| East | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Toronto | 89 | 73 | .549 | -- |
| Baltimore | 87 | 75 | .537 | 2.0 |
| Boston | 83 | 79 | .512 | 6.0 |
| Milwaukee | 81 | 81 | .500 | 8.0 |
| NY Yankees | 74 | 87 | .460 | 14.5 |
| Cleveland | 73 | 89 | .451 | 16.0 |
| Detroit | 59 | 103 | .364 | 30.0 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Jack Morris | P | 34 | $ 1,989,000 | 25 | ||
| Fred Lynn | OF-CF | 37 | $ 1,590,000 | 39 | ||
| Keith Moreland | OF-3B | 35 | $ 1,483,333 | 45 | ||
| Willie Hernandez | P | 34 | $ 1,310,000 | 64 | ||
| Alan Trammell | SS | 31 | $ 1,100,000 | 96 | ||
| Lou Whitaker | 2B | 32 | $ 1,025,000 | |||
| Doyle Alexander | P | 38 | $ 1,000,000 | |||
| Frank Tanana | P | 35 | $ 925,000 | |||
| Chet Lemon | OF-RF | 34 | $ 828,571 | |||
| Charles Hudson | P | 30 | $ 525,000 | |||
| Gary Pettis | CF-OF | 31 | $ 440,000 | |||
| Dave Bergman | 1B | 36 | $ 437,500 | |||
| Pat Sheridan | OF-RF | 31 | $ 430,000 | |||
| Mike Heath | C | 34 | $ 425,000 | |||
| Frank Williams | P | 31 | $ 425,000 | |||
| Tracy Jones | LF-RF | 28 | $ 300,000 | |||
| Mike Henneman | P | 27 | $ 195,000 | |||
| Matt Nokes | C | 25 | $ 195,000 | |||
| Rick Schu | 3B | 27 | $ 185,000 | |||
| Edwin Nunez | P | 26 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Jeff Robinson | P | 27 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Paul Gibson | P | 29 | $ 92,500 | |||
| Dave Beard | P | 29 | $ 90,000 | |||
| Mike Brumley | SS-2B | 26 | $ 75,000 | |||
| Steve Searcy | P | 25 | $ 69,000 | |||
| Brian Dubois | P | 22 | $ 68,000 | |||
| Kevin Ritz | P | 24 | $ 68,000 | |||
| Doug Strange | 3B-2B | 25 | $ 68,000 | |||
| Gary Ward | OF-LF | 35 | $ 68,000 | |||
| Bill Bean | LF-RF | 25 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Randy Bockus | P | 28 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Chris Brown | 3B | 27 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Jeff Datz | C | 29 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Brad Havens | P | 30 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Shawn Holman | P | 24 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Torey Lovullo | 2B-3B | 23 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Scott Lusader | RF-LF | 24 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Randy Nosek | P | 22 | $ 62,500 | |||
| David Palmer | P | 31 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Al Pedrique | SS | 28 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Ramon Pena | P | 27 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Rob Richie | LF | 23 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Mike Schwabe | P | 24 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Matt Sinatro | C | 29 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Mike Trujillo | P | 29 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Kenny Williams | OF | 25 | $ 62,500 |