Team Salary 2004 Salary 2005 Salary 2006 Salary 2007 Salary 2008

Arizona Diamondbacks $1,594,832 $2,291,093 $1,788,827 $1,899,437 $2,364,383

Atlanta Braves $3,266,573 $3,045,938 $2,714,789 $3,121,155 $3,412,189
Baltimore Orioles $1,721,832 $2,700,738 $2,580,843 $3,049,758 $2,099,883
Boston Red Sox $3,714,530 $4,168,466 $3,986,768 $5,456,506 $4,763,930
Chicago Cubs $3,504,285 $2,903,423 $2,694,272 $3,903,005 $4,383,179
Chicago White Sox $2,567,749 $2,881,675 $3,807,074 $3,718,332 $4,488,494
Cincinnati Reds $1,367,389 $1,562,528 $2,304,438 $2,042,331 $2,647,061
Cleveland Indians $1,220,378 $1,527,704 $1,481,261 $2,535,472 $3,037,310
Colorado Rockies $1,736,715 $1,078,734 $1,833,905 $1,831,818 $2,640,596
Detroit Tigers $1,579,289 $2,343,467 $3,061,749 $2,777,021 $4,589,507
Houston Astros $2,528,764 $2,905,946 $4,283,240 $2,901,852 $3,293,719
Kansas City Royals $1,111,106 $1,148,717 $1,624,478 $1,753,368 $2,240,212
Los Angeles Angels $3,644,588 $3,119,308 $3,033,520 $3,341,379 $4,110,908
Los Angeles Dodgers $3,293,894 $2,615,430 $3,467,653 $3,988,311 $4,089,260
Miami Marlins $2,114,487 $1,870,086 $594,722 $1,294,724 $660,955
Milwaukee Brewers $1,044,291 $1,743,476 $2,160,012 $2,602,110 $2,790,948
Minnesota Twins $1,893,142 $1,907,247 $2,576,988 $1,966,060 $2,277,311
New York Mets $3,343,244 $3,339,685 $3,859,172 $4,152,777 $4,593,113
New York Yankees $6,382,187 $7,386,451 $6,947,232 $7,465,730 $6,744,567
Oakland Athletics $2,420,382 $2,201,000 $2,487,968 $1,659,783 $1,713,112
Philadelphia Phillies $3,250,919 $3,431,991 $2,622,260 $2,971,835 $3,388,617
Pittsburgh Pirates $917,126 $963,674 $1,078,440 $1,871,402 $1,872,684
San Diego Padres $2,016,885 $2,677,825 $2,539,837 $2,388,654 $2,376,697
San Francisco Giants $2,871,616 $2,994,078 $3,479,123 $3,095,131 $2,641,190
Seattle Marriners $1,923,790 $2,113,280 $2,801,609 $3,704,492 $4,525,634
St. Louis Cardinals $3,194,667 $3,401,334 $3,775,022 $3,150,604 $3,018,923
Tampa Bay Rays $1,097,548 $1,107,040 $747,536 $906,041 $1,458,187
Texas Rangers $1,625,010 $1,759,055 $2,377,325 $1,645,626 $2,334,908
Toronto Blue Jays $1,635,285 $1,721,673 $2,190,340 $2,751,604 $3,621,996
Washington Nationals $1,226,455 $1,906,741 $1,705,821 $1,286,872 $1,895,207

