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year	team	roster	league	division	team payroll	w	l	rank	lg rk	mlb rk	last year payroll	top salary
1988	New York Yankees	team roster	AL	East	18,909,152	85	76	5	7	11		Don Mattingly (9)
1988	Detroit Tigers	team roster	AL	East	15,597,071	88	74	2	4	6		Jack Morris (11)
1988	Boston Red Sox	team roster	AL	East	15,544,592	89	73	1	3	5		Jim Rice (4)
1988	New York Mets	team roster	NL	East	15,502,714	100	60	1	1	2		Gary Carter (5)
1988	Los Angeles Dodgers	team roster	NL	West	15,462,515	94	67	1	2	3		Fernando Valenzuela (8)
1988	St. Louis Cardinals	team roster	NL	East	14,000,000	76	86	5	10	19		Ozzie Smith (1)
1988	Houston Astros	team roster	NL	West	13,454,667	82	80	5	7	15		Dave Smith (51)
1988	Philadelphia Phillies	team roster	NL	East	12,998,000	65	96	6	11	24		Mike Schmidt (3)
1988	Chicago Cubs	team roster	NL	East	12,339,833	77	85	4	9	18		Rick Sutcliffe (7)
1988	San Francisco Giants	team roster	NL	West	12,188,000	83	79	4	6	14		Brett Butler (90)
1988	Minnesota Twins	team roster	AL	West	12,154,800	91	71	2	2	4		Gary Gaetti (21)
1988	Toronto Blue Jays	team roster	AL	East	11,673,725	87	75	3	5	8		George Bell (13)
1988	Kansas City Royals	team roster	AL	West	11,558,873	84	77	3	8	12		George Brett (2)
1988	Oakland Athletics	team roster	AL	West	11,380,183	104	58	1	1	1		Carney Lansford (39)
1988	California Angels	team roster	AL	West	10,932,388	75	87	4	10	20		Mike Witt (29)
1988	Milwaukee Brewers	team roster	AL	East	10,214,000	87	75	4	6	9		Paul Molitor (29)
1988	Baltimore Orioles	team roster	AL	East	9,995,404	54	107	7	14	26		Eddie Murray (6)
1988	Atlanta Braves	team roster	NL	West	9,967,167	54	106	6	12	25		Dale Murphy (9)
1988	San Diego Padres	team roster	NL	West	9,878,168	83	78	3	5	13		Keith Moreland (43)
1988	Montreal Expos	team roster	NL	East	8,852,333	81	81	3	8	16		Tim Raines (22)
1988	Cincinnati Reds	team roster	NL	West	8,368,833	87	74	2	3	7		Mario Soto (45)
1988	Cleveland Indians	team roster	AL	East	7,819,500	78	84	6	9	17		Julio Franco (77)
1988	Pittsburgh Pirates	team roster	NL	East	7,627,500	85	75	2	4	10		Andy Van Slyke (132)
1988	Seattle Mariners	team roster	AL	West	6,545,950	68	93	7	13	23		Steve Trout (74)
1988	Texas Rangers	team roster	AL	West	6,008,000	70	91	6	12	22		Charlie Hough (115)
1988	Chicago White Sox	team roster	AL	West	5,906,952	71	90	5	11	21		Harold Baines (62)
26 record(s)

