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2009 Boston Red Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2008)
95-67, 2nd place in AL East
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Scored 872 runs, Allowed 736 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69
Manager: Terry Francona (95-67)
Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)

Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 105;   one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 106
Postseason:  Lost AL Division Series (3-0) to Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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2008 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
Brian N. Anderson 27 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 11, 1982 5 21 4 21 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 11 19 0 2 5
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
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 5 17 0 $500,000.00
Daniel Bard 24 R R 6' 4" 200 Jun 25, 1985 1st 49 0 5 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Jason Bay 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 20, 1978 9 151 151 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 150 1 0 0 $7,800,000.00 All-Star
Josh Beckett 29 R R 6' 4" 190 May 15, 1980 9 32 32 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $11,166,666.00 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
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
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
Paul Byrd 38 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 3, 1970 17 7 6 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fernando Cabrera 27 R R 6' 4" 170 Nov 16, 1981 7 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 $400,000.00
Manny Delcarmen 27 R R 6' 3" 195 Feb 16, 1982 5 64 0 3 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $476,000.00
J.D. Drew 33 L R 6' 1" 195 Nov 20, 1975 12 137 126 137 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 132 1 9 0 $14,000,000.00
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 $449,500.00
Joey Gathright 28 L R 5' 10" 170 Apr 27, 1981 7 17 3 17 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 2 11 1 0 8
Alex Gonzalez 32 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 15, 1977 11 44 43 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Enrique Gonzalez 26 R R 5' 10" 210 Jul 14, 1982 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Green 30 R R 6' 0" 178 Sep 10, 1978 6 104 80 103 98 1 0 0 7 9 81 3 0 0 3 2 2 9 $550,000.00
Hunter Jones 25 L L 6' 4" 235 Jan 10, 1984 1st 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Casey Kotchman 26 L L 6' 3" 210 Feb 22, 1983 7 39 19 39 29 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Mark Kotsay 33 L L 6' 0" 180 Dec 2, 1975 14 27 17 27 25 0 0 19 0 0 0 2 4 4 9 0 6 0 $1,500,000.00
George Kottaras 26 L R 6' 0" 185 May 16, 1983 2 45 25 45 40 0 39 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 $400,000.00
Adam LaRoche 29 L L 6' 3" 180 Nov 6, 1979 6 6 4 6 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Jon Lester 25 L L 6' 2" 190 Jan 7, 1984 4 32 32 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00
Javier Lopez 31 L L 6' 4" 200 Jul 11, 1977 8 14 0 1 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 $1,350,000.00
Mike Lowell 35 R R 6' 4" 205 Feb 24, 1974 12 119 113 119 107 0 0 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 1 $12,500,000.00
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 $414,000.00
Julio Lugo 33 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 16, 1975 12 37 28 37 32 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 $9,250,000.00
Victor Martinez 30 B R 6' 2" 170 Dec 23, 1978 8 56 53 56 55 0 33 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
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 $415,500.00
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 $8,333,333.00
Hideki Okajima 33 L L 6' 1" 194 Dec 25, 1975 3 68 0 5 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,750,000.00
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 $13,000,000.00
Jonathan Papelbon 28 R R 6' 4" 230 Nov 23, 1980 5 66 0 4 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,250,000.00 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 $1,750,000.00 All-Star
Brad Penny 31 R R 6' 4" 200 May 24, 1978 11 24 24 2 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,000,000.00
Ramon Ramirez 27 R R 5' 11" 190 Aug 31, 1981 4 70 0 3 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $441,000.00
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 23 0 8 2
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
Takashi Saito 39 L R 6' 1" 202 Feb 14, 1970 4 56 0 5 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,500,000.00
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 $5,500,000.00
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
Billy Traber 29 L L 6' 5" 205 Sep 18, 1979 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Van Every 29 L L 6' 1" 190 Nov 27, 1979 2 7 2 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 0 1 $400,000.00
Jason Varitek 37 B R 6' 2" 210 Apr 11, 1972 13 109 106 109 108 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $5,000,000.00
Gil Velazquez 29 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 17, 1979 2 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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
Tim Wakefield 42 R R 6' 2" 204 Aug 2, 1966 17 21 21 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000,000.00 All-Star
Chris Woodward 33 R R 6' 0" 173 Jun 27, 1976 10 13 2 13 12 0 0 0 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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 $6,250,000.00 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 Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

2008 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played