2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season

2008 Los Angeles Dodgers
2008 Los Angeles Dodgers
National League West Champions
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Dodger Stadium
City	Los Angeles
Record	84–78 (.519)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Frank McCourt
President	Jamie McCourt
General managers	Ned Colletti
Managers	Joe Torre
Television	FSN Prime Ticket; KCAL (9); Vin Scully, Charley Steiner, Steve Lyons
Radio	KABC; Vin Scully, Rick Monday, Charley Steiner ; ; KHJ ; Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela

The 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season featured the Dodgers celebrating their Golden Anniversary in Southern California under new manager Joe Torre as they won the National League West for the first time since 2004, and returned to the postseason after missing the playoffs in 2007. The Dodgers did not peak until September when the won 17–8, which was highlighted by the acquisition of superstar outfielder Manny Ramirez. Ramirez hit .396 with 17 HRs in 53 games after the trade on July 31. They swept the Chicago Cubs in the NLDS to advance to the NLCS. It was their first playoff series win since 1988 when they went on to win the World Series. However, they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in five games in the NLCS.

Season standings

National League West

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NL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	84	78	.519	—	48‍–‍33	36‍–‍45
Arizona Diamondbacks	82	80	.506	2	48‍–‍33	34‍–‍47
Colorado Rockies	74	88	.457	10	43‍–‍38	31‍–‍50
San Francisco Giants	72	90	.444	12	37‍–‍44	35‍–‍46
San Diego Padres	63	99	.389	21	35‍–‍46	28‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

2008 National League record v t e Source: [1]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	3–5	2–4	2–4	15–3	2–7	4–2	8–10	2–5	3–3	3–4	4–3	10–8	11–7	3–4	4–2	6–9
Atlanta	5–3	–	0–6	3–3	4–3	10–8	3–3	4–2	3–6	11–7	4–14	2–5	5–1	2–5	2–5	6–12	8–7
Chicago	4–2	6–0	–	8–7	5–1	4–3	8–9	5–2	9–7	4–2	3–4	14–4	5–2	4–3	9–6	3–3	6–9
Cincinnati	4–2	3–3	7–8	–	1–5	6–2	3–12	1–7	10–8	3–4	3–5	6–9	4–3	5–1	5–10	4–3	9–6
Colorado	3–15	3–4	1–5	5–1	–	5–3	3–3	8–10	4–3	3–6	0–5	5–2	9–9	11–7	3–4	4–3	7–8
Florida	7–2	8–10	3–4	2–6	3–5	–	4–2	3–4	5–1	8–10	10–8	3–2	4–2	3–3	2–5	14–3	5–10
Houston	2–4	3–3	9–8	12–3	3–3	2–4	–	4–3	7–8	5–2	3–4	8–8	3–3	7–1	7–8	4–2	7–11
Los Angeles	10–8	2–4	2–5	7–1	10–8	4–3	3–4	–	4–2	3–4	4–4	5–2	11–7	9–9	2–4	3–3	5–10
Milwaukee	5–2	6–3	7–9	8–10	3–4	1–5	8–7	2–4	–	2–4	1–5	14–1	4–3	6–0	10–5	6–2	7–8
New York	3–3	7–11	2–4	4–3	6–3	10–8	2–5	4–3	4–2	–	11–7	4–3	2–5	5–1	4–3	12–6	9–6
Philadelphia	4–3	14–4	4–3	5–3	5–0	8–10	4–3	4–4	5–1	7–11	–	4–2	4–2	3–3	5–4	12–6	4–11
Pittsburgh	3–4	5–2	4–14	9–6	2–5	2–3	8–8	2–5	1–14	3–4	2–4	–	3–4	4–2	10–7	3–4	6–9
San Diego	8–10	1–5	2–5	3–4	9–9	2–4	3–3	7–11	3–4	5–2	2–4	4–3	–	5–13	1–6	5–1	3–15
San Francisco	7–11	5–2	3–4	1–5	7–11	3–3	1–7	9–9	0–6	1–5	3–3	2–4	13–5	–	4–3	7–0	6–12
St. Louis	4–3	5–2	6–9	10–5	4–3	5–2	8–7	4–2	5–10	3–4	4–5	7–10	6–1	3–4	–	5–1	7–8
Washington	2–4	12–6	3–3	3–4	3–4	3–14	2–4	3–3	2–6	6–12	6–12	4–3	1–5	0–7	1–5	–	8–10

Opening Day starters


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Rafael Furcal	Shortstop
Andre Ethier	Left fielder
Matt Kemp	Right fielder
Jeff Kent	Second baseman
Andruw Jones	Center fielder
Russell Martin	Catcher
James Loney	First baseman
Blake DeWitt	Third baseman
Brad Penny	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

June 6, 2008, Acquired Ángel Berroa from the Kansas City Royals for Juan Rivera and cash.
July 28, 2008, Acquired Casey Blake from the Cleveland Indians for Carlos Santana and Jon Meloan.
July 31, 2008, Acquired Manny Ramirez from the Boston Red Sox in a 3-team trade, Andy LaRoche and Bryan Morris went to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
August 19, 2008, Acquired Greg Maddux from the San Diego Padres for two players to be named later or cash considerations.

