Here is some salary analysis based on the draft.
3/30/2021 1:06 PM
Not surprisingly, the early rounds produced a few more players and higher salaries than the later rounds. Of course, this doesn't really account for salary for extra / unnecessary PA's and/or IPs.
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N.L.
Round .. Players .. Salary .. Sal per Player
1 6.4 29,645,113 4,620,018
2 6.2 25,786,227 4,181,550
3 6.3 23,035,723 3,661,307
4 6.1 19,795,876 3,231,980
Total 25 98,262,939 3,930,518
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A.L.
Round .. Players .. Salary .. Sal per Player
1 6.4 29,218,483 4,553,530
2 6.2 25,010,105 4,028,473
3 6.3 22,593,305 3,590,989
4 6.1 19,027,708 3,127,842
Total 25 95,849,602 3,833,984
3/30/2021 1:10 PM (edited)
National League - Salary by Draft Pick
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Team .. Owner .. Players .. Salary
1986 Pittsburgh Pirates coachgreat1 7 31,414,306
1932 Cincinnati Reds redcped 7 36,760,033
1977 New York Mets schwarze4 6 32,580,770
1901 New York Giants ybjsports 6 30,493,489
1902 New York Giants joerat1 6 27,433,964
1919 St. Louis Cardinals pedrocerrano 7 33,954,030
1918 St. Louis Cardinals schwarze5 7 32,806,999
1906 St. Louis Cardinals toysboys 6 30,285,091
1971 San Diego Padres redcped 6 24,777,538
1993 New York Mets harrelson 6 25,102,295
1916 Cincinnati Reds firesalt 7 36,947,165
1972 Philadelphia Phillies darny10 7 34,641,106
1908 Brooklyn Superbas markeking 6 38,400,656
1944 Philadelphia Blue Jay's darthdurron 6 27,411,668
1914 Cincinnati Reds contrarian23 7 31,303,858
1982 Cincinnati Reds schwarze6 7 28,094,936
1916 St. Louis Cardinals kstober 6 28,454,978
1904 Brooklyn Superbas nocomm999 6 25,897,682
2015 Cincinnati Reds thejuice6 7 30,424,483
2013 Miami Marlins redcped 6 22,343,452
1909 Brooklyn Superbas contrarian23 6 24,591,823
1909 St. Louis Cardinals kstober 6 27,377,491
1992 Los Angeles Dodgers sakabakbrg 6 23,768,158
1989 Atlanta Braves pedrocerrano 7 26,216,740
Team .. Owner .. Players .. Salary
1962 Houston Colt 45's pedrocerrano 6 21,917,178
1998 Florida Marlins sakabakbrg 6 22,613,755
1922 Philadelphia Phillies kstober 6 27,833,192
1933 Philadelphia Phillies contrarian23 6 29,893,216
1912 Brooklyn Dodgers redcped 6 28,617,733
2020 Colorado Rockies thejuice6 6 28,651,379
1934 Philadelphia Phillies nocomm999 6 30,848,342
1936 Philadelphia Phillies kstober 7 31,261,530
1966 Chicago Cubs schwarze6 6 30,703,987
2017 San Francisco Giants contrarian23 6 20,304,559
1937 Cincinnati Reds darthdurron 6 27,725,817
1937 Philadelphia Phillies markeking 6 25,185,569
1985 Pittsburgh Pirates darny10 6 22,711,273
1901 Cincinnati Reds firesalt 6 27,135,262
1901 Chicago Orphans harrelson 6 31,208,361
1993 San Diego Padres redcped 7 25,706,251
1956 Chicago Cubs toysboys 6 25,887,891
2008 San Diego Padres schwarze5 6 20,182,471
2001 Pittsburgh Pirates pedrocerrano 6 20,256,349
1967 New York Mets joerat1 7 20,043,437
1931 Cincinnati Reds ybjsports 7 30,543,740
1979 New York Mets schwarze4 6 27,654,593
2002 Milwaukee Brewers redcped 6 17,712,241
1923 Boston Braves coachgreat1 6 24,271,323
Team .. Owner .. Players .. Salary
1969 Philadelphia Phillies coachgreat1 6 26,902,829
1950 Pittsburgh Pirates redcped 6 27,863,696
2003 San Diego Padres schwarze4 7 23,430,350
2009 Washington Nationals ybjsports 6 22,988,078
1929 Boston Braves joerat1 6 19,548,769
2012 Colorado Rockies pedrocerrano 6 22,610,071
1924 Philadelphia Phillies schwarze5 6 23,009,245
