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2008 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009

81-81, Finished 3rd in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Eric Wedge (81-81)
Scored 805 runs, Allowed 761 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77

Ballparks: Progressive Field · Attendance: 2,169,760 (9th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

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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
Michael Aubrey 26 L L 6' 0" 190 Apr 15, 1982 1st 15 12 15 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -0.3 $
Josh Barfield 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Dec 17, 1982 3 12 8 12 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -0.4 $
Rick Bauer 31 R R 6' 6" 212 Jan 10, 1977 7 4 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Rafael Betancourt 33 R R 6' 2" 215 Apr 29, 1975 6 69 0 3 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $2,050,000
Casey Blake 34 R R 6' 2" 205 Aug 23, 1973 10 94 91 94 94 0 0 27 0 77 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.2 $6,100,000
Joe Borowski 37 R R 6' 2" 225 May 4, 1971 12 18 0 2 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $4,000,000
Craig Breslow 27 L L 5' 11" 190 Aug 8, 1980 3 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $392,000
Bryan Bullington 27 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 30, 1980 3 3 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Paul Byrd 37 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 3, 1970 13 22 22 2 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $7,500,000
Asdrubal Cabrera 22 B R 6' 0" 180 Nov 13, 1985 2 114 105 114 110 0 0 0 94 0 20 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 2.6 $393,300
Fausto Carmona 24 R R 6' 4" 230 Dec 7, 1983 3 22 22 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $457,800
Jamey Carroll 34 R R 5' 9" 170 Feb 18, 1974 7 113 84 113 109 0 0 0 74 43 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 11 2.1 $2,150,000
Shin-Soo Choo 25 L L 5' 11" 205 Jul 13, 1982 4 94 81 94 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 51 77 12 13 0 2.8 $390,400
David Dellucci 34 L L 5' 10" 180 Oct 31, 1973 12 113 92 113 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 56 46 18 2 -0.8 $3,750,000
Brendan Donnelly 36 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 4, 1971 7 15 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Scott Elarton 32 R R 6' 7" 240 Feb 23, 1976 10 8 0 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Sal Fasano 36 R R 6' 2" 220 Aug 10, 1971 11 15 14 15 15 0 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ben Francisco 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 23, 1981 2 121 107 121 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 2 32 117 15 12 0 0.7 $
Ryan Garko 27 R R 6' 2" 225 Jan 2, 1981 4 141 134 141 121 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 0 -0.4 $420,100
Matt Ginter 30 R R 6' 1" 215 Dec 24, 1977 7 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Andy Gonzalez 26 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 15, 1981 2 10 6 10 8 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 -0.2 $
Franklin Gutierrez 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 21, 1983 4 134 104 134 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 12 97 120 7 17 4 1.5 $404,400
Travis Hafner 31 L R 6' 3" 240 Jun 3, 1977 7 57 54 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 3 0 -1.0 $8,050,000
Zach Jackson 25 L L 6' 5" 220 May 13, 1983 2 9 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jorge Julio 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 3, 1979 8 15 0 2 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $1,000,000
Masahide Kobayashi 34 R R 6' 0" 195 May 24, 1974 1st 57 0 4 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $3,000,000
Aaron Laffey 23 L L 6' 0" 200 Apr 15, 1985 2 16 16 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Cliff Lee 29 L L 6' 3" 190 Aug 30, 1978 7 31 31 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.3 $4,000,000 All-Star
Jensen Lewis 24 R R 6' 3" 220 May 16, 1984 2 51 0 2 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $393,000
Scott Lewis 24 B L 6' 0" 195 Sep 26, 1983 1st 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Andy Marte 24 R R 6' 1" 205 Oct 21, 1983 4 80 68 80 76 0 0 1 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 -0.3 $391,600
Victor Martinez 29 B R 6' 2" 210 Dec 23, 1978 7 73 68 73 64 0 55 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0.6 $4,450,000
Tom Mastny 27 R R 6' 6" 220 Feb 4, 1981 3 14 1 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Jon Meloan 23 R R 6' 3" 225 Jul 11, 1984 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jason Michaels 32 R R 6' 0" 210 May 4, 1976 8 21 16 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 6 21 0 3 2 -0.3 $2,200,000
Edward Mujica 24 R R 6' 2" 215 May 10, 1984 3 33 0 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Jhonny Peralta 26 R R 6' 2" 215 May 28, 1982 6 154 150 154 147 0 0 0 0 1 146 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 3.6 $2,500,000
Rafael Perez 26 L L 6' 3" 195 May 15, 1982 3 73 0 6 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $406,700
Anthony Reyes 26 R R 6' 2" 230 Oct 16, 1981 4 6 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Juan Rincon 29 R R 5' 11" 210 Jan 23, 1979 8 23 0 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Rich Rundles 27 L L 6' 5" 210 Jun 3, 1981 1st 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
CC Sabathia 27 L L 6' 7" 290 Jul 21, 1980 8 18 18 1 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $11,000,000
Kelly Shoppach 28 R R 6' 0" 220 Apr 29, 1980 4 112 95 112 110 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 2.7 $404,100
Grady Sizemore 25 L L 6' 2" 200 Aug 2, 1982 5 157 157 157 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 151 6 0 0 5.1 $3,166,666 All-Star
Brian Slocum 27 R R 6' 2" 215 Mar 27, 1981 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Jeremy Sowers 25 L L 6' 1" 180 May 17, 1983 3 22 22 2 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Jason Tyner 31 L L 6' 1" 170 Apr 23, 1977 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jorge Velandia 33 R R 5' 9" 160 Jan 12, 1975 8 7 2 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0.1 $
Jake Westbrook 30 R R 6' 3" 215 Sep 29, 1977 9 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $10,000,000
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.

Casey Blake

Jhonny Peralta

Jamey Carroll

Jason Michaels

Kelly Shoppach

Jorge Velandia

Ben Francisco

Asdrubal Cabrera

Andy Marte

Jason Tyner

Shin-Soo Choo

David Dellucci

Michael Aubrey

Grady Sizemore

Ryan Garko

Bryan Bullington
Andy Gonzalez

Rick Bauer
Anthony Reyes

Josh Barfield

Masahide Kobayashi

Cliff Lee

Aaron Laffey

Juan Rincon

Paul Byrd

Jake Westbrook

Franklin Gutierrez

Scott Elarton

Tom Mastny

Victor Martinez

Sal Fasano
Jorge Julio

Jeremy Sowers

Scott Lewis

Joe Borowski
Jeremy Sowers

Travis Hafner

Edward Mujica

Jensen Lewis

CC Sabathia

Rafael Perez

Brian Slocum

Fausto Carmona

Matt Ginter
Rich Rundles

Zach Jackson

Craig Breslow
Brendan Donnelly

Jon Meloan

Rich Rundles

Rafael Betancourt

Michael Aubrey

2007 / 2009 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers