| Pos | Player (Team) | This Yr | Yrs Left | Raise |
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| SP | Baldwin, Lady (Athletics) | $12 | FA | |
| 1B | Barkley, Sam (Grays) | $10 | FA | |
| OF | Beecher, Ed (Virginians) | $4 | FA | |
| OF | Brady, Steve (Athletics) | $1 | FA | |
| SP | Buffinton, Charlie (Atlantics) | $4 | FA | |
| SP | Chamberlain, Elton (Wolverines) | $1 | FA | |
| 1B | Comiskey, Charlie (Saints) | $2 | FA | |
| SP | Conway, Pete (Bisons) | $1 | FA | |
| SP | Cushman, Ed (Hoosiers) | $1 | FA | |
| SP | Daily, Hugh (Bisons) | $4 | FA | |
| SP | Duryea, Jesse (Blues) | $6 | FA | |
| SP | Ferguson, Charlie (Wolverines) | $2 | FA | |
| SP | Gleason, Kid (Metropolitans) | $1 | FA | |
| SP | Gruber, Henry (Blues) | $2 | FA | |
| SS | Kappel, Heinie (Nationals) | $1 | FA | |
| OF | Kennedy, Ed (Athletics) | $1 | FA | |
| SP | Kirby, John (Wolverines) | $1 | FA | |
| OF | Lewis, Fred (Wolverines) | $3 | FA | |
| SP | McBride, Dick (Athletics) | $1 | FA | |
| 3B | Morrill, John (Blues) | $2 | FA | |
| 3B | Muldoon, Mike (Grays) | $3 | FA | |
| SS | Nelson, Candy (Athletics) | $10 | FA | |
| OF | Nicol, Hugh (Athletics) | $1 | FA | |
| SP | Porter, Henry (Virginians) | $7 | FA | |
| 1B | Powell, Martin (Wolverines) | $10 | FA | |
| 2B | Smith, Pop (Metropolitans) | $1 | FA | |
| SP | Smith, Elmer (Athletics) | $2 | FA | |
| SP | Sowders, Bill (Nationals) | $1 | FA | |
| 1B | Taylor, Billy (Bisons) | $1 | FA | |
| OF | Andrews, Ed (Wolverines) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| 1B | Anson, Cap (Buckeyes) | $5 | 4 | $0 |
| SP | Baldwin, Mark (Cowboys) | $2 | 1 | |
| C | Baldwin, Kid (Saints) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| 1B | Beckley, Jake (Blues) | $10 | 2 | $0 |
| 2B | Bierbauer, Lou (Metropolitans) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Bond, Tommy (Nationals) | $9 | 2 | $0 |
| C | Boyle, Jack (Nationals) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Boyle, Henry (Atlantics) | $12 | 2 | $0 |
| 1B | Brouthers, Dan (Atlantics) | $3 | 2 | $0 |
| C | Brown, Lew (Blues) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Brown, Tom (Colonels) | $5 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Browning, Pete (Virginians) | $10 | 2 | $0 |
| SS | Burns, Tom (Buckeyes) | $5 | 3 | $0 |
| OF | Burns, Oyster (Metropolitans) | $8 | 4 | $0 |
| C | Bushong, Doc (Hoosiers) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| 3B | Carpenter, Hick (Hoosiers) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Carroll, Fred (Colonels) | $4 | 3 | $0 |
| SP | Caruthers, Bob (Buckeyes) | $7 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Casey, Dan (Cowboys) | $7 | 1 | |
| OF | Cassidy, John (Saints) | $5 | 2 | $0 |
| C | Clapp, John (Cowboys) | $8 | 2 | $0 |
| C | Clark, Bob (Blues) | $1 | 1 | |
| SP | Clarkson, John (Nationals) | $11 | 2 | $0 |
| C | Clements, Jack (Virginians) | $5 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Coleman, John (Wolverines) | $1 | 1 | |
| 2B | Collins, Hub (Wolverines) | $4 | 2 | $0 |
| 1B | Connor, Roger (Atlantics) | $6 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Corcoran, Larry (Blues) | $6 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Corey, Fred (Wolverines) | $1 | 1 | |
| OF | Corkhill, Pop (Grays) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| C | Cross, Lave (Blues) | $1 | 4 | $0 |
| C | Daily, Con (Athletics) | $3 | 3 | $0 |
| SP | Daily, Ed (Buckeyes) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Dalrymple, Abner (Colonels) | $9 | 2 | $0 |
| C | Daly, Tom (Cowboys) | $1 | 3 | $0 |
| OF | Delahanty, Ed (Hoosiers) | $1 | 4 | $0 |
| 3B | Denny, Jerry (Browns) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| 3B | Donnelly, Jim (Cowboys) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Duffy, Hugh (Metropolitans) | $4 | 4 | $0 |
| 2B | Dunlap, Fred (Cowboys) | $6 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Dwyer, Frank (Buckeyes) | $1 | 4 | $0 |
| SS | Easterday, Henry (Maroons) | $1 | 4 | $0 |
| SP | Ehret, Red (Atlantics) | $6 | 2 | $0 |
| C | Ewing, Buck (Colonels) | $3 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Ewing, John (Blues) | $1 | 1 | |
| 1B | Farrar, Sid (Colonels) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| 2B | Farrell, Jack (Hoosiers) | $4 | 2 | $0 |
| C | Farrell, Duke (Metropolitans) | $1 | 4 | $0 |
| SS | Fennelly, Frank (Hoosiers) | $10 | 2 | $0 |
| 3B | Ferguson, Bob (Blues) | $1 | 3 | $0 |
| C | Flint, Silver (Grays) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Fogarty, Jim (Wolverines) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| 3B | Foley, Will (Buckeyes) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Foutz, Dave (Buckeyes) | $11 | 1 | |
| SS | Fuller, Shorty (Wolverines) | $1 | 1 | |
| SP | Galvin, Pud (Metropolitans) | $7 | 2 | $0 |
| 2B | Ganzel, Charlie (Bisons) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Getzein, Charlie (Metropolitans) | $12 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Gillespie, Pete (Atlantics) | $3 | 2 | $0 |
| SS | Glasscock, Jack (Blues) | $1 | 1 | |
| SS | Gleason, Bill (Saints) | $5 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Goldsmith, Fred (Atlantics) | $4 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Gore, George (Metropolitans) | $4 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Griffin, Mike (Blues) | $3 | 3 | $0 |
| SP | Gumbert, Ad (Colonels) | $4 | 3 | $0 |
| SP | Haddock, George (Blues) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| 3B | Hankinson, Frank (Grays) | $4 | 1 | |
| OF | Hanlon, Ned (Cowboys) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Hecker, Guy (Virginians) | $7 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Hines, Paul (Atlantics) | $1 | 3 | $0 |
| OF | Hornung, Joe (Metropolitans) | $2 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Hotaling, Pete (Buckeyes) | $4 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Hoy, Dummy (Wolverines) | $4 | 4 | $0 |
| SP | Hudson, Nat (Nationals) | $1 | 1 | |
| SP | Hutchison, Bill (Metropolitans) | $1 | 1 | |
| 3B | Irwin, John (Wolverines) | $1 | 1 | |
| SS | Irwin, Arthur (Hoosiers) | $5 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Johnston, Dick (Virginians) | $5 | 1 | |
| OF | Jones, Charley (Buckeyes) | $4 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Keefe, Tim (Atlantics) | $7 | 2 | $0 |
| C | Keenan, Jim (Hoosiers) | $10 | 1 | |
| OF | Kelly, King (Bisons) | $4 | 2 | $0 |
| 1B | Kerins, John (Hoosiers) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | King, Silver (Buckeyes) | $2 | 3 | $0 |
| SP | Knouff, Ed (Nationals) | $2 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Kuehne, Bill (Buckeyes) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Larkin, Henry (Athletics) | $9 | 3 | $0 |
| SP | Larkin, Terry (Saints) | $5 | 2 | $0 |
| 3B | Latham, Arlie (Wolverines) | $2 | 2 | $0 |
| C | Mack, Connie (Browns) | $1 | 4 | $0 |
| 2B | Mack, Reddy (Buckeyes) | $8 | 1 | |
| SP | Madden, Kid (Athletics) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Mays, Al (Colonels) | $3 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | McCormick, Jim (Grays) | $2 | 2 | $0 |
| 3B | McGarr, Chippy (Browns) | $4 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | McGeachy, Jack (Grays) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| C | McGuire, Deacon (Grays) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| SS | McKean, Ed (Browns) | $4 | 3 | $0 |
| 1B | McKinnon, Alex (Atlantics) | $4 | 1 | |
| SP | McMahon, Sadie (Colonels) | $2 | 3 | $0 |
| 2B | McPhee, Bid (Athletics) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | McTamany, Jim (Grays) | $5 | 2 | $0 |
| C | Miller, Doggie (Atlantics) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| 1B | Milligan, Jocko (Virginians) | $4 | 3 | $0 |
| SP | Mountain, Frank (Wolverines) | $1 | 1 | |
| SP | Mullane, Tony (Wolverines) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| 3B | Mulvey, Joe (Wolverines) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| 2B | Myers, Al (Bisons) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| 3B | Nash, Billy (Blues) | $1 | 3 | $0 |
