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The Boston Red Sox carried a $209,902,508 payroll in 2017 across 56 players, an average of $3,748,259 and a median of $828,500. The highest-paid player was David Price at $30,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | Pos | Service status | Category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Price | SP | Veteran | Active | $30,000,000 | $30,000,000 |
| 2 | Hanley Ramirez | DH | Veteran | Active | $22,750,000 | $22,750,000 |
| 3 | Rick Porcello | SP | Veteran | Active | $20,125,000 | $20,125,000 |
| 4 | Pablo Sandoval | 3B | Retained | $17,000,000 | $17,000,000 | |
| 5 | Dustin Pedroia | 2B | Veteran | Active | $15,125,000 | $15,125,000 |
| 6 | Craig Kimbrel | RP | Veteran | Active | $13,250,000 | $13,250,000 |
| 7 | Chris Sale | SP | Veteran | Active | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 |
| 8 | Rusney Castillo | LF | Veteran | Active | $11,271,428 | $11,271,428 |
| 9 | Allen Craig | RF | Dead | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | |
| 10 | Chris Young | RF | Veteran | Active | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 |
| 11 | Mitch Moreland | 1B | Veteran | Active | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 |
| 12 | Xander Bogaerts | SS | Arbitration 1 | Active | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 |
| 13 | Drew Pomeranz | SP | Arbitration 2 | Active | $4,450,000 | $4,450,000 |
| 14 | Jackie Bradley Jr. | CF | Arbitration 1 (S2) | Active | $3,600,000 | $3,600,000 |
| 15 | Joe Kelly | RP | Arbitration 2 | Active | $2,800,000 | $2,800,000 |
| 16 | Addison Reed | RP | Arbitration 3 | Active | $7,750,000 | $2,668,050 |
| 17 | Doug Fister | SP | Veteran | Active | $2,200,000 | $2,200,000 |
| 18 | Tyler Thornburg | RP | Arbitration 1 | Injured | $2,050,000 | $2,050,000 |
| 19 | Fernando Abad | RP | Arbitration 3 | Active | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
| 20 | Brock Holt | 2B | Arbitration 1 | Active | $1,950,000 | $1,950,000 |
| 21 | Robbie Ross | RP | Arbitration 2 | Injured | $1,825,000 | $1,825,000 |
| 22 | Eduardo Nunez | SS | Arbitration 3 | Active | $4,200,000 | $1,560,668 |
| 23 | Sandy León | C | Arbitration 1 (S2) | Active | $1,300,000 | $1,300,000 |
| 24 | Rajai Davis | CF | Veteran | Active | $6,000,000 | $1,278,693 |
| 25 | Kyle Kendrick | SP | Veteran (buried) | Minors | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 26 | Mookie Betts | RF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $950,000 | $950,000 |
| 27 | Adrián González | 1B | Retained | $857,000 | $857,000 | |
| 28 | Carl Crawford | LF | Retained | $857,000 | $857,000 | |
| 29 | Ryan Hanigan | C | Dead | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| 30 | Josh Rutledge | SS | Injured | $600,000 | $600,000 | |
| 31 | Steven Wright | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $593,500 | $593,500 |
| 32 | Eduardo Rodriguez | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $584,500 | $584,500 |
| 33 | Matt Barnes | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $563,500 | $563,500 |
| 34 | Christian Vazquez | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $561,000 | $561,000 |
| 35 | Carson Smith | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $556,750 | $556,750 |
| 36 | Andrew Benintendi | OF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $549,000 | $549,000 |
| 37 | Heath Hembree | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $547,000 | $547,000 |
| 38 | Marco Hernandez | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $548,500 | $536,463 |
| 39 | Roenis Elias | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $582,500 | $531,561 |
| 40 | Robby Scott | RP | Active | $537,000 | $469,440 | |
| 41 | Blaine Boyer | RP | Active | $535,000 | $371,221 | |
| 42 | Ben Taylor | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $535,000 | $336,145 |
| 43 | Deven Marrero | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $327,376 |
| 44 | Brandon Workman | RP | Arbitration 1 | Active | $635,000 | $315,770 |
| 45 | Sam Travis | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $219,225 |
| 46 | Rafael Devers | 3B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $204,610 |
| 47 | Austin Maddox | RP | Active | $535,000 | $195,841 | |
| 48 | Tzu-Wei Lin | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $151,996 |
| 49 | Hector Velazquez | P | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $140,304 |
| 50 | Blake Swihart | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $90,613 |
| 51 | Brian Johnson | SP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $84,767 |
| 52 | Steve Selsky | OF | (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $75,998 |
| 53 | Chase d'Arnaud | 3B | Retained | $68,859 | $68,859 | |
| 54 | Hector Velazquez | RP | Veteran | Active | $30,000 | $30,000 |
| 55 | Kyle Martin | P | (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $14,615 |
| 56 | Noé Ramirez | RP | Retained | $14,615 | $14,615 | |
| 57 | Brian Bogusevic | RF | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 58 | Cesar Cabral | RP | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 59 | Edgar Olmos | RP | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 60 | Erik Cordier | RP | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 61 | Heiker Meneses | 2B | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 62 | Henry Owens | RP | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 63 | Jacob Dahlstrand | P | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 64 | Jecorrah Arnold | 3B | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 65 | Jorge Hernandez | RP | Veteran | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 66 | Justin Haley | RP | Minors | $535,000 | $0 | |
| 67 | Matt Dominguez | 3B | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 68 | Mike Olt | 3B | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 69 | Shawn Haviland | P | 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 $209,902,508 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 (13 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.