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Saturday, March 14, 2015

Highest Paid Pitchers

A recent list of the twenty highest paid pitchers in history. Eleven of the top 15 played in New York. Nine of the top ten (and 16 of 20) played in the northeast. Greg Maddux earned the most money of any player who had never played for a New York team. He retired longer ago than all but two pitchers on the list. As the winningest pitcher since Warren Spahn, Maddux has the most wins on this list.

Johan Santana earned the most per win: an astounding $1,161,151.08. Only four starting pitchers on the list earned less than $528,000.00 per win, and three of them were longtime Braves Hall of Famers Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltz – all under $435,000.00. The only other HOFers on the list are the two highest paid (Randy Johnson and Marino Rivera) and #8 Pedro Martinez.

earn.wins.LST YR.$/win
175.5 303 2009 579 Randy Johnson L NYY
169.4 652 2013 260 Mariano Rivera R NYY
169.3 208 2014 814 CC Sabathia L NYY CLE
161.4 139 2012 1161 Johan Santana L NYM MIN
153.8 355 2008 433 Greg Maddux R CHC ATL SD LAD

150.6 354 2007 425 Roger Clemens R NYY BOS TOR
148.9 203 2013 733 Roy Halladay R PHI TOR
146.2 219 2009 668 Pedro Martinez R NYM Bos Mon
144.5 270 2008 535 Mike Mussina R NYY BAL
139.8 256 2013 546 Andy Pettitte L NYY HOU

137.2 165 2013 832 Barry Zito L SF OAK
135.7 155 2014 875 AJ Burnett R FL Tor NYY Pitt Phi
135.6 213 2009 369 John Smoltz R ATL 154 saves
130.8 211 2005 620 Kevin Brown R TX LAD NYY SD FL
129.6 305 2008 424 Tom Glavine L ATL NYM

124.5 148 2010 841 Mike Hampton L ATL COL HOU
118.9 199 2014 597 Mark Buehrle L CWS TOR
116.4 138 2014 843 Josh Beckett R FLA BOS LAD
114.1 216 2007 528 Curt Schilling R BAL BOS PHI ARIZ
113.9 132 2012 863 Carlos Zambrano R CHC MIA

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