The Los Angeles Dodgers went 84-78 in 2008, a .519 winning percentage — 15th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 700 runs and allowed 648, a run differential of +52. The offence ranked 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.64 staff ERA was the second best. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 21st of 30 in MLB. Andre Ethier led the position players at 4.4 WAR, and Derek Lowe the rotation at a 3.24 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL West, 2 games clear. They spent 40 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 4.5 games on September 13 and were as far as 7 games back on April 22. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 17-8, their worst June at 11-16. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from April 25 to May 3 and an 8-game losing streak from August 22 to August 29. They were 48-33 at home and 36-45 on the road, 19-24 in one-run games and 37-41 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-1 at the Marlins on April 30; the heaviest defeat, 12-1 against the Mets on May 7.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
13
.519
137
107
+30
May
13
15
.464
111
129
-18
June
11
16
.407
84
96
-12
July
16
10
.615
118
99
+19
August
13
16
.448
115
131
-16
Sept/Oct
17
8
.680
135
86
+49
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
36-45
.444
One-run games
19-24
.442
Extra innings
6-12
.333
Within the division
40-32
.556
Against .500+ clubs
37-41
.474
Decided by 5+ runs
29-26
.527
Last 10
5-5
.500
2008 postseason
In October the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cubs 3-0 in the NLDS, then lost the NLCS to the Phillies 4-1.
NLDS vs Cubs3-0 W
Game 1, October 1 W 7-2 at Cubs
Game 2, October 2 W 10-3 at Cubs
Game 3, October 4 W 3-1 vs Cubs
NLCS vs Phillies1-4 L
Game 1, October 9 L 2-3 at Phillies
Game 2, October 10 L 5-8 at Phillies
Game 3, October 12 W 7-2 vs Phillies
Game 4, October 13 L 5-7 vs Phillies
Game 5, October 15 L 1-5 vs Phillies
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
46,058
45,547
33,224
56,000
Night
61
46,084
45,547
33,224
55,784
Day
20
45,981
45,917
36,393
56,000
Weekend
39
49,611
50,469
38,660
55,784
Weekday
42
42,760
42,520
33,224
56,000
On the road
81
34,710
38,597
10,792
53,528
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
56,000
Apr
13
46,753
May
12
42,730
Jun
16
45,222
Jul
14
42,600
Aug
13
48,861
Sep
12
49,921
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
2:52
144 games
All games
2:57
Extra innings
3:36
18 of them
Longest
4:38
2008-04-25, 13 inn
Shortest
2:00
2008-07-09
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
2:57
2:54
2:00
4:38
Regulation
144
2:52
2:51
2:00
4:03
Extra innings
18
3:36
3:30
2:28
4:38
Home
81
2:55
2:49
2:00
4:38
Road
81
2:59
2:55
2:07
4:15
Day
47
2:57
2:51
2:21
4:02
Night
115
2:57
2:54
2:00
4:38
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
2:41
Apr
13
3:08
May
12
2:56
Jun
16
2:49
Jul
14
2:38
Aug
13
2:56
Sep
12
3:05
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 172 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 Dodgers are 84-78, a .519 win rate, while their +52 run differential implies .535. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
