As part of an extensive study into how effective and efficient each of the 30 clubs in MLB have spent player payroll over the last decade, I have culled the end-of-year payroll figures from 1999-2008, and come up with the following.

What is published below is the total amounts each club has spent in total for the decade.

While the large report on efficiency and effectiviity will have an incredible amount of data, here is two small bits of information regarding the table below:

• The Yankees, the number one ranked club in spending over the last decade has spent over 42 percent more than the number two top spender, the Red Sox.
• The Yankees have spent over 350 percent more over the same period of time as the Florida Marlins, the lowest ranked club in total player payroll spending over the last decade

All totals created from figures originally published by The Associated Press. Final payrolls for the 30 major league teams from 1999-2008, according to information received by clubs from the commissioner's office. Figures are for 40-man rosters and include salaries and prorated shares of signing bonuses, earned incentive bonuses, non-cash compensation, buyouts of unexercised options and cash transactions. In some cases, parts of salaries that are deferred are discounted to reflect present-day values.

To see what the Yankees and Red Sox spent each year over the past decade, see the following on MLB Trade Rumors:

The Yankees And a Decade of Decadence

To see end of year salary for each of the 30 clubs over the last seven years, select the following:

End of Year MLB Player Payroll (2002-2008)

Maury Brown is the Founder and President of the Business of Sports Network, which includes The Biz of Baseball, The Biz of Football, The Biz of Basketball and The Biz of Hockey. He is contributor to Baseball Prospectus, and is available as a freelance writer. Brown's full bio is here. He looks forward to your comments via email and can be contacted through the Business of Sports Network.

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written by Fish, March 14, 2009

It's something to note that in the last ten years or less teams like the White Sox (17), Cardinals (, D-Backs (14) and Angels (7) all have WS titles. I don't know if it's the pressure of NY or what, but despite all the money the Yanks spend, they just don't perform. (Cheap shot coming) Perhaps it's the continued signing of players that are known to use PED's.

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Cost per win?
written by BrookynJoe, March 14, 2009

Just a quick calculation of the top five and bottom two teams shows the average cost per win over this time period;
Top 5:
NYY $1,727,968
BOS $1,266,944
NYM $1,243,361
LAD $1,232,054
ATL $923,347
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Bottom 2:
FLA $465,361
TB $569,635

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