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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1	Ichiro Suzuki	CF	SEA	17,102,149	162	101.80	0.311	42	6	213	686	265	20	7	103	51	65	43	4	0.386	0.361
2	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
3	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
4	Ra�l Iba�ez	LF	SEA	5,500,000	162	107.40	0.293	110	23	186	635	304	43	3	85	64	110	2	4	0.479	0.358
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Orlando Cabrera	SS	CWS	10,000,000	160	83.90	0.282	57	8	185	657	244	33	1	93	56	71	19	6	0.371	0.335
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Jos� Reyes	SS	NYM	4,375,000	159	121.00	0.297	68	16	204	688	327	37	19	113	66	82	56	15	0.475	0.358
17	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
18	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
19	Miguel Tejada	SS	HOU	14,811,415	158	79.40	0.283	66	13	179	632	262	38	3	92	24	72	7	7	0.415	0.314
20	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
21	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
22	Pat Burrell	LF	PHI	14,250,000	157	100.60	0.25	86	33	134	536	272	33	3	74	102	136	0	0	0.507	0.367
23	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
24	Grady Sizemore	CF	CLE	3,166,667	157	121.80	0.268	90	33	170	634	318	39	5	101	98	130	38	5	0.502	0.375
25	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
26	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
27	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
28	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
29	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
30	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
31	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
32	Randy Winn	CF/RF	SF	9,125,000	155	98.20	0.306	64	10	183	598	255	38	2	84	59	88	25	2	0.426	0.363
33	Michael Young	SS	TEX	6,174,975	155	89.90	0.284	82	12	183	645	259	36	2	102	55	109	10	0	0.402	0.339
34	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
35	Jason Bay	LF	BOS	6,000,000	155	114.60	0.286	101	31	165	577	301	35	4	111	81	137	10	0	0.522	0.373
36	Garrett Atkins	3B	COL	4,387,500	155	90.90	0.286	99	21	175	611	276	32	3	86	40	100	1	1	0.452	0.328
37	�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
38	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
39	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
40	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
41	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
42	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
43	Jhonny Peralta	SS	CLE	2,500,000	154	94.30	0.276	89	23	167	605	286	42	4	104	48	126	3	1	0.473	0.331
44	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
45	Jos� Guill�n	LF/RF	KC	12,000,000	153	76.30	0.264	97	20	158	598	262	42	1	66	23	106	2	1	0.438	0.3
46	Manny Ram�rez	LF	LAD	18,929,923	153	141.00	0.332	121	37	183	552	332	36	1	102	87	124	3	0	0.601	0.43
47	Jermaine Dye	RF	CWS	9,500,000	153	107.20	0.29	96	34	170	586	317	41	2	96	44	104	3	2	0.541	0.343
48	Yuniesky Betancourt	SS	SEA	1,877,500	153	64.90	0.279	51	7	156	559	219	36	3	66	17	42	4	4	0.392	0.3
49	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
50	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

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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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