The 2008 roster for the Tigers included Justin Verlander at pitcher, Brandon Inge at catcher, Miguel Cabrera at first baseman, Placido Polanco at second baseman and Carlos Guillen at third baseman.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	Denny Bautista D. Bautista	P	6'5"	190	8/23/1980	27	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2	Yorman Bazardo Y. Bazardo	P	6'2"	230	7/11/1984	23	Maracay, Venezuela
3	Francis Beltran F. Beltran	P	6'6"	255	11/29/1979	28	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
4	Jeremy Bonderman J. Bonderman	P	6'0"	220	10/28/1982	25	Kennewick, WA
5	Eddie Bonine E. Bonine	P	6'5"	220	6/6/1981	27	Columbus, GA
6	Miguel Cabrera M. Cabrera	1B	6'4"	240	4/18/1983	25	Maracay, Venezuela
7	Brent Clevlen B. Clevlen	OF	6'1"	205	10/27/1983	24	Austin, TX
8	Francisco Cruceta F. Cruceta	P	6'2"	215	7/4/1981	26	La Vega, Dominican Republic
9	Freddy Dolsi F. Dolsi	P	6'0"	160	1/9/1983	25	San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
10	Kyle Farnsworth K. Farnsworth	P	6'4"	230	4/14/1976	32	Wichita, KS
11	Casey Fossum C. Fossum	P	6'1"	160	1/6/1978	30	Cherry Hill, NJ
12	Armando Galarraga A. Galarraga	P	6'3"	230	1/15/1982	26	Cumana, Venezuela
13	Freddy Garcia F. Garcia	P	6'4"	250	10/6/1976	31	Caracas, Venezuela
14	Gary Glover G. Glover	P	6'4"	225	12/3/1976	31	Cleveland, OH
15	Curtis Granderson C. Granderson	OF	6'1"	200	3/16/1981	27	Blue Island, IL
16	Jason Grilli J. Grilli	P	6'5"	235	11/11/1976	31	Royal Oak, MI
17	Carlos Guillen C. Guillen	3B	6'1"	215	9/30/1975	32	Maracay, Venezuela
18	Mike Hessman M. Hessman	3B	6'5"	215	3/5/1978	30	Fountain Valley, CA
19	Michael Hollimon M. Hollimon	SS	6'1"	195	6/14/1982	26	Dallas, TX
20	Brandon Inge B. Inge	C	5'11"	190	5/19/1977	31	Lynchburg, VA
21	Jacque Jones J. Jones	OF	5'10"	205	4/25/1975	33	San Diego, CA
22	Todd Jones T. Jones	P	6'3"	230	4/24/1968	40	Marietta, GA
23	Matt Joyce M. Joyce	OF	6'2"	205	8/3/1984	23	Tampa, FL
24	Chris Lambert C. Lambert	P	6'1"	205	3/8/1983	25	Burlingame, CA
25	Jeff Larish J. Larish	3B	6'2"	200	10/11/1982	25	Iowa City, IA