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2008 Boston Red Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009)
95-67, Finished 2nd in AL East
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Scored 845 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-67
Manager: Terry Francona (95-67)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,048,250 (4th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 106;   one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104
Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (4-3) to Tampa Bay Rays
Won AL Division Series (3-1) over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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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
David Aardsma 26 R R 6' 5" 200 Dec 27, 1981 4 47 0 5 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $403,250.00
Jeff Bailey 29 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 19, 1978 2 27 11 27 17 0 0 12 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 3 8 3
Jason Bay 29 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 20, 1978 6 49 48 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 49 0 0 0
Josh Beckett 28 R R 6' 4" 190 May 15, 1980 8 27 2 2 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $10,166,666.00
Michael Bowden 21 R R 6' 3" 215 Sep 9, 1986 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clay Buchholz 23 L R 6' 3" 190 Aug 14, 1984 2 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $396,000.00
Paul Byrd 37 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 3, 1970 13 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Carter 25 L L 6' 0" 230 Sep 16, 1982 1st 9 2 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 2 2
Sean Casey 33 L R 6' 4" 215 Jul 2, 1974 12 69 47 69 45 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 0 $800,000.00
Kevin Cash 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Dec 6, 1977 6 61 42 61 59 0 57 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 $400,000.00
Bartolo Colon 35 R R 5' 11" 250 May 24, 1973 12 7 1 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Cora 32 L R 6' 0" 180 Oct 18, 1975 11 75 41 75 73 0 0 0 7 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 $2,000,000.00
Bryan Corey 34 R R 6' 0" 170 Oct 21, 1973 5 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $405,000.00
Coco Crisp 28 B R 6' 0" 185 Nov 1, 1979 7 118 98 118 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 114 0 2 8 $5,083,333.00
Manny Delcarmen 26 R R 6' 3" 195 Feb 16, 1982 4 73 0 4 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $421,000.00
J.D. Drew 32 L R 6' 1" 195 Nov 20, 1975 11 109 107 109 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 106 106 2 1 0 $14,000,000.00 All-Star
Jacoby Ellsbury 24 L L 6' 1" 185 Sep 11, 1983 2 145 129 145 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 66 36 140 0 1 5 $406,000.00
Devern Hansack 30 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 5, 1978 3 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Hansen 24 R R 6' 6" 210 Nov 15, 1983 3 32 0 4 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Kotsay 32 L L 6' 0" 180 Dec 2, 1975 12 22 22 22 22 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 0 0 0
George Kottaras 25 L R 6' 0" 185 May 16, 1983 1st 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jon Lester 24 L L 6' 2" 190 Jan 7, 1984 3 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $421,500.00
Javier Lopez 30 L L 6' 4" 200 Jul 11, 1977 6 70 0 3 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $840,000.00
Mike Lowell 34 R R 6' 4" 205 Feb 24, 1974 11 113 110 113 110 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 $12,500,000.00
Jed Lowrie 24 B R 6' 0" 180 Apr 17, 1984 1st 81 69 81 80 0 0 0 3 45 49 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Julio Lugo 32 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 16, 1975 9 82 79 82 81 0 0 0 0 0 81 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 $9,250,000.00
Justin Masterson 23 R R 6' 6" 250 Mar 22, 1985 1st 36 2 2 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daisuke Matsuzaka 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 13, 1980 2 29 1 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $8,333,333.00
Brandon Moss 24 L R 6' 0" 205 Sep 16, 1983 2 34 17 34 25 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 0 14 23 0 6 4
Hideki Okajima 32 L L 6' 1" 194 Dec 25, 1975 2 64 0 5 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,275,000.00
David Ortiz 32 L L 6' 4" 230 Nov 18, 1975 12 109 108 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 0 $13,000,000.00 All-Star
Jonathan Papelbon 27 R R 6' 4" 230 Nov 23, 1980 4 67 0 4 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $775,000.00 All-Star
David Pauley 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 17, 1983 2 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dustin Pedroia 24 R R 5' 9" 180 Aug 17, 1983 3 157 155 157 157 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $457,000.00 All-Star
Manny Ramirez 36 R R 6' 0" 190 May 30, 1972 16 100 97 100 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 0 66 31 3 0 $18,929,923.00 All-Star
Dave Ross 31 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 19, 1977 7 8 0 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Kyle Snyder 30 B R 6' 8" 220 Sep 9, 1977 5 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $835,000.00
Julian Tavarez 35 L R 6' 2" 165 May 22, 1973 16 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,850,000.00
Joe Thurston 28 L R 5' 11" 175 Sep 29, 1979 5 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0
Mike Timlin 42 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 10, 1966 18 47 0 2 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,000,000.00
Jonathan Van Every 28 L L 6' 1" 190 Nov 27, 1979 1st 11 2 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 9 0 1 4
Jason Varitek 36 B R 6' 2" 210 Apr 11, 1972 12 131 120 131 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 $10,442,030.00 All-Star
Gil Velazquez 28 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 17, 1979 1st 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tim Wakefield 41 R R 6' 2" 204 Aug 2, 1966 16 30 1 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000,000.00
Kevin Youkilis 29 R R 6' 1" 220 Mar 15, 1979 5 145 142 145 144 0 0 126 0 36 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 $3,000,000.00 All-Star
Charlie Zink 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 26, 1979 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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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