Baltimore Orioles 2021 Payroll: Every Player Salary

Season 2021 (full payroll allocation)Ledger 66 of 69 players counting toward the totalDollars Nominal, not inflation adjusted

The Baltimore Orioles carried a $42,421,870 payroll in 2021 across 66 players, an average of $642,756 and a median of $240,581. The highest-paid player was Alex Cobb at $10,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.

2021 total payroll$42.4M

Players counting66

Average salary$643K

Median salary$241K

Top paidAlex Cobb $10M

2021 player salary ledger69 players

Every Baltimore Orioles 2021 player salary, sorted by adjusted payroll
#		Pos	Service status	Category
1	Alex Cobb	SP		Retained	$10,000,000	$10,000,000
2	Chris Davis	1B		Retained	$5,666,666	$5,666,666
3	Trey Mancini	DH	Arbitration 2	Active	$4,750,000	$4,750,000
4	Anthony Santander	RF	Arbitration 1 (S2)	Injured	$2,100,000	$2,100,000
5	Pedro Severino	C	Arbitration 1	Active	$1,825,000	$1,825,000
6	Matt Harvey	SP	Veteran	Injured	$1,000,000	$1,000,000
7	Freddy Galvis	SS		Retained	$975,775	$975,775
8	Maikel Franco	3B		Retained	$800,000	$800,000
9	Pat Valaika	SS	Arbitration 1	Active	$875,000	$606,816
10	John Means	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$593,500	$593,500
11	Jorge López	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$586,750	$586,750
12	Tanner Scott	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$580,000	$580,000
13	Austin Hays	LF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$578,500	$578,500
14	Cedric Mullins	CF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$577,000	$577,000
15	D.J. Stewart	LF	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$577,000	$577,000
16	Dillon Tate	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$574,500	$574,500
17	Ryan Mountcastle	1B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$574,500	$574,500
18	Hunter Harvey	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$574,000	$574,000
19	Tyler Wells	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$570,500	$570,500
20	Cole Sulser	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$574,500	$537,486
21	Bruce Zimmermann	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$571,500	$531,629
22	Travis Lakins	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$570,500	$475,385
23	Paul Fry	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$581,000	$474,848
24	Ramon Urias	2B	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$571,500	$454,804
25	Keegan Akin	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$570,500	$447,782
26	César Valdez	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$576,500	$443,157
27	Adam Plutko	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$584,200	$430,317
28	Ryan McKenna	CF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$386,442
29	Austin Wynns	C	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$383,375
30	Richie Martin	SS	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$331,236
31	Shawn Armstrong	RP		Retained	$288,275	$288,275
32	Mac Sceroler	RP		Retained	$254,561	$254,561
33	Yolmer Sánchez	2B		Retained	$241,935	$241,935
34	Spenser Watkins	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$239,226
35	Chance Sisco	C		Retained	$190,381	$190,381
36	Dean Kremer	SP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$572,500	$181,602
37	Jorge Mateo	SS	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$571,800	$181,366
38	Marcos Diplan	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$177,886
39	Thomas Eshelman	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$174,819
40	Kelvin Gutierrez	3B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$168,685
41	Alex Wells	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$570,500	$162,551
42	Rio Ruiz	3B		Retained	$150,576	$150,576
43	Fernando Abad	RP	Veteran	Active	$570,500	$150,283
44	Chris Ellis	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$570,500	$134,948
45	Conner Greene	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$125,747
46	Steve Wilkerson	2B		Retained	$122,680	$122,680
47	Zac Lowther	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$116,546
48	Domingo Leyba	SS		Retained	$113,479	$113,479
49	Jahmai Jones	2B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$110,412
50	Wade LeBlanc	SP		Retained	$94,075	$94,075
51	Shaun Anderson	RP		Retained	$82,809	$82,809
52	Konner Wade	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$73,608
53	Eric Hanhold	P	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$64,407
54	Dusten Knight	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$570,500	$58,273
55	Isaac Mattson	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$52,139
56	Mike Baumann	SP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$570,500	$52,139
57	Brooks Kriske	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$46,005
58	Conner Greene	P		Retained	$42,938	$42,938
59	Joey Krehbiel	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$30,670
60	Tyler Nevin	1B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$30,670
61	Nick Ciuffo	C	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$570,500	$27,603
62	Zack Burdi	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$570,500	$27,603
63	Brandon Waddell	P		Retained	$15,335	$15,335
64	Manny Barreda	P	(buried)	Minors	$570,500	$15,335
65	Mickey Jannis	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$570,500	$9,201
66	Jay Flaa	RP		Retained	$6,134	$6,134
67	Ryan Hartman	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$570,500	$0
68	Rylan Bannon	3B	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$0	$0
69	Yusniel Diaz	OF	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$0	$0

About this 2021 Baltimore Orioles ledger

Each row is one player’s 2021 allocation with the club. Adjusted is the player’s prorated payroll allocation, and the Adjusted figures sum to the club’s published $42,421,870 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 Baltimore Orioles pay in 2021?

69 players appear on the 2021 ledger; 66 of them carry money that counts toward the $42,421,870 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 Baltimore Orioles 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.