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Season Information

Team Name

2008 Cleveland Indians

League

American League

Division

Central

Calendar

2008 Baseball Calendar

Location

Cleveland,Ohio

W-L Record

81-81 (.500) GBL: -7.5

Rankings (Div/Lg/MLB)

3 / 8 / 17

Runs For/Against

805 / 761 Diff: +44

Playoffs

dnq

Playoff Series

dnq

Playoff Series

General Manager(s)

Mark Shapiro

Manager(s)

Eric Wedge

Ballpark

Progressive Field

Spring Training W-L

15-14

Spring Ballpark

Chain of Lakes Park (Winter Haven,Florida)

Top Draft Pick

Lonnie Chisenhall (1-29)

Attendance

2,169,760

Attendance Rank

Payroll (usd$)

$78,970,066

Payroll Rank

Minor League Affiliates

Buffalo Bisons (IL-AAA), Akron Aeros (East-AA), Kinston Indians (Caro-A+), Lake County Captains (SAL-A), Mahoning Valley Scrappers (NYPL-A-), Gulf Coast Indians (GCL-Rk)

Years Active

1901-2021

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2008 Cleveland Indians Season Roster

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Grid Filters		Drafted 1st Round Pick Hitters Pitchers 22-under over35
Unif	Player Name	Age	Exp	Pos	Ht	Wt	Ba	Th	Born Date	Place Of Birth	Draft Info	HiLvl	MLB Years	Stat Years	Serv Time	Nationality
68	Michael Aubrey	26	1	1B-LF	6-1	195	L	L	1982-04-15	Shreveport,LA	2003- 1- 11-CLE	MLB	2008-2009	2001-2011	0.000	US
29	Josh Barfield	25	3	2B-LF	6-0	185	R	R	1982-12-17	Barquisimeto,VZ	2001- 4- 120-SDN	MLB	2006-2009	2001-2013	0.000	VZ
27	Rick Bauer	31	7	P	6-6	212	R	R	1977-01-10	Garden Grove,CA	1997- 5- 165-BAL	MLB	2001-2008	1997-2012	0.000	US
63	Rafael Betancourt	33	6	P-SS	6-2	170	R	R	1975-04-29	Cumana,VZ	1993- 0- 0-BOS	MLB	2003-2015	1994-2015	0.000	VZ
1	Casey Blake	34	10	3B-RF	6-2	200	R	R	1973-08-23	Des Moines,IA	1996- 7- 189-TOR	MLB	1999-2011	1996-2011	0.000	US
47	Joe Borowski	37	12	P	6-2	225	R	R	1971-05-04	Bayonne,NJ	1989- 32- 823-CHA	MLB	1995-2008	1990-2008	0.000	US
58	Craig Breslow	27	3	P	6-1	180	L	L	1980-08-08	New Haven,CT	2002- 26- 769-MIL	MLB	2005-2017	1999-2018	0.000	US
26	Bryan Bullington	27	3	P	6-5	220	R	R	1980-09-30	Indianapolis,IN	2002- 1- 1-PIT	MLB	2005-2010	2000-2015	0.000	US
36	Paul Byrd	37	13	P	6-1	184	R	R	1970-12-03	Louisville,KY	1991- 4- 112-CLE	MLB	1995-2009	1989-2009	0.000	US
13	Asdrubal Cabrera	22	2	3B-2B	6-0	205	B	R	1985-11-13	Puerto La Cruz,VZ	2002- 0- 0-SEA	MLB	2007-2020	2004-2020	0.000	VZ
7	Jamey Carroll	34	7	2B-3B	5-10	175	R	R	1974-02-18	Evansville,IN	1996- 14- 400-MON	MLB	2002-2013	1996-2013	0.000	US
17	Shin-Soo Choo	25	4	DH-LF	5-11	205	L	L	1982-07-30	Pusan,KR	2000- 0- 0-CLE	MLB	2005-2020	2001-2020	0.000	KR
