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PRO Rumors financial efficiency report- Texas Rangers

Found December 05, 2011 on PRO Rumors: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Michael Young,  Adrian Beltre,  Josh Hamilton,  CJ Wilson,  Ian Kinsler
TEAMS: Texas Rangers

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The second financial efficiency report we're going to discuss is for the World Series' runner up, the Texas Rangers.

The Rangers won 96 regular season games, or 47 above the 49 games win line. They paid $92,299,264 in total salaries meaning they paid $1,721,324.77 for every win they got above 49.

Their top five paid players were:

– Michael Young ($16,174,975): Young hit .338/.380/.474 with 11 HR's, 106 RBI's, 88 runs and a .854 OPS. Young earned $1,470,452.23 for every home run he hit, or $152,594.10 for every RBI he got, or $61,736.55 for every time he got on base. Young who played in almost every game earned $101,729 for each game he played in (159).

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