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The Boston Red Sox carried a $133,390,035 payroll in 2008 across 28 players, an average of $4,763,930 and a median of $2,500,000. The highest-paid player was Manny Ramirez at $18,929,923. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manny Ramirez | $18,929,923 |
| 2 | J. D. Drew | $14,000,000 |
| 3 | David Ortiz | $13,000,000 |
| 4 | Mike Lowell | $12,500,000 |
| 5 | Jason Varitek | $10,442,030 |
| 6 | Josh Beckett | $10,166,666 |
| 7 | Julio Lugo | $9,250,000 |
| 8 | Daisuke Matsuzaka | $8,333,333 |
| 9 | Curt Schilling | $8,000,000 |
| 10 | Coco Crisp | $5,083,333 |
| 11 | Tim Wakefield | $4,000,000 |
| 12 | Julian Tavarez | $3,850,000 |
| 13 | Kevin Youkilis | $3,000,000 |
| 14 | Mike Timlin | $3,000,000 |
| 15 | Alex Cora | $2,000,000 |
| 16 | Hideki Okajima | $1,275,000 |
| 17 | Javier Lopez | $840,000 |
| 18 | Kyle Snyder | $835,000 |
| 19 | Sean Casey | $800,000 |
| 20 | Jonathan Papelbon | $775,000 |
| 21 | Dustin Pedroia | $457,000 |
| 22 | Jon Lester | $421,500 |
| 23 | Manny Delcarmen | $421,000 |
| 24 | Jacoby Ellsbury | $406,000 |
| 25 | Bryan Corey | $405,000 |
| 26 | David Aardsma | $403,250 |
| 27 | Kevin Cash | $400,000 |
| 28 | Clay Buchholz | $396,000 |
Each row is one salary from the 2008 Boston Red Sox roster, a season covered by the historical salary record (1985-2016). The $133,390,035 total is the sum of these 28 salaries; the table lists every one of them, top contract first. Amounts are nominal US dollars; full source credits live on the sources page.
Salary and payroll records aggregated and published by Legends Deck. Nominal dollars; no inflation adjustment. Full source credits, licenses and access dates on the sources page.