| East | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Tampa Bay | 96 | 66 | .593 | -- |
| NY Yankees | 95 | 67 | .586 | 1.0 |
| Boston | 89 | 73 | .549 | 7.0 |
| Toronto | 85 | 77 | .525 | 11.0 |
| Baltimore | 66 | 96 | .407 | 30.0 |
| Player | Pos | Age | Salary | Avg? | Lg Rank | |
| Alex Rodriguez | 3B | 34 | $ 33,000,000 | |||
| C.C. Sabathia | P | 29 | $ 24,285,714 | 2 | ||
| Derek Jeter | SS | 36 | $ 22,600,000 | 3 | ||
| Mark Teixeira | 1B | 30 | $ 20,625,000 | 4 | ||
| A.J. Burnett | P | 33 | $ 16,500,000 | 20 | ||
| Mariano Rivera | P | 40 | $ 15,000,000 | 30 | ||
| Lance Berkman | 1B | 34 | $ 14,500,000 | 33 | ||
| Jorge Posada | DH | 38 | $ 13,100,000 | 42 | ||
| Andy Pettitte | P | 38 | $ 11,750,000 | 65 | ||
| Javier Vazquez | P | 33 | $ 11,500,000 | 68 | ||
| Kerry Wood | P | 33 | $ 10,500,000 | 74 | ||
| Robinson Cano | 2B | 27 | $ 9,000,000 | 97 | ||
| Nick Swisher | RF | 29 | $ 6,850,000 | |||
| Curtis Granderson | CF | 29 | $ 5,500,000 | |||
| Nick Johnson | DH | 31 | $ 5,500,000 | |||
| Damaso Marte | P | 35 | $ 4,000,000 | |||
| Chan Ho Park | P | 37 | $ 1,200,000 | |||
| Randy Winn | CF-LF | 36 | $ 1,100,000 | |||
| Marcus Thames | LF | 33 | $ 900,000 | |||
| Sergio Mitre | P | 29 | $ 850,000 | |||
| Austin Kearns | LF-RF | 30 | $ 750,000 | |||
| Chad Gaudin | P | 27 | $ 700,000 | |||
| Joba Chamberlain | P | 24 | $ 487,975 | |||
| Brett Gardner | LF | 26 | $ 452,500 | |||
| Philip Hughes | P | 24 | $ 447,000 | |||
| Alfredo Aceves | P | 27 | $ 435,650 | |||
| David Robertson | P | 25 | $ 426,650 | |||
| Ramiro Pena | SS | 24 | $ 412,100 | |||
| Francisco Cervelli | C | 24 | $ 410,800 |