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2009 Tampa Bay Rays Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2008)
84-78, 3rd place in AL East
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Scored 803 runs, Allowed 754 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76
Manager: Joe Maddon (84-78)
Ballpark: Tropicana Field (ballparks.com)

Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100
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2008 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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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
Winston Abreu 32 R R 6' 2" 155 Apr 5, 1977 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willy Aybar 26 B R 6' 0" 175 Mar 9, 1983 5 105 72 105 70 0 0 31 28 18 0 0 0 0 0 21 26 0 $975,000.00
Grant Balfour 31 R R 6' 2" 175 Dec 30, 1977 7 73 0 7 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,400,000.00
Jason Bartlett 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 30, 1979 6 137 136 137 134 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 $1,981,250.00 All-Star
Jeff Bennett 29 R R 6' 3" 206 Jun 10, 1980 4 11 0 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chad Bradford 34 R R 6' 5" 205 Sep 14, 1974 13 20 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,666,666.00
Reid Brignac 23 L R 6' 3" 180 Jan 16, 1986 2 31 24 31 31 0 0 0 3 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Pat Burrell 32 R R 6' 4" 225 Oct 10, 1976 10 122 113 122 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 112 9 0 $7,000,000.00
Randy Choate 33 L L 6' 3" 180 Sep 5, 1975 9 61 0 4 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lance Cormier 28 R R 6' 1" 192 Aug 19, 1980 6 53 0 4 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $675,000.00
Carl Crawford 27 L L 6' 2" 219 Aug 5, 1981 8 156 150 156 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 154 1 5 1 $8,250,000.00 All-Star
Wade Davis 23 R R 6' 5" 220 Sep 7, 1985 1st 6 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Dillon 33 R R 6' 2" 215 Aug 2, 1975 4 15 7 15 5 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 2
Matt Garza 25 R R 6' 4" 185 Nov 11, 1983 4 32 32 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $433,300.00
Gabe Gross 29 L R 6' 3" 209 Oct 21, 1979 7 115 71 115 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 8 32 2 $1,255,000.00
Michel Hernandez 30 R R 6' 0" 208 Aug 12, 1978 3 35 29 35 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.P. Howell 26 L L 6' 0" 175 Apr 25, 1983 5 69 0 6 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $433,700.00
Jason Isringhausen 36 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 7, 1972 15 9 0 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $750,000.00
Akinori Iwamura 30 L R 5' 9" 176 Feb 9, 1979 3 69 63 69 67 0 0 0 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $3,250,000.00
Matthew Joyce 24 L R 6' 2" 185 Aug 3, 1984 2 11 9 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 9 1 2 0 $410,400.00
Gabe Kapler 33 R R 6' 2" 208 Aug 31, 1975 13 99 66 99 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 12 66 88 2 17 8 $1,000,018.00
Scott Kazmir 25 L L 6' 0" 170 Jan 24, 1984 6 20 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,000,000.00
Evan Longoria 23 R R 6' 2" 210 Oct 7, 1985 2 157 153 157 151 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 $550,000.00 All-Star
Dioner Navarro 25 B R 5' 10" 190 Feb 9, 1984 7 115 105 115 113 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 $2,100,000.00
Joe Nelson 34 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 25, 1974 5 42 0 4 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,300,000.00
Jeff Niemann 26 R R 6' 9" 280 Feb 28, 1983 2 31 30 3 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,290,000.00
Carlos Pena 31 L L 6' 2" 210 May 17, 1978 10 135 130 135 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $8,000,000.00
Troy Percival 39 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 9, 1969 14 14 0 1 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,445,000.00
Fernando Perez 26 B R 6' 1" 195 Apr 23, 1983 2 18 11 18 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 1 14 2 0 4 $402,800.00
David Price 23 L L 6' 6" 225 Aug 26, 1985 2 23 23 1 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Richard 35 L L 6' 2" 190 Jun 7, 1974 6 13 5 13 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shawn Riggans 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 25, 1980 4 7 3 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $413,900.00
James Shields 27 R R 6' 4" 214 Dec 20, 1981 4 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,500,000.00
Brian Shouse 40 L L 5' 11" 180 Sep 26, 1968 11 45 0 1 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,350,000.00
Andy Sonnanstine 26 L R 6' 3" 185 Mar 18, 1983 3 25 18 6 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 $430,100.00
Russ Springer 40 R R 6' 4" 195 Nov 7, 1968 19 26 0 1 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Thayer 28 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 17, 1980 1st 11 0 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B.J. Upton 24 R R 6' 3" 180 Aug 21, 1984 5 144 141 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 0 2 0 $435,000.00
Dan Wheeler 31 R R 6' 3" 222 Dec 10, 1977 12 69 0 6 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,200,000.00
Gregg Zaun 38 B R 5' 10" 170 Apr 14, 1971 17 34 25 34 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Ben Zobrist 28 B R 6' 3" 200 May 26, 1981 4 152 135 152 149 0 0 3 91 1 13 9 7 59 70 1 14 1 $415,900.00 All-Star
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.

2008 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played