| Name | Pos | Salary | Through | Years Left | Notes | Years in Majors |
| G. Brett | 3B | $18,570,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 12 years |
| B. Hamilton | CF | $17,480,000 | 2013 | 5 years left | | 11 years |
| J. Tudor | SP | $14,440,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 11 years |
| W. Cooper | SP | $13,570,000 | 2011 | 3 years left | | 9 years |
| M. Cuellar | SP | $12,860,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 3 years |
| R. Vickers | SP | $11,470,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 7 years |
| P. Jarvis | SP | $11,300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 3 years |
| G. Perry | SP | $10,560,000 | 2010 | 2 years left | | 11 years |
| B. Bonds | LF | $9,614,286 | 2011 | 3 years left | | 2 years |
| E. Karger | SP | $9,292,857 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| B. Caruthers | SP | $8,807,143 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 5 years |
| E. Siever | SP | $8,778,571 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 4 years |
| P. Hill | CF | $8,357,143 | 2010 | 2 years left | | 2 years |
| R. Duren | CL | $6,864,286 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 5 years |
| J. Miljus | MR | $6,685,715 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| C. Gehringer | 2B | $3,690,000 | 2011 | 3 years left | | 18 years |
| B. Swift | CL | $3,514,286 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| E. McKean | SS | $3,160,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 12 years |
| R. Stephenson | LF | $3,060,000 | 2010 | 2 years left | | 13 years |
| E. Killian | SP | $2,830,000 | 2010 | 2 years left | | 10 years |
| S. Burgess | C | $2,460,000 | 2010 | 2 years left | | 9 years |
| D. Roberts | SP | $2,330,000 | 2011 | 3 years left | | 3 years |
| C. Anson | 1B | $2,280,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 20 years |
| C. Travis | SS | $1,740,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 13 years |
| J. Wolf | RF | $1,328,571 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 4 years |
| N. Maddox | SP | $1,170,000 | 2013 | 5 years left | | 4 years |
| S. Weaver | SP | $835,714 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 4 years |
| B. Sweeney | 2B | $690,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 9 years |
| F. Snyder | C | $580,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 13 years |
| T. Larkin | SP | $507,143 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 2 years |
| R. Radcliff | LF | $380,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| T. Dowd | RF | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| J. Daubert | 1B | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| D. Bush | SS | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 9 years |
| M. Huggins | 2B | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 9 years |
| B. Werber | 3B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 4 years |
| I. Boone | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 2 years |
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