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2008 Oakland Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009)
75-86, Finished 3rd in AL West
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Scored 646 runs, Allowed 690 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-85
Manager: Bob Geren (75-86)
Ballpark: McAfee Coliseum
Attendance: 1,665,256 (13th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95;   one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96
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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
Jeff Baisley 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Dec 19, 1982 1st 14 14 14 14 0 0 4 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wes Bankston 24 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 23, 1983 1st 17 16 17 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Daric Barton 22 L R 6' 0" 225 Aug 16, 1985 2 140 124 140 134 0 0 134 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 $390,000.00
Joe Blanton 27 R R 6' 3" 225 Dec 11, 1980 5 20 1 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,700,000.00
Jerry Blevins 24 L L 6' 6" 180 Sep 6, 1983 2 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Bowen 27 B R 6' 3" 225 Feb 24, 1981 5 37 25 37 31 0 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 $410,000.00
Dallas Braden 24 L L 6' 1" 185 Aug 13, 1983 2 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Brown 27 R R 6' 6" 230 Feb 17, 1981 3 31 0 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $395,000.00
Emil Brown 33 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 29, 1974 9 117 99 117 101 0 0 1 0 0 0 65 1 55 100 5 13 2 $1,400,000.00
Travis Buck 24 L R 6' 2" 205 Nov 18, 1983 2 38 37 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 34 37 0 1 0 $400,000.00
Kiko Calero 33 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 9, 1975 6 5 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00
Santiago Casilla 28 R R 6' 0" 164 Jun 25, 1980 5 51 0 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $400,000.00
Eric Chavez 30 L R 6' 0" 204 Dec 7, 1977 11 23 23 23 15 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 $11,500,000.00
Brooks Conrad 28 B R 5' 11" 190 Jan 16, 1980 1st 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Crosby 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Jan 12, 1980 6 145 144 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $3,550,000.00
Aaron Cunningham 22 R R 5' 11" 195 Apr 24, 1986 1st 22 20 22 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 2 20 0 2 0
Jack Cust 29 L R 6' 1" 205 Jan 16, 1979 7 148 143 148 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 0 5 83 61 5 0 $410,000.00
Rajai Davis 27 R R 5' 11" 197 Oct 19, 1980 3 101 41 101 85 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 84 0 84 2 1 27
Chris Denorfia 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 15, 1980 3 29 16 29 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 12 2 24 1 1 5 $400,000.00
Joey Devine 24 R R 5' 11" 195 Sep 19, 1983 4 42 0 1 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lenny DiNardo 28 L L 6' 4" 195 Sep 19, 1979 5 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $900,000.00
Justin Duchscherer 30 R R 6' 3" 164 Nov 19, 1977 7 22 2 2 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,200,000.00 All-Star
Mark Ellis 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Jun 6, 1977 6 117 114 117 115 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 $5,000,000.00
Alan Embree 38 L L 6' 2" 185 Jan 23, 1970 15 70 0 4 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,107,126.00
Dana Eveland 24 L L 6' 1" 220 Oct 29, 1983 4 29 2 2 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $395,000.00
Jeff Fiorentino 25 L R 6' 1" 188 Apr 14, 1983 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2
Keith Foulke 35 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 19, 1972 11 31 0 5 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $700,000.00
Sean Gallagher 22 R R 6' 2" 225 Dec 30, 1985 2 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chad Gaudin 25 R R 5' 11" 165 Mar 24, 1983 6 26 0 4 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,775,000.00
Carlos Gonzalez 22 L L 6' 1" 200 Oct 17, 1985 1st 85 76 85 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 36 81 0 6 0
Gio Gonzalez 22 R L 5' 11" 185 Sep 19, 1985 1st 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Gray 26 R R 6' 2" 210 Nov 19, 1981 1st 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Hannahan 28 L R 6' 2" 205 Mar 4, 1980 3 143 120 143 133 0 0 10 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 3 $395,000.00
Rich Harden 26 L R 6' 1" 180 Nov 30, 1981 6 13 2 2 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,750,000.00
Fernando Hernandez 23 R R 5' 11" 190 Jul 31, 1984 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $390,000.00
Dan Johnson 28 L R 6' 2" 220 Aug 10, 1979 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $410,000.00
Dan Meyer 26 R L 6' 3" 210 Jul 3, 1981 3 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Donnie Murphy 25 R R 5' 10" 180 Mar 10, 1983 4 46 34 46 44 0 0 0 10 24 13 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 $400,000.00
Matt Murton 26 R R 6' 1" 215 Oct 3, 1981 4 9 7 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 2 0
Josh Outman 23 L L 6' 1" 185 Sep 14, 1984 1st 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Patterson 25 L R 5' 11" 170 Apr 8, 1983 2 30 26 30 28 0 0 0 20 0 0 8 0 0 8 0 0 3
Cliff Pennington 24 B R 5' 11" 185 Jun 15, 1984 1st 36 29 36 34 0 0 0 16 9 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Gregorio Petit 23 R R 5' 10" 190 Dec 10, 1984 1st 14 6 14 12 0 0 0 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Kirk Saarloos 29 R R 6' 0" 185 May 23, 1979 7 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Smith 24 L L 6' 2" 190 Dec 22, 1983 1st 32 2 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Huston Street 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 2, 1983 4 63 0 4 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,300,000.00
Kurt Suzuki 24 R R 6' 0" 205 Oct 4, 1983 2 148 137 148 141 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 $395,000.00
Mike Sweeney 34 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 22, 1973 14 42 28 42 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 12 0 $500,000.00
Ryan Sweeney 23 L L 6' 4" 200 Feb 20, 1985 3 115 102 115 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 51 75 110 1 5 3 $395,000.00
Frank Thomas 40 R R 6' 5" 257 May 27, 1968 19 55 53 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 2 0
Brad Ziegler 28 R R 6' 4" 200 Oct 10, 1979 1st 47 0 3 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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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