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

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Rank	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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147	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
146	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
145	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
144	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
143	Gregor Blanco	LF/CF	ATL	390,000	144	49.20	0.251	38	1	108	430	133	14	4	52	74	99	13	5	0.309	0.366
142	Fred Lewis	LF	SF	392,000	133	73.80	0.282	40	9	132	468	206	25	11	81	51	124	21	7	0.44	0.351
141	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
140	Kurt Suzuki	C	OAK	395,000	148	64.90	0.279	42	7	148	530	196	25	1	54	44	69	2	3	0.37	0.346
139	Jeremy Hermida	RF	FLA	395,000	142	64.80	0.249	61	17	125	502	204	22	3	74	48	138	6	1	0.406	0.323
138	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
137	Jack Hannahan	3B	OAK	395,000	143	45.90	0.218	47	9	95	436	149	27	0	48	55	131	2	0	0.342	0.305
136	Hunter Pence	CF/RF	HOU	396,000	157	84.70	0.269	83	25	160	595	277	34	4	78	40	124	11	10	0.466	0.318
135	Skip Schumaker	LF/RF	STL	396,000	153	79.20	0.302	46	8	163	540	219	22	5	87	47	60	8	2	0.406	0.359
134	Michael Bourn	CF	HOU	396,000	138	43.20	0.229	29	5	107	467	140	10	4	57	37	111	41	10	0.3	0.288
133	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
132	Josh Hamilton	CF/RF	TEX	396,830	156	123.50	0.304	130	32	190	624	331	35	5	98	64	126	9	1	0.53	0.371
131	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
130	Geovany Soto	C	CHC	401,000	141	90.50	0.285	86	23	141	494	249	35	2	66	62	121	0	1	0.504	0.364
129	Yunel Escobar	3B/SS	ATL	402,500	136	73.00	0.288	60	10	148	514	206	24	2	71	59	62	2	5	0.401	0.366
128	Lastings Milledge	CF/RF	WAS	402,500	138	67.20	0.268	61	14	140	523	210	24	2	65	38	96	24	9	0.402	0.33
127	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
126	Matt Kemp	CF/RF	LAD	406,000	155	96.20	0.29	76	18	176	606	278	38	5	93	46	153	35	11	0.459	0.34
125	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
124	Jacoby Ellsbury	CF/RF	BOS	406,000	145	76.30	0.28	47	9	155	554	218	22	7	98	41	80	50	11	0.394	0.336
123	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
122	Jack Cust	LF/DH	OAK	410,000	148	85.90	0.231	77	33	111	481	229	19	0	77	111	197	0	0	0.476	0.375
121	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
120	Ryan Ludwick	LF/CF	STL	411,000	152	116.90	0.299	113	37	161	538	318	40	3	104	62	146	4	4	0.591	0.375
119	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
118	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
117	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
116	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
115	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
114	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
113	Nate McLouth	CF	PIT	425,500	152	106.20	0.276	94	26	165	597	297	46	4	113	65	93	23	3	0.497	0.356
112	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
111	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
110	Luke Scott	LF	BAL	430,000	148	73.80	0.257	65	23	122	475	224	29	2	67	53	102	2	2	0.472	0.336
109	Hanley Ram�rez	SS	FLA	439,000	153	127.30	0.301	67	33	177	589	318	34	4	125	92	122	35	12	0.54	0.4
108	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
107	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
106	Nick Markakis	RF	BAL	455,000	157	117.50	0.306	87	20	182	595	292	48	1	106	99	113	10	7	0.491	0.406
105	Ryan Braun	LF	MIL	455,000	151	112.20	0.285	106	37	174	611	338	39	7	92	42	129	14	4	0.553	0.335
104	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
103	Jeff Francoeur	RF	ATL	460,000	155	61.00	0.239	71	11	143	599	215	33	3	70	39	111	0	1	0.359	0.294
102	Shane Victorino	CF/RF	PHI	480,000	146	89.80	0.293	58	14	167	570	255	30	8	102	45	69	36	11	0.447	0.352
101	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
100	Russell Martin	C	LAD	500,000	155	85.10	0.28	69	13	155	553	219	25	0	87	90	83	18	6	0.396	0.385
99	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
98	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

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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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