2008 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 2008 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

2008

World Series Champions

Philadelphia Phillies

Runner Up

Tampa Bay Rays

Most Valuable Players

AL: Dustin Pedroia NL: Albert Pujols

Cy Young Winners

AL: Cliff Lee NL: Tim Lincecum

Rookies of the Year

AL: Evan Longoria NL: Geovany Soto

Managers of the Year

AL: Joe Maddon NL: Lou Piniella

#1 Draft Pick

Tim Beckham (Tampa Bay Rays)

All-Star Game

Bronx,New York

Teams

Players

1290

Attendance

78,591,125

Payroll

$2,686,433,458

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2008 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	5	9	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	163	89	74	.546	--	811	729	82	Lost in 1st Round (Rays)	2,501,103	16	$ 121,189,332	4	Ken Williams	Ozzie Guillen	U.S. Cellular Field
2	6	10	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	163	88	75	.540	1.0	829	745	84	dnq	2,302,431	21	$ 56,932,766	12	Bill Smith	Ron Gardenhire	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
3	8	17	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	7.5	805	761	44	dnq	2,169,760	22	$ 78,970,066	8	Mark Shapiro	Eric Wedge	Progressive Field
4	11	20	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	13.5	691	781	-90	dnq	1,578,922	29	$ 58,245,500	11	Dayton Moore	Trey Hillman	Kauffman Stadium
5	12	23	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	14.5	821	857	-36	dnq	3,202,654	8	$ 137,685,196	2	Dave Dombrowski	Jim Leyland	Comerica Park
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	3	Tampa Bay Rays	T - S - R - L	162	97	65	.599	--	774	671	103	Lost World Series (Philadelphia)	1,780,791	26	$ 43,820,597	14	Andrew Friedman	Joe Maddon	Tropicana Field
2	3	4	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	2.0	845	694	151	Lost in ALCS (Tampa Bay)	3,048,250	10	$ 133,390,035	3	Theo Epstein	Terry Francona	Fenway Park
3	4	8	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	8.0	789	727	62	dnq	4,298,655	1	$ 209,081,577	1	Brian Cashman	Joe Girardi	Yankee Stadium I
4	7	13	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	11.0	714	610	104	dnq	2,399,786	18	$ 97,793,900	7	JP Ricciardi	John Gibbons, Cito Gaston	Rogers Centre
5	13	26	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	161	68	93	.422	28.5	782	869	-87	dnq	1,950,075	24	$ 67,196,246	10	Andy MacPhail	Dave Trembley	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Los Angeles Angels	T - S - R - L	162	100	62	.617	--	765	697	68	Lost in ALDS (Boston)	3,336,744	6	$ 119,216,333	5	Tony Reagins	Mike Scioscia	Angel Stadium of Anaheim
2	9	18	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	21.0	901	967	-66	dnq	1,945,677	25	$ 67,712,326	9	Jon Daniels	Ron Washington	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
3	10	19	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	161	75	86	.466	24.5	646	690	-44	dnq	1,665,256	27	$ 47,967,126	13	Billy Beane	Bob Geren	McAfee Coliseum
4	14	29	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	61	101	.377	39.0	671	811	-140	dnq	2,329,702	19	$ 117,666,482	6	Lee Pelekoudas	Jim Riggleman, John McLaren	Safeco Field
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	161	97	64	.602	--	855	671	184	Lost in NLDS (Los Angeles)	3,300,200	7	$ 118,345,833	3	Jim Hendry	Lou Piniella	Wrigley Field
2	3	6	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	7.5	750	689	61	Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)	3,068,458	9	$ 80,937,499	8	Douglas Melvin	Ned Yost, Dale Sveum	Miller Park
3	5	11	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	161	86	75	.534	11.0	712	743	-31	dnq	2,779,287	12	$ 88,930,414	7	Ed Wade	Cecil Cooper	Minute Maid Park
4	6	12	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	11.5	779	725	54	dnq	3,430,660	4	$ 99,624,449	5	John Mozeliak	Tony La Russa	Busch Stadium III
5	11	21	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	23.5	704	800	-96	dnq	2,058,632	23	$ 74,117,695	10	Walt Jocketty	Dusty Baker	Great American Ballpark
6	14	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	30.5	735	884	-149	dnq	1,609,076	28	$ 48,689,783	15	Neal Huntington	John Russell	PNC Park
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	5	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	163	92	70	.568	--	799	680	119	Won World Series (Tampa Bay)	3,422,583	5	$ 98,269,880	6	Pat Gillick	Charlie Manuel	Citizens Bank Park
2	4	7	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	3.0	799	715	84	dnq	4,042,047	2	$ 137,793,376	1	Omar Minaya	Jerry Manuel, Willie Randolph	Shea Stadium
3	7	14	Florida Marlins	T - S - R - L	161	84	77	.522	7.5	770	767	3	dnq	1,335,075	30	$ 21,811,500	16	Michael Hill	Fredi Gonzalez	Dolphin Stadium
4	13	25	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	20.0	753	778	-25	dnq	2,532,834	14	$ 102,365,683	4	Frank Wren	Bobby Cox	Turner Field
5	16	30	Washington Nationals	T - S - R - L	161	59	102	.366	32.5	641	825	-184	dnq	2,320,400	20	$ 54,961,000	14	Jim Bowden	Manny Acta	Nationals Park
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	8	15	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	--	700	648	52	Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)	3,730,553	3	$ 118,588,536	2	Ned Colletti	Joe Torre	Dodger Stadium
2	9	16	Arizona Diamondbacks	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	2.0	720	706	14	dnq	2,509,924	15	$ 66,202,712	13	Josh Byrnes	Bob Melvin	Chase Field
3	10	22	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	10.0	747	822	-75	dnq	2,650,218	13	$ 68,655,500	12	Daniel O'Dowd	Clint Hurdle	Coors Field
4	12	24	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	12.0	640	759	-119	dnq	2,863,837	11	$ 76,594,500	9	Brian Sabean	Bruce Bochy	AT&T Park
5	15	28	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	63	99	.389	21.0	637	764	-127	dnq	2,427,535	17	$ 73,677,616	11	Kevin Towers	Bud Black	Petco Park
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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