Baseball salary vs. performance

[OSUsushichic]

This is pretty cool -- This chart tracks what baseball teams are paying their players vs. their winning record. You can move the date at the top to follow how the teams are doing through the baseball season.

(The steep blue line means that the team is doing well for its money, which reflects well on the team?s General Manager. A steep red line implies that the team is throwing away money. The thickness of the line is proportional to the team?s salary relative to the others.)

http://benfry.com/salaryper/

 

[jimotis4heisman]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5915468

The average salary in Major League Baseball surpassed $3 million for the first time.The 912 players in the big leagues before rosters expanded in September averaged $3,014,572, the Major League Baseball Players Association said Monday. The average rose 0.6 percent from last year's $2,996,106, the smallest increase since a 2.5 percent drop in 2004.
The union's Opening Day average first reached $3 million in 2007, but the average drops during the season as veterans are released and replaced by younger players earning far less. The union's average at the start of this season was $3,340,133.
The New York Yankees had the highest final average at $7,604,937, down slightly from $7,663,351 when they won the World Series in 2009. Philadelphia rose from eighth to second at $5,662,551.
Boston ($4,821,016) remained third, and the Chicago White Sox ($4,580,868) climbed from 12th to fourth followed by the Chicago Cubs ($4,107,304), who dropped from second. Houston ($1,931,793) slid from 11th to 22nd.
Pittsburgh was last for the second straight season at $1,140,598. Cleveland ($1,205,210) dropped from 23rd to 29th.
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year-min salary/average
1970-12k/29k
1980-30k/144k
1990-100k/597k
2000-200k/1.9m
2010-400k/3m


first basemen $9.5 million
third basemen $8.47 million
designated hitters ($7.43 million)
Outfielders ($4.66 million)
shortstops ($4.59 million),
starting pitchers ($4.58 million),
second basemen ($4.9 million),
catchers ($4.79 million)
relief pitchers ($2.11 million).