| East | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Toronto | 96 | 66 | .593 | -- |
| Milwaukee | 92 | 70 | .568 | 4.0 |
| Baltimore | 89 | 73 | .549 | 7.0 |
| Cleveland | 76 | 86 | .469 | 20.0 |
| NY Yankees | 76 | 86 | .469 | 20.0 |
| Detroit | 75 | 87 | .463 | 21.0 |
| Boston | 73 | 89 | .451 | 23.0 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Jack Morris | P | 37 | $ 4,450,000 | 10 | ||
| David Cone | P | 29 | $ 4,250,000 | 17 | ||
| Joe Carter | LF-RF | 32 | $ 3,691,667 | 27 | ||
| Kelly Gruber | 3B | 30 | $ 3,633,333 | 29 | ||
| Tom Henke | P | 34 | $ 3,391,667 | 46 | ||
| Dave Stieb | P | 34 | $ 3,250,000 | 56 | ||
| Roberto Alomar | 2B | 24 | $ 2,983,333 | 71 | ||
| Duane Ward | P | 28 | $ 2,425,000 | |||
| Devon White | CF | 29 | $ 2,383,333 | |||
| Dave Winfield | RF | 40 | $ 2,300,000 | |||
| Jimmy Key | P | 31 | $ 2,275,000 | |||
| David Wells | P | 29 | $ 2,063,000 | |||
| Mark Eichhorn | P | 31 | $ 1,805,000 | |||
| Candy Maldonado | RF-LF | 31 | $ 1,375,000 | |||
| Todd Stottlemyre | P | 27 | $ 1,200,000 | |||
| Pat Borders | C | 29 | $ 1,000,000 | |||
| Manuel Lee | SS-2B | 27 | $ 1,000,000 | |||
| Pat Tabler | 1B-OF | 34 | $ 900,000 | |||
| Rance Mulliniks | 3B-SS | 36 | $ 775,000 | |||
| Alfredo Griffin | SS | 34 | $ 637,500 | |||
| Greg Myers | C | 26 | $ 525,000 | |||
| John Olerud | 1B | 23 | $ 387,500 | |||
| Juan Guzman | P | 25 | $ 242,000 | |||
| Mike Timlin | P | 26 | $ 222,000 | |||
| Rob Ducey | LF-RF | 27 | $ 200,000 | |||
| Bob MacDonald | P | 27 | $ 182,500 | |||
| Al Leiter | P | 26 | $ 180,000 | |||
| Turner Ward | RF-CF | 27 | $ 127,500 | |||
| Dave Weathers | P | 22 | $ 121,000 | |||
| Ed Sprague | 3B | 24 | $ 117,500 | |||
| Derek Bell | RF-CF | 23 | $ 112,500 | |||
| Juan Guzman | P | 25 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Pat Hentgen | P | 23 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Jeff Kent | 2B | 24 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Randy Knorr | C | 23 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Doug Linton | P | 26 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Mike Maksudian | 1B-3B | 26 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Domingo Martinez | 1B | 24 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Tom Quinlan | 3B | 24 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Ricky Trlicek | P | 23 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Eddie Zosky | SS | 24 | $ 109,000 |