2008 Atlanta Braves Roster

The 2008 Atlanta Braves team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 2008 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 2008 Atlanta Braves Opening Day starters list, a 2008 Atlanta Braves salary list, a 2008 Atlanta Braves uniform number breakdown and a 2008 Atlanta Braves primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"You can get by when you lose a key position player to injury. We've done that in the past, but when you start losing starting pitchers like we did, it's almost impossible to overcome." - Atlanta Braves Manager Bobby Cox (MLB.com, Mark Bowman, 09/28/2008)
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2008 Atlanta Braves



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Complete Roster  
 

46 Manny Acosta 6-04 170 Right Both 1981-05-01
30 Jeff Bennett 6-03 205 Right Right 1980-06-10
56 Blaine Boyer 6-03 215 Right Right 1981-07-11
26 Francisley Bueno 5-11 200 Left Left 1981-03-05
57 Jorge Campillo 6-01 190 Right Right 1978-08-10
38 Buddy Carlyle 6-03 175 Right Left 1977-12-21
33 Matt DeSalvo 6-00 180 Right Right 1980-09-11
34 Elmer Dessens 6-00 190 Right Right 1971-01-13
47 Tom Glavine 6-01 190 Left Left 1966-03-25
51 Mike Gonzalez 6-02 215 Left Right 1978-05-23
32 Mike Hampton 5-10 180 Left Right 1972-09-09
15 Tim Hudson 6-00 160 Right Right 1975-07-14
36 Chuck James 6-00 170 Left Left 1981-11-09
65 Jorge Julio 6-01 190 Right Right 1979-03-03
49 Jair Jurrjens 6-01 160 Right Right 1986-01-29
50 Charlie Morton 6-04 190 Right Right 1983-10-12
58 Peter Moylan 6-03 220 Right Right 1978-12-02
48 Vladimir Nunez 6-04 224 Right Right 1975-03-15
13 Will Ohman 6-02 195 Left Left 1977-08-13
61 James Parr 6-01 185 Right Right 1986-02-27
48 Chris Resop 6-03 220 Right Right 1982-11-04
37 Jo-Jo Reyes 6-02 230 Left Left 1984-11-20
40 Jeff Ridgway 6-03 210 Right Right 1980-08-17
34 Royce Ring 6-00 220 Left Left 1980-12-21
29 John Smoltz 6-03 210 Right Right 1967-05-15
39 Rafael Soriano 6-01 175 Right Right 1979-12-19
48 Phil Stockman 6-08 250 Right Right 1980-01-25
54 Julian Tavarez 6-02 165 Right Right 1973-05-22
16 Brian McCann 6-03 210 Right Left 1984-02-20
27 Corky Miller 6-01 225 Right Right 1976-03-18
5 Clint Sammons 6-00 200 Right Right 1983-05-15
19 Yunel Escobar 6-02 200 Right Right 1982-11-02
8 Ruben Gotay 5-11 160 Right Both 1982-12-25
2 Kelly Johnson 6-01 205 Right Left 1982-02-22
10 Chipper Jones 6-03 185 Right Both 1972-04-24
22 Casey Kotchman 6-03 210 Left Left 1983-02-22
1 Brent Lillibridge 5-11 190 Right Right 1983-09-18
14 Martin Prado 6-01 170 Right Right 1983-10-27
24 Mark Teixeira 6-03 220 Right Both 1980-04-11
24 Josh Anderson 6-02 195 Right Left 1982-08-10
18 Gregor Blanco 5-11 170 Left Left 1983-12-12
23 Matt Diaz 6-01 206 Right Right 1978-03-03
7 Jeff Francoeur 6-04 220 Right Right 1984-01-08
4 Omar Infante 5-09 150 Right Right 1981-12-26
28 Brandon Jones 6-01 210 Right Left 1983-12-10
11 Mark Kotsay 6-00 180 Left Left 1975-12-02
20 Greg Norton 6-01 190 Right Both 1972-07-06
26 Jason Perry 6-00 200 Right Left 1980-08-18
5 Brayan Pena 5-11 220 Right Both 1982-01-07
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The 2008 Atlanta Braves played 162 games during the regular season, won 72 games, lost 90 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at Turner Field (Park Factors: 98/97) where 2,532,834 fans witnessed their 2008 Braves finish the season with a .444 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 2008 Atlanta Braves Opening Day starters list, a 2008 Atlanta Braves salary list, a 2008 Atlanta Braves uniform number breakdown and a 2008 Atlanta Braves primary starters list:

2008 Atlanta Braves
Opening Day Starters


Matt Diaz
Yunel Escobar
Jeff Francoeur
Tom Glavine
Kelly Johnson
Chipper Jones
Mark Kotsay
Brian McCann
Mark Teixeira

2008 Atlanta Braves
Most Games by Position

C Brian McCann (138)
1B Mark Teixeira (102)
2B Kelly Johnson (144)
3B Chipper Jones (115)
SS Yunel Escobar (126)
LF Gregor Blanco (77)
CF Mark Kotsay (84)
RF Jeff Francoeur (152)
  
SP Jorge Campillo
SP Tim Hudson
SP Jair Jurrjens
SP Charlie Morton
SP Jo-Jo Reyes
  
RP Manny Acosta
RP Jeff Bennett
RP Blaine Boyer
RP Buddy Carlyle
RP Vladimir Nunez
RP Will Ohman
RP Royce Ring
RP Julian Tavarez
CL Mike Gonzalez


2008 Atlanta Braves
Salaries

Tim Hudson $15,500,000.00
Mike Hampton $15,000,000.00
Chipper Jones $15,000,000.00
John Smoltz $14,000,000.00
Tom Glavine $8,000,000.00
Julian Tavarez $3,850,000.00
Rafael Soriano $2,650,000.00
Mike Gonzalez $2,362,500.00
Will Ohman $1,600,000.00
Mark Kotsay $1,450,000.00
Omar Infante $1,400,000.00
Matt Diaz $1,225,000.00
Jorge Julio $1,000,000.00
Brian McCann $966,666.00
Jeff Francoeur $460,000.00
Kelly Johnson $430,000.00
Peter Moylan $410,000.00
Ruben Gotay $403,000.00
Yunel Escobar $402,500.00
Jeff Bennett $400,000.00
Corky Miller $400,000.00
Manny Acosta $392,500.00
Gregor Blanco $390,000.00
Blaine Boyer $390,000.00
Jair Jurrjens $390,000.00
Martin Prado $390,000.00


2008 Atlanta Braves
Uniform Numbers

#1 Brent Lillibridge
#2 Kelly Johnson
#4 Omar Infante
#5 Brayan Pena
#5 Clint Sammons
#7 Jeff Francoeur
#8 Ruben Gotay
#10 Chipper Jones
#11 Mark Kotsay
#13 Will Ohman
#14 Martin Prado
#15 Tim Hudson
#16 Brian McCann
#18 Gregor Blanco
#19 Yunel Escobar
#20 Greg Norton
#22 Casey Kotchman
#23 Matt Diaz
#24 Josh Anderson
#24 Mark Teixeira
#26 Francisley Bueno
#26 Jason Perry
#27 Corky Miller
#28 Brandon Jones
#29 John Smoltz
#30 Jeff Bennett
#32 Mike Hampton
#33 Matt DeSalvo
#34 Elmer Dessens
#34 Royce Ring
#36 Chuck James
#37 Jo-Jo Reyes
#38 Buddy Carlyle
#39 Rafael Soriano
#40 Jeff Ridgway
#46 Manny Acosta
#47 Tom Glavine
#48 Vladimir Nunez
#48 Chris Resop
#48 Phil Stockman
#49 Jair Jurrjens
#50 Charlie Morton
#51 Mike Gonzalez
#54 Julian Tavarez
#56 Blaine Boyer
#57 Jorge Campillo
#58 Peter Moylan
#61 James Parr
#65 Jorge Julio

Did you know that a 2008 Atlanta Braves Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?