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2005 Baseball Salaries

NEW YORK -- The 2005 salaries for the 829 major league
baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists. Figures
were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player
sources and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing
bonuses and other guaranteed income. For some players, parts of
salaries deferred without interest are discounted to reflect
present-day values (dl-disabled list).<
^BALTIMORE ORIOLES=
Sammy Sosa              $17,875,000
Miguel Tejada            10,781,206
Sidney Ponson             8,500,000
Javy Lopez                7,500,000
Melvin Mora               3,833,333
Rafael Palmeiro           3,000,000
Jay Gibbons               2,600,000
B.J. Ryan                 2,600,000
Jorge Julio               2,500,000
Steve Kline               2,500,000
Rodrigo Lopez             2,375,000
dl-Jason Grimsley         2,000,000
B.J. Surhoff              1,100,000
Luis Matos                1,025,000
Steve Reed                  900,000
Chris Gomez                 850,000
John Parrish                612,500
Bruce Chen                  550,000
Brian Roberts               390,000
Larry Bigbie                380,000
David Newhan                365,000
Rick Bauer                  350,000
Todd Williams               347,500
Geronimo Gil                342,500
Erik Bedard                 330,000
Daniel Cabrera              325,000
dl-Kurt Ainsworth           322,500
dl-Val Majewski             316,000
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^BOSTON RED SOX=
Manny Ramirez           $19,806,820
dl-Curt Schilling        14,500,000
Johnny Damon              8,250,000
Edgar Renteria            8,000,000
Jason Varitek             8,000,000
Keith Foulke              7,500,000
Trot Nixon                7,500,000
Matt Clement              6,500,000
David Ortiz               5,250,000
Tim Wakefield             4,670,000
David Wells               4,075,000
Kevin Millar              3,500,000
Jay Payton                3,500,000
Alan Embree               3,000,000
Mark Bellhorn             2,750,000
Mike Timlin               2,750,000
Bill Mueller              2,500,000
Bronson Arroyo            1,850,000
dl-Wade Miller            1,500,000
Doug Mirabelli            1,500,000
John Halama                 850,000
Matt Mantei                 750,000
Ramon Vazquez               700,000
Mike Myers                  600,000
Dave McCarty                550,000
Kevin Youkilis              323,125
Blaine Neal                 321,000
dl-Adam Stern               316,000
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^CHICAGO WHITE SOX=
Paul Konerko             $8,750,000
Jose Contreras            8,500,000
Freddy Garcia             8,000,000
dl-Frank Thomas           8,000,000
Mark Buehrle              6,000,000
Jermaine Dye              4,000,000
Carl Everett              4,000,000
Orlando Hernandez         3,500,000
Jon Garland               3,400,000
Shingo Takatsu            2,525,000
Tadahito Iguchi           2,325,000
A.J. Pierzynski           2,250,000
Juan Uribe                2,150,000
Dustin Hermanson          2,000,000
Aaron Rowand              2,000,000
Luis Vizcaino             1,300,000
Damaso Marte              1,250,000
Timo Perez                1,000,000
Cliff Politte             1,000,000
Scott Podsednik             700,000
Chris Widger                500,000
Joe Crede                   400,000
Willie Harris               365,000
Ross Gload                  335,000
Neal Cotts                  330,000
Pablo Ozuna                 330,000
dl-Felix Diaz               318,000
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^CLEVELAND INDIANS=
Kevin Millwood           $7,000,000
dl-C.C. Sabathia          5,250,000
Arthur Rhodes             3,700,000
Aaron Boone               3,000,000
Jake Westbrook            2,900,000
Bob Wickman               2,750,000
Ronnie Belliard           2,500,000
Casey Blake               2,250,000
Jose Hernandez            1,800,000
David Riske               1,425,000
Alex Cora                 1,300,000
Bob Howry                   900,000
Scott Elarton               850,000
Victor Martinez             700,000
dl-Juan Gonzalez            600,000
Scott Sauerbeck             500,000
Travis Hafner               377,400
Ben Broussard               365,000
Coco Crisp                  364,900
dl-Jody Gerut               356,200
Cliff Lee                   345,000
Jason Davis                 341,700
Rafael Betancourt           338,600
Matt Miller                 329,700
Grady Sizemore              318,300
Josh Bard                   317,900
Ryan Ludwick                317,500
Jhonny Peralta              316,700
dl-Jason Stanford           316,500
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^DETROIT TIGERS=
Bobby Higginson          $8,850,000
Ivan Rodriguez            8,000,000
Dmitri Young              8,000,000
Magglio Ordonez           7,200,000
Troy Percival             5,906,183
Carlos Guillen            4,000,000
Jason Johnson             4,000,000
Ugueth Urbina             4,000,000
Rondell White             3,250,000
dl-Fernando Vina          3,000,000
Carlos Pena               2,575,000
Kyle Farnsworth           1,975,000
Brandon Inge              1,350,000
Ramon Martinez            1,025,000
Jamie Walker                900,000
Vance Wilson                760,000
Mike Maroth                 405,000
Jeremy Bonderman            400,000
Craig Monroe                400,000
Omar Infante                355,000
Nate Robertson              355,000
dl-Colby Lewis              339,500
Wilfredo Ledezma            335,000
Matt Ginter                 333,000
Jason Smith                 325,000
Franklyn German             321,000
Exavier Logan               320,000
dl-Fernando Rodney          318,500
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^KANSAS CITY ROYALS=
Mike Sweeney            $11,000,000
Terrence Long             4,875,000
Brian Anderson            3,250,000
Eli Marrero               3,200,000
dl-Scott Sullivan         2,600,000
Jose Lima                 2,500,000
Matt Stairs               1,200,000
Tony Graffanino           1,100,000
Jeremy Affeldt              950,000
Angel Berroa                500,000
Alberto Castillo            450,000
dl-Chris Truby              360,000
Emil Brown                  355,000
Mike MacDougal              352,000
Jaime Cerda                 341,500
Zack Greinke                330,500
Nate Field                  327,500
Runelvys Hernandez          325,000
Calvin Pickering            323,500
David DeJesus               320,000
Shawn Camp                  319,500
Mike Wood                   319,000
John Buck                   318,500
Denny Bautista              316,000
Ruben Gotay                 316,000
Andy Sisco                  316,000
Mark Teahen                 316,000
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^LOS ANGELES ANGELS=
Vladimir Guerrero       $12,500,000
dl-Tim Salmon            10,150,000
Bartolo Colon            10,000,000
Garret Anderson           9,750,000
Darin Erstad              8,250,000
Jarrod Washburn           6,500,000
dl-Kelvim Escobar         6,250,000
Orlando Cabrera           6,000,000
Steve Finley              6,000,000
Paul Byrd                 5,000,000
dl-Adam Kennedy           3,000,000
Bengie Molina             3,000,000
Esteban Yan               1,000,000
Jeff Davanon                925,000
Scot Shields                925,000
Jose Molina                 725,000
Lou Merloni                 500,000
Josh Paul                   450,000
John Lackey                 440,000
Francisco Rodriguez         440,000
Brendan Donnelly            420,000
Chone Figgins               390,000
Juan Rivera                 390,000
Kevin Gregg                 360,000
Robb Quinlan                360,000
Bret Prinz                  342,322
dl-Matt Hensley             317,500
Maicer Izturis              317,000
Jake Woods                  316,000
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