TEAM

AVERAGE. SALARY

AVERAGE SALARY DIFFERENCE

PERCENTAGE PAYROLL DIFFERENCE

AVERAGE WINS

AVERAGE WIN DIFFERENCE

NEW YORK YANKEES

$62,720,383.00

$24,652,294.44

64.76%

87.25

8.25

LOS ANGELES DODGERS

$52,429,029.81

$14,360,941.26

37.72%

82.31

3.31

BOSTON RED SOX

$52,352,564.81

$14,284,476.26

37.52%

83.81

4.81

ATLANTA BRAVES

$51,092,502.19

$13,024,413.63

34.21%

89.19

10.19

NEW YORK METS

$49,724,066.50

$11,655,977.94

30.62%

79.50

0.50

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS

$74,353,527.17

$16,240,691.84

27.95%

87.17

6.17

TEXAS RANGERS

$48,426,006.19

$10,357,917.63

27.21%

77.94

-1.06

BALTIMORE ORIOLES

$44,116,868.50

$6,048,779.94

15.89%

75.63

-3.38

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

$42,325,250.88

$4,257,162.32

11.18%

81.44

2.44

CLEVELAND INDIANS

$41,675,107.81

$3,607,019.26

9.48%

81.00

2.00

ST LOUIS CARDINALS

$41,471,641.50

$3,403,552.94

8.94%

80.63

1.63

CHICAGO CUBS

$41,075,361.50

$3,007,272.94

7.90%

76.06

-2.94

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS

$40,823,217.63

$2,755,129.07

7.24%

84.19

5.19

SEATTLE MARINERS

$39,865,390.19

$1,797,301.63

4.72%

81.06

2.06

COLORADO ROCKIES

$45,661,078.55

-$920,073.17

-2.42%

74.00

-5.00

ANAHEIM ANGELS

$36,172,192.75

-$1,895,895.81

-4.07%

77.31

-0.69

HOUSTON ASTROS

$35,543,338.63

-$2,524,749.93

-6.63%

82.31

3.31

CINCINNATI REDS

$35,203,019.81

-$2,865,068.74

-7.53%

79.31

0.31

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

$33,965,345.25

-$4,102,743.31

-10.78%

81.31

2.31

DETROIT TIGERS

$32,805,921.31

-$5,262,167.24

-13.82%

68.31

-10.69

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES

$32,207,135.38

-$5,860,953.18

-15.40%

73.75

-5.25

SAN DIEGO PADRES

$30,754,898.75

-$7,313,189.81

-19.21%

76.00

-3.00

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

$29,180,553.75

-$8,887,534.81

-23.35%

74.25

-4.75

OAKLAND ATHLETICS

$29,124,016.75

-$8,944,071.81

-23.49%

85.50

6.50

MILWAUKEE BREWERS

$27,909,443.19

-$10,158,645.37

-26.69%

73.38

-5.63

TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS

$39,754,651.67

-$18,358,183.66

-31.59%

63.50

-17.50

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

$25,284,897.56

-$12,783,190.99

-33.58%

75.69

-3.31

FLORIDA MARLINS

$30,456,451.09

-$16,124,700.62

-34.62%

72.45

-5.55

MINNESOTA TWINS

$24,867,504.19

-$13,200,584.37

-34.68%

76.69

-2.31

MONTREAL EXPOS

$21,166,986.06

-$16,901,102.49

-44.40%

77.44

-1.56

AVERAGE MLB WINS 1998-PRESENT

81

AVERAGE MLB WINS 1993-PRESENT

78

*STRIKE SHORTENED

AVERAGE MLB WINS 1988-PRESENT

79

1994 AND 1995 SEASONS

AVERAGE MLB PAYROLL 1998- PRESENT

$58,112,835

AVERAGE MLB PAYROLL 1993-PRESENT

$46,581,152

AVERAGE MLB PAYROLL 1988-PRESENT

$38,068,089

AVERAGE WINS TOP 15 AVERAGE PAYROLLS

81.41

AVERAGE WINS BOTTOM 15 AVERAGE PAYROLLS

75.81

DIFFERENCE AVERAGE WINS TOP 15  VERSUS BOTTOM 15 AVERAGE PAYROLLS

5.60

AVERAGE WINS TOP THIRD AVERAGE PAYROLLS

82.52

AVERAGE WINS BOTTOM THIRD AVERAGE PAYROLLS

74.86

DIFFERENCE AVERAGE WINS TOP THIRD  VERSUS BOTTOM THIRD AVERAGE PAYROLLS

7.66

AVERAGE PLAYOFF TEAM AND YEARLY WHITESOX PAYROLLS COMPARED TO LEAGUE AVERAGE

LEAGUE AVERAGE PAYROLL

2003

$71,028,782.03

2002

$67,489,250.73

2001

$65,428,060.47

2000

$56,209,059.83