The Arizona Diamondbacks went 82-80 in 2008, a .506 winning percentage — 16th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 720 runs and allowed 706, a run differential of +14. The offence ranked 20th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.96 staff ERA was 6th of 30. Their 93 team wRC+ was 7% below league average — 23rd of 30 in MLB. Stephen Drew led the position players at 4.1 WAR, and Dan Haren the rotation at a 3.33 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL West, 2 games back. They spent 155 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 6.5 games on April 25 and were as far as 4.5 games back on September 13. Their best month was March/April at 20-8, their worst May at 11-17. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from April 4 to April 12 and a 6-game losing streak from September 5 to September 10. They were 48-33 at home and 34-47 on the road, 22-23 in one-run games and 28-44 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-1 at the Braves on May 23; the heaviest defeat, 15-1 against the Athletics on June 17.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
20
8
.714
165
109
+56
May
11
17
.393
117
125
-8
June
11
16
.407
90
128
-38
July
14
11
.560
119
101
+18
August
13
15
.464
133
132
+1
Sept/Oct
13
13
.500
96
111
-15
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
34-47
.420
One-run games
22-23
.489
Extra innings
4-6
.400
Within the division
44-28
.611
Against .500+ clubs
28-44
.389
Decided by 5+ runs
26-25
.510
Last 10
6-4
.600
National League West standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League West, 2008. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
30,976
28,701
19,879
49,112
Night
59
31,067
28,519
19,879
49,112
Day
22
30,731
30,409
21,561
39,250
Weekend
39
35,825
35,714
25,414
49,112
Weekday
42
26,473
24,761
19,879
49,042
On the road
81
33,946
32,851
10,696
55,239
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
28,364
May
18
29,143
Jun
8
32,166
Jul
12
34,408
Aug
16
31,818
Sep
13
31,392
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2008.
Regulation
2:49
152 games
All games
2:52
Extra innings
3:42
10 of them
Longest
4:15
2008-07-18, 11 inn
Shortest
1:52
2008-05-31
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
2:52
2:48
1:52
4:15
Regulation
152
2:49
2:46
1:52
3:39
Extra innings
10
3:42
3:45
2:53
4:15
Home
81
2:51
2:48
1:52
4:15
Road
81
2:53
2:47
2:14
4:03
Day
54
2:55
2:53
2:10
4:02
Night
108
2:51
2:46
1:52
4:15
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
2:53
May
18
2:50
Jun
8
2:41
Jul
12
2:59
Aug
16
2:49
Sep
13
2:51
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 169 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Arizona Diamondbacks are 82-80, a .506 win rate, while their +14 run differential implies .509. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
