| East | W | L | Pct | GB |
| NY Yankees | 92 | 70 | .568 | -- |
| Baltimore | 88 | 74 | .543 | 4.0 |
| Boston | 85 | 77 | .525 | 7.0 |
| Toronto | 74 | 88 | .457 | 18.0 |
| Detroit | 53 | 109 | .327 | 39.0 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Cal Ripken | SS-3B | 35 | $ 6,650,000 | 8 | ||
| Rafael Palmeiro | 1B | 31 | $ 5,406,603 | 29 | ||
| Bobby Bonilla | 3B-RF | 33 | $ 5,100,000 | 36 | ||
| Roberto Alomar | 2B | 28 | $ 4,279,379 | 62 | ||
| Mike Mussina | P | 27 | $ 4,000,000 | 71 | ||
| Brady Anderson | CF-LF | 32 | $ 3,613,333 | 81 | ||
| Chris Hoiles | C | 31 | $ 3,350,000 | 95 | ||
| David Wells | P | 33 | $ 3,200,000 | |||
| Scott Erickson | P | 28 | $ 2,900,000 | |||
| Kent Mercker | P | 28 | $ 2,825,000 | |||
| Todd Zeile | 3B-1B | 30 | $ 2,700,000 | |||
| Randy Myers | P | 33 | $ 2,600,000 | |||
| Eddie Murray | 1B | 40 | $ 2,000,000 | |||
| B.J. Surhoff | LF-C | 31 | $ 1,416,667 | |||
| Mike Devereaux | CF-RF | 33 | $ 900,000 | |||
| Roger McDowell | P | 35 | $ 750,000 | |||
| Jesse Orosco | P | 39 | $ 750,000 | |||
| Alan Mills | P | 29 | $ 600,000 | |||
| Pete Incaviglia | LF | 32 | $ 550,000 | |||
| Mark Parent | C | 34 | $ 500,000 | |||
| Jeff Huson | SS-2B | 31 | $ 320,000 | |||
| Jeff Hammonds | RF-CF | 25 | $ 300,000 | |||
| Arthur Rhodes | P | 26 | $ 300,000 | |||
| Terry Mathews | P | 31 | $ 292,500 | |||
| Luis Polonia | LF | 31 | $ 250,000 | |||
| Billy Ripken | 2B | 31 | $ 250,000 | |||
| Tony Tarasco | RF-LF | 25 | $ 230,000 | |||
| Manny Alexander | SS-2B | 25 | $ 190,000 | |||
| Armando Benitez | P | 23 | $ 155,000 | |||
| Gregg Zaun | C | 25 | $ 140,000 | |||
| Mark Smith | LF-RF | 26 | $ 130,000 | |||
| Jimmy Haynes | P | 23 | $ 115,000 | |||
| Brent Bowers | LF | 25 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Rocky Coppinger | P | 22 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Archie Corbin | P | 28 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Cesar Devarez | C | 26 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Rick Krivda | P | 26 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Mike Milchin | P | 28 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Jimmy Myers | P | 27 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Mark Parent | C | 34 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Luis Polonia | LF | 31 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Nerio Rodriguez | P | 23 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Brian Sackinsky | P | 25 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Keith Shepherd | P | 28 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Garrett Stephenson | P | 24 | $ 109,000 | |||
| Esteban Yan | P | 22 | $ 109,000 |