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2008 Texas Rangers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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79-83, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ron Washington (79-83)
Scored 901 runs, Allowed 967 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-86

Ballparks: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington · Attendance: 1,945,677 (11th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104

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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
Joaquin Arias 23 R R 6' 1" 170 Sep 21, 1984 2 32 26 32 30 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0.3 $
Joaquin Benoit 30 R R 6' 3" 220 Jul 26, 1977 8 44 0 3 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $2,250,000
Hank Blalock 27 L R 6' 1" 192 Nov 21, 1980 7 65 65 65 65 0 0 34 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $6,000,000
Brandon Boggs 25 B R 5' 11" 210 Jan 9, 1983 1st 101 65 101 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 5 3 84 17 16 6 0.5 $
Jason Botts 27 B R 6' 5" 250 Jul 26, 1980 4 15 9 15 11 0 0 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 4 6 0 0.0 $394,190
Milton Bradley 30 B R 6' 0" 215 Apr 15, 1978 9 126 117 126 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 20 100 9 0 5.1 $5,250,000 All-Star
Ben Broussard 31 L L 6' 2" 220 Sep 24, 1976 7 26 23 26 26 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.9 $3,850,000
Marlon Byrd 30 R R 6' 0" 245 Aug 30, 1977 7 122 109 122 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 57 39 127 2 7 0 3.6 $1,800,000
Frank Catalanotto 34 L R 6' 0" 170 Apr 27, 1974 12 88 63 88 57 0 0 33 0 0 0 26 0 0 26 25 22 0 -0.2 $4,000,000
Nelson Cruz 27 R R 6' 2" 240 Jul 1, 1980 4 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 31 0 0 0 1.2 $
Chris Davis 22 L R 6' 3" 230 Mar 17, 1986 1st 80 77 80 79 0 0 51 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Jose Diaz 28 R R 6' 0" 230 Apr 13, 1980 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
German Duran 23 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 3, 1984 1st 60 38 60 53 0 0 0 17 30 2 6 0 2 8 1 8 2 -0.9 $
Jason Ellison 30 R R 5' 10" 180 Apr 4, 1978 6 9 2 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 7 2 2 2 0.1 $
Scott Feldman 25 L R 6' 6" 230 Feb 7, 1983 4 28 25 2 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Frank Francisco 28 R R 6' 2" 250 Sep 11, 1979 4 58 0 4 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Kazuo Fukumori 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 4, 1976 1st 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $1,400,000
Kason Gabbard 26 L L 6' 3" 200 Apr 8, 1982 3 12 12 2 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $396,390
Franklyn German 28 R R 6' 7" 260 Jan 20, 1980 6 17 0 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $390,000
Brian Gordon 29 L R 6' 0" 190 Aug 16, 1978 1st 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Eddie Guardado 37 R L 6' 0" 195 Oct 2, 1970 16 56 0 3 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $2,000,000
Josh Hamilton 27 L L 6' 4" 240 May 21, 1981 2 156 155 156 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 34 145 15 1 0 5.4 $396,830 All-Star
Matt Harrison 22 L L 6' 4" 240 Sep 16, 1985 1st 15 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Tommy Hunter 21 R R 6' 3" 280 Jul 3, 1986 1st 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Eric Hurley 22 R R 6' 4" 195 Sep 17, 1985 1st 5 5 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jason Jennings 29 L R 6' 2" 235 Jul 17, 1978 8 6 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $4,000,000
Ian Kinsler 26 R R 6' 0" 200 Jun 22, 1982 3 121 120 121 121 0 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.3 $700,000 All-Star
Gerald Laird 28 R R 6' 1" 225 Nov 13, 1979 6 95 91 95 90 0 88 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1.3 $1,600,000
Wes Littleton 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 2, 1982 3 12 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Kameron Loe 26 R R 6' 8" 240 Sep 10, 1981 5 14 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Warner Madrigal 24 R R 6' 1" 235 Mar 21, 1984 1st 31 1 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Doug Mathis 25 R R 6' 3" 220 Jun 7, 1983 1st 8 4 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Brandon McCarthy 24 R R 6' 7" 200 Jul 7, 1983 4 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $404,760
Adam Melhuse 36 B R 6' 2" 185 Mar 27, 1972 8 8 5 8 8 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $750,000
Luis Mendoza 24 R R 6' 3" 235 Oct 31, 1983 2 25 11 2 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3.1 $391,000
Travis Metcalf 25 R R 6' 3" 215 Aug 17, 1982 2 23 14 23 20 0 0 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 -0.1 $392,000
Kevin Millwood 33 R R 6' 4" 230 Dec 24, 1974 12 29 29 3 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $10,368,892
David Murphy 26 L L 6' 4" 205 Oct 18, 1981 3 108 102 108 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 13 56 123 2 3 1 1.8 $393,000
A.J. Murray 26 B L 6' 3" 220 Mar 17, 1982 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Dustin Nippert 27 R R 6' 7" 215 May 6, 1981 4 20 6 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $395,500
Vicente Padilla 30 R R 6' 0" 230 Sep 27, 1977 10 29 29 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $11,000,000
Sidney Ponson 31 R R 6' 1" 220 Nov 2, 1976 11 9 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Elizardo Ramirez 25 B R 6' 0" 180 Jan 28, 1983 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Max Ramirez 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 11, 1984 1st 17 12 17 15 0 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.0 $
Ryan Roberts 27 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 19, 1980 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 $
Josh Rupe 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Aug 18, 1982 3 46 0 5 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $392,000
Jarrod Saltalamacchia 23 B R 6' 4" 235 May 2, 1985 2 61 55 61 54 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 1 -0.1 $
Chris Shelton 28 R R 6' 0" 215 Jun 26, 1980 4 41 26 41 39 0 0 39 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0.0 $
Taylor Teagarden 24 R R 6' 1" 200 Dec 21, 1983 1st 16 13 16 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1.1 $
Rob Tejeda 26 R R 6' 2" 245 Mar 24, 1982 4 4 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ramon Vazquez 31 L R 5' 11" 195 Aug 21, 1976 8 105 77 105 99 0 0 1 11 70 26 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 1.2 $810,000
Bill White 29 L L 6' 3" 215 Nov 20, 1978 2 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
C.J. Wilson 27 L L 6' 1" 210 Nov 18, 1980 4 50 0 3 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $417,460
Jamey Wright 33 R R 6' 6" 230 Dec 24, 1974 13 75 0 3 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $1,000,000
Michael Young 31 R R 6' 1" 200 Oct 19, 1976 9 155 154 155 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3.7 $6,174,974 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 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

