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2008 Milwaukee Brewers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009)
90-72, Finished 2nd in NL Central
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Scored 750 runs, Allowed 689 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75
Manager: Ned Yost (83-67) and Dale Sveum (7-5)
Ballpark: Miller Park (ballparks.com)
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
Postseason:  Lost NL Division Series (3-1) to Philadelphia Phillies
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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
Russell Branyan 32 L R 6' 3" 195 Dec 19, 1975 11 50 35 50 37 0 0 5 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Ryan Braun 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 17, 1983 2 151 149 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 149 1 2 0 $455,000.00 All-Star
David Bush 28 R R 6' 2" 212 Nov 9, 1979 5 32 28 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $2,550,000.00
Mike Cameron 35 R R 6' 1" 170 Jan 8, 1973 14 120 119 120 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 0 119 0 1 0 $6,250,000.00
Todd Coffey 27 R R 6' 5" 230 Sep 9, 1980 4 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 $2,800,000.00
Mark DiFelice 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 23, 1976 1st 15 0 14 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Dillard 24 B R 6' 4" 215 Jul 19, 1983 1st 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Dillon 32 R R 6' 2" 215 Aug 2, 1975 3 56 10 56 13 0 0 4 6 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 45 0 $393,000.00
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
Alcides Escobar 21 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 16, 1986 1st 9 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
Prince Fielder 24 L R 6' 0" 260 May 9, 1984 4 159 159 159 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 $670,000.00
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 $10,000,000.00
Yovani Gallardo 22 R R 6' 1" 210 Feb 27, 1986 2 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $404,000.00
Mat Gamel 22 L R 6' 0" 195 Jul 26, 1985 1st 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Gabe Gross 28 L R 6' 3" 209 Oct 21, 1979 5 16 13 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 1 14 0 3 0 $414,000.00
Tony Gwynn 25 L R 6' 0" 185 Oct 4, 1982 3 29 6 29 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 10 1 16 3 $397,500.00
Bill Hall 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Dec 28, 1979 7 128 101 128 118 0 0 0 6 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 $4,925,000.00
J.J. Hardy 25 R R 6' 2" 181 Aug 19, 1982 4 146 143 146 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $2,650,000.00
Corey Hart 26 R R 6' 6" 200 Mar 24, 1982 5 157 156 157 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 156 0 1 0 $444,000.00 All-Star
Hernan Iribarren 24 L R 6' 1" 180 Jun 29, 1984 1st 12 1 12 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 0
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
Gabe Kapler 32 R R 6' 2" 208 Aug 31, 1975 10 96 43 96 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 36 14 66 0 33 0 $800,000.00
Jason Kendall 34 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 26, 1974 13 151 149 151 149 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $4,250,000.00
Mike Lamb 32 L R 6' 1" 195 Aug 9, 1975 9 11 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Seth McClung 27 L R 6' 6" 235 Feb 7, 1981 5 37 11 35 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $750,000.00
Guillermo Mota 34 R R 6' 4" 205 Jul 25, 1973 10 58 0 57 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,200,000.00
Brad Nelson 25 L R 6' 2" 255 Dec 23, 1982 1st 9 0 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Laynce Nix 27 L L 6' 0" 190 Oct 30, 1980 6 10 1 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 8 0
Manny Parra 25 L L 6' 3" 200 Oct 30, 1982 2 32 28 31 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $392,000.00
David Riske 31 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 23, 1976 9 45 0 44 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000,000.00
Mike Rivera 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 8, 1976 6 21 15 21 19 0 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $395,000.00
Vinny Rottino 28 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 7, 1980 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
C.C. Sabathia 27 L L 6' 7" 250 Jul 21, 1980 8 17 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Angel Salome 22 R R 5' 7" 201 Jun 8, 1986 1st 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Ben Sheets 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 18, 1978 8 31 30 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $12,125,000.00 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 $2,000,000.00
Mitch Stetter 27 L L 6' 4" 195 Jan 16, 1981 2 30 0 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Suppan 33 R R 6' 1" 200 Jan 2, 1975 14 33 30 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $8,250,000.00
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
Salomon Torres 36 R R 5' 11" 165 Mar 11, 1972 12 71 0 69 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,333,333.00
Derrick Turnbow 30 R R 6' 3" 200 Jan 25, 1978 7 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,370,666.00
Carlos Villanueva 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 28, 1983 3 47 8 45 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $413,000.00
Rickie Weeks 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Sep 13, 1982 5 129 118 129 120 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 $1,056,000.00
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.

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