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1974 Team Payrolls

1 Pittsburgh $67,165,186
2 Chicago (N) $66,739,385
3 New York (N) $63,462,300
4 Boston (N) $59,869,928
5 Baltimore $55,473,686
6 Detroit $54,642,800
7 Cleveland (A) $54,318,414
8 Brooklyn $53,110,043
9 Boston (A) $53,059,215
10 St. Louis $51,668,414
11 New York (A) $50,763,042
12 Buffalo $49,721,700
13 Philadelphia (N) $49,319,743
14 Cleveland (N) $46,523,544
15 Seattle $45,987,815
16 Milwaukee $44,915,787
17 Cincinnati $44,816,201
18 Chicago (A) $42,942,286
19 Louisville $42,410,858
20 San Francisco $40,475,214
21 Philadelphia (A) $39,669,343
22 Portland $38,242,757
23 Indianapolis $37,419,342
24 Washington $32,191,258


1974 Highest Paid Players

1 3B Chipper Jones NYG $13,608,100
2 RF Tim Salmon PIT $13,003,000
3 P Matt Kilroy BSN $10,720,300
4 P Bret Saberhagen CLB $10,646,000
5 CF Chili Davis CLS $9,738,600
6 LF Ron Gant BSN $9,177,000
7 RF King Kelly NYY $8,669,400
8 CF Duke Snider CHN $8,624,800
9 P Pete Meegan NYG $8,610,000
10 C Butch Wynegar BRO $8,530,000
11 P Skip Lockwood BAL $8,510,800
12 P Doc White CHN $8,360,500
13 1B George Mcquinn SEA $8,331,700
14 RF Benny Kauff IND $8,260,000
15 RF Gary Geiger BRO $8,250,000
16 P Russ Kemmerer BRO $7,920,000
17 SS Tommy Corcoran MLA $7,910,000
18 P El Smith CIN $7,529,300
19 P George Bradley SLN $7,500,000
20 C Mark l. Johnson LOU $7,430,000
21 P Billy Rhines SFS $7,191,700
22 LF Nixey Callahan BOS $6,840,000
23 P George Jeffcoat BAL $6,771,600
24 1B Carlos Delgado BSN $6,730,000
25 P Harry Krause PIT $6,730,000