The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are trying to be fiscally responsible in the current economic climate. They have cut their payroll by 8%, and have focused in on keeping people coming out to the ball park.
The average ticket price at their home stadium (Angels Stadium of Anaheim) is just 20 dollars. That rates as among the lowest average ticket prices in all of Major League Baseball.
So far in 2001 that has helped them sell 87% of their ticket inventory. That also helped them lose fewer than 100k attending fans from 2008 to 2009 in the heart of the economic crisis.
Despite being three games under .500 and six games behind the division leading Texas Rangers, the Angels rank are fifth in attendance so far in 2010. Some may say that is due to their potential fan base of more than 12 million, but it seems the value of attending a Angels game is the real selling point for this club.
With that being said here is a quick look at the Los Angeles Angels payroll numbers:
Total Payroll- 104,963,866
Average Salary- 3,619,444
Median Salary- 2,050,000
Now how those numbers break down per player:
| Player | Position | Salary |
| Torii Hunter | OF | 18,500,000 |
| Bobby Abreu | OF | 9,000,000 |
| Brian Fuentes | CL | 9,000,000 |
| Scott Kazmir | SP | 8,000,000 |
| Joel Pineiro | SP | 8,000,000 |
| Hideki Matsui | OF | 6,000,000 |
| Ervin Santana | SP | 6,000,000 |
| Fernando Rodney | RP | 5,500,000 |
| Scot Shields | RP | 5,350,000 |
| Jered Weaver | SP | 4,265,000 |
| Juan Riveria | OF | 4,250,000 |
| Joe Saunders | SP | 3,700,000 |
| Mike Napoli | C | 3,600,000 |
| Malcer Iztursis | IF | 2,766,666 |
| Erick Aybar | SS | 2,050,000 |
| Howie Kendrick | 2B | 1,750,000 |
| Jeff Mathis | C | 1,300,000 |
| Kendry Morales | 1B | 1,200,000 |
| Reggie Willits | OF | 625K |
| Brian Stokes | P | 435K |
| Matt Palmer | P | 420K |
| Jason Bulger | RP | 418K |
| Kevin Jespen | RP | 415K |
| Brandan Wood | 3B | 410K |
| Terry Evans | OF | 405K |
| Ryan Budde | C | 402,200 |
| Bobby Wilson | C | 402K |
| Anthony Ortega | P | 400K |
| Chris Pettit | OF | 400K |
Payroll numbers compiled by USA Today
Related Links:
- Los Angeles Angels news and notes
- 2010 MLB payrolls rankings
- The Business of Major League Baseball
- MTR Baseball.com
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