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

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Name	POS	Team	Salary	GP	RC	AVG	RBI	HR	HITS	AB	TB	X2B	X3B	RUNS	BB	K	SB	CS	SLG	OBP
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A.J. Pierzynski	C	CWS	5,850,000	133	68.40	0.282	60	13	150	531	222	31	1	66	19	70	1	0	0.418	0.314
Aaron Rowand	CF	SF	9,600,000	152	72.10	0.271	70	13	149	549	225	37	0	57	44	126	2	4	0.41	0.339
Adam Dunn	LF	ARI	13,000,000	158	101.20	0.236	100	40	122	517	265	23	0	79	122	164	2	1	0.513	0.386
Adam Jones	CF	BAL	390,000	132	58.60	0.27	57	9	129	477	191	21	7	61	23	108	10	3	0.4	0.311
Adam LaRoche	1B	PIT	5,000,000	136	84.00	0.27	85	25	133	492	246	32	3	66	54	122	1	1	0.5	0.341
Adri�n B�ltre	3B	SEA	13,400,000	143	83.60	0.266	77	25	148	556	254	29	1	74	50	90	8	2	0.457	0.327
Adri�n Gonz�lez	1B	SD	875,000	162	111.90	0.279	119	36	172	616	314	32	1	103	74	142	0	0	0.51	0.361
Akinori Iwamura	2B/3B	TB	2,400,000	152	82.10	0.274	48	6	172	627	238	30	9	91	70	131	8	6	0.38	0.349
Albert Pujols	1B	STL	13,870,950	148	158.60	0.357	116	37	187	524	342	44	0	100	104	54	7	3	0.653	0.462
Alex Gordon	3B	KC	406,000	134	74.90	0.26	59	16	128	493	213	35	1	72	66	120	9	2	0.432	0.351
�lex R�os	CF/RF	TOR	4,835,000	155	101.10	0.291	79	15	185	635	293	47	8	91	44	112	32	8	0.461	0.337
�lex Rodr�guez	3B	NYY	28,000,000	138	113.40	0.302	103	35	154	510	292	33	0	104	65	117	18	3	0.573	0.392
Alexei Ram�rez	2B/CF	CWS	1,075,000	134	69.90	0.29	77	21	139	480	228	22	2	65	18	61	13	9	0.475	0.317
Alfonso Soriano	LF	CHC	14,000,000	109	84.70	0.28	75	29	127	453	241	27	0	76	43	103	19	3	0.532	0.344
Andre Ethier	LF/RF	LAD	424,500	141	100.30	0.305	77	20	160	525	268	38	5	90	59	88	6	3	0.51	0.375
Aramis Ram�rez	3B	CHC	15,250,000	149	106.40	0.289	111	27	160	554	287	44	1	97	74	94	2	2	0.518	0.38
Aubrey Huff	3B/DH	BAL	8,000,000	154	119.90	0.304	108	32	182	598	330	48	2	96	53	89	4	0	0.552	0.36
B.J. Upton	CF	TB	412,100	145	85.40	0.273	67	9	145	531	213	37	2	85	97	134	44	16	0.401	0.383
Bengie Molina	C	SF	6,250,000	145	74.80	0.292	95	16	155	530	236	33	0	46	19	38	0	0	0.445	0.322
Bobby Abreu	RF	NYY	16,000,000	156	106.10	0.296	100	20	180	609	287	39	4	100	73	109	22	11	0.471	0.371
Bobby Crosby	SS	OAK	3,550,000	145	57.70	0.237	61	7	132	556	194	39	1	66	47	96	7	3	0.349	0.296
Brad Hawpe	RF	COL	3,925,000	138	91.80	0.283	85	25	138	488	243	24	3	69	76	134	2	2	0.498	0.381
Brandon Phillips	2B	CIN	2,937,500	141	76.00	0.261	78	21	146	559	247	24	7	80	39	93	23	10	0.442	0.312
Brian Giles	RF	SD	9,666,667	147	101.50	0.306	63	12	171	559	255	40	4	81	87	52	2	2	0.456	0.398
Brian McCann	C	ATL	1,000,000	145	99.70	0.301	87	23	153	509	266	42	1	68	57	64	5	0	0.523	0.373
