| West | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Oakland | 96 | 66 | .593 | -- |
| Minnesota | 90 | 72 | .556 | 6.0 |
| Chi White Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 10.0 |
| Texas | 77 | 85 | .475 | 19.0 |
| KC Royals | 72 | 90 | .444 | 24.0 |
| California | 72 | 90 | .444 | 24.0 |
| Seattle | 64 | 98 | .395 | 32.0 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Wally Joyner | 1B | 30 | $ 4,200,000 | 19 | ||
| Mark Davis | P | 31 | $ 3,625,000 | 30 | ||
| Kevin McReynolds | LF-OF | 32 | $ 3,416,667 | 43 | ||
| Mike Boddicker | P | 34 | $ 3,116,667 | 65 | ||
| George Brett | 3B-1B | 39 | $ 3,100,000 | 66 | ||
| Mark Gubicza | P | 29 | $ 2,950,000 | 75 | ||
| Jeff Montgomery | P | 30 | $ 2,460,000 | |||
| Juan Samuel | 2B | 31 | $ 2,325,000 | |||
| Jim Eisenreich | RF-LF | 33 | $ 1,650,000 | |||
| Juan Berenguer | P | 37 | $ 1,200,000 | |||
| Gregg Jefferies | LF-2B | 24 | $ 1,150,000 | |||
| Neal Heaton | P | 32 | $ 1,100,000 | |||
| Bob Melvin | C | 30 | $ 900,000 | |||
| Tom Gordon | P | 24 | $ 815,000 | |||
| Mike MacFarlane | C | 28 | $ 740,000 | |||
| Luis Aquino | P | 28 | $ 650,000 | |||
| Keith Miller | 2B-CF | 29 | $ 575,000 | |||
| Chris Gwynn | LF-RF | 27 | $ 425,000 | |||
| Curtis Wilkerson | SS-2B | 31 | $ 400,000 | |||
| Curt Young | P | 32 | $ 400,000 | |||
| Kevin Appier | P | 24 | $ 390,000 | |||
| Gary Thurman | RF-LF | 27 | $ 287,500 | |||
| Brian McRae | CF | 24 | $ 275,000 | |||
| Terry Shumpert | 2B-3B | 25 | $ 183,000 | |||
| Bill Sampen | P | 29 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Brent Mayne | C | 24 | $ 170,000 | |||
| David Howard | SS-2B | 25 | $ 152,500 | |||
| Mike Magnante | P | 27 | $ 140,000 | |||
| Chris Haney | P | 23 | $ 118,000 | |||
| Joel Johnston | P | 25 | $ 113,500 | |||
| Jeff Conine | 1B-LF | 26 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Kevin Koslofski | CF-RF | 25 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Rusty Meacham | P | 24 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Dennis Moeller | P | 24 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Hipolito Pichardo | P | 22 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Ed Pierce | P | 23 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Harvey Pulliam | LF-RF | 24 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Dennis Rasmussen | P | 33 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Rick Reed | P | 26 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Rico Rossy | SS-3B | 28 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Rich Sauveur | P | 28 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Steve Shifflett | P | 26 | $ 109,000 |