New York Yankees 2017 Payroll: Every Player Salary

Season 2017 (full payroll allocation)Ledger 53 of 58 players counting toward the totalDollars Nominal, not inflation adjusted

The New York Yankees carried a $209,044,502 payroll in 2017 across 53 players, an average of $3,944,236 and a median of $544,500. The highest-paid player was CC Sabathia at $25,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.

2017 total payroll$209M

Players counting53

Average salary$3.9M

Median salary$545K

Top paidCC Sabathia $25M

2017 player salary ledger58 players

Every New York Yankees 2017 player salary, sorted by adjusted payroll
#		Pos	Service status	Category
1	CC Sabathia	SP	Veteran	Active	$25,000,000	$25,000,000
2	Masahiro Tanaka	SP	Veteran	Active	$22,000,000	$22,000,000
3	Jacoby Ellsbury	CF	Veteran	Active	$21,142,857	$21,142,857
4	Álex Rodríguez	DH		Dead	$21,000,000	$21,000,000
5	Aroldis Chapman	RP	Veteran	Active	$17,200,000	$17,200,000
6	Chase Headley	3B	Veteran	Active	$14,000,000	$14,000,000
7	Matt Holliday	DH	Veteran	Active	$13,000,000	$13,000,000
8	Brett Gardner	LF	Veteran	Active	$12,500,000	$12,500,000
9	Starlin Castro	2B	Veteran	Active	$9,857,142	$9,857,142
10	Michael Pineda	SP	Arbitration 3	Injured	$7,400,000	$7,400,000
11	Brian McCann	C		Retained	$5,500,000	$5,500,000
12	Didi Gregorius	SS	Arbitration 2 (S2)	Active	$5,100,000	$5,100,000
13	David Robertson	RP	Veteran	Active	$12,000,000	$4,983,624
14	Todd Frazier	3B	Arbitration 3	Active	$12,000,000	$4,983,624
15	Tyler Clippard	RP		Retained	$4,426,472	$4,426,472
16	Chris Carter	1B		Retained	$3,500,000	$3,500,000
17	Dellin Betances	RP	Arbitration 1	Active	$3,000,000	$3,000,000
18	Adam Warren	RP	Arbitration 2	Active	$2,290,000	$2,290,000
19	Aaron Hicks	RF	Arbitration 1	Active	$1,350,000	$1,350,000
20	Sonny Gray	SP	Arbitration 1	Active	$3,575,000	$1,230,768
21	Tommy Layne	RP		Retained	$1,075,000	$1,075,000
22	Austin Romine	C	Arbitration 1	Active	$805,000	$805,000
23	Ronald Torreyes	2B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$561,900	$561,900
24	Gary Sánchez	C	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$557,900	$557,900
25	Luis Severino	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$550,975	$550,975
26	Greg Bird	1B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$545,500	$545,500
27	Aaron Judge	RF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$544,500	$544,500
28	Chasen Shreve	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$552,425	$455,869
29	Jordan Montgomery	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$435,527
30	Chad Green	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$417,989
31	Jonathan Holder	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$536,875	$325,674
32	Dustin Fowler	CF		Retained	$277,685	$277,685
33	Bryan Mitchell	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$550,625	$273,819
34	Clint Frazier	OF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$271,839
35	Rob Refsnyder	2B		Retained	$254,301	$254,301
36	Luis Cessa	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$535,000	$245,532
37	Tyler Wade	1B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$236,763
38	Garrett Cooper	1B	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$535,000	$222,148
39	Tommy Kahnle	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$222,148
40	Jaime Garcia	SP	Veteran	Active	$12,000,000	$187,072
41	Caleb Smith	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$175,380
42	Giovanny Gallegos	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$172,457
43	Ben Heller	P	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$119,843
44	Domingo German	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$102,305
45	Erik Kratz	C	Veteran	Active	$535,000	$93,536
46	Kyle Higashioka	C	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$535,000	$81,844
47	Pete Kozma	SS		Retained	$81,692	$81,692
48	Tyler Austin	1B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$544,000	$80,271
49	Tyler Webb	P		Retained	$55,537	$55,537
50	Ji-Man Choi	1B	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$700,000	$53,550
51	Miguel Andujar	3B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$52,614
52	Mason Williams	CF	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$535,000	$29,230
53	Ronald Herrera	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$535,000	$14,615
54	Eddy Rodriguez	C		Minors	$0	$0
55	Jonathan Diaz	SS		Minors	$0	$0
56	Paul Young	P		Minors	$0	$0
57	Tommy Layne	RP	Arbitration 1 (S2)	Minors	$1,075,000	$0
58	Tyler Jones	P		Minors	$0	$0

About this 2017 New York Yankees 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 $209,044,502 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 (5 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 New York Yankees pay in 2017?

58 players appear on the 2017 ledger; 53 of them carry money that counts toward the $209,044,502 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 New York Yankees 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.