New York Yankees 2019 Payroll: Every Player Salary

Season 2019 (full payroll allocation)Ledger 58 of 62 players counting toward the totalDollars Nominal, not inflation adjusted

The New York Yankees carried a $223,019,037 payroll in 2019 across 58 players, an average of $3,845,156 and a median of $564,100. The highest-paid player was Giancarlo Stanton at $26,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.

2019 total payroll$223M

Players counting58

Average salary$3.8M

Median salary$564K

Top paidGiancarlo Stanton $26M

2019 player salary ledger62 players

Every New York Yankees 2019 player salary, sorted by adjusted payroll
#		Pos	Service status	Category
1	Giancarlo Stanton	LF	Veteran	Active	$26,000,000	$26,000,000
2	Masahiro Tanaka	SP	Veteran	Active	$22,000,000	$22,000,000
3	Jacoby Ellsbury	CF	Veteran	Injured	$21,142,857	$21,142,857
4	Aroldis Chapman	RP	Veteran	Active	$17,200,000	$17,200,000
5	J.A. Happ	SP	Veteran	Active	$17,000,000	$17,000,000
6	Zack Britton	RP	Veteran	Active	$13,000,000	$13,000,000
7	D.J. LeMahieu	2B	Veteran	Active	$12,000,000	$12,000,000
8	Didi Gregorius	SS	Arbitration 4 (S2)	Active	$11,750,000	$11,750,000
9	Adam Ottavino	RP	Veteran	Active	$9,000,000	$9,000,000
10	James Paxton	SP	Arbitration 3 (S2)	Active	$8,575,000	$8,575,000
11	CC Sabathia	SP	Veteran	Active	$8,000,000	$8,000,000
12	Edwin Encarnacion	DH	Veteran	Active	$21,666,668	$8,000,000
13	Brett Gardner	LF	Veteran	Active	$7,500,000	$7,500,000
14	Dellin Betances	RP	Arbitration 3	Injured	$7,250,000	$7,250,000
15	Aaron Hicks	CF	Arbitration 3 Bypassed	Injured	$6,285,714	$6,285,714
16	Edwin Encarnacion	DH		Dead	$5,000,000	$5,000,000
17	Luis Severino	SP	Arbitration 1 (S2)	Injured	$4,500,000	$4,500,000
18	Brett Gardner	LF		Dead	$2,000,000	$2,000,000
19	Austin Romine	C	Arbitration 3	Active	$1,800,000	$1,800,000
20	Tommy Kahnle	RP	Arbitration 2	Active	$1,387,500	$1,387,500
21	Greg Bird	1B	Arbitration 1	Injured	$1,200,000	$1,200,000
22	Aaron Judge	RF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$684,300	$684,300
23	Gary Sánchez	C	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$669,800	$669,800
24	Miguel Andujar	3B	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$617,600	$617,600
25	Gleyber Torres	SS	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$605,200	$605,200
26	Jordan Montgomery	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$596,600	$596,600
27	Luis Cessa	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$578,975	$578,975
28	Domingo German	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Suspended	$577,500	$577,500
29	Luke Voit	1B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$573,200	$573,200
30	Ben Heller	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$555,000
31	Chad Green	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$598,650	$540,792
32	Giovanny Urshela	3B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$528,168
33	Jonathan Holder	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$580,300	$474,240
34	Cameron Maybin	RF	Veteran	Active	$555,000	$471,472
35	Mike Tauchman	CF	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$557,000	$443,260
36	Jonathan Loaisiga	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$560,550	$443,058
37	Jake Barrett	RP		Injured	$555,000	$411,792
38	David Hale	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$555,000	$393,888
39	Nestor Cortes	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$364,048
40	Troy Tulowitzki	SS		Retained	$355,081	$355,081
41	Clint Frazier	OF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$563,300	$320,968
42	Stephen Tarpley	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$557,250	$296,604
43	Thairo Estrada	2B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$292,432
44	Cory Gearrin	RP	Veteran	Active	$1,400,000	$278,499
45	Tyler Wade	2B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$572,000	$261,375
46	Mike Ford	1B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$238,720
47	Kyle Higashioka	C	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$562,900	$154,326
48	Chance Adams	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$556,725	$149,650
49	Kendrys Morales	DH		Retained	$149,194	$149,194
50	Joe Harvey	RP		Retained	$107,424	$107,424
51	Tyler Lyons	RP	Veteran	Active	$555,000	$86,536
52	Breyvic Valera	2B		Retained	$83,552	$83,552
53	Ryan Dull	RP		Retained	$73,984	$73,984
54	Michael King	P	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$32,824
55	Brady Lail	P	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$555,000	$5,968
56	Joe Mantiply	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$555,000	$5,968
57	Adonis Rosa	P	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$555,000	$2,984
58	Daniel Camarena	P		Retained	$2,984	$2,984
59	Albert Abreu	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$0	$0
60	Billy Burns	CF		Minors	$0	$0
61	Randall Delgado	RP	Veteran	Minors	$0	$0
62	Terrance Gore	CF	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$650,000	$0

About this 2019 New York Yankees ledger

Each row is one player’s 2019 allocation with the club. Adjusted is the player’s prorated payroll allocation, and the Adjusted figures sum to the club’s published $223,019,037 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 (4 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 2019?

62 players appear on the 2019 ledger; 58 of them carry money that counts toward the $223,019,037 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.