Josh Hermsmeyer at RotoBlog.com just released a data set of all injuries from 2002 to 2009. I decided to go ahead and jump on the opportunity and look at the Royal teams and the top 30 players that cost the organization the most money for time on the DL.
Here is the list of which teams ranked from year to year:
| Rank | Year | Salary Lost | Total Day on DL | Trips to DL | Total Payroll | % of Total Payroll |
| 1 | 2007 | $19,211,214 | 1644 | 19 | $67,116,500 | 29% |
| 2 | 2009 | $15,103,488 | 888 | 13 | $70,519,333 | 21% |
| 3 | 2006 | $11,833,014 | 953 | 14 | $47,294,000 | 25% |
| 4 | 2004 | $10,682,789 | 1490 | 20 | $47,609,000 | 22% |
| 5 | 2003 | $5,880,161 | 524 | 11 | $40,518,000 | 15% |
| 6 | 2008 | $5,449,647 | 649 | 10 | $58,245,500 | 9% |
| 7 | 2002 | $4,658,222 | 577 | 12 | $47,257,000 | 10% |
| 8 | 2005 | $4,550,350 | 481 | 5 | $36,881,000 | 12% |
Players after the jump
Now time for the players, no real surprise at who is #1 (he came in 26th in all the league):
| Rank | Last | First | Salary Lost | Days Lost |
| 1 | Sweeney | Mike | $17,694,444 | 298 |
| 2 | Sanders | Reggie | $5,250,000 | 189 |
| 3 | Guillen | Jose | $4,866,667 | 73 |
| 4 | Crisp | Coco | $3,886,574 | 115 |
| 5 | Elarton | Scott | $3,444,444 | 155 |
| 6 | Sullivan | Scott | $3,153,333 | 226 |
| 7 | Bale | John | $3,060,000 | 292 |
| 8 | Gonzalez | Juan | $2,977,778 | 134 |
| 9 | Dotel | Octavio | $2,666,667 | 96 |
| 10 | Meche | Gil | $2,090,000 | 33 |
| 11 | Grudzielanek | Mark | $2,033,333 | 84 |
| 12 | Perez | Odalis | $1,894,444 | 44 |
| 13 | Farnsworth | Kyle | $1,298,611 | 55 |
| 14 | Santiago | Benito | $1,290,000 | 108 |
| 15 | Marrero | Eli | $1,226,667 | 69 |
| 16 | Hernandez | Roberto | $1,100,000 | 33 |
| 17 | Hudson | Luke | $914,883 | 367 |
| 18 | Randa | Joe | $862,500 | 42 |
| 19 | Tucker | Michael | $779,167 | 51 |
| 20 | Tomko | Brett | $716,667 | 43 |
| 21 | Mientkiewicz | Doug | $709,167 | 69 |
| 22 | Beltran | Carlos | $633,333 | 19 |
| 23 | Cruz | Juan | $612,500 | 49 |
| 24 | Buck | John | $596,111 | 37 |
| 25 | Waechter | Doug | $579,556 | 163 |
| 26 | Graffanino | Tony | $568,333 | 93 |
| 27 | Affeldt | Jeremy | $555,600 | 194 |
| 28 | Asencio | Miguel | $531,097 | 296 |
| 29 | Nunez | Leo | $512,117 | 238 |
| 30 | Knoblauch | Chuck | $500,000 | 45 |