Baseball Salaries 2008: The best baseball players and teams for the money | Lists

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Name	POS	Team	Salary	$ Per RC	$ Per RBI	$ Per HR	$ Per Hit	$ Per AB	$ Per TB	$ Per GP	$ Per Run
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A.J. Pierzynski	C	CWS	5,850,000	85,547	97,500	450,000	39,000	11,017	26,351	43,985	88,636
Aaron Rowand	CF	SF	9,600,000	133,218	137,143	738,462	64,430	17,486	42,667	63,158	168,421
Adam Dunn	LF	ARI	13,000,000	128,467	130,000	325,000	106,557	25,145	49,057	82,278	164,557
Adam Jones	CF	BAL	390,000	6,660	6,842	43,333	3,023	818	2,042	2,955	6,393
Adam LaRoche	1B	PIT	5,000,000	59,531	58,824	200,000	37,594	10,163	20,325	36,765	75,758
Adri�n B�ltre	3B	SEA	13,400,000	16,034	17,403	53,600	9,054	2,410	5,276	9,371	18,108
Adri�n Gonz�lez	1B	SD	875,000	7,816	7,353	24,306	5,087	1,420	2,787	5,401	8,495
Akinori Iwamura	2B/3B	TB	2,400,000	29,241	50,000	400,000	13,953	3,828	10,084	15,789	26,374
Albert Pujols	1B	STL	13,870,950	87,455	119,577	374,891	74,176	26,471	40,558	93,723	138,710
Alex Gordon	3B	KC	406,000	5,424	6,881	25,375	3,172	824	1,906	3,030	5,639
�lex R�os	CF/RF	TOR	4,835,000	47,827	61,203	322,333	26,135	7,614	16,502	31,194	53,132
�lex Rodr�guez	3B	NYY	28,000,000	246,893	271,845	800,000	181,818	54,902	95,890	202,899	269,231
Alexei Ram�rez	2B/CF	CWS	1,075,000	15,383	13,961	51,190	7,734	2,240	4,715	8,022	16,538
Alfonso Soriano	LF	CHC	14,000,000	165,364	186,667	482,759	110,236	30,905	58,091	128,440	184,211
Andre Ethier	LF/RF	LAD	424,500	4,230	5,513	21,225	2,653	809	1,584	3,011	4,717
Aramis Ram�rez	3B	CHC	15,250,000	143,284	137,387	564,815	95,313	27,527	53,136	102,349	157,216
Aubrey Huff	3B/DH	BAL	8,000,000	66,712	74,074	250,000	43,956	13,378	24,242	51,948	83,333
B.J. Upton	CF	TB	412,100	4,828	6,151	45,789	2,842	776	1,935	2,842	4,848
Bengie Molina	C	SF	6,250,000	83,559	65,789	390,625	40,323	11,792	26,483	43,103	135,870
Bobby Abreu	RF	NYY	16,000,000	150,755	160,000	800,000	88,889	26,273	55,749	102,564	160,000
Bobby Crosby	SS	OAK	3,550,000	61,475	58,197	507,143	26,894	6,385	18,299	24,483	53,788
Brad Hawpe	RF	COL	3,925,000	42,777	46,176	157,000	28,442	8,043	16,152	28,442	56,884
Brandon Phillips	2B	CIN	2,937,500	38,659	37,660	139,881	20,120	5,255	11,893	20,833	36,719
Brian Giles	RF	SD	9,666,667	95,249	153,439	805,556	56,530	17,293	37,908	65,760	119,342
Brian McCann	C	ATL	1,000,000	10,029	11,494	43,478	6,536	1,965	3,759	6,897	14,706
Brian Roberts	2B	BAL	6,300,000	58,103	110,526	700,000	34,807	10,311	22,909	40,645	58,879
Carlos Beltr�n	CF	NYM	18,622,810	157,233	166,275	689,734	108,272	30,731	61,461	115,670	160,541
Carlos Delgado	1B	NYM	16,000,000	148,152	139,130	421,053	98,765	26,756	51,613	100,629	166,667
Carlos G�mez	LF/CF	MIN	395,000	6,429	6,695	56,429	2,651	687	1,899	2,599	5,000
Carlos Pe�a	1B	TB	6,000,000	67,111	58,824	193,548	49,587	12,245	24,793	43,165	78,947
Carlos Quentin	LF	CWS	400,000	3,911	4,000	11,111	2,899	833	1,460	3,077	4,167
Casey Blake	3B	LAD	6,100,000	72,929	75,309	290,476	41,497	11,381	24,597	40,132	85,915
Casey Kotchman	1B	ATL	1,450,000	21,147	19,595	103,571	10,140	2,762	6,744	10,140	22,308
Chase Utley	2B	PHI	7,785,714	65,701	74,863	235,931	43,987	12,827	23,956	48,967	68,900
Chipper Jones	3B	ATL	12,333,333	102,665	164,444	560,606	77,083	28,094	48,942	96,354	150,407
Chone Figgins	3B	LAA	4,750,000	86,410	215,909	4,750,000	38,000	10,486	32,986	40,948	65,972
Chris Young	CF	ARI	406,000	4,621	4,776	18,455	2,619	650	1,466	2,538	4,776
Cody Ross	CF/RF	FLA	390,000	5,552	5,342	17,727	3,250	846	1,733	2,690	6,610
Conor Jackson	1B	ARI	419,500	4,655	5,593	34,958	2,590	777	1,741	2,913	4,822
Corey Hart	RF	MIL	444,000	5,251	4,879	22,200	2,707	725	1,580	2,828	5,842
Cristian Guzm�n	SS	WAS	4,200,000	48,700	76,364	466,667	22,951	7,254	16,471	30,435	54,545
Curtis Granderson	CF	DET	1,000,000	10,053	15,152	45,455	6,452	1,808	3,663	7,092	8,929
Dan Uggla	2B	FLA	417,000	4,378	4,533	13,031	3,022	785	1,527	2,856	4,299
Daric Barton	1B	OAK	390,000	7,737	8,298	43,333	3,861	874	2,516	2,786	6,610
David DeJes�s	LF/CF	KC	2,500,000	29,816	34,247	208,333	15,723	4,826	10,684	18,519	35,714
David Wright	3B	NYM	5,250,000	39,729	42,339	159,091	27,778	8,387	15,719	32,813	45,652
Delmon Young	LF/RF	MIN	1,440,000	18,434	20,870	144,000	8,623	2,517	6,180	9,536	18,000
Derek Jeter	SS	NYY	21,600,000	248,676	313,043	1,963,636	120,670	36,242	88,889	144,000	245,455
Derrek Lee	1B	CHC	13,250,000	125,793	147,222	662,500	73,204	21,268	46,007	85,484	142,473
Dustin Pedroia	2B	BOS	457,000	3,682	5,506	26,882	2,146	700	1,419	2,911	3,873

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Source: Associated Press. All figures are for 2008 regular season. Only those players who met eligibility requirement for the 2008 MLB batting title of at least 502 plate appearances or 3.1 appearances per team game are included.

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