Coloring key
Playoff team 95 Each dollar value is the average
World Series team 95 salary per team member.
World Series winner 95
Salary 2009 Salary 2010 Salary 2011 Wins 2004 Wins 2005 Wins 2006 Wins 2007 Wins 2008
$2,724,877 $2,335,314 $1,986,660 51 77 76 90 82
$3,335,385 $3,126,802 $3,346,257 96 90 79 84 72
$2,580,833 $3,138,942 $3,280,924 78 74 70 69 68
$4,089,867 $5,601,632 $5,991,202 98 95 86 96 95
$5,402,000 $5,429,962 $5,001,893 89 79 66 85 97
$3,694,942 $4,058,846 $4,732,925 83 99 90 72 89
$2,957,021 $2,760,059 $2,531,571 76 73 80 72 74
$3,023,169 $2,110,481 $1,639,685 80 93 78 97 81
$2,785,222 $2,904,379 $3,390,310 68 67 76 90 74
$4,110,184 $4,550,552 $3,914,823 72 71 95 88 74
$3,814,682 $3,298,410 $2,437,724 92 89 82 73 86
$2,727,244 $2,644,637 $1,338,000 58 56 62 69 75
$4,061,036 $3,619,443 $4,469,134 92 95 89 94 100
$4,018,324 $3,531,778 $3,472,966 93 71 88 82 84
$1,314,786 $2,112,211 $2,190,153 83 83 78 71 84
$3,194,300 $2,796,837 $2,849,911 67 81 75 83 90
$2,251,699 $3,484,255 $4,509,480 91 83 96 79 88
$4,849,071 $4,800,819 $4,401,752 71 83 97 88 89
$7,748,050 $8,253,335 $6,756,300 101 95 97 94 89
$2,225,357 $1,666,287 $2,376,303 91 88 93 76 75
$4,185,335 $5,068,870 $5,765,879 86 88 85 89 92
$1,874,731 $1,294,185 $1,553,344 72 67 67 68 67
$1,528,454 $1,453,819 $1,479,649 87 82 88 89 63
$3,043,017 $3,522,904 $4,377,716 91 75 76 71 72
$3,532,292 $3,089,642 $2,884,153 63 69 78 88 61
$3,278,830 $3,741,630 $3,904,947 105 100 83 78 86
$2,183,208 $2,663,832 $1,578,983 70 67 61 66 97
$2,367,104 $1,905,191 $3,182,733 89 79 80 75 79
$2,892,631 $2,074,466 $2,018,316 67 80 87 83 86
$2,045,793 $2,046,666 $2,201,963 67 81 71 73 59
Wins 2009 Wins 2010 Wins 2011 Playoffs 2004 Playoffs 2005 Playoffs 2006 Playoffs 2007
70 65 94 No No No Yes
86 91 89 Yes Yes No No
64 66 69 No No No No
95 89 90 Yes Yes No Yes
83 75 71 No No No Yes
79 88 79 No Yes No No
78 91 79 No No No No
65 69 80 No No No Yes
92 83 73 No No No Yes
86 81 95 No No Yes No
74 76 56 No No No No
65 67 71 Yes Yes No No
97 80 86 No No No No
95 80 82 Yes Yes No Yes
87 80 72 Yes No Yes No
80 77 96 No No No No
87 94 63 Yes No Yes No
70 79 77 No No Yes No
103 95 97 Yes Yes Yes Yes
75 81 74 No No Yes No
93 97 102 No No No Yes
62 57 72 No No No No
75 90 71 No Yes Yes No
88 92 86 No No No No
85 61 67 No No No No
91 86 90 Yes Yes Yes No
84 96 91 No No No No
87 90 96 No No No No
75 85 81 No No No No
59 69 80 No No No No
Playoffs 2008 Playoffs 2009 Playoffs 2010 Playoffs 2011
No No No Yes
No No Yes No
No No No No
Yes Yes No No
Yes No No No
Yes No No No
No No Yes No
No No No No
No Yes No No
No No No Yes
No No No No
No No No No
No No No Yes
Yes Yes No Yes
Yes Yes No No
Yes No No Yes
No Yes Yes No
No No No No
No Yes Yes Yes
No No No No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No No No No
No No No Yes
No No Yes No
No No No No
No Yes No Yes
Yes No Yes Yes
No No Yes Yes
No No No No
No No No Yes
Table of requested correlations
Wins 2004 Wins 2005 Wins 2006 Wins 2007 Wins 2008 Wins 2009 Wins 2010
Wins 2004 1.000 0.663 0.435 0.123 0.313 0.580 0.556
Wins 2005 0.663 1.000 0.550 0.379 0.428 0.302 0.368
Wins 2006 0.435 0.550 1.000 0.475 0.210 0.415 0.437
Wins 2007 0.123 0.379 0.475 1.000 0.252 0.388 0.082
Wins 2008 0.313 0.428 0.210 0.252 1.000 0.482 0.408
Wins 2009 0.580 0.302 0.415 0.388 0.482 1.000 0.648
Wins 2010 0.556 0.368 0.437 0.082 0.408 0.648 1.000
Wins 2011 0.088 0.227 0.128 0.317 0.311 0.422 0.409

