The 2008 roster for the Red Sox included Jon Lester at pitcher, Jason Varitek at catcher, Kevin Youkilis at first baseman, Dustin Pedroia at second baseman and Mike Lowell at third baseman.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	David Aardsma D. Aardsma	P	6'3"	215	12/27/1981	26	Denver, CO
2	Jeff Bailey J. Bailey	1B	6'2"	200	11/19/1978	29	Longview, WA
3	Jason Bay J. Bay	OF	6'2"	210	9/20/1978	29	Trail, Canada
4	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	P	6'5"	230	5/15/1980	28	Spring, TX
5	Michael Bowden M. Bowden	P	6'3"	215	9/9/1986	21	Winfield, IL
6	Clay Buchholz C. Buchholz	P	6'3"	190	8/14/1984	23	Nederland, TX
7	Paul Byrd P. Byrd	P	6'1"	190	12/3/1970	37	Louisville, KY
8	Chris Carter C. Carter	DH	6'0"	230	9/16/1982	25	Fremont, CA
9	Sean Casey S. Casey	1B	6'4"	230	7/2/1974	33	Willingsboro, NJ
10	Kevin Cash K. Cash	C	6'0"	200	12/6/1977	30	Tampa, FL
11	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	P	5'11"	285	5/24/1973	35	Altamira, Dominican Republic
12	Alex Cora A. Cora	SS	6'0"	200	10/18/1975	32	Caguas, Puerto Rico
13	Bryan Corey B. Corey	P	5'10"	170	10/21/1973	34	Thousand Oaks, CA
14	Coco Crisp C. Crisp	OF	5'10"	185	11/1/1979	28	Los Angeles, CA
15	Manny Delcarmen M. Delcarmen	P	6'2"	225	2/16/1982	26	Boston, MA
16	J.D. Drew	OF	6'1"	200	11/20/1975	32	Valdosta, GA
17	Jacoby Ellsbury J. Ellsbury	OF	6'1"	195	9/11/1983	24	Madras, OR
18	Devern Hansack D. Hansack	P	6'2"	180	2/5/1978	30	Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua
19	Craig Hansen C. Hansen	P	6'6"	230	11/15/1983	24	Glen Cove, NY
20	Mark Kotsay M. Kotsay	OF	6'0"	220	12/2/1975	32	Whittier, CA
21	George Kottaras G. Kottaras	C	6'0"	200	5/10/1983	25	Scarborough, Canada
22	Jon Lester J. Lester	P	6'4"	240	1/7/1984	24	Tacoma, WA
23	Javier Lopez J. Lopez	P	6'4"	220	7/11/1977	30	San Juan, Puerto Rico
24	Mike Lowell M. Lowell	3B	6'3"	210	2/24/1974	34	San Juan, Puerto Rico
25	Jed Lowrie J. Lowrie	SS	6'0"	180	4/17/1984	24	Salem, OR