| # | TEAM | DROP | SALARY | ADD | SALARY | |
| 1961-NL Season Drop-Adds | ||||||
| 53 | Brats | Tim McCarver | 78 | Ron Hunt | 70 | |
| 52 | Aztecs | Jim Sundberg | 69 | Butch Wynegar | 69 | |
| 51 | Wizards | Roy Face | 102 | Joe Cronin | 94 | |
| 50 | Knights | Pie Traynor | 91 | Tim Salmon | 107 | |
| Schoolboy Rowe | 114 | Don Mattingly | 95 | |||
| Al Oliver | 101 | Jerry Koosman | 104 | |||
| 49 | Aztecs | Gary Sheffield | 133 | Mel Ott | 132 | |
| 48 | Dragons | Mel Ott | 132 | Albert Belle | 136 | |
| Babe Herman | 116 | Bernie Williams | 105 | |||
| 47 | Brats | Jesse Haines | 96 | Bob Veale | 96 | |
| 46 | Knights | Clete Boyer | 84 | George Kell | 79 | |
| Bill Skowron | 100 | Al Oliver | 101 | |||
| Earl Combs | 91 | Pie Traynor | 91 | |||
| Mike Cuellar | 109 | Schoolboy Rowe | 114 | |||
| 45 | Brats | Dick Groat | 64 | Marty Marion | 67 | |
| Garry Templeton | 80 | Tony Fernandez | 85 | |||
| Bob Forsch | 96 | Joe McGinnity | 113 | |||
| Chick Hafey | 113 | Gavy Cravath | 119 | |||
| John Tudor | 116 | Dwight Gooden | 129 | |||
| 44 | Hitmen | Frank Tanana | 111 | David Cone | 127 | |
| 43 | Aztecs | Nap Rucker | 101 | Jimmy Collins | 97 | |
| 42 | Knights | Chris Chambliss | 87 | Wilbur Wood | 95 | |
| Graig Nettles | 102 | Bill Skowron | 100 | |||
| Steve Bedrosian | 87 | Clete Boyer | 84 | |||
| 41 | Lefties | Howie Pollett | 95 | Watty Clark | 93 | |
| Wilbur Wood | 95 | Doc White | 112 | |||
| 40 | Knights | Jim Kaat | 107 | Mike Cuellar | 109 | |
| 39 | Knights | Butch Wynegar | 69 | Jerry Grote | 63 | |
| 38 | Aztecs | Hippo Vaughn | 112 | Edd Roush | 108 | |
| 37 | Sugar Kings | Rafael Palmiero | 128 | Carlos Delgado | 118 | |
| 36 | Cyclones | Jerry Grote | 63 | Wally Schang | 94 | |
| Johnny Callison | 97 | Barney McCoskey | 76 | |||
| Clete Boyer | 84 | Stan Hack | 88 | |||
| 35 | Wizards | Deacon Phillipe | 124 | Joe Coleman | 95 | |
| Deacon McGuire | 84 | Ernie Whitt | 85 | |||
| 34 | Knights | Early Wynn | 115 | Jim Bunning | 122 | |
| Jerry Koosman | 104 | Johnny Podres | 104 | |||
| Luis Aparicio | 93 | Jim Kaat | 107 | |||
| Mike Cuellar | 109 | PeeWee Reese | 88 | |||
| 33 | Wizards | Ray Boone | 93 | Joe Gordon | 112 | |
| Harvey Haddix | 110 | Virgil Trucks | 104 | |||
| 32 | Knights | Don Mattingly | 95 | Dick Allen | 140 | |
| Al Rosen | 116 | Graig Nettles | 102 | |||
| Joe Cronin | 94 | Chris Chambliss | 87 | |||
| John Candelaria | 118 | Luis Aparicio | 93 | |||
| Bobby Doerr | 98 | Early Wynn | 115 | |||
| 31 | Dragons | Bobby Bonilla | 106 | George Brett | 120 | |
| Robin Ventura | 98 | Buddy Bell | 83 | |||
| 30 | Sugar Kings | Bob Veale | 96 | Dave Righetti | 95 | |
| 29 | Columbians | John Denny | 91 | Chuck Finley | 105 | |
| David Cone | 127 | Steve Rogers | 104 | |||
| David Justice | 110 | Andy VanSlyke | 118 | |||
| Dave Parker | 109 | Billy Williams | 117 | |||
| Will Clark | 104 | Mo Vaughn | 115 | |||
| George Brett | 127 | Matt Williams | 115 | |||
| 28 | Aztecs | Dave Righetti | 95 | Dave Stieb | 109 | |
| Jim Gilliam | 76 | Felix Milan | 65 | |||
| 27 | Columbians | Mark Langston | 109 | Frank Viola | 119 | |
| Mark Portugal | 92 | John Denney | 91 | |||
