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The Cleveland Guardians carried a $78,909,449 payroll in 2002 across 30 players, an average of $2,630,315 and a median of $1,650,000. The highest-paid player was Jim Thome at $8,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Thome | $8,000,000 |
| 2 | Chuck Finley | $7,911,948 |
| 3 | Ellis Burks | $6,666,667 |
| 4 | Charles Nagy | $6,000,000 |
| 5 | Travis Fryman | $5,825,000 |
| 6 | Matt Lawton | $5,250,000 |
| 7 | Bartolo Colon | $4,925,000 |
| 8 | Omar Vizquel | $4,500,000 |
| 9 | Jaret Wright | $4,312,500 |
| 10 | Wil Cordero | $4,166,667 |
| 11 | Danys Baez | $4,125,000 |
| 12 | Bob Wickman | $3,400,000 |
| 13 | Paul Shuey | $3,250,000 |
| 14 | Ricky Gutierrez | $2,166,667 |
| 15 | Ed Taubensee | $1,800,000 |
| 16 | Ricardo Rincon | $1,500,000 |
| 17 | Einar Diaz | $1,087,500 |
| 18 | CC Sabathia | $700,000 |
| 19 | Mark Wohlers | $600,000 |
| 20 | Eddie Perez | $500,000 |
| 21 | Jolbert Cabrera | $266,000 |
| 22 | Russell Branyan | $251,000 |
| 23 | David Riske | $227,500 |
| 24 | Milton Bradley | $221,000 |
| 25 | Jerrod Riggan | $218,000 |
| 26 | Jake Westbrook | $217,000 |
| 27 | John McDonald | $210,000 |
| 28 | Ryan Drese | $206,500 |
| 29 | Alex Escobar | $205,500 |
| 30 | Brady Anderson | $200,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 2002 Cleveland Guardians roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $78,909,449 total is the sum of these 30 salaries; the table lists every one of them, top contract first. Amounts are nominal US dollars; full source credits 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.