| Name | Pos | Salary | Through | Years Left | Notes | Years in Majors |
| H. Vaughn | MR | $15,080,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 14 years |
| B. Terry | 1B | $14,800,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 12 years |
| D. Ellsworth | MR | $13,010,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| J. Stenzel | CF | $12,290,000 | 2011 | 3 years left | | 9 years |
| B. Taylor | 1B | $10,535,714 | 2010 | 2 years left | | 2 years |
| O. Hershiser | MR | $9,292,857 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| H. Boyle | SP | $9,050,000 | 2011 | 3 years left | | 6 years |
| B. Burns | SP | $8,885,714 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| L. Pike | RF | $8,428,571 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 5 years |
| H. Woodeshick | MR | $6,010,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 10 years |
| B. Henry | CL | $4,780,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 14 years |
| S. Mingori | MR | $4,214,286 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 5 years |
| L. Appling | SS | $4,050,000 | 2010 | 2 years left | | 11 years |
| J. Konstanty | CL | $3,514,286 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| A. Wingo | CF | $2,750,000 | 2013 | 5 years left | | 7 years |
| G. Davis | 3B | $2,460,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 8 years |
| H. Manush | LF | $2,160,000 | 2011 | 3 years left | | 9 years |
| D. White | 1B | $1,750,000 | 2010 | 2 years left | | 11 years |
| D. Mattingly | 1B | $1,580,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 8 years |
| H. Wilhelm | CL | $1,535,714 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 1 years |
| R. Youngs | RF | $1,300,000 | 2010 | 2 years left | | 10 years |
| E. Blackwell | MR | $1,050,000 | 2011 | 3 years left | | 3 years |
| J. Doyle | 1B | $990,000 | 2013 | 5 years left | | 10 years |
| W. Robinson | C | $870,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 13 years |
| W. Foster | SP | $835,714 | 2010 | 2 years left | | 2 years |
| H. Steinfeldt | 3B | $550,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 9 years |
| H. McRae | LF | $550,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| C. Lansford | 3B | $440,000 | 2010 | 2 years left | | 15 years |
| B. Ewing | RF | $400,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 16 years |
| S. Seybold | RF | $350,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| S. Sutcliffe | RF | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| G. Kell | 3B | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 10 years |
| A. McHenry | LF | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 5 years |
| F. Nicholson | LF | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 5 years |
| C. Jones | LF | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| B. Bell | RF | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 3 years |
| O. Schreckengost | C | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 3 years |
| R. Barnes | 2B | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| C. Hinton | 1B | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 10 years |
| D. Concepcion | SS | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 11 years |
| J. Bakely | MR | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 2 years |
| E. Steele | SP | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 5 years |
| D. Righetti | SP | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| M. Alou | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
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