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2016 Compensation




Complete List of Player Salaries by Year (Default 2016) | Link to Cot's Salary pages



      


Team Name# PlayersPayroll$ Per Player1 Year Delta% Change
Arizona Diamondbacks29 $98,172,683 $3,385,265$9,985,683+11.3 %
Atlanta Braves36 $86,580,792 $2,405,022$-10,862,812-11.1 %
Baltimore Orioles29 $147,693,714 $5,092,887$28,717,881+24.1 %
Boston Red Sox30 $197,899,679 $6,596,656$17,120,350+9.5 %
Chicago Cubs34 $171,611,832 $5,047,407$51,274,447+42.6 %
Chicago White Sox26 $114,498,667 $4,403,795$-4,120,510-3.5 %
Cincinnati Reds32 $90,416,228 $2,825,507$-24,957,725-21.6 %
Cleveland Indians30 $96,304,400 $3,210,147$8,307,299+9.4 %
Colorado Rockies33 $112,645,071 $3,413,487$15,575,441+16.0 %
Detroit Tigers32 $198,593,000 $6,206,031$25,800,750+14.9 %
Houston Astros30 $98,793,700 $3,293,123$26,329,500+36.3 %
Kansas City Royals29 $131,487,125 $4,534,039$18,630,100+16.5 %
Los Angeles Angels28 $164,673,333 $5,881,190$23,023,001+16.3 %
Los Angeles Dodgers43 $250,031,669 $5,814,690$-32,143,627-11.4 %
Miami Marlins29 $74,364,500 $2,564,293$5,333,000+7.7 %
Milwaukee Brewers31 $63,908,300 $2,061,558$-40,328,700-38.7 %
Minnesota Twins25 $105,333,700 $4,213,348$-2,928,800-2.7 %
New York Mets28 $135,188,085 $4,828,146$33,843,802+33.4 %
New York Yankees30 $227,854,350 $7,595,145$10,095,779+4.6 %
Oakland Athletics30 $86,806,234 $2,893,541$4,417,067+5.4 %
Philadelphia Phillies32 $95,846,667 $2,995,208$-52,042,999-35.2 %
Pittsburgh Pirates28 $99,945,500 $3,569,482$9,642,500+10.7 %
San Diego Padres28 $100,509,500 $3,589,625$-7,877,533-7.3 %
San Francisco Giants25 $172,086,611 $6,883,464$-1,092,666-0.6 %
Seattle Mariners30 $142,330,193 $4,744,340$19,104,350+15.5 %
St. Louis Cardinals32 $145,553,500 $4,548,547$23,487,000+19.2 %
Tampa Bay Rays30 $66,681,991 $2,222,733$-10,612,243-13.7 %
Texas Rangers30 $150,955,390 $5,031,846$7,221,850+5.0 %
Toronto Blue Jays30 $136,782,027 $4,559,401$10,866,227+8.6 %
Washington Nationals28 $145,178,886 $5,184,960$-16,835,673-10.4 %
TOTAL907$3,908,727,327$4,309,512$144,972,739+3.9 %
PosCountTot WARPAvg WARPTot SalaryAvg Salary$/WARPPct SalPct WARPEfficiency
C 100 75.33 0.75 $215,070,007 $2,150,700 $2,855,186 4.24% 6.74% 2.51%
1B 59 56.23 0.95 $340,545,357 $5,771,955 $6,056,407 6.71% 5.03% -1.68%
2B 65 85.10 1.31 $176,361,635 $2,713,256 $2,072,505 3.48% 7.62% 4.14%
3B 67 114.74 1.71 $246,689,767 $3,681,937 $2,149,897 4.86% 10.27% 5.41%
SS 50 81.47 1.63 $120,216,000 $2,404,320 $1,475,658 2.37% 7.29% 4.93%
LF 76 53.00 0.70 $318,956,833 $4,196,800 $6,017,652 6.28% 4.75% -1.54%
CF 59 77.86 1.32 $178,805,456 $3,030,601 $2,296,590 3.52% 6.97% 3.45%
RF 64 64.40 1.01 $237,114,090 $3,704,908 $3,682,032 4.67% 5.77% 1.09%
DH 21 17.43 0.83 $187,316,667 $8,919,841 $10,747,839 3.69% 1.56% -2.13%
PH 72 5.40 0.08 $60,762,001 $843,917 $11,252,179 1.20% 0.48% -0.71%
SP 387 334.57 0.86 $1,933,885,620 $4,997,120 $5,780,162 38.11% 29.96% -8.15%
RP 557 151.40 0.27 $1,059,344,035 $1,901,874 $6,997,124 20.87% 13.55% -7.32%
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