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2008 Atlanta Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009

72-90, Finished 4th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bobby Cox (72-90)
Scored 753 runs, Allowed 778 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83

Ballparks: Turner Field · 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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Manny Acosta 27 R R 6' 4" 215 May 1, 1981 2 46 0 43 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $392,500
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 37 0 5 2 0.6 $
Jeff Bennett 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 10, 1980 3 72 4 68 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $400,000
Gregor Blanco 24 L L 5' 11" 170 Dec 12, 1983 1st 144 113 144 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 69 5 151 0 9 6 -1.0 $390,000
Blaine Boyer 26 R R 6' 3" 245 Jul 11, 1981 4 76 0 72 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $390,000
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 0.0 $
Jorge Campillo 29 R R 6' 0" 230 Aug 10, 1978 4 39 25 38 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Buddy Carlyle 30 L R 6' 3" 210 Dec 21, 1977 5 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
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 -0.3 $
Elmer Dessens 37 R R 5' 11" 200 Jan 13, 1971 12 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Matt Diaz 30 R R 6' 0" 215 Mar 3, 1978 6 43 33 43 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 37 0 8 1 -1.1 $1,225,000
Yunel Escobar 25 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 2, 1982 2 136 126 136 127 0 0 0 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 2.9 $402,500
Jeff Francoeur 24 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 8, 1984 4 155 151 155 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 152 0 4 0 -3.0 $460,000
Tom Glavine 42 L L 6' 0" 175 Mar 25, 1966 22 14 13 14 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3 $8,000,000
Mike Gonzalez 30 R L 6' 2" 215 May 23, 1978 6 36 0 34 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $2,362,500
Ruben Gotay 25 B R 5' 11" 175 Dec 25, 1982 4 88 9 88 12 0 0 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 2 -0.3 $403,000
Mike Hampton 35 R L 5' 10" 195 Sep 9, 1972 14 13 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $15,975,184
Tim Hudson 32 R R 6' 1" 175 Jul 14, 1975 10 23 22 21 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $15,500,000
Omar Infante 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 26, 1981 7 96 77 96 90 0 0 0 10 32 20 34 3 0 37 0 15 0 0.4 $1,400,000
Chuck James 26 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 9, 1981 4 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $427,500
Kelly Johnson 26 L R 6' 1" 195 Feb 22, 1982 3 150 135 150 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 3.5 $430,000
Brandon Jones 24 L R 6' 1" 215 Dec 10, 1983 2 41 30 41 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 7 36 0 9 1 -0.2 $
Chipper Jones 36 B R 6' 4" 210 Apr 24, 1972 15 128 118 128 115 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 6.6 $12,333,333 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 0.6 $
Jair Jurrjens 22 R R 6' 1" 200 Jan 29, 1986 2 37 31 36 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.6 $390,000
Casey Kotchman 25 L L 6' 3" 220 Feb 22, 1983 5 43 40 43 41 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.6 $
Mark Kotsay 32 L L 6' 0" 210 Dec 2, 1975 12 88 80 88 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 0 84 0 6 0 0.4 $7,000,000
Brent Lillibridge 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 18, 1983 1st 29 20 29 24 0 0 0 0 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 -0.3 $
Brian McCann 24 L R 6' 3" 230 Feb 20, 1984 4 145 132 145 138 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 4.0 $966,666 All-Star
Corky Miller 32 R R 6' 1" 255 Mar 18, 1976 8 31 17 31 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.8 $400,000
Charlie Morton 24 R R 6' 5" 230 Nov 12, 1983 1st 16 15 14 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Peter Moylan 29 R R 6' 2" 225 Dec 2, 1978 3 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $410,000
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 26 5 73 0 0.0 $
Vladimir Nunez 33 R R 6' 5" 235 Mar 15, 1975 8 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Will Ohman 30 L L 6' 2" 225 Aug 13, 1977 6 83 0 80 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $1,600,000
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 0.0 $
Brayan Pena 26 B R 5' 11" 235 Jan 7, 1982 4 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0.2 $390,000
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 -0.4 $
Martin Prado 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 27, 1983 3 78 48 78 60 0 0 17 17 24 2 3 0 0 3 0 18 3 1.2 $390,000
Chris Resop 25 R R 6' 3" 225 Nov 4, 1982 4 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 -0.2 $390,000
Jo-Jo Reyes 23 L L 6' 2" 230 Nov 20, 1984 2 25 22 22 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1.1 $
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 0.1 $
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 -1.2 $397,500
Clint Sammons 25 R R 6' 1" 210 May 15, 1983 2 23 13 23 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.7 $
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 0.8 $14,000,000
Rafael Soriano 28 R R 6' 1" 230 Dec 19, 1979 7 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $2,650,000
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 0.2 $
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 -0.2 $
Mark Teixeira 28 B R 6' 3" 220 Apr 11, 1980 6 103 103 103 102 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.0 $12,500,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Brent Lillibridge
Martin Prado
Kelly Johnson
Omar Infante
Brayan Pena
Clint Sammons
Jeff Francoeur
Ruben Gotay
Chipper Jones
Mark Kotsay

Will Ohman
Martin Prado
Tim Hudson
Brian McCann
Gregor Blanco
Clint Sammons
Yunel Escobar
Greg Norton
Josh Anderson
Casey Kotchman

Matt Diaz
Josh Anderson
Mark Teixeira
Francisley Bueno
Jason Perry
Corky Miller
Brandon Jones
John Smoltz
Jeff Bennett
Mike Hampton

Matt DeSalvo
Elmer Dessens
Royce Ring
Chuck James
Jo-Jo Reyes
Buddy Carlyle
Rafael Soriano
Jeff Ridgway
Manny Acosta

Tom Glavine
Vladimir Nunez
Chris Resop
Jair Jurrjens
Charlie Morton
Mike Gonzalez
Phil Stockman
Julian Tavarez
Blaine Boyer
Jorge Campillo

Peter Moylan
Gregor Blanco
James Parr
Phil Stockman
Charlie Morton
Jorge Julio

2007 / 2009 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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