| Central | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Cincinnati | 66 | 48 | .579 | -- |
| Houston | 66 | 49 | .574 | 0.5 |
| Pittsburgh | 53 | 61 | .465 | 13.0 |
| St. Louis | 53 | 61 | .465 | 13.0 |
| Chi Cubs | 49 | 64 | .434 | 16.5 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Gregg Jefferies | LF-2B | 26 | $ 4,600,000 | 25 | ||
| Bob Tewksbury | P | 33 | $ 3,500,000 | 74 | ||
| Ozzie Smith | SS | 39 | $ 3,000,000 | |||
| Todd Zeile | 3B-1B | 28 | $ 2,700,000 | |||
| Tom Pagnozzi | C | 31 | $ 2,600,000 | |||
| Jose Oquendo | SS | 30 | $ 2,150,000 | |||
| Ray Lankford | LF | 27 | $ 1,650,000 | |||
| Bernard Gilkey | LF | 27 | $ 1,635,000 | |||
| Mark Whiten | RF-LF | 27 | $ 1,079,934 | |||
| Brian Jordan | RF-LF | 27 | $ 846,667 | |||
| Luis Alicea | 2B | 28 | $ 650,000 | |||
| Gerald Perry | 1B | 33 | $ 650,000 | |||
| Rob Murphy | P | 34 | $ 600,000 | |||
| Geronimo Pena | 3B-2B | 27 | $ 575,000 | |||
| John Habyan | P | 31 | $ 500,000 | |||
| Rich Rodriguez | P | 31 | $ 400,000 | |||
| Rick Sutcliffe | P | 38 | $ 250,000 | |||
| Mike Perez | P | 29 | $ 200,000 | |||
| Vicente Palacios | P | 30 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Rene Arocha | P | 28 | $ 160,000 | |||
| Rheal Cormier | P | 27 | $ 160,000 | |||
| Erik Pappas | C | 28 | $ 140,000 | |||
| Stan Royer | 3B-1B | 26 | $ 130,000 | |||
| Tom Urbani | P | 26 | $ 130,000 | |||
| Allen Watson | P | 23 | $ 130,000 | |||
| Tripp Cromer | 2B-SS | 26 | $ 109,000 | |||
| John Mabry | RF-1B | 23 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Terry McGriff | C | 30 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Gary Buckels | P | 28 | $ 50,000 | |||
| Frank Cimorelli | P | 25 | $ 50,000 | |||
| Scott Coolbaugh | 3B | 28 | $ 50,000 | |||
| Steve Dixon | P | 24 | $ 50,000 | |||
| Bryan Eversgerd | P | 25 | $ 50,000 | |||
| John Frascatore | P | 24 | $ 50,000 | |||
| Omar Olivares | P | 26 | $ 50,000 | |||
| Willie Smith | P | 26 | $ 50,000 | |||
| Gerald Young | CF | 29 | $ 50,000 |