2008 roster

2008 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

6 Joe Torre

Coaches

10 Larry Bowa
(third base)
35 Mariano Duncan
(1st base)
41 Mike Easler
(hitting)
40 Rick Honeycutt
(pitching)
48 Ken Howell
(bullpen)
8 Don Mattingly
(hitting)
11 Manny Mota
46 Bob Schaefer
(bench)

Game log

2008 Game Log

March/April (14–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	March 31	Giants	5–0	Penny (1–0)	Zito (0–1)		56,000	1–0
2	April 1	Giants	3–2	Saito (1–0)	Yabu (0–1)		44,054	2–0
3	April 2	Giants	2–1	Lincecum (1–0)	Loaiza (0–1)	Wilson (1)	43,217	2–1
4	April 4	@ Padres	7–1	Kuroda (1–0)	Thatcher (0–1)		42,474	3–1
5	April 5	@ Padres	4–1	Peavy (2–0)	Penny (1–1)		38,819	3–2
6	April 6	@ Padres	3–2	Broxton (1–0)	Hoffman (0–2)	Saito (1)	44,165	4–2
7	April 7	@ Diamondbacks	9–3	Haren (1–0)	Loaiza (0–2)		49,507	4–3
8	April 8	@ Diamondbacks	10–5	Davis (1–1)	Billingsley (0–1)		28,973	4–4
9	April 9	@ Diamondbacks	4–3	Owings (2–0)	Kuroda (0–1)	Lyon (1)	23,331	4–5
10	April 11	Padres	7–5	Peavy (3–0)	Penny (1–2)	Hoffman (3)	54,052	4–6
11	April 12	Padres	11–1	Lowe (1–0)	Young (1–1)		54,955	5–6
12	April 13	Padres	1–0	Maddux (2–0)	Billingsley (0–2)	Hoffman (4)	47,357	5–7
13	April 14	Pirates	6–4	Yates (2–0)	Saito (1–1)	Capps (4)	37,334	5–8
14	April 15	Pirates	11–2	Loaiza (1–2)	Morris (0–2)		37,896	6–8
15	April 16	Pirates	8–1	Penny (2–2)	Maholm (0–2)		53,629	7–8
16	April 18	@ Braves	6–1	Ohman (1–0)	Lowe (1–1)		38,250	7–9
17	April 19	@ Braves	4–1	James (1–1)	Billingsley (0–3)	Acosta (1)	40,451	7–10
18	April 20	@ Braves	6–1	Jurrjens (2–2)	Kuroda (1–2)		36,772	7–11
19	April 21	@ Reds	9–3	Penny (3–2)	Belisle (0–1)	Park (1)	14,446	8–11
20	April 22	@ Reds	8–1	Vólquez (3–0)	Kuo (0–1)		14,763	8–12
21	April 23	Diamondbacks	8–3	Lowe (2–1)	Haren (3–1)	Saito (2)	42,590	9–12
22	April 24	Diamondbacks	6–4	González (1–1)	Billingsley (0–4)	Lyon (6)	38,350	9–13
23	April 25	Rockies	8–7 (13)	Park (1–0)	Buchholz (1–2)		53,205	10–13
24	April 26	Rockies	11–3	Penny (4–2)	Redman (2–2)		50,469	11–13
25	April 27	Rockies	3–2 (10)	Beimel (1–0)	Corpas (0–2)		50,670	12–13
26	April 29	@ Marlins	7–6	Beimel (2–0)	Gregg (3–1)	Saito (3)	11,334	13–13
27	April 30	@ Marlins	13–1	Billingsley (1–4)	Olsen (3–1)		10,792	14–13

