| Name | Pos | Salary | Through | Years Left | Notes | Years in Majors |
| E. Yingling | SP | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 3 years |
| H. Chase | LF | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 11 years |
| S. Magee | CF | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 13 years |
| F. Maisel | 3B | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 3 years |
| R. Peckinpaugh | SS | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| R. Witherup | SP | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 10 years |
| W. Cooper | SP | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 4 years |
| G. Sisler | 1B | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 2 years |
| R. Smith | 3B | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 5 years |
| I. Wingo | C | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 4 years |
| W. Fischer | C | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 3 years |
| R. Benton | SP | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| D. Crandall | SP | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 9 years |
| F. Luderus | 1B | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| C. Hill | MR | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| J. Graney | LF | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| S. Smith | MR | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 4 years |
| F. Merkle | CF | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 9 years |
| B. Groom | MR | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| I. Meusel | LF | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 2 years |
| H. Wakefield | C | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| B. Hinchman | 2B | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 11 years |
| S. Yerkes | 2B | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| J. Nealon | 1B | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| J. Oeschger | MR | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| B. Schlitzer | CL | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| C. Engle | 2B | $300 | 1917 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| R. Mitchell | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| R. Zeider | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| S. Bohne | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| B. Meyer | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| D. Lavan | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| S. Perry | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| D. Shean | 1B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| Z. Terry | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| D. Moeller | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| G. Cutshaw | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 2 years |
| T. Daley | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Esmond | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| T. Helfrich | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Hickman | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| H. Gaspar | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 5 years |
| J. Altenburg | LF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| G. Chalmers | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| F. Chouinard | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| D. Drake | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Walker | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| W. Mattick | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| B. Wambsganss | 3B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| E. Shore | CL | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| Z. Collins | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| O. Lawry | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |