| Central | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Chi White Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | -- |
| Cleveland | 90 | 72 | .556 | 5.0 |
| Detroit | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16.0 |
| KC Royals | 77 | 85 | .475 | 18.0 |
| Minnesota | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26.0 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Frank Thomas | 1B-DH | 32 | $ 7,100,000 | 41 | ||
| Ken Hill | P | 34 | $ 5,600,000 | 91 | ||
| Cal Eldred | P | 32 | $ 5,400,000 | 97 | ||
| Ray Durham | 2B | 28 | $ 4,900,000 | |||
| Charles Johnson | C | 28 | $ 4,600,000 | |||
| James Baldwin | P | 28 | $ 3,300,000 | |||
| Harold Baines | OF | 41 | $ 2,000,000 | |||
| Mike Sirotka | P | 29 | $ 1,400,000 | |||
| Bill Simas | P | 28 | $ 1,350,000 | |||
| Jose Valentin | SS | 30 | $ 1,320,000 | |||
| Brook Fordyce | C | 30 | $ 675,000 | |||
| Jim Parque | P | 24 | $ 475,000 | |||
| Magglio Ordonez | RF | 26 | $ 425,000 | |||
| Keith Foulke | P | 27 | $ 375,000 | |||
| Bob Howry | P | 26 | $ 325,000 | |||
| Paul Konerko | 1B | 24 | $ 305,000 | |||
| Greg Norton | 3B-1B | 27 | $ 285,000 | |||
| Chris Singleton | CF | 27 | $ 285,000 | |||
| Carlos Lee | 1B | 24 | $ 275,000 | |||
| Tony Graffanino | 2B-3B | 28 | $ 270,000 | |||
| Jeff Abbott | CF-LF | 27 | $ 255,000 | |||
| Sean Lowe | P | 29 | $ 255,000 | |||
| Scott Eyre | P | 28 | $ 250,000 | |||
| Mark Johnson | C | 24 | $ 250,000 | |||
| Craig Wilson | 3B-SS | 29 | $ 250,000 | |||
| Jeff Liefer | 1B-LF | 25 | $ 225,000 | |||
| McKay Christensen | CF | 24 | $ 212,500 | |||
| Tanyon Sturtze | P | 29 | $ 206,000 | |||
| Aaron Myette | P | 22 | $ 200,000 | |||
| Josh Paul | C | 25 | $ 200,000 | |||
| Kelly Wunsch | P | 27 | $ 200,000 | |||
| Lorenzo Barcelo | P | 22 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Kevin Beirne | P | 26 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Rocky Biddle | P | 24 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Chad Bradford | P | 25 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Mark Buehrle | P | 21 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Joe Crede | 3B | 22 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Jon Garland | P | 20 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Matt Ginter | P | 22 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Jesus Pena | P | 25 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Herbert Perry | 3B-1B | 30 | $ 175,000 | |||
| Kip Wells | P | 23 | $ 175,000 |