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Comparisons of 2000 to 2004 baseball payrolls, as determined by the commissioner’s office. Totals include termination pay, prorated shares of signing bonuses and earned incentive bonuses, buyouts of 2004 options and cash transactions. Income deferred without interest is discounted.

*--* Teams 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 New 187,918,394 169,588,508 138,423,649 114,457,768 95,285,187 York (AL) Boston 130,395,386 108,403,617 116,613,337 114,331,641 75,525,525 ANGELS 115,608,812 79,987,133 62,436,618 49,452,387 54,312,609 New 103,199,231 112,828,559 102,863,303 93,125,240 82,246,383 York (NL) DODGE 101,682,464 113,237,001 103,140,812 115,478,346 88,871,736 RS Chica 100,653,389 84,046,880 74,949,669 72,896,143 59,480,018 go (NL) Phila 97,380,476 71,507,302 61,478,823 46,969,933 45,734,878 delph ia St. 92,816,050 93,116,025 73,807,364 76,153,956 69,111,153 Louis San 82,404,615 89,178,203 82,556,895 67,586,969 50,465,747 Franc isco Houst 81,903,157 72,833,342 66,686,813 66,443,169 50,145,545 on Seatt 81,836,597 95,713,644 88,366,486 79,925,400 59,811,910 le Atlan 79,445,468 97,948,436 94,705,177 94,879,885 87,575,050 ta Texas 79,217,225 103,303,814 108,890,238 86,871,306 57,879,024 Color 69,486,511 66,872,618 52,021,406 68,624,989 63,986,567 ado Arizo 68,412,599 83,735,715 109,502,307 85,126,449 77,245,341 na San 65,923,545 50,878,041 40,513,219 38,661,011 54,292,954 Diego Chica 64,615,141 63,285,343 57,292,021 62,858,544 35,677,812 go (AL) Oakla 60,288,197 51,367,930 40,955,051 39,722,689 30,388,574 nd Detro 58,812,762 55,398,056 56,574,721 51,101,480 54,806,803 it Balti 56,811,459 72,057,390 62,994,770 77,196,073 69,398,275 more Minne 54,795,587 56,985,573 41,825,357 27,411,912 16,723,347 sota Toron 50,651,626 58,875,924 69,276,606 74,274,440 54,518,816 to Flori 50,340,382 55,872,106 43,660,256 38,005,639 22,131,182 da Cinci 46,264,032 50,605,545 44,561,074 43,964,870 42,317,800 nnati Kansa 44,728,466 45,426,756 52,217,132 36,127,441 25,916,297 s City Cleve 42,642,627 53,479,576 77,843,083 95,303,917 78,388,987 land Montr 39,396,467 47,261,440 36,696,732 34,634,862 27,271,468 eal Pitts 32,507,271 53,272,283 47,192,854 46,661,290 33,630,256 burgh Milwa 29,599,934 43,347,132 49,866,107 46,648,723 36,967,613 ukee Tampa 24,427,167 27,434,258 35,882,301 50,974,068 61,231,853 Bay

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