2008 Oakland Athletics

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W-L Record: 75-86 -- 3rd in American League West Manager: Bob Geren Location: Baseball Stadium: McAfee Coliseum Top Draft Pick: Jemile Weeks (#12) Attendance: 1,665,256 Payroll $47,967,126 Youngest Player: Aaron Cunningham (22) Oldest Player: Frank Thomas (40) Longest Tenure: Eric Chavez (11)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 2008 Oakland Athletics

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
52	Jeff Baisley	3B	25	R	R	6-3	192	12/19/1982	Land O'Lakes,Florida	MLB	2008-2008	min
45	Wes Bankston	OF	24	R	R	6-4	200	11/23/1983	Dallas,Texas	MLB	2008-2008	min
10	Daric Barton	1B	22	L	R	6-0	220	8/16/1985	Springfield,Vermont	MLB	2007-2011	390,000
55	Joe Blanton	P	27	R	R	6-2	220	12/11/1980	Nashville,Tennessee	MLB	2004-2011	3,700,000
13	Jerry Blevins	P	24	L	L	6-6	185	9/6/1983	Johnson City,Tennessee	MLB	2007-2011	min
18	Rob Bowen	C	27	R	R	6-2	211	2/24/1981	Bedford,Texas	MLB	2003-2008	410,000
51	Dallas Braden	P	24	L	L	6-1	185	8/13/1983	Phoenix,Arizona	MLB	2007-2011	min
59	Andrew Brown	P	27	R	R	6-6	230	2/17/1981	Chardon,Ohio	MLB	2006-2008	395,000
8	Emil Brown	CF-LF	33	R	R	6-2	193	12/29/1974	Chicago,Illinois	MLB	1997-2009	1,400,000
6	Travis Buck	OF	24	L	L	6-3	210	11/18/1983	Richland,Washington	MLB	2007-2011	400,000
50	Kiko Calero	P	33	R	R	6-1	170	1/9/1975	Santurce,Puerto Rico	MLB	2003-2009	1,000,000
44	Santiago Casilla	P	25	R	R	6-0	160	3/7/1983	Don Gregorio,Dominican Republic	MLB	2004-2011	400,000
3	Eric Chavez	3B	30	L	R	6-0	204	12/7/1977	Los Angeles,California	MLB	1998-2011	11,500,000
49	Brooks Conrad	2B	28	B	R	5-11	185	1/16/1980	San Diego,California	MLB	2008-2011	min
7	Bobby Crosby	SS	28	R	R	6-3	195	1/12/1980	Lakewood,California	MLB	2003-2010	3,550,000
57	Aaron Cunningham	OF	22	R	R	5-11	195	4/24/1986	Anchorage,Alaska	MLB	2008-2011	min
32	Jack Cust	LF	29	L	R	6-2	195	1/16/1979	Flemington,New Jersey	MLB	2001-2011	410,000
38	Rajai Davis	OF	27	R	R	5-11	170	10/19/1980	Norwich,Connecticut	MLB	2006-2011	392,500
19	Chris Denorfia	OF	27	R	R	6-1	180	7/15/1980	Bristol,Connecticut	MLB	2005-2011	400,000
33	Joey Devine	P	24	R	R	6-0	210	9/19/1983	Junction City,Kansas	MLB	2005-2011	min
25	Lenny DiNardo	P	28	L	L	6-4	190	9/9/1979	Miami,Florida	MLB	2004-2009	900,000
58	Justin Duchscherer	P	30	R	R	6-3	164	11/19/1977	Aberdeen,South Dakota	MLB	2001-2010	1,200,000
14	Mark Ellis	2B	31	R	R	5-11	180	6/6/1977	Rapid City,South Dakota	MLB	2002-2011	5,000,000
41	Alan Embree	P	38	L	L	6-2	190	1/23/1970	Vancouver,Washington	MLB	1992-2009	3,107,126
30,35	Dana Eveland	P	24	L	L	6-1	220	10/29/1983	Olympia,Washington	MLB	2005-2011	395,000
67	Jeff Fiorentino	OF	25	L	R	6-1	180	4/14/1983	Hollywood,Florida	MLB	2005-2009	min
