| Name | Pos | Salary | Through | Years Left | Notes | Years in Majors |
| R. Connor | 1B | $12,750,000 | 1890 | 2 years left | | 9 years |
| B. Crowley | RF | $8,000,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 10 years |
| F. Lewis | LF | $5,470,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| O. Burns | 3B | $5,007,143 | 1889 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $3,960,000), could become Free Agent with 125 more days of service this year. | 5 years |
| A. Latham | C | $5,000,000 | 1890 | 2 years left | | 7 years |
| D. Davis | SP | $4,428,571 | 1889 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $2,600,000), could become Free Agent with 125 more days of service this year. | 5 years |
| J. Murphy | SP | $3,357,143 | 1889 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $660,000), could become Free Agent with 125 more days of service this year. | 5 years |
| B. Stemmeyer | SP | $3,078,571 | 1889 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $3,220,000) | 3 years |
| C. Comiskey | CF | $1,500,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| B. Purcell | CF | $900,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 10 years |
| L. Sylvester | CF | $635,714 | 1889 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $570,000) | 4 years |
| T. Sullivan | CL | $581,429 | 1889 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $1,760,000) | 4 years |
| J. Mcginnis | MR | $560,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| S. Dunn | SS | $342,857 | 1889 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $310,000) | 3 years |
| J. Mccormick | MR | $330,000 | 1890 | 2 years left | | 10 years |
| J. Knowles | 3B | $300,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $250,000) | 3 years |
| H. Mccaffery | RF | $300,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $250,000), could become Free Agent with 27 more days of service this year. | 5 years |
| C. Hodnett | MR | $300,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $330,000) | 4 years |
| A. Mccauley | MR | $300,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $260,000) | 3 years |
| G. Strief | CF | $300,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $250,000) | 4 years |
| M. Phillips | 2B | $300,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $250,000) | 4 years |
| B. Ely | RF | $300,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $250,000) | 3 years |
| B. O'brien | 1B | $300,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $250,000) | 4 years |
| J. Kiley | RF | $300,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Arbitration (Estimate: $250,000) | 3 years |
| T. Kinslow | C | $250,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration, 60 more days of service needed this year. | 2 years |
| J. Flynn | SS | $250,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Possible Arbitration, 17 more days of service needed this year. | 2 years |
| P. Tebeau | 2B | $250,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| B. Pettit | LF | $250,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| D. Conway | SP | $250,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| D. O'brien | MR | $250,000 | 1889 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| J. Ewing | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| T. Dolan | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 5 years |
| J. Munyan | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Burns | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| P. Schriver | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| C. Bell | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Powell | 1B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| T. Quinn | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| P. Scanlan | LF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| C. Briggs | LF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | Minor League FA next year! | 0 years |
| P. Sweeney | 3B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Bates | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Thornton | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| E. Knouff | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| N. Kellogg | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| B. Robinson | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| C. Campau | LF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
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