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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Joey Votto	1B	CIN	390,000	151	96.90	0.297	84	24	156	526	266	32	3	69	59	102	7	5	0.506	0.368
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
James Loney	1B	LAD	411,000	161	87.10	0.289	90	13	172	595	258	35	6	66	45	85	7	4	0.434	0.338
Mike Jacobs	1B	FLA	395,000	141	73.70	0.247	93	32	118	477	245	27	2	67	36	119	1	0	0.514	0.299
Prince Fielder	1B	MIL	670,000	159	108.80	0.276	102	34	162	588	298	30	2	86	84	134	3	2	0.507	0.372
Ryan Garko	1B	CLE	420,100	141	66.70	0.273	90	14	135	495	200	21	1	61	45	86	0	0	0.404	0.346
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
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
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
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
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
Justin Morneau	1B	MIN	8,400,000	162	117.10	0.302	129	23	187	620	311	47	4	97	76	84	0	1	0.502	0.375
Lyle Overbay	1B	TOR	6,750,000	158	81.00	0.27	69	15	147	544	228	32	2	74	74	116	1	2	0.419	0.358
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
Ryan Howard	1B	PHI	10,000,000	162	111.80	0.251	146	48	153	610	331	26	4	105	81	199	1	1	0.543	0.339
Mark Teixeira	1B	LAA	12,500,000	157	129.90	0.308	121	33	177	574	317	41	0	102	97	93	2	0	0.552	0.41
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
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
Paul Konerko	1B	CWS	12,000,000	120	65.30	0.24	62	22	105	438	192	19	1	59	65	79	2	0	0.438	0.344
Kevin Youkilis	1B/3B	BOS	3,000,000	145	115.40	0.312	115	29	168	538	306	43	4	91	62	108	3	5	0.569	0.39
Miguel Cabrera	1B/3B	DET	11,300,000	160	116.40	0.292	127	37	180	616	331	36	2	85	56	126	1	0	0.537	0.349
Nick Swisher	1B/CF	CWS	3,600,000	151	66.80	0.219	69	24	109	497	204	21	1	86	82	135	3	3	0.41	0.332
Kevin Millar	1B/DH	BAL	3,800,000	145	67.40	0.234	72	20	124	531	209	25	0	73	71	93	0	1	0.394	0.323
Jason Giambi	1B/DH	NYY	23,428,571	145	81.40	0.247	96	32	113	458	230	19	1	68	76	111	2	1	0.502	0.373
Mark Teahen	1B/RF	KC	2,337,500	149	71.00	0.255	59	15	146	572	230	31	4	66	46	131	4	3	0.402	0.313
Lance Berkman	1B/RF	HOU	14,500,000	159	132.90	0.312	106	29	173	554	314	46	4	114	99	108	18	4	0.567	0.42
Jeff Keppinger	1B/SS	CIN	402,500	121	49.60	0.266	43	3	122	459	159	24	2	45	30	24	3	1	0.346	0.31
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
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
Kelly Johnson	2B	ATL	430,000	150	84.70	0.287	69	12	157	547	244	39	6	86	52	113	11	6	0.446	0.349
Ian Kinsler	2B	TEX	700,000	121	104.30	0.319	71	18	165	518	268	41	4	102	45	67	26	2	0.517	0.375
Rickie Weeks	2B	MIL	1,056,000	129	63.40	0.234	46	14	111	475	189	22	7	89	66	115	19	5	0.398	0.342
Jos� L�pez	2B	SEA	1,750,000	159	92.40	0.297	89	17	191	644	285	41	1	80	27	67	6	3	0.443	0.322
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
Robinson Can�	2B	NYY	3,000,000	159	72.70	0.271	72	14	162	597	245	35	3	70	26	65	2	4	0.41	0.305
Pl�cido Polanco	2B	DET	4,600,000	141	84.70	0.307	58	8	178	580	242	34	3	90	35	43	7	1	0.417	0.35
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
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
Freddy S�nchez	2B	PIT	4,150,000	145	62.20	0.271	52	9	154	569	211	26	2	75	21	63	0	1	0.371	0.298
Mark Ellis	2B	OAK	5,000,000	117	53.70	0.233	41	12	103	442	165	20	3	55	53	65	14	2	0.373	0.321
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
Mark DeRosa	2B/3B	CHC	4,750,000	149	91.40	0.285	87	21	144	505	243	30	3	103	69	106	6	0	0.481	0.376
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
Felipe L�pez	2B/LF	STL	4,900,000	143	62.10	0.283	46	6	136	481	186	28	2	64	43	82	8	8	0.387	0.343
Ryan Theriot	2B/SS	CHC	428,000	149	80.20	0.307	38	1	178	580	208	19	4	85	73	58	22	13	0.359	0.387
Mark Reynolds	3B	ARI	396,500	152	80.20	0.239	97	28	129	539	247	28	3	87	64	204	11	2	0.458	0.32
Jorge Cant�	3B	FLA	500,000	155	96.90	0.277	95	29	174	628	302	41	0	92	40	111	6	2	0.481	0.327
Kevin Kouzmanoff	3B	SD	410,000	154	77.20	0.26	84	23	162	624	270	31	4	71	23	139	0	0	0.433	0.299
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
Edwin Encarnaci�n	3B	CIN	450,000	146	78.40	0.251	68	26	127	506	236	29	1	75	61	102	1	0	0.466	0.34

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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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