1988 MLB Payrolls

Payrolls by Team

Top 100 Salaries

rank	player	team	salary
1	Ozzie Smith	St. Louis Cardinals	2,340,000
2	George Brett	Kansas City Royals	2,305,000
3	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	2,250,000
4	Jim Rice	Boston Red Sox	2,214,865
5	Gary Carter	New York Mets	2,160,714
6	Eddie Murray	Baltimore Orioles	2,142,904
7	Rick Sutcliffe	Chicago Cubs	2,070,000
8	Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles Dodgers	2,050,000
9	Dale Murphy	Atlanta Braves	2,000,000
9	Don Mattingly	New York Yankees	2,000,000
11	Jack Morris	Detroit Tigers	1,988,000
12	Dave Winfield	New York Yankees	1,958,652
13	George Bell	Toronto Blue Jays	1,900,000
14	Andre Dawson	Chicago Cubs	1,850,000
14	Keith Hernandez	New York Mets	1,850,000
16	Kirk Gibson	Los Angeles Dodgers	1,833,333
17	Rickey Henderson	New York Yankees	1,770,000
18	Bruce Sutter	Atlanta Braves	1,729,167
19	Pedro Guerrero	Los Angeles Dodgers	1,720,000
20	Cal Ripken	Baltimore Orioles	1,700,000
21	Gary Gaetti	Minnesota Twins	1,666,666
22	Tim Raines	Montreal Expos	1,666,333
23	Wade Boggs	Boston Red Sox	1,650,000
24	Dwight Evans	Boston Red Sox	1,600,000
25	Dan Quisenberry	Kansas City Royals	1,562,350
rank	player	team	salary
26	Fred Lynn	Baltimore Orioles	1,540,000
27	Jack Clark	New York Yankees	1,500,000
28	Kent Hrbek	Minnesota Twins	1,410,000
29	Jesse Barfield	Toronto Blue Jays	1,400,000
29	Mike Witt	California Angels	1,400,000
29	Dwight Gooden	New York Mets	1,400,000
29	Paul Molitor	Milwaukee Brewers	1,400,000
33	Willie Wilson	Kansas City Royals	1,383,712
34	Leon Durham	Chicago Cubs	1,383,333
35	Roger Clemens	Boston Red Sox	1,350,000
35	Frank Viola	Minnesota Twins	1,350,000
37	Rich Gossage	Chicago Cubs	1,331,532
38	Darryl Strawberry	New York Mets	1,320,000
39	Dave Righetti	New York Yankees	1,300,000
39	Von Hayes	Philadelphia Phillies	1,300,000
39	Carney Lansford	Oakland Athletics	1,300,000
42	Charlie Leibrandt	Kansas City Royals	1,250,000
43	Keith Moreland	San Diego Padres	1,243,333
44	Willie Hernandez	Detroit Tigers	1,210,000
45	Mario Soto	Cincinnati Reds	1,200,000
45	Willie McGee	St. Louis Cardinals	1,200,000
47	Robin Yount	Milwaukee Brewers	1,150,000
48	Garry Templeton	San Diego Padres	1,143,502
49	Tom Brunansky	Minnesota Twins	1,140,000
50	Jody Davis	Chicago Cubs	1,108,333
rank	player	team	salary
51	Bret Saberhagen	Kansas City Royals	1,100,000
51	Tony Pena	St. Louis Cardinals	1,100,000
51	John Tudor	St. Louis Cardinals	1,100,000
51	Dave Smith	Houston Astros	1,100,000
51	Frank Tanana	Detroit Tigers	1,100,000
51	Orel Hershiser	Los Angeles Dodgers	1,100,000
57	Kirby Puckett	Minnesota Twins	1,090,000
58	Scott McGregor	Baltimore Orioles	1,066,171
59	Juan Samuel	Philadelphia Phillies	1,060,000
59	Bob Stanley	Boston Red Sox	1,060,000
61	Teddy Higuera	Milwaukee Brewers	1,025,000
62	Ron Darling	New York Mets	1,000,000
62	Harold Baines	Chicago White Sox	1,000,000
62	Jesse Orosco	Los Angeles Dodgers	1,000,000
62	Bert Blyleven	Minnesota Twins	1,000,000
62	Mike Scioscia	Los Angeles Dodgers	1,000,000
62	Nolan Ryan	Houston Astros	1,000,000
62	Dave Parker	Oakland Athletics	1,000,000
62	Lance Parrish	Philadelphia Phillies	1,000,000
62	Ed Whitson	San Diego Padres	1,000,000
62	Alan Trammell	Detroit Tigers	1,000,000
62	Donnie Moore	California Angels	1,000,000
62	Bob Knepper	Houston Astros	1,000,000
74	Steve Trout	Seattle Mariners	990,000
75	George Hendrick	California Angels	989,333
rank	player	team	salary
76	Mike Davis	Los Angeles Dodgers	987,500
77	Julio Franco	Cleveland Indians	975,000
77	Lou Whitaker	Detroit Tigers	975,000
77	Kevin McReynolds	New York Mets	975,000
80	Rich Gedman	Boston Red Sox	952,727
81	Scott Sanderson	Chicago Cubs	950,000
81	Terry Puhl	Houston Astros	950,000
81	Bob Horner	St. Louis Cardinals	950,000
84	Bob Welch	Oakland Athletics	937,500
84	Jim Gantner	Milwaukee Brewers	937,500
86	Bill Doran	Houston Astros	933,000
87	Steve Bedrosian	Philadelphia Phillies	925,000
87	Rafael Ramirez	Houston Astros	925,000
89	Phil Bradley	Philadelphia Phillies	905,000
90	Richard Dotson	New York Yankees	900,000
90	Brian Downing	California Angels	900,000
90	Brett Butler	San Francisco Giants	900,000
90	Jim Clancy	Toronto Blue Jays	900,000
90	Floyd Bannister	Kansas City Royals	900,000
90	Don Robinson	San Francisco Giants	900,000
90	Rick Rhoden	New York Yankees	900,000
90	Shane Rawley	Philadelphia Phillies	900,000
90	Mookie Wilson	New York Mets	900,000
90	Willie Upshaw	Cleveland Indians	900,000
90	Dave Stieb	Toronto Blue Jays	900,000
rank	player	team	salary
90	Bruce Hurst	Boston Red Sox	900,000
90	Jeffrey Leonard	San Francisco Giants	900,000
90	Mike Krukow	San Francisco Giants	900,000
103 record(s)