The Athletics carried a $73,477,080 payroll in 2017 across 56 players, an average of $1,312,091 and a median of $351,016. The highest-paid player was Billy Butler at $11,666,667. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | Pos | Service status | Category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Butler | DH | Dead | $11,666,667 | $11,666,667 | |
| 2 | Jed Lowrie | 2B | Veteran | Active | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 |
| 3 | John Axford | RP | Retained | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | |
| 4 | Khris Davis | LF | Arbitration 1 | Active | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
| 5 | Matt Joyce | RF | Veteran | Active | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
| 6 | Santiago Casilla | RP | Veteran | Active | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
| 7 | Rajai Davis | CF | Retained | $4,721,307 | $4,721,307 | |
| 8 | Ryan Madson | RP | Retained | $4,303,248 | $4,303,248 | |
| 9 | Trevor Plouffe | 3B | Retained | $4,180,277 | $4,180,277 | |
| 10 | Yonder Alonso | 1B | Retained | $2,754,094 | $2,754,094 | |
| 11 | Sonny Gray | SP | Retained | $2,344,232 | $2,344,232 | |
| 12 | Sean Doolittle | RP | Retained | $1,491,776 | $1,491,776 | |
| 13 | Stephen Vogt | C | Retained | $1,361,002 | $1,361,002 | |
| 14 | Liam Hendriks | RP | Arbitration 1 | Active | $1,100,000 | $1,100,000 |
| 15 | Adam Rosales | 2B | Retained | $819,647 | $819,647 | |
| 16 | Jake Smolinski | LF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $545,000 |
| 17 | Josh Phegley | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $545,000 |
| 18 | Kendall Graveman | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $545,000 |
| 19 | Marcus Semien | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $545,000 |
| 20 | Ryan Dull | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $540,000 | $540,000 |
| 21 | Andrew Triggs | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $537,500 | $537,500 |
| 22 | Danny Coulombe | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $537,500 | $537,500 |
| 23 | Ryon Healy | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $537,500 | $537,500 |
| 24 | Sean Manaea | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $537,500 | $537,500 |
| 25 | Chad Pinder | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $493,987 |
| 26 | Jharel Cotton | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $485,218 |
| 27 | Bobby Wahl | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $535,000 | $444,296 |
| 28 | Bruce Maxwell | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $374,144 |
| 29 | Chris Hatcher | RP | Arbitration 2 (S2) | Active | $1,250,000 | $327,888 |
| 30 | Matt Chapman | 3B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $318,607 |
| 31 | Paul Blackburn | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $535,000 | $271,839 |
| 32 | Daniel Gossett | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $260,147 |
| 33 | Jesse Hahn | SP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $254,301 |
| 34 | Chris Smith | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $251,378 |
| 35 | Michael Brady | RP | Active | $535,000 | $242,609 | |
| 36 | Blake Treinen | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $563,700 | $240,240 |
| 37 | Josh A. Smith | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $236,763 |
| 38 | Matt Olson | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $236,763 |
| 39 | Daniel Mengden | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $537,500 | $234,960 |
| 40 | Frankie Montas | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $537,500 | $232,023 |
| 41 | Simon Castro | RP | Active | $535,000 | $227,994 | |
| 42 | Mark Canha | RF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $226,328 |
| 43 | Dustin Fowler | CF | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $535,000 | $184,149 |
| 44 | Jaycob Brugman | OF | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $184,149 |
| 45 | Dustin Garneau | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $537,000 | $169,534 |
| 46 | Joey Wendle | 2B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $160,765 |
| 47 | Boog Powell | CF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $154,919 |
| 48 | Franklin Barreto | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $128,612 |
| 49 | Zach Neal | RP | (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $116,920 |
| 50 | Sam Moll | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $90,613 |
| 51 | Raul Alcántara | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $87,690 |
| 52 | Renato Nunez | LF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $78,921 |
| 53 | Jaff Decker | LF | (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $67,229 |
| 54 | Ryan Lavarnway | C | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $35,076 |
| 55 | César Valdez | SP | Retained | $29,230 | $29,230 | |
| 56 | Ryan LaMarre | CF | Retained | $17,538 | $17,538 | |
| 57 | Chris Bassitt | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $540,000 | $0 |
| 58 | Chris Carter | 1B | Minors | $535,000 | $0 | |
| 59 | Jermaine Curtis | 3B | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 60 | Kenny Wilson | CF | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 61 | Logan Bawcom | SP | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 62 | Matt McBride | C | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 63 | Patrick Schuster | RP | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 64 | Yairo Munoz | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
Each row is one player’s 2017 allocation with the club. Adjusted is the player’s prorated payroll allocation, and the Adjusted figures sum to the club’s published $73,477,080 total, which includes active-roster salary plus injured-list, retained, dead and buried minor-league money. Salary is the full payroll salary published for the season, so the two can differ when money is deferred, prorated or carried by another club. Non-buried minor-league allocations (8 players on this ledger) are real money the club paid but are excluded from that total, so their Adjusted figure reads $0. Amounts are nominal US dollars as recorded; full source credits and access dates live on the sources page.
Salary and payroll records aggregated and published by Legends Deck. Nominal dollars; no inflation adjustment. Full source credits, licenses and access dates on the sources page.