May (13–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
28	May 1	@ Marlins	5–3	Beimel (3–0)	Gregg (3–2)	Saito (4)	15,556	15–13
29	May 2	@ Rockies	11–6	Penny (5–2)	Francis (0–3)		30,291	16–13
30	May 3	@ Rockies	12–7	Kuo (1–1)	de la Rosa (0–1)		38,597	17–13
31	May 4	@ Rockies	7–2	Cook (5–1)	Lowe (2–2)	Buchholz (1)	43,726	17–14
32	May 5	Mets	5–1	Billingsley (2–4)	Pérez (2–3)		44,181	18–14
33	May 6	Mets	5–4	Kuo (2–1)	Figueroa (2–2)	Saito (5)	43,927	19–14
34	May 7	Mets	12–1	Maine (4–2)	Penny (5–3)		40,696	19–15
35	May 9	Astros	7–1	Moehler (1–0)	Lowe (2–3)		52,658	19–16
36	May 10	Astros	5–0	Sampson (2–3)	Billingsley (2–5)		45,212	19–17
37	May 11	Astros	8–5	Geary (1–1)	Broxton (1–1)	Valverde (8)	40,217	19–18
38	May 13	@ Brewers	5–3	Villanueva (2–4)	Penny (5–4)	Gagné (10)	26,465	19–19
39	May 14	@ Brewers	6–4	Broxton (2–1)	Mota (1–2)	Saito (6)	27,562	20–19
40	May 15	@ Brewers	7–2	Billingsley (3–5)	Sheets (4–1)		30,444	21–19
41	May 16	@ Angels	4–2	Saunders (7–1)	Kuroda (1–3)	Rodríguez (17)	44,047	21–20
42	May 17	@ Angels	6–3	Kuo (3–1)	Santana (6–1)		43,906	22–20
43	May 18	@ Angels	10–2	Weaver (3–5)	Lowe (2–4)		44,007	22–21
44	May 19	Reds	6–5	Saito (2–1)	Weathers (1–3)		34,669	23–21
45	May 20	Reds	4–1	Billingsley (4–5)	Belisle (1–4)	Saito (7)	34,306	24–21
46	May 21	Reds	5–2	Kuroda (2–3)	Cueto (2–5)	Saito (8)	33,224	25–21
47	May 23	Cardinals	2–1	Wainwright (4–2)	Lowe (2–5)	Franklin (3)	52,281	25–22
48	May 24	Cardinals	4–0	Lohse (4–2)	Penny (5–5)		44,785	25–23
49	May 25	Cardinals	4–3 (10)	Saito (3–1)	Parisi (0–1)		46,566	26–23
50	May 26	@ Cubs	3–1	Dempster (6–2)	Billingsley (4–6)	Wood (11)	41,583	26–24
51	May 27	@ Cubs	3–1	Gallagher (2–1)	Kuroda (2–4)	Wood (12)	39,894	26–25
52	May 28	@ Cubs	2–1 (10)	Howry (1–2)	Park (1–1)		39,945	26–26
53	May 29	@ Mets	8–4	Vargas (2–2)	Penny (5–6)		52,886	26–27
54	May 30	@ Mets	9–5	Park (2–1)	Heilman (0–2)		52,176	27–27
55	May 31	@ Mets	3–2	Sánchez (2–0)	Broxton (2–2)	Wagner (11)	53,528	27–28

June (11–16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
56	June 1	@ Mets	6–1	Santana (7–3)	Kuroda (2–5)		50,263	27–29
57	June 2	Rockies	8–2	Lowe (3–5)	Reynolds (0–3)		39,098	28–29
58	June 3	Rockies	3–0	Francis (2–5)	Penny (5–7)	Fuentes (7)	38,548	28–30
59	June 4	Rockies	2–1	Cook (8–3)	Kershaw (0–1)	Fuentes (8)	36,393	28–31
60	June 5	Cubs	5–4	Howry (2-2)	Saito (3–2)	Wood (17)	44,988	28–32
61	June 6	Cubs	3–0	Kuroda (3–5)	Gallagher (3–2)		52,484	29–32
62	June 7	Cubs	7–3	Lowe (4–5)	Zambrano (8–2)		50,020	30–32
63	June 8	Cubs	3–1	Marquis (4–3)	Penny (5–8)	Wood (18)	49,994	30–33
64	June 10	@ Padres	7–2	Proctor (1–0)	Hampson (0–1)		26,860	31–33
65	June 11	@ Padres	4–1	Wolf (5–4)	Billingsley (4–7)	Hoffman (15)	29,218	31–34
66	June 12	@ Padres	9–0	Peavy (5–3)	Kuroda (3–6)		36,354	31–35
67	June 13	@ Tigers	5–0	Galarrage (6–2)	Lowe (4–6)	Dolsi (2)	40,430	31–36
68	June 14	@ Tigers	12–7	Bonine (1–0)	Penny (5–9)		42,348	31–37
69	June 15	@ Tigers	5–4	Robertson (5–6)	Park (2–2)	Jones (12)	41,189	31–38
70	June 17	@ Reds	3–1	Billingsley (5–7)	Cueto (5–7)	Saito (9)	26,906	32–38
71	June 18	@ Reds	6–1	Lowe (5–6)	Arroyo (4–6)		20,055	33–38
72	June 19	@ Reds	7–4	Stults (1–0)	Harang (3–10)	Saito (10)	30,136	34–38
73	June 20	Indians	6–4 (10)	Borowski (1–2)	Saito (3–3)	Kobayashi (4)	50,667	34–39
74	June 21	Indians	7–2 (11)	Kobayashi (4–3)	Wade (0–1)		45,036	34–40
75	June 22	Indians	4–3	Billingsley (6–7)	Byrd (3–8)	Saito (11)	39,993	35–40
76	June 24	White Sox	6–1	Buehrle (5–6)	Lowe (5–7)		43,900	35–41
77	June 25	White Sox	5–0	Stults (2–0)	Floyd (8–4)		40,162	36–41
78	June 26	White Sox	2–0	Danks (5–4)	Kershaw (0–2)	Jenks (17)	37,956	36–42
79	June 27	Angels	6–0	Park (3–2)	Saunders (11–4)		50,419	37–42
80	June 28	Angels	1–0	Billingsley (7–7)	Weaver (7–8)	Saito (12)	55,784	38–42
81	June 29	Angels	1–0	Lackey (6–1)	Lowe (5–8)	Rodríguez (32)	48,155	38–43
82	June 30	@ Astros	4–1	Oswalt (7–8)	Stults (2–1)	Valverde (22)	28,827	38–44

