NL Central by season · division · 2008
NL Central Standings 2008
National League Central, 2008: 6 teams and 970 games played. Aggregates are computed from the same play-by-play as every other page — nothing here is a published total.
- Total WAR
- 197.0
- Runs / game
- 4.68
- wRC+
- 100
- ERA
- 4.39
- FIP
- 4.50
- Home runs
- 1,096
Standings
Every column sorts.
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Chicago Cubs | 97 | 64 | .602 | — | 855 | 671 | +184 | .609 | 109 | 3.99 | 48.7 |
| 2 |  Milwaukee Brewers | 90 | 72 | .556 | 7.5 | 750 | 689 | +61 | .539 | 102 | 4.08 | 31.5 |
| 3 |  Houston Astros | 86 | 75 | .534 | 11 | 712 | 743 | -31 | .481 | 95 | 4.48 | 26.0 |
| 4 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 11.5 | 779 | 725 | +54 | .533 | 109 | 4.15 | 40.0 |
| 5 |  Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 88 | .457 | 23.5 | 704 | 800 | -96 | .442 | 92 | 4.56 | 27.8 |
| 6 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 67 | 95 | .414 | 30.5 | 735 | 884 | -149 | .416 | 95 | 5.03 | 23.1 |
Leaders
Qualified batters, by dbWAR.
| # | Player | PA | wRC+ | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Albert Pujols | 641 | 194 | 8.0 |
| 2 |  Lance Berkman | 665 | 160 | 6.1 |
| 3 |  Ryan Ludwick | 617 | 159 | 5.3 |
| 4 |  Nate McLouth | 685 | 129 | 5.1 |
| 5 |  Aramis Ramirez | 645 | 138 | 5.1 |
| 6 |  Jason Bay | 670 | 143 | 5.0 |
| 7 |  Geovany Soto | 563 | 129 | 4.5 |
| 8 |  Troy Glaus | 637 | 134 | 4.4 |
| 9 |  Adam Dunn | 651 | 137 | 4.4 |
| 10 |  Mark DeRosa | 593 | 130 | 4.2 |
| 11 |  Ryan Braun | 663 | 136 | 4.1 |
| 12 |  J.J. Hardy | 629 | 121 | 4.0 |
| 13 |  Prince Fielder | 694 | 132 | 3.5 |
| 14 |  Xavier Nady | 607 | 136 | 3.4 |
| 15 |  Joey Votto | 589 | 130 | 3.2 |