| Central | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Minnesota | 96 | 66 | .593 | -- |
| Detroit | 95 | 67 | .586 | 1.0 |
| Chi White Sox | 90 | 72 | .556 | 6.0 |
| Cleveland | 78 | 84 | .481 | 18.0 |
| KC Royals | 62 | 100 | .383 | 34.0 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Magglio Ordonez | RF | 32 | $ 16,200,000 | 10 | ||
| Ivan Rodriguez | C | 34 | $ 10,616,410 | 48 | ||
| Sean Casey | 1B | 31 | $ 8,500,000 | 84 | ||
| Kenny Rogers | P | 41 | $ 8,000,000 | 89 | ||
| Dmitri Young | LF-1B | 32 | $ 8,000,000 | 88 | ||
| Todd Jones | P | 38 | $ 5,792,956 | |||
| Carlos Guillen | 2B | 30 | $ 5,000,000 | |||
| Placido Polanco | 3B | 30 | $ 4,600,000 | |||
| Brandon Inge | 3B | 29 | $ 3,000,000 | |||
| Craig Monroe | LF-RF | 29 | $ 2,800,000 | |||
| Neifi Perez | SS | 31 | $ 2,500,000 | |||
| Jeremy Bonderman | P | 23 | $ 2,300,000 | |||
| Mike Maroth | P | 28 | $ 2,300,000 | |||
| Matt Stairs | DH-1B | 38 | $ 1,350,000 | |||
| Jamie Walker | P | 34 | $ 1,250,000 | |||
| Justin Verlander | P | 23 | $ 980,000 | |||
| Vance Wilson | C | 33 | $ 750,000 | |||
| Chris Spurling | P | 29 | $ 725,000 | |||
| Nate Robertson | P | 28 | $ 402,500 | |||
| Omar Infante | 2B | 24 | $ 385,000 | |||
| Fernando Rodney | P | 25 | $ 385,000 | |||
| Ramon Santiago | 2B | 26 | $ 375,000 | |||
| Bobby Seay | P | 28 | $ 375,000 | |||
| Chris Shelton | 1B-C | 26 | $ 365,000 | |||
| Jason Grilli | P | 29 | $ 350,000 | |||
| Marcus Thames | LF | 29 | $ 342,000 | |||
| Curtis Granderson | CF | 25 | $ 335,000 | |||
| Brent Clevlen | CF-LF | 22 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Roman Colon | P | 26 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Chad Durbin | P | 28 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Alexis Gomez | RF-LF | 25 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Jack Hannahan | 3B | 26 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Kevin Hooper | 2B | 29 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Wil Ledezma | P | 25 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Colby Lewis | P | 26 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Andrew Miller | P | 21 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Zach Miner | P | 24 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Mike Rabelo | C | 26 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Jordan Tata | P | 24 | $ 327,000 | |||
| Joel Zumaya | P | 21 | $ 327,000 |