2007 MLB Team Salaries vs. Wins

TEAM                    TEAM SALARY  WINS  $ PER WIN
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Tampa Bay Devil Rays    $24,123,500    66   $365,507
Florida Marlins          30,507,000    71    429,676
Washington Nationals     37,347,500    73    511,609
Pittsburgh Pirates       38,537,833    68    566,732
Arizona Diamondbacks     52,067,546    90    578,528 *
Colorado Rockies         54,424,000    90    604,711 *
Cleveland Indians        61,673,267    96    642,429 *
San Diego Padres         58,110,567    89    652,927
Milwaukee Brewers        70,986,500    83    855,259
Minnesota Twins          71,439,500    79    904,297
Texas Rangers            68,318,675    75    910,915
Cincinnati Reds          68,904,980    72    957,013
Kansas City Royals       67,116,500    69    972,702
Toronto Blue Jays        81,942,800    83    987,262
Philadelphia Phillies    89,428,213    89  1,004,811 *
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Atlanta Braves           87,290,833    84  1,039,176
Oakland Athletics        79,366,940    76  1,044,301
Detroit Tigers           95,180,369    88  1,081,595
St. Louis Cardinals      90,286,823    78  1,157,523
Los Angeles Angels      109,251,333    94  1,162,248 *
Chicago Cubs             99,670,332    85  1,172,592 *
Houston Astros           87,759,000    73  1,202,178
Seattle Mariners        106,460,833    88  1,209,782
San Francisco Giants     90,219,056    71  1,270,690
New York Mets           115,231,663    88  1,309,450
Los Angeles Dodgers     108,454,524    82  1,322,616
Baltimore Orioles        93,554,808    69  1,355,866
Boston Red Sox          143,026,214    96  1,489,856 *
Chicago White Sox       108,671,833    72  1,509,331
New York Yankees        189,639,045    94  2,017,436 *

* Made playoffs
Salaries are from USA TODAY’s Salaries Database

2004 MLB Team Salaries vs. Wins

TEAM                    TEAM SALARY  WINS    $ PER WIN
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New York Yankees       $184,193,950   101   $1,823,702 *
Arizona Diamondbacks     69,780,750    51    1,368,250
New York Mets            96,660,970    71    1,361,422
Boston Red Sox          127,298,500    98    1,298,964 *
Seattle Mariners         81,515,834    63    1,293,902
Anaheim Angels          100,534,667    92    1,092,768 *
Philadelphia Phillies    93,219,167    86    1,083,944
Chicago Cubs             90,560,000    89    1,017,528
Los Angeles Dodgers      92,902,001    93      998,946 *
Colorado Rockies         65,445,167    68      962,429
Atlanta Braves           90,182,500    96      939,401 *
San Francisco Giants     82,019,166    91      901,310
Kansas City Royals       47,609,000    58      820,845
Houston Astros           75,397,000    92      819,533 *
St. Louis Cardinals      83,228,333   105      792,651 *
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Chicago White Sox        65,212,500    83      785,693
Toronto Blue Jays        50,017,000    67      746,522
Baltimore Orioles        51,623,333    78      661,838
Oakland Athletics        59,425,667    91      653,029
Detroit Tigers           46,832,000    72      650,444
San Diego Padres         55,384,833    87      636,607
Texas Rangers            55,050,417    89      618,544
Montreal Expos           41,197,500    67      614,888
Cincinnati Reds          46,615,250    76      613,359
Minnesota Twins          53,585,000    92      582,446 *
Florida Marlins          42,143,042    83      507,747
Pittsburgh Pirates       32,227,929    72      447,610
Cleveland Indians        34,319,300    80      428,991
Tampa Bay Devil Rays     29,556,667    70      422,238
Milwaukee Brewers        27,528,500    67      410,873

* Made playoffs
Salaries are from USA TODAY’s Salaries Database