2009 Pittsburgh Pirates toysboys 6 27,609,618
1960 Chicago Cubs redcped 6 22,844,862
2019 Miami Marlins harrelson 7 19,714,186
1903 Philadelphia Phillies firesalt 6 25,622,994
1993 Florida Marlins darny10 6 16,097,355
1943 New York Giants markeking 7 19,927,467
2012 Chicago Cubs darthdurron 6 20,967,023
1926 Philadelphia Phillies contrarian23 6 22,578,697
1907 Boston Doves schwarze6 6 24,039,435
1981 San Diego Padres kstober 6 25,705,239
1930 Cincinnati Reds nocomm999 7 25,128,109
1980 Chicago Cubs thejuice6 6 17,764,835
1962 Chicago Cubs redcped 7 26,243,579
1981 New York Mets contrarian23 7 17,394,727
1946 New York Giants kstober 6 23,648,462
1933 Cincinnati Reds sakabakbrg 7 27,763,067
1970 San Diego Padres pedrocerrano 6 23,454,664
Team .. Owner .. Players .. Salary
2008 Washington Nationals coachgreat1 6 13,941,457
2020 Pittsburgh Pirates redcped 6 16,551,678
1922 Boston Braves schwarze4 6 14,813,671
1905 St. Louis Cardinals ybjsports 6 25,888,451
1927 Boston Braves joerat1 6 16,697,118
1975 Houston Astros pedrocerrano 6 20,494,556
2010 Pittsburgh Pirates schwarze5 6 17,386,993
1985 San Francisco Giants toysboys 7 26,083,103
2018 Miami Marlins redcped 6 20,894,962
1949 Chicago Cubs harrelson 6 24,473,679
1945 Cincinnati Reds firesalt 6 19,339,417
2015 Philadelphia Phillies darny10 6 21,183,687
2014 Arizona Diamondbacks markeking 6 17,585,793
1955 Pittsburgh Pirates darthdurron 7 20,879,989
1977 Atlanta Braves contrarian23 6 18,816,429
1999 Florida Marlins schwarze6 6 17,794,367
2012 Houston Astros kstober 6 14,644,663
2011 Houston Astros nocomm999 6 16,710,870
1934 Cincinnati Reds thejuice6 6 23,905,588
1924 Boston Braves redcped 6 20,220,073
1910 Boston Doves contrarian23 6 16,877,350
1960 Philadelphia Phillies kstober 7 24,191,139
1981 Chicago Cubs sakabakbrg 6 19,028,189
1942 Boston Braves pedrocerrano 6 26,697,806
3/30/2021 1:10 PM
American League - Salary by Draft Pick
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Team .. Owner .. Players .. Salary
1907 Boston Americans pedrocerrano 6 35,892,723
1919 Washington Senators schwarze1 6 35,523,633
1905 St. Louis Browns steveizzy 6 33,493,599
2010 Seattle Mariners schwarze2 6 28,962,280
1915 Cleveland Naps toysboys 7 31,573,807
2017 Detroit Tigers pedrocerrano 7 26,877,759
1935 Philadelphia Athletics loyalcanuck 7 34,059,942
1902 Detroit Tigers schwarze3 6 34,605,463
1985 Texas Rangers redcped 7 23,495,464
1999 Kansas City Royals ybjsports 7 36,010,265
1913 New York Yankees chisock 6 22,254,770
1917 St. Louis Browns spinaldog 6 28,381,591
2013 Chicago White Sox mllama54 7 27,096,948
1929 Chicago White Sox contrarian23 6 32,867,463
1937 Philadelphia Athletics contrarian23 7 27,698,338
1995 Toronto Blue Jays thejuice6 7 26,805,947
1961 Washington Senators kstober 6 25,086,551
2004 Seattle Mariners loyalcanuck 6 28,003,908
1969 Cleveland Indians redcped 6 26,306,540
1992 Seattle Mariners toysboys 6 29,534,229
1991 Cleveland Indians darthdurron 6 25,575,221
1970 Chicago White Sox harrelson 7 25,663,106
1906 Washington Senators kstober 6 32,575,727
1955 Baltimore Orioles darthdurron 7 22,898,328
Team .. Owner .. Players .. Salary
1967 Kansas City Athletics darthdurron 6 22,958,435
1936 St. Louis Browns kstober 6 29,215,030
1971 Washington Senators harrelson 6 18,446,668
1981 Toronto Blue Jays darthdurron 6 21,901,206
1962 Washington Senators toysboys 7 26,446,467
2020 Texas Rangers redcped 6 14,981,414
1945 Philadelphia Athletics loyalcanuck 7 34,766,433
1938 St. Louis Browns kstober 7 31,441,365
