| Rank |
Team |
Principal
owner(s) (since) |
Current
value ($mil) |
One-year
change in value % |
Revenue
($mil) |
Operating
income ($mil) |
| 1 |
New
York Yankees |
George
Steinbrenner (1973) |
635 |
16 |
192.4 |
21.9 |
| 2 |
New
York Mets |
Nelson
Doubleday, Fred Wilpon (1986) |
454 |
44 |
162.0 |
21.3 |
| 3 |
Atlanta
Braves |
AOL
Time Warner (1976) |
407 |
5 |
145.5 |
7.7 |
| 4 |
Los
Angeles Dodgers |
News
Corp (1998) |
381 |
17 |
131.3 |
-17.4 |
| 5 |
Cleveland
Indians |
Lawrence
J Dolan (2000) |
372 |
2 |
142.9 |
4.2 |
| 6 |
Texas
Rangers |
Thomas
O Hicks (1998) |
342 |
16 |
126.5 |
7.4 |
| 7 |
Boston
Red Sox |
Jean
R Yawkey Trust (1977) |
339 |
20 |
125.7 |
-7.3 |
| 8 |
Baltimore
Orioles |
Peter
G Angelos (1993) |
335 |
-3 |
124.0 |
2.1 |
| 9 |
Colorado
Rockies |
Jerry
McMorris (1992) |
334 |
9 |
119.1 |
6.4 |
| 10 |
San
Francisco Giants |
Peter
A Magowan (1992) |
333 |
40 |
138.8 |
27.4 |
| 11 |
Seattle
Mariners |
Hiroshi
Yamauchi (1992) |
332 |
14 |
138.3 |
17.8 |
| 12 |
Houston
Astros |
Drayton
McLane Jr (1992) |
318 |
14 |
122.2 |
22.3 |
| 13 |
Detroit
Tigers |
Michael
Ilitch (1992) |
290 |
45 |
120.8 |
12.1 |
| 14 |
Chicago
Cubs |
Tribune
Co (1981) |
247 |
2 |
112.4 |
9.1 |
| 15 |
Arizona
Diamondbacks |
Jerry
Colangelo (1995) |
245 |
-8 |
109.1 |
-7.9 |
| 16 |
St
Louis Cardinals |
William
O DeWitt Jr, Fred Hanser (1995) |
243 |
11 |
110.5 |
-3.0 |
| 17 |
Chicago
White Sox |
Jerry
Reinsdorf (1981) |
213 |
28 |
92.6 |
17.8 |
| 18 |
Pittsburgh
Pirates |
Kevin
McClatchy (1996) |
211 |
31 |
70.4 |
2.3 |
| 19 |
Milwaukee
Brewers |
Wendy
Selig-Prieb (1970) |
209 |
25 |
69.6 |
-1.6 |
| 20 |
Anaheim
Angels |
Walt
Disney Co (1996) |
198 |
2 |
94.4 |
-8.9 |
| 21 |
Cincinnati
Reds |
Carl
Lindner (1999) |
187 |
7 |
77.8 |
6.9 |
| 22 |
San
Diego Padres |
John
Moores (1994) |
176 |
-11 |
84.0 |
-8.0 |
| 23 |
Toronto
Blue Jays |
Rogers
Communications (2000) |
161 |
-1 |
80.3 |
-5.9 |
| 24 |
Philadelphia
Phillies |
Bill
Giles, David Montgomery (1981) |
158 |
6 |
79.2 |
-1.1 |
| 25 |
Tampa
Bay Devil Rays |
Vincent
Naimoli (1995) |
150 |
-8 |
81.3 |
-11.3 |
| 26 |
Oakland
Athletics |
Steve
Schott, Ken Hofmann (1995) |
149 |
11 |
74.7 |
5.2 |
| 27 |
Kansas
City Royals |
David
Glass (2000) |
138 |
13 |
72.6 |
4.3 |
| 28 |
Florida
Marlins |
John
W Henry (1999) |
128 |
3 |
67.3 |
6.5 |
| 29 |
Minnesota
Twins |
Carl
Pohlad (1984) |
99 |
9 |
58.0 |
5.8 |
| 30 |
Montreal
Expos |
Jeffrey
Loria (1999) |
92 |
|
12 |
-8.1 |
| |
League
avg |
|
263 |
3 |
53.9 |
4.3 |
