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There are currently 14 players in the KBL with salaries of $12 million or more per year, which represents 15% of the team's maximum payroll . These players play on 10 different teams so 62.5% of the KBL teams have 15%, or more, of their payroll tied up in a single player.
So how many major league teams have a player making up 15% of their payroll ? Turns out just over half, 16 out of 30 in 2011.
Based on [url=http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/]Cot's[/url] numbers, which I find the most accurate the following teams have a single player whose salary represents 15% of their payroll:
LAA Angels - Vernon Wells $26.4 M (18.6%)
Houston - Carlos Lee $19 M (24.7%)
Atlanta - Derek Lowe $15 M (16.5%) and Chipper Jones $14 M (15.4%)
Milwaukee - Prince Fielder $15.5 M (18.5%) and Zach Greinke $13.5 M (16.1%)
St.Louis - Matt Holliday $17 M (15.6%)
San Francisco - Barry Zito $18.5 M (15.7%)
Cleveland - Travis Haffner $13 M (26.3%) and Grady Sizemore $7.667 M (15.5%)
Seattle - Ichiro $18 M (19%)
Miami - Hanley Ramirez $11 M (19.1%)
NYM - Johann Santana $22.5 M (15.8%)
Washington - Jayson Werth $10.57 M (15.5%)
San Diego - Heath Bell $7.5M (16.4%)
Texas - Michael Young $16 M (17.4%) and Adrian Beltre $14M (15.2%)
Cincinnati - Francisco Cordero $12.125 M (15%)
Detroit - Miguel Cabrera $20 M (18.7%)
Minnesota - Joe Mauer $23 M (20.3%)
NYY - Alex Rodriguez $32 M (15.5%)
Of course MLB doesn't count minor league salaries in team totals, if they did then teams like NYY, Cinci and Washington would likely drop below the 15% threshold, St. Louis and San Fran might as well.
The KBL has slightly more players, percentage wise, earning 15% or more, 14 players for 16 teams as opposed to 21 for 30 teams in MLB . The other interesting disparity is that 78.5% of the "15%+" club in the KBL are pitchers, as opposed to only 28.6% in MLB.
It's also worthy to note that the increased minimum slary in MLB for 2012 will still be lower than the one imposed on SIM leagues, $480K vs. $500K, the MLB minimum in 2011 was only $414K .
As for those who say A Rod is over paid, and of course he is, a few things to consider. First compared to many on the list above he was, at only 15.5% of his team's payroll, a relative bargain.
Also the average salary for the Yankees was $6.54 M so A-Rod made less than 5 times the average salary of his team mates, [url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=9256646]Win Palmer[/url] on the other hand made over 9 times the average salary of his team mates, if Rodriguez made Palmer's ratio A-Rod's salary would've been $59.15 million last year.
[Edited on 12-8-2011 by tworoosters]
KBL salaries and MLB equivalents
December 08, 2011 at 06:14AM View BBCode
Started playing with numbers tonight and ended up with this thread .There are currently 14 players in the KBL with salaries of $12 million or more per year, which represents 15% of the team's maximum payroll . These players play on 10 different teams so 62.5% of the KBL teams have 15%, or more, of their payroll tied up in a single player.
So how many major league teams have a player making up 15% of their payroll ? Turns out just over half, 16 out of 30 in 2011.
Based on [url=http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/]Cot's[/url] numbers, which I find the most accurate the following teams have a single player whose salary represents 15% of their payroll:
LAA Angels - Vernon Wells $26.4 M (18.6%)
Houston - Carlos Lee $19 M (24.7%)
Atlanta - Derek Lowe $15 M (16.5%) and Chipper Jones $14 M (15.4%)
Milwaukee - Prince Fielder $15.5 M (18.5%) and Zach Greinke $13.5 M (16.1%)
St.Louis - Matt Holliday $17 M (15.6%)
San Francisco - Barry Zito $18.5 M (15.7%)
Cleveland - Travis Haffner $13 M (26.3%) and Grady Sizemore $7.667 M (15.5%)
Seattle - Ichiro $18 M (19%)
Miami - Hanley Ramirez $11 M (19.1%)
NYM - Johann Santana $22.5 M (15.8%)
Washington - Jayson Werth $10.57 M (15.5%)
San Diego - Heath Bell $7.5M (16.4%)
Texas - Michael Young $16 M (17.4%) and Adrian Beltre $14M (15.2%)
Cincinnati - Francisco Cordero $12.125 M (15%)
Detroit - Miguel Cabrera $20 M (18.7%)
Minnesota - Joe Mauer $23 M (20.3%)
NYY - Alex Rodriguez $32 M (15.5%)
Of course MLB doesn't count minor league salaries in team totals, if they did then teams like NYY, Cinci and Washington would likely drop below the 15% threshold, St. Louis and San Fran might as well.
The KBL has slightly more players, percentage wise, earning 15% or more, 14 players for 16 teams as opposed to 21 for 30 teams in MLB . The other interesting disparity is that 78.5% of the "15%+" club in the KBL are pitchers, as opposed to only 28.6% in MLB.
It's also worthy to note that the increased minimum slary in MLB for 2012 will still be lower than the one imposed on SIM leagues, $480K vs. $500K, the MLB minimum in 2011 was only $414K .
As for those who say A Rod is over paid, and of course he is, a few things to consider. First compared to many on the list above he was, at only 15.5% of his team's payroll, a relative bargain.
Also the average salary for the Yankees was $6.54 M so A-Rod made less than 5 times the average salary of his team mates, [url=http://www.simdynasty.com/player.jsp?id=9256646]Win Palmer[/url] on the other hand made over 9 times the average salary of his team mates, if Rodriguez made Palmer's ratio A-Rod's salary would've been $59.15 million last year.
[Edited on 12-8-2011 by tworoosters]
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