July (16–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
83	July 1	@ Astros	7–6 (11)	Park (4–2)	Wright (3–3)	Saito (13)	31,914	39–44
84	July 2	@ Astros	4–1	Kuroda (4–6)	Hernández (0–2)		34,058	40–44
85	July 3	@ Astros	5–2	Billingsley (8–7)	Backe (5–9)	Saito (14)	35,696	41–44
86	July 4	@ Giants	10–7	Lowe (6–8)	Matos (0–1)	Saito (15)	40,447	42–44
87	July 5	@ Giants	5–2	Zito (4–12)	Falkenborg (0–1)	Wilson (24)	40,741	42–45
88	July 6	@ Giants	5–3	Falkenborg (1–1)	Cain (5–7)	Saito (16)	39,290	43–45
89	July 7	Braves	3–0	Kuroda (5–6)	Campillo (3–4)		39,896	44–45
90	July 8	Braves	9–3	Jurrjens (9–4)	Billingsley (8–8)		39,702	44–46
91	July 9	Braves	2–1	Lowe (7–8)	Hudson (9–7)	Saito (17)	39,815	45–46
92	July 10	Marlins	5–4 (11)	Nelson (2–0)	Falkenborg (1–2)	Gregg (18)	40,417	45–47
93	July 11	Marlins	3–1	Volstad (2–0)	Stults (2–2)	Gregg (19)	49,545	45–48
94	July 12	Marlins	5–3 (11)	Waechter (1–2)	Troncoso (0–1)	Gregg (20)	55,220	45–49
95	July 13	Marlins	9–1	Billingsley (9–8)	Miller (5–9)		42,213	46–49
96	July 18	@ Diamondbacks	8–7 (11)	Wade (1–1)	Slaten (0–3)	Broxton (1)	38,561	47–49
97	July 19	@ Diamondbacks	3–2	Haren (9–5)	Billingsley (9–9)	Lyon (20)	41,458	47–50
98	July 20	@ Diamondbacks	6–5	Troncoso (1–1)	Lyon (2–4)	Broxton (2)	39,217	48–50
99	July 21	@ Rockies	16–10	Falkenborg (2–2)	Wells (1–2)		38,291	49–50
100	July 22	@ Rockies	10–1	Jiménez (6–9)	Kershaw (0–3)		41,567	49–51
101	July 23	@ Rockies	5–3	Rusch (4–3)	Kuroda (5–7)	Fuentes (17)	36,305	49–52
102	July 25	Nationals	3–2	Billingsley (10–9)	Lannan (6–10)	Broxton (3)	47,313	50–52
103	July 26	Nationals	6–0	Lowe (8–8)	Pérez (3–8)		42,122	51–52
104	July 27	Nationals	2–0	Kershaw (1–3)	Bergmann (1–8)	Broxton (4)	38,660	52–52
105	July 28	Giants	7–6	Correia (2–5)	Kuroda (5–8)	Wilson (28)	37,483	52–53
106	July 29	Giants	2–0	Johnson (1–0)	Cain (6–9)	Broxton (5)	40,110	53–53
107	July 30	Giants	4–0	Billingsley (11–9)	Sánchez (8–7)		41,282	54–53
108	July 31	Diamondbacks	2–1	Webb (15–4)	Lowe (8–9)	Lyon (23)	42,440	54–54