1913 St. Louis Browns thejuice6 6 29,406,742
1954 Baltimore Orioles contrarian23 6 27,968,582
1938 Philadelphia Athletics contrarian23 6 21,680,444
1948 St. Louis Browns mllama54 6 28,160,379
2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays spinaldog 6 26,191,132
1987 Cleveland Indians chisock 7 24,609,739
1922 Boston Red Sox ybjsports 6 28,107,286
2002 Kansas City Royals redcped 6 28,437,318
1931 Detroit Tigers schwarze3 7 29,571,841
1901 Cleveland Blues loyalcanuck 6 28,957,577
1957 Kansas City Athletics pedrocerrano 6 20,217,445
1965 Boston Red Sox toysboys 6 23,962,312
1977 Oakland Athletics schwarze2 6 18,554,086
2001 Baltimore Orioles steveizzy 6 14,481,603
1934 Chicago White Sox schwarze1 6 24,783,384
1985 Cleveland Indians pedrocerrano 6 24,995,643
Team .. Owner .. Players .. Salary
2019 Kansas City Royals pedrocerrano 6 21,570,375
2009 Baltimore Orioles schwarze1 7 14,965,488
1936 Philadelphia Athletics steveizzy 6 29,632,557
1950 Chicago White Sox schwarze2 7 22,348,753
1982 Texas Rangers toysboys 6 25,507,672
1961 Kansas City Athletics pedrocerrano 6 23,758,068
1976 Chicago White Sox loyalcanuck 6 18,314,539
1940 Philadelphia Athletics schwarze3 6 23,347,798
1939 Philadelphia Athletics redcped 6 23,036,617
1901 Milwaukee Brewers ybjsports 6 24,566,714
1956 Washington Senators chisock 6 20,352,446
2008 Seattle Mariners spinaldog 7 22,540,439
1958 Washington Senators mllama54 6 23,557,988
1999 Minnesota Twins contrarian23 7 17,847,658
1953 Detroit Tigers contrarian23 6 20,308,812
2018 Kansas City Royals thejuice6 6 19,440,800
1920 Detroit Tigers kstober 6 26,481,919
1953 St. Louis Browns loyalcanuck 6 16,753,367
1995 Minnesota Twins redcped 7 25,919,772
1964 Kansas City Athletics toysboys 6 21,680,803
1982 Minnesota Twins darthdurron 7 25,091,739
2016 Minnesota Twins harrelson 6 20,182,270
1933 St. Louis Browns kstober 7 32,000,316
1927 St. Louis Browns darthdurron 6 23,032,409
Team .. Owner .. Players .. Salary
2004 Kansas City Royals pedrocerrano 7 16,780,013
1964 Washington Senators schwarze1 6 21,074,526
1953 Philadelphia Athletics steveizzy 7 27,185,011
1921 Philadelphia Athletics schwarze2 6 20,654,712
1950 St. Louis Browns toysboys 6 20,454,692
2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays pedrocerrano 6 18,893,009
2006 Kansas City Royals loyalcanuck 6 13,469,892
1963 Washington Senators schwarze3 6 19,565,664
2018 Detroit Tigers redcped 6 20,032,647
1947 St. Louis Browns ybjsports 6 22,301,880
1960 Kansas City Athletics chisock 6 27,243,415
1971 Cleveland Indians spinaldog 6 17,928,565
2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays mllama54 6 12,534,452
1969 Seattle Pilots contrarian23 6 13,077,725
1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays contrarian23 6 16,026,905
2018 chicago White Sox thejuice6 6 12,909,444
1957 Washington Senators kstober 6 21,333,447
1978 Seattle Mariners loyalcanuck 6 16,211,187
1928 Boston Red Sox redcped 6 29,117,184
1978 Toronto Blue Jays toysboys 6 15,899,102
1973 Texas Rangers darthdurron 6 18,261,281
2011 Minnesota Twins harrelson 6 15,746,457
1989 Detroit Tigers kstober 6 18,016,714
1931 Chicago White Sox darthdurron 6 21,947,072
3/30/2021 1:12 PM
Total salary by owner / sorted by Draft Order
National League
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Owner .. Total Salary
coachgreat1 96,529,915
redcped 98,887,648
schwarze4 98,479,384
ybjsports 109,913,758
joerat1 83,723,288
pedrocerrano 97,315,006
schwarze5 93,385,708
toysboys 109,865,703
