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2008 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009)
74-88, Finished 5th in AL Central
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Scored 821 runs, Allowed 857 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84
Manager: Jim Leyland (74-88)
Ballpark: Comerica Park (ballparks.com)
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 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
Denny Bautista 27 R R 6' 5" 170 Aug 23, 1980 5 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $395,000.00
Yorman Bazardo 23 R R 6' 2" 202 Jul 11, 1984 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $395,000.00
Francis Beltran 28 R R 6' 5" 220 Nov 29, 1979 3 11 0 11 11 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 1 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $8,500,000.00
Eddie Bonine 27 R R 6' 5" 220 Jun 6, 1981 1st 5 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miguel Cabrera 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 18, 1983 6 160 159 160 153 0 0 143 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 $11,300,000.00
Brent Clevlen 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 27, 1983 3 11 6 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 1 11 0 0 1
Francisco Cruceta 26 R R 6' 2" 180 Jul 4, 1981 3 13 0 2 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Kyle Farnsworth 32 R R 6' 4" 220 Apr 14, 1976 10 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Armando Galarraga 26 R R 6' 4" 180 Jan 15, 1982 2 30 2 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Freddy Garcia 33 R R 6' 4" 235 Jun 10, 1975 10 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Glover 31 R R 6' 5" 205 Dec 3, 1976 8 18 0 18 18 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 $1,000,000.00
Jason Grilli 31 R R 6' 4" 185 Nov 11, 1976 7 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $420,000.00
Carlos Guillen 32 B R 6' 1" 180 Sep 30, 1975 11 113 111 113 109 0 0 24 0 89 0 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 $12,000,000.00 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
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
Brandon Inge 31 R R 5' 11" 185 May 19, 1977 8 113 101 113 113 0 60 0 0 51 0 2 13 0 13 0 2 2 $6,200,000.00
Jacque Jones 33 L L 5' 10" 176 Apr 25, 1975 10 24 23 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 23 1 1 0 $6,333,333.00
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 $7,000,000.00
Matthew Joyce 23 L R 6' 2" 185 Aug 3, 1984 1st 92 59 92 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 25 84 3 9 2
Chris Lambert 25 R R 6' 1" 205 Mar 8, 1983 1st 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 11 12 1
Aquilino Lopez 33 R R 6' 3" 165 Apr 21, 1975 5 48 0 1 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $400,000.00
Zach Miner 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Mar 12, 1982 3 45 0 6 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $410,000.00
Magglio Ordonez 34 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 28, 1974 12 146 144 146 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 135 10 2 0 $15,768,174.00
Placido Polanco 32 R R 5' 10" 168 Oct 10, 1975 11 141 136 141 141 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $4,600,000.00
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 57 1 8 8 $396,000.00
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
Edgar Renteria 32 R R 6' 1" 172 Aug 7, 1975 13 138 134 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $10,000,000.00
Nate Robertson 30 R L 6' 2" 215 Sep 3, 1977 7 32 2 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,250,000.00
Fernando Rodney 31 R R 5' 11" 170 Mar 18, 1977 6 38 0 2 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,700,000.00
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 $12,379,883.00
Kenny Rogers 43 L L 6' 1" 205 Nov 10, 1964 20 30 1 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $8,000,000.00
Dusty Ryan 23 R R 6' 4" 220 Sep 2, 1984 1st 15 14 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ramon Santiago 28 B R 5' 11" 150 Aug 31, 1979 7 58 37 58 56 0 0 0 21 6 33 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 $575,000.00
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
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 $780,000.00
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 $13,326,306.00
Marcus Thames 31 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 6, 1977 7 103 87 103 86 0 0 9 0 0 0 73 0 7 80 14 9 0 $1,275,000.00
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 40 0 3 2 $390,000.00
Justin Verlander 25 R R 6' 5" 200 Feb 20, 1983 4 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,130,000.00
Dontrelle Willis 26 L L 6' 4" 195 Jan 12, 1982 6 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $7,000,000.00
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 $420,000.00
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.

2007 / 2009 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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