August (13–16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
109	August 1	Diamondbacks	2–1	Johnson (9–7)	Park (4–3)	Lyon (24)	55,239	54–55
110	August 2	Diamondbacks	4–2	Kuroda (6–8)	Petit (1–2)	Park (2)	54,544	55–55
111	August 3	Diamondbacks	9–3	Wade (2–1)	Davis (4–6)		52,972	56–55
112	August 5	@ Cardinals	6–4 (11)	García (1–1)	Johnson (1–1)		40,773	56–56
113	August 6	@ Cardinals	9–6	Piñeiro (4–5)	Lowe (8–10)	Perez (1)	42,581	56–57
114	August 7	@ Cardinals	4–1	Kershaw (2–3)	Lohse (13–4)	Broxton (6)	40,500	57–57
115	August 8	@ Giants	6–2	Penny (6–9)	Zito (6–14)	Broxton (7)	40,142	58–57
116	August 9	@ Giants	3–2 (10)	Walker (4–6)	Broxton (2–3)		41,963	58–58
117	August 10	@ Giants	5–4	Taschner (3–1)	Kuo (3–2)		41,804	58–59
118	August 11	Phillies	8–6	Lowe (9–10)	Kendrick (10–6)	Broxton (8)	45,547	59–59
119	August 12	Phillies	4–3	Kuo (4–2)	Romero (4–4)		47,586	60–59
120	August 13	Phillies	7–6	Broxton (3–3)	Condrey (3–3)		45,786	61–59
121	August 14	Phillies	3–1	Kuroda (7–8)	Myers (5–10)	Kuo (1)	51,060	62–59
122	August 15	Brewers	5–3	Billingsley (12–9)	Parra (9–6)	Broxton (9)	44,547	63–59
123	August 16	Brewers	4–3 (10)	Torres (6–3)	Broxton (3–4)	Riske (2)	52,889	63–60
124	August 17	Brewers	7–5	Beimel (4–0)	Villanueva (4–6)		45,267	64–60
125	August 19	Rockies	8–3	Jiménez (9–11)	Kuroda (7–9)		46,687	64–61
126	August 20	Rockies	4–3	Buchholz (6–3)	Broxton (3–5)	Fuentes (24)	48,183	64–62
127	August 21	Rockies	3–1	Lowe (10–10)	de la Rosa (6–7)	Broxton (10)	44,885	65–62
128	August 22	@ Phillies	8–1	Kendrick (11–7)	Maddux (6–10)		42,620	65–63
129	August 23	@ Phillies	9–2	Hamels (11–8)	Kershaw (2–4)		45,019	65–64
130	August 24	@ Phillies	5–2 (11)	Durbin (5–2)	Beimel (4–1)		43,039	65–65
131	August 25	@ Phillies	5–0	Myers (7–10)	Billingsley (12–10)		40,873	65–66
132	August 26	@ Nationals	2–1	Balester (3–6)	Lowe (10–11)	Hanrahan (5)	26,110	65–67
133	August 27	@ Nationals	5–4	Redding (9–8)	Maddux (6–11)	Hanrahan (6)	22,907	65–68
134	August 28	@ Nationals	11–2	Lannan (8–12)	Kershaw (2–5)		26,338	65–69
135	August 29	@ Diamondbacks	9–3	Davis (6–8)	Kuroda (7–10)		32,610	65–70
136	August 30	@ Diamondbacks	6–2	Billingsley (13–10)	Haren (14–7)		49,045	66–70
137	August 31	@ Diamondbacks	8–1	Lowe (11–11)	Webb (19–6)		43,456	67–70

September (17–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
138	September 1	Padres	5–2	Maddux (7–11)	Young (4–5)	Broxton (11)	44,087	68–70
139	September 2	Padres	8–4	Kershaw (3–5)	Baek (4–10)		39,330	69–70
140	September 3	Padres	6–4	Kuroda (8–10)	LeBlanc (0–1)	Broxton (12)	48,822	70–70
141	September 5	Diamondbacks	7–0	Lowe (12–11)	Haren (14–8)		52,270	71–70
142	September 6	Diamondbacks	7–2	Billingsley (14–10)	Webb (19–7)		47,543	72–70
143	September 7	Diamondbacks	5–3	Kuo (5–2)	Rauch (4–6)	Broxton (13)	54,137	73–70
144	September 8	@ Padres	4–0	Baek (5-10)	Maddux (7–12)		25,942	73–71
145	September 9	@ Padres	6–2	Beimel (5–1)	Bell (6–6)		26,614	74–71
146	September 10	@ Padres	7–2	Lowe (13–11)	Estes (2–2)		27,208	75–71
147	September 12	@ Rockies	7–2	Billingsley (15–10)	Francis (4–10)		30,147	76–71
148	September 13	@ Rockies	5–1	Kershaw (4–5)	de la Rosa (8–8)		40,291	77–71
149	September 14	@ Rockies	1–0 (10)	Corpas (3–3)	Kuo (5–3)		28,910	77–72
150	September 15	@ Pirates	8–2	Kuroda (9–10)	Ohlendorf (1–3)		13,147	78–72
151	September 16	@ Pirates	6–2	Lowe (14–11)	Karstens (2–6)		12,741	79–72
152	September 17	@ Pirates	15–8	Grabow (6–3)	Elbert (0–1)		11,883	79–73
153	September 18	@ Pirates	4–3 (12)	Proctor (2–0)	Hansen (2–7)	Broxton (14)	12,709	80–73
154	September 19	Giants	7–1	Zito (10–16)	Maddux (7–13)		55,589	80–74
155	September 20	Giants	10–7	Saito (4–3)	Walker (4–8)		55,724	81–74
156	September 21	Giants	1–0 (11)	Romo (3–1)	Saito (4–4)	Wilson (40)	55,294	81–75
157	September 23	Padres	10–1	Billingsley (16–10)	LeBlanc (1–2)		48,905	82–75
158	September 24	Padres	12–4	Kershaw (5–5)	Ekstrom (0–1)		44,776	83–75
159	September 25	Padres	7–5	Peavy (10–11)	Stults (2–3)	Hoffman (29)	52,569	83–76
160	September 26	@ Giants	6–5 (10)	Walker (5–8)	Johnson (1–2)		33,920	83–77
161	September 27	@ Giants	2–1	Maddux (8–13)	Cain (8–14)	Saito (18)	38,673	84–77
162	September 28	@ Giants	3–1	Lincecum (18–5)	Park (4–4)	Wilson (41)	39,167	84–78

