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2008 Boston Red Sox




Complete List of Player Salaries by Year (Default 2008) | Link to Cot's Salary pages



      


30 total players, $136,798,083 total salary, $4,559,936 avg salary

PlayerPosSalaryPctWARPWARP/$M$/WARPCurrent Status
Manny Ramirez LF $22,000,000 16.08% 2.96 0.13 $7,433,412
J.D. Drew RF $14,000,000 10.23% 2.96 0.21 $4,736,098
David Ortiz DH $13,000,000 9.50% 1.75 0.13 $7,437,922
Mike Lowell 3B $12,000,000 8.77% 2.10 0.17 $5,718,779 FA/2011
Josh Beckett RP $10,166,667 7.43% 4.74 0.47 $2,142,629
Jason Varitek C $10,000,000 7.31% -0.37 — —
Julio Lugo SS $9,250,000 6.76% -0.26 — —
Daisuke Matsuzaka RP $8,333,333 6.09% 2.35 0.28 $3,552,706
Curt Schilling DNP $8,000,000 5.85% — — —
Coco Crisp CF $5,083,333 3.72% 1.09 0.21 $4,661,940
Tim Wakefield RP $4,000,000 2.92% 3.02 0.75 $1,325,140
Julian Tavarez RP $3,850,000 2.81% 0.12 0.03 $32,831,621
Mike Timlin RP $3,000,000 2.19% 0.18 0.06 $16,296,200
Kevin Youkilis 1B $3,000,000 2.19% 5.38 1.79 $557,330
Alex Cora SS $2,000,000 1.46% 0.64 0.32 $3,121,337
Hideki Okajima RP $1,250,000 0.91% 1.32 1.06 $947,472
Javier López RP $840,000 0.61% 0.19 0.23 $4,341,893
Kyle Snyder RP $835,000 0.61% 0.07 0.08 $11,995,300
Sean Casey 1B $800,000 0.58% -0.36 — —
Jonathan Papelbon RP $775,000 0.57% 2.29 2.95 $339,031
Craig Hansen RP $700,000 0.51% -0.04 — —
Doug Mirabelli DNP $550,000 0.40% — — —
Joe Thurston LF $460,000 0.34% -0.16 — —
Dustin Pedroia 2B $457,000 0.33% 5.41 11.84 $84,444
Jon Lester RP $421,500 0.31% 2.24 5.32 $187,867
Manny Delcarmen RP $421,000 0.31% 1.42 3.38 $295,920
Jacoby Ellsbury CF $406,000 0.30% 2.66 6.54 $152,839
David Aardsma RP $403,250 0.29% 0.25 0.62 $1,618,873
Kevin Cash C $400,000 0.29% 0.17 0.42 $2,371,860
Clay Buchholz RP $396,000 0.29% 0.56 1.41 $707,158
YearRed Sox payrollAvg payrollDiff
1997$1,100,000$4,892,222$-3,792,222
1998$9,100,000$6,661,904$2,438,096
1999$14,500,000$7,867,823$6,632,177
2000$80,978,533$56,164,089$24,814,444
2001$111,488,333$65,991,638$45,496,695
2002$108,645,000$68,244,471$40,400,529
2003$99,251,500$71,318,479$27,933,021
2004$128,545,500$70,466,961$58,078,539
2005$125,097,825$73,264,780$51,833,045
2006$124,406,500$79,051,754$45,354,746
2007$147,568,833$83,931,138$63,637,695
2008$136,798,083$90,812,373$45,985,710
2009$122,803,640$91,093,211$31,710,429
2010$173,759,833$93,373,681$80,386,152
2011$165,828,976$96,102,034$69,726,942
2012$175,205,284$100,657,138$74,548,146
2013$150,655,000$109,024,990$41,630,010
2014$163,414,996$117,828,782$45,586,214
2015$180,779,329$127,404,244$53,375,085
2016$197,899,679$132,219,407$65,680,272
2017$197,041,179$137,302,894$59,738,285
2018$233,200,428$136,929,168$96,271,260
2019$236,171,428$136,944,257$99,227,171
2020$187,907,969$140,677,788$47,230,181
2021$176,099,500$132,162,631$43,936,869
2022$212,015,000$149,374,046$62,640,954
2023$154,435,000$160,460,390$-6,025,390
2024$97,266,667$135,504,022$-38,237,355
2025$86,566,667$96,417,302$-9,850,635
2026$73,916,667$76,694,120$-2,777,453
2027$71,416,667$58,935,617$12,481,050
2028$59,916,667$45,437,759$14,478,908
2029$59,916,667$37,269,628$22,647,039
2030$44,750,000$39,665,769$5,084,231
2031$44,000,000$38,360,152$5,639,848
2032$35,000,000$47,925,459$-12,925,459
2033$31,000,000$43,068,924$-12,068,924
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