The Florida Marlins went 84-77 in 2008, a .522 winning percentage — 14th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 770 runs and allowed 767, a run differential of +3. The offence ranked 14th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.47 staff ERA was 19th of 30. Their 103 team wRC+ was 3% above league average — 12th of 30 in MLB. Hanley Ramirez led the position players at 7.7 WAR, and Ricky Nolasco the rotation at a 3.52 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 East, 7.5 games back. They spent 49 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 3 games on May 11 and were as far as 8.5 games back on September 8. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 15-9, their worst August at 11-17. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from September 9 to September 19 and a 4-game losing streak from May 12 to May 16. They were 45-36 at home and 39-41 on the road, 24-19 in one-run games and 43-41 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-2 against the Astros on September 17; the heaviest defeat, 13-0 against the Mets on April 2.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
12
.556
121
137
-16
May
16
11
.593
143
120
+23
June
12
16
.429
127
151
-24
July
15
12
.556
135
139
-4
August
11
17
.393
103
115
-12
Sept/Oct
15
9
.625
141
105
+36
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
39-41
.487
One-run games
24-19
.558
Extra innings
9-5
.643
Within the division
40-31
.563
Against .500+ clubs
43-41
.512
Decided by 5+ runs
21-23
.477
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League East standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 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
16,688
14,618
10,113
39,124
Night
60
16,676
14,642
10,113
39,124
Day
20
16,726
14,492
10,431
38,308
Weekend
38
18,778
16,169
10,431
39,124
Weekday
42
14,798
13,677
10,113
38,308
On the road
80
33,336
32,034
8,444
56,059
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
38,308
Apr
13
12,633
May
16
13,660
Jun
14
15,676
Jul
12
19,653
Aug
13
20,232
Sep
12
16,306
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 161 completed games, 2008.
Regulation
2:53
147 games
All games
2:56
Extra innings
3:30
14 of them
Longest
3:44
2008-09-02, 9 inn
Shortest
2:16
2008-07-02
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
161
2:56
2:55
2:09
4:11
Regulation
147
2:53
2:53
2:09
3:59
Extra innings
14
3:30
3:31
2:58
4:11
Home
81
2:55
2:55
2:16
3:44
Road
80
2:58
2:55
2:09
4:11
Day
43
2:55
2:55
2:09
4:11
Night
118
2:57
2:55
2:14
3:59
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
2:53
Apr
13
2:57
May
16
2:51
Jun
14
2:55
Jul
12
2:52
Aug
13
2:57
Sep
12
2:57
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 173 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
Florida Marlins are 84-77, a .522 win rate, while their +3 run differential implies .502. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
