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The 2008 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 2008 Boston Red Sox Regular Season Roster
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POS Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Player
C Jason Varitek 131 423 37 93 20 0 13 43 52 3 122 6 0 2 0 3 13 0 1 .220 .313 .359 0.3 Jason Varitek
1B Kevin Youkilis 145 538 91 168 43 4 29 115 62 7 108 12 0 9 0 8 11 3 5 .312 .390 .569 3.7 Kevin Youkilis
2B Dustin Pedroia 157 653 118 213 54 2 17 83 50 1 52 7 7 9 0 13 17 20 1 .326 .376 .493 2.9 Dustin Pedroia
3B Mike Lowell 113 419 58 115 27 0 17 73 38 2 61 5 0 6 0 5 14 2 2 .274 .338 .461 1.1 Mike Lowell
SS Julio Lugo 82 261 27 70 13 0 1 22 34 0 51 4 3 5 0 2 13 12 4 .268 .355 .330 -1.6 Julio Lugo
LF Manny Ramirez 100 365 66 109 22 1 20 68 52 8 86 8 0 0 0 3 12 1 0 .299 .398 .529 1.5 Manny Ramirez
CF Coco Crisp 118 361 55 102 18 3 7 41 35 0 59 1 8 4 0 4 6 20 7 .283 .344 .407 -0.5 Coco Crisp
RF J.D. Drew 109 368 79 103 23 4 19 64 79 5 80 4 0 5 0 1 11 4 1 .280 .408 .519 1.5 J.D. Drew
OF Jacoby Ellsbury 145 554 98 155 22 7 9 47 41 2 80 7 4 3 0 6 9 50 11 .280 .336 .394 0.1 Jacoby Ellsbury
DH David Ortiz 109 416 74 110 30 1 23 89 70 12 74 1 1 3 0 2 11 1 0 .264 .369 .507 1.0 David Ortiz
S3 Jed Lowrie 81 260 34 67 25 3 2 46 35 0 68 1 2 8 0 1 8 1 0 .258 .339 .400 -0.3 Jed Lowrie
1D Sean Casey 69 199 14 64 14 0 0 17 17 3 25 2 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 .322 .381 .392 -0.8 Sean Casey
OF Jason Bay 49 184 39 54 12 2 9 37 22 2 51 2 0 3 0 6 4 3 0 .293 .370 .527 0.5 Jason Bay
SS Alex Cora 75 152 14 41 8 2 0 9 16 1 13 9 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 .270 .371 .349 1.3 Alex Cora
C Kevin Cash 61 142 11 32 7 0 3 15 18 1 50 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 .225 .309 .338 -0.8 Kevin Cash
O1 Mark Kotsay 22 84 6 19 8 1 0 12 7 1 11 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .226 .286 .345 -0.7 Mark Kotsay
OD1 Brandon Moss 34 78 7 23 5 1 2 11 6 0 25 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 .295 .337 .462 0.0 Brandon Moss
1OD Jeff Bailey 27 50 10 14 1 1 2 6 9 1 17 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .280 .390 .460 -0.1 Jeff Bailey
DO Chris Carter 9 18 5 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .400 .333 0.0 Chris Carter
OF J. Van Every 11 17 0 4 0 1 0 5 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 .278 .353 0.0 J. Van Every
C David Ross 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 -0.1 David Ross
OF Joseph Thurston 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .111 .000 -0.2 Joseph Thurston
2S Gil Velazquez 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 0.0 Gil Velazquez
C George Kottaras 3 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 -0.1 George Kottaras
P Josh Beckett 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Josh Beckett
P Jon Lester 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Jon Lester
P Justin Masterson 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Justin Masterson
P Tim Wakefield 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Tim Wakefield
P D. Matsuzaka 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 D. Matsuzaka
P Bartolo Colon 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Bartolo Colon
P Javier Lopez 70 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Javier Lopez
P David Aardsma 47 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 David Aardsma
P Clay Buchholz 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Clay Buchholz
P Manny Delcarmen 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Manny Delcarmen
P J. Papelbon 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 J. Papelbon
P Hideki Okajima 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Hideki Okajima
P Mike Timlin 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Mike Timlin
P Paul Byrd 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Paul Byrd
P Craig Hansen 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Craig Hansen
P Chris Smith 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Chris Smith
