Salary information is unofficial & collected from various published reports.
Major League Baseball’s central office paid $85.1 million in salaries and benefits to 236 employees, according to a Sports Business Journal analysis of MLB’s fiscal year 2006 tax return, an increase from $77.3 million for 231 employees in 2005.
Allan H. (Bud) Selig Commissioner
3 years (2010-12)
2 years (2013-14)
- 2 years (2013-14)
- signed extension 1/13/12
- 3 years (2010-12)
- signed extension 1/17/08
- 3 years (2007-09)
- signed extension 8/04
- 2007 compensation: $17.5M
- 3 years (2004-06)
- signed extension 11/01
- 2006 compensation: $15.056M
- $14,515,071 base salary
- $ 400,900 in contributions to benefit plan
- $ 140,603 in expenses, personal fees
- 2005 compensation: $14.5M
- $6M base salary
- $6M bonus
- $2.5M expenses, personal fees
- 5 years (1999-2003)
- unanimously elected permanent commissioner 7/10/98
(assumed office 8/1/1998) - reportedly received salary of at least $3 million annually
- 1992-1998
- acting commissioner as executive council chairman,
September 9, 1992 – July 31, 1998 - 1998 compensation:$2.5 million
- 1993 compensation: $1 million
- replaced Fay Vincent, who had earned a salary of $650,000
- Previous Commissioners
- Fay Vincent 1989-1992
- A. Bartlett Giamatti 1989
- Peter Ueberroth 1984-1989
- Bowie Kuhn 1969-1984
- Gen. William Eckert 1965-1968
- Ford Frick 1951-1965
- A.B. “Happy” Chandler 1945-1951
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis 1920-1944
Bob DuPuy President, Chief Operating Officer
- 2005 compensation: $4.875M
Rob Manfred Executive VP, Labor Relations & Human Resources
- 2005 compensation: $1.92M
John McHale Jr. Executive VP, Administration & CIO
- 2005 compensation: $1.3M
- interim Executive VP, Baseball Operations 6/10
Jonathan Mariner Executive VP, Finance
- 2005 compensation: $1.245M
Jimmie Lee Solomon Executive VP, Baseball Development
- 2005 compensation: $543,583 (promoted 6/05)
- replaced Sandy Alderson, who was paid $875,000 in 2005
- Executive VP, Baseball Operations 6/05 – 6/10
- Executive VP, Baseball Development 6/10
Tim Brosnan Executive VP, Business
- promoted February 2000
Frank Robinson Senior VP, Major League Operations
- Senior VP, Major League Operations 6/10