Brian Roberts	2B	BAL	6,300,000	155	108.40	0.296	57	9	181	611	275	51	8	107	82	104	40	10	0.45	0.378
Carlos Beltr�n	CF	NYM	18,622,810	161	118.40	0.284	112	27	172	606	303	40	5	116	92	96	25	3	0.5	0.376
Carlos Delgado	1B	NYM	16,000,000	159	108.00	0.271	115	38	162	598	310	32	1	96	72	124	1	1	0.518	0.353
Carlos G�mez	LF/CF	MIN	395,000	152	61.40	0.259	59	7	149	575	208	24	7	79	25	142	33	11	0.362	0.297
Carlos Pe�a	1B	TB	6,000,000	139	89.40	0.247	102	31	121	490	242	24	2	76	96	166	1	1	0.494	0.377
Carlos Quentin	LF	CWS	400,000	130	102.30	0.288	100	36	138	480	274	26	1	96	66	80	7	3	0.571	0.394
Casey Blake	3B	LAD	6,100,000	152	83.60	0.274	81	21	147	536	248	36	1	71	49	120	3	0	0.463	0.345
Casey Kotchman	1B	ATL	1,450,000	143	68.60	0.272	74	14	143	525	215	28	1	65	36	39	2	1	0.41	0.328
Chase Utley	2B	PHI	7,785,714	159	118.50	0.292	104	33	177	607	325	41	4	113	64	104	14	2	0.535	0.38
Chipper Jones	3B	ATL	12,333,333	128	120.10	0.364	75	22	160	439	252	24	1	82	90	61	4	0	0.574	0.47
Chone Figgins	3B	LAA	4,750,000	116	55.00	0.276	22	1	125	453	144	14	1	72	62	80	34	13	0.318	0.367
Chris Young	CF	ARI	406,000	160	87.90	0.248	85	22	155	625	277	42	7	85	62	165	14	5	0.443	0.315
Cody Ross	CF/RF	FLA	390,000	145	70.20	0.26	73	22	120	461	225	29	5	59	33	116	6	1	0.488	0.316
Conor Jackson	1B	ARI	419,500	144	90.10	0.3	75	12	162	540	241	31	6	87	59	61	10	2	0.446	0.376
Corey Hart	RF	MIL	444,000	157	84.60	0.268	91	20	164	612	281	45	6	76	27	109	23	7	0.459	0.3
Cristian Guzm�n	SS	WAS	4,200,000	138	86.20	0.316	55	9	183	579	255	35	5	77	23	57	6	5	0.44	0.345
Curtis Granderson	CF	DET	1,000,000	141	99.50	0.28	66	22	155	553	273	26	13	112	71	111	12	4	0.494	0.365
Dan Uggla	2B	FLA	417,000	146	95.20	0.26	92	32	138	531	273	37	1	97	77	171	5	5	0.514	0.36
Daric Barton	1B	OAK	390,000	140	50.40	0.226	47	9	101	446	155	17	5	59	65	99	2	1	0.348	0.327
David DeJes�s	LF/CF	KC	2,500,000	135	83.80	0.307	73	12	159	518	234	25	7	70	46	71	11	8	0.452	0.366
David Wright	3B	NYM	5,250,000	160	132.10	0.302	124	33	189	626	334	42	2	115	94	118	15	5	0.534	0.39
Delmon Young	LF/RF	MIN	1,440,000	151	78.10	0.292	69	10	167	572	233	28	4	80	35	105	14	5	0.407	0.338
Derek Jeter	SS	NYY	21,600,000	150	86.90	0.3	69	11	179	596	243	25	3	88	52	85	11	5	0.408	0.363
Derrek Lee	1B	CHC	13,250,000	155	105.30	0.291	90	20	181	623	288	41	3	93	71	119	8	2	0.462	0.361
Dustin Pedroia	2B	BOS	457,000	157	124.10	0.326	83	17	213	653	322	54	2	118	50	52	20	1	0.493	0.376

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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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