Baseball Salaries

Interesting information on baseball salaries. This seems to be the most quoted item from the article:

While there is a decline in overall spending, the average salary is $3,240,206, up 2.7 percent from last year. This is due to less players being on the DL going into the season, where replacement players are often paid the league minimum. According to Ronald Blum of The AP, just 69 players started the season on disabled lists, down from 106 last year.

So average player salaries are actually up over last year? Interesting. The tidbit that really caught my eye was this:

Here is the average player salary, by League:

* American League: $3,371,417
* National League: $3,121,812

The general impression is that the American League is superior to the National League. I guess here's some proof that on average the American League players are at least $250,000 better than their National League counterparts.

HT Baseball Musings