Most bang for the buck -- MLB team wins measured by total payroll

     Tampa Bay led the Majors in 2018 -- paying a mere $760,000 per victory, measuring by total team payroll. Oakland was the only other team below a million per win -- $827,000. Contrast that with the bottom of the barrel -- San Francisco spent $2.8 million per win -- almost four times what Tampa spent. The sad Baltimore Orioles spent $2.7 million per win.
    Contrast that with division champs like the Brewers -- who spent $1.13 million per win -- and the Braves, who came in at $1.45 million.
    The last place Marlins paid as much per win as the first-place Braves, but that's a bit misleading. According to spotrac.com (which I use because he keeps updating its payroll throughout the year), the Marlins spent a mere $43 million on players on their 25-man roster -- out of a total payroll of $91 million. The rest of that money? $16.5 million to injured players -- most of that going to Prado. A stunning $34.5 million was paid by the Marlins to players on other teams or out of baseball (led by Edison Volquez $13 million).
    For those interested in the team by team measures, it's attached as a spreadsheet.  You'll see that Cleveland, Colorado and Houston all made the playoffs while spending less than the MLB average of $1.7 million per win.

	Payroll	Wins	$Million / Win
Tampa Bay	68.4	90	0.76	1
Oakland	80.3	97	0.8272	2
Pittsburgh	90.8	82	1.10731707317073	3
Milwaukee	108.9	96	1.134375	4
Chicago WS	71.8	62	1.15806451612903	5
Philadelphia	104.3	80	1.30375	6
Atlanta	130.5	90	1.45	7
Miami Marlins	91.8	63	1.45714285714286	8
Minnesota	115.5	78	1.48076923076923	9
Cincinnati	100.3	67	1.49701492537313	10
San Diego	99.8	66	1.51212121212121	11
Cleveland	142.8	91	1.56923076923077	12
Colorado	144	91	1.58241758241758	13
Houston	163.5	103	1.5873786407767	14
League average	139	81	1.71604938271605
Arizona	141.7	82	1.7280487804878	15
NY Yankees	179.6	100	1.796	16
Seattle	160.9	89	1.80786516853933	17
St. Louis	163.8	88	1.86136363636364	18
NY Mets	150.2	77	1.95064935064935	19
Detroit	130.9	64	2.0453125	20
Chicago Cubs	194.3	95	2.04526315789474	21
Toronto	150.9	73	2.06712328767123	22
Texas Rangers	139.8	67	2.0865671641791	23
Boston	228.5	108	2.11574074074074	24
LA Dodgers	199.6	92	2.1695652173913	25
LA Angels	173.8	80	2.1725	26
Washington	181.2	82	2.20975609756098	27
Kansas City	129.9	58	2.23965517241379	28
Baltimore	127.6	47	2.71489361702128	29
San Francisco	205.6	73	2.81643835616438	30