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	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
146	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
145	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
144	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
143	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
142	Willy Taveras	CF	COL	1,975,000	133	51.90	0.251	26	1	120	479	142	15	2	64	36	79	68	7	0.296	0.308
141	Jason Kendall	C	MIL	4,250,000	151	52.70	0.246	49	2	127	516	167	30	2	46	50	45	8	3	0.324	0.327
140	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
139	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
138	Ram�n Hern�ndez	C	BAL	7,500,000	133	57.30	0.257	65	15	119	463	188	22	1	49	32	62	0	0	0.406	0.308
137	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
136	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
135	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
134	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
133	�dgar Renter�a	SS	DET	11,000,000	138	61.50	0.27	55	10	136	503	192	22	2	69	37	64	6	3	0.382	0.317
132	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
131	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
130	Marco Scutaro	3B/SS	TOR	1,550,000	145	63.20	0.267	60	7	138	517	184	23	1	76	57	65	7	2	0.356	0.341
129	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
128	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
127	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
126	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
125	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
124	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
123	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
122	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
121	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
120	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
119	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
118	Kosuke Fukudome	RF	CHC	7,000,000	150	69.60	0.257	58	10	129	501	190	25	3	79	81	104	12	4	0.379	0.359
117	Mike Cameron	CF	MIL	6,250,000	120	69.80	0.243	70	25	108	444	212	25	2	69	54	142	17	5	0.477	0.331
116	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
115	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
114	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
113	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
112	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
111	Ken Griffey Jr.	RF	CWS	8,282,695	141	72.90	0.249	71	18	122	490	208	30	1	67	78	88	0	1	0.424	0.353
110	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
109	Jason Kubel	RF/DH	MIN	1,300,000	140	73.50	0.272	78	20	126	463	218	22	5	74	47	90	0	1	0.471	0.335
108	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
107	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
106	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
105	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
104	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
103	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
102	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
101	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
100	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
99	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
98	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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