Fun with numbers

Rank	Team	Total Payroll	W	L	Cost per win
1	New York Yankees	$194,663,079	53	36	$3,672,888.28
2	Chicago Cubs	$94,424,499	35	56	$2,697,842.83
3	Los Angeles Angels	$103,472,000	46	45	$2,249,391.30
4	Boston Red Sox	$120,099,824	54	36	$2,224,070.81
5	Los Angeles Dodgers	$98,447,187	46	45	$2,140,156.24
6	Philadelphia Phillies	$88,273,333	42	48	$2,101,746.02
7	Atlanta Braves	$90,156,876	43	49	$2,096,671.53
8	Houston Astros	$92,551,503	45	48	$2,056,700.07
9	Seattle Mariners	$87,959,833	44	48	$1,999,087.11
10	San Francisco Giants	$90,056,419	46	46	$1,957,748.24
11	New York Mets	$101,084,963	55	37	$1,837,908.42
12	Chicago White Sox	$102,750,667	57	34	$1,802,643.28
13	St. Louis Cardinals	$88,891,371	52	39	$1,709,449.44
14	Baltimore Orioles	$72,585,582	43	51	$1,688,036.79
15	Washington Nationals	$63,143,000	39	54	$1,619,051.28
16	Kansas City Royals	$47,294,000	32	59	$1,477,937.50
17	Pittsburgh Pirates	$46,717,750	32	61	$1,459,929.69
18	San Diego Padres	$69,896,141	48	43	$1,456,169.60
19	Texas Rangers	$68,228,662	47	45	$1,451,673.66
20	Toronto Blue Jays	$71,915,000	51	40	$1,410,098.04
21	Cleveland Indians	$56,031,500	41	50	$1,366,621.95
22	Detroit Tigers	$82,612,866	62	30	$1,332,465.58
23	Arizona Diamondbacks	$59,684,226	45	46	$1,326,316.13
24	Oakland Athletics	$62,243,079	48	44	$1,296,730.81
25	Milwaukee Brewers	$57,568,333	45	48	$1,279,296.29
26	Minnesota Twins	$63,396,006	50	40	$1,267,920.12
27	Cincinnati Reds	$60,909,519	49	44	$1,243,051.41
28	Colorado Rockies	$41,233,000	44	47	$937,113.64
29	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	$35,417,967	39	53	$908,153.00
30	Florida Marlins	$14,998,500	40	50	$374,962.50

Payrolls as of April 7, 2006. Source: USA Today