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Players that Cost Their Teams the Most Money While on DL

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