Some Phillies among baseball's highest salaries
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Some Phillies among baseball's highest salaries
Matt Mullin
How many times have you watched a baseball game and seen a player dog it down to first? Or play a ball off his hip, a la Roger Dorn in Major League? Inevitably, you say to yourself, "These guys are getting paid millions of dollars to play a game! I'd do it for a lot less money, and play a lot harder!"
Ready to get really mad? While you sit in your cubicle slaving away, take a minute to see just how much these guys are getting paid to "play" baseball for a living. The Associated Press released a list of of 448 MLB players who, as of opening day, will earn more than $1 million this season.
According to the AP, "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."
Here is the list, with Phillies player in bold:
Player, Club ----- Salary
1. Alex Rodriguez, NYY ----- $30,000,000
2. Vernon Wells, LAA ----- $24,642,857
3. CC Sabathia, NYY ----- $24,285,714
4. Johan Santana, NYM ----- $23,145,011
5. Mark Teixeira, NYY ----- $23,125,000
6. Prince Fielder, Det ----- $23,000,000
(tie) Joe Mauer, Min ----- $ 23,000,000
8. Adrian Gonzalez, Bos ----- $21,857,143
9. Cliff Lee, Phi ----- $21,500,000
10. Miguel Cabrera, Det ----- $ 21,000,000
11. Carl Crawford, Bos ----- $20,357,143
12. Justin Verlander, Det ----- $20,100,000
13. Roy Halladay, Phi ----- $20,000,000
(tie) Ryan Howard, Phi ----- $20,000,000
15. Felix Hernandez, Sea ----- $19,700,000
16. Carlos Lee, Hou ----- $19,000,000
(tie) Alfonso Soriano, Cubs ----- $19,000,000
(tie) Carlos Zambrano, Mia ----- $19,000,000
(tie) Barry Zito, SF ----- $19,000,000
20. Torii Hunter, LAA ----- $ 18,500,000
21. Tim Lincecum, SF ----- $18,250,000
22. Jason Bay, NYM ----- $ 18,125,000
23. Ichiro Suzuki, Sea ----- $18,000,000
24. Josh Beckett, Bos ----- $17,000,000
(tie) Jake Peavy, WSox ----- $17,000,000
26. A.J. Burnett, Pit ----- $16,500,000
27. Matt Holliday, StL ----- $16,292,362
28. Michael Young, Tex ----- $16,174,975
29. Matt Cain, SF ----- $16,166,667
30. John Lackey, Bos ----- $15,950,000
31. Derek Jeter, NYY ----- $15,729,365
32. Chase Utley, Phi ----- $15,285,714
33. Josh Hamilton, Tex ----- $15,250,000
(tie) David Wright, NYM ----- $15,250,000
35. Adrian Beltre, Tex ----- $15,000,000
(tie) Cole Hamels, Phi ----- $15,000,000
(tie) Derek Lowe, Cle ----- $ 15,000,000
(tie) Justin Morneau, Min ----- $15,000,000
(tie) Hanley Ramirez, Mia ----- $15,000,000
40. Mariano Rivera, NYY ----- $14,940,025
41. David Ortiz, Bos ----- $14,575,000
42. Jered Weaver, LAA ----- $14,200,000
43. Jose Bautista, Tor ----- $14,000,000
(tie) Robinson Cano, NYY ----- $ 14,000,000
(tie) Ryan Dempster, Cubs ----- $14,000,000
(tie) Adam Dunn, WSox ----- $14,000,000
(tie) Chipper Jones, Atl ----- $ 14,000,000
48. Josh Johnson, Mia ----- $13,750,000
49. Jayson Werth, Was ----- $ 13,571,429
50. Zack Greinke, Mil ----- $ 13,500,000
Those are just the top 50 salaries. I've included the rest of the Phillies below, but to see the complete list, click here.
72. Jimmy Rollins, Phi ----- $11,000,000
76. Joe Blanton, Phi ----- $10,500,000
81. Hunter Pence, Phi ----- $10,400,000
90. Shane Victorino, Phi ----- $9,500,000
150. Placido Polanco, Phi ----- $ 6,416,667
232. Ty Wigginton, Phi ----- $4,000,000
256. Carlos Ruiz, Phi ----- $ 3,700,000
283. Kyle Kendrick, Phi ----- $3,000,000
310. Jose Contreras, Phi ----- $ 2,500,000
401. Jim Thome, Phi ----- $ 1,250,000
413. Chad Qualls, Phi ----- $1,150,000
All told, the Phillies have 16 players making over $1 million this season and five players among the top 50 salaries.
Thoughts? Concerns?
The world is really NUTS!!— philsfansince1946- Joey Votto? Isn't he now #2 with an outrageous 25 million/year deal?— kjuggs77
- Joey Votto makes $9.5M this season. Followed by $17M, $12M, and $14M each of the next 3 seasons. Then it jumps to $20-25M the rest of the deal, according to baseball-reference.com ...
- BTW, Blanton, Polanco, Wiggington making more than Carlos Ruiz is a crime, regardless of when they signed their deals. How in the world is Ty Wiggington making more than Chooch?!?!?! I got ya- they all make too much anyway, but sheesh.— kjuggs77
- I have never heard of a case where you regrew cartlidge by exercises??— tulsaphil
- disgusting that men - playing a girl's game - get paid anything like that much !— the_chief
- Speaking of girl's games...'the chieif' is busy in his mom's basement making cookies with his Easy-Bake Oven...— Buck Dharma
- Vernon Wells number 2? Or should that read Albert Pujols?— jweinstein14
- It's a killer having $35 million on the DL. They'll probably regret Howard's contract for the next 5 years.— AvoidSundanceVacations
- Imagine what the owners are making. What some people forget is these guys are just like any other top entertainers. I'm glad they're getting their cut.— TomO
- Um, Papelbon? He makes $11,000,058 this year. Now the question is who needs to hire an editor, philly.com or the AP. Lance Nix at $1.15M is also misssing.— pretzalz
- Where is UTELY?— Seal Rock
- Utely is # 32.— johnny eagle
- More illuminating is how much players get paid per unit. Examples: Lee=$6,515/pitch he makes, Papelbon=$13,333/pitch he makes, Howard=$7,142/pitch he sees and $6,600/play in the field, Thome=$5,680/at bat, Ruiz=$216/pitch he sees at the plate or behind it. All figures are based on average times each even occurs per game.— calm weather
- the most disgraceful number? mine. $60 to put my senior citizen tuches on a decent seat. and forget about buying a n y t h i n g at the park.— bubba church & granny hamner
