| Name | Pos | Salary | Through | Years Left | Notes | Years in Majors |
| J. Niekro | SP | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| D. Alexander | SP | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| R. Gossage | CL | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| J. Strickland | MR | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| V. Joshua | CF | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 4 years |
| J. Moses | C | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 7 years |
| R. Stennett | 2B | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 2 years |
| D. Medich | SP | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| G. Waslewski | MR | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 2 years |
| K. Griffey | RF | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| R. Gilbreath | 2B | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| C. Speier | SS | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| D. Goltz | SP | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| G. Geiger | RF | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 14 years |
| D. Menke | 3B | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 11 years |
| J. Northrup | LF | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 2 years |
| W. Woodward | SS | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 8 years |
| B. Montgomery | C | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 2 years |
| D. Ruthven | SP | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 0 years |
| K. Sanders | MR | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 6 years |
| J. Rooker | SP | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 3 years |
| R. Moffitt | MR | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| J. Curtis | SP | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 2 years |
| M. Nagy | SP | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 2 years |
| L. Gabrielson | 1B | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Free agent after this season! | 13 years |
| T. Cullen | 3B | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 2 years |
| J. Wohlford | LF | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 1 years |
| R. Garr | LF | $100,000 | 1973 | 1 years left | Automatic Resign. | 5 years |
| T. Humphrey | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| L. Gura | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| T. Harmon | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| J. Slaton | SP | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. May | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Meoli | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Littell | CL | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| R. Troedson | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| B. Champion | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| B. Foote | C | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| F. Talbot | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 2 years |
| D. Thompson | RF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| J. Verbanic | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| K. Reitz | 3B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| B. Denehy | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| M. Cosgrove | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| C. Robinson | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| T. Sisk | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| R. Office | CF | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| F. Patek | SS | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 1 years |
| F. Reberger | MR | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
| B. Floyd | 2B | Minor-League-Contract | - | - | | 0 years |
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