The San Diego Padres went 63-99 in 2008, a .389 winning percentage — 28th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 637 runs and allowed 764, a run differential of -127. The offence ranked the worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.41 staff ERA was 18th of 30. Their 93 team wRC+ was 7% below league average — 22nd of 30 in MLB. Brian Giles led the position players at 4.0 WAR, and Jake Peavy the rotation at a 2.85 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL West, 21 games back. They spent 5 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 3 and were as far as 22 games back on September 18. Their best month was May at 12-17, their worst July at 9-16. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from June 4 to June 8 and an 8-game losing streak from June 21 to June 29. They were 35-46 at home and 28-53 on the road, 16-28 in one-run games and 34-57 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 9-0 against the Dodgers on June 12; the heaviest defeat, 11-1 at the Dodgers on April 12.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
17
.393
92
130
-38
May
12
17
.414
115
137
-22
June
10
17
.370
110
131
-21
July
9
16
.360
97
126
-29
August
11
16
.407
113
112
+1
Sept/Oct
10
16
.385
110
128
-18
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
35-46
.432
Road
28-53
.346
One-run games
16-28
.364
Extra innings
6-8
.429
Within the division
29-43
.403
Against .500+ clubs
34-57
.374
Decided by 5+ runs
19-27
.413
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
81
29,970
29,191
18,714
44,965
Night
60
29,473
28,754
18,714
44,965
Day
21
31,390
30,145
24,432
44,165
Weekend
39
33,039
31,347
24,610
44,165
Weekday
42
27,119
26,702
18,714
44,965
On the road
81
35,809
35,587
11,422
54,955
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
44,965
Apr
14
29,756
May
13
26,162
Jun
19
31,067
Jul
9
31,555
Aug
15
31,600
Sep
10
27,761
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
2:46
148 games
All games
2:52
Extra innings
3:58
14 of them
Longest
6:16
2008-04-17, 22 inn
Shortest
2:07
2008-06-11
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
2:52
2:46
1:58
6:16
Regulation
148
2:46
2:44
1:58
3:33
Extra innings
14
3:58
3:41
2:55
6:16
Home
81
2:53
2:46
2:07
6:16
Road
81
2:51
2:47
1:58
5:00
Day
44
2:55
2:49
2:15
5:57
Night
118
2:51
2:46
1:58
6:16
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
2:53
Apr
14
3:07
May
13
3:00
Jun
19
2:51
Jul
9
2:40
Aug
15
2:45
Sep
10
2:51
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 166 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
San Diego Padres are 63-99, a .389 win rate, while their -127 run differential implies .418. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
