| East | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Boston | 96 | 66 | .593 | -- |
| NY Yankees | 94 | 68 | .580 | 2.0 |
| Toronto | 83 | 79 | .512 | 13.0 |
| Baltimore | 69 | 93 | .426 | 27.0 |
| Tampa Bay | 66 | 96 | .407 | 30.0 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| A.J. Burnett | P | 30 | $ 13,200,000 | 27 | ||
| Roy Halladay | P | 30 | $ 12,750,000 | 36 | ||
| Troy Glaus | 3B | 30 | $ 10,500,000 | 56 | ||
| Vernon Wells | LF | 28 | $ 8,787,500 | 84 | ||
| B.J. Ryan | P | 31 | $ 7,000,000 | |||
| Frank Thomas | 1B-DH | 39 | $ 5,560,000 | |||
| Gregg Zaun | C | 36 | $ 3,500,000 | |||
| Reed Johnson | LF-CF | 30 | $ 3,075,000 | |||
| Josh Towers | P | 30 | $ 2,900,000 | |||
| Joe Kennedy | P | 28 | $ 2,800,000 | |||
| Alex Rios | RF | 26 | $ 2,535,000 | |||
| Royce Clayton | SS | 37 | $ 1,500,000 | |||
| Tomo Ohka | P | 31 | $ 1,500,000 | |||
| Lyle Overbay | 1B | 30 | $ 1,350,000 | |||
| Scott Downs | P | 29 | $ 1,025,000 | |||
| Matt Stairs | DH-1B | 39 | $ 850,000 | |||
| Jason Frasor | P | 29 | $ 825,000 | |||
| John McDonald | SS | 32 | $ 750,000 | |||
| Jason Phillips | C-1B | 30 | $ 500,000 | |||
| Jason Smith | 2B-SS | 29 | $ 500,000 | |||
| Victor Zambrano | P | 31 | $ 500,000 | |||
| Gustavo Chacin | P | 26 | $ 395,300 | |||
| Aaron Hill | 2B | 25 | $ 395,000 | |||
| Jeremy Accardo | P | 25 | $ 392,200 | |||
| Shaun Marcum | P | 25 | $ 386,100 | |||
| Casey Janssen | P | 25 | $ 385,200 | |||
| Joe Inglett | 2B-LF | 29 | $ 383,600 |