P Julian Tavarez 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Julian Tavarez
P David Pauley 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 David Pauley
P Devern Hansack 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Devern Hansack
P Bryan Corey 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Bryan Corey
P Michael Bowden 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Michael Bowden
P Charlie Zink 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Charlie Zink
P Kyle Snyder 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Kyle Snyder
Total 2293 5596 845 1565 353 33 173 807 646 49 1068 70 28 62 0 59 147 120 35 .280 .358 .447 8.7 Total
Oppon 2296 5485 694 1369 289 19 147 669 548 17 1185 68 40 39 0 59 119 96 32 .250 .323 .390 Oppon
POS Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Player
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Player G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Player
Jon Lester 33 33 2 2 0 0 210.1 202 874 14 78 75 66 1 152 6 3 3 10 1 44 1 27 6 16 6 3.21 5.36 3.1 Jon Lester
Tim Wakefield 30 30 1 0 0 0 181 154 754 25 89 83 60 0 117 2 4 12 13 0 28 2 9 8 10 11 4.13 5.03 0.9 Tim Wakefield
Josh Beckett 27 27 1 0 0 0 174.1 173 725 18 80 78 34 1 172 4 3 5 9 0 39 2 9 4 12 10 4.03 4.96 1.4 Josh Beckett
D. Matsuzaka 29 29 0 0 0 0 167.2 128 716 12 58 54 94 1 154 3 4 5 7 0 29 2 13 6 18 3 2.90 5.52 3.6 D. Matsuzaka
Justin Masterson 36 9 0 0 6 0 88.1 68 365 10 31 31 40 3 68 1 1 1 8 0 14 0 16 3 6 5 3.16 3.78 1.6 Justin Masterson
Clay Buchholz 16 15 1 0 0 0 76 93 357 11 63 57 41 1 72 0 3 2 2 1 14 2 4 5 2 9 6.75 4.53 -2.1 Clay Buchholz
Manny Delcarmen 73 0 0 0 16 2 74.1 55 307 5 28 27 28 1 72 4 4 0 3 0 14 1 4 3 1 2 3.27 - 0.5 Manny Delcarmen
J. Papelbon 67 0 0 0 62 41 69.1 58 273 4 24 18 8 0 77 4 1 2 0 0 12 0 3 6 5 4 2.34 - 2.9 J. Papelbon
Hideki Okajima 64 0 0 0 11 1 62 49 258 6 18 18 23 1 60 0 3 2 1 0 9 0 1 1 3 2 2.61 - 1.0 Hideki Okajima
Javier Lopez 70 0 0 0 10 0 59.1 53 247 4 18 16 27 0 38 1 1 1 2 0 8 3 11 4 2 0 2.43 - 0.7 Javier Lopez
Mike Timlin 47 0 0 0 26 1 49.1 60 227 9 32 31 20 4 32 4 3 1 1 0 12 3 3 3 4 4 5.66 - -0.6 Mike Timlin
Paul Byrd 8 8 0 0 0 0 49 58 208 8 26 26 10 0 26 1 0 0 2 0 15 1 5 0 4 2 4.78 5.50 0.0 Paul Byrd
David Aardsma 47 0 0 0 7 0 48.2 49 228 4 32 30 35 2 49 3 2 3 5 0 15 1 4 1 4 2 5.55 - -0.5 David Aardsma
Bartolo Colon 7 7 0 0 0 0 39 44 173 5 23 17 10 0 27 3 2 0 2 0 8 0 3 3 4 2 3.92 5.00 0.1 Bartolo Colon
Craig Hansen 32 0 0 0 6 2 30.2 29 146 2 23 19 23 1 25 0 1 3 1 0 4 0 2 4 1 3 5.58 - -0.5 Craig Hansen
Chris Smith 12 0 0 0 3 0 18.1 18 78 6 16 16 7 0 13 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 7.85 - -0.3 Chris Smith
Julian Tavarez 9 0 0 0 2 0 12.2 18 64 0 12 9 9 0 6 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 6.39 - -0.2 Julian Tavarez
David Pauley 6 2 0 0 3 0 12.1 23 67 2 17 16 5 0 11 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 0 1 11.68 7.50 -0.6 David Pauley
Devern Hansack 4 0 0 0 3 0 6.2 6 26 0 5 3 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4.05 - -0.1 Devern Hansack
Bryan Corey 7 0 0 0 2 0 6 11 31 1 7 7 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10.50 - -0.2 Bryan Corey
Michael Bowden 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 7 22 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3.60 8.00 0.1 Michael Bowden
Charlie Zink 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 11 25 0 8 8 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16.62 19.00 -0.2 Charlie Zink
Kyle Snyder 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 9 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.60 - -0.1 Kyle Snyder
Total 628 162 5 16 157 47 1446.1 1369 6180 147 694 645 548 17 1185 40 39 43 68 2 289 19 119 59 95 67 4.01 5.22 10.5 Total
Oppon 636 162 5 7 157 37 1431.2 1565 6402 173 845 786 646 49 1068 28 62 46 70 6 353 33 147 59 67 95 4.94 4.28 Oppon
Player G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Player
Team shutouts may be more than the composite totals for all pitchers due to instances in which more than one pitcher combined for a shutout.
