The Texas Rangers carried a $163,450,840 payroll in 2017 across 58 players, an average of $2,818,118 and a median of $538,830. The highest-paid player was Cole Hamels at $22,500,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | Pos | Service status | Category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole Hamels | SP | Veteran | Active | $22,500,000 | $22,500,000 |
| 2 | Shin-Soo Choo | RF | Veteran | Active | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 |
| 3 | Adrián Beltré | 3B | Veteran | Active | $18,000,000 | $18,000,000 |
| 4 | Elvis Andrus | SS | Veteran | Active | $15,250,000 | $15,250,000 |
| 5 | Carlos Gomez | CF | Veteran | Active | $11,500,000 | $11,500,000 |
| 6 | Andrew Cashner | SP | Veteran | Active | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 |
| 7 | Prince Fielder | DH | Retained | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | |
| 8 | Yu Darvish | SP | Retained | $7,263,133 | $7,263,133 | |
| 9 | Mike Napoli | 1B | Veteran | Active | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 |
| 10 | Tyson Ross | SP | Retained | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | |
| 11 | Martín Pérez | SP | Arbitration 2 Bypassed | Active | $4,650,000 | $4,650,000 |
| 12 | Jonathan Lucroy | C | Retained | $3,413,904 | $3,413,904 | |
| 13 | Jake Diekman | RP | Arbitration 2 | Active | $2,550,000 | $2,550,000 |
| 14 | A.J. Griffin | RP | Arbitration 2 | Active | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
| 15 | Dillon Gee | RP | Retained | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | |
| 16 | Josh Hamilton | LF | Dead | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | |
| 17 | Robinson Chirinos | C | Arbitration 2 | Active | $1,950,000 | $1,950,000 |
| 18 | Tony Barnette | RP | Active | $1,750,000 | $1,750,000 | |
| 19 | Jason Grilli | RP | Veteran | Active | $3,000,000 | $1,508,156 |
| 20 | Derek Holland | SP | Dead | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | |
| 21 | Jeremy Jeffress | RP | Retained | $1,377,075 | $1,377,075 | |
| 22 | Rougned Odor | 2B | pre-arbitration-avoided | Active | $1,333,333 | $1,333,333 |
| 23 | Sam Dyson | RP | Retained | $1,250,270 | $1,250,270 | |
| 24 | Jurickson Profar | SS | Arbitration 2 (S2) (buried) | Minors | $1,005,000 | $1,005,000 |
| 25 | Miguel Gonzalez | SP | Arbitration 3 | Active | $5,900,000 | $999,440 |
| 26 | Nomar Mazara | RF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $546,450 | $546,450 |
| 27 | Alex Claudio | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,050 | $545,050 |
| 28 | Matt Bush | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $544,920 | $544,920 |
| 29 | Delino DeShields | CF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $540,300 | $540,300 |
| 30 | Hanser Alberto | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $537,360 | $537,360 |
| 31 | Joey Gallo | 3B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $537,120 | $537,120 |
| 32 | Chi Chi Gonzalez | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $537,000 | $537,000 |
| 33 | Jose Leclerc | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $536,000 | $536,000 |
| 34 | Keone Kela | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $543,210 | $498,624 |
| 35 | Tanner Scheppers | RP | Arbitration 2 (buried) | Minors | $975,000 | $479,520 |
| 36 | Austin Bibens-Dirkx | P | Active | $535,000 | $432,604 | |
| 37 | Nick Martinez | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $540,590 | $366,296 |
| 38 | Ryan Rua | LF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $544,740 | $351,286 |
| 39 | Drew Robinson | LF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $295,223 |
| 40 | Brett Nicholas | C | Active | $537,000 | $281,664 | |
| 41 | Pete Kozma | SS | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $575,000 | $254,502 |
| 42 | Dario Álvarez | RP | (buried) | Minors | $539,790 | $238,950 |
| 43 | Jared Hoying | RF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $178,303 |
| 44 | Ricardo Rodríguez | RP | Active | $535,000 | $160,765 | |
| 45 | Philip Gosselin | 2B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $559,500 | $100,881 |
| 46 | Nick Gardewine | P | Active | $535,000 | $96,459 | |
| 47 | A.J. Jimenez | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $90,613 |
| 48 | Paolo Espino | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $90,613 |
| 49 | Will Middlebrooks | 3B | Active | $535,000 | $90,613 | |
| 50 | Yohander Méndez | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $536,000 | $82,012 |
| 51 | Jhan Mariñez | RP | (buried) | Minors | $540,200 | $64,944 |
| 52 | Willie Calhoun | LF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $58,460 |
| 53 | Ernesto Frieri | RP | Retained | $49,691 | $49,691 | |
| 54 | Anthony Bass | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $26,307 |
| 55 | Preston Claiborne | RP | (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $20,461 |
| 56 | Clayton Blackburn | RP | (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $8,769 |
| 57 | Tyler Smith | SS | (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $5,846 |
| 58 | César Valdez | SP | Retained | $2,923 | $2,923 | |
| 59 | Adam Loewen | RP | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 60 | Alex Burg | OF | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 61 | Allen Webster | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 62 | Connor Sadzeck | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $535,000 | $0 |
| 63 | Dario Beltre | P | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 64 | David Perez | P | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 65 | Drew Stubbs | CF | Veteran | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 66 | Eddie Gamboa | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $536,000 | $0 |
| 67 | Jason Martinson | 3B | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 68 | Jeff Malm | OF | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 69 | Joely Rodriguez | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $535,000 | $0 |
| 70 | Kevin Keyes | 1B | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 71 | Luis Yander La O | 3B | Veteran | Minors | $110,000 | $0 |
| 72 | Robert Lucido | C | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 73 | Ronald Guzman | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $535,000 | $0 |
| 74 | Sergio Leon | P | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 75 | Steve Lerud | C | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 76 | Wesley Wright | RP | Veteran | 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 $163,450,840 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 (18 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.