Average Salary

• The average annual salary for a Major League Baseball player in 2009 was $3.24 million. One year earlier, the average was $3.15 million.
  
  

Player Extremes

• In 2009, New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez made $33 million a year. The minimum pay for a Major League player was $400,000.
  
  

Team Extremes

• The payroll for the New York Yankee team in 2009 was $201,449,189, which is an average of $7,748,050 per player. The Florida Marlins entire roster was paid $36,814,000, or $1,314,786 per player.
  
  

Bonuses

• On top of their salary, some players also receive bonuses for meeting certain goals, such as a set number of plate appearances or hitting a certain number of home runs. For instance, Roy Halladay of the Toronto Blue Jays made an extra $125,000 for playing in the All-Star game.
  
  

Fun Fact

• Even Alex Rodriguez's salary in 2009 pales in comparison to the world's highest-paid athlete--Tiger Woods.The golfer made $110 million between 2008 and 2009.