The cost of winning: 2009 American League edition

November 11, 10:35 AMSports Business ExaminerJosh Lobdell

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Now that the 2009 MLB season has concluded, we can take a look at which teams managed their payrolls well, and which teams allowed their payrolls to manage them.

This is a pretty straight forward formula, take 2009 payrolls of each team and divide them by the number of wins. This formula counts all post season wins and the 2009 Playoff teams are in bold.

1. New York Yankees- 201,449,189 dollar payroll, 114 wins= 1,767,098 dollars per win
2. Detroit Tigers- 115,085,145 dollar payroll, 86 wins= 1,338,199 dollars per win
3. Boston Red Sox- 121,745,999 dollar payroll, 95 wins= 1,281,537 dollars per win
4. Cleveland Indians- 81,579,166 dollar payroll, 65 wins= 1,255,064 dollars per win
5. Chicago White Sox- 96,068,500 dollar payroll, 79 wins= 1,216,057 dollars per win
6. Seattle Mariners- 98,904,166 dollar payroll, 85 wins= 1,163,578 dollars per win
7. Los Angeles Angels- 113,709,000 dollar payroll, 100 wins= 1,137,090 dollars per win
8. Kansas City Royals- 70,519,333 dollar payroll, 65 wins= 1,084,913 dollars per win
9. Toronto Blue Jays- 80, 538,300 dollar payroll, 75 wins= 1,073,844 dollars per win
10. Baltimore Orioles- 67,101,666 dollar payroll, 64 wins= 1,048,464 dollars per win
11. Oakland Athletics- 62,310,000 dollar payroll, 75 wins= 830,800 dollars per win
12. Texas Rangers- 68,178,798 dollar payroll, 87 wins= 783,664 dollars per win
13. Tampa Bay Rays- 63,313,034 dollar payroll, 84 wins= 753,727 dollars per win
14. Minnesota Twins- 65,299,266 dollar payroll, 87 wins= 750,566 dollars per win