This makes sense. The closer the years are

together, the larger the correlations.
Wins 2011
0.088
0.227
0.128
0.317
0.311
0.422
0.409
1.000
Table of requested correlations
Salary 2004 Salary 2005 Salary 2006 Salary 2007 Salary 2008 Salary 2009
Salary 2004 1.000 0.929 0.830 0.850 0.717 0.804
Salary 2005 0.929 1.000 0.889 0.882 0.728 0.796
Salary 2006 0.830 0.889 1.000 0.876 0.813 0.810
Salary 2007 0.850 0.882 0.876 1.000 0.903 0.878
Salary 2008 0.717 0.728 0.813 0.903 1.000 0.910
Salary 2009 0.804 0.796 0.810 0.878 0.910 1.000
Salary 2010 0.822 0.836 0.788 0.853 0.815 0.915
Salary 2011 0.803 0.771 0.735 0.764 0.710 0.757

This is the same pattern, more or less, as on the

previous sheet. But now the correlations are large
even when the years are far apart. Evidently, teams
always have the same pattern of higher or lowere
salaries.
Salary 2010 Salary 2011
0.822 0.803
0.836 0.771
0.788 0.735
0.853 0.764
0.815 0.710
0.915 0.757
1.000 0.893
0.893 1.000
Table of requested correlations
Salary 2004 Salary 2005 Salary 2006 Salary 2007 Salary 2008 Salary 2009
Wins 2004 0.687 0.597 0.570 0.467 0.288 0.331
Wins 2005 0.570 0.597 0.507 0.448 0.362 0.336
Wins 2006 0.512 0.520 0.616 0.466 0.520 0.384
Wins 2007 0.443 0.435 0.353 0.529 0.619 0.510
Wins 2008 0.430 0.316 0.249 0.325 0.331 0.459
Wins 2009 0.654 0.516 0.480 0.486 0.466 0.479
Wins 2010 0.420 0.371 0.343 0.194 0.171 0.198
Wins 2011 0.253 0.328 0.166 0.218 0.258 0.305

Wins 2004 vs Salary 2004 Wins 2004 vs Salary 2005

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8

Wins 2005 vs Salary 2004 Wins 2005 vs Salary 2005

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8

Wins 2006 vs Salary 2004 Wins 2006 vs Salary 2005

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8

Wins 2007 vs Salary 2004 Wins 2007 vs Salary 2005

120 120
100 100
 Wins 2007 vs Salary 2004 Wins 2007 vs Salary 2005
120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8

Wins 2008 vs Salary 2004 Wins 2008 vs Salary 2005

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8

Wins 2009 vs Salary 2004 Wins 2009 vs Salary 2005

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8

Wins 2010 vs Salary 2004 Wins 2010 vs Salary 2005

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8

Wins 2011 vs Salary 2004 Wins 2011 vs Salary 2005

120 120
100 100
80 80
 Wins 2011 vs Salary 2004 Wins 2011 vs Salary 2005
120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8
 Salary 2010 Salary 2011
0.417 0.562 The requested correlations and
0.360 0.488 scatterplots are those along the diagonal.
0.391 0.499 They all indicate positive relationships to
some extent, and the Yankees are always
0.430 0.419 an outlier.
0.502 0.485
0.585 0.682
0.367 0.478
0.323 0.354

Wins 2004 vs Salary 2005 Wins 2004 vs Salary 2006 Wi

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,0

Wins 2005 vs Salary 2005 Wins 2005 vs Salary 2006 Wi

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,0

Wins 2006 vs Salary 2005 Wins 2006 vs Salary 2006 Wi

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,0

Wins 2007 vs Salary 2005 Wins 2007 vs Salary 2006 Wi

120 120
100 100
 Wins 2007 vs Salary 2005 Wins 2007 vs Salary 2006 Wi
120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,0