Adam Melhuse
Taylor Teagarden
Joaquin Arias
Ian Kinsler
German Duran
David Murphy
Hank Blalock
Michael Young
Ramon Vazquez

Kason Gabbard
Kazuo Fukumori
Gerald Laird
Jason Ellison
Chris Shelton
Nelson Cruz
Eddie Guardado
Chris Davis
Brandon McCarthy

Milton Bradley
Marlon Byrd
Ben Broussard
Jarrod Saltalamacchia
Frank Catalanotto
Jason Botts
Ryan Roberts
Travis Metcalf
Jason Jennings

Josh Hamilton
Kevin Millwood
Tommy Hunter
Sidney Ponson
C.J. Wilson
Jason Ellison
Eric Hurley
Scott Feldman
Brandon Boggs
Kameron Loe

Vicente Padilla
Jamey Wright
Luis Mendoza
A.J. Murray
Doug Mathis
Frank Francisco
Elizardo Ramirez
Max Ramirez
Brian Gordon

Joaquin Benoit
Franklyn German
Matt Harrison
Rob Tejeda
Bill White
Dustin Nippert
Sidney Ponson
Wes Littleton
Josh Rupe
Warner Madrigal

Chris Davis
German Duran
Jose Diaz
Matt Harrison

2007 / 2009 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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