The Philadelphia Phillies went 92-70 in 2008, a .568 winning percentage — 5th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 799 runs and allowed 680, a run differential of +119. The offence ranked 8th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.90 staff ERA was 5th of 30. Their 102 team wRC+ was 2% above league average — 14th of 30 in MLB. Chase Utley led the position players at 6.6 WAR, and Cole Hamels the rotation at a 3.09 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 East, 3 games clear. They spent 89 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 4 games on June 9 and were as far as 3.5 games back on September 10. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 17-8, their worst June at 12-14. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from September 11 to September 18 and a 6-game losing streak from June 17 to June 24. They were 48-33 at home and 44-37 on the road, 27-23 in one-run games and 43-46 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 20-2 at the Cardinals on June 13; the heaviest defeat, 8-2 at the Reds on April 6.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
13
.536
133
122
+11
May
17
12
.586
175
125
+50
June
12
14
.462
112
101
+11
July
15
10
.600
126
121
+5
August
16
13
.552
115
100
+15
Sept/Oct
17
8
.680
138
111
+27
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
27-23
.540
Extra innings
6-7
.462
Within the division
41-31
.569
Against .500+ clubs
43-46
.483
Decided by 5+ runs
21-14
.600
Last 10
7-3
.700
2008 postseason
In October the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Brewers 3-1 in the NLDS, beat the Dodgers 4-1 in the NLCS, then beat the Rays 4-1 in the World Series. They won the 2008 World Series.
NLDS vs Brewers3-1 W
Game 1, October 1 W 3-1 vs Brewers
Game 2, October 2 W 5-2 vs Brewers
Game 3, October 4 L 1-4 at Brewers
Game 4, October 5 W 6-2 at Brewers
NLCS vs Dodgers4-1 W
Game 1, October 9 W 3-2 vs Dodgers
Game 2, October 10 W 8-5 vs Dodgers
Game 3, October 12 L 2-7 at Dodgers
Game 4, October 13 W 7-5 at Dodgers
Game 5, October 15 W 5-1 at Dodgers
World Series vs Rays4-1 W
Game 1, October 22 W 3-2 at Rays
Game 2, October 23 L 2-4 at Rays
Game 3, October 25 W 5-4 vs Rays
Game 4, October 26 W 10-2 vs Rays
Game 5, October 27 W 4-3 vs Rays
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
81
42,254
44,655
25,831
45,521
Night
56
41,809
43,996
31,644
45,261
Day
25
43,250
45,096
25,831
45,521
Weekend
39
43,889
45,033
36,600
45,312
Weekday
42
40,736
41,544
25,831
45,521
On the road
81
32,962
31,658
12,411
56,350
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
44,553
Apr
13
38,420
May
15
40,412
Jun
11
44,530
Jul
13
44,716
Aug
15
44,165
Sep
13
41,445
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
149 games
All games
2:55
Extra innings
3:50
13 of them
Longest
5:17
2008-08-26, 13 inn
Shortest
2:06
2008-06-05
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
2:50
2:06
5:17
Regulation
149
2:50
2:49
2:06
3:41
Extra innings
13
3:50
3:45
2:58
5:17
Home
81
2:56
2:49
2:06
5:17
Road
81
2:53
2:51
2:10
3:58
Day
48
2:54
2:54
2:06
4:25
Night
114
2:55
2:49
2:13
5:17
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
2:56
Apr
13
2:55
May
15
2:51
Jun
11
2:42
Jul
13
3:09
Aug
15
3:06
Sep
13
2:50
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
Philadelphia Phillies are 92-70, a .568 win rate, while their +119 run differential implies .573. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