Wins 2008 vs Salary 2005 Wins 2008 vs Salary 2006 Wi

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,0

Wins 2009 vs Salary 2005 Wins 2009 vs Salary 2006 Wi

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,0

Wins 2010 vs Salary 2005 Wins 2010 vs Salary 2006 Wi

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,0

Wins 2011 vs Salary 2005 Wins 2011 vs Salary 2006 Wi

120 120
100 100
80 80
 Wins 2011 vs Salary 2005 Wins 2011 vs Salary 2006 Wi
120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,0
 Wins 2004 vs Salary 2007 Wins 2004 vs Salary 2008
120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000

Wins 2005 vs Salary 2007 Wins 2005 vs Salary 2008

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000

Wins 2006 vs Salary 2007 Wins 2006 vs Salary 2008

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000

Wins 2007 vs Salary 2007 Wins 2007 vs Salary 2008

120 120
100 100
 Wins 2007 vs Salary 2007 Wins 2007 vs Salary 2008
120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000

Wins 2008 vs Salary 2007 Wins 2008 vs Salary 2008

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000

Wins 2009 vs Salary 2007 Wins 2009 vs Salary 2008

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000

Wins 2010 vs Salary 2007 Wins 2010 vs Salary 2008

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000

Wins 2011 vs Salary 2007 Wins 2011 vs Salary 2008

120 120
100 100
80 80
 Wins 2011 vs Salary 2007 Wins 2011 vs Salary 2008
120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000
08 Wins 2004 vs Salary 2009 Wins 2004 vs Salary 2010
120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 0 0 0 0
, 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
,0 ,0 ,0 ,0 0,
0 ,0 ,0 ,0 ,0
$2 $4 $6 $8 $1 $2 $4 $6 $8 $
0,000 $8,000,000

08 Wins 2005 vs Salary 2009 Wins 2005 vs Salary 2010

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 0 0 0 0
, 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
,0 ,0 ,0 ,0 0,
0 ,0 ,0 ,0 ,0
$2 $4 $6 $8 $1 $2 $4 $6 $8 $
0,000 $8,000,000

08 Wins 2006 vs Salary 2009 Wins 2006 vs Salary 2010

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 00
0
00
0
00
0
00
0
00
0 $0 00
0
00
0
00
0
00
0
, , , , , , , , ,
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
,0 ,0 ,0 ,0 0,
0 ,0 ,0 ,0 ,0
$2 $4 $6 $8 $1 $2 $4 $6 $8 $
0,000 $8,000,000

08 Wins 2007 vs Salary 2009 Wins 2007 vs Salary 2010

120 120
100 100
80 80
08 Wins 2007 vs Salary 2009 Wins 2007 vs Salary 2010
120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 0 0 0 0
, 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
,0 ,0 ,0 ,0 0,
0 ,0 ,0 ,0 ,0
$2 $4 $6 $8 $1 $2 $4 $6 $8 $
0,000 $8,000,000

08 Wins 2008 vs Salary 2009 Wins 2008 vs Salary 2010

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 0 0 0 0
, 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
,0 ,0 ,0 ,0 0,
0 ,0 ,0 ,0 ,0
$2 $4 $6 $8 $1 $2 $4 $6 $8 $
0,000 $8,000,000

08 Wins 2009 vs Salary 2009 Wins 2009 vs Salary 2010

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 0 0 0 0
, 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
,0 ,0 ,0 ,0 0,
0 ,0 ,0 ,0 ,0
$2 $4 $6 $8 $1 $2 $4 $6 $8 $
0,000 $8,000,000

08 Wins 2010 vs Salary 2009 Wins 2010 vs Salary 2010

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 00 00 00 00 00 $0 00 00 00 00
0 ,0 0 ,0 0 ,0 0 ,0 0 ,0 0 ,0 0 ,0 0 ,0 0 ,0
, 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 00 00 00 00 00
$2 $4 $6 $8 0, $2
,
$4
,
$6
,
$8
,
$1 $
0,000 $8,000,000

