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2017 Boston Red Sox




Complete List of Player Salaries by Year (Default 2017) | Link to Cot's Salary pages



      


33 total players, $197,041,179 total salary, $5,970,945 avg salary

PlayerPosSalaryPctWARPWARP/$M$/WARPCurrent Status
David Price SP $30,000,000 15.23% 0.43 0.01 $70,064,155
Hanley Ramirez DH $22,750,000 11.55% -0.13 — —
Rick Porcello SP $20,125,000 10.21% 1.61 0.08 $12,496,274
Pablo Sandoval 3B $17,600,000 8.93% -0.32 — —
Dustin Pedroia 2B $15,125,000 7.68% 0.92 0.06 $16,487,404
Craig Kimbrel RP $13,000,000 6.60% 2.48 0.19 $5,232,483
Chris Sale SP $12,000,000 6.09% 7.73 0.64 $1,553,219
Rusney Castillo DNP $11,271,429 5.72% — — —
Allen Craig DNP $11,000,000 5.58% — — —
Chris Young LF $6,500,000 3.30% -0.30 — —
Mitch Moreland 1B $5,500,000 2.79% 0.90 0.16 $6,101,572
Xander Bogaerts SS $4,500,000 2.28% 2.28 0.51 $1,977,075
Drew Pomeranz SP $4,450,000 2.26% 2.81 0.63 $1,583,089
Jackie Bradley Jr. CF $3,600,000 1.83% 1.19 0.33 $3,014,949
Joe Kelly RP $2,800,000 1.42% 0.75 0.27 $3,712,139
Tyler Thornburg DNP $2,050,000 1.04% — — —
Fernando Abad RP $2,000,000 1.02% 0.03 0.02 $63,728,161
Brock Holt 2B $1,950,000 0.99% -0.20 — —
Robbie Ross Jr. RP $1,825,000 0.93% 0.15 0.08 $12,509,596
Sandy León C $1,300,000 0.66% 0.89 0.68 $1,464,632
Mookie Betts RF $950,000 0.48% 5.53 5.82 $171,892
Josh Rutledge 3B $600,000 0.30% -0.30 — —
Steven Wright SP $593,500 0.30% -0.90 — —
Eduardo Rodriguez SP $584,500 0.30% 1.90 3.26 $306,877
Roenis Elías RP $582,500 0.30% 0.01 0.02 $42,075,686
Matt Barnes RP $563,500 0.29% 1.46 2.59 $386,764
Christian Vázquez C $561,000 0.28% 2.32 4.14 $241,546
Carson Smith RP $556,750 0.28% 0.13 0.23 $4,276,935
Andrew Benintendi LF $549,000 0.28% 1.76 3.21 $311,902
Heath Hembree RP $547,000 0.28% 1.23 2.25 $443,734
Robby Scott RP $537,000 0.27% 0.21 0.39 $2,563,552
Steve Selsky 3B $535,000 0.27% -0.16 — —
Ben Taylor RP $535,000 0.27% -0.21 — —
YearRed Sox payrollAvg payrollDiff
1997$1,100,000$4,892,222$-3,792,222
1998$9,100,000$6,661,904$2,438,096
1999$14,500,000$7,867,823$6,632,177
2000$80,978,533$57,491,092$23,487,441
2001$111,488,333$67,120,750$44,367,583
2002$108,645,000$69,204,705$39,440,295
2003$99,251,500$72,156,639$27,094,861
2004$128,545,500$71,426,357$57,119,143
2005$125,097,825$73,628,169$51,469,656
2006$124,406,500$81,192,832$43,213,668
2007$147,568,833$85,747,487$61,821,346
2008$136,798,083$93,079,041$43,719,042
2009$122,803,640$92,957,049$29,846,591
2010$173,759,833$94,957,956$78,801,877
2011$165,828,976$97,426,414$68,402,562
2012$175,205,284$100,689,500$74,515,784
2013$150,655,000$106,658,387$43,996,613
2014$163,414,996$115,428,670$47,986,326
2015$180,779,329$125,458,486$55,320,843
2016$197,899,679$130,290,910$67,608,769
2017$197,041,179$136,573,000$60,468,179
2018$233,200,428$135,681,867$97,518,561
2019$236,171,428$134,776,225$101,395,203
2020$187,907,969$138,321,485$49,586,484
2021$176,099,500$129,635,938$46,463,562
2022$212,015,000$147,002,411$65,012,589
2023$154,435,000$158,155,877$-3,720,877
2024$97,266,667$133,074,721$-35,808,054
2025$86,566,667$94,180,059$-7,613,392
2026$73,916,667$74,818,461$-901,794
2027$71,416,667$56,972,319$14,444,348
2028$59,916,667$45,437,759$14,478,908
2029$59,916,667$37,269,628$22,647,039
2030$44,750,000$39,665,769$5,084,231
2031$44,000,000$38,360,152$5,639,848
2032$35,000,000$47,925,459$-12,925,459
2033$31,000,000$43,068,924$-12,068,924
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