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2008 New York Yankees Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009)
89-73, Finished 3rd in AL East
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Scored 789 runs, Allowed 727 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75
Manager: Joe Girardi (89-73)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 4,298,655 (1st of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
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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
Bobby Abreu 34 L R 6' 0" 200 Mar 11, 1974 13 156 152 156 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 150 4 4 0 $16,000,000.00
Alfredo Aceves 25 R R 6' 3" 220 Dec 8, 1982 1st 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Albaladejo 25 R R 6' 5" 250 Oct 30, 1982 2 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $393,225.00
Wilson Betemit 26 B R 6' 2" 155 Nov 2, 1981 6 87 37 87 66 0 0 36 3 21 14 0 0 0 0 1 27 3 $1,165,000.00
Chris Britton 25 R R 6' 3" 278 Dec 16, 1982 3 15 0 2 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Bruney 26 R R 6' 3" 226 Feb 17, 1982 5 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $725,000.00
Melky Cabrera 23 B L 5' 11" 170 Aug 11, 1984 4 129 112 129 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 117 5 128 0 4 4 $461,200.00
Robinson Cano 25 L R 6' 0" 170 Oct 22, 1982 4 159 154 159 159 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 $3,000,000.00
Francisco Cervelli 22 R R 6' 1" 210 Mar 6, 1986 1st 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joba Chamberlain 22 R R 6' 2" 230 Sep 23, 1985 2 42 2 2 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $390,000.00
Justin Christian 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 3, 1980 1st 24 10 24 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 5 17 1 3 6
Phil Coke 25 L L 6' 1" 210 Jul 19, 1982 1st 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Damon 34 L L 6' 2" 175 Nov 5, 1973 14 143 133 143 113 0 0 1 0 0 0 87 34 0 113 26 6 2 $13,000,000.00
Shelley Duncan 28 R R 6' 5" 215 Sep 29, 1979 2 23 15 23 19 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 3 1 $398,300.00
Morgan Ensberg 32 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 26, 1975 8 28 17 28 26 0 0 7 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 $1,750,000.00
Kyle Farnsworth 32 R R 6' 4" 220 Apr 14, 1976 10 45 0 5 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,916,666.00
Brett Gardner 24 L L 5' 10" 180 Aug 24, 1983 1st 42 32 42 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 22 0 38 0 1 5
Jason Giambi 37 L R 6' 2" 200 Jan 8, 1971 14 145 138 145 113 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 7 0 $23,428,571.00
Dan Giese 31 R R 6' 3" 200 May 19, 1977 2 20 0 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alberto Gonzalez 25 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 18, 1983 2 28 15 28 27 0 0 0 4 11 14 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
LaTroy Hawkins 35 R R 6' 5" 195 Dec 21, 1972 14 33 0 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,750,000.00
Philip Hughes 22 R R 6' 5" 220 Jun 24, 1986 2 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $406,350.00
Kei Igawa 28 L L 6' 1" 205 Jul 13, 1979 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Derek Jeter 34 R R 6' 3" 175 Jun 26, 1974 14 150 149 150 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 $21,600,000.00 All-Star
Ian Kennedy 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Dec 19, 1984 2 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $394,275.00
Damaso Marte 33 L L 6' 0" 170 Feb 14, 1975 9 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hideki Matsui 34 L R 6' 2" 210 Jun 12, 1974 6 93 88 93 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 3 23 66 5 0 $13,000,000.00
Juan Miranda 25 L L 6' 0" 220 Apr 25, 1983 1st 5 3 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chad Moeller 33 R R 6' 3" 210 Feb 18, 1975 9 41 25 41 38 0 33 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1
Jose Molina 33 R R 6' 2" 215 Jun 3, 1975 9 100 81 100 98 0 97 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 $1,875,000.00
Mike Mussina 39 L R 6' 2" 185 Dec 8, 1968 18 34 2 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $11,071,029.00
Xavier Nady 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 14, 1978 7 59 58 59 52 0 0 3 0 0 0 46 0 7 52 7 1 0
Ross Ohlendorf 25 R R 6' 4" 235 Aug 8, 1982 2 25 0 3 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $391,425.00
Scott Patterson 29 R R 6' 6" 230 Jun 20, 1979 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carl Pavano 32 R R 6' 5" 230 Jan 8, 1976 10 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $11,000,000.00
Andy Pettitte 36 L L 6' 5" 235 Jun 15, 1972 14 33 1 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $16,000,000.00
Sidney Ponson 31 R R 6' 1" 225 Nov 2, 1976 11 16 1 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jorge Posada 36 B R 6' 2" 190 Aug 17, 1971 14 51 46 51 33 0 30 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 0 $13,100,000.00
Edwar Ramirez 27 R R 6' 3" 150 Mar 28, 1981 2 55 0 4 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cody Ransom 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 17, 1976 6 33 12 33 31 0 0 19 2 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Darrell Rasner 27 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 13, 1981 4 24 2 2 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariano Rivera 38 R R 6' 2" 170 Nov 29, 1969 14 64 0 1 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $15,000,000.00 All-Star
David Robertson 23 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 9, 1985 1st 25 0 3 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Rodriguez 32 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 27, 1975 15 138 138 138 131 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 $28,000,000.00 All-Star
Ivan Rodriguez 36 R R 5' 9" 205 Nov 27, 1971 18 33 26 33 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2
Humberto Sanchez 25 R R 6' 6" 270 May 28, 1983 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $390,000.00
Richie Sexson 33 R R 6' 8" 237 Dec 29, 1974 12 22 6 22 19 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
Chris Stewart 26 R R 6' 4" 205 Feb 19, 1982 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Traber 28 L L 6' 5" 205 Sep 18, 1979 4 19 0 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $500,000.00
Jose Veras 27 R R 6' 5" 230 Oct 20, 1980 3 60 0 5 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chien-Ming Wang 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Mar 31, 1980 4 15 1 1 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000,000.00
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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