The San Francisco Giants went 72-90 in 2008, a .444 winning percentage — 24th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 640 runs and allowed 759, a run differential of -119. The offence ranked the second worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.38 staff ERA was 17th of 30. Their 86 team wRC+ was 14% below league average — the worst in MLB. Randy Winn led the position players at 3.2 WAR, and Tim Lincecum the rotation at a 2.62 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL West, 12 games back. They were as far as 13 games back on September 24. Their best month was August at 15-14, their worst July at 8-16. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from August 20 to August 24 and a 6-game losing streak from May 14 to May 19. They were 37-44 at home and 35-46 on the road, 31-21 in one-run games and 33-55 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-1 at the Athletics on June 29; the heaviest defeat, 11-1 at the Cardinals on April 18.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
16
.448
93
131
-38
May
10
17
.370
121
134
-13
June
13
14
.481
123
116
+7
July
8
16
.333
82
124
-42
August
15
14
.517
106
134
-28
Sept/Oct
13
13
.500
115
120
-5
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
37-44
.457
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
31-21
.596
Extra innings
10-5
.667
Within the division
36-36
.500
Against .500+ clubs
33-55
.375
Decided by 5+ runs
16-27
.372
Last 10
4-6
.400
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
35,356
34,921
30,068
42,861
Night
50
34,643
33,921
30,153
42,445
Day
31
36,507
36,963
30,068
42,861
Weekend
39
37,126
37,094
31,133
42,445
Weekday
42
33,713
33,084
30,068
42,861
On the road
80
32,255
30,437
9,788
56,000
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
33,618
May
12
34,220
Jun
11
36,927
Jul
15
37,851
Aug
15
35,784
Sep
12
33,716
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
147 games
All games
2:53
Extra innings
3:28
15 of them
Longest
3:44
2008-05-30, 13 inn
Shortest
2:00
2008-07-24
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
2:53
2:51
2:00
4:03
Regulation
147
2:50
2:49
2:00
4:03
Extra innings
15
3:28
3:27
2:55
3:53
Home
81
2:52
2:52
2:00
3:44
Road
81
2:54
2:50
2:06
4:03
Day
59
2:56
2:58
2:00
3:59
Night
103
2:52
2:48
2:06
4:03
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
2:58
May
12
2:56
Jun
11
2:53
Jul
15
2:47
Aug
15
2:48
Sep
12
2:53
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
San Francisco Giants are 72-90, a .444 win rate, while their -119 run differential implies .423. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