Playoffs

2008 Post-Season

National League Division Series (3–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Series
1	October 1	@ Cubs	7–2	Lowe (1–0)	Dempster (0–1)		42,099	1–0
2	October 2	@ Cubs	10–3	Billingsley (1–0)	Zambrano (0–1)		42,136	2–0
3	October 4	Cubs	3–1	Kuroda (1–0)	Harden (0–1)	Broxton (1)	56,000	3–0

National League Championship Series (1–4)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Series
1	October 9	@ Phillies	3–2	Hamels (1–0)	Lowe (0–1)	Lidge (1)	45,839	0–1
2	October 10	@ Phillies	8–5	Myers (1–0)	Billingsley (0–1)	Lidge (2)	45,883	0–2
3	October 12	Phillies	7–2	Kuroda (1–0)	Moyer (0–1)		56,800	1–2
4	October 13	Phillies	7–5	Madson (1–0)	Wade (0–1)	Lidge (3)	56,800	1–3
5	October 15	Phillies	5–1	Hamels (2–0)	Billingsley (0–2)		56,800	1–4

Player stats

Note: Team batting and pitching leaders in each category are in bold.

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; TB = Total bases; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen bases; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; Avg. = Batting average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	OBP	SLG	AVG
Matt Kemp	155	606	93	176	38	5	18	76	278	46	153	35	.340	.459	.290
James Loney	161	595	66	172	35	6	13	90	258	45	85	7	.338	.434	.289
Russell Martin	155	553	87	155	25	0	13	69	219	90	83	18	.385	.396	.280
Andre Ethier	141	525	90	160	38	5	20	77	268	59	88	6	.375	.510	.305
Jeff Kent	121	440	42	123	23	1	12	59	184	25	52	0	.327	.418	.280
Juan Pierre	119	375	44	106	10	2	1	28	123	22	24	40	.327	.328	.283
Blake DeWitt	117	368	45	97	13	2	9	52	141	45	68	3	.344	.383	.264
Ángel Berroa	84	226	26	52	13	1	1	16	70	20	41	0	.304	.310	.230
Casey Blake	58	211	25	53	12	1	10	23	97	16	52	1	.313	.460	.251
Andruw Jones	75	209	21	33	8	1	3	14	52	27	76	0	.256	.249	.158
Manny Ramirez	53	187	36	74	14	0	17	53	139	35	38	2	.489	.743	.396
Nomar Garciaparra	55	163	24	43	9	0	8	28	76	15	11	1	.326	.466	.264
Rafael Furcal	36	143	34	51	12	2	5	16	82	20	17	8	.439	.573	.357
Delwyn Young	83	126	10	31	9	0	1	7	43	14	34	0	.321	.341	.246
Chin-Lung Hu	65	116	16	21	2	2	0	9	27	11	23	2	.252	.233	.181
Mark Sweeney	98	92	2	12	3	0	0	5	15	15	28	0	.250	.163	.130
Luis Maza	45	79	7	18	1	0	1	4	22	5	11	0	.282	.278	.228
Andy LaRoche	27	59	6	12	1	0	2	6	19	10	7	0	.319	.322	.203
Danny Ardoin	24	51	3	12	1	0	1	4	16	2	10	1	.278	.314	.235
Pablo Ozuna	36	32	6	7	0	1	1	3	12	1	5	1	.242	.375	.219
Gary Bennett	10	21	1	4	1	0	1	4	8	2	0	0	.261	.381	.190
Jason Repko	22	18	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	2	9	1	.250	.222	.167
Terry Tiffee	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.400	.250	.250
A. J. Ellis	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	304	15	39	2	0	0	16	41	16	115	0	.171	.135	.128
Team Totals	162	5506	700	1455	271	29	137	659	2195	543	1032	126	.333	.399	.264

Pitching

Note: G = Games played; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; H = Hits; R = Runs; ER = Earned runs