20	David Dellucci	34	12	LF-OF	5-10	180	L	L	1973-10-31	Baton Rouge,LA	1995- 10- 276-BAL	MLB	1997-2009	1995-2009	10.097	US
58	Brendan Donnelly	36	7	P	6-3	205	R	R	1971-07-04	Washington,DC	1992- 27- 764-CHA	MLB	2002-2010	1992-2010	0.000	US
39	Scott Elarton	32	10	P	6-7	240	R	R	1976-02-23	Lamar,CO	1994- 1- 25-HOU	MLB	1998-2008	1994-2013	0.000	US
44	Sal Fasano	36	11	C-1B	6-2	230	R	R	1971-08-10	Chicago,IL	1993- 37-1029-KCA	MLB	1996-2008	1993-2009	0.000	US
12	Ben Francisco	26	2	OF-LF	6-1	180	R	R	1981-10-23	Santa Ana,CA	2002- 5- 154-CLE	MLB	2007-2013	2001-2015	0.000	US
25	Ryan Garko	27	4	1B-C	6-1	220	R	R	1981-01-02	Pittsburgh,PA	2003- 3- 78-CLE	MLB	2005-2010	2000-2012	2.091	US
56	Matt Ginter	30	7	P	6-1	220	R	R	1977-12-24	Winchester,KY	1999- 1- 22-CHA	MLB	2000-2008	1997-2009	0.000	US
50	Andy Gonzalez	26	2	SS-3B	6-2	180	R	R	1981-12-15	Rio Piedras,PR	2001- 5- 163-CHA	MLB	2007-2009	2001-2013	0.000	PR
38	Franklin Gutierrez	25	4	OF-CF	6-2	175	R	R	1983-02-21	Caracas,VZ	2000- 0- 0-LAN	MLB	2005-2017	2001-2017	0.000	VZ
48	Travis Hafner	31	7	DH-1B	6-3	215	L	R	1977-06-03	Jamestown,ND	1996- 31- 923-TEX	MLB	2002-2013	1997-2018	0.000	US
55	Roberto Hernandez	27	3	P	6-4	180	R	R	1980-08-30	Santo Domingo,DR	2000- 0- 0-CLE	MLB	2006-2016	2002-2016	0.000	DR
57	Zach Jackson	25	2	P	6-5	220	L	L	1983-05-13	Latrobe,PA	2004- 1- 32-TOR	MLB	2006-2009	2002-2015	0.000	US
44	Jorge Julio	29	8	P	6-1	190	R	R	1979-03-03	Caracas,VZ	1996- 0- 0-MON	MLB	2001-2009	1997-2012	6.062	VZ
Unif	Player Name	Age	Exp	Pos	Ht	Wt	Ba	Th	Born Date	Place Of Birth	Draft Info	HiLvl	MLB Years	Stat Years	Serv Time	Nationality
30	Masahide Kobayashi	34	1	P	6-1	172	R	R	1974-05-24	Yamanashi,JP	2007- 0- 0-CLE	MLB	2008-2009	1999-2011	1.000	JP
32	Aaron Laffey	23	2	P	6-1	178	L	L	1985-04-15	Cumberland,MD	2003- 16- 468-CLE	MLB	2007-2015	2003-2018	0.000	US
31	Cliff Lee	29	7	P	6-4	190	L	L	1978-08-30	Benton,AR	2000- 4- 105-MON	MLB	2002-2014	2000-2014	0.000	US
50	Jensen Lewis	24	2	P	6-3	185	R	R	1984-05-16	Cincinnati,OH	2005- 3- 102-CLE	MLB	2007-2010	2003-2013	0.000	US
46	Scott Lewis	24	1	P	6-0	185	L	L	1983-09-26	Washington Court House,OH	2004- 3- 77-CLE	MLB	2008-2009	2002-2010	0.022	US
15	Andy Marte	24	4	3B-1B	6-1	185	R	R	1983-11-21	Villa Tapia,DR	2000- 0- 0-ATL	MLB	2005-2014	2001-2014	0.000	DR
41	Victor Martinez	29	7	DH-1B	6-2	170	B	R	1978-12-23	Ciudad Bolivar,VZ	1996- 0- 0-CLE	MLB	2002-2018	1999-2018	0.000	VZ
40	Tom Mastny	27	3	P	6-5	220	R	R	1981-02-04	East Bontang,IO	2003- 11- 320-TOR	MLB	2006-2008	2000-2010	0.000	IO
