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2008 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009

95-67, Finished 2nd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Terry Francona (95-67)
Scored 845 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-67

Ballparks: Fenway Park · 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 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
David Aardsma 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Dec 27, 1981 4 47 0 5 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $403,250
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 5 9 3 0.2 $
Jason Bay 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 20, 1978 6 49 48 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 0 49 0 0 0 0.4 $
Josh Beckett 28 R R 6' 5" 225 May 15, 1980 8 27 27 2 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $10,166,666
Michael Bowden 21 R R 6' 3" 215 Sep 9, 1986 1st 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Clay Buchholz 23 L R 6' 3" 190 Aug 14, 1984 2 16 15 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $396,000
Paul Byrd 37 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 3, 1970 13 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
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 4 4 2 0.1 $
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 19 0 0.0 $800,000
Kevin Cash 30 R R 6' 0" 200 Dec 6, 1977 6 61 42 61 59 0 57 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 -0.4 $400,000
Bartolo Colon 35 R R 5' 11" 265 May 24, 1973 12 7 7 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Alex Cora 32 L R 6' 0" 200 Oct 18, 1975 11 75 41 75 73 0 0 0 7 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0.1 $2,000,000
Bryan Corey 34 R R 6' 1" 170 Oct 21, 1973 5 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $405,000
Coco Crisp 28 B R 5' 10" 185 Nov 1, 1979 7 118 98 118 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 114 1 2 8 0.8 $5,083,333
Manny Delcarmen 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Feb 16, 1982 4 73 0 4 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $421,000
J.D. Drew 32 L R 6' 1" 200 Nov 20, 1975 11 109 107 109 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 106 107 2 1 0 2.7 $14,000,000 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 36 160 2 1 5 3.5 $406,000
Devern Hansack 30 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 5, 1978 3 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
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 -0.6 $
Mark Kotsay 32 L L 6' 0" 210 Dec 2, 1975 12 22 22 22 22 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 0 0 0 -0.6 $
George Kottaras 25 L R 6' 0" 190 May 16, 1983 1st 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Jon Lester 24 L L 6' 4" 240 Jan 7, 1984 3 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.6 $421,500
Javier Lopez 30 L L 6' 4" 220 Jul 11, 1977 6 70 0 3 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $840,000
Mike Lowell 34 R R 6' 4" 195 Feb 24, 1974 11 113 110 113 110 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2.6 $12,500,000
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 1 2 3 1.5 $
Julio Lugo 32 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 16, 1975 9 82 79 82 81 0 0 0 0 0 81 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 -0.1 $9,250,000
Justin Masterson 23 R R 6' 6" 250 Mar 22, 1985 1st 36 9 2 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Daisuke Matsuzaka 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 13, 1980 2 29 29 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 $8,333,333
Brandon Moss 24 L R 6' 0" 210 Sep 16, 1983 2 34 17 34 25 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 0 14 25 4 6 4 0.6 $
Hideki Okajima 32 L L 6' 1" 195 Dec 25, 1975 2 64 0 5 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $1,275,000
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 1 0 1.1 $13,000,000 All-Star
Jonathan Papelbon 27 R R 6' 4" 225 Nov 23, 1980 4 67 0 4 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $775,000 All-Star
David Pauley 25 R R 6' 2" 215 Jun 17, 1983 2 6 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
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 5.2 $457,000 All-Star
Manny Ramirez 36 R R 6' 0" 225 May 30, 1972 16 100 97 100 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 0 66 31 3 0 2.6 $18,929,923 All-Star
David 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 -0.1 $
Chris Smith 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 9, 1981 1st 12 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Kyle Snyder 30 B R 6' 8" 230 Sep 9, 1977 5 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $835,000
Julian Tavarez 35 L R 6' 2" 165 May 22, 1973 16 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $3,850,000
Joseph Thurston 28 L R 5' 11" 210 Sep 29, 1979 5 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Mike Timlin 42 R R 6' 4" 205 Mar 10, 1966 18 47 0 2 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $3,000,000
Jonathan Van Every 28 L L 6' 1" 200 Nov 27, 1979 1st 11 2 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 10 0 1 4 0.1 $
Jason Varitek 36 B R 6' 2" 230 Apr 11, 1972 12 131 120 131 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.2 $10,442,030 All-Star
Gil Velazquez 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 17, 1979 1st 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Tim Wakefield 41 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 2, 1966 16 30 30 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $4,000,000
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 6.0 $3,000,000 All-Star
Charlie Zink 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 26, 1979 1st 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
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

Joseph Thurston
J.D. Drew
Coco Crisp
Mark Kotsay
Jed Lowrie
Alex Cora
Dustin Pedroia
Manny Delcarmen

Daisuke Matsuzaka
Josh Beckett
Kevin Youkilis
Sean Casey
Julio Lugo
Manny Ramirez
Mike Lowell
David Ross

Kevin Cash
Bryan Corey
Jonathan Van Every
Jon Lester
Jason Varitek
David Ortiz
Paul Byrd
Kevin Cash
Hideki Okajima
Kyle Snyder
Bartolo Colon

Devern Hansack
Jason Bay
Brandon Moss
Jacoby Ellsbury
Javier Lopez
Tim Wakefield
Mike Timlin
Chris Carter
Julian Tavarez
Gil Velazquez
Charlie Zink
David Aardsma

Chris Carter
Jeff Bailey
Craig Hansen
Jonathan Papelbon
Chris Smith
Jonathan Van Every
Clay Buchholz
David Pauley

Justin Masterson
Michael Bowden
George Kottaras

2007 / 2009 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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