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2009 Texas Rangers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2008)
87-75, 2nd place in AL West
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Scored 784 runs, Allowed 740 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77
Manager: Ron Washington (87-75)
Ballpark: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105
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2008 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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
Elvis Andrus 20 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 26, 1988 1st 145 140 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $400,000.00
Joaquin Arias 24 R R 6' 1" 160 Sep 21, 1984 3 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kris Benson 34 R R 6' 4" 200 Nov 7, 1974 9 8 2 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $750,000.00
Hank Blalock 28 L R 6' 1" 192 Nov 21, 1980 8 123 116 123 67 0 0 66 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 50 7 0 $6,200,000.00
Brandon Boggs 26 B R 5' 11" 205 Jan 9, 1983 2 9 4 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 0 3 0
Julio Borbon 23 L L 6' 1" 180 Feb 20, 1986 1st 46 38 46 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 0 20 23 4 3
Marlon Byrd 31 R R 6' 0" 225 Aug 30, 1977 9 146 142 146 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 105 6 144 0 2 0 $3,060,000.00
Nelson Cruz 28 R R 6' 3" 175 Jul 1, 1980 5 128 123 128 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 120 122 5 4 0 $408,070.00 All-Star
Chris Davis 23 L R 6' 4" 235 Mar 17, 1986 2 113 106 113 107 0 0 100 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 $406,620.00
Willie Eyre 30 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 21, 1978 3 17 0 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $410,000.00
Scott Feldman 26 L R 6' 5" 210 Feb 7, 1983 5 34 31 3 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $434,680.00
Neftali Feliz 21 R R 6' 3" 190 May 2, 1988 1st 20 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Francisco 29 R R 6' 2" 180 Sep 11, 1979 5 51 0 4 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,615,000.00
Craig Gentry 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 29, 1983 1st 11 4 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 9 1 0 3
Esteban German 31 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 26, 1978 8 19 11 19 18 0 0 1 6 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
Greg Golson 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 17, 1985 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jason Grilli 32 R R 6' 4" 185 Nov 11, 1976 9 30 0 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Guardado 38 R L 6' 0" 193 Oct 2, 1970 19 48 0 4 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00
Josh Hamilton 28 L L 6' 4" 205 May 21, 1981 3 89 85 89 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 24 79 6 4 0 $555,000.00 All-Star
Matt Harrison 23 L L 6' 4" 225 Aug 16, 1985 2 11 11 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $405,500.00
Derek Holland 22 B L 6' 2" 185 Oct 9, 1986 1st 33 21 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy Hunter 22 R R 6' 3" 255 Jul 3, 1986 2 19 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Jennings 30 R R 6' 2" 242 Jul 17, 1978 9 44 0 4 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $800,000.00
Andruw Jones 32 R R 6' 1" 170 Apr 23, 1977 14 82 74 82 24 0 0 8 0 0 0 12 0 5 17 55 8 0 $500,000.00
Ian Kinsler 27 R R 6' 0" 200 Jun 22, 1982 4 144 143 144 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,200,000.00
Warner Madrigal 25 R R 6' 0" 200 Mar 21, 1984 2 13 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $404,730.00
Doug Mathis 26 R R 6' 3" 220 Jun 7, 1983 2 24 2 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon McCarthy 25 R R 6' 7" 190 Jul 7, 1983 5 17 17 1 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $650,000.00
Luis Mendoza 25 L R 6' 3" 180 Oct 31, 1983 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Millwood 34 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 24, 1974 13 31 31 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $12,868,892.00
Guillermo Moscoso 25 R R 6' 1" 165 Nov 14, 1983 1st 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Murphy 27 L L 6' 4" 192 Oct 18, 1981 5 128 115 128 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 1 10 112 11 4 2 $414,820.00
Dustin Nippert 28 R R 6' 7" 217 May 6, 1981 5 20 10 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $411,760.00
Darren O'Day 26 R R 6' 4" 225 Oct 22, 1982 2 64 0 5 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vicente Padilla 31 B R 6' 2" 200 Sep 27, 1977 12 18 18 1 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $12,000,000.00
Kevin Richardson 28 R R 6' 3" 230 Sep 12, 1980 1st 4 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ivan Rodriguez 37 R R 5' 9" 205 Nov 27, 1971 20 28 28 28 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Josh Rupe 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 18, 1982 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $416,310.00
Jarrod Saltalamacchia 24 B R 6' 4" 195 May 2, 1985 4 84 83 84 83 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $410,890.00
Pedro Strop 24 R R 6' 0" 160 Jun 13, 1985 1st 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taylor Teagarden 25 R R 6' 1" 200 Dec 21, 1983 2 60 54 60 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $401,000.00
Omar Vizquel 42 B R 5' 9" 165 Apr 24, 1967 21 62 45 62 60 0 0 0 16 20 27 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 $1,000,000.00
C.J. Wilson 28 L L 6' 2" 200 Nov 18, 1980 5 74 0 4 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,850,000.00
Michael Young 32 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 19, 1976 10 135 135 135 134 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $13,054,526.00 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