| SP | Neale, Joe (Virginians) | $11 | 4 | $0 |
| OF | O'Brien, Darby (Blues) | $5 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | O'Brien, Darby (Buckeyes) | $1 | 1 | |
| C | O'Connor, Jack (Nationals) | $1 | 4 | $0 |
| SP | O'Day, Hank (Grays) | $3 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | O'Neill, Tip (Blues) | $10 | 4 | $0 |
| OF | O'Rourke, Jim (Blues) | $2 | 4 | $0 |
| 1B | Orr, Dave (Colonels) | $10 | 2 | $0 |
| C | Peoples, Jimmy (Browns) | $1 | 1 | |
| 2B | Pfeffer, Fred (Cowboys) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| 1B | Phillips, Bill (Athletics) | $3 | 2 | $0 |
| 3B | Pinkney, George (Athletics) | $5 | 3 | $0 |
| 2B | Quest, Joe (Grays) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Radbourn, Charley (Browns) | $6 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Ramsey, Toad (Colonels) | $7 | 2 | $0 |
| 1B | Reilly, John (Nationals) | $10 | 1 | |
| 2B | Richardson, Hardy (Metropolitans) | $6 | 2 | $0 |
| 2B | Richardson, Danny (Atlantics) | $3 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Richmond, John (Hoosiers) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| C | Robinson, Wilbert (Blues) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Roseman, Chief (Cowboys) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Rowe, Dave (Browns) | $5 | 1 | |
| C | Rowe, Jack (Virginians) | $2 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Rusie, Amos (Colonels) | $3 | 3 | $0 |
| OF | Ryan, Jimmy (Grays) | $5 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Sanders, Ben (Browns) | $5 | 3 | $0 |
| C | Schriver, Pop (Hoosiers) | $1 | 4 | $0 |
| OF | Seery, Emmett (Bisons) | $8 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Shaffer, Orator (Atlantics) | $8 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Shaw, Dupee (Cowboys) | $2 | 2 | $0 |
| SS | Smith, Germany (Metropolitans) | $4 | 1 | |
| C | Snyder, Pop (Buckeyes) | $1 | 3 | $0 |
| OF | Sommer, Joe (Nationals) | $9 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Staley, Harry (Metropolitans) | $2 | 2 | $0 |
| 1B | Start, Joe (Wolverines) | $3 | 2 | $0 |
| 1B | Stearns, Ecky (Browns) | $4 | 3 | $0 |
| SP | Stivetts, Jack (Maroons) | $1 | 4 | $0 |
| 1B | Stovey, Harry (Hoosiers) | $5 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Stratton, Scott (Blues) | $1 | 1 | |
| 2B | Stricker, Cub (Grays) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Sullivan, Marty (Cowboys) | $4 | 1 | |
| OF | Sunday, Billy (Browns) | $1 | 3 | $0 |
| SS | Sutton, Ezra (Bisons) | $4 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Swartwood, Ed (Buckeyes) | $6 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Sweeney, Charlie (Atlantics) | $2 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Tebeau, George (Metropolitans) | $3 | 3 | $0 |
| SP | Terry, Adonis (Atlantics) | $4 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Thompson, Sam (Metropolitans) | $8 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Tiernan, Mike (Virginians) | $5 | 3 | $0 |
| 2B | Trott, Sam (Wolverines) | $1 | 3 | $0 |
| SP | Ward, John (Browns) | $8 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Welch, Mickey (Atlantics) | $5 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Welch, Curt (Grays) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | White, Will (Bisons) | $5 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Whitney, Jim (Metropolitans) | $4 | 2 | $0 |
| SP | Wiedman, Stump (Virginians) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| 3B | Williamson, Ned (Grays) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Wilmot, Walt (Wolverines) | $1 | 3 | $0 |
| SS | Wise, Sam (Virginians) | $3 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Wolf, Jimmy (Virginians) | $5 | 2 | $0 |
| OF | Wood, George (Hoosiers) | $1 | 2 | $0 |
| SS | Wright, George (Blues) | $1 | 1 | |
| OF | York, Tom (Wolverines) | $4 | 1 | |
| SP | Zettlein, George (Wolverines) | $1 | 4 | $0 |