2005 MLB Team Worth

2005 MLB Team Worth

Based Upon 2004 Season. All Values in Millions

Rank	Team	Owner	Year Acquired	Current Worth	Revenues	Operating Income
1	New York Yankees	George Steinbrenner	1973	$950	$264	$10.8
2	Boston Red Sox	John Henry and Tom Werner	2002	$563	$201	$-11.3
3	New York Mets	Fred Wilpon	2002	$505	$180	$-11.2
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	Frank McCourt	2004	$424	$166	$-7.4
5	Seattle Mariners	Nintendo	1992	$415	$173	$10.8
6	Chicago Cubs	Tribune Company	1981	$398	$170	$11.4
7	Philadelphia Phillies	Bill Giles and David Montgomery	1981	$392	$167	$6.1
8	Atlanta Braves	Time Warner	1976	$382	$162	$15.4
9	San Francisco Giants	Peter Magowan and Harmon Burns	1992	$381	$159	$6.9
10	St. Louis Cardinals	William DeWitt Jr	1995	$370	$151	$-3.9
11	Houston Astros	Robert McLane Jr.	1992	$357	$155	$9.6
12	Baltimore Orioles	Peter Angelos	1993	$341	$148	$34.0
13	San Diego Padres	John Moores	1995	$329	$150	$17.1
14	Texas Rangers	Thomas Hicks	1998	$326	$142	$2.9
15	Cleveland Indians	Lawrence Dolan	2000	$319	$139	$27.2
16	Washington Nationals	Major League Baseball	2002	$114	$80	$-3.0
17	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Arturo Moreno	2003	$294	$147	$-30.0
18	Colorado Rockies	Jerry McMorris and Charlie Monfort	1992	$290	$132	$-7.8
19	Arizona Diamondbacks	Four-man partnership	1995	$286	$136	$-18.7
20	Chicago White Sox	Jerry Reinsdorf	1981	$262	$131	$8.1
21	Cincinnati Reds	Carl Lindner	1999	$255	$127	$22.6
22	Detroit Tigers	Michael Illitch	1992	$239	$126	$7.9
23	Pittsburgh Pirates	Kevin McClatchy	1996	$218	$109	$12.2
24	Toronto Blue Jays	Rogers Communications	2000	$214	$107	$7.8
25	Milwaukee Brewers	Mark Attanasio	2005	$208	$112	$24.2
26	Florida Marlins	Jeffrey Loria	2002	$206	$103	$3.0
27	Kansas City Royals	David Glass	2000	$187	$104	$3.0
28	Oakland Athletics	Lewis Wolff	2005	$185	$116	$5.9
29	Minnesota Twins	Carl Pohlad	1984	$178	$102	$-0.5
30	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Vincent Naimoli	1995	$176	$110	$27.2

League Average

$325

$142

$6.0

Source: Forbes Magazine