Baseball Player Salaries

Baseball Player Salaries is a fun look at money in baseball, baseball player value and agent commissions.

Salaries, statistics and value calculations for the 2013 season are live and updated daily!

Highest Paid Players

Player 2013 Salary
Alex Rodriguez $28,000,000
Johan Santana $25,500,000
Cliff Lee $25,000,000
CC Sabathia $23,000,000
Prince Fielder $23,000,000
Joe Mauer $23,000,000
Mark Teixeira $22,500,000

Best Value

Name Team Cost vs. Performance Score
Matt Harvey NYM 1.35
Francisco Cervelli NYY 0.84
Brandon Crawford SF 0.82
Starling Marte PIT 0.77
Michael Saunders SEA 0.75

Worst Value

Name Team Cost vs. Performance Score
Tim Lincecum SF -18.33
Roy Halladay PHI -16.67
Cole Hamels PHI -16.25
Adam Dunn CHW -15.63
Ryan Zimmerman WAS -14.58

Highest Paid Agents

Agent 2013 Total Contracts Estimated Commission Highest Paid Player
Scott Boras $248,222,750 $11,728,037 Prince Fielder
$23,000,000
SFX $123,783,250 $5,361,162 Miguel Cabrera
$21,000,000
Greg Genske $107,800,000 $5,183,000 CC Sabathia
$23,000,000
ACES $93,420,000 $4,194,900 Shane Victorino
$13,000,000
CAA Sports (Nez B... $70,709,000 $3,266,350 Andre Ethier
$13,500,000
Hendricks Sports Mgmt $68,640,499 $3,018,024 Andy Pettitte
$12,000,000

Cheapest Home Runs

Player Cost Per HR
Wilin Rosario $122,750
Chris Carter $123,500
Will Middlebrooks $124,500
Matt Adams $163,333
Anthony Rizzo $166,000
Daniel Nava $168,500

Most Expensive Home Runs

Player Cost Per HR
Joe Mauer $23,000,000
Miguel Cabrera $21,000,000
Carl Crawford $20,000,000
Ryan Howard $20,000,000
Joey Votto $17,000,000
Matt Holliday $17,000,000

Cheapest Wins

Player Cost Per W
Matt Harvey $166,250
Shelby Miller $245,000
A.J. Griffin $246,250
Patrick Corbin $247,000
Tommy Milone $247,500
Madison Bumgarner $250,000

Most Expensive Wins

Player Cost Per W
Tim Lincecum $22,000,000
Roy Halladay $20,000,000
Felix Hernandez $19,860,000
Zack Greinke $19,000,000
Wandy Rodriguez $13,000,000
Ervin Santana $13,000,000

2013 MLB Payrolls

Team Payroll
New York Yankees $226,127,119
Los Angeles Dodgers $220,319,000
Philadelphia Phillies $170,860,000
Boston Red Sox $151,830,499
Detroit Tigers $151,394,500
San Francisco Giants $141,849,000
Toronto Blue Jays $130,130,100
Los Angeles Angels $128,561,499
Chicago White Sox $119,913,500
Washington Nationals $117,643,250
St. Louis Cardinals $116,188,000
Texas Rangers $114,357,200
Chicago Cubs $104,559,000
Cincinatti Reds $101,609,999
Arizona Diamondbacks $90,974,500
Atlanta Braves $90,958,750
Baltimore Orioles $89,029,500
Milwaukee Brewers $86,210,000
Kansas City Royals $83,478,630
Pittsburgh Pirates $81,430,000
Cleveland Indians $79,003,000
Colorado Rockies $77,762,999
New York Mets $75,964,860
Minnesota Twins $75,335,000
Seattle Mariners $75,250,000
San Diego Padres $70,253,600
Tampa Bay Rays $62,946,000
Oakland Athletics $61,802,500
Miami Marlins $32,290,500
Houston Astros $22,634,800

2013 Most Efficient Teams

Team Cost Per Win
Houston Astros $5,658,700
Oakland Athletics $6,866,944
Atlanta Braves $8,268,977
Colorado Rockies $9,720,374
New York Mets $10,852,122
Arizona Diamondbacks $11,371,812
Kansas City Royals $11,925,518
Seattle Mariners $12,541,666
Pittsburgh Pirates $13,571,666
Texas Rangers $14,294,650
Baltimore Orioles $14,838,250
Tampa Bay Rays $15,736,500
San Francisco Giants $15,761,000

2013 Least Efficient Teams

Team Cost Per Win
New York Yankees $37,687,853
San Diego Padres $35,126,800
Los Angeles Angels $32,140,374
Los Angeles Dodgers $31,474,142
Milwaukee Brewers $28,736,666
Philadelphia Phillies $28,476,666
Chicago Cubs $26,139,750
Toronto Blue Jays $26,026,020
Chicago White Sox $23,982,700
Boston Red Sox $21,690,071
Detroit Tigers $21,627,785
Cincinatti Reds $20,321,999
Minnesota Twins $18,833,750