| 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 | |
| Joe Carter | LF-RF | 31 | $ 3,791,667 | 2 | ||
| Kelly Gruber | 3B | 29 | $ 3,033,333 | 31 | ||
| Tom Candiotti | P | 33 | $ 2,500,000 | 55 | ||
| Mookie Wilson | OF-CF | 35 | $ 1,625,000 | |||
| Dave Parker | OF | 40 | $ 1,600,000 | |||
| Roberto Alomar | 2B | 23 | $ 1,300,000 | |||
| Candy Maldonado | RF-LF | 30 | $ 875,000 | |||
| Cory Snyder | RF | 28 | $ 800,000 | |||
| Duane Ward | P | 27 | $ 800,000 | |||
| David Wells | P | 28 | $ 800,000 | |||
| Devon White | CF | 28 | $ 800,000 | |||
| Rance Mulliniks | 3B-SS | 35 | $ 725,000 | |||
| Manuel Lee | SS-2B | 26 | $ 712,500 | |||
| Pat Borders | C | 28 | $ 700,000 | |||
| Pat Tabler | 1B-OF | 33 | $ 700,000 | |||
| Frank Wills | P | 32 | $ 435,000 | |||
| Todd Stottlemyre | P | 26 | $ 315,000 | |||
| Rene Gonzales | 3B-2B | 30 | $ 306,250 | |||
| John Olerud | 1B | 22 | $ 293,667 | |||
| Al Leiter | P | 25 | $ 180,000 | |||
| Glenallen Hill | RF-LF | 26 | $ 170,000 | |||
| Greg Myers | C | 25 | $ 160,000 | |||
| Rob Ducey | LF-RF | 26 | $ 150,000 | |||
| Mark Whiten | RF-LF | 24 | $ 115,000 | |||
| Jim Acker | P | 32 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Derek Bell | RF-CF | 22 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Denis Boucher | P | 23 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Ken Dayley | P | 32 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Willie Fraser | P | 27 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Ray Giannelli | 3B | 25 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Juan Guzman | P | 24 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Tom Henke | P | 33 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Pat Hentgen | P | 22 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Vince Horsman | P | 24 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Jimmy Key | P | 30 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Randy Knorr | C | 22 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Bob MacDonald | P | 26 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Ed Sprague | 3B | 23 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Dave Stieb | P | 33 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Mike Timlin | P | 25 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Turner Ward | RF-CF | 26 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Dave Weathers | P | 21 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Mickey Weston | P | 30 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Kenny Williams | OF | 27 | $ 100,000 | |||
| Eddie Zosky | SS | 23 | $ 100,000 |