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year	team	roster	league	division	team payroll	w	l	rank	lg rk	mlb rk	last year payroll	top salary
1998	Baltimore Orioles	team roster	AL	East	70,408,134	79	83	4	8	16	54,871,399	Mike Mussina (19)
1998	New York Yankees	team roster	AL	East	63,159,898	114	48	1	1	1	59,148,877	Bernie Williams (9)
1998	Atlanta Braves	team roster	NL	East	59,536,000	106	56	1	1	2	50,488,500	Greg Maddux (3)
1998	Cleveland Indians	team roster	AL	Central	59,033,499	89	73	1	3	7	54,130,232	Kenny Lofton (16)
1998	Texas Rangers	team roster	AL	West	54,704,595	88	74	1	5	9	50,112,268	Juan Gonzalez (13)
1998	St. Louis Cardinals	team roster	NL	Central	52,572,500	83	79	3	8	14	44,179,167	Mark McGwire (4)
1998	Seattle Mariners	team roster	AL	West	52,032,291	76	85	3	9	19	39,667,628	Ken Griffey (10)
1998	Boston Red Sox	team roster	AL	East	51,647,000	92	70	2	2	5	43,232,000	Pedro Martinez (15)
1998	New York Mets	team roster	NL	East	49,559,665	88	74	2	6	11	38,474,567	Bernard Gilkey (51)
1998	Chicago Cubs	team roster	NL	Central	49,383,000	90	73	2	4	6	39,829,333	Sammy Sosa (8)
1998	Toronto Blue Jays	team roster	AL	East	48,415,000	88	74	3	4	10	45,894,833	Roger Clemens (6)
1998	Los Angeles Dodgers	team roster	NL	West	47,970,000	83	79	3	7	13	43,400,000	Mike Piazza (11)
1998	Colorado Rockies	team roster	NL	West	47,433,333	77	85	4	9	17	42,870,501	Larry Walker (30)
1998	San Diego Padres	team roster	NL	West	45,368,000	98	64	1	3	4	34,698,672	Greg Vaughn (50)
1998	Houston Astros	team roster	NL	Central	40,629,000	102	60	1	2	3	32,935,000	Jeff Bagwell (12)
1998	San Francisco Giants	team roster	NL	West	40,320,835	89	74	2	5	8	33,469,213	Barry Bonds (5)
1998	Anaheim Angels	team roster	AL	West	38,537,000	85	77	2	6	12	29,452,672	Ken Hill (56)
1998	Chicago White Sox	team roster	AL	Central	36,840,000	80	82	2	7	15	54,377,500	Albert Belle (2)
1998	Philadelphia Phillies	team roster	NL	East	36,085,000	75	87	3	11	20	35,463,500	Gregg Jefferies (31)
1998	Florida Marlins	team roster	NL	East	33,434,000	54	108	5	16	30	47,753,000	Gary Sheffield (1)
1998	Kansas City Royals	team roster	AL	Central	32,912,500	72	89	3	11	23	31,225,000	Dean Palmer (35)
1998	Milwaukee Brewers	team roster	NL	Central	32,252,583	74	88	5	12	21	21,320,332	Marquis Grissom (56)
1998	Arizona Diamondbacks	team roster	NL	West	29,161,500	65	97	5	15	26		Andy Benes (25)
1998	Minnesota Twins	team roster	AL	Central	26,182,500	70	92	4	12	24	25,747,500	Paul Molitor (84)
1998	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	team roster	AL	East	25,317,500	63	99	5	14	29		Fred McGriff (38)
1998	Detroit Tigers	team roster	AL	Central	22,625,000	65	97	5	13	27	16,304,500	Bobby Higginson (182)
1998	Cincinnati Reds	team roster	NL	Central	21,995,000	77	85	4	10	18	43,267,000	Barry Larkin (48)
1998	Oakland Athletics	team roster	AL	West	20,063,000	74	88	4	10	22	21,911,000	Kenny Rogers (56)
1998	Pittsburgh Pirates	team roster	NL	Central	13,752,000	69	93	6	13	25	9,071,666	Al Martin (175)
1998	Montreal Expos	team roster	NL	East	9,202,000	65	97	4	14	28	18,335,500	Rondell White (205)
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1998 MLB Payrolls

