NL by season · league · 2008
NL Standings 2008
National League, 2008: 16 teams and 2,588 games played. Aggregates are computed from the same play-by-play as every other page — nothing here is a published total.
- Total WAR
- 539.3
- Runs / game
- 4.54
- wRC+
- 98
- ERA
- 4.32
- FIP
- 4.34
- Home runs
- 2,616
Standings
Broken out by division within each league. Every column sorts.
sorted by PCT descending
National League
East
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 799 | 680 | +119 | .573 | 102 | 3.90 | 40.0 |
| 2 |  New York Mets | 89 | 73 | .549 | 3 | 799 | 715 | +84 | .551 | 104 | 4.06 | 39.9 |
| 3 |  Florida Marlins | 84 | 77 | .522 | 7.5 | 770 | 767 | +3 | .502 | 103 | 4.47 | 34.8 |
| 4 |  Atlanta Braves | 72 | 90 | .444 | 20 | 753 | 778 | -25 | .485 | 103 | 4.54 | 39.1 |
| 5 |  Washington Nationals | 59 | 102 | .366 | 32.5 | 641 | 825 | -184 | .387 | 87 | 4.70 | 18.6 |
Central
| # | 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 |
West
| # | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 84 | 78 | .519 | — | 700 | 648 | +52 | .535 | 94 | 3.64 | 37.5 |
| 2 |  Arizona Diamondbacks | 82 | 80 | .506 | 2 | 720 | 706 | +14 | .509 | 93 | 3.96 | 40.6 |
| 3 |  Colorado Rockies | 74 | 88 | .457 | 10 | 747 | 822 | -75 | .456 | 97 | 4.74 | 37.5 |
| 4 |  San Francisco Giants | 72 | 90 | .444 | 12 | 640 | 759 | -119 | .423 | 86 | 4.38 | 27.4 |
| 5 |  San Diego Padres | 63 | 99 | .389 | 21 | 637 | 764 | -127 | .418 | 93 | 4.41 | 26.8 |
Leaders
Qualified batters, by dbWAR.
| # | Player | PA | wRC+ | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Albert Pujols | 641 | 194 | 8.0 |
| 2 |  Hanley Ramirez | 693 | 154 | 7.7 |
| 3 |  Chipper Jones | 534 | 178 | 6.9 |
| 4 |  David Wright | 736 | 150 | 6.7 |
| 5 |  Chase Utley | 707 | 141 | 6.6 |
| 6 |  Lance Berkman | 665 | 160 | 6.1 |
| 7 |  Matt Holliday | 623 | 151 | 6.0 |
| 8 |  Carlos Beltrán | 706 | 135 | 5.9 |
| 9 |  José Reyes | 763 | 123 | 5.7 |
| 10 |  Mark Teixeira | 685 | 154 | 5.5 |
| 11 |  Ryan Ludwick | 617 | 159 | 5.3 |
| 12 |  Brian McCann | 573 | 138 | 5.2 |
| 13 |  Nate McLouth | 685 | 129 | 5.1 |
| 14 |  Aramis Ramirez | 645 | 138 | 5.1 |
| 15 |  Jason Bay | 670 | 143 | 5.0 |