| Central | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Chi White Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | -- |
| Cleveland | 90 | 72 | .556 | 5.0 |
| Detroit | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16.0 |
| KC Royals | 77 | 85 | .475 | 18.0 |
| Minnesota | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26.0 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Jim Thome | DH | 29 | $ 8,175,000 | 26 | ||
| Chuck Finley | P | 37 | $ 7,911,948 | 29 | ||
| Kenny Lofton | CF | 33 | $ 7,500,000 | 36 | ||
| Roberto Alomar | 2B | 32 | $ 7,196,656 | 39 | ||
| Dave Justice | RF-LF | 34 | $ 7,000,000 | 45 | ||
| Charles Nagy | P | 33 | $ 6,000,000 | 73 | ||
| Travis Fryman | 3B-SS | 31 | $ 5,550,000 | 92 | ||
| Dave Burba | P | 33 | $ 5,000,000 | |||
| Jaime Navarro | P | 32 | $ 5,000,000 | |||
| David Segui | 1B | 33 | $ 4,325,000 | |||
| Manny Ramirez | DH | 28 | $ 4,250,000 | |||
| Omar Vizquel | 2B-3B | 33 | $ 3,000,000 | |||
| Sandy Alomar | C | 34 | $ 2,700,000 | |||
| Bob Wickman | P | 31 | $ 2,400,000 | |||
| Wil Cordero | LF-SS | 28 | $ 2,166,667 | |||
| Scott Kamieniecki | P | 36 | $ 1,850,000 | |||
| Paul Shuey | P | 29 | $ 1,617,667 | |||
| Steve Reed | P | 34 | $ 1,600,000 | |||
| Steve Karsay | P | 28 | $ 1,200,000 | |||
| Bartolo Colon | P | 25 | $ 1,125,000 | |||
| Jaret Wright | P | 24 | $ 1,062,500 | |||
| Ricardo Rincon | P | 30 | $ 1,000,000 | |||
| Jason Bere | P | 29 | $ 800,000 | |||
| Mike Mohler | P | 31 | $ 690,000 | |||
| Brian Williams | P | 31 | $ 600,000 | |||
| Bobby Witt | P | 36 | $ 550,000 | |||
| Steve Woodard | P | 25 | $ 350,000 | |||
| Richie Sexson | 1B | 25 | $ 247,000 | |||
| Andrew Lorraine | P | 27 | $ 245,000 | |||
| Ricky Ledee | LF-RF | 26 | $ 240,000 | |||
| Einar Diaz | C | 27 | $ 237,500 | |||
| Enrique Wilson | 2B-SS | 26 | $ 232,500 | |||
| Jacob Cruz | RF-LF | 27 | $ 227,500 | |||
| Tom Martin | P | 30 | $ 225,000 | |||
| Alex Ramirez | RF-LF | 25 | $ 217,500 | |||
| Russell Branyan | 1B | 24 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Jamie Brewington | P | 28 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Jim Brower | P | 27 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Jolbert Cabrera | 2B-CF | 27 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Cam Cairncross | P | 28 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Kane Davis | P | 25 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Sean DePaula | P | 26 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Tim Drew | P | 21 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Chris Haney | P | 31 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Willie Martinez | P | 22 | $ 175,000 | |||
| John McDonald | SS | 25 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Alan Newman | P | 30 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Chris Nichting | P | 34 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Chan Perry | RF-1B | 27 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Paul Rigdon | P | 24 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Dave Roberts | CF-LF | 28 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Bill Selby | 3B-2B | 30 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Justin Speier | P | 26 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Mark Watson | P | 26 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Mark Whiten | RF-LF | 33 | $ 175,000 |