| East | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Toronto | 91 | 71 | .562 | -- |
| Boston | 84 | 78 | .519 | 7.0 |
| Detroit | 84 | 78 | .519 | 7.0 |
| Milwaukee | 83 | 79 | .512 | 8.0 |
| NY Yankees | 71 | 91 | .438 | 20.0 |
| Baltimore | 67 | 95 | .414 | 24.0 |
| Cleveland | 57 | 105 | .352 | 34.0 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Alan Trammell | SS | 33 | $ 2,200,000 | 93 | ||
| Lou Whitaker | 2B | 34 | $ 2,000,000 | |||
| Rob Deer | RF-OF | 30 | $ 1,966,667 | |||
| Frank Tanana | P | 37 | $ 1,900,000 | |||
| Bill Gullickson | P | 32 | $ 1,825,000 | |||
| Cecil Fielder | 1B | 27 | $ 1,750,000 | |||
| Lloyd Moseby | OF-CF | 31 | $ 1,600,000 | |||
| Mickey Tettleton | C | 30 | $ 1,600,000 | |||
| Tony Phillips | 2B-LF | 32 | $ 1,566,666 | |||
| Mike Henneman | P | 29 | $ 1,100,000 | |||
| Walt Terrell | P | 33 | $ 1,000,000 | |||
| John Cerutti | P | 31 | $ 800,000 | |||
| Dan Petry | P | 32 | $ 650,000 | |||
| Dave Bergman | 1B | 38 | $ 575,000 | |||
| Paul Gibson | P | 31 | $ 565,000 | |||
| Tony Bernazard | 2B | 34 | $ 525,000 | |||
| John Shelby | OF-CF | 33 | $ 525,000 | |||
| Jerry Don Gleaton | P | 33 | $ 510,000 | |||
| Mark Salas | C | 30 | $ 450,000 | |||
| Travis Fryman | 3B-SS | 22 | $ 150,000 | |||
| Mark Leiter | P | 28 | $ 130,000 | |||
| Dan Gakeler | P | 27 | $ 125,000 | |||
| Steve Searcy | P | 27 | $ 125,000 | |||
| Scott Aldred | P | 23 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Andy Allanson | C | 29 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Skeeter Barnes | 3B-1B | 34 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Milt Cuyler | CF | 22 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Mike Dalton | P | 28 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Luis De los Santos | 1B | 24 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Dave Haas | P | 25 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Shawn Hare | LF-RF | 24 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Pete Incaviglia | LF | 27 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Jeff Kaiser | P | 30 | $ 100,000 | |||
| John Kiely | P | 26 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Scott Livingstone | 3B-1B | 25 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Rusty Meacham | P | 23 | $ 100,000 | |||
| John Moses | OF-CF | 33 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Mike Munoz | P | 25 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Johnny Paredes | 2B | 28 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Kevin Ritz | P | 26 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Rich Rowland | C | 27 | $ 100,000 |