Josh Hermsmeyer at RotoBlog.com just released a data set of all injuries from 2002 to 2009. I decided to go ahead and jump on the opportunity and look at the top 100 players that cost their teams the most money for time on the DL. Here are the top 10 and the other 90 are after the jump
Rank | Last Name | First Name | Effective Salary Lost | Days on DL |
1 | Hampton | Mike | $51838565 | 688 |
2 | Schmidt | Jason | $47044875 | 597 |
3 | Dreifort | Darren | $35097778 | 539 |
4 | Vaughn | Mo | $32676852 | 347 |
5 | Bagwell | Jeff | $32284230 | 309 |
6 | Pavano | Carl | $31750000 | 603 |
7 | Escobar | Kelvim | $25638889 | 524 |
8 | Park | Chan Ho | $25309394 | 360 |
9 | Chavez | Eric | $25296389 | 428 |
10 | Wood | Kerry | $25156389 | 539 |
Rank | Last Name | First Name | Effective Salary Lost | Days on DL |
11 | Brown | Kevin | $24706350 | 283 |
12 | Martinez | Pedro | $23808504 | 309 |
13 | Schilling | Curt | $23027778 | 395 |
14 | Carpenter | Chris | $21585794 | 666 |
15 | Greer | Rusty | $21440000 | 546 |
16 | Hudson | Tim | $21155556 | 296 |
17 | Westbrook | Jake | $21131556 | 538 |
18 | Percival | Troy | $19964873 | 656 |
19 | Gagne | Eric | $19855556 | 400 |
20 | Bonds | Barry | $19800000 | 162 |
21 | Johnson | Randy | $19628791 | 323 |
22 | Glaus | Troy | $18701533 | 310 |
23 | Griffey | Ken | $18541011 | 296 |
24 | Nen | Robb | $18198333 | 366 |
25 | Smoltz | John | $18131482 | 296 |
26 | Sweeney | Mike | $18008333 | 411 |
27 | Young | Dmitri | $17879167 | 554 |
28 | Garciaparra | Nomar | $17007243 | 375 |
29 | Colon | Bartolo | $16872222 | 301 |
30 | Neagle | Denny | $16600000 | 332 |
31 | Clement | Matt | $16523611 | 417 |
32 | Mulder | Mark | $16290000 | 525 |
33 | Bonderman | Jeremy | $16269444 | 281 |
34 | Delgado | Carlos | $15972222 | 216 |
35 | Salmon | Tim | $15849167 | 284 |
36 | Piazza | Mike | $15804762 | 217 |
37 | Wolf | Randy | $15490096 | 400 |
38 | Giambi | Jason | $15319047 | 173 |
39 | Gonzalez | Juan | $14884444 | 488 |
40 | Palmer | Dean | $14833333 | 325 |
41 | Wagner | Billy | $14797222 | 272 |
42 | Segui | David | $14717933 | 383 |
43 | Hernandez | Orlando | $14268889 | 597 |
44 | Matsui | Hideki | $14227778 | 197 |
45 | Ordonez | Magglio | $14032373 | 217 |
46 | Furcal | Rafael | $13378779 | 155 |
47 | Alou | Moises | $13325826 | 335 |
48 | Rolen | Scott | $13304698 | 204 |
49 | Erstad | Darin | $12584722 | 399 |
50 | Hundley | Todd | $12388889 | 329 |
51 | Milton | Eric | $12377778 | 305 |
52 | Lieber | Jon | $12243240 | 559 |
53 | Sheffield | Gary | $11991701 | 189 |
54 | Benson | Kris | $11514095 | 371 |
55 | Loaiza | Esteban | $11462500 | 292 |
56 | Koskie | Corey | $11277778 | 395 |
57 | Wickman | Bob | $11130556 | 363 |
58 | Johnson | Nick | $11060048 | 518 |
59 | Jones | Chipper | $10936986 | 142 |
60 | Sheets | Ben | $10670139 | 221 |
61 | Halladay | Roy | $10412500 | 204 |
62 | Higginson | Bobby | $10323333 | 212 |
63 | Karsay | Steve | $10288889 | 339 |
64 | Beltran | Carlos | $10285521 | 114 |
65 | Sosa | Sammy | $10277778 | 112 |
66 | Thome | Jim | $10225000 | 137 |
67 | Zimmerman | Jeff | $10166668 | 549 |
68 | Klesko | Ryan | $10152778 | 221 |
69 | Willis | Dontrelle | $10072222 | 193 |
70 | Posada | Jorge | $9897778 | 136 |
71 | Guerrero | Vladimir | $9891667 | 133 |
72 | Thomas | Frank | $9810111 | 202 |
73 | Silva | Carlos | $9746389 | 179 |
74 | Mantei | Matt | $9588889 | 364 |
75 | Rodriguez | Alex | $9500000 | 55 |
76 | Wright | Jaret | $9473958 | 287 |
77 | Bedard | Erik | $9277444 | 445 |
78 | Hoffman | Trevor | $9126667 | 179 |
79 | Ryan | B.J. | $9116667 | 208 |
80 | Peavy | Jake | $9116111 | 202 |
81 | Dye | Jermaine | $9112037 | 151 |
82 | Byrnes | Eric | $9111110 | 192 |
83 | Helton | Todd | $9073333 | 102 |
84 | Jones | Andruw | $9041445 | 125 |
85 | Giles | Brian | $8923148 | 176 |
86 | Soriano | Alfonso | $8677778 | 111 |
87 | Burnett | A.J. | $8632347 | 397 |
88 | Myers | Brett | $8481481 | 164 |
89 | Hunter | Torii | $8479167 | 139 |
90 | Millwood | Kevin | $8287592 | 151 |
91 | Encarnacion | Juan | $8199861 | 244 |
92 | Ramirez | Aramis | $8196389 | 114 |
93 | Baez | Danys | $8130555 | 254 |
94 | Stewart | Shannon | $7963611 | 286 |
95 | Gordon | Tom | $7903889 | 400 |
96 | Guzman | Cristian | $7806667 | 321 |
97 | Dotel | Octavio | $7744444 | 366 |
98 | Meares | Pat | $7706333 | 366 |
99 | Pettitte | Andy | $7677778 | 179 |
100 | Drew | J.D. | $7621111 | 173 |