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO	H	R	ER
Derek Lowe	34	34	211.0	14	11	0	3.24	45	147	194	84	76
Chad Billingsley	35	32	200.2	16	10	0	3.14	80	201	188	76	70
Hiroki Kuroda	31	31	183.1	9	10	0	3.73	42	116	181	85	76
Clayton Kershaw	22	21	107.2	5	5	0	4.26	52	100	109	51	51
Chan Ho Park	54	5	95.1	4	4	2	3.40	36	79	97	43	36
Brad Penny	19	17	94.2	6	9	0	6.27	42	51	112	68	66
Hong-Chih Kuo	42	3	80.0	5	3	1	2.14	21	96	60	21	19
Cory Wade	55	0	71.1	2	1	0	2.27	15	51	51	22	18
Jonathan Broxton	70	0	69.0	3	5	14	3.13	27	88	54	29	24
Joe Beimel	71	0	49.0	5	1	0	2.02	21	32	50	11	11
Takashi Saito	45	0	47.0	4	4	18	2.49	16	60	40	14	13
Greg Maddux	7	7	40.2	2	4	0	5.09	4	18	43	25	23
Scott Proctor	41	0	38.2	2	0	0	6.05	24	46	41	30	26
Eric Stults	7	7	38.2	2	3	0	3.49	13	30	38	18	15
Ramón Troncoso	32	0	38.0	1	1	0	4.26	12	38	37	19	18
Jason Johnson	16	2	29.1	1	2	0	4.26	12	20	32	19	17
Esteban Loaiza	7	3	24.0	1	2	0	5.63	5	9	24	15	15
Scott Elbert	10	0	24.0	0	1	0	12.00	4	8	9	8	8
Brian Falkenborg	16	0	11.2	2	2	0	6.17	4	9	11	8	8
James McDonald	4	0	6.0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	5	0	0
Yhency Brazobán	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	6.00	3	3	4	2	2
Tanyon Sturtze	3	0	2.1	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	162	162	1447.1	84	78	35	3.68	480	1205	1381	648	591

2008 National League Division Series

The Dodgers advanced to the 2008 NLDS to play the Central Division champion Chicago Cubs. They wound up sweeping the Cubs in three games, taking the first two at Wrigley Field and then ending the series in Game 3 at home. This was the Dodgers first post season series victory since the 1988 World Series and first post season sweep since the 1963 World Series.

Game 1, October 1

Wrigley Field in Chicago


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	7	8	1
Chicago	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1
WP: Derek Lowe (1-0) LP: Ryan Dempster (0-1) Home runs: LAD: James Loney (1), Manny Ramírez (1), Russell Martin (1) CHC: Mark DeRosa (1)

Game 2, October 2

Wrigley Field in Chicago


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	10	12	0
Chicago	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	8	4
WP: Chad Billingsley (1-0) LP: Carlos Zambrano (0-1) Home runs: LAD: Manny Ramírez (2) CHC: None

Game 3, October 4

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	1
Los Angeles	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3	6	0
WP: Hiroki Kuroda (1-0) LP: Rich Harden (0-1) Sv: Jonathan Broxton (1)

2008 National League Championship Series

The Dodgers advanced to the NLCS for the first time since 1988 to play the Philadelphia Phillies, in the fourth National League Championship Series meeting between the two teams.

Game 1, October 9

Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	1
Philadelphia	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	X	3	7	0
WP: Cole Hamels (1-0) LP: Derek Lowe (0-1) Sv: Brad Lidge (1) Home runs: LAD: None PHI: Chase Utley (1), Pat Burrell (1)

Game 2, October 10

Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	1
Philadelphia	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	X	8	11	1
WP: Brett Myers (1-0) LP: Chad Billingsley (0-1) Sv: Brad Lidge (2) Home runs: LAD: Manny Ramírez (1) PHI: None

Game 3, October 12

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	0
Los Angeles	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	7	10	0
WP: Hiroki Kuroda (1-0) LP: Jamie Moyer (0-1) Home runs: PHI: None LAD: Rafael Furcal (1)

Game 4, October 13

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	7	12	1
Los Angeles	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	5	11	0
WP: Ryan Madson (1-0) LP: Cory Wade (0-1) Sv: Brad Lidge (3) Home runs: PHI: Shane Victorino (1), Matt Stairs (1) LAD: Casey Blake (1)

Game 5, October 15

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	8	0
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	3
WP: Cole Hamels (2-0) LP: Chad Billingsley (0-2) Home runs: PHI: Jimmy Rollins (1) LAD: Manny Ramírez (2)

2008 Awards

2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Russell Martin reserve
Gold Glove Award
- Greg Maddux
Player of the Month
- Manny Ramirez August
Player of the Week
- Matt Kemp April 28 – May 4
- Andre Ethier September 1–7

2008 Minor League Teams

Level	Team	League	Manager	W	L	Position
AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pacific Coast League	Lorenzo Bundy	75	69	2nd in PCL Pacific South, 8+1⁄2 GB
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	John Shoemaker	35	35	4th in SOU South (2nd half), 8+1⁄2 GB
High A	Inland Empire 66ers	California League	John Valentin	38	34	3rd in CAL South (2nd half), 3 GB
A	Great Lakes Loons	Midwest League	Juan Bustabad	24	46	Last in MID Eastern, 19 GB
Rookie	Ogden Raptors	Pioneer League	Mike Brumley	22	12	2nd in PIO South, 3 GB
Rookie	Gulf Coast Dodgers	Gulf Coast League	Jeff Carter	30	26	3rd in GCL East, 3+1⁄2 GB
Rookie	DSL Dodgers	Dominican Summer League	Pedro Mega	27	44	11th in DSL B.C. South, 23+1⁄2 GB

Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers selected 45 players in this draft. Of those, eleven of them would eventually play Major League baseball.

