The Yankees’ George Steinbrenner, whose team's payroll of $190M is highest in MLB, was voted the best owner in baseball in a survey of 464 MLB players conducted by SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. Steinbrenner also finished sixth on the "worst" list, receiving 6% of the vote. The winning percentage of the top four vote-getters' teams is .546; the bottom four's teams are at .436. Players were not allowed to vote for the owner of their team. The following are the top- and bottom-four MLB owners, according to the poll ( SI, 7/23 issue ).
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RANK
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WORST OWNERS IN MLB
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%
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1)
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David Glass, Royals
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21%
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2)
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Jeffrey Loria, Marlins
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19%
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3)
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Stuart Sternberg, D'Rays
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18%
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4)
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Peter Angelos, Orioles |
9%
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