2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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. 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
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day starters
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
Game log
Playoffs
Player stats
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 |
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 | 40.7 | 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 | 11.7 | 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 |
[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
in ChicagoGame 2, October 2
in ChicagoGame 3, October 4
in Los Angeles[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
in PhiladelphiaGame 2, October 10
in PhiladelphiaGame 3, October 12
in Los AngelesGame 4, October 13
in Los AngelesGame 5, October 15
in Los Angeles2008 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
Major League Baseball Draft
The Dodgers selected 45 players in this draft. Of those, eleven of them would eventually play Major League baseball.was selected in the fourth round of the 2008 draft.
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 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.
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