The following
table was taken from Forbes Magazine (http://www.forbes.com/forbes/) 05.31.99
Several small-market teams are more
profitable than their big-market rivals.
|
Rank |
Team
|
Current |
One year |
Revenues |
Operating |
Debt/ |
Principal owner(s) |
|
1 |
New York Yankees |
$491 |
36% |
$175.5 |
$23.0 |
3% |
George
Steinbrenner |
|
2 |
Cleveland Indians |
359 |
12 |
149.7 |
19.0 |
16 |
Richard
Jacobs |
|
3 |
Atlanta Braves |
357 |
19 |
142.7 |
16.4 |
6 |
Time
Warner |
|
4 |
Baltimore Orioles |
351 |
9 |
140.5 |
8.5 |
28 |
Peter
Angelos |
|
5 |
Colorado Rockies |
311 |
3 |
124.6 |
19.5 |
11 |
Jerry
McMorris |
|
6 |
Arizona Diamondbacks |
291 |
NA |
116.3 |
22.5 |
47 |
Jerry
Colangelo |
|
7 |
Texas Rangers |
281 |
11 |
108.1 |
0.5 |
71 |
Thomas O
Hicks |
|
8 |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
270 |
14 |
107.9 |
-11.7 |
5 |
News Corp |
|
9 |
Boston Red Sox |
256 |
12 |
106.9 |
-7.6 |
8 |
Jean R
Yawkey Trust |
|
10 |
New York Mets
|
249 |
29 |
99.7 |
-5.2 |
5 |
Nelson
Doubleday, Fred Wilpon |
|
11 |
Houston Astros |
239 |
26 |
82.5 |
-3.7 |
67 |
Drayton
McLane Jr |
|
12 |
Seattle Mariners |
236 |
-6 |
81.3 |
-8.6 |
35 |
Hiroshi
Yamauchi |
|
13 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
225 |
NA |
93.7 |
20.6 |
33 |
Vincent
Naimoli |
|
14 |
Chicago Cubs |
224 |
10 |
93.1 |
-7.9 |
6 |
Tribune
Co |
|
15 |
San Francisco Giants |
213 |
13 |
73.3 |
-6.4 |
80 |
Peter A
Magowan |
|
16 |
St Louis Cardinals |
205 |
18 |
97.8 |
1.6 |
7 |
William O
DeWitt Jr |
|
17 |
San Diego Padres |
205 |
27 |
78.9 |
-8.0 |
63 |
John
Moores |
|
18 |
Anaheim Angels |
195 |
24 |
88.5 |
-0.2 |
10 |
Walt
Disney Co |
|
19 |
Chicago White Sox |
178 |
-17 |
74.1 |
0.2 |
8 |
Jerry
Reinsdorf |
|
20 |
Cincinnati Reds |
163 |
20 |
54.4 |
0.6 |
18 |
Marge
Schott† |
|
21 |
Toronto Blue Jays |
162 |
15 |
73.4 |
-9.5 |
8 |
Interbrew |
|
22 |
Milwaukee Brewers |
155 |
22 |
55.5 |
-8.8 |
80 |
Wendy
Selig-Prieb |
|
23 |
Florida Marlins |
153 |
-4 |
69.5 |
8.6 |
0 |
John W
Henry |
|
24 |
Detroit Tigers |
152 |
11 |
54.2 |
-4.5 |
96 |
Michael
Ilitch |
|
25 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
145 |
11 |
66.0 |
4.5 |
9 |
Bill
Giles |
|
26 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
145 |
9 |
51.7 |
2.6 |
62 |
Kevin
McClatchy |
|
27 |
Oakland Athletics |
125 |
6 |
56.7 |
3.3 |
11 |
Steve
Schott, Ken Hofmann |
|
28 |
Kansas City Royals |
96 |
-11 |
53.5 |
-10.9 |
21 |
Greater
KC Community Foundation |
|
29 |
Minnesota Twins |
89 |
-5 |
46.8 |
-7.1 |
93 |
Carl
Pohlad |
|
30 |
Montreal Expos |
84 |
-4 |
46.5 |
5.6 |
60 |
Claude
Brochu |