| Name | Pos | Salary | Through | Years Left | Notes | Years in Majors |
| L. Gehrig | 1B | $16,720,000 | 2011 | 5 years left | | 7 years |
| T. Williams | RF | $16,720,000 | 2010 | 4 years left | | 5 years |
| T. O'Neill | LF | $16,720,000 | 2009 | 3 years left | | 7 years |
| C. Mathewson | SP | $15,710,000 | 2009 | 3 years left | | 13 years |
| A. Joss | SP | $15,710,000 | 2009 | 3 years left | | 9 years |
| W. White | SP | $14,130,000 | 2011 | 5 years left | | 8 years |
| F. Toney | SP | $14,130,000 | 2009 | 3 years left | | 6 years |
| J. Horlen | SP | $12,440,000 | 2007 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| G. McQuillan | SP | $10,092,857 | 2009 | 3 years left | | 4 years |
| J. Tesreau | SP | $9,307,143 | 2009 | 3 years left | | 4 years |
| B. Lee | CL | $6,864,286 | 2009 | 3 years left | | 3 years |
| E. Fisher | CL | $6,010,000 | 2008 | 2 years left | | 7 years |
| R. Carty | CF | $4,810,000 | 2009 | 3 years left | | 9 years |
| D. McMahon | MR | $4,392,857 | 2009 | 3 years left | | 7 years |
| D. Radatz | CL | $4,392,857 | 2010 | 4 years left | | 2 years |
| L. Deleon | CL | $4,214,286 | 2009 | 3 years left | | 3 years |
| G. Minton | MR | $4,214,286 | 2010 | 4 years left | | 7 years |
| J. Konstanty | CL | $3,514,286 | 2009 | 3 years left | | 5 years |
| C. Anson | C | $3,420,000 | 2007 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 18 years |
| A. McBean | CL | $2,635,714 | 2010 | 4 years left | | 4 years |
| E. Mathews | 3B | $2,592,857 | 2009 | 3 years left | | 4 years |
| S. Crawford | RF | $2,500,000 | 2011 | 5 years left | | 15 years |
| H. Killebrew | 1B | $2,400,000 | 2008 | 2 years left | | 10 years |
| B. Ewing | SP | $2,330,000 | 2011 | 5 years left | | 7 years |
| R. Bresnahan | CF | $2,160,000 | 2009 | 3 years left | | 7 years |
| P. Traynor | 3B | $2,080,000 | 2009 | 3 years left | | 13 years |
| V. Castilla | SS | $1,328,571 | 2008 | 2 years left | | 2 years |
| C. Fisk | C | $1,040,000 | 2008 | 2 years left | | 10 years |
| P. Lloyd | 2B | $990,000 | 2008 | 2 years left | | 9 years |
| E. Stanky | 2B | $940,000 | 2010 | 4 years left | | 8 years |
| R. Peckinpaugh | SS | $550,000 | 2007 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 9 years |
| A. Messersmith | SP | $492,857 | 2008 | 2 years left | | 1 years |
| H. McCormick | SP | $300,000 | 2007 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 2 years |
| J. Wood | 2B | $300,000 | 2007 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 2 years |
| S. Hastings | C | $300,000 | 2007 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| D. Higham | C | $300,000 | 2007 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 2 years |
| D. Bosman | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| U. Shocker | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
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