Monday, October 20, 2008

Most Profit on Wins in 2008

Just based on a very simple formula based on team payroll, average player salary and number of wins...

Team
Profit / Win
Florida Marlins
$979,445
Washington Nationals
$619,144
Oakland Athletics
$538,247
Tampa Bay Rays
$523,966
Baltimore Orioles
$496,453
Pittsburgh Pirates
$487,473
San Diego Padres
$382,898
Kansas City Royals
$317,073
Texas Rangers
$294,316
Arizona Diamondbacks
$269,914
San Francisco Giants
$202,584
Minnesota Twins
$189,640
Colorado Rockies
$180,682
Milwaukee Brewers
$116,515
Cincinnati Reds
$62,073
St. Louis Cardinals
$40,528
Cleveland Indians
$37,727
Houston Astros
($43,600)
Philadelphia Phillies
($73,689)
Atlanta Braves
($108,037)
Toronto Blue Jays
($119,841)
Los Angeles Angels
($277,258)
Chicago Cubs
($344,485)
Los Angeles Dodgers
($359,528)
Chicago White Sox
($404,178)
Boston Red Sox
($474,783)
New York Mets
($490,427)
Seattle Mariners
($589,640)
Detroit Tigers
($595,133)
New York Yankees
($1,250,353)

Teams with red values obviously spent way too much money for the amount of games they won; teams in italics are ones who turned a profit on wins and also had a record of .500 or better.

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