tie) Aaron Miles, StL 1,400,000
379, Javier Valentin, Cin 1,350,000
380, Jimmy Gobble, KC 1,312,500
(tie) Chad Qualls, Ari 1,312,500
382, Ross Gload, KC 1,300,000
(tie) Reed Johnson, Cubs 1,300,000
(tie) Jason Kubel, Min 1,300,000
385, Jonny Gomes, Tam 1,275,000
(tie) Hideki Okajima, Bos 1,275,000
(tie) Marcus Thames, Det 1,275,000
388, Matt Belisle, Cin 1,250,000
(tie) Matt Clement, StL 1,250,000
(tie) Jesus Colome, Was 1,250,000
(tie) Johnny Estrada, Was 1,250,000
392, Matt Diaz, Atl 1,225,000
393, Justin Duchscherer, Oak 1,200,000
(tie) Aaron Heilman, NYM 1,200,000
(tie) Maicer Izturis, LAA 1,200,000
(tie) Sergio Mitre, Fla 1,200,000
(tie) Jon Rauch, Was 1,200,000
(tie) Daryle Ward, Cubs 1,200,000
(tie) Matt Wise, NYM 1,200,000
400, Andrew Brackman, NYY 1,184,788
401, Wilson Betemit, NYY 1,165,000
402, John Grabow, Pit 1,135,000
403, Justin Verlander, Det 1,130,000
404, Jason Frasor, Tor 1,125,000
(tie) Geoff Geary, Hou 1,125,000
(tie) Oscar Villarreal, Hou 1,125,000
407, Scott Proctor, LAD 1,115,000
408, Geoff Blum, Hou 1,100,000
409, Kevin Correia, SF 1,075,000
(tie) Gary Glover, Tam 1,075,000
(tie) Alexei Ramirez, WSox 1,075,000
412, Rickie Weeks, Mil 1,056,000
413, Marlon Anderson, NYM 1,050,000
(tie) Jesse Crain, Min 1,050,000
(tie) Pablo Ozuna, WSox 1,050,000
(tie) Robb Quinlan, LAA 1,050,000
417, Pedro Feliciano, NYM 1,025,000
418, Willie Bloomquist, Sea 1,000,000
(tie) Aaron Boone, Was 1,000,000
(tie) Kiko Calero, Oak 1,000,000
(tie) Darin Erstad, Hou 1,000,000
(tie) Randy Flores, StL 1,000,000
(tie) Esteban German, KC 1,000,000
(tie) Chris Gomez, Pit 1,000,000
(tie) Curtis Granderson, Det 1,000,000
(tie) Jorge Julio, Cle 1,000,000
(tie) Brian McCann, Atl 1,000,000
(tie) Mark Prior, SD 1,000,000
(tie) Tim Redding, Was 1,000,000
(tie) Mark Redman, Col 1,000,000
(tie) Dennys Reyes, Min 1,000,000
(tie) James Shields, Tam 1,000,000
(tie) Todd Wellemeyer, StL 1,000,000
(tie) Jamey Wright, Tex 1,000,000

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