2009 Major League Baseball Payrolls

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It is no surprise that the New York Yankees have the highest payroll in all of baseball.  In fact, both New York baseball teams are at the top of the list in terms of having the most expensive ballplayers.  What is interesting to examine is the comparison between a team’s payroll and overall win-loss record.  There are always anomalies like last year’s Tampa Bay Rays, who won the American league pennant on the sixth lowest payroll in all of baseball.  This goes to show that higher payrolls do not always guarantee success: Just look at the Yankees, who failed to qualify for the postseason last year.

	Payroll	Increase/Decrease	2008 Record
N.Y. Yankees	$201,449,289	-7,632,290	89-72
N.Y. Mets	135,773,988	-2,519,290	89-73
Chicago Cubs	135,050,000	16,454,167	97-64
Boston	122,696,00	10,744,037	95-67
Detroit	115,085,145	-23,600,052	74-88
L.A. Angels	113,709,000	-5,507,333	100-62
Philadelphia	113,004,048	14,734,167	92-70
Houston	102,996,415	14,066,000	86-75
L.A. Dodgers	100,458,101	-18,077,937	84-78
Seattle	98,904,167	-19,089,815	61-101
Atlanta	96,726,167	-5,697,851	72-90
Chicago White Sox	96,068,500	-25,084,167	89-74
St. Louis	88,528,411	-12,096,039	86-76
San Francisco	82,161,450	5,256,950	72-90
Cleveland	81,625,567	2,655,500	81-81
Toronto	80,993,657	-17,648,300	86-76
Milwaukee	80,257,502	-746,665	90-72
Colorado	75,201,000	6,545,500	74-88
Arizona	73,571,667	7,368,954	82-80
Cincinnati	70,968,500	-3,309,195	74-88
Kansas City	70,908,333	12,662,833	75-87
Texas	68,646,023	406,472	79-83
Baltimore	67,101,667	-94,581	68-93
Minnesota	65,299,267	3,116,500	88-75
Tampa Bay	63,313,035	19,492,437	97-65
Oakland	62,310,000	14,342,874	75-86
Washington	59,328,000	4,367,000	59-102
Pittsburgh	48,743,000	-622,283	67-95
San Diego	42,796,700	-30,880,917	63-99
Florida	36,814,000	14,977,500	84-77

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