There Is Nothing quite as Wonderful as Money

Saturday, September 05 2009 @ 08:17 PM EDT

Contributed by: Magpie

You can keep your Marxist ways, for it's only just a phase...
Money, money, money makes the world go round!

USA Today has published salary data for all 30 major league teams. Read 'em and weep.

Team           Roster size      Payroll (in millions)   Average salary (in millions)

1. Yankees         42                 $213.5                      $5.09
2. Dodgers    46 $148.9 $3.24
3. Cubs            38                 $139.2                      $3.66
4. Tigers    41 $137.1 $3.34
5. Red Sox    41 $133.07 $3.24

6. Mets    44 $131.5 $2.99
7. Phillies    41 $125.5 $3.06
8. Cardinals    38 $124.7 $3.28
9. Angels    42 $121.1 $2.9
10. Mariners    44 $111.1 $2.53

11. Braves    41 $106.6 $2.6
12. Astros    40 $105.8 $2.65
13. White Sox    38 $ 97.0 $2.55
14. Rockies    44 $ 96.4 $2.19
15. Giants    44 $ 95.3 $2.17

16. Brewers    41 $ 88.5 $2.16
17. Twins    42 $ 82.0 $1.95
18. Royals    39 $ 79.9 $2.05
19. Reds    43 $ 79.07 $1.84
20. Rays    42 $ 67.8 $1.61

21. D'backs    42 $ 67.6 $1.61
22. Rangers    43 $ 64.1 $1.5
23. Indians    37 $ 59.3 $1.60
24. Blue Jays    40 $ 59.4 $1.5
25. Nationals    43 $ 58.3 $1.36

26. Orioles    41 $ 55.2 $1.35
27. Marlins    42 $ 47.4 $1.13
28. Athletics    43 $ 46.4 $1.08
29. Padres    45 $ 36.7 $0.815
30. Pirates    43 $ 29.9 $0.695
Any correlation between money and on-field results are in the eye of the beholder.

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