29	Keith Foulke	P	35	R	R	6-0	200	10/19/1972	Rapid City,South Dakota	MLB	1997-2008	700,000
36	Sean Gallagher	P	22	R	R	6-1	210	12/30/1985	Boston,Massachusetts	MLB	2007-2010	min
57	Chad Gaudin	P	25	R	R	5-11	165	3/24/1983	New Orleans,Louisiana	MLB	2003-2011	1,775,000
28	Carlos Gonzalez	OF	22	L	L	6-1	170	10/17/1985	Maracaibo,Venezuela	MLB	2008-2011	min
47	Gio Gonzalez	P	22	R	L	5-11	185	9/19/1985	Hialeah,Florida	MLB	2008-2011	min
60	Jeff Gray	P	26	R	R	6-3	205	11/19/1981	Alvin,Texas	MLB	2008-2011	min
22	Jack Hannahan	3B	28	L	R	6-2	200	3/4/1980	St. Paul,Minnesota	MLB	2006-2011	395,000
40	Rich Harden	P	26	L	R	6-1	180	11/30/1981	Victoria,British Columbia	MLB	2003-2011	4,750,000
56	Fernando Hernandez	P	23	R	R	5-11	190	7/31/1984	Miami,Florida	MLB	2008-2008	390,000
29	Dan Johnson	1B	28	L	R	6-2	220	8/10/1979	Coon Rapids,Minnesota	MLB	2005-2011	410,000
53	Dan Meyer	P	26	R	L	6-3	190	7/3/1981	Woodbury,New Jersey	MLB	2004-2010	min
12	Donnie Murphy	2B	25	R	R	5-10	180	3/10/1983	Lakewood,California	MLB	2004-2011	400,000
26	Matt Murton	OF	26	R	R	6-1	226	10/3/1981	Fort Lauderdale,Florida	MLB	2005-2009	min
55	Josh Outman	P	23	L	L	6-1	180	9/14/1984	St. Louis,Missouri	MLB	2008-2011	min
4	Eric Patterson	2B	25	L	R	5-11	173	4/8/1983	Tallahassee,Florida	MLB	2007-2011	min
56	Cliff Pennington	SS	24	B	R	5-11	175	6/15/1984	Corpus Christi,Texas	MLB	2008-2011	min
2	Gregorio Petit	SS	23	R	R	5-10	160	12/10/1984	Ocumare,Venezuela	MLB	2008-2009	min
21	Kirk Saarloos	P	29	R	R	6-0	185	5/23/1979	Long Beach,California	MLB	2002-2008	min
23	Greg Smith	P	24	L	L	6-2	190	12/22/1983	Alexandria,Louisiana	MLB	2008-2010	min
20	Huston Street	P	24	R	R	6-0	185	8/2/1983	Austin,Texas	MLB	2005-2011	3,300,000
24	Kurt Suzuki	C	24	R	R	5-11	200	10/4/1983	Wailuku,Hawaii	MLB	2007-2011	395,000
5	Mike Sweeney	1B-C	34	R	R	6-2	215	7/22/1973	Orange,California	MLB	1995-2010	500,000
15	Ryan Sweeney	OF	23	L	L	6-4	200	2/20/1985	Cedar Rapids,Iowa	MLB	2006-2011	395,000
35	Frank Thomas	1B-DH	40	R	R	6-5	270	5/27/1968	Columbus,Georgia	MLB	1990-2008	12,560,000
31	Brad Ziegler	P	28	R	R	6-4	200	10/10/1979	Pratt,Kansas	MLB	2008-2011	min

Team Personnel

Neil Avent (Scout)
Billy Beane (General Manager)
Steve Bitker (Broadcaster)
Jeff Bittiger (Scout)
Vince Cotroneo (Broadcaster)
Tony DeFrancesco (Third Base Coach)
Ray Fosse (Broadcaster)
Bob Geren (Manager)
Ken Korach (Broadcaster)
Glen Kuiper (Broadcaster)
Keith Lieppman (Director of Player Development)
Eric Martins (Scout)
Gil Patterson (Minor League Pitching Coordinator)
Ron Romanick (Bullpen Coach)
Ty Van Burkleo (Hitting Coach)
Don Wakamatsu (Bench Coach)
Tye Waller (First Base Coach)
Curt Young (Pitching Coach)

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