Here are the 2007 salaries for the top 425 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 and other guaranteed income. 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 $ 27,708,525 2, Jason Giambi, NYY - 23,428,571 3, Derek Jeter, NYY - 21,600,000 4, Manny Ramirez, Bos - 17,016,381 5, Todd Helton, Col - 16,600,000 6, Bartolo Colon, LAA - 16,000,000 (tie) Andy Pettitte, NYY - 16,000,000 8, Jason Schmidt, LAD - 15,703,946 9, Jim Thome, WSox - 15,666,667 10, Bobby Abreu, NYY - 15,600,000 11, Barry Bonds, SF - 15,533,970 12, Richie Sexson, Sea - 15,500,000 13, Mike Hampton, Atl - 15,475,185 14, Lance Berkman, Hou - 14,500,000 (tie) Carlos Delgado, NYM - 14,500,000 (tie) Vladimir Guerrero, LAA - 14,500,000 17, J.D. Drew, Bos - 14,400,000 18, Pedro Martinez, NYM - 14,002,234 19, Andruw Jones, Atl - 14,000,000 20, Miguel Tejada, Bal - 13,811,415 21, Rafael Furcal, LAD - 13,730,196 22, Carlos Beltran, NYM - 13,571,429 23, Jason Kendall, Oak - 13,429,623 24, Pat Burrell, Phi - 13,250,000 (tie) Derrek Lee, Cubs - 13,250,000 (tie) David Ortiz, Bos - 13,250,000 27, A.J. Burnett, Tor - 13,200,000 (tie) Magglio Ordonez, Det - 13,200,000 29, Johnny Damon, NYY - 13,000,000 (tie) Hideki Matsui, NYY - 13,000,000 (tie) Roy Oswalt, Hou - 13,000,000 (tie) Johan Santana, Min - 13,000,000 (tie) Curt Schilling, Bos - 13,000,000 (tie) Javier Vazquez, WSox - 13,000,000 35, Albert Pujols, StL - 12,937,813 36, Adrian Beltre, Sea - 12,900,000 37, Roy Halladay, Tor - 12,750,000 38, Ichiro Suzuki, Sea - 12,531,000 39, Carlos Zambrano, Cubs - 12,400,000 40, Chipper Jones, Atl - 12,333,333 41, Scott Rolen, StL - 12,311,637 42, Torii Hunter, Min - 12,000,000 (tie) Paul Konerko, WSox - 12,000,000 (tie) Jorge Posada, NYY - 12,000,000 45, Shawn Green, NYM - 11,833,333 46, Garret Anderson, LAA - 11,600,000 47, Troy Glaus, Tor - 11,500,000 (tie) Carlos Lee, Hou - 11,500,000 49, Ben Sheets, Mil - 11,125,000 50, Mike Mussina, NYY - 11,070,423 51, Mike Sweeney, KC - 11,000,000 (tie) Jason Varitek, Bos - 11,000,000 53, Gary Sheffield, Det - 10,916,071 54, Ivan Rodriguez, Det - 10,567,639 55, Adam Dunn, Cin - 10,500,000 (tie) Mariano Rivera, NYY - 10,500,000 (tie) Billy Wagner, NYM - 10,500,000 58, Eric Milton, Cin - 10,333,333 59, Matt Morris, SF - 10,037,283 60, Freddy Garcia, Phi - 10,000,000 (tie) Jon Garland, WSox - 10,000,000 (tie) Greg Maddux, SD - 10,000,000 (tie) Carl Pavano, NYY - 10,000,000 (tie) Edgar Renteria, Atl - 10,000,000 (tie) Alfonso Soriano, Cubs - 10,000,000 (tie) Barry Zito, SF - 10,000,000 67, Armando Benitez, SF - 9,866,219 68, Jarrod Washburn, Sea - 9,850,000 69, Kevin Millwood, Tex - 9,836,116 70, Jeff Kent, LAD - 9,814,117 71, Brian Giles, SD - 9,666,667 72, Jim Edmonds, StL - 9,562,540 73, Mark Buehrle, WSox - 9,500,000 (tie) Eric Chavez, Oak - 9,500,000 (tie) Matt Clement, Bos - 9,500,000 (tie) Derek Lowe, LAD - 9,500,000 77, Randy Johnson, Ari - 9,100,546 78, Jose Contreras, WSox - 9,000,000 (tie) Kelvim Escobar, LAA - 9,000,000 (tie) Mike Lowell, Bos - 9,000,000 (tie) Vicente Padilla, Tex - 9,000,000 (tie) Aramis Ramirez, Cubs - 9,000,000 (tie) Mark Teixeira, Tex - 9,000,000 84, Jason Isringhausen, StL - 8,750,000 (tie) C.C. Sabathia, Cle - 8,750,000 86, Nomar Garciaparra, LA - 8,516,697 87, Orlando Cabrera, LAA - 8,500,000 (tie) Chris Carpenter, StL - 8,500,000 (tie) Tim Hudson, Atl - 8,500,000 (tie) Mike Piazza, Oak - 8,500,000 91, Ken Griffey Jr., Cin - 8,446,647 92, Jeff Weaver, Sea - 8,325,000 93, Julio Lugo, Bos - 8,250,000 94, Mark Kotsay, Oak - 8,000,000 (tie) Brad Penny, LAD - 8,000,000 (tie) Kenny Rogers, Det - 8,000,000 (tie) Jimmy Rollins, Phi - 8,000,000 (tie) John Smoltz, Atl - 8,000,000 99, Kris Benson, Bal - 7,977,889 100, Jon Lieber, Phi - 7,833,333 101, Melvin Mora, Bal - 7,758,503 102, Odalis Perez, KC - 7,750,000 103, Jaret Wright, Bal - 7,666,667 104, Moises Alou, NYM - 7,500,000 (tie) Tom Glavine, NYM - 7,500,000 (tie) Esteban Loaiza, Oak - 7,500,000 (tie) Juan Pierre, LAD - 7,500,000 (tie) Jose Vidro, Sea - 7,500,000 109, Randy Wolf, LAD - 7,477,969 110, Miguel Cabrera, Fla - 7,400,000 (tie) Gil Meche, KC - 7,400,000 112, Geoff Jenkins, Mil - 7,333,333 113, Adam Eaton, Phi - 7,208,333 114, Luis Gonzalez, LAD - 7,156,599 115, Paul Byrd, Cle - 7,000,000 (tie) Mike Cameron, SD - 7,000,000 (tie) Ray Durham, SF - 7,000,000 (tie) Jermaine Dye, WSox - 7,000,000 (tie) Tom Gordon, Phi - 7,000,000 (tie) Livan Hernandez, Ari - 7,000,000 (tie) Trevor Hoffman, SD - 7,000,000 (tie) Francisco Rodriguez, LAA - 7,000,000 (tie) B.J. Ryan, Tor - 7,000,000 124, Corey Koskie, Mil - 6,750,000 125, Josh Beckett, Bos - 6,666,667 126, Paul Lo Duca, NYM - 6,600,823 127, Ramon Hernandez, Bal - 6,500,000 (tie) Jamie Moyer, Phi - 6,500,000 (tie) Bob Wickman, Atl - 6,500,000 130, Dontrelle Willis, Fla - 6,450,000 131, Gary Matthews Jr., LAA - 6,400,000 132, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Bos - 6,333,333 133, Jeff Suppan, Mil - 6,250,000 134, Jake Westbrook, Cle - 6,100,000 135, Miguel Batista, Sea - 6,000,000 (tie) Eric Gagne, Tex - 6,000,000 (tie) Shea Hillenbrand, LAA - 6,000,000 (tie) Ted