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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 | |||
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| Brett Anderson | 21 | L | L | 6' 4" | 215 | Feb 1, 1988 | 1st | 30 | 30 | 2 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $400,000.00 | |
| Andrew Bailey | 25 | R | R | 6' 3" | 235 | May 31, 1984 | 1st | 68 | 0 | 5 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $400,000.00 | All-Star |
| Daric Barton | 23 | L | R | 6' 0" | 225 | Aug 16, 1985 | 3 | 54 | 46 | 54 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Blevins | 25 | L | L | 6' 6" | 180 | Sep 6, 1983 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $405,000.00 | |
| Dallas Braden | 25 | L | L | 6' 1" | 185 | Aug 13, 1983 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $410,000.00 | |
| Craig Breslow | 28 | L | L | 6' 1" | 180 | Aug 8, 1980 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 7 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Travis Buck | 25 | L | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Nov 18, 1983 | 3 | 36 | 27 | 36 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | $410,000.00 | |
| Orlando Cabrera | 34 | R | R | 5' 11" | 165 | Nov 2, 1974 | 14 | 101 | 100 | 101 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $4,000,000.00 | |
| Trevor Cahill | 21 | R | R | 6' 3" | 210 | Mar 1, 1988 | 1st | 32 | 32 | 1 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $400,000.00 | |
| Kevin Cameron | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 195 | Dec 15, 1979 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Carson | 27 | R | R | 6' 2" | 200 | Jul 1, 1981 | 1st | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Santiago Casilla | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 164 | Jun 25, 1980 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $420,000.00 | |
| Eric Chavez | 31 | L | R | 6' 0" | 204 | Dec 7, 1977 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $11,500,000.00 | |
| Bobby Crosby | 29 | R | R | 6' 3" | 195 | Jan 12, 1980 | 7 | 97 | 63 | 97 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | $5,300,000.00 | |
| Aaron Cunningham | 23 | R | R | 5' 11" | 195 | Apr 24, 1986 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jack Cust | 30 | L | R | 6' 1" | 205 | Jan 16, 1979 | 8 | 149 | 146 | 149 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 51 | 96 | 3 | 0 | $2,800,000.00 | |
| Rajai Davis | 28 | R | R | 5' 11" | 197 | Oct 19, 1980 | 6 | 125 | 97 | 125 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 5 | 116 | 1 | 8 | 9 | $410,000.00 | |
| Chris Denorfia | 28 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Jul 15, 1980 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Ellis | 32 | R | R | 5' 11" | 180 | Jun 6, 1977 | 7 | 105 | 102 | 105 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $5,000,000.00 | |
| Dana Eveland | 25 | L | L | 6' 1" | 220 | Oct 29, 1983 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $410,000.00 | |
| Tommy Everidge | 26 | R | R | 6' 0" | 240 | Apr 20, 1983 | 1st | 24 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sean Gallagher | 23 | R | R | 6' 2" | 225 | Dec 30, 1985 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $410,000.00 | |
| Nomar Garciaparra | 35 | R | R | 6' 0" | 165 | Jul 23, 1973 | 15 | 65 | 35 | 65 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 28 | 1 | $1,000,000.00 | |
| Jason Giambi | 38 | L | R | 6' 2" | 200 | Jan 8, 1971 | 15 | 83 | 80 | 83 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | $4,000,000.00 | |
| Dan Giese | 32 | R | R | 6' 3" | 200 | May 19, 1977 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edgar Gonzalez | 26 | R | R | 6' 0" | 215 | Feb 23, 1983 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gio Gonzalez | 23 | R | L | 5' 11" | 185 | Sep 19, 1985 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Gray | 27 | R | R | 6' 2" | 210 | Nov 19, 1981 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Hairston | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 188 | May 25, 1980 | 7 | 60 | 57 | 60 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 13 | 0 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jack Hannahan | 29 | L | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Mar 4, 1980 | 4 | 52 | 34 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Holliday | 29 | R | R | 6' 4" | 235 | Jan 15, 1980 | 6 | 93 | 92 | 93 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $13,500,000.00 | |
| Adam Kennedy | 33 | L | R | 6' 1" | 192 | Jan 10, 1976 | 11 | 129 | 127 | 129 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Brad Kilby | 26 | L | L | 6' 1" | 235 | Feb 19, 1983 | 1st | 11 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Marshall | 26 | L | L | 6' 5" | 185 | Feb 25, 1983 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vin Mazzaro | 22 | R | R | 6' 1" | 215 | Sep 27, 1986 | 1st | 17 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jonathan Meloan | 24 | R | R | 6' 3" | 230 | Jul 11, 1984 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clayton Mortensen | 24 | R | R | 6' 4" | 180 | Apr 10, 1985 | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Munson | 31 | L | R | 6' 3" | 220 | Oct 3, 1977 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Josh Outman | 24 | L | L | 6' 1" | 185 | Sep 14, 1984 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $400,000.00 | |
| Eric Patterson | 26 | L | R | 5' 11" | 170 | Apr 8, 1983 | 4 | 39 | 28 | 39 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Cliff Pennington | 25 | B | R | 5' 11" | 185 | Jun 15, 1984 | 2 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregorio Petit | 24 | R | R | 5' 10" | 190 | Dec 10, 1984 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Landon Powell | 27 | B | R | 6' 3" | 260 | Mar 19, 1982 | 1st | 46 | 37 | 46 | 42 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | $400,000.00 | |
| Chad Reineke | 27 | R | R | 6' 6" | 210 | Apr 9, 1982 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Rodriguez | 22 | R | R | 6' 0" | 210 | Feb 25, 1987 | 1st | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Springer | 40 | R | R | 6' 4" | 195 | Nov 7, 1968 | 19 | 48 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $3,300,000.00 | |
| Kurt Suzuki | 25 | R | R | 6' 0" | 205 | Oct 4, 1983 | 3 | 147 | 140 | 147 | 135 | 0 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | $410,000.00 | |
| Ryan Sweeney | 24 | L | L | 6' 4" | 200 | Feb 20, 1985 | 4 | 134 | 121 | 134 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 57 | 85 | 132 | 0 | 4 | 0 | $410,000.00 | |
| Brett Tomko | 36 | R | R | 6' 4" | 215 | Apr 7, 1973 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Wuertz | 30 | R | R | 6' 3" | 205 | Dec 15, 1978 | 6 | 74 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1,100,000.00 | |
| Brad Ziegler | 29 | R | R | 6' 4" | 200 | Oct 10, 1979 | 2 | 69 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $405,000.00 | |
| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | DH | PH | PR |
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