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.
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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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