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Player POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
David Aardsma P 47 0 0 48.2 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
Josh Beckett P 27 27 1 174.1 15 18 2 2 0 0 7 5 0 .943
Michael Bowden P 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Clay Buchholz P 16 15 1 76 3 6 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1.000
Paul Byrd P 8 8 0 49 2 9 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 .917
Bartolo Colon P 7 7 0 39 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
Bryan Corey P 7 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Manny Delcarmen P 73 0 0 74.1 6 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1.000
Devern Hansack P 4 0 0 6.2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Craig Hansen P 32 0 0 30.2 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.000
Jon Lester P 33 33 2 210.1 19 21 2 3 0 2 8 5 3 .952
Javier Lopez P 70 0 0 59.1 7 10 4 0 0 0 1 3 1 .810
Justin Masterson P 36 9 0 88.1 3 10 1 2 0 0 9 1 0 .929
D. Matsuzaka P 29 29 0 167.2 16 19 1 2 0 0 15 5 0 .972
Hideki Okajima P 64 0 0 62 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
J. Papelbon P 67 0 0 69.1 5 5 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 .769
David Pauley P 6 2 0 12.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
Chris Smith P 12 0 0 18.1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000
Kyle Snyder P 2 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Julian Tavarez P 9 0 0 12.2 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1.000
Mike Timlin P 47 0 0 49.1 1 9 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1.000
Tim Wakefield P 30 30 1 181 7 15 1 1 0 12 27 10 1 .957
Charlie Zink P 1 1 0 4.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Kevin Cash C 57 42 27 372 280 26 4 5 0 14 38 16 0 .987
George Kottaras C 2 0 0 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
David Ross C 8 0 0 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
Jason Varitek C 131 120 102 1041.1 903 42 4 7 0 4 56 16 0 .996
Jeff Bailey 1B 12 7 4 67 77 3 0 10 0 1.000
Sean Casey 1B 45 41 29 342.2 331 13 3 25 0 .991
Mark Kotsay 1B 6 4 3 39 35 3 1 7 0 .974
Brandon Moss 1B 2 1 0 13 10 0 0 1 0 1.000
Kevin Youkilis 1B 125 109 99 984.2 923 87 4 92 0 .996
Alex Cora 2B 7 3 3 35 6 14 0 3 0 1.000
Jed Lowrie 2B 3 2 0 16 2 4 0 0 0 1.000
Dustin Pedroia 2B 157 155 150 1376.1 279 448 6 101 0 .992
Gil Velazquez 2B 2 2 2 19 5 9 0 2 0 1.000
Kevin Cash 3B 4 0 0 15 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
Mike Lowell 3B 110 108 97 935.2 80 217 10 20 0 .967
Jed Lowrie 3B 45 22 20 243.2 16 59 2 8 0 .974
Kevin Youkilis 3B 36 32 14 252 23 70 3 5 0 .969
Alex Cora SS 69 38 32 386 74 136 6 39 0 .972
Jed Lowrie SS 49 45 31 386 46 109 0 21 0 1.000
Julio Lugo SS 81 79 61 671.1 100 176 16 34 0 .945
Gil Velazquez SS 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Jeff Bailey LF 5 2 1 23 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
Jason Bay LF 49 48 44 423.1 76 5 1 0 0 .988
Chris Carter LF 3 1 0 17 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
Jacoby Ellsbury LF 58 36 34 346.1 89 1 0 1 0 1.000