The first round pick was right handed pitcher Ethan Martin from Stephens County School in Toccoa, Georgia. He was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in 2012 (along with this year's second round pick, pitcher Josh Lindblom) and made his Major league debut for the Phillies in 2013. The fourth round pick, shortstop Dee Gordon became an All-Star as the Dodgers second baseman in 2014, when he also led the league in steals.

2008 Draft Picks

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Ethan Martin	RHP	Stephens County School	Yes	2009–2015	MLB
2	Josh Lindblom	RHP	Purdue University	Yes	2008–2022	MLB
3	Kyle Russell	OF	University of Texas at Austin	Yes	2008–2013	AAA
4	Dee Gordon	SS	Seminole Community College	Yes	2008–2022	MLB
5	John Michael Redding	RHP	Florida College	Yes	2008–2013	AA
6	Tony Delmonico	SS	Florida State University	Yes	2008–2015	A+
7	Cole St. Clair	LHP	Rice University	Yes	2008–2012	AAA
8	Nick Buss	OF	University of Southern California	Yes	2008–2018	MLB
9	Steven Caseres	1B	James Madison University	Yes	2008–2012	A+
10	Chris Joyce	LHP	Dos Pueblos High School	No Reds-2011	2011–2012	A+
11	Nathan Eovaldi	RHP	Alvin High School	Yes	2008–present	MLB
12	Austin Yount	3B	Stanford University	Yes	2008–2011	A+
13	Lenell McGee	OF	Oakton Community College	Yes	2008–2010	A
14	Clay Calfee	OF	Angelo State University	Yes	2008–2011	A+
15	Albie Goulder	1B	Louisiana Tech University	Yes	2008	Rookie
16	Kyle Conley	OF	University of Washington	No Cardinals-2009	2009–2012	AA
17	Daniel Coulombe	LHP	Chaparral High School	No Dodgers-2012	2012–present	MLB
18	Allen Webster	RHP	McMichael High School	Yes	2008–2019	MLB
19	David Rollins	LHP	First Baptist Academy	No Blue Jays-2011	2011–2018	MLB
20	Zack Cox	3B	Pleasure Ridge Park High School	No Cardinals-2010	2010–2017	AAA
21	Dave Sever	RHP	St. Louis University	No Blue Jays-2009	2009–2010	A
22	Matt Smith	RHP	Wichita State University	Yes	2008–2014	A+
23	Brian Ruggiano	2B	Texas A&M University	Yes	2008–2011	A
24	Fabian Feliciano	LHP	Puerto Rico Baseball Academy	Yes	2008–2014	A
25	Jerry Sands	OF	Catawba College	Yes	2008–2021	MLB
26	Cody Weiss	RHP	Parkland High School	No Mariners-2011	2011–2012	A-
27	Clayton Allison	RHP	California State University, Fresno	Yes	2008	AA
28	Jordan Roberts	LHP	Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University	Yes	2008–2013	A+
29	Jonathan Runnels	LHP	Rice University	Yes	2008–2010	Rookie
30	Garett Green	2B	San Diego State University	Yes	2008–2009	AAA
31	Matt Magill	RHP	Royal High School	Yes	2008–2020	MLB
32	Shan Sullivan	3B	Angelo State University	Yes	2008–2009	Rookie
33	Melvin Ray	OF	North Florida Christian High School	Yes	2008–2010	Rookie
34	Andrew Darwin	OF	San Jacinto High School	No
35	Adam Westmoreland	LHP	Brookland-Cayce High School	No Marlins-2013	2013	Rookie
36	Jake New	OF	Tennessee Technological University	Yes	2008	Rookie
37	Will Clinard	RHP	East Robertson High School	No Tigers-2012	2012	AA
38	Tommy Nurre	1B	Miami University of Ohio	No Reds-2009	2009–2010	A
39	Matt Murray	RHP	Owen J. Roberts High School	No Royals-2011	2011–2016	AAA
40	Jimmy Parque	OF	Skyline Junior College	No Cardinals-2013	2012–2013	A+
41	Jett Bandy	C	Thousand Oaks High School	No Angels-2011	2011–2021	MLB
42	Adam Moskowitz	2B	Valley High School	No
43	Greg Zebrack	OF	Campbell Hall School	No Nationals-2013	2013–2014	A
44	Matthew Reed	LHP	West Stanley High School	No
45	Ryan Arp	C	University of Iowa	Yes	2008–2009	AAA

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References

2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season at Baseball Reference

^ 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

[1] 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

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