Payrolls by Team

Top 100 Salaries

rank	player	team	salary
1	Gary Sheffield	Florida Marlins	14,936,667
2	Albert Belle	Chicago White Sox	10,000,000
3	Greg Maddux	Atlanta Braves	9,600,000
4	Mark McGwire	St. Louis Cardinals	8,928,354
5	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	8,916,667
6	Roger Clemens	Toronto Blue Jays	8,550,000
7	Andres Galarraga	Atlanta Braves	8,400,000
8	Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	8,325,000
9	Bernie Williams	New York Yankees	8,300,000
10	Ken Griffey	Seattle Mariners	8,153,667
11	Mike Piazza	Los Angeles Dodgers	8,000,000
12	Jeff Bagwell	Houston Astros	7,945,000
13	Juan Gonzalez	Texas Rangers	7,800,000
14	John Smoltz	Atlanta Braves	7,750,000
15	Pedro Martinez	Boston Red Sox	7,575,000
16	Kenny Lofton	Cleveland Indians	7,550,000
17	Tom Glavine	Atlanta Braves	7,000,000
17	Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox	7,000,000
19	Mike Mussina	Baltimore Orioles	6,755,492
20	Ivan Rodriguez	Texas Rangers	6,700,000
21	David Cone	New York Yankees	6,666,667
22	Mo Vaughn	Boston Red Sox	6,650,000
23	Rafael Palmeiro	Baltimore Orioles	6,515,828
24	David Justice	Cleveland Indians	6,500,000
25	Andy Benes	Arizona Diamondbacks	6,450,000
rank	player	team	salary
26	Cal Ripken	Baltimore Orioles	6,400,000
27	Roberto Alomar	Baltimore Orioles	6,343,771
28	Craig Biggio	Houston Astros	6,145,000
29	Robin Ventura	Chicago White Sox	6,100,000
30	Larry Walker	Colorado Rockies	6,050,000
31	Gregg Jefferies	Philadelphia Phillies	6,000,000
31	Chuck Knoblauch	New York Yankees	6,000,000
31	Randy Johnson	Seattle Mariners	6,000,000
34	Bobby Bonilla	Florida Marlins	5,900,000
35	Dean Palmer	Kansas City Royals	5,825,000
36	Will Clark	Texas Rangers	5,812,595
37	John Wetteland	Texas Rangers	5,800,000
38	Ron Gant	St. Louis Cardinals	5,500,000
38	Raul Mondesi	Los Angeles Dodgers	5,500,000
38	Fred McGriff	Tampa Bay Rays	5,500,000
38	Paul O'Neill	New York Yankees	5,500,000
42	Darryl Kile	Colorado Rockies	5,492,981
43	Brady Anderson	Baltimore Orioles	5,441,843
44	Travis Fryman	Cleveland Indians	5,400,000
45	Jimmy Key	Baltimore Orioles	5,390,825
46	Jay Buhner	Seattle Mariners	5,367,702
47	John Valentin	Boston Red Sox	5,350,000
48	Barry Larkin	Cincinnati Reds	5,300,000
49	Dante Bichette	Colorado Rockies	5,291,667
50	Greg Vaughn	San Diego Padres	5,275,000
rank	player	team	salary
51	Bernard Gilkey	New York Mets	5,050,000
51	Mark Clark	Chicago Cubs	5,050,000
53	Vinny Castilla	Colorado Rockies	5,025,000
54	Moises Alou	Houston Astros	5,020,000
55	Jeff Fassero	Seattle Mariners	5,016,667
56	Kenny Rogers	Oakland Athletics	5,000,000
56	Juan Guzman	Toronto Blue Jays	5,000,000
56	Marquis Grissom	Milwaukee Brewers	5,000,000
56	Jaime Navarro	Chicago White Sox	5,000,000
56	Tim Salmon	Anaheim Angels	5,000,000
56	Chuck Finley	Anaheim Angels	5,000,000
56	Jay Bell	Arizona Diamondbacks	5,000,000
56	Ken Hill	Anaheim Angels	5,000,000
64	Kevin Brown	San Diego Padres	4,935,000
65	Todd Hundley	New York Mets	4,925,000
66	Todd Stottlemyre	St. Louis Cardinals	4,900,000
66	Ellis Burks	Colorado Rockies	4,900,000
66	Lance Johnson	Chicago Cubs	4,900,000
69	Matt Williams	Arizona Diamondbacks	4,800,000
69	Kevin Appier	Kansas City Royals	4,800,000
69	Jim Thome	Cleveland Indians	4,800,000
72	Carlos Baerga	New York Mets	4,749,999
73	Curt Schilling	Philadelphia Phillies	4,700,000
74	Ray Lankford	St. Louis Cardinals	4,666,667
75	David Wells	New York Yankees	4,666,666
rank	player	team	salary
76	Mel Rojas	New York Mets	4,583,333
77	Eric Young	Los Angeles Dodgers	4,500,000
77	Denny Neagle	Atlanta Braves	4,500,000
77	Eric Karros	Los Angeles Dodgers	4,500,000
77	Wilson Alvarez	Tampa Bay Rays	4,500,000
81	Randy Myers	Toronto Blue Jays	4,416,667
82	Chili Davis	New York Yankees	4,333,333
83	Tino Martinez	New York Yankees	4,300,000
84	Paul Molitor	Minnesota Twins	4,250,000
84	Derek Bell	Houston Astros	4,250,000
86	Mark Grace	Chicago Cubs	4,225,000
87	Andy Ashby	San Diego Padres	4,125,000
87	Mark Wohlers	Atlanta Braves	4,125,000
89	Robb Nen	San Francisco Giants	4,090,000
90	Tony Gwynn	San Diego Padres	4,050,000
91	Jeff King	Kansas City Royals	4,000,000
91	Roberto Hernandez	Tampa Bay Rays	4,000,000
91	Kevin Tapani	Chicago Cubs	4,000,000
91	Jeff Blauser	Chicago Cubs	4,000,000
91	Benito Santiago	Toronto Blue Jays	4,000,000
91	John Burkett	Texas Rangers	4,000,000
97	Mike Lansing	Colorado Rockies	3,950,000
98	Steve Avery	Boston Red Sox	3,900,000
99	Brian McRae	New York Mets	3,850,000
99	Javy Lopez	Atlanta Braves	3,850,000
100 record(s)