| Player | Salary | | Alex Avila | $404,900 | | Jeremy Bonderman | $12,500,000 | | Eddie Bonine | $404,000 | | Miguel Cabrera | $20,000,000 | | Phil Coke | $425,000 | | Johnny Damon | $8,000,000 | | Adam Everett | $1,550,000 | | Carlos Guillen | $13,000,000 | | Brandon Inge | $6,600,000 | | Austin Jackson | $400,000 | | Don Kelly | $405,000 | | Gerald Laird | $3,950,000 | | Zach Miner | $950,000 | | Fu-Te Ni | $407,500 | | Magglio Ordonez | $17,825,976 | | Ryan Perry | $408,500 | | Rick Porcello | $1,920,000 | | Ryan Raburn | $438,000 | | Ramon Santiago | $1,250,000 | | Max Scherzer | $1,500,000 | | Bobby Seay | $2,475,000 | | Scott Sizemore | $400,000 | | Brad Thomas | $1,000,000 | | Jose Valverde | $6,886,052 | | Justin Verlander | $6,850,000 | | Dontrelle Willis | $12,000,000 | | Joel Zumaya | $915,000 | | Career | $122,864,928 |
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