Listed below are the 25 players on the opening-day roster of the 2016 New York Yankees Major League Baseball team, their salaries, and fielding positions.

Sort the players into two groups, all pitchers (relief and starting) and position players (all others). Assume equal population standard deviations for the pitchers and the position players. Test the hypothesis that mean salaries of pitchers and position players are equal using the .01 significance level.

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Salary (US$) Player Position C.C. Sabathla $25,000,000 $23,125,000 Starting Pitcher Mark Telxelra First Base $22,000,000 Masahlro Tanaka Starting Pitcher $21,142,857 Jacoby Ellsbury Center Fleld Designated Hitter $21,000,000 Alex Rodriguez $17,000,000 Brlan McCann Catcher $15,000,000 $13,500,000 Carlos Beltran Right Fleld Brett Gardner Left Fleld $13,000,000 Chase Headley Third Base $ 9,000,000 $ 7,857,142 $ 5,600,000 $ 4,300,000 $ 4,100,000 $ 3,200,000 $ 2,425,000 $ 574,000 $ 556,000 $ 533,400 $ 521,300 $ 511,900 $ 508,600 $ 507,500 $ 507,500 $ 507,500 Andrew Miller Rellef Pitcher Starlin Castro Second Base Nathan Eovaldi Starting Pitcher Starting Pitcher Michael Pineda Ivan Nova Rellef Pitcher Dustin Ackley Left Fleld Didi Gregorlus Shortstop Aaron Hicks Center Fleld Austin Romine Catcher Chasen Shreve Rellef Pitcher Luls Severino Starting Pitcher Rellef Pitcher Klrby Yates Ronald Torreyes Johnny Barbato Second Base Rellef Pitcher Dellin Betances Rellef Pitcher Luls Cessa Rellef Pitcher