Lilly, Cubs - 6,000,000 (tie) Kenny Lofton, Tex - 6,000,000 (tie) Woody Williams, Hou - 6,000,000 141, Kenji Johjima, Sea - 5,933,333 142, John Lackey, LAA - 5,833,333 143, Vernon Wells, Tor - 5,770,000 144, Luis Castillo, Min - 5,750,000 145, Eric Hinske, Bos - 5,725,000 146, Danys Baez, Bal - 5,666,667 (tie) Kyle Farnsworth, NYY - 5,666,667 148, Jacque Jo? Hou - 5,500,000 (tie) Nick Johnson, Was - 5,500,000 (tie) A.J. Pierzynski, WSox - 5,500,000 155, Jason LaRue, KC - 5,450,000 156, Francisco Cordero, Mil - 5,425,000 157, Jack Wilson, Pit - 5,400,000 158, Brad Lidge, Hou - 5,350,000 159, Ryan Dempster, Cubs - 5,333,333 160, Joe Nathan, Min - 5,250,000 161, Craig Biggio, Hou - 5,150,000 162, Omar Vizquel, SF - 5,140,084 163, Pedro Feliz, SF - 5,100,000 164, Brett Myers, Phi - 5,083,333 165, Octavio Dotel, KC - 5,000,000 (tie) Juan Encarnacion, StL - 5,000,000 (tie) Jay Gibbons, Bal - 5,000,000 (tie) Carlos Guillen, Det - 5,000,000 (tie) Jose Guillen, Sea - 5,000,000 (tie) Orlando Hernandez, NYM - 5,000,000 (tie) Dave Roberts, SF - 5,000,000 (tie) Reggie Sanders, KC - 5,000,000 (tie) Randy Winn, SF - 5,000,000 174, Joe Crede, WSox - 4,940,000 175, Brandon Inge, Det - 4,900,000 176, Todd Jones, Det - 4,809,159 177, Hank Blalock, Tex - 4,800,000 178, Chase Utley, Phi - 4,785,714 179, Craig Monroe, Det - 4,775,000 180, Jason Marquis, Cubs - 4,750,000 (tie) Jake Peavy, SD - 4,750,000 182, Placido Polanco, Det - 4,600,000 183, David Eckstein, StL - 4,583,333 184, Eric Byrnes, Ari - 4,575,000 185, Michael Barrett, Cubs - 4,533,333 186, Jeremy Bonderman, Det - 4,500,000 (tie) Bob Howry, Cubs - 4,500,000 (tie) Braden Looper, StL - 4,500,000 (tie) Justin Morneau, Min - 4,500,000 (tie) Mark Mulder, StL - 4,500,000 (tie) Jay Payton, Bal - 4,500,000 (tie) Brandon Webb, Ari - 4,500,000 193, Matt Holliday, Col - 4,400,000 194, Bronson Arroyo, Cin - 4,375,000 195, Morgan Ensberg, Hou - 4,350,000 (tie) Aaron Rowand, Phi - 4,350,000 (tie) Brad Wilkerson, Tex - 4,350,000 198, Rodrigo Lopez, Col - 4,325,000 (tie) Carlos Silva, Min - 4,325,000 200, Corey Patterson, Bal - 4,300,000 201, Aaron Harang, Cin - 4,250,000 (tie) Cesar Izturis, Cubs - 4,250,000 203, Cristian Guzman, Was - 4,200,000 (tie) Kyle Lohse, Cin - 4,200,000 (tie) Brian Roberts, Bal - 4,200,000 206, Chad Cordero, Was - 4,150,000 (tie) Juan Uribe, WSox - 4,150,000 208, Carl Crawford, Tam - 4,125,000 209, Brett Tomko, LAD - 4,100,000 210, Travis Hafner, Cle - 4,050,000 211, Brad Ausmus, Hou - 4,000,000 (tie) Joe Borowski, Cle - 4,000,000 (tie) Milton Bradley, Oak - 4,000,000 (tie) Sean Casey, Det - 4,000,000 (tie) Scott Elarton, KC - 4,000,000 (tie) Scott Eyre, Cubs - 4,000,000 (tie) Mark Grudzielanek, KC - 4,000,000 (tie) Aubrey Huff, Bal - 4,000,000 (tie) Kei Igawa, NYY - 4,000,000 (tie) Bengie Molina, SF - 4,000,000 (tie) Joel Pineiro, Bos - 4,000,000 (tie) Tim Wakefield, Bos - 4,000,000 (tie) Kip Wells, StL - 4,000,000 224, Brady Clark, LAD - 3,900,000 (tie) Orlando Hudson, Ari - 3,900,000 (tie) Felipe Lopez, Was - 3,900,000 227, Coco Crisp, Bos - 3,833,333 228, Shawn Chacon, Pit - 3,825,000 229, Jose Valentin, NYM - 3,800,000 230, Casey Blake, Cle - 3,750,000 (tie) David Dellucci, Cle - 3,750,000 (tie) Joe Mauer, Min - 3,750,000 (tie) Justin Speier, LAA - 3,750,000 234, Josh Fogg, Col - 3,625,000 235, Jorge Julio, Fla - 3,600,000 (tie) Scott Schoeneweis, NYM - 3,600,000 237, Michael Cuddyer, Min - 3,575,000 (tie) Michael Young, Tex - 3,575,000 239, Ben Broussard, Sea - 3,550,000 240, Rich Aurilia, SF - 3,500,000 (tie) Jason Bay, Pit - 3,500,000 (tie) Frank Catalanotto, Tex - 3 ,500,000 (tie) Mark Ellis, Oak - 3,500,000 (tie) Chone Figgins, LAA - 3,500,000 (tie) Brian Fuentes, Col - 3,500,000 (tie) Alex Gonzalez, Cin - 3,500,000 (tie) Austin Kearns, Was - 3,500,000 (tie) Brian Schneider, Was - 3,500,000 (tie) Gregg Zaun, Tor - 3,500,000 250, Emil Brown, KC - 3,450,000 251, Erik Bedard, Bal - 3,400,000 (tie) Johnny Estrada, Mil - 3,400,000 (tie) Kevin Mench, Mil - 3,400,000 (tie) Scot Shields, LAA - 3,400,000 255, Julian Tavarez, Bos - 3,350,000 256, Roberto Hernandez, Cle - 3,300,000 257, Nate Robertson, Det - 3,260,000 258, Chris Capuano, Mil - 3,250,000 (tie) Marcus Giles, SD - 3,250,000 (tie) Tony Graffanino, Mil - 3,250,000 (tie) LaTroy Hawkins, Col - 3,250,000 (tie) Tadahito Iguchi, WSox - 3,250,000 263, Adam LaRoche, Pit - 3,200,000 (tie) Victor Martinez, Cle - 3,200,000 265, Chad Bradford, Bal - 3,166,667 266, Bill Hall, Mil - 3,125,000 267, Aaron Cook, Col - 3,100,000 (tie) Ramon Ortiz, Min - 3,100,000 269, Reed Johnson, Tor - 3,075,000 270, Tony Armas, Pit - 3,000,000 (tie) Hector Carrasco, LAA - 3,000,000 (tie) Cliff Floyd, Cubs - 3,000,000 (tie) Cliff Lee, Cle - 3,000,000 (tie) Trot Nixon, Cle - 3,000,000 (tie) Akinori Otsuka, Tex - 3,000,000 (tie) Steve Trachsel, Bal - 3,000,000 (tie) Chad Tracy, Ari - 3,000,000 (tie) Luis Vizcaino, NYY - 3,000,000 (tie) Jamie Walker, Bal - 3,000,000 (tie) David Wells, SD - 3,000,000 281, Mike Maroth, Det - 2,950,000 282, Mark Hendrickson, LAD - 2,925,000 283, Scott Podsednik, WSox - 2,900,000 (tie) Josh Towers, Tor - 2,900,000 285, Jose Reyes, NYM - 2,875,000 286, Craig Counsell, Mil - 2,800,000 (tie) Adam Everett, Hou - 2,800,000 (tie) Joe Kennedy, Oak - 2,800,000 (tie) Mike Timlin, Bos - 2,800,000 (tie) Salomon Torres, Pit - 2,800,000 291, Mark De Rosa, Cubs - 2,750,000 (tie) Rob Mackowiak, WSox - 2,750,000 (tie) Kevin Millar, Bal - 2,750,000 (tie) Freddy Sanchez, Pit - 2,750,000 295, Casey Fossum, Tam - 2,725,000 296, Mike Lamb, Hou - 2,700,000 (tie) J.J. Putz, Sea - 2,700,000 (tie) Ty Wigginton, Tam - 2,700,000 299, Horacio Ramirez, Sea - 2,650,000 300, Damaso Marte, Pit - 2,600,000 301, Bobby Crosby, Oak - 2,550,000 302, Alex Rios, Tor - 2,535,000 303, Rod Barajas, Phi - 2,500,000 (tie) Adam Kennedy, StL - 2,500,000 (tie) Byung-Hyun Kim, Col - 2,500,000 (tie) Mark Loretta, Hou - 2,500,000 (tie) Jose Mesa, Det - 2,500,000 (tie) Neifi Perez, Det - 2,500,000 (tie) Claudio Vargas, Mil - 2,500,000 (tie) Rondell White, Min - 2,500,000 311, Derrick Turnbow, Mil - 2,470,667 312, Alan Embree, Oak - 2,356,496 313, Mike Gonzalez, Atl - 2,350,000 314, Ryan Freel, Cin - 2,325,000 (tie) Oliver Perez, NYM - 2,325,000 316, Wes Helms, Phi - 2,300,000 317, Rheal Cormier, Cin - 2,250,000 (tie) Khalil Greene, SD - 2,250,000 (tie) Rich Harden, Oak - 2,250,000 (tie) Dan Haren, Oak - 2,250,000 (tie) Damian Miller, Mil - 2,250,000 (tie) David Weathers, Cin - 2,250,000 323, Scott Linebrink, SD - 2,150,000 (tie) Xavier Nady, Pit - 2,150,000 325, Bobby Kielty, Oak - 2,100,000 (tie) Scott Spiezio, StL - 2,100,000 (tie) Dan Wheeler, Hou - 2,100,000 328, Jason Michaels, Cle - 2,050,000 329, Juan Rivera, LAA - 2,025,000 330, Jeff Conine, Cin - 2,000,000 (tie) Alex Cora, Bos - 2,000,000 (tie) David DeJesus, KC - 2,000,000 (tie) Miguel Olivo, Fla - 2,000,000 (tie) Juan Rincon, Min - 2,000,000 (tie) David Riske, KC - 2,000,000 (tie) Mike Stanton, Cin - 2,000,000 (tie) Jose Valverde, Ari - 2,000,000 (tie) Craig Wilson, Atl - 2,000,000 339, Abraham Nunez, Phi - 1,925,000 340, Jose Castillo, Pit - 1,900,000 (tie) Alex Cintron, WSox - 1,900,000 342, Wily Mo Pena, Bos - 1,875,000 343, Daniel Cabrera, Bal - 1,825,000 344, John Bale, KC - 1,800,000 (tie) Akinori Iwamura, Tam - 1,800,000 (tie) Guillermo Mota, NYM - 1,800,000 (tie) Nick Punto, Min - 1,800,000 348, Henry Blanco, Cubs - 1,775,000 349, Toby Hall, WSox - 1,750,000 (tie) Ryan Klesko, SF - 1,750,000 (tie) Steve Kline, SF - 1,750,000 (tie) Russ Springer, StL - 1,750,000 (tie) Kerry Wood, Cubs - 1,750,000 354, Endy Chavez, NYM - 1,725,000 355, Jamey Carroll, Col - 1,700,000 (tie) Elmer