08 Wins 2011 vs Salary 2009 Wins 2011 vs Salary 2010

120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
08 Wins 2011 vs Salary 2009 Wins 2011 vs Salary 2010
120 120
100 100
80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20
0 0
$0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 0 0 0 0
, 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 , 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
,0 ,0 ,0 ,0 0,
0 ,0 ,0 ,0 ,0
$2 $4 $6 $8 $1 $2 $4 $6 $8 $
0,000 $8,000,000
Wins 2004 vs Salary 2010 Wins 2004 vs Salary 2011
120
100
80
60
40
0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 20
0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0,
,0 ,0 ,0 0 ,0 0
$4 $6 $8 $1
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000

Wins 2005 vs Salary 2010 Wins 2005 vs Salary 2011

120
100
80
60
40
00 00 00 00 20
,0 ,0 ,0 ,0
0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00
$ 4, $ 6, $ 8, 0, 0
$1
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000

Wins 2006 vs Salary 2010 Wins 2006 vs Salary 2011

120
100
80
60
40
0 0 0 0
, 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 20
0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00
$ 4, $ 6, $ 8, 0, 0
$1
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000

Wins 2007 vs Salary 2010 Wins 2007 vs Salary 2011

120
100
Wins 2007 vs Salary 2010 Wins 2007 vs Salary 2011
120
100
80
60
40
0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 20
0 0, 0 0, 0 0, 0 0,
,0 ,0 ,0 0 ,0 0
$4 $6 $8 $1
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000

Wins 2008 vs Salary 2010 Wins 2008 vs Salary 2011

120
100
80
60
40
00 00 00 00 20
,0 ,0 ,0 ,0
0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00
$ 4, $ 6, $ 8, 0, 0
$1
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000

Wins 2009 vs Salary 2010 Wins 2009 vs Salary 2011

120
100
80
60
40
0 0 0 0
, 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 20
0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00
$ 4, $ 6, $ 8, 0, 0
$1
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000

Wins 2010 vs Salary 2010 Wins 2010 vs Salary 2011

120
100
80
60
40
0 0 0 0
, 00 , 00 , 00 , 00 20
0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00
$ 4, $ 6, $ 8, 0, 0
$1
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000

Wins 2011 vs Salary 2010 Wins 2011 vs Salary 2011

120
100
80
Wins 2011 vs Salary 2010 Wins 2011 vs Salary 2011
120
100
80
60
40
00 00 00 00 20
,0 ,0 ,0 ,0
0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00
$ 4, $ 6, $ 8, 0, 0
$1
$0 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000
 Percent higher

Playoffs 2004 Average of Salary 2004

No $2,038,108
Yes $3,121,323 53.1%
After creating the pivot tables of aver
Total Result $2,326,965 salaries, one for each year, I calculate
percentage by which the playoff team
Playoffs 2004 Average of Salary 2005 the non-playoff teams. They vary qui
from year to year, but they are all fair
No $2,239,733 Playoff teams definitely pay more. Bu
Yes $3,192,959 42.6% no way to tell cause and effect. Do te
Total Result $2,493,927 the playoffs because they pay more,
successful teams reward their players
to the playoffs in previous years?
Playoffs 2004 Average of Salary 2006
No $2,496,299
Yes $3,210,957 28.6%
Total Result $2,686,874

Playoffs 2004 Average of Salary 2007

No $2,592,579
Yes $3,524,557 35.9%
Total Result $2,841,106

Playoffs 2004 Average of Salary 2008

No $3,039,424
Yes $3,400,918 11.9%
Total Result $3,135,823

Playoffs 2004 Average of Salary 2009

No $3,139,785
Yes $3,595,523 14.5%
Total Result $3,261,315

Playoffs 2004 Average of Salary 2010

No $3,026,814
Yes $4,062,035 34.2%
Total Result $3,302,873

Playoffs 2004 Average of Salary 2011

No $3,093,471
Yes $3,938,663 27.3%
Total Result $3,318,855
 reating the pivot tables of average
s, one for each year, I calculated the
tage by which the playoff teams exceed
n-playoff teams. They vary quite a lot
ear to year, but they are all fairly large.
teams definitely pay more. But there is
y to tell cause and effect. Do teams get to
ayoffs because they pay more, or do the
sful teams reward their players for getting
playoffs in previous years?