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2008 Tampa Bay Rays

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009

97-65, Finished 1st in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Maddon (97-65)
Scored 774 runs, Allowed 671 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-70

Ballparks: Tropicana Field & Ballpark at Disney's Wide World of Sports · Attendance: 1,811,986 (12th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-1) to Philadelphia Phillies
Won AL Championship Series (4-3) over Boston Red Sox
Won AL Division Series (3-1) over Chicago White Sox

American League Champs

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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
Willy Aybar 25 B R 5' 11" 205 Mar 9, 1983 3 95 80 95 70 0 0 19 10 41 2 0 0 0 0 23 14 0 1.2 $401,200
Rocco Baldelli 26 R R 6' 4" 190 Sep 25, 1981 5 28 16 28 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 22 12 0 0.3 $2,250,000
Grant Balfour 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 30, 1977 5 51 0 1 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $
Jason Bartlett 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 30, 1979 5 128 125 128 125 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1.5 $416,600
Kurt Birkins 27 L L 6' 2" 188 Aug 11, 1980 3 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $397,600
Chad Bradford 33 R R 6' 5" 205 Sep 14, 1974 11 21 0 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Reid Brignac 22 L R 6' 3" 190 Jan 16, 1986 1st 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.4 $
Andy Cannizaro 29 R R 5' 10" 170 Dec 19, 1978 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Carl Crawford 26 L L 6' 2" 215 Aug 5, 1981 7 109 105 109 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 1 0 109 1 1 1 2.3 $5,375,000
Mike Difelice 39 R R 6' 2" 205 May 28, 1969 13 7 6 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Scott Dohmann 30 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 13, 1978 5 12 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $412,400
Cliff Floyd 35 L R 6' 5" 220 Dec 5, 1972 16 80 72 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 8 0 0.8 $2,750,000
Matt Garza 24 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 26, 1983 3 30 30 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $404,600
Gary Glover 31 R R 6' 4" 225 Dec 3, 1976 8 29 0 4 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $1,075,000
Jonny Gomes 27 R R 6' 1" 225 Nov 22, 1980 6 77 45 77 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 21 30 38 22 7 -1.1 $1,275,000
Gabe Gross 28 L R 6' 3" 200 Oct 21, 1979 5 127 79 127 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 120 125 1 11 0 1.1 $
Jason Hammel 25 R R 6' 6" 225 Sep 2, 1982 3 40 5 2 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $396,300
Nathan Haynes 28 L L 5' 9" 180 Sep 7, 1979 2 20 10 20 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15 19 1 2 3 -0.6 $400,000
Michel Hernandez 29 R R 6' 0" 215 Aug 12, 1978 2 5 4 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.2 $
Eric Hinske 30 L R 6' 2" 235 Aug 5, 1977 7 133 115 133 102 0 0 11 0 8 0 40 0 49 89 20 16 0 1.2 $800,000
J.P. Howell 25 L L 6' 0" 190 Apr 25, 1983 4 64 0 5 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $397,400
Akinori Iwamura 29 L R 5' 9" 200 Feb 9, 1979 2 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $2,400,000
Edwin Jackson 24 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 9, 1983 6 32 31 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $412,700
John Jaso 24 L R 6' 2" 205 Sep 19, 1983 1st 5 1 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $
Dan Johnson 28 L R 6' 2" 210 Aug 10, 1979 4 10 5 10 9 0 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0.1 $
Elliot Johnson 24 B R 6' 1" 190 Mar 9, 1984 1st 7 5 7 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 -0.1 $390,000
Scott Kazmir 24 L L 6' 0" 195 Jan 24, 1984 5 27 27 1 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $3,785,000 All-Star
Evan Longoria 22 R R 6' 2" 210 Oct 7, 1985 1st 122 120 122 120 0 0 0 0 119 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.5 $ All-Star
Trever Miller 35 R L 6' 3" 200 May 29, 1973 10 68 0 4 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $1,600,000
Dioner Navarro 24 B R 5' 9" 205 Feb 9, 1984 5 120 113 120 117 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.7 $412,500 All-Star
Jeff Niemann 25 R R 6' 9" 285 Feb 28, 1983 1st 5 2 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Carlos Pena 30 L L 6' 2" 225 May 17, 1978 8 139 136 139 132 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 4.8 $6,000,000
Troy Percival 38 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 9, 1969 13 50 0 4 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $3,897,797
Fernando Perez 25 B R 6' 1" 195 Apr 23, 1983 1st 23 15 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 15 2 25 0 3 3 0.5 $
David Price 22 L L 6' 6" 220 Aug 26, 1985 1st 5 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Alberto Reyes 37 R R 6' 1" 230 Apr 10, 1971 13 26 0 2 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $2,300,000
Shawn Riggans 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 25, 1980 3 44 38 44 42 0 41 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.2 $392,100
Justin Ruggiano 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 12, 1982 2 45 15 45 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 5 15 46 1 7 1 0.1 $
Jae Kuk Ryu 25 R R 6' 3" 210 May 30, 1983 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Juan Salas 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 7, 1978 3 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
James Shields 26 R R 6' 4" 215 Dec 20, 1981 3 34 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.8 $1,000,000
Andy Sonnanstine 25 L R 6' 3" 190 Mar 18, 1983 2 32 32 3 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $395,800
Mitch Talbot 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 17, 1983 1st 3 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
B.J. Upton 23 R R 6' 3" 185 Aug 21, 1984 4 145 142 145 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 1 2 0 3.1 $412,100
Dan Wheeler 30 R R 6' 3" 220 Dec 10, 1977 9 70 0 5 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $2,875,000
Ben Zobrist 27 B R 6' 3" 210 May 26, 1981 3 62 49 62 57 0 0 0 8 1 35 14 5 2 21 2 10 0 0.8 $395,800
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
1

Akinori Iwamura
2

B.J. Upton
3

Evan Longoria
5

Rocco Baldelli
8

Jason Bartlett
9

Shawn Riggans
10

Justin Ruggiano
11

Jae Kuk Ryu
13

Carl Crawford
14

David Price
15

Cliff Floyd
16

Willy Aybar
18

Ben Zobrist
19

Scott Kazmir
20

Mike Difelice
21

Andy Sonnanstine
22

Matt Garza
23

Carlos Pena
24

Kurt Birkins
Dan Johnson
Justin Ruggiano
26

Gabe Gross
Dan Johnson
27

Scott Dohmann
28

John Jaso
Alberto Reyes
30

Dioner Navarro
31

Jonny Gomes
32

Eric Hinske
33

James Shields
34

Jeff Niemann
35

Dan Wheeler
36

Edwin Jackson
37

Nathan Haynes
38

Fernando Perez
39

J.P. Howell
40

Troy Percival
41

Andy Cannizaro
Michel Hernandez
43

Elliot Johnson
44

Reid Brignac
47

Gary Glover
49

Jason Hammel
50

Grant Balfour
51

Mitch Talbot
52

Juan Salas
53

Chad Bradford
57

Trever Miller

2007 / 2009 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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