| 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 | |
| John Lackey | P | 31 | $ 18,700,000 | 12 | ||
| J.D. Drew | RF | 34 | $ 14,000,000 | 36 | ||
| David Ortiz | DH | 34 | $ 13,000,000 | 44 | ||
| Mike Lowell | 3B | 36 | $ 12,500,000 | 50 | ||
| Josh Beckett | P | 30 | $ 12,100,000 | 57 | ||
| Kevin Youkilis | 3B | 31 | $ 9,375,000 | 87 | ||
| Jonathan Papelbon | P | 29 | $ 9,350,000 | 88 | ||
| Adrian Beltre | 3B | 31 | $ 9,000,000 | 93 | ||
| Bill Hall | 2B-3B | 30 | $ 8,525,000 | |||
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | P | 29 | $ 8,333,333 | |||
| Mike Cameron | CF-RF | 37 | $ 7,750,000 | |||
| Victor Martinez | DH | 31 | $ 7,700,000 | |||
| Marco Scutaro | 2B | 34 | $ 5,500,000 | |||
| Jon Lester | P | 26 | $ 3,750,000 | |||
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 26 | $ 3,750,000 | |||
| Tim Wakefield | P | 43 | $ 3,500,000 | |||
| Jeremy Hermida | RF | 26 | $ 3,345,000 | |||
| Jason Varitek | C | 38 | $ 3,000,000 | |||
| Hideki Okajima | P | 34 | $ 2,750,000 | |||
| Ramon Ramirez | P | 28 | $ 1,155,000 | |||
| Felipe Lopez | 3B-2B | 30 | $ 1,000,000 | |||
| Manny Delcarmen | P | 28 | $ 905,000 | |||
| Boof Bonser | P | 28 | $ 650,000 | |||
| Scott Schoeneweis | P | 36 | $ 500,000 | |||
| Jacoby Ellsbury | CF | 26 | $ 496,500 | |||
| Clay Buchholz | P | 25 | $ 443,000 | |||
| Jed Lowrie | SS | 26 | $ 434,000 | |||
| Scott Atchison | P | 34 | $ 420,000 | |||
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C | 25 | $ 418,580 | |||
| Daniel Bard | P | 25 | $ 415,500 | |||
| Eric Patterson | LF-2B | 27 | $ 405,000 |