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2008 Toronto Blue Jays

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009

86-76, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John Gibbons (35-39) and Cito Gaston (51-37)
Scored 714 runs, Allowed 610 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69

Ballparks: Rogers Centre · Attendance: 2,399,786 (6th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98

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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
Jeremy Accardo 26 R R 6' 1" 200 Dec 18, 1981 4 16 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $392,200
Rod Barajas 32 R R 6' 2" 250 Sep 5, 1975 10 104 94 104 101 0 98 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1.5 $700,000
Jose Bautista 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 19, 1980 5 21 13 21 14 0 0 5 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 1 0.0 $
Armando Benitez 35 R R 6' 4" 180 Nov 3, 1972 15 8 0 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
A.J. Burnett 31 R R 6' 4" 230 Jan 3, 1977 10 35 34 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $13,200,000
Shawn Camp 32 R R 6' 0" 205 Nov 18, 1975 5 40 0 3 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Jesse Carlson 27 L L 6' 1" 160 Dec 31, 1980 1st 69 0 4 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Buck Coats 26 L R 6' 3" 200 Jun 9, 1982 3 8 1 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 1 0 3 -0.1 $392,100
Robinzon Diaz 24 R R 5' 11" 215 Sep 19, 1983 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -0.1 $
Scott Downs 32 L L 6' 2" 210 Mar 17, 1976 7 66 0 4 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $2,250,000
David Eckstein 33 R R 5' 6" 170 Jan 20, 1975 8 76 70 76 63 0 0 0 6 0 57 0 0 0 0 9 2 4 1.1 $4,500,000
Jason Frasor 30 R R 5' 9" 180 Aug 9, 1977 5 49 0 5 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $1,125,000
Roy Halladay 31 R R 6' 6" 230 May 14, 1977 11 34 33 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.4 $10,000,000 All-Star
Aaron Hill 26 R R 5' 11" 200 Mar 21, 1982 4 55 53 55 55 0 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $410,000
Joe Inglett 30 L R 5' 9" 175 Jun 29, 1978 3 109 83 109 100 0 0 0 66 6 2 22 1 12 35 2 13 1 2.4 $
Brandon League 25 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 16, 1983 5 31 0 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $400,300
Adam Lind 24 L L 6' 1" 220 Jul 17, 1983 3 88 87 88 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 0 0 71 16 1 0 0.6 $
Jesse Litsch 23 R R 6' 1" 225 Mar 9, 1985 2 29 28 2 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $395,800
Hector Luna 28 R R 6' 1" 225 Feb 1, 1980 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 $
Shaun Marcum 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 14, 1981 4 25 25 2 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $402,500
John McDonald 33 R R 5' 9" 180 Sep 24, 1974 10 84 54 84 72 0 0 0 1 4 67 0 0 0 0 6 2 12 -0.9 $1,900,000
Dustin McGowan 26 R R 6' 3" 235 Mar 24, 1982 4 19 19 2 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $404,100
Kevin Mench 30 R R 6' 0" 215 Jan 7, 1978 7 51 31 51 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 15 36 16 12 2 0.0 $
Lyle Overbay 31 L L 6' 2" 220 Jan 28, 1977 8 158 151 158 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.2 $6,750,000
John Parrish 30 L L 5' 11" 180 Nov 26, 1977 7 13 6 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
David Purcey 26 L L 6' 4" 240 Apr 22, 1982 1st 12 12 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Scott Richmond 28 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 30, 1979 1st 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Alex Rios 27 R R 6' 5" 210 Feb 18, 1981 5 155 153 155 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 93 155 2 2 0 2.2 $4,835,000
Scott Rolen 33 R R 6' 4" 245 Apr 4, 1975 13 115 115 115 115 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $11,625,000
B.J. Ryan 32 L L 6' 6" 230 Dec 28, 1975 10 60 0 5 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $12,000,000
Marco Scutaro 32 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 30, 1975 7 145 134 145 140 0 0 3 50 41 56 3 0 0 3 3 4 2 4.1 $1,550,000
Travis Snider 20 L L 6' 0" 235 Feb 2, 1988 1st 24 22 24 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 7 20 4 1 0 0.0 $
Matt Stairs 40 L R 5' 9" 200 Feb 27, 1968 16 105 89 105 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 6 15 82 16 0 -0.9 $1,625,000
Shannon Stewart 34 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 25, 1974 14 52 44 52 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 40 9 7 0 -0.2 $1,500,000
Brian Tallet 30 L L 6' 6" 220 Sep 21, 1977 6 51 0 3 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $640,000
Curtis Thigpen 25 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 19, 1983 2 10 5 10 10 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 $
Frank Thomas 40 R R 6' 5" 240 May 27, 1968 19 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 -0.3 $12,560,000
Jorge Velandia 33 R R 5' 9" 160 Jan 12, 1975 8 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Randy Wells 25 R R 6' 5" 230 Aug 28, 1982 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Vernon Wells 29 R R 6' 1" 230 Dec 8, 1978 10 108 107 108 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 100 8 0 0 2.0 $3,687,500
Brad Wilkerson 31 L L 6' 0" 200 Jun 1, 1977 8 85 55 85 78 0 0 4 0 0 0 29 5 45 79 2 9 6 -0.6 $
Brian Wolfe 27 R R 6' 2" 230 Nov 29, 1980 2 20 0 2 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $395,500
Gregg Zaun 37 B R 5' 10" 170 Apr 14, 1971 14 86 69 86 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 0.8 $3,750,000
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

Joe Inglett
Aaron Hill
Shannon Stewart
Jorge Velandia
John McDonald
Jorge Velandia
Curtis Thigpen
Gregg Zaun
Vernon Wells
David Eckstein

Robinzon Diaz
Alex Rios
Travis Snider
Lyle Overbay
Hector Luna
Marco Scutaro
Rod Barajas
Buck Coats

Brandon League
Rod Barajas
Jose Bautista
Shannon Stewart
Matt Stairs
David Purcey
Adam Lind
Shaun Marcum
Dustin McGowan
John Parrish

Roy Halladay
Scott Rolen
A.J. Burnett
Frank Thomas
Brad Wilkerson
Kevin Mench
Scott Downs
Jesse Carlson
Brian Wolfe

Jesse Carlson
Travis Snider
Armando Benitez
Jesse Carlson
Scott Richmond
Jeremy Accardo
Jesse Litsch
B.J. Ryan
Jason Frasor
Brian Tallet

Shawn Camp
Jesse Carlson
Randy Wells

2007 / 2009 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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