2008 Boston Red Sox Roster (40-man)

2007 Season 2009 Season

Record: 95-67-0, Finished 2nd in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Postseason:
Lost AL Championship Series (4-3) to Tampa Bay Rays
Won AL Division Series (3-1) over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Manager: Terry Francona (95-67)

General Manager: Theo Epstein

Farm Director: Mike Hazen

Scouting Director: Jason McLeod

Ballpark: Fenway Park

Attendance: 3,048,250 (4th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 106
One-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104

Pythagorean W-L: 95-67, 845 Runs, 694 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	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
David Aardsma	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Dec 27, 1981	4	47	0	5	47	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$403,250
Jeff Bailey	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Nov 19, 1978	2	27	11	27	17	0	0	12	0	0	0	5	0	1	6	5	9	3	-0.1
Jason Bay	29	ca CA	R	R	6' 2"	210	Sep 20, 1978	6	49	48	49	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	0	0	49	0	0	0	1.9
Josh Beckett	28	us US	R	R	6' 5"	230	May 15, 1980	8	27	27	2	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	$10,166,666
Michael Bowden	21	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Sep 9, 1986	1st	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Clay Buchholz	23	us US	L	R	6' 3"	190	Aug 14, 1984	2	16	15	0	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.2	$396,000
Paul Byrd	37	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Dec 3, 1970	13	8	8	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
Chris Carter	25	us US	L	L	6' 0"	230	Sep 16, 1982	1st	9	2	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	4	4	2	0.0
Sean Casey	33	us US	L	R	6' 4"	215	Jul 2, 1974	12	69	47	69	45	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	19	0	0.0	$800,000
Kevin Cash	30	us US	R	R	6' 0"	200	Dec 6, 1977	6	61	42	61	59	0	57	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	-0.1	$400,000
Bartolo Colón	35	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	285	May 24, 1973	12	7	7	1	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Alex Cora	32	pr PR	L	R	6' 0"	200	Oct 18, 1975	11	75	41	75	73	0	0	0	7	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0.8	$2,000,000
Bryan Corey	34	us US	R	R	5' 10"	170	Oct 21, 1973	5	7	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$405,000
Coco Crisp	28	us US	B	R	5' 10"	185	Nov 1, 1979	7	118	98	118	114	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	114	0	114	1	2	8	1.3	$5,083,333
Manny Delcarmen	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	225	Feb 16, 1982	4	73	0	4	73	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	$421,000
J.D. Drew	32	us US	L	R	6' 1"	200	Nov 20, 1975	11	109	107	109	106	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	106	106	2	1	0	2.7	$14,000,000	All-Star
Jacoby Ellsbury	24	us US	L	L	6' 1"	195	Sep 11, 1983	2	145	129	145	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	66	36	140	2	1	5	3.0	$406,000
Devern Hansack	30	ni NI	R	R	6' 2"	180	Feb 5, 1978	3	4	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Craig Hansen	24	us US	R	R	6' 6"	210	Nov 15, 1983	3	32	0	4	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Mark Kotsay	32	us US	L	L	6' 0"	220	Dec 2, 1975	12	22	22	22	22	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	19	19	0	0	0	-0.5
George Kottaras	25	ca CA	L	R	6' 0"	200	May 10, 1983	1st	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jon Lester	24	us US	L	L	6' 4"	249	Jan 7, 1984	3	33	33	2	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	$421,500
Javier López	30	pr PR	L	L	6' 4"	220	Jul 11, 1977	6	70	0	3	70	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	$840,000
Mike Lowell	34	pr PR	R	R	6' 4"	195	Feb 24, 1974	11	113	110	113	110	0	0	0	0	110	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2.4	$12,500,000
Jed Lowrie	24	us US	B	R	6' 0"	180	Apr 17, 1984	1st	81	69	81	80	0	0	0	3	45	49	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1.6
Julio Lugo	32	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	175	Nov 16, 1975	9	82	79	82	81	0	0	0	0	0	81	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.1	$9,250,000
Justin Masterson	23	jm JM	R	R	6' 6"	260	Mar 22, 1985	1st	36	9	2	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.3
Daisuke Matsuzaka	27	jp JP	R	R	6' 0"	205	Sep 13, 1980	2	29	29	1	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.4	$8,333,333
Brandon Moss	24	us US	L	R	6' 1"	210	Sep 16, 1983	2	34	17	34	25	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	0	14	23	4	6	4	0.2
Hideki Okajima	32	jp JP	L	L	6' 1"	195	Dec 25, 1975	2	64	0	5	64	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	$1,275,000
David Ortiz HOF	32	do DO	L	L	6' 3"	230	Nov 18, 1975	12	109	108	109	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	109	1	0	1.7	$13,000,000	All-Star
Jonathan Papelbon	27	us US	R	R	6' 5"	230	Nov 23, 1980	4	67	0	4	67	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	$775,000	All-Star
David Pauley	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	215	Jun 17, 1983	2	6	2	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Dustin Pedroia	24	us US	R	R	5' 9"	170	Aug 17, 1983	3	157	155	157	157	0	0	0	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7.0	$457,000	All-Star
Manny Ramirez	36	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	225	May 30, 1972	16	100	97	100	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	0	0	66	31	3	0	2.5	$18,929,923	All-Star
David Ross	31	us US	R	R	6' 2"	230	Mar 19, 1977	7	8	0	8	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.1
Chris Smith	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Apr 9, 1981	1st	12	0	0	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Kyle Snyder	30	us US	B	R	6' 8"	230	Sep 9, 1977	5	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$835,000
Julián Tavárez	35	do DO	L	R	6' 2"	165	May 22, 1973	16	9	0	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$3,850,000
Joe Thurston	28	us US	L	R	5' 11"	225	Sep 29, 1979	5	4	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	-0.1
Mike Timlin	42	us US	R	R	6' 4"	205	Mar 10, 1966	18	47	0	2	47	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$3,000,000
Jonathan Van Every	28	us US	L	L	6' 1"	200	Nov 27, 1979	1st	11	2	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	9	0	1	4	0.1
Jason Varitek	36	us US	B	R	6' 2"	230	Apr 11, 1972	12	131	120	131	131	0	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.6	$10,442,030	All-Star
Gil Velazquez	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Oct 17, 1979	1st	3	2	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.3
Tim Wakefield	41	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Aug 2, 1966	16	30	30	1	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	$4,000,000
Kevin Youkilis	29	us US	R	R	6' 1"	220	Mar 15, 1979	5	145	142	145	143	0	0	125	0	36	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	6.3	$3,000,000	All-Star
Charlie Zink	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Aug 26, 1979	1st	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Name	Age	Birth	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

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Terry Francona	49	us US	Apr 22, 1959	Manager	Mar 25	Sep 28
Brad Mills	51	us US	Jan 19, 1957	Bench	Mar 25	Sep 28
Dave Magadan	45	us US	Sep 30, 1962	Hitting	Mar 25	Sep 28
John Farrell	45	us US	Aug 4, 1962	Pitching	Mar 25	Sep 28
Gary Tuck	53	us US	Sep 6, 1954	Bullpen	Mar 25	Sep 28
Luis Alicea	42	pr PR	Jul 29, 1965	First base	Mar 25	Sep 28
DeMarlo Hale	46	us US	Jul 16, 1961	Third base	Mar 25	Sep 28
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date