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2012 Kansas City Royals




Complete List of Player Salaries by Year (Default 2012) | Link to Cot's Salary pages



      


32 total players, $64,485,350 total salary, $2,015,167 avg salary

PlayerPosSalaryPctWARPWARP/$M$/WARPCurrent Status
Billy Butler DH $8,500,000 13.18% 3.22 0.38 $2,642,000
Jeff Francoeur RF $6,750,000 10.47% -1.37 — —
Alex Gordon LF $6,000,000 9.30% 5.53 0.92 $1,084,409
Joakim Soria DNP $6,000,000 9.30% — — —
Jonathan Sánchez RP $5,600,000 8.68% -2.10 — —
Bruce Chen RP $4,500,000 6.98% -1.31 — —
Jonathan Broxton RP $4,000,000 6.20% -0.08 — —
Luke Hochevar RP $3,510,000 5.44% -0.76 — —
Yuniesky Betancourt 2B $2,000,000 3.10% -1.08 — —
Felipe Paulino RP $1,900,000 2.95% 0.05 0.03 $36,507,921
Aaron Crow RP $1,600,000 2.48% 1.18 0.73 $1,360,961
Noel Arguelles DNP $1,380,000 2.14% — — —
Humberto Quintero C $1,000,000 1.55% -0.40 — —
Alcides Escobar SS $1,000,000 1.55% 1.47 1.47 $678,224
Chris Getz 2B $967,500 1.50% 0.10 0.11 $9,263,337
Jose Mijares RP $925,000 1.43% -0.27 — —
Brayan Peña C $875,000 1.36% -0.56 — —
Mitch Maier CF $865,000 1.34% -0.26 — —
Salvador Perez C $750,000 1.16% 0.35 0.46 $2,150,575
Eric Hosmer 1B $502,500 0.78% 0.36 0.72 $1,381,553
Blake Wood DNP $502,000 0.78% — — —
Greg Holland RP $497,150 0.77% 1.58 3.18 $314,431
Tim Collins RP $495,725 0.77% 1.84 3.72 $268,884
Luis Mendoza RP $488,925 0.76% -0.80 — —
Jason Bourgeois CF $488,000 0.76% 0.28 0.58 $1,712,287
Everett Teaford RP $488,000 0.76% -0.18 — —
Danny Duffy RP $487,750 0.76% -0.25 — —
Mike Moustakas 3B $487,250 0.76% 3.46 7.11 $140,622
Jarrod Dyson CF $483,625 0.75% 2.55 5.27 $189,686
Lorenzo Cain CF $480,850 0.75% 1.26 2.61 $383,141
Kelvin Herrera RP $480,650 0.75% 2.18 4.53 $220,828
Manny Piña C $480,425 0.75% -0.05 — —
YearRoyals payrollAvg payrollDiff
1984$40,000$260,000$-220,000
1985$150,000$437,500$-287,500
1986$925,000$552,000$373,000
1987$740,000$589,500$150,500
1988$1,100,000$732,083$367,917
1989$1,250,000$862,714$387,286
1990$1,375,000$1,203,571$171,429
1991$2,950,000$1,884,642$1,065,358
1997$175,000$4,892,222$-4,717,222
1998$230,000$6,661,904$-6,431,904
1999$460,000$7,867,823$-7,407,823
2000$22,835,500$57,491,092$-34,655,592
2001$34,805,000$67,120,750$-32,315,750
2002$47,427,000$69,204,705$-21,777,705
2003$41,268,000$72,156,639$-30,888,639
2004$46,671,500$71,426,357$-24,754,857
2005$37,882,000$73,628,169$-35,746,169
2006$51,655,500$81,192,832$-29,537,332
2007$70,227,500$85,747,487$-15,519,987
2008$63,830,500$93,079,041$-29,248,541
2009$77,970,833$92,957,049$-14,986,216
2010$76,260,210$94,957,956$-18,697,746
2011$39,506,000$97,426,414$-57,920,414
2012$64,485,350$100,689,500$-36,204,150
2013$81,721,725$106,658,387$-24,936,662
2014$92,185,521$115,428,670$-23,243,149
2015$112,857,025$125,458,486$-12,601,461
2016$131,487,125$130,290,910$1,196,215
2017$139,555,817$136,573,000$2,982,817
2018$124,733,117$135,681,867$-10,948,750
2019$96,470,066$134,776,225$-38,306,159
2020$84,548,842$138,321,485$-53,772,643
2021$83,438,450$129,635,938$-46,197,488
2022$94,832,900$147,002,411$-52,169,511
2023$83,968,100$158,155,877$-74,187,777
2024$77,773,611$133,074,721$-55,301,110
2025$57,111,111$94,180,059$-37,068,948
2026$16,111,111$74,818,461$-58,707,350
2027$20,111,111$56,972,319$-36,861,208
2028$31,111,111$45,437,759$-14,326,648
2029$36,111,111$37,269,628$-1,158,517
2030$36,111,111$39,665,769$-3,554,658
2031$35,000,000$38,360,152$-3,360,152
2032$35,000,000$47,925,459$-12,925,459
2033$35,000,000$43,068,924$-8,068,924
2034$35,000,000$29,428,571$5,571,429
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