Cleveland Guardians 2017 Payroll: Every Player Salary

Season 2017 (full payroll allocation)Ledger 48 of 51 players counting toward the totalDollars Nominal, not inflation adjusted

The Cleveland Guardians carried a $132,258,928 payroll in 2017 across 48 players, an average of $2,755,394 and a median of $712,500. The highest-paid player was Edwin Encarnacion at $14,816,666. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.

2017 total payroll$132.3M

Players counting48

Average salary$2.8M

Median salary$713K

Top paidEdwin Encarnacion $14.8M

2017 player salary ledger51 players

Every Cleveland Guardians 2017 player salary, sorted by adjusted payroll
#		Pos	Service status	Category
1	Edwin Encarnacion	DH	Veteran	Active	$14,816,666	$14,816,666
2	Carlos Santana	1B	Veteran	Active	$12,000,000	$12,000,000
3	Jason Kipnis	2B	Arbitration 3 Bypassed	Active	$9,166,666	$9,166,666
4	Andrew Miller	RP	Veteran	Active	$9,000,000	$9,000,000
5	Chris Johnson	3B		Dead	$9,000,000	$9,000,000
6	Michael Brantley	LF	Veteran	Active	$8,375,000	$8,375,000
7	Corey Kluber	SP	Arbitration 2 Bypassed	Active	$7,950,000	$7,950,000
8	Cody Allen	RP	Arbitration 2	Active	$7,350,000	$7,350,000
9	Carlos Carrasco	SP	Arbitration 3	Active	$6,500,000	$6,500,000
10	Boone Logan	RP	Veteran	Injured	$5,500,000	$5,500,000
11	Bryan Shaw	RP	Arbitration 3	Active	$4,600,000	$4,600,000
12	Yan Gomes	C	Arbitration 2 Bypassed	Active	$4,583,333	$4,583,333
13	Lonnie Chisenhall	RF	Arbitration 3	Active	$4,300,000	$4,300,000
14	Jay Bruce	RF	Veteran	Active	$13,000,000	$3,765,014
15	Trevor Bauer	SP	Arbitration 1 (S2)	Active	$3,550,000	$3,550,000
16	Danny Salazar	SP	Arbitration 1 (S2)	Active	$3,400,000	$3,400,000
17	Josh Tomlin	SP	Veteran	Active	$3,000,000	$3,000,000
18	Brandon Guyer	RF	Arbitration 2	Active	$2,000,000	$2,000,000
19	Zach McAllister	RP	Arbitration 2	Active	$1,825,000	$1,825,000
20	Austin Jackson	CF	Veteran	Active	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
21	José Ramírez	3B	pre-arbitration-avoided	Active	$1,271,400	$1,271,400
22	Dan Otero	RP	Arbitration 1	Active	$1,050,000	$1,050,000
23	Joe Smith	RP	Veteran	Active	$3,000,000	$1,032,759
24	Coco Crisp	CF		Dead	$750,000	$750,000
25	Roberto Pérez	C	pre-arbitration-avoided	Active	$675,000	$675,000
26	Francisco Lindor	SS	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$579,300	$579,300
27	Cody Anderson	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$539,100	$539,100
28	Abraham Almonte	CF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$544,200	$511,528
29	Nick Goody	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$499,833
30	Bradley Zimmer	OF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$406,297
31	Mike Clevinger	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$388,759
32	Erik Gonzalez	3B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$365,375
33	Giovanny Urshela	3B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$251,378
34	Shawn Armstrong	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,700	$218,078
35	Yandy Diaz	3B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$198,764
36	Tyler Olson	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$195,841
37	Michael Martínez	2B		Retained	$134,439	$134,439
38	Tyler Naquin	CF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$564,800	$126,526
39	Ryan Merritt	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,400	$122,892
40	Daniel Robertson	LF		Retained	$122,766	$122,766
41	Kyle Crockett	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$116,920
42	Craig Breslow	RP	Veteran	Active	$535,000	$108,151
43	Dylan Baker	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$535,000	$90,613
44	Francisco Mejia	C	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$90,613
45	Greg Allen	OF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$90,613
46	Shawn Morimando	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$90,613
47	Adam Plutko	P	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$535,000	$37,999
48	Joseph Colon	RP	(buried)	Minors	$535,000	$11,692
49	Daniel Robertson	LF		Minors	$535,000	$0
50	Diego Moreno	RP		Minors	$535,000	$0
51	Josh Wilson	2B		Minors	$535,000	$0

About this 2017 Cleveland Guardians ledger

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 $132,258,928 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 (3 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.

Questions

How many players did the Cleveland Guardians pay in 2017?

51 players appear on the 2017 ledger; 48 of them carry money that counts toward the $132,258,928 club total, the rest are non-buried minor-league allocations.

Why do modern-era payrolls read higher than a simple roster sum?

From 2017 on the total is everything the club paid that season: active roster, injured list, released players still owed money, retained salary from trades, and buried minor-league allocations. That matches the totals clubs and reporters quote.

Can I compare this season with others?

Yes. The Cleveland Guardians year-by-year history links every season from 1985 to the present, and each season has a ledger like this one.

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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.