| 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 | |
| Joe Carter | LF-RF | 29 | $ 1,630,000 | 37 | ||
| Brook Jacoby | 3B | 29 | $ 962,500 | |||
| Jesse Orosco | P | 32 | $ 825,000 | |||
| Pete O'Brien | 1B | 31 | $ 700,000 | |||
| Bud Black | P | 32 | $ 600,000 | |||
| Tom Candiotti | P | 31 | $ 505,000 | |||
| Dion James | LF-CF | 26 | $ 400,000 | |||
| Oddibe McDowell | CF-OF | 26 | $ 375,000 | |||
| Cory Snyder | RF | 26 | $ 340,000 | |||
| Neil Allen | P | 31 | $ 325,000 | |||
| Doug Jones | P | 32 | $ 307,500 | |||
| Scott Bailes | P | 26 | $ 300,000 | |||
| Greg Swindell | P | 24 | $ 285,000 | |||
| Luis Aguayo | SS-2B | 30 | $ 275,000 | |||
| Andy Allanson | C | 27 | $ 235,000 | |||
| Joel Skinner | C | 28 | $ 200,000 | |||
| John Farrell | P | 26 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Rich Yett | P | 26 | $ 155,000 | |||
| Mike Young | OF | 29 | $ 150,000 | |||
| Paul Zuvella | SS-2B | 30 | $ 145,000 | |||
| Jerry Browne | 2B-3B | 23 | $ 125,000 | |||
| Dave Clark | RF-LF | 26 | $ 97,500 | |||
| Felix Fermin | SS | 25 | $ 85,000 | |||
| Brad Komminsk | OF-CF | 28 | $ 80,000 | |||
| Ed Wojna | P | 28 | $ 77,500 | |||
| Tommy Hinzo | 2B | 25 | $ 75,000 | |||
| Rod Nichols | P | 24 | $ 73,500 | |||
| Albert Belle | LF-RF | 22 | $ 68,000 | |||
| Steve Olin | P | 23 | $ 68,000 | |||
| Beau Allred | RF-LF | 24 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Keith Atherton | P | 30 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Pete Dalena | DH | 29 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Steve Davis | P | 28 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Denny Gonzalez | 3B-SS | 25 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Brad Havens | P | 30 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Dave Hengel | RF-LF | 27 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Mark Higgins | 1B | 25 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Jeff Kaiser | P | 28 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Pat Keedy | 3B-LF | 31 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Tom Magrann | C | 25 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Luis Medina | 1B | 26 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Mark Salas | C | 28 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Rudy Seanez | P | 20 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Danny Sheaffer | C | 27 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Joe Skalski | P | 24 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Tim Stoddard | P | 36 | $ 62,500 | |||
| Kevin Wickander | P | 24 | $ 62,500 |