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Opening Day Lineups

Opening Day Lineups

1998-2006
2007-2015

1998-2006

1998

Name
Pos.

1. Quinton McCracken
CF

2. Miguel Cairo
2B

3. Wade Boggs
3B

4. Fred McGriff
1B

5. Mike Kelly
LF

6. Paul Sorrento
DH

7. John Flaherty
C

8. Dave Martinez
RF

9. Kevin Stocker
SS

     Wilson Alvarez
LHP

1999

Name
Pos.

1. Randy Winn
CF

2. Dave Martinez
RF

3. Jose Canseco
DH

4. Fred McGriff
1B

5. John Flaherty
C

6. Wade Boggs
3B

7. Paul Sorrento
LF

8. Miguel Cairo
2B

9. Kevin Stocker
SS

     Wilson Alvarez
LHP

2000

Name
Pos.

1. Gerald Williams
CF

2. Dave Martinez
RF

3. Jose Canseco
DH

4. Fred McGriff
1B

5. Greg Vaughn
LF

6. Herbert Perry
3B

7. John Flaherty
C

8. Kevin Stocker
SS

9. Miguel Cairo
2B

     Steve Trachsel
RHP

2001

Name
Pos.

1. Gerald Williams
CF

2. Steve Cox
DH

3. Greg Vaughn
LF

4. Fred McGriff
1B

5. Ben Grieve
RF

6. Vinny Castilla
3B

7. Bobby Smith
2B

8. John Flaherty
C

9. Felix Martinez
SS

     Albie Lopez
RHP

2002

Name
Pos.

1. Jason Tyner
LF

2. Randy Winn
CF

3. Steve Cox
1B

4. Greg Vaughn
DH

5. Toby Hall
C

6. Ben Grieve
RF

7. Bobby Smith
3B

8. Brent Abernathy
2B

9. Chris Gomez
SS

     Tanyon Sturtze
RHP

2003

Name
Pos.

1. Carl Crawford
LF

2. Rocco Baldelli
CF

3. Aubrey Huff
3B

4. Travis Lee
1B

5. Al Martin
DH

6. Ben Grieve
RF

7. Toby Hall
C

8. Brent Abernathy
2B

9. Rey Ordonez
SS

     Joe Kennedy
LHP

2004

Name
Pos.

1. Carl Crawford
LF

2. Damian Rolls
3B

3. Rocco Baldelli
CF

4. Aubrey Huff
DH

5. Jose Cruz
RF

6. Tino Martinez
1B

7. Julio Lugo
SS

8. Toby Hall
C

9. Rey Sanchez
2B

     Victor Zambrano
RHP

2005

Name
Pos.

1. Carl Crawford
LF

2. Julio Lugo
SS

3. Aubrey Huff
RF

4. Travis Lee
1B

5. Josh Phelps
DH

6. Jorge Cantu
2B

7. Chris Singleton
CF

8. Toby Hall
C

9. Alex Gonzalez
3B

     Dewon Brazelton
RHP

2006

Name
Pos.

1. Julio Lugo
SS

2. Carl Crawford
LF

3. Jorge Cantu
2B

4. Aubrey Huff
3B

5. Jonny Gomes
DH

6. Travis Lee
1B

7. Toby Hall
C

8. Damon Hollins
RF

9. Joey Gathright
CF

     Scott Kazmir
LHP
2007-2015

2007

Name
Pos.

1. Carl Crawford
LF

2. Ben Zobrist
SS

3. Rocco Baldelli
DH

4. Ty Wigginton
1B

5. Delmon Young
RF

6. Akinori Iwamura
3B

7. Dioner Navarro
C

8. Elijah Dukes
CF

9. B.J. Upton
2B

     Scott Kazmir
LHP

2008

Name
Pos.

1. Akinori Iwamura
2B

2. Carl Crawford
LF

3. Carlos Peña
1B

4. B.J. Upton
CF

5. Cliff Floyd
DH

6. Willy Aybar
3B

7. Eric Hinske
RF

8. Dioner Navarro
C

9. Jason Bartlett
SS

     James Shields
RHP

2009

Name
Pos.

1. Akinori Iwamura
2B

2. Carl Crawford
LF

3. Evan Longoria
3B

4. Carlos Peña
1B

5. Pat Burrell
DH

6. Matt Joyce
CF

7. Dioner Navarro
C

8. Gabe Gross
RF

9. Jason Bartlett
SS

     James Shields
RHP

2010

Name
Pos.

1. Jason Bartlett
SS

2. Carl Crawford
LF

3. Ben Zobrist
RF

4. Evan Longoria
3B

5. Carlos Peña
1B

6. B.J. Upton
CF

7. Pat Burrell
DH

8. Sean Rodriguez
2B

9. Dioner Navarro
C

     James Shields
RHP

2011

Name
Pos.

1. Ben Zobrist
2B

2. Johnny Damon
LF

3. Evan Longoria
3B

4. Manny Ramirez
DH

5. Dan Johnson
1B

6. B.J. Upton
CF

7. Matt Joyce
RF

8. Reid Brignac
SS

9. John Jaso
C

     David Price
LHP

2012
Name
Pos.

1. Desmond Jennings
SS

2. Ben Zobrist
LF

3. Evan Longoria
2B

4. Jeff Keppinger
3B

5. Sean Rodriguez
DH

6. Carlos Pena
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7. Elliot Johnson
C

8. Jose Molina
RF

9. Matt Joyce
CF

     James Shields
RHP

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Opening Day Lineups

1998-2006

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007-2015

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

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