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| Baseball salaries vs. performance, 2001 |
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| Sorted from overachieving teams to underachieving, |
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| comparing team payroll with team success. |
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| A high ranking means a team got more than it paid for. |
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| +/- is the team's ranking in payroll minus its ranking in winning percentage. |
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Team |
+/- |
Win rank |
Payroll rank |
Won |
Loss |
Win |
Payroll |
Playoff |
Cost per win |
Cost rank |
| 1 |
Oakland Athletics |
27 |
2 |
29 |
102 |
60 |
0.630 |
$33,810,750 |
Yes |
$331,478 |
29 |
| 2 |
Minnesota Twins |
17 |
13 |
30 |
85 |
77 |
0.525 |
24,350,000 |
No |
286,471 |
30 |
| 3 |
Houston Astros |
13 |
4 |
17 |
93 |
69 |
0.574 |
60,382,667 |
Yes |
649,276 |
21 |
| 3 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
13 |
11 |
24 |
86 |
76 |
0.531 |
41,664,167 |
No |
484,467 |
27 |
| 5 |
Seattle Mariners |
10 |
1 |
11 |
116 |
46 |
0.716 |
75,652,500 |
Yes |
652,177 |
20 |
| 6 |
Florida Marlins |
8 |
19 |
27 |
76 |
86 |
0.469 |
35,504,167 |
No |
467,160 |
28 |
| 7 |
San Francisco Giants |
7 |
8 |
15 |
90 |
72 |
0.556 |
63,332,667 |
No |
703,696 |
18 |
| 7 |
San Diego Padres |
7 |
18 |
25 |
79 |
83 |
0.488 |
38,333,117 |
No |
485,229 |
26 |
| 9 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
5 |
4 |
9 |
93 |
69 |
0.574 |
77,270,855 |
Yes |
830,869 |
14 |
| 9 |
Chicago Cubs |
5 |
9 |
14 |
88 |
74 |
0.543 |
64,015,833 |
No |
727,453 |
17 |
| 9 |
Montreal Expos |
5 |
23 |
28 |
68 |
94 |
0.420 |
34,774,500 |
No |
511,390 |
25 |
| 12 |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
2 |
6 |
8 |
92 |
70 |
0.568 |
81,206,513 |
Yes |
882,679 |
12 |
| 12 |
Chicago White Sox |
2 |
14 |
16 |
83 |
79 |
0.512 |
62,363,000 |
No |
751,361 |
16 |
| 14 |
Anaheim Angels |
1 |
20 |
21 |
75 |
87 |
0.463 |
46,568,180 |
No |
620,909 |
23 |
| 15 |
Milwaukee Brewers |
0 |
23 |
23 |
68 |
94 |
0.420 |
43,089,333 |
No |
633,667 |
22 |
| 16 |
Kansas City Royals |
-1 |
27 |
26 |
65 |
97 |
0.401 |
35,643,000 |
No |
548,354 |
24 |
| 17 |
New York Yankees |
-2 |
3 |
1 |
95 |
65 |
0.594 |
109,791,893 |
Yes |
1,155,704 |
4 |
| 17 |
Cleveland Indians |
-2 |
7 |
5 |
91 |
71 |
0.562 |
91,974,979 |
Yes |
1,010,714 |
8 |
| 19 |
Atlanta Braves |
-3 |
9 |
6 |
88 |
74 |
0.543 |
91,851,687 |
Yes |
1,043,769 |
7 |
| 19 |
Cincinnati Reds |
-3 |
25 |
22 |
66 |
96 |
0.407 |
45,227,882 |
No |
685,271 |
19 |
| 21 |
Detroit Tigers |
-5 |
25 |
20 |
66 |
96 |
0.407 |
49,831,167 |
No |
755,018 |
15 |
| 22 |
Toronto Blue Jays |
-7 |
17 |
10 |
80 |
82 |
0.494 |
75,798,500 |
No |
947,481 |
10 |
| 23 |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
-8 |
11 |
3 |
86 |
76 |
0.531 |
108,980,952 |
No |
1,267,220 |
2 |
| 23 |
Colorado Rockies |
-8 |
21 |
13 |
73 |
89 |
0.451 |
71,068,000 |
No |
973,534 |
9 |
| 25 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
-10 |
29 |
19 |
62 |
100 |
0.383 |
52,698,333 |
No |
849,973 |
13 |
| 26 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
-11 |
29 |
18 |
62 |
100 |
0.383 |
54,951,602 |
No |
886,316 |
11 |
| 27 |
New York Mets |
-12 |
16 |
4 |
82 |
80 |
0.506 |
93,174,428 |
No |
1,136,274 |
6 |
| 28 |
Boston Red Sox |
-13 |
15 |
2 |
82 |
79 |
0.509 |
109,558,908 |
No |
1,336,084 |
1 |
| 29 |
Texas Rangers |
-14 |
21 |
7 |
73 |
89 |
0.451 |
88,504,421 |
No |
1,212,389 |
3 |
| 30 |
Baltimore Orioles |
-16 |
28 |
12 |
63 |
98 |
0.391 |
72,426,328 |
No |
1,149,624 |
5 |
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| Analysis by Bill Dedman for The Boston Globe. Payroll is the opening day figure for each team, from The Associated Press |
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You can reach Bill Dedman by e-mail at Bill@PowerReporting.com.
COPYRIGHT ©1997-2003 Bill Dedman |
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