59	Jon Meloan	23	2	P	6-3	225	R	R	1984-07-11	Houston,TX	2005- 5- 166-LAN	MLB	2007-2009	2003-2014	0.000	US
8	Jason Michaels	32	8	LF-OF	6-0	205	R	R	1976-05-04	Tampa,FL	1998- 4- 104-PHI	MLB	2001-2011	1997-2012	0.000	US
49	Edward Mujica	24	3	P	6-2	180	R	R	1984-05-10	Valencia,VZ	2001- 0- 0-CLE	MLB	2006-2017	2003-2018	0.000	VZ
2	Jhonny Peralta	26	6	SS-3B	6-1	185	R	R	1982-05-28	Santiago,DR	1999- 0- 0-CLE	MLB	2003-2017	2000-2017	0.000	DR
53	Rafael Perez	26	3	P	6-3	170	L	L	1982-05-15	Santo Domingo,DR	2002- 0- 0-CLE	MLB	2006-2012	2003-2017	0.000	DR
27	Anthony Reyes	26	4	P	6-2	215	R	R	1981-10-16	Downey,CA	2003- 15- 455-SLN	MLB	2005-2009	2000-2012	0.000	US
34	Juan Rincon	29	8	P	5-11	190	R	R	1979-01-23	Miranda,VZ	1996- 0- 0-MIN	MLB	2001-2010	1997-2014	0.000	VZ
56	Rich Rundles	27	1	P	6-5	180	L	L	1981-06-03	Chattanooga,TN	1999- 3- 88-BOS	MLB	2008-2009	1999-2013	0.027	US
52	CC Sabathia	27	8	P	6-7	250	L	L	1980-07-21	Vallejo,CA	1998- 1- 20-CLE	MLB	2001-2019	1998-2019	0.000	US
10	Kelly Shoppach	28	4	C-DH	6-0	215	R	R	1980-04-29	Fort Worth,TX	2001- 2- 48-BOS	MLB	2005-2013	1999-2013	0.000	US
24	Grady Sizemore	25	5	CF-OF	6-2	205	L	L	1982-08-02	Seattle,WA	2000- 3- 75-MON	MLB	2004-2015	2000-2015	0.000	US
54	Brian Slocum	27	2	P	6-4	190	R	R	1981-03-27	New Rochelle,NY	2002- 2- 63-CLE	MLB	2006-2008	2002-2011	0.000	US
45	Jeremy Sowers	25	3	P	6-1	165	L	L	1983-05-17	Wheeling,WV	2004- 1- 6-CLE	MLB	2006-2009	2002-2013	1.128	US
16	Jason Tyner	31	8	OF-LF	6-1	170	L	L	1977-04-23	Beaumont,TX	1998- 1- 21-NYN	MLB	2000-2008	1996-2009	0.000	US
11	Jorge Velandia	33	8	SS-2B	5-9	185	R	R	1975-01-12	Caracas,VZ	1992- 0- 0-DET	MLB	1997-2008	1992-2009	0.000	VZ
37	Jake Westbrook	30	9	P	6-3	200	R	R	1977-09-29	Athens,GA	1996- 1- 21-COL	MLB	2000-2013	1996-2013	0.000	US
49 record(s)

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Unif Uniform Number, if available Player Name Name of the player. If not linked, then no profile on the site Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. Exp Experience in # of years. For Player stats, refers to nth PRO season. Count is ontextual to the purpose of the grid Pos Defensive Position Ht Height Wt Weight Ba Bats Th Throws Born Date Date of Birth for Player Place of Birth City,State or City,Country for birthplace Draft Info Year-DraftRound-Overall-Drafted by Team Abbreviation. Click the link to view picks for that round. Indicates most recent draft instance HiLvl Highest Level Reached MLB Years Up-to-date Range of Years played Stat Years Available range of years of statistics within the TBC system

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