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Record: 97-65   .599.... 1st in American League East
Stadium: Tropicana Field
Playoffs: Lost in Finals (Philadelphia)
Attendance: 1,780,791
Payroll: $43,820,597
Top Draft Pick: Tim Beckham (#1)   A
Manager - Joe Maddon

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Team Leaders

HR: Pena [31]
RBI: Pena [102]
2B: Upton [37]
SB: Upton [44]
W: Shields, Jackson [14]
SV: Percival [28]
SO: Kazmir [166]

Oldest Player: []
Youngest Player: []

Major League Debuts

Batters: Reid Brignac (Jul 4) John Jaso (Sep 6) Elliot Johnson (Apr 5) Evan Longoria (Apr 12) Fernando Perez (Sep 5)
Pitchers: Jeff Niemann (Apr 13) David Price (Sep 14) Mitch Talbot (Sep 15)

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Draft Picks Listing

Rnd	Ovl	Phase	Player Name	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	B	T	HL	MLB	Drafted From	Bonus
1	1	June-Reg	Tim Beckham	SS	18	6-0	188	R	R	A		Griffin (Griffin,GA)	$6,150,000
2	47	June-Reg	Kyle Lobstein	P	18	6-3	200	L	L	A-		Coconino (Flagstaff,AZ)	$1,500,000
3	78	June-Reg	Jacob Jefferies	C	20	6-2	200	L	R	A		University of California-Davis	$515,000
4	113	June-Reg	Ty Morrison	OF	17	6-2	170	L	R	Rookie		Tigard (Tigard,OR)	$500,000
5	143	June-Reg	Mike Sheridan	1B	20	6-2	205	L	L	A		College of William and Mary	$195,000
6	173	June-Reg	Shane Dyer	P	20	6-3	185	R	R	A		South Mountain Community College	$135,000
7	203	June-Reg	Jason Corder	OF	22	6-2	200	R	R	A		Long Beach State University	$30,000
8	233	June-Reg	Anthony Scelfo	2B	21	5-10	195	L	R	A		Tulane University	$107,000
9	263	June-Reg	Shawn Smith	P	17	6-1	180	R	L	Rookie		Saugus (Saugus,CA)	$150,000
10	293	June-Reg	Matt Hall	2B	21	6-2	180	R	R	AAA		Auburn University	$75,000
11	323	June-Reg	Bradley Furdal	P	17	6-2	185	R	R	Rookie		Ancaster (Ancaster,ON)	$140,000
12	353	June-Reg	Brian Bryles	P	18	6-1	170	R	R	Rookie		North Little Rock (North Little Rock,AR)
13	383	June-Reg	Jason McEachern	P	17	6-2	160	R	R	A-		St. Stephens (Hickory,NC)
14	413	June-Reg	Mike Mckenna	OF	22	6-0	195	R	R	A-		Florida Atlantic University
15	443	June-Reg	Brandon Meredith	1B	18	6-2	225	R	R	-		Montgomery (San Diego,CA)
16	473	June-Reg	Matt Gorgen	P	21	6-0	205	R	R	AA		University of California
17	503	June-Reg	Jeremy Beckham	2B	22	5-10	175	R	R	A		Georgia Southern University
18	533	June-Reg	David Genao	C	21	5-11	210	R	R	A-		Oral Roberts University
19	563	June-Reg	Trevor Shull	P	17	6-4	180	R	R	Rookie		Central Valley (Spokane Valley,WA)
20	593	June-Reg	Jason Tweedy	2B	21	5-11	188	L	R	A		Long Beach State University
21	623	June-Reg	Ryan Carpenter	P	17	6-5	205	L	L	College		Cactus (Glendale,AZ)
22	653	June-Reg	Jason Appel	OF	22	6-1	185	L	L	A-		University of North Carolina at Wilmington
23	683	June-Reg	Neil Schenk	P	22	6-3	220	L	L	A		University of Memphis
24	713	June-Reg	Marquis Fleming	P	21	6-1	181	R	R	A+		Cal State Stanislaus
25	743	June-Reg	Josh Satow	P	22	5-10	155	L	L	A+		Arizona State University
26	773	June-Reg	Michael Jarman	P	23	6-1	190	L	L	A		Oral Roberts University
27	803	June-Reg	Luis Marchena	SS	18	5-10	155	R	R	Rookie		Otay Ranch (San Diego,CA)
28	833	June-Reg	Tom Rafferty	P	23	6-1	175	R	R	A+		Arizona State University
29	863	June-Reg	Brandon Magee	OF	17	6-0	230	L	R	-		Centennial (Corona,CA)
30	893	June-Reg	Ryan Turner	2B	19	6-4	175	R	R	-		Midland College
31	923	June-Reg	Gregory Williams	P	18	6-4	200	L	L	-		Moeller (Cincinnati,OH)
32	953	June-Reg	Kyle Gaedele	OF	18	6-3	225	R	R	-		Rolling Meadows (Rolling Meadows,IL)
33	983	June-Reg	Kyle Hunter	P	19	6-3	190	R	L	-		Galesburg (Galesburg,IL)
34	1013	June-Reg	Matt Long	P	23	6-3	245	R	R	A-		Cal State San Bernardino
35	1043	June-Reg	Jamie Bagley	P	20	6-3	205	R	R	A		San Jacinto College
36	1073	June-Reg	Jordan Leyland	1B	18	6-4	205	R	R	-		San Dimas (San Dimas,CA)
37	1103	June-Reg	Kramer Champlin	P	17	'6-6	180	R	R	-		Olympia (Olympia,WA)
38	1133	June-Reg	Anthony Haase	P	18	6-3	190	L	R	-		Rio Rancho (Rio Rancho,NM)
39	1163	June-Reg	Andrew Gans	OF	18	6-2	180	R	R	-		Coronado (Henderson,NV)
40	1193	June-Reg	Sam Gaviglio	P	18	6-2	180	R	R	-		Ashland (Ashland,OR)
41	1223	June-Reg	Brett Parsons	OF	19	6-4	215	L	R	College		Navarro College
42	1253	June-Reg	Tim Clubb	P	21	6-2	195	R	R	Rookie		Missouri State University
43	1283	June-Reg	Robert Ross	P	19	6-4	175	L	L	-		Saddleback College
44	1313	June-Reg	Philip Pohl	C	17	5-11	195	R	R	-		Cooperstown Central (Cooperstown,NY)
45	1342**	June-Reg	Royce Bolinger	OF	17	6-2	195	R	R	College		Chaparral (Scottsdale,AZ)
46	1370	June-Reg	Jeffrey Lease	P	21	6-1	165	L	L	-		American River College
47	1397	June-Reg	Chris Matulis	P	18	'6-6	217	L	L	-		Park Vista (Lake Worth,FL)
48	1424	June-Reg	Lath Guyer	P	22	6-1	190	R	R	College		Mercer University
49	1451	June-Reg	Kash Kalkowski	P	19	6-1		R	R	-		Grand Island (Grand Island,NE)
50	1478	June-Reg	Kyle Peterson	C	18	6-0	200	R	R	-		Hamilton (Chandler,AZ)