Dessens, Mil - 1,700,000 357, Kiko Calero, Oak - 1,600,000 (tie) J.C. Romero, Bos - 1,600,000 (tie) David Ross, Cin - 1,600,000 360, Marco Scutaro, Oak - 1,550,000 361, Jeff Cirillo, Min - 1,500,000 (tie) Royce Clayton, Tor - 1,500,000 (tie) Stephen Drew, Ari - 1,500,000 (tie) Aaron Fultz, Cle - 1,500,000 (tie) Scott Hatteberg, Cin - 1,500,000 (tie) Brandon Lyon, Ari - 1,500,000 (tie) Mike MacDougal, WSox - 1,500,000 (tie) Kaz Matsui, Col - 1,500,000 (tie) Doug Mientkiewicz, NYY - 1,500,000 (tie) Wade Miller, Cubs - 1,500,000 (tie) Tomo Ohka, Tor - 1,500,000 (tie) Darren Oliver, LAA - 1,500,000 (tie) Jay Witasick, Oak - 1,500,000 374, Juan Cruz, Ari - 1,437,500 375, Brendan Donnelly, Bos - 1,400,000 376, Noah Lowry, SF - 1,365,000 377, Jose Molina, LAA - 1,350,000 (tie) Lyle Overbay, Tor - 1,350,000 (tie) Chris Reitsma, Sea - 1,350,000 380, Delmon Young, Tam - 1,340,000 381, Rickie Weeks, Mil - 1,320,000 382, Luis Ayala, Was 1,300,000 (tie) Omar Infante, Det - 1,300,000 (tie) Trever Miller, Hou - 1,300,000 385, Jeremy Affeldt, Col - 1,250,000 (tie) Jeff DaVanon, Ari - 1,250,000 (tie) Ron Mahay, Tex - 1,250,000 (tie) Mike Myers, NYY - 1,250,000 (tie) Javier Valentin, Cin - 1,250,000 (tie) Dave Williams, NYM - 1,250,000 (tie) David Wright, NYM - 1,250,000 392, Hideki Okajima, Bos - 1,225,000 393, Kirk Saarloos, Cin - 1,200,000 (tie) Jae Seo, Tam - 1,200,000 (tie) Rafael Soriano, Atl - 1,200,000 396, Justin Duchscherer, Oak - 1,187,500 397, Julio Franco, NYM - 1,150,000 (tie) Mike Lieberthal, LAD - 1,150,000 399, Bruce Chen, Tex - 1,100,000 (tie) Ryan Madson, Phi - 1,100,000 401, Julio Mateo, Sea - 1,075,000 (tie) Yorvit Torrealba, Col - 1,075,000 403, Josh Bard, SD - 1,050,000 (tie) Joaquin Benoit, Tex - 1,050,000 (tie) Jason Lane, Hou - 1,050,000 (tie) Matt Wise, Mil - 1,050,000 407, Tony Clark, Ari - 1,034,000 408, Justin Verlander, Det - 1,030,000 409, Scott Downs, Tor - 1,025,000 410, Adam Loewen, Bal - 1,020,000 411, Russ Branyan, SD - 1,000,000 (tie) Steve Finley, Col - 1,000,000 (tie) Ryan Franklin, StL - 1,000,000 (tie) Aaron Miles, StL - 1,000,000 (tie) Jhonny Peralta, Cle - 1,000,000 (tie) Sidney Ponson, Min - 1,000,000 (tie) Dennys Reyes, Min - 1,000,000 (tie) Arthur Rhodes, Sea - 1,000,000 (tie) Fernando Rodney, Det - 1,000,000 (tie) Olmedo Saenz, LAD - 1,000,000 (tie) Takashi Saito, LAD - 1,000,000 (tie) Aaron Sele, NYM - 1,000,000 (tie) Shannon Stewart, Oak - 1,000,000 (tie) Daryle Ward, Cubs - 1,000,000 (tie) Preston Wilson, StL - 1,000,000 |
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