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2008 Atlanta Braves Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009)
72-90, Finished 4th in NL East
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Scored 753 runs, Allowed 778 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83
Manager: Bobby Cox (72-90)
Ballpark: Turner Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,532,834 (10th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101
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2007 / 2009 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Manny Acosta 27 R R 6' 4" 170 May 1, 1981 2 46 0 43 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $392,500.00
Josh Anderson 25 L R 6' 2" 195 Aug 10, 1982 2 40 30 40 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 30 1 35 0 5 2
Jeff Bennett 28 R R 6' 3" 206 Jun 10, 1980 3 72 4 68 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $400,000.00
Gregor Blanco 24 L L 5' 11" 170 Dec 12, 1983 1st 144 113 144 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 69 5 137 0 9 6 $390,000.00
Blaine Boyer 26 R R 6' 3" 215 Jul 11, 1981 4 76 0 72 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $390,000.00
Francisley Bueno 27 L L 5' 11" 200 Mar 5, 1981 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jorge Campillo 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 10, 1978 4 39 24 38 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buddy Carlyle 30 L R 6' 3" 175 Dec 21, 1977 5 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt DeSalvo 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 11, 1980 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elmer Dessens 37 R R 6' 0" 190 Jan 13, 1971 12 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Diaz 30 R R 6' 1" 206 Mar 3, 1978 6 43 33 43 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 37 0 8 1 $1,225,000.00
Yunel Escobar 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 2, 1982 2 136 126 136 127 0 0 0 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 $402,500.00
Jeff Francoeur 24 R R 6' 4" 220 Jan 8, 1984 4 155 151 155 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 152 0 4 0 $460,000.00
Tom Glavine 42 L L 6' 1" 190 Mar 25, 1966 22 14 13 14 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $8,000,000.00
Mike Gonzalez 30 R L 6' 2" 213 May 23, 1978 6 36 0 34 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,362,500.00
Ruben Gotay 25 B R 5' 11" 160 Dec 25, 1982 4 88 9 88 12 0 0 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 2 $403,000.00
Mike Hampton 35 R L 5' 10" 180 Sep 9, 1972 14 13 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $15,975,184.00
Tim Hudson 32 R R 6' 0" 160 Jul 14, 1975 10 23 20 21 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $15,500,000.00
Omar Infante 26 R R 5' 9" 150 Dec 26, 1981 7 96 77 96 90 0 0 0 10 32 20 34 3 0 36 0 15 0 $1,400,000.00
Chuck James 26 L L 6' 0" 170 Nov 9, 1981 4 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $427,500.00
Kelly Johnson 26 L R 6' 1" 205 Feb 22, 1982 3 150 135 150 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 $430,000.00
Brandon Jones 24 L R 6' 1" 210 Dec 10, 1983 2 41 30 41 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 7 34 0 9 1
Chipper Jones 36 B R 6' 3" 185 Apr 24, 1972 15 128 118 128 115 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 $12,333,333.00 All-Star
Jorge Julio 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 3, 1979 8 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jair Jurrjens 22 R R 6' 1" 160 Jan 29, 1986 2 37 30 36 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 $390,000.00
Casey Kotchman 25 L L 6' 3" 210 Feb 22, 1983 5 43 40 43 41 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Mark Kotsay 32 L L 6' 0" 180 Dec 2, 1975 12 88 80 88 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 0 84 0 6 0 $7,000,000.00
Brent Lillibridge 24 R R 5' 11" 190 Sep 18, 1983 1st 29 20 29 24 0 0 0 0 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
Brian McCann 24 L R 6' 3" 210 Feb 20, 1984 4 145 132 145 138 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 $966,666.00 All-Star
Corky Miller 32 R R 6' 1" 220 Mar 18, 1976 8 31 17 31 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 $400,000.00
Charlie Morton 24 R R 6' 4" 190 Oct 12, 1983 1st 16 13 14 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peter Moylan 29 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 2, 1978 3 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $410,000.00
Greg Norton 35 B R 6' 1" 190 Jul 6, 1972 12 111 27 111 35 0 0 10 0 0 0 25 0 1 25 5 73 0
Vladimir Nunez 33 R R 6' 4" 224 Mar 15, 1975 8 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Will Ohman 30 L L 6' 2" 195 Aug 13, 1977 6 83 0 80 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,600,000.00
James Parr 22 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 27, 1986 1st 6 5 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brayan Pena 26 B R 5' 11" 220 Jan 7, 1982 4 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 $390,000.00
Jason Perry 27 L R 6' 0" 200 Aug 18, 1980 1st 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 1
Martin Prado 24 R R 6' 1" 170 Oct 27, 1983 3 78 48 78 60 0 0 17 17 24 2 3 0 0 3 0 18 3 $390,000.00
Chris Resop 25 R R 6' 3" 222 Nov 4, 1982 4 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 $390,000.00
Jo-Jo Reyes 23 L L 6' 2" 230 Nov 20, 1984 2 25 19 22 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jeff Ridgway 27 R L 6' 3" 210 Aug 17, 1980 2 10 0 8 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Royce Ring 27 L L 6' 0" 220 Dec 21, 1980 4 42 0 39 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $397,500.00
Clint Sammons 25 R R 6' 0" 200 May 15, 1983 2 23 13 23 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
John Smoltz 41 R R 6' 3" 210 May 15, 1967 20 6 5 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $14,000,000.00
Rafael Soriano 28 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 19, 1979 7 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,650,000.00
Phil Stockman 28 R R 6' 8" 240 Jan 25, 1980 2 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julian Tavarez 35 L R 6' 2" 165 May 22, 1973 16 36 0 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Teixeira 28 B R 6' 2" 215 Apr 11, 1980 6 103 103 103 102 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $12,500,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

2007 / 2009 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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