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2008 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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74-88, Finished 5th in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Leyland (74-88)
Scored 821 runs, Allowed 857 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84

Ballparks: Comerica Park · Attendance: 3,202,645 (3rd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103

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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
Denny Bautista 25 R R 6' 5" 190 Oct 23, 1982 5 16 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $395,000
Yorman Bazardo 23 R R 6' 2" 230 Jul 11, 1984 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $395,000
Francis Beltran 28 R R 6' 6" 255 Nov 29, 1979 3 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jeremy Bonderman 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Oct 28, 1982 6 12 12 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $8,500,000
Eddie Bonine 27 R R 6' 5" 220 Jun 6, 1981 1st 5 5 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Miguel Cabrera 25 R R 6' 4" 240 Apr 18, 1983 6 160 159 160 153 0 0 143 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 3.1 $11,300,000
Brent Clevlen 24 R R 6' 1" 205 Oct 27, 1983 3 11 6 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 1 14 0 0 1 0.3 $
Francisco Cruceta 26 R R 6' 2" 215 Jul 4, 1981 3 13 0 2 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Freddy Dolsi 25 R R 6' 0" 160 Jan 9, 1983 1st 42 0 4 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Kyle Farnsworth 32 R R 6' 4" 230 Apr 14, 1976 10 16 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Casey Fossum 30 L L 6' 1" 160 Jan 6, 1978 8 31 0 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Armando Galarraga 26 R R 6' 4" 235 Jan 15, 1982 2 30 28 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $
Freddy Garcia 31 R R 6' 4" 250 Oct 6, 1976 10 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Gary Glover 31 R R 6' 5" 200 Dec 3, 1976 8 18 0 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Curtis Granderson 27 L R 6' 1" 185 Mar 16, 1981 5 141 131 141 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 140 0 3 0 5.2 $1,000,000
Jason Grilli 31 R R 6' 5" 225 Nov 11, 1976 7 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $420,000
Carlos Guillen 32 B R 6' 1" 215 Sep 30, 1975 11 113 111 113 109 0 0 24 0 89 0 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 3.1 $12,000,000 All-Star
Mike Hessman 30 R R 6' 5" 215 Mar 5, 1978 4 12 7 12 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.5 $
Mike Hollimon 26 B R 6' 1" 185 Jun 14, 1982 1st 11 6 11 10 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.3 $
Brandon Inge 31 R R 5' 11" 190 May 19, 1977 8 113 101 113 113 0 60 0 0 51 0 2 13 0 15 0 2 2 1.1 $6,200,000
Jacque Jones 33 L L 5' 10" 175 Apr 25, 1975 10 24 23 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 23 1 1 0 -0.6 $6,333,333
Todd Jones 40 L R 6' 3" 200 Apr 24, 1968 16 45 0 4 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $7,000,000
Matthew Joyce 23 L R 6' 2" 205 Aug 3, 1984 1st 92 59 92 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 25 85 3 10 2 2.2 $
Chris Lambert 25 R R 6' 1" 205 Mar 8, 1983 1st 8 3 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Jeff Larish 25 L R 6' 2" 200 Oct 11, 1982 1st 42 25 42 18 0 0 8 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 1 -0.6 $
Aquilino Lopez 33 R R 6' 3" 185 Apr 21, 1975 5 48 0 1 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $400,000
Zach Miner 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Mar 12, 1982 3 45 13 6 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $410,000
Magglio Ordonez 34 R R 6' 0" 215 Jan 28, 1974 12 146 144 146 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 135 10 2 0 1.8 $15,768,174
Placido Polanco 32 R R 5' 10" 190 Oct 10, 1975 11 141 136 141 141 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.7 $4,600,000
Ryan Raburn 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 17, 1981 3 92 39 92 85 0 0 0 16 18 0 30 6 22 58 5 9 8 0.0 $396,000
Clay Rapada 27 R L 6' 5" 200 Mar 9, 1981 2 25 0 1 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Edgar Renteria 31 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 7, 1976 13 138 134 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.2 $10,000,000
Nate Robertson 30 R L 6' 2" 225 Sep 3, 1977 7 32 28 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.7 $4,250,000
Fernando Rodney 31 R R 5' 11" 220 Mar 18, 1977 6 38 0 2 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $1,700,000
Ivan Rodriguez 36 R R 5' 9" 205 Nov 27, 1971 18 82 79 82 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.4 $12,379,883
Kenny Rogers 43 L L 6' 1" 200 Nov 10, 1964 20 30 30 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $8,000,000
Dusty Ryan 23 R R 6' 4" 235 Sep 2, 1984 1st 15 14 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Ramon Santiago 28 B R 5' 11" 175 Aug 31, 1979 7 58 37 58 56 0 0 0 21 6 33 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0.8 $575,000
Dane Sardinha 29 R R 6' 0" 215 Apr 8, 1979 3 17 13 17 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bobby Seay 30 L L 6' 2" 221 Jun 20, 1978 7 60 0 5 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $780,000
Gary Sheffield 39 R R 5' 11" 190 Nov 18, 1968 21 114 112 114 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 106 2 0 -0.3 $13,326,306
Marcus Thames 31 R R 6' 2" 220 Mar 6, 1977 7 103 87 103 86 0 0 9 0 0 0 73 0 7 80 14 10 0 0.8 $1,275,000
Clete Thomas 24 L R 5' 11" 195 Nov 14, 1983 1st 40 26 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 16 3 44 0 3 2 0.1 $390,000
Justin Verlander 25 R R 6' 5" 225 Feb 20, 1983 4 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $1,130,000
Dontrelle Willis 26 L L 6' 4" 225 Jan 12, 1982 6 8 7 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $7,000,000
Joel Zumaya 23 R R 6' 3" 210 Nov 9, 1984 3 21 0 2 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $420,000
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.

Gary Sheffield

Ivan Rodriguez

Edgar Renteria

Carlos Guillen

Placido Polanco

Brandon Inge

Jacque Jones
Jeff Larish

Matthew Joyce

Dontrelle Willis

Miguel Cabrera

Ryan Raburn

Mike Hessman

Brent Clevlen

Curtis Granderson

Nate Robertson

Magglio Ordonez

Zach Miner

Freddy Dolsi

Marcus Thames

Freddy Dolsi
Freddy Garcia

Justin Verlander

Clete Thomas

Kenny Rogers

Jeremy Bonderman

Ramon Santiago

Yorman Bazardo
Chris Lambert

Francisco Cruceta
Gary Glover

Eddie Bonine

Bobby Seay

Aquilino Lopez

Mike Hollimon

Kyle Farnsworth

Casey Fossum
Jason Grilli

Clay Rapada

Denny Bautista
Dusty Ryan

Joel Zumaya

Fernando Rodney

Dane Sardinha

Armando Galarraga

Todd Jones

Francis Beltran

2007 / 2009 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers