The Cincinnati Reds went 74-88 in 2008, a .457 winning percentage — 23rd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 704 runs and allowed 800, a run differential of -96. The offence ranked 23rd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.56 staff ERA was 23rd of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 25th of 30 in MLB. Adam Dunn led the position players at 4.4 WAR, and Edinson Volquez the rotation at a 3.21 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL Central, 23.5 games back. They spent 1 of 184 days in first place and were as far as 26 games back on August 28. Their best month was May at 15-12, their worst August at 10-18. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from May 12 to May 18 and a 6-game losing streak from August 5 to August 10. They were 43-38 at home and 31-50 on the road, 28-20 in one-run games and 51-64 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-1 at the Giants on April 27; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 at the Blue Jays on June 24.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
17
.414
124
139
-15
May
15
12
.556
132
139
-7
June
12
16
.429
101
136
-35
July
12
13
.480
119
128
-9
August
10
18
.357
110
141
-31
Sept/Oct
13
12
.520
118
117
+1
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
43-38
.531
Road
31-50
.383
One-run games
28-20
.583
Extra innings
9-8
.529
Within the division
31-47
.397
Against .500+ clubs
51-64
.443
Decided by 5+ runs
20-30
.400
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League Central standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 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
25,415
24,706
11,987
42,498
Night
51
23,618
21,233
12,756
41,959
Day
30
28,471
27,574
11,987
42,498
Weekend
39
30,941
30,789
17,905
42,023
Weekday
42
20,284
19,527
11,987
42,498
On the road
81
34,288
34,215
11,201
55,186
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
42,498
Apr
13
19,751
May
14
24,960
Jun
11
29,977
Jul
16
26,808
Aug
13
27,232
Sep
13
22,865
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
145 games
All games
2:55
Extra innings
3:42
17 of them
Longest
3:57
2008-07-01, 11 inn
Shortest
2:16
2008-06-11
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
2:55
2:52
2:06
5:57
Regulation
145
2:49
2:50
2:06
3:43
Extra innings
17
3:42
3:31
3:07
5:57
Home
81
2:55
2:53
2:16
3:57
Road
81
2:55
2:49
2:06
5:57
Day
53
2:59
2:56
2:06
5:57
Night
109
2:53
2:50
2:14
4:21
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
2:36
Apr
13
2:50
May
14
2:59
Jun
11
2:44
Jul
16
2:59
Aug
13
2:55
Sep
13
2:58
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
Cincinnati Reds are 74-88, a .457 win rate, while their -96 run differential implies .442. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
