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2008 Kansas City Royals




Complete List of Player Salaries by Year (Default 2008) | Link to Cot's Salary pages



      


29 total players, $63,830,500 total salary, $2,201,052 avg salary

PlayerPosSalaryPctWARPWARP/$M$/WARPCurrent Status
Jose Guillen RF $12,000,000 18.80% 0.22 0.02 $54,053,567
Gil Meche RP $11,400,000 17.86% 4.10 0.36 $2,782,836
Angel Berroa DNP $4,750,000 7.44% — — —
Mark Grudzielanek 2B $4,500,000 7.05% 1.45 0.32 $3,093,102 FA/2011
Ron Mahay RP $4,000,000 6.27% -0.21 — —
Brett Tomko RP $3,000,000 4.70% 1.25 0.42 $2,399,155
Yasuhiko Yabuta RP $2,500,000 3.92% 0.18 0.07 $13,562,191
David DeJesus LF $2,500,000 3.92% 2.07 0.83 $1,205,569
Mark Teahen RF $2,337,500 3.66% 0.45 0.19 $5,145,165
John Buck C $2,200,000 3.45% 0.41 0.18 $5,423,274
John Bale RP $2,200,000 3.45% 0.37 0.17 $5,873,370 Arb3/2011, FA/2012
Miguel Olivo C $2,100,000 3.29% 0.35 0.17 $6,011,886
Zack Greinke RP $1,400,000 2.19% 5.28 3.77 $265,265
Jimmy Gobble RP $1,312,500 2.06% -0.65 — —
Ross Gload 1B $1,300,000 2.04% -2.07 — —
Esteban German LF $1,000,000 1.57% -0.15 — —
Luke Hudson DNP $475,000 0.74% — — —
Joey Gathright CF $427,000 0.67% -1.31 — —
Joakim Soria RP $426,500 0.67% 2.16 5.05 $197,844
Brian Bannister RP $421,000 0.66% -0.11 — —
Alex Gordon 3B $406,000 0.64% 2.66 6.54 $152,799
Juan Carlos Oviedo RP $405,000 0.63% 0.16 0.41 $2,461,363
Tony Pena Jr. SS $405,000 0.63% -1.67 — —
Billy Butler DH $399,000 0.63% -0.96 — —
Ramon E Ramirez RP $397,000 0.62% 1.95 4.91 $203,637
Francisco Del Rosario DNP $395,000 0.62% — — —
Alberto Callaspo 2B $394,000 0.62% 0.54 1.38 $726,101
Anthony Lerew DNP $390,000 0.61% — — —
Matt Tupman C $390,000 0.61% 0.04 0.11 $9,356,220
YearRoyals payrollAvg payrollDiff
1984$40,000$260,000$-220,000
1985$150,000$437,500$-287,500
1986$925,000$552,000$373,000
1987$740,000$589,500$150,500
1988$1,100,000$732,083$367,917
1989$1,250,000$862,714$387,286
1990$1,375,000$1,203,571$171,429
1991$2,950,000$1,884,642$1,065,358
1997$175,000$4,892,222$-4,717,222
1998$230,000$6,661,904$-6,431,904
1999$460,000$7,867,823$-7,407,823
2000$22,835,500$56,164,089$-33,328,589
2001$34,805,000$65,991,638$-31,186,638
2002$47,427,000$68,244,471$-20,817,471
2003$41,268,000$71,318,479$-30,050,479
2004$46,671,500$70,466,961$-23,795,461
2005$37,882,000$73,264,780$-35,382,780
2006$51,655,500$79,051,754$-27,396,254
2007$70,227,500$83,931,138$-13,703,638
2008$63,830,500$90,812,373$-26,981,873
2009$77,970,833$91,093,211$-13,122,378
2010$76,260,210$93,373,681$-17,113,471
2011$39,506,000$96,102,034$-56,596,034
2012$64,485,350$100,657,138$-36,171,788
2013$81,721,725$109,024,990$-27,303,265
2014$92,185,521$117,828,782$-25,643,261
2015$112,857,025$127,404,244$-14,547,219
2016$131,487,125$132,219,407$-732,282
2017$139,555,817$137,302,894$2,252,923
2018$124,733,117$136,929,168$-12,196,051
2019$96,470,066$136,944,257$-40,474,191
2020$84,548,842$140,677,788$-56,128,946
2021$83,438,450$132,162,631$-48,724,181
2022$94,832,900$149,374,046$-54,541,146
2023$83,968,100$160,460,390$-76,492,290
2024$77,773,611$135,504,022$-57,730,411
2025$57,111,111$96,417,302$-39,306,191
2026$16,111,111$76,694,120$-60,583,009
2027$20,111,111$58,935,617$-38,824,506
2028$31,111,111$45,437,759$-14,326,648
2029$36,111,111$37,269,628$-1,158,517
2030$36,111,111$39,665,769$-3,554,658
2031$35,000,000$38,360,152$-3,360,152
2032$35,000,000$47,925,459$-12,925,459
2033$35,000,000$43,068,924$-8,068,924
2034$35,000,000$29,428,571$5,571,429
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