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2009 Boston Red Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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95-67, Finished 2nd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Terry Francona (95-67)
Scored 872 runs, Allowed 736 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69

Ballparks: Fenway Park · Attendance: 3,062,699 (3rd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 106

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2008 / 2010 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
Brian Anderson 27 R R 6' 2" 220 Mar 11, 1982 5 21 4 21 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 11 21 0 2 5 0.3 $
Jeff Bailey 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 19, 1978 3 26 21 26 26 0 0 23 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 2 0.3 $
Rocco Baldelli 27 R R 6' 4" 190 Sep 25, 1981 6 62 37 62 45 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 35 45 6 17 0 -0.4 $500,000
Daniel Bard 24 R R 6' 4" 215 Jun 25, 1985 1st 49 0 5 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Aaron Bates 25 R R 6' 4" 230 Mar 10, 1984 1st 5 3 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 $
Jason Bay 30 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 20, 1978 7 151 151 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 150 1 0 0 5.1 $7,800,000 All-Star
Josh Beckett 29 R R 6' 5" 225 May 15, 1980 9 32 32 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $11,166,666 All-Star
Michael Bowden 22 R R 6' 3" 215 Sep 9, 1986 2 8 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Dusty Brown 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 19, 1982 1st 7 0 6 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Clay Buchholz 24 L R 6' 3" 190 Aug 14, 1984 3 17 16 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.7 $
Paul Byrd 38 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 3, 1970 14 7 6 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Fernando Cabrera 27 R R 6' 4" 225 Nov 16, 1981 6 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Chris Carter 26 L L 6' 0" 230 Sep 16, 1982 2 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0.0 $400,000
Manny Delcarmen 27 R R 6' 2" 205 Feb 16, 1982 5 64 0 3 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $476,000
J.D. Drew 33 L R 6' 1" 200 Nov 20, 1975 12 137 126 137 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 132 1 9 0 5.2 $14,000,000
Jacoby Ellsbury 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Sep 11, 1983 3 153 150 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 153 0 2 0 2.1 $449,500
Joey Gathright 28 L R 5' 10" 175 Apr 27, 1981 6 17 3 17 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 2 13 2 0 8 -0.1 $
Alex Gonzalez 32 R R 5' 11" 215 Feb 15, 1977 11 44 43 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Enrique Gonzalez 26 R R 5' 10" 225 Aug 6, 1982 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Nick Green 30 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 10, 1978 5 104 80 103 98 1 0 0 7 9 81 3 0 0 3 2 2 9 0.1 $550,000
Hunter Jones 25 L L 6' 4" 250 Jan 10, 1984 1st 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Casey Kotchman 26 L L 6' 3" 220 Feb 22, 1983 6 39 19 39 29 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.1 $
Mark Kotsay 33 L L 6' 0" 210 Dec 2, 1975 13 27 17 27 25 0 0 19 0 0 0 2 4 4 10 0 6 0 -0.3 $1,500,000
George Kottaras 26 L R 6' 0" 190 May 16, 1983 2 45 25 45 40 0 39 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 7 -0.1 $400,000
Adam LaRoche 29 L L 6' 3" 205 Nov 6, 1979 6 6 4 6 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.0 $
Jon Lester 25 L L 6' 4" 240 Jan 7, 1984 4 32 32 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 $1,000,000
Javier Lopez 31 L L 6' 4" 220 Jul 11, 1977 7 14 0 1 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -0.5 $1,350,000
Mike Lowell 35 R R 6' 4" 195 Feb 24, 1974 12 119 113 119 107 0 0 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 1 0.7 $12,500,000
Jed Lowrie 25 B R 6' 0" 180 Apr 17, 1984 2 32 19 32 30 0 0 0 2 4 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 -0.1 $414,000
Julio Lugo 33 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 16, 1975 10 37 28 37 32 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 -0.6 $9,250,000
Victor Martinez 30 B R 6' 2" 210 Dec 23, 1978 8 56 53 56 55 0 33 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.4 $
Justin Masterson 24 R R 6' 6" 250 Mar 22, 1985 2 31 6 4 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $415,500
Daisuke Matsuzaka 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 13, 1980 3 12 12 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $8,333,333
Hideki Okajima 33 L L 6' 1" 195 Dec 25, 1975 3 68 0 5 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $1,750,000
David Ortiz 33 L L 6' 4" 230 Nov 18, 1975 13 150 144 150 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 6 0 0.5 $13,000,000
Jonathan Papelbon 28 R R 6' 4" 225 Nov 23, 1980 5 66 0 4 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $6,250,000 All-Star
Dustin Pedroia 25 R R 5' 9" 180 Aug 17, 1983 4 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 $1,750,000 All-Star
Brad Penny 31 R R 6' 4" 230 May 24, 1978 10 24 24 2 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $5,000,000
Ramon Ramirez 27 R R 5' 11" 200 Aug 31, 1981 4 70 0 3 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $441,000
Josh Reddick 22 L R 6' 2" 180 Feb 19, 1987 1st 27 10 27 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 10 24 0 8 2 0.0 $
Dustin Richardson 25 L L 6' 6" 220 Jan 9, 1984 1st 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Takashi Saito 39 L R 6' 2" 200 Feb 14, 1970 4 56 0 5 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $1,500,000
John Smoltz 42 R R 6' 3" 210 May 15, 1967 21 8 8 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $5,500,000
Junichi Tazawa 23 R R 5' 11" 180 Jun 6, 1986 1st 6 4 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Billy Traber 29 L L 6' 5" 200 Sep 18, 1979 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jonathan Van Every 29 L L 6' 1" 200 Nov 27, 1979 2 7 2 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 0 1 0.2 $400,000
Jason Varitek 37 B R 6' 2" 230 Apr 11, 1972 13 109 106 109 108 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $5,000,000
Gil Velazquez 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 17, 1979 2 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Billy Wagner 37 L L 5' 10" 180 Jul 25, 1971 15 15 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Tim Wakefield 42 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 2, 1966 17 21 21 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $4,000,000 All-Star
Chris Woodward 33 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 27, 1976 10 13 2 13 12 0 0 0 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.1 $
Kevin Youkilis 30 R R 6' 1" 220 Mar 15, 1979 6 136 135 136 135 0 0 78 0 63 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 5.7 $6,250,000 All-Star
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.

Alex Gonzalez
Chris Woodward

Rocco Baldelli

J.D. Drew

Casey Kotchman
Mark Kotsay

Jed Lowrie

Alex Gonzalez
Billy Wagner

Dustin Pedroia

George Kottaras

Manny Delcarmen

Daisuke Matsuzaka

Josh Beckett

Kevin Youkilis

Nick Green

Joey Gathright
Adam LaRoche
Julio Lugo

Takashi Saito

Mike Lowell

John Smoltz

Jonathan Van Every
Chris Woodward

Jon Lester

Brian Anderson

Jason Varitek

David Ortiz

Paul Byrd
Brad Penny

Hideki Okajima

Billy Traber

Victor Martinez

Jason Bay

Jacoby Ellsbury

Javier Lopez

Tim Wakefield

Aaron Bates
Dusty Brown

Enrique Gonzalez
Gil Velazquez

Fernando Cabrera

Chris Carter
Dustin Richardson

Jeff Bailey

Ramon Ramirez

Jonathan Papelbon

Dusty Brown

Daniel Bard
Jonathan Van Every

Clay Buchholz

Hunter Jones

Justin Masterson
Junichi Tazawa

Michael Bowden

George Kottaras
Josh Reddick

2008 / 2010 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers