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2012 MLB Opening Day Lineups
Current Organizational Roster
World Series Champions
San Francisco Giants
AL MVP
Miguel Cabrera
NL MVP
Buster Posey
AL Cy Young
David Price
NL Cy Young
R.A. Dickey
AL Rookie of the Year
Mike Trout
NL Rookie of the Year
Bryce Harper
AL Manager of the Year
Bob Melvin
NL Manager of the Year
Davey Johnson
Teams
30
Players
1284 -
AL Players
|
NL Players
Attendance
74,859,264
Playoffs
2012 Playoffs
Playoff Teams
ATL, BAL, CIN, DET, NYA, OAK, SFN, SLN, TEX, WAS
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2012 MLB Opening Day Lineups
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Opening day starting lineups for all MLB teams for the
2012
season.
Lineups
ARI
1.
Willie Bloomquist
(ss)
2.
Chris Young
(cf)
3.
Justin Upton
(rf)
4.
Miguel Montero
(c)
5.
Paul Goldschmidt
(1b)
6.
Jason Kubel
(lf)
7.
Ryan Roberts
(3b)
8.
Aaron Hill
(2b)
9.
Ian Kennedy
(p)
P.
Ian Kennedy
(p)
ATL
1.
Michael Bourn
(cf)
2.
Martin Prado
(3b)
3.
Brian McCann
(c)
4.
Dan Uggla
(2b)
5.
Freddie Freeman
(1b)
6.
Matt Diaz
(lf)
7.
Jason Heyward
(rf)
8.
Tyler Pastornicky
(ss)
9.
Tommy Hanson
(p)
P.
Tommy Hanson
(p)
BAL
1.
Nolan Reimold
(lf)
2.
J.J. Hardy
(ss)
3.
Nick Markakis
(rf)
4.
Adam Jones
(cf)
5.
Matt Wieters
(c)
6.
Wilson Betemit
(dh)
7.
Mark Reynolds
(3b)
8.
Chris Davis
(1b)
9.
Robert Andino
(2b)
P.
Jake Arrieta
(p)
BOS
1.
Jacoby Ellsbury
(cf)
2.
Dustin Pedroia
(2b)
3.
Adrian Gonzalez
(1b)
4.
David Ortiz
(dh)
5.
Kevin Youkilis
(3b-1b)
6.
Ryan Sweeney
(rf)
7.
Cody Ross
(lf)
8.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia
(c)
9.
Mike Aviles
(ss)
P.
Jon Lester
(p)
CHA
1.
Alejandro De Aza
(cf)
2.
Brent Morel
(3b)
3.
Adam Dunn
(dh)
4.
Paul Konerko
(1b)
5.
AJ Pierzynski
(c)
6.
Alex Rios
(rf)
7.
Alexei Ramirez
(ss)
8.
Dayan Viciedo
(lf)
9.
Gordon Beckham
(2b)
P.
John Danks
(p)
CHN
1.
David DeJesus
(rf)
2.
Darwin Barney
(2b)
3.
Starlin Castro
(ss)
4.
Alfonso Soriano
(lf)
5.
Ian Stewart
(3b)
6.
Jeff Baker
(1b)
7.
Marlon Byrd
(cf)
8.
Geovany Soto
(c)
9.
Ryan Dempster
(p)
P.
Ryan Dempster
(p)
CIN
1.
Brandon Phillips
(2b)
2.
Zack Cozart
(ss)
3.
Joey Votto
(1b)
4.
Scott Rolen
(3b)
5.
Jay Bruce
(rf)
6.
Ryan Ludwick
(lf)
7.
Drew Stubbs
(cf)
8.
Ryan Hanigan
(c)
9.
Johnny Cueto
(p)
P.
Johnny Cueto
(p)
CLE
1.
Michael Brantley
(cf)
2.
Asdrubal Cabrera
(ss)
3.
Shin-Soo Choo
(rf)
4.
Carlos Santana
(c)
5.
Travis Hafner
(dh)
6.
Shelley Duncan
(lf)
7.
Casey Kotchman
(1b)
8.
Jason Kipnis
(2b)
9.
Jack Hannahan
(3b)
P.
Justin Masterson
(p)
COL
1.
Marco Scutaro
(2b)
2.
Dexter Fowler
(cf)
3.
Carlos Gonzalez
(lf)
4.
Troy Tulowitzki
(ss)
5.
Todd Helton
(1b)
6.
Michael Cuddyer
(rf)
7.
Ramon Hernandez
(c)
8.
Chris Nelson
(3b)
9.
Jeremy Guthrie
(p)
P.
Jeremy Guthrie
(p)
DET
1.
Austin Jackson
(cf)
2.
Brennan Boesch
(rf)
3.
Miguel Cabrera
(3b)
4.
Prince Fielder
(1b)
5.
Delmon Young
(lf)
6.
Ryan Raburn
(dh)
7.
Jhonny Peralta
(ss)
8.
Alex Avila
(c)
9.
Ramon Santiago
(2b)
P.
Justin Verlander
(p)
HOU
1.
Jordan Schafer
(cf)
2.
Jose Altuve
(2b)
3.
JD Martinez
(lf)
4.
Carlos Lee
(1b)
5.
Brian Bogusevic
(rf)
6.
Chris Johnson
(3b)
7.
Jason Castro
(c)
8.
Marwin Gonzalez
(ss)
9.
Wandy Rodriguez
(p)
P.
Wandy Rodriguez
(p)
KCA
1.
Alex Gordon
(lf)
2.
Lorenzo Cain
(cf)
3.
Eric Hosmer
(1b)
4.
Billy Butler
(dh)
5.
Jeff Francoeur
(rf)
6.
Yuniesky Betancourt
(2b)
7.
Mike Moustakas
(3b)
8.
Brayan Pena
(c)
9.
Alcides Escobar
(ss)
P.
Bruce Chen
(p)
LAA
1.
Erick Aybar
(ss)
2.
Howie Kendrick
(2b)
3.
Albert Pujols
(1b)
4.
Torii Hunter
(rf)
5.
Vernon Wells
(lf)
6.
Kendrys Morales
(dh)
7.
Mark Trumbo
(3b)
8.
Chris Iannetta
(c)
9.
Peter Bourjos
(cf)
P.
Jered Weaver
(p)
LAN
1.
Dee Gordon
(ss)
2.
Mark Ellis
(2b)
3.
Matt Kemp
(cf)
4.
Andre Ethier
(rf)
5.
Juan Rivera
(lf)
6.
James Loney
(1b)
7.
Juan Uribe
(3b)
8.
AJ Ellis
(c)
9.
Clayton Kershaw
(p)
P.
Clayton Kershaw
(p)
MIA
1.
Jose Reyes
(ss)
2.
Emilio Bonifacio
(cf)
3.
Hanley Ramirez
(3b)
4.
Giancarlo Stanton
(rf)
5.
Logan Morrison
(lf)
6.
Gaby Sanchez
(1b)
7.
Omar Infante
(2b)
8.
John Buck
(c)
9.
Josh Johnson
(p)
P.
Josh Johnson
(p)
MIL
1.
Rickie Weeks
(2b)
2.
Carlos Gomez
(cf)
3.
Ryan Braun
(lf)
4.
Aramis Ramirez
(3b)
5.
Corey Hart
(rf)
6.
Alex Gonzalez
(ss)
7.
Mat Gamel
(1b)
8.
Jonathan Lucroy
(c)
9.
Yovani Gallardo
(p)
P.
Yovani Gallardo
(p)
MIN
1.
Denard Span
(cf)
2.
Jamey Carroll
(ss)
3.
Joe Mauer
(c)
4.
Justin Morneau
(dh)
5.
Josh Willingham
(lf)
6.
Ryan Doumit
(rf)
7.
Danny Valencia
(3b)
8.
Chris Parmelee
(1b)
9.
Alexi Casilla
(2b)
P.
Carl Pavano
(p)
NYA
1.
Derek Jeter
(ss)
2.
Curtis Granderson
(cf)
3.
Robinson Cano
(2b)
4.
Alex Rodriguez
(3b)
5.
Mark Teixeira
(1b)
6.
Nick Swisher
(rf)
7.
Raul Ibanez
(dh)
8.
Russell Martin
(c)
9.
Brett Gardner
(lf)
P.
CC Sabathia
(p)
NYN
1.
Andres Torres
(cf)
2.
Daniel Murphy
(2b)
3.
David Wright
(3b)
4.
Ike Davis
(1b)
5.
Jason Bay
(lf)
6.
Lucas Duda
(rf)
7.
Josh Thole
(c)
8.
Ruben Tejada
(ss)
9.
Johan Santana
(p)
P.
Johan Santana
(p)
OAK
1.
Jemile Weeks
(2b)
2.
Cliff Pennington
(ss)
3.
Coco Crisp
(lf)
4.
Seth Smith
(dh)
5.
Kurt Suzuki
(c)
6.
Josh Reddick
(rf)
7.
Yoenis Cespedes
(cf)
8.
Brandon Allen
(1b)
9.
Eric Sogard
(3b)
P.
Brandon McCarthy
(p)
PHI
1.
Shane Victorino
(cf)
2.
Placido Polanco
(3b)
3.
Jimmy Rollins
(ss)
4.
Hunter Pence
(rf)
5.
Ty Wigginton
(1b)
6.
John Mayberry
(lf)
7.
Carlos Ruiz
(c)
8.
Freddy Galvis
(2b)
9.
Roy Halladay
(p)
P.
Roy Halladay
(p)
PIT
1.
Alex Presley
(lf)
2.
Jose Tabata
(rf)
3.
Andrew McCutchen
(cf)
4.
Neil Walker
(2b)
5.
Garrett Jones
(1b)
6.
Rod Barajas
(c)
7.
Pedro Alvarez
(3b)
8.
Clint Barmes
(ss)
9.
Erik Bedard
(p)
P.
Erik Bedard
(p)
SDN
1.
Cameron Maybin
(cf)
2.
Chris Denorfia
(rf)
3.
Chase Headley
(3b)
4.
Jesus Guzman
(lf)
5.
Nick Hundley
(c)
6.
Yonder Alonso
(1b)
7.
Orlando Hudson
(2b)
8.
Jason Bartlett
(ss)
9.
Edinson Volquez
(p)
P.
Edinson Volquez
(p)
SEA
1.
Chone Figgins
(3b)
2.
Dustin Ackley
(2b)
3.
Ichiro Suzuki
(rf)
4.
Justin Smoak
(1b)
5.
Jesus Montero
(dh)
6.
Mike Carp
(lf)
7.
Miguel Olivo
(c)
8.
Michael Saunders
(cf)
9.
Brendan Ryan
(ss)
P.
Felix Hernandez
(p)
SFN
1.
Angel Pagan
(cf)
2.
Melky Cabrera
(rf)
3.
Pablo Sandoval
(3b)
4.
Buster Posey
(c)
5.
Aubrey Huff
(lf)
6.
Brandon Belt
(1b)
7.
Ryan Theriot
(2b)
8.
Brandon Crawford
(ss)
9.
Tim Lincecum
(p)
P.
Tim Lincecum
(p)
SLN
1.
Rafael Furcal
(ss)
2.
Carlos Beltran
(rf)
3.
Matt Holliday
(lf)
4.
Lance Berkman
(1b)
5.
David Freese
(3b)
6.
Yadier Molina
(c)
7.
Jon Jay
(cf)
8.
Daniel Descalso
(2b)
9.
Kyle Lohse
(p)
P.
Kyle Lohse
(p)
TBA
1.
Desmond Jennings
(cf)
2.
Ben Zobrist
(rf-2b)
3.
Evan Longoria
(3b)
4.
Jeff Keppinger
(dh)
5.
Sean Rodriguez
(ss)
6.
Carlos Pena
(1b)
7.
Elliot Johnson
(2b)
8.
Jose Molina
(c)
9.
Matt Joyce
(lf-rf)
P.
James Shields
(p)
TEX
1.
Ian Kinsler
(2b)
2.
Elvis Andrus
(ss)
3.
Josh Hamilton
(cf-lf)
4.
Adrian Beltre
(3b)
5.
Michael Young
(dh)
6.
Nelson Cruz
(rf)
7.
Mike Napoli
(1b)
8.
Yorvit Torrealba
(c)
9.
David Murphy
(lf)
P.
Colby Lewis
(p)
TOR
1.
Yunel Escobar
(ss)
2.
Kelly Johnson
(2b)
3.
Jose Bautista
(rf-1b-rf)
4.
Adam Lind
(1b)
5.
Edwin Encarnacion
(dh)
6.
Brett Lawrie
(3b)
7.
Eric Thames
(lf)
8.
JP Arencibia
(c)
9.
Colby Rasmus
(cf)
P.
Ricky Romero
(p)
WAS
1.
Ian Desmond
(ss)
2.
Danny Espinosa
(2b)
3.
Ryan Zimmerman
(3b)
4.
Adam LaRoche
(1b)
5.
Jayson Werth
(rf)
6.
Mark DeRosa
(lf-1b)
7.
Roger Bernadina
(cf-lf)
8.
Wilson Ramos
(c)
9.
Stephen Strasburg
(p)
P.
Stephen Strasburg
(p)