| Name | Pos | Salary | Through | Years Left | Notes | Years in Majors |
| T. O'Neill | LF | $16,720,000 | 2011 | 3 years left | | 9 years |
| J. Morgan | 2B | $14,370,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 18 years |
| B. Lange | CF | $14,260,000 | 2010 | 2 years left | | 7 years |
| W. Keeler | RF | $13,770,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 10 years |
| E. Rixey | SP | $13,570,000 | 2011 | 3 years left | | 8 years |
| D. Rhodes | LF | $12,960,000 | 2010 | 2 years left | | 6 years |
| E. Seward | SP | $11,880,000 | 2013 | 5 years left | | 6 years |
| G. Hecker | SP | $11,880,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 7 years |
| D. Driscoll | SP | $10,092,857 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| R. Patterson | SP | $9,610,000 | 2010 | 2 years left | | 9 years |
| R. Foster | SP | $9,307,143 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| J. Weyhing | SP | $6,864,286 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| W. Boggs | 3B | $4,520,000 | 2011 | 3 years left | | 10 years |
| S. Lyle | MR | $4,392,857 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 9 years |
| J. Hoerner | MR | $4,392,857 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| J. Franco | MR | $4,392,857 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| G. Foster | LF | $3,710,000 | 2011 | 3 years left | | 12 years |
| A. McBean | CL | $2,635,714 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 5 years |
| G. Harper | CF | $1,450,000 | 2011 | 3 years left | | 11 years |
| D. Orr | 1B | $1,090,000 | 2010 | 2 years left | | 11 years |
| B. Sullivan | C | $780,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 9 years |
| M. Sanguillen | C | $550,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 10 years |
| H. Kuenn | RF | $440,000 | 2012 | 4 years left | | 11 years |
| E. Murray | 1B | $350,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 9 years |
| J. Pesky | SS | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 4 years |
| T. Oliva | RF | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 11 years |
| B. Bell | 3B | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 10 years |
| L. Aparicio | SS | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 15 years |
| B. Herman | 2B | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| C. Michaels | 2B | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| J. Denny | SP | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 10 years |
| T. Kluszewski | 1B | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 12 years |
| H. Groh | 3B | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| A. Devlin | 3B | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| A. Thornton | 1B | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 3 years |
| F. Bordagaray | CF | $300,000 | 2009 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 3 years |
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