| East | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Pittsburgh | 96 | 66 | .593 | -- |
| Montreal | 87 | 75 | .537 | 9.0 |
| St. Louis | 83 | 79 | .512 | 13.0 |
| Chi Cubs | 78 | 84 | .481 | 18.0 |
| NY Mets | 72 | 90 | .444 | 24.0 |
| Philadelphia | 70 | 92 | .432 | 26.0 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Bobby Bonilla | 3B-RF | 29 | $ 6,100,000 | |||
| Dwight Gooden | P | 27 | $ 5,166,667 | 3 | ||
| David Cone | P | 29 | $ 4,250,000 | 17 | ||
| Eddie Murray | 1B | 36 | $ 4,125,000 | 21 | ||
| John Franco | P | 31 | $ 3,333,334 | 49 | ||
| Vince Coleman | LF-CF | 31 | $ 3,212,500 | 57 | ||
| Bret Saberhagen | P | 28 | $ 2,950,000 | 74 | ||
| Tim Burke | P | 33 | $ 2,266,667 | |||
| Howard Johnson | 3B-SS | 31 | $ 2,266,667 | |||
| Sid Fernandez | P | 29 | $ 2,216,667 | |||
| Kevin Bass | RF-OF | 33 | $ 2,000,000 | |||
| Lee Guetterman | P | 33 | $ 1,600,000 | |||
| Dick Schofield | SS | 29 | $ 1,600,000 | |||
| Dave Magadan | 3B-1B | 29 | $ 1,393,750 | |||
| Barry Jones | P | 29 | $ 1,025,000 | |||
| Daryl Boston | CF-LF | 29 | $ 935,000 | |||
| Willie Randolph | 2B | 37 | $ 850,000 | |||
| Paul Gibson | P | 32 | $ 830,000 | |||
| Bill Pecota | 3B-SS | 32 | $ 785,000 | |||
| Mackey Sasser | C | 29 | $ 775,000 | |||
| Kevin Elster | SS | 27 | $ 760,000 | |||
| Dave Gallagher | CF-RF | 31 | $ 628,750 | |||
| Charlie O'Brien | C | 31 | $ 370,000 | |||
| Jeff Innis | P | 29 | $ 355,000 | |||
| Chico Walker | 3B-LF | 34 | $ 275,000 | |||
| Junior Noboa | 2B-SS | 27 | $ 272,000 | |||
| Wally Whitehurst | P | 28 | $ 235,000 | |||
| Pete Schourek | P | 23 | $ 135,000 | |||
| Todd Hundley | C | 23 | $ 120,000 | |||
| Anthony Young | P | 26 | $ 115,000 | |||
| Kevin Baez | SS | 25 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Mike Birkbeck | P | 31 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Mark Dewey | P | 27 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Chris Donnels | 3B-1B | 26 | $ 109,000 | |||
| D.J. Dozier | LF | 26 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Tom Filer | P | 35 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Eric Hillman | P | 26 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Pat Howell | CF | 23 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Jeff Kent | 2B | 24 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Rodney McCray | RF-CF | 28 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Jeff McKnight | 1B-2B | 29 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Steve Springer | 3B-2B | 31 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Ryan Thompson | CF-RF | 24 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Joe Vitko | P | 22 | $ 109,000 |