The Colorado Rockies went 74-88 in 2008, a .457 winning percentage — 21st of 30 record in baseball. They scored 747 runs and allowed 822, a run differential of -75. The offence ranked 18th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.74 staff ERA was 26th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 18th of 30 in MLB. Matt Holliday led the position players at 6.0 WAR, and Aaron Cook the rotation at a 3.96 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL West, 10 games back. They spent 1 of 183 days in first place and were as far as 12 games back on May 16. Their best month was July at 17-10, their worst May at 9-19. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from July 1 to July 5 and an 8-game losing streak from May 26 to June 2. They were 43-38 at home and 31-50 on the road, 25-20 in one-run games and 37-56 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-0 at the Reds on July 27; the heaviest defeat, 20-5 at the Phillies on May 26.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
17
.393
114
144
-30
May
9
19
.321
123
165
-42
June
12
15
.444
112
123
-11
July
17
10
.630
163
137
+26
August
15
13
.536
134
134
0
Sept/Oct
10
14
.417
101
119
-18
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
25-20
.556
Extra innings
6-6
.500
Within the division
31-41
.431
Against .500+ clubs
37-56
.398
Decided by 5+ runs
27-31
.466
Last 10
5-5
.500
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
80
33,127
30,879
23,210
49,233
Night
55
32,722
30,558
23,210
48,691
Day
25
34,020
31,388
23,481
49,233
Weekend
39
36,961
37,114
26,163
49,233
Weekday
41
29,480
28,183
23,210
48,084
On the road
81
32,811
32,176
12,260
54,137
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
32,858
May
16
33,330
Jun
14
32,440
Jul
13
36,353
Aug
13
31,102
Sep
15
30,483
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
2:50
150 games
All games
2:54
Extra innings
3:48
12 of them
Longest
4:24
2008-08-24, 12 inn
Shortest
1:58
2008-07-01
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
2:54
2:50
1:58
6:16
Regulation
150
2:50
2:48
1:58
3:59
Extra innings
12
3:48
3:29
2:28
6:16
Home
81
2:53
2:48
1:58
4:24
Road
81
2:55
2:51
2:23
6:16
Day
47
2:53
2:48
2:12
4:24
Night
115
2:55
2:50
1:58
6:16
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:51
May
16
3:03
Jun
14
2:47
Jul
13
2:51
Aug
13
2:59
Sep
15
2:48
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 170 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
Colorado Rockies are 74-88, a .457 win rate, while their -75 run differential implies .456. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
