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2008 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009)
67-95, Finished 6th in NL Central
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Scored 735 runs, Allowed 884 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-95
Manager: John Russell (67-95)
Ballpark: PNC Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,609,076 (15th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 96
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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
Jimmy Barthmaier 24 R R 6' 5" 240 Jan 6, 1984 1st 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denny Bautista 27 R R 6' 5" 170 Aug 23, 1980 5 35 0 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Bautista 27 R R 6' 0" 192 Oct 19, 1980 5 107 82 107 91 0 0 0 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 0 $1,800,000.00
Jason Bay 29 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 20, 1978 6 106 105 106 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 105 0 1 0 $6,000,000.00
T.J. Beam 27 R R 6' 7" 215 Aug 28, 1980 2 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Bixler 25 R R 6' 1" 198 Oct 22, 1982 1st 50 32 50 39 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 5 10
Sean Burnett 25 L L 5' 11" 190 Sep 17, 1982 2 58 0 55 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Capps 24 R R 6' 3" 238 Sep 3, 1983 4 49 0 48 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $435,500.00
Jesse Chavez 24 R R 6' 2" 175 Aug 21, 1983 1st 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raul Chavez 35 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 18, 1973 10 42 31 42 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Luis Cruz 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 10, 1984 1st 22 20 22 22 0 0 0 2 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Davis 28 R R 6' 6" 195 May 8, 1980 7 14 4 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robinzon Diaz 24 R R 6' 0" 225 Sep 19, 1983 1st 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ryan Doumit 27 B R 6' 0" 200 Apr 3, 1981 4 116 104 116 106 0 106 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 $412,000.00
Zach Duke 25 L L 6' 2" 212 Apr 19, 1983 4 32 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $400,000.00
Phil Dumatrait 26 R L 6' 2" 200 Jul 12, 1981 2 21 9 19 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $390,500.00
Chris Gomez 37 R R 6' 1" 183 Jun 16, 1971 16 90 30 90 55 0 0 5 18 20 13 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 $1,000,000.00
Tom Gorzelanny 25 L L 6' 2" 207 Jul 12, 1982 4 21 20 20 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $419,000.00
John Grabow 29 L L 6' 2" 185 Nov 4, 1978 6 74 0 71 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,135,000.00
Craig Hansen 24 R R 6' 6" 210 Nov 15, 1983 3 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yoslan Herrera 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Apr 28, 1981 1st 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Karstens 25 R R 6' 3" 175 Sep 24, 1982 3 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adam LaRoche 28 L L 6' 3" 180 Nov 6, 1979 5 136 130 136 129 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 $5,000,000.00
Andy LaRoche 24 R R 6' 1" 215 Sep 13, 1983 2 49 45 49 45 0 0 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Paul Maholm 26 L L 6' 2" 225 Jun 25, 1982 4 31 30 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $424,500.00
Damaso Marte 33 L L 6' 0" 170 Feb 14, 1975 9 47 0 44 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,150,000.00
Nate McLouth 26 L R 5' 11" 185 Oct 28, 1981 4 152 150 152 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 149 2 151 0 1 0 $425,000.00 All-Star
Evan Meek 25 R R 6' 1" 190 May 12, 1983 1st 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $390,000.00
Jason Michaels 32 R R 6' 0" 204 May 4, 1976 8 102 44 102 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 8 37 61 0 47 1
Doug Mientkiewicz 34 L R 6' 2" 200 Jun 19, 1974 11 125 66 125 75 0 0 37 0 33 0 0 0 10 10 0 53 1 $750,000.00
Nyjer Morgan 27 L L 6' 0" 170 Jul 2, 1980 2 58 31 58 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 17 6 45 0 17 1 $391,000.00
Matt Morris 33 R R 6' 5" 210 Aug 9, 1974 11 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $10,037,283.00
Brandon Moss 24 L R 6' 0" 205 Sep 16, 1983 2 45 41 45 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 18 42 0 3 0
Xavier Nady 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 14, 1978 7 89 83 89 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 82 1 6 0 $3,350,000.00
Ross Ohlendorf 25 R R 6' 4" 235 Aug 8, 1982 2 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Franquelis Osoria 26 R R 6' 0" 165 Sep 12, 1981 4 43 0 41 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $393,000.00
Ronny Paulino 27 R R 6' 3" 235 Apr 21, 1981 4 40 27 40 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 $423,500.00
Steven Pearce 25 R R 5' 11" 200 Apr 13, 1983 2 37 27 37 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29 29 0 9 0
Luis Rivas 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 30, 1979 8 79 41 79 56 0 0 0 29 1 31 0 0 0 0 0 25 3 $525,000.00
Marino Salas 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 2, 1981 1st 13 0 11 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Freddy Sanchez 30 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 21, 1977 7 145 132 145 131 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 $4,150,000.00
Romulo Sanchez 24 R R 6' 5" 245 Apr 28, 1984 2 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ian Snell 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 30, 1981 5 32 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $435,000.00
Ty Taubenheim 25 R R 6' 5" 200 Nov 17, 1982 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Van Benschoten 28 R R 6' 4" 217 Apr 14, 1980 3 9 5 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Wilson 30 R R 5' 10" 170 Dec 29, 1977 8 87 80 87 80 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 $6,650,000.00
Tyler Yates 30 R R 6' 4" 220 Aug 7, 1977 4 72 0 70 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $800,000.00
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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