| East | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Toronto | 95 | 67 | .586 | -- |
| NY Yankees | 88 | 74 | .543 | 7.0 |
| Baltimore | 85 | 77 | .525 | 10.0 |
| Detroit | 85 | 77 | .525 | 10.0 |
| Boston | 80 | 82 | .494 | 15.0 |
| Cleveland | 76 | 86 | .469 | 19.0 |
| Milwaukee | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26.0 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Andre Dawson | OF-RF | 38 | $ 4,875,000 | 17 | ||
| Frank Viola | P | 33 | $ 4,833,333 | 18 | ||
| Roger Clemens | P | 30 | $ 4,655,250 | 21 | ||
| Mike Greenwell | LF | 29 | $ 3,425,000 | 68 | ||
| Ivan Calderon | LF-RF | 31 | $ 3,000,000 | 98 | ||
| Danny Darwin | P | 37 | $ 2,750,000 | |||
| Tony Pena | C | 36 | $ 2,200,000 | |||
| Jeff Russell | P | 31 | $ 2,175,000 | |||
| Rob Deer | RF-OF | 32 | $ 2,066,667 | |||
| Joe Hesketh | P | 34 | $ 1,775,000 | |||
| Greg Harris | P | 37 | $ 1,500,000 | |||
| Scott Bankhead | P | 29 | $ 1,150,000 | |||
| Luis Rivera | SS | 29 | $ 1,075,000 | |||
| Billy Hatcher | LF-CF | 32 | $ 1,000,000 | |||
| Scott Fletcher | SS-2B | 34 | $ 825,000 | |||
| John Dopson | P | 29 | $ 750,000 | |||
| Bob Melvin | C | 31 | $ 725,000 | |||
| Tony Fossas | P | 35 | $ 475,000 | |||
| Billy Hatcher | LF-CF | 32 | $ 400,000 | |||
| Ernest Riles | SS-3B | 32 | $ 400,000 | |||
| Carlos Quintana | 1B-RF | 27 | $ 340,000 | |||
| Mo Vaughn | 1B | 25 | $ 290,000 | |||
| Scott Cooper | 3B-1B | 25 | $ 240,000 | |||
| Jose Melendez | P | 27 | $ 235,000 | |||
| Bob Zupcic | CF-LF | 26 | $ 222,000 | |||
| Tim Naehring | 3B-2B | 26 | $ 200,000 | |||
| John Valentin | SS-3B | 26 | $ 170,000 | |||
| Paul Quantrill | P | 24 | $ 150,000 | |||
| John Flaherty | C | 25 | $ 125,000 | |||
| Ken Ryan | P | 24 | $ 118,000 | |||
| Jeff Richardson | SS-3B | 27 | $ 115,000 | |||
| Cory Bailey | P | 22 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Greg Blosser | LF | 22 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Ivan Calderon | LF-RF | 31 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Steve Lyons | CF-3B | 33 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Jeff McNeely | CF | 23 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Nate Minchey | P | 23 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Luis Ortiz | 3B | 23 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Aaron Sele | P | 23 | $ 109,000 |