Julio Lugo LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Brandon Moss LF 11 8 7 78 17 0 0 0 0 1.000
Manny Ramirez LF 66 66 42 537.2 99 6 1 2 0 .991
Joseph Thurston LF 4 1 1 19 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
J. Van Every LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Coco Crisp CF 114 98 95 886 234 4 2 1 0 .992
J.D. Drew CF 1 0 0 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 -
Jacoby Ellsbury CF 66 63 47 546.2 171 3 0 1 0 1.000
J. Van Every CF 1 1 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Jeff Bailey RF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
J.D. Drew RF 106 105 92 886 184 6 4 1 0 .979
Jacoby Ellsbury RF 36 30 27 281 72 0 0 0 0 1.000
Mark Kotsay RF 19 18 13 151.2 32 0 0 0 0 1.000
Brandon Moss RF 14 8 8 86 19 2 0 0 0 1.000
J. Van Every RF 8 1 1 32 15 0 0 0 0 1.000
Kevin Youkilis RF 2 0 0 8.2 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
Jeff Bailey DH 5 2 0 -
Chris Carter DH 4 1 1 -
Sean Casey DH 13 7 6 -
Kevin Cash DH 2 0 0 -
Coco Crisp DH 1 0 0 -
J.D. Drew DH 2 2 2 -
Jacoby Ellsbury DH 2 0 0 -
Mike Lowell DH 2 2 1 -
Jed Lowrie DH 1 0 0 -
Brandon Moss DH 4 0 0 -
David Ortiz DH 109 108 96 -
Manny Ramirez DH 31 31 26 -
Jeff Bailey OF 6 2 1 24 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 5 0 1
Jason Bay OF 49 48 44 423.1 76 5 1 0 0 .988 49 0 0
Chris Carter OF 3 1 0 17 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 3 0 0
Coco Crisp OF 114 98 95 886 234 4 2 1 0 .992 0 114 0
J.D. Drew OF 106 105 92 891.2 184 6 4 1 0 .979 0 1 106
Jacoby Ellsbury OF 140 129 108 1174 332 4 0 2 0 1.000 58 66 36
Mark Kotsay OF 19 18 13 151.2 32 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 19
Julio Lugo OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
Brandon Moss OF 23 16 15 164 36 2 0 0 0 1.000 11 0 14
Manny Ramirez OF 66 66 42 537.2 99 6 1 2 0 .991 66 0 0
Joseph Thurston OF 4 1 1 19 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 4 0 0
J. Van Every OF 9 2 2 41 16 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 8
Kevin Youkilis OF 2 0 0 8.2 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2
Total P 628 162 5 1446.1 97 152 18 13 0 18 96 32 10 .933
Total C 198 162 129 1446.1 1211 68 8 12 0 18 96 32 0 .994
Total 1B 190 162 135 1446.1 1376 106 8 135 0 .995
Total 2B 169 162 155 1446.1 292 475 6 106 0 .992
Total 3B 195 162 131 1446.1 120 347 15 33 0 .969
Total SS 200 162 124 1446.1 220 422 22 94 0 .967
Total LF 198 162 129 1446.1 292 12 2 3 0 .993
Total CF 182 162 143 1446.1 406 7 2 2 0 .995
Total RF 186 162 141 1446.1 325 8 4 1 0 .988
Total DH 176 153 132 -
Total OF 542 486 413 4339 1023 27 8 6 0 .992 198 182 186
Total ALL 2122 1458 1092 13017 4339 1597 85 149 0 18 96 32 10 .986
Player POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Manager G W L RS RA First Last
Terry Francona 41 24 17 209 182 3-25 5-12
Brad Mills 2 0 2 7 11 5-13 5-14
Terry Francona 119 71 48 629 501 5-17 9-28
Coach Position Start End
Luis Alicea First base 3-25 10-19
John Farrell Pitching 3-25 10-19
DeMarlo Hale Third base 3-25 10-19
Dave Magadan Hitting 3-25 10-19
Brad Mills Bench 3-25 10-19
Gary Tuck Bullpen 3-25 10-19
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