PLAYERS:
Matt Holliday,
Albert Pujols,
Chris Carpenter,
Kyle Lohse,
Lance Berkman
TEAMS: St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers
TEAMS: St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers
Here’s the first financial efficiency report we at PRO Rumors are going to make. Lets start with the St. Louis Cardinals because they were the 2011 World Series’ Champions. I hope you enjoy this as much as a enjoyed writing it.
The Cardinals won 90 regular season games, or 41 above the 49 games won line. They paid $105,433,572 in salaries. That means the Cardinals paid $2,293,574.93 for every win they got above 49.
Their top five paid players were:
– Matt Holliday ($16,317,774): Holliday hit .296/.388/.525 with 22 HR’s, 75 RBI’s, 83 runs and a .912 OPS. For every home run Holliday hit, he earned $741,717. For every RBI he earned $217,570.32. For every time he got on base he earned $81,588.87.
– Albert Pujols ($14,508,395): Pujols hit .299/.366/.541 with 37 HR’s, 99 RBI’s, 105 runs and a .906 OPS. Pujols earned $392,118.78 for every home run he hit or $146,549.44 for each RBI he had or $60.959.64 for every time he got on base.
– Chris Carpenter ($14,259,403): Carpenter was 11-9 with ...
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