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2008 Milwaukee Brewers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009

90-72, Finished 2nd in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ned Yost (83-67) and Dale Sveum (7-5)
Scored 750 runs, Allowed 689 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75

Ballparks: Miller Park · Attendance: 3,068,458 (6th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97

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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
Russell Branyan 32 L R 6' 4" 230 Dec 19, 1975 11 50 35 50 37 0 0 5 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0.9 $
Ryan Braun 24 R R 6' 1" 210 Nov 17, 1983 2 151 149 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 149 1 2 0 2.0 $455,000 All-Star
Dave Bush 28 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 9, 1979 5 32 29 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.3 $2,550,000
Mike Cameron 35 R R 6' 2" 210 Jan 8, 1973 14 120 119 120 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 0 119 0 1 0 3.3 $6,250,000
Todd Coffey 27 R R 6' 4" 240 Sep 9, 1980 4 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Craig Counsell 37 L R 6' 0" 180 Aug 21, 1970 13 110 60 110 75 0 0 0 19 38 24 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0.9 $2,800,000
Mark DiFelice 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 23, 1976 1st 15 0 14 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Tim Dillard 24 R R 6' 4" 225 Jul 19, 1983 1st 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Joe Dillon 32 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 2, 1975 3 56 10 56 13 0 0 4 6 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 45 0 0.2 $393,000
Ray Durham 36 B R 5' 8" 170 Nov 30, 1971 14 41 24 41 25 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0.7 $
Alcides Escobar 21 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 16, 1986 1st 9 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0.0 $
Prince Fielder 24 L R 5' 11" 275 May 9, 1984 4 159 159 159 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2.1 $670,000
Eric Gagne 32 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 7, 1976 10 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $10,000,000
Yovani Gallardo 22 R R 6' 2" 210 Feb 27, 1986 2 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $404,000
Mat Gamel 22 L R 6' 0" 215 Jul 26, 1985 1st 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Gabe Gross 28 L R 6' 3" 220 Oct 21, 1979 5 16 13 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 1 16 0 3 0 0.1 $414,000
Tony Gwynn 25 L R 5' 11" 195 Oct 4, 1982 3 29 6 29 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 10 1 16 3 -0.1 $397,500
Bill Hall 28 R R 6' 0" 210 Dec 28, 1979 7 128 101 128 118 0 0 0 6 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0.7 $4,925,000
J.J. Hardy 25 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 19, 1982 4 146 143 146 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.7 $2,650,000
Corey Hart 26 R R 6' 6" 235 Mar 24, 1982 5 157 156 157 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 156 0 1 0 0.9 $444,000 All-Star
Hernan Iribarren 24 L R 6' 1" 195 Jun 29, 1984 1st 12 1 12 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 0 -0.1 $
Zach Jackson 25 L L 6' 5" 220 May 13, 1983 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Gabe Kapler 32 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 31, 1975 10 96 43 96 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 36 14 67 0 33 0 1.5 $800,000
Jason Kendall 34 R R 6' 0" 181 Jun 26, 1974 13 151 149 151 149 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.0 $4,250,000
Mike Lamb 32 L R 6' 1" 205 Aug 9, 1975 9 11 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.0 $
Seth McClung 27 L R 6' 6" 280 Feb 7, 1981 5 37 12 35 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $750,000
Guillermo Mota 34 R R 6' 6" 240 Jul 25, 1973 10 58 0 57 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $3,200,000
Brad Nelson 25 L R 6' 2" 260 Dec 23, 1982 1st 9 0 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 $
Laynce Nix 27 L L 6' 1" 220 Oct 30, 1980 6 10 1 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 8 0 -0.2 $
Manny Parra 25 L L 6' 3" 205 Oct 30, 1982 2 32 29 31 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $392,000
David Riske 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 23, 1976 9 45 0 44 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $4,000,000
Mike Rivera 31 R R 6' 1" 235 Sep 8, 1976 6 21 15 21 19 0 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.3 $395,000
Vinny Rottino 28 R R 6' 0" 215 Apr 7, 1980 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
CC Sabathia 27 L L 6' 7" 290 Jul 21, 1980 8 17 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 $
Angel Salome 22 R R 5' 7" 200 Jun 8, 1986 1st 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $
Ben Sheets 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 18, 1978 8 31 31 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $12,125,000 All-Star
Brian Shouse 39 L L 5' 11" 180 Sep 26, 1968 9 69 0 65 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $2,000,000
Mitch Stetter 27 L L 6' 4" 220 Jan 16, 1981 2 30 0 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Jeff Suppan 33 R R 6' 2" 230 Jan 2, 1975 14 33 31 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.4 $8,250,000
Julian Tavarez 35 L R 6' 2" 165 May 22, 1973 16 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Salomon Torres 36 R R 5' 11" 150 Mar 11, 1972 12 71 0 69 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $3,333,333
Derrick Turnbow 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Jan 25, 1978 7 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $3,370,666
Carlos Villanueva 24 R R 6' 2" 230 Nov 28, 1983 3 47 9 45 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $413,000
Rickie Weeks 25 R R 5' 10" 215 Sep 13, 1982 5 129 118 129 120 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1.6 $1,056,000
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.

Corey Hart

Bill Hall

Ray Durham

J.J. Hardy

Ryan Braun

Vinny Rottino

Mike Rivera

Carlos Villanueva

Russell Branyan
Gabe Gross

Ben Sheets

Salomon Torres

Jason Kendall

Laynce Nix

Alcides Escobar

Tony Gwynn

Rickie Weeks

Mat Gamel

Mike Cameron

Hernan Iribarren

Joe Dillon

Prince Fielder

Craig Counsell

Dave Bush

Gabe Kapler

Jeff Suppan

Eric Gagne

Brad Nelson

Manny Parra

Mark DiFelice

Zach Jackson
Mike Lamb

Tim Dillard

Yovani Gallardo

Angel Salome
Julian Tavarez

Brian Shouse

CC Sabathia

David Riske

Mitch Stetter

Guillermo Mota

Derrick Turnbow

Todd Coffey

Hernan Iribarren

Seth McClung

2007 / 2009 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers