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2008 Minnesota Twins

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009

88-75, Finished 2nd in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ron Gardenhire (88-75)
Scored 829 runs, Allowed 745 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-74

Ballparks: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome · Attendance: 2,302,431 (8th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 94

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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
Scott Baker 26 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 19, 1981 4 28 28 2 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $422,500
Brian Bass 26 R R 6' 2" 215 Jan 6, 1982 1st 44 0 4 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $390,000
Nick Blackburn 26 R R 6' 4" 240 Feb 24, 1982 2 33 33 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $390,000
Boof Bonser 26 R R 6' 4" 265 Oct 14, 1981 3 47 12 2 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $432,500
Craig Breslow 27 L L 5' 11" 190 Aug 8, 1980 3 42 0 3 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Brian Buscher 27 L R 6' 0" 200 Apr 18, 1981 2 70 62 70 68 0 0 6 1 64 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 0.8 $
Alexi Casilla 23 B R 5' 9" 185 Jul 20, 1984 3 98 95 98 97 0 0 0 95 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.7 $
Howie Clark 34 L R 5' 10" 195 Feb 13, 1974 6 4 1 4 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jesse Crain 26 R R 6' 1" 215 Jul 5, 1981 5 66 0 5 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $1,050,000
Michael Cuddyer 29 R R 6' 2" 220 Mar 27, 1979 8 71 65 71 60 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 58 59 8 6 0 0.5 $5,916,666
Adam Everett 31 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 2, 1977 8 48 41 48 45 0 0 0 1 0 44 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 -0.1 $2,800,000
Carlos Gomez 22 R R 6' 4" 215 Dec 4, 1985 2 153 143 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 151 1 0 5 2.1 $395,000
Eddie Guardado 37 R L 6' 0" 195 Oct 2, 1970 16 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Matt Guerrier 29 R R 6' 3" 195 Aug 2, 1978 5 76 0 5 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $950,000
Brendan Harris 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 26, 1980 5 130 117 130 128 0 0 2 39 34 55 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 1.0 $431,100
Livan Hernandez 33 R R 6' 2" 245 Feb 20, 1975 13 23 23 1 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $5,000,000
Philip Humber 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Dec 21, 1982 3 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ryan Jorgensen 29 R R 6' 2" 220 May 4, 1979 3 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bobby Korecky 28 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 16, 1979 1st 16 0 2 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Jason Kubel 26 L R 6' 0" 220 May 25, 1982 4 141 119 141 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 32 50 85 19 1 1.9 $1,300,000
Mike Lamb 32 L R 6' 1" 205 Aug 9, 1975 9 81 60 81 63 0 0 9 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 10 17 0 -0.1 $3,500,000
Francisco Liriano 24 L L 6' 2" 215 Oct 26, 1983 3 14 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Matt Macri 26 R R 6' 2" 215 May 29, 1982 1st 18 9 18 15 0 0 2 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 -0.1 $
Joe Mauer 25 L R 6' 5" 235 Apr 19, 1983 5 146 139 146 139 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 8.7 $6,250,000 All-Star
Jose Mijares 23 L L 6' 0" 230 Oct 29, 1984 1st 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Craig Monroe 31 R R 6' 1" 195 Feb 27, 1977 8 58 44 58 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 3 11 36 13 0 -0.8 $3,820,000
Justin Morneau 27 L R 6' 4" 235 May 15, 1981 6 163 163 163 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 5.0 $8,400,000 All-Star
Joe Nathan 33 R R 6' 4" 225 Nov 22, 1974 9 68 0 5 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $6,000,000 All-Star
Pat Neshek 27 B R 6' 3" 210 Sep 4, 1980 3 15 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $435,000
Glen Perkins 25 L L 6' 0" 210 Mar 2, 1983 3 26 26 2 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Jason Pridie 24 L R 6' 1" 205 Oct 9, 1983 1st 10 0 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 3 3 5 -0.3 $
Nick Punto 30 B R 5' 9" 190 Nov 8, 1977 8 99 89 99 98 0 0 0 26 12 61 0 3 0 3 1 2 2 2.1 $2,400,000
Mike Redmond 37 R R 6' 1" 185 May 5, 1971 11 38 32 38 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0.2 $950,000
Dennys Reyes 31 R L 6' 3" 250 Apr 19, 1977 12 75 0 6 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $1,000,000
Juan Rincon 29 R R 5' 11" 210 Jan 23, 1979 8 24 0 3 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $2,475,000
Randy Ruiz 30 R R 6' 3" 250 Oct 19, 1977 1st 22 15 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 7 0 0.2 $
Kevin Slowey 24 R R 6' 3" 205 May 4, 1984 2 28 27 4 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.4 $395,000
Denard Span 24 L L 6' 0" 210 Feb 27, 1984 1st 93 90 93 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 85 104 1 0 2 3.9 $
Matt Tolbert 26 B R 6' 0" 185 May 4, 1982 1st 41 27 41 36 0 0 0 11 17 14 0 0 0 0 3 6 3 0.3 $390,000
Delmon Young 22 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 14, 1985 3 152 147 152 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 151 0 1 1 -0.2 $1,440,000
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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Denard Span
Michael Cuddyer
Joe Mauer
Nick Punto
Jason Pridie
Adam Everett
Glen Perkins
Jason Kubel

Pat Neshek
Eddie Guardado
Matt Macri
Howie Clark
Matt Tolbert
Delmon Young
Carlos Gomez
Brendan Harris
Mike Lamb

Alexi Casilla
Boof Bonser
Matt Macri
Craig Monroe
Jesse Crain
Scott Baker
Brian Buscher
Justin Morneau
Joe Nathan

Dennys Reyes
Philip Humber
Juan Rincon
Bobby Korecky
Ryan Jorgensen
Francisco Liriano
Craig Breslow
Jose Mijares

Nick Blackburn
Matt Guerrier
Mike Redmond
Randy Ruiz
Kevin Slowey
Brian Bass
Livan Hernandez

2007 / 2009 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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