| Dave Stieb | 109 | Jack McDowell | 111 | |||
| 26 | Dragons | Jim Bunning | 122 | Urban Shocker | 118 | |
| Bud Black | 87 | Juan Pizarro | 89 | |||
| 25 | Knights | Bert Campeneris | 120 | Jim Bunning | 122 | |
| Sal Bando | 105 | Al Rosen | 116 | |||
| Ozzie Guillen | 62 | John Candelaria | 118 | |||
| Jack Chesbro | 114 | Joe Cronin | 94 | |||
| Amos Rusie | 121 | Ray Boone | 93 | |||
| Jim Kaat | 107 | Steve Bedrosian | 87 | |||
| 24 | Columbians | Jim Slaton | 82 | Tim Wakefield | 88 | |
| 23 | Knights | Herb Pennock | 109 | Amos Rusie | 121 | |
| Waite Hoyt | 99 | Jack Chesboro | 114 | |||
| Ray Boone | 93 | Ozzie Guillen | 62 | |||
| 22 | Aztecs | Dick Allen | 140 | Greg Maddux | 227 | |
| Amos Rusie | 121 | Don Blasingame | 60 | |||
| Earl Battey | 82 | Don Kessinger | 56 | |||
| 21 | Brats | Marty Marion | 67 | Dick Groat | 64 | |
| 20 | Hitmen | Willis Wilson | 127 | Minnie Minoso | 109 | |
| 19 | Dragons | Dick Groat | 64 | Dennis Menke | 77 | |
| Jose Rijo | 109 | Joe Benz | 97 | |||
| 18 | Knights | Virgil Trucks | 104 | Jim Kaat | 107 | |
| Ewell Blackwell | 96 | Ray Boone | 93 | |||
| 17 | Aztecs | Don Gullett | 105 | Nap Rucker | 101 | |
| 16 | Columbians | Rick Dempsey | 75 | Jim Slaton | 82 | |
| 15 | Knights | Graig Nettles | 102 | Sal Bando | 105 | |
| Jim Bunning | 122 | Bert Campeneris | 120 | |||
| Joe Cronin | 94 | Waite Hoyt | 99 | |||
| Joe Gordon | 112 | Herb Pennock | 109 | |||
| Johnny Podres | 104 | Bobby Doerr | 98 | |||
| Ben McDonald | 101 | Virgil Trucks | 104 | |||
| Mario Soto | 93 | Ewell Blackwell | 96 | |||
| 14 | Brats | Jimmie Wilson | 70 | Joe Torre | 104 | |
| 13 | Eagles | Greg Maddux | 227 | Deacon Phillipe | 124 | |
| Early Wynn | 115 | Frank Howard | 128 | |||
| Joe Torre | 104 | Deacon McGuire | 84 | |||
| Bob Stanley | 85 | Woodie Held | 98 | |||
| Dennis Menke | 77 | Don Buford | 100 | |||
| Lou Whitaker | 95 | Roy Face | 102 | |||
| Steve Bedrosian | 87 | Camilo Pascual | 114 | |||
| Minnie Minoso | 108 | Johnny Antonelli | 107 | |||
| 12 | Knights | Gil Hodges | 110 | Jim Bunning | 122 | |
| 11 | Dragons | Lonnie Frey | 84 | Dick Groat | 64 | |
| 10 | Sugar Kings | Camilo Pascual | 114 | Don Sutton | 123 | |
| Bernie Williams | 105 | Tommie Holmes | 89 | |||
| Jose Cardenal | 104 | Tommy Leach | 98 | |||
| John Olerud | 94 | Rafael Palmiero | 128 | |||
| Jerry Reuss | 101 | Dutch Leonard | 107 | |||
| 9 | Hitmen | Buddy Bell | 83 | Cesar Tovar | 87 | |
| 8 | Cyclones | Pete Reiser | 99 | Frank McCormick | 95 | |
| 7 | Grizzlies | Wally Schang | 94 | Bill Freehan | 93 | |
| 6 | Eagles | Woodie Held | 98 | Dennis Menke | 77 | |
| Dom DiMaggio | 81 | Chet Lemon | 95 | |||
| Larry Dierker | 102 | Early Wynn | 115 | |||
| 5 | Brats | Ricky Bottalico | 76 | Jack Powell | 91 | |
| 4 | Knights | Roy Face | 102 | Jose Rijo | 109 | |
| Dick Groat | 64 | Bobby Richardson | 63 | |||
| 3 | Ruby Legs | Ted Breitenstein | 87 | Red Lucas | 104 | |
| 2 | Grizzlies | Jim Maloney | 113 | Manny Ramirez | 129 | |
| Mike Donlin | 111 | Don Gullett | 105 | |||
| 1 | Cyclones | Ferris Fain | 84 | Clete Boyer | 84 | |
| Al Rosen | 116 | Ralph Kiner | 128 | |||
| Bill Freehan | 93 | Johnny Edwards | 71 | |||