| Name | Pos | Salary | Through | Years Left | Notes | Years in Majors |
| K. Bevacqua | 2B | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| T. Pierce | MR | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 4 years |
| C. Taylor | C | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| R. Smith | CF | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| D. Radatz | CL | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 11 years |
| O. Cepeda | LF | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 15 years |
| R. Reichardt | LF | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| J. Morgan | 2B | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 9 years |
| J. Janeski | SP | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 2 years |
| T. Conigliaro | CF | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| G. Abbott | SP | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| J. Purdin | SP | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| D. Pavletich | 1B | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 16 years |
| W. McCovey | 1B | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 14 years |
| S. Carlton | SP | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| H. Reniff | MR | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 11 years |
| R. Taylor | MR | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 10 years |
| J. Boozer | CL | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| M. Ranew | C | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 10 years |
| J. Alou | RF | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| D. Griffith | 3B | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| M. Cuellar | SP | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 14 years |
| B. Monbouquette | SP | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 15 years |
| L. Klimchock | 3B | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| B. Kunkel | MR | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 9 years |
| J. Lefebvre | 3B | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| N. Miller | CF | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 2 years |
| E. Armbrister | LF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| D. Sharon | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| D. Bryant | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| S. Bailey | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 3 years |
| S. Dunning | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Dilauro | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| H. Allen | 1B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Campbell | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 3 years |
| T. Timmermann | CL | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| P. Hennigan | CL | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| C. Harrison | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
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