The Los Angeles Angels went 100-62 in 2008, a .617 winning percentage — the best record in baseball. They scored 765 runs and allowed 697, a run differential of +68. The offence ranked 15th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.00 staff ERA was 9th of 30. Their 93 team wRC+ was 7% below league average — 24th of 30 in MLB. Torii Hunter led the position players at 3.0 WAR, and Ervin Santana the rotation at a 3.49 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL West, 21 games clear. They spent 176 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 22 games on September 22 and were as far as 2 games back on April 12. Their best month was July at 19-6, their worst May at 15-13. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from May 31 to June 7 and a 4-game losing streak from May 7 to May 11. They were 50-31 at home and 50-31 on the road, 31-21 in one-run games and 46-30 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-1 against the Yankees on September 8; the heaviest defeat, 14-2 against the Athletics on April 28.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
18
11
.621
140
129
+11
May
15
13
.536
101
108
-7
June
16
10
.615
100
97
+3
July
19
6
.760
160
111
+49
August
15
13
.536
127
124
+3
Sept/Oct
17
9
.654
137
128
+9
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
50-31
.617
Road
50-31
.617
One-run games
31-21
.596
Extra innings
3-5
.375
Within the division
36-21
.632
Against .500+ clubs
46-30
.605
Decided by 5+ runs
20-20
.500
Last 10
7-3
.700
2008 postseason
In October the Los Angeles Angels lost the ALDS to the Red Sox 3-1.
ALDS vs Red Sox1-3 L
Game 1, October 1 L 1-4 vs Red Sox
Game 2, October 3 L 5-7 vs Red Sox
Game 3, October 5 W 5-4 at Red Sox
Game 4, October 6 L 2-3 at Red Sox
American League West standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American 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
41,194
41,902
35,014
44,260
Night
59
41,210
42,046
35,014
44,260
Day
22
41,153
41,059
36,168
44,164
Weekend
39
42,768
43,761
37,601
44,260
Weekday
42
39,733
40,072
35,014
44,027
On the road
81
29,632
28,390
11,084
55,784
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
39,621
May
16
40,395
Jun
11
41,123
Jul
11
43,010
Aug
19
41,502
Sep
10
42,174
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
2:44
154 games
All games
2:47
Extra innings
3:37
8 of them
Longest
3:52
2008-05-26, 12 inn
Shortest
2:01
2008-06-10
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
2:47
2:45
2:01
4:23
Regulation
154
2:44
2:43
2:01
3:43
Extra innings
8
3:37
3:40
2:57
4:23
Home
81
2:46
2:43
2:01
3:52
Road
81
2:48
2:46
2:05
4:23
Day
43
2:50
2:49
2:18
3:53
Night
119
2:46
2:43
2:01
4:23
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
2:43
May
16
2:53
Jun
11
2:41
Jul
11
2:44
Aug
19
2:46
Sep
10
2:44
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 164 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
Los Angeles Angels are 100-62, a .617 win rate, while their +68 run differential implies .542. That is about 12 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
