| 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 |