2011 MLB Payrolls - The Baseball Cube

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High-level summary of Payroll data for the 2011 season. The list is sorted by highest payrolls. For each player listed, League Rank is listed in ().

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2011 Payrolls by Team

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#	Team Name	League	Division	Team Payroll	W	L	WPct	Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Last Yr Payroll	Top Salary
1	New York Yankees	AL	East	202,689,028	97	65	.599	1	1	2	206,333,389	Alex Rodriguez (1)
2	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	East	172,976,379	102	60	.630	1	1	1	141,927,381	Roy Halladay (6)
3	Boston Red Sox	AL	East	161,762,475	90	72	.556	3	5	9	162,747,333	Josh Beckett (18)
4	Los Angeles Angels	AL	West	138,543,166	86	76	.531	2	6	12	105,013,667	Vernon Wells (2)
5	Chicago White Sox	AL	Central	127,789,000	79	83	.488	3	9	18	108,273,197	Jake Peavy (22)
6	Chicago Cubs	NL	Central	125,047,329	71	91	.438	5	14	26	146,859,000	Alfonso Soriano (11)
7	New York Mets	NL	East	118,847,309	77	85	.475	4	10	19	132,701,445	Carlos Beltran (9)
8	San Francisco Giants	NL	West	118,198,333	86	76	.531	2	6	11	97,828,833	Barry Zito (14)
9	Minnesota Twins	AL	Central	112,737,000	63	99	.389	5	14	29	97,559,167	Joe Mauer (5)
10	Detroit Tigers	AL	Central	105,700,231	95	67	.586	1	3	5	122,864,929	Miguel Cabrera (6)
11	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	Central	105,433,572	90	72	.556	2	4	8	93,540,753	Matt Holliday (20)
12	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	West	104,188,999	82	79	.509	3	7	13	94,945,517	Rafael Furcal (46)
13	Texas Rangers	AL	West	92,299,264	96	66	.593	1	2	4	55,250,545	Michael Young (21)
14	Colorado Rockies	NL	West	88,148,071	73	89	.451	4	11	21	84,227,000	Todd Helton (10)
15	Atlanta Braves	NL	East	87,002,692	89	73	.549	2	5	10	84,423,667	Derek Lowe (27)
16	Seattle Mariners	AL	West	86,524,600	67	95	.414	4	13	28	98,376,667	Ichiro Suzuki (17)
17	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	Central	85,497,333	96	66	.593	1	2	3	81,108,279	Prince Fielder (25)
18	Baltimore Orioles	AL	East	85,304,038	69	93	.426	5	12	27	81,612,500	Nick Markakis (72)
19	Cincinnati Reds	NL	Central	75,947,134	79	83	.488	3	9	17	72,386,544	Francisco Cordero (58)
20	Houston Astros	NL	Central	70,694,000	56	106	.346	6	16	30	92,355,500	Carlos Lee (11)
21	Oakland Athletics	AL	West	66,536,500	74	88	.457	3	10	20	51,654,900	Josh Willingham (144)
22	Washington Nationals	NL	East	63,856,928	80	81	.497	3	8	15	61,425,000	Jayson Werth (73)
23	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	East	62,567,800	81	81	.500	4	7	14	62,689,357	Jose Bautista (101)
24	Florida Marlins	NL	East	56,944,000	72	90	.444	5	13	22	55,641,500	Hanley Ramirez (69)
25	Arizona Diamondbacks	NL	West	53,639,833	94	68	.580	1	3	6	60,718,167	Kelly Johnson (154)
26	Cleveland Indians	AL	Central	49,190,566	80	82	.494	2	8	16	61,203,967	Travis Hafner (46)
27	San Diego Padres	NL	West	45,869,140	71	91	.438	5	15	25	37,799,300	Heath Bell (113)
28	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	Central	45,047,000	72	90	.444	4	12	23	34,943,000	Christopher Snyder (141)
29	Tampa Bay Rays	AL	East	41,053,571	91	71	.562	2	4	7	71,923,471	Johnny Damon (175)
30	Kansas City Royals	AL	Central	36,126,000	71	91	.438	4	11	24	72,267,710	Joakim Soria (216)
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. League Abbreviation or name of league Division League division, geographically (usually) grouping of teams within a league W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season

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