redcped 94,223,613
harrelson 100,498,521
firesalt 109,044,838
darny10 94,633,421
markeking 101,099,485
darthdurron 96,984,497
contrarian23 93,003,543
schwarze6 100,632,725
kstober 100,066,410
nocomm999 98,585,003
thejuice6 100,746,285
redcped 97,424,837
contrarian23 88,757,116
kstober 103,050,284
sakabakbrg 93,173,169
pedrocerrano 98,286,388
3/30/2021 1:13 PM
Total salary by owner / sorted by Draft Order
American League
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Owner .. Total Salary
pedrocerrano 99,238,754
schwarze1 96,347,031
steveizzy 104,792,770
schwarze2 90,519,831
toysboys 101,498,483
pedrocerrano 89,746,281
loyalcanuck 94,801,950
schwarze3 107,090,766
redcped 95,002,046
ybjsports 110,986,145
chisock 94,460,370
spinaldog 95,041,727
mllama54 91,349,767
contrarian23 85,473,290
contrarian23 92,002,637
thejuice6 88,562,933
kstober 104,343,282
loyalcanuck 95,734,895
redcped 96,324,910
toysboys 93,560,601
darthdurron 90,829,447
harrelson 80,038,501
kstober 111,807,787
darthdurron 90,836,244
3/30/2021 1:14 PM
That's some hardcore analysis. Though salary by itself is misleading as I drafted 1900+ innings on two of my teams and 1600+ on my 3rd team because I had a deliberate strategy of drafting an extra starter or two since it seems you always have a starter who will underperform. I drafted extra PAs as well. Because of that I tended to not draft a bullpen until the 4th round which is why my 4th round has the lowest salary.
3/30/2021 7:33 PM
Yeah... I know it's not perfect. I also have extra IPs and PAs included in my teams' salaries.
3/30/2021 10:16 PM
Inspired by schwarze's above lead and darny10's post on 3/29 on the league office page, I investigated the hitting of every team. The following is the combined Real Life OPS for each team's hitters in League 1:
OWNER TEAM OPS
redcped Baby Herman .863
pedrocerrano 19Stl-01 Pitt .848
kstober 09 Cards .817
schwarze 18 Stl 08 SD .814
thejuice6 Joey V .811
redcped Mr. Cub .803
contrarian23 14 Reds .801
harrelson Gooden-ough .789
coachgreat1 Losing Team .788
toysboys 06STL/56CHC .788
ybjsports R6 L1 P4 .787
markeking Almost Mediocre .786
nocomm999 Heilmann Played .783
darthdurron 37 Reds .780
redcped On Second Thought .779
schwarze 77 NY 79 NY .779
pedrocerrano 89 Atl .778
contrarian23 09 Superbas .771
schwarze 82 Cin 66 Chi .771
kstober 16 cards .762
joerat1 Best of the .760
sakabakbrg 92 Dodgers .757
firesalt The Noodles .749
darny10 Pennsylvania Marlins .716

So, darny10, the answer to your question is "No!" LOL
3/31/2021 11:04 AM (edited)
Having gone through the above effort for League 1, I figured I would conclude the effort by investigating the League 2 hitters. The following list shows the combined OPS for all of the hitters on each team in League 2:
OWNER TEAM OPS
pedrocerrano 17 Det-57 KCA .841
schwarze 19 Was 34 Chi .835
redcped Bob Johnson .823
loyalcanuck Foxx's Fabulous .816
contrarian23 37 A's 54 O's .815
kstober Tigers 20 .808
chisock 13 NYY .804
contrarian23 29 WS 38 A's .803
schwarze 10 Sea 77 Oak .801
harrelson Tommy John .800
pedrocerrano 07 Bos-85 Cle .800
toysboys 92SEA/62WSA .799
redcped Sudden Sam .795
schwarze 02 Det 31 Det .792
ybjsports R6 L2 P10 .791
toysboys 15CLE/65BOS .790
darthdurron 73 Tex .786
spinaldog SLB-TB .782
mllama54 13 CWS .779
steveizzy SLB05PHA36 .777
kstober Senators 06 .774
thejuice6 Whit and the Half-Wits .771
darthdurron 27 Browns .757
loyalcanuck Ichiro .756



3/31/2021 11:14 AM (edited)

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