The Texas Rangers went 79-83 in 2008, a .488 winning percentage — 18th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 901 runs and allowed 967, a run differential of -66. The offence ranked the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.42 staff ERA was the worst. Their 113 team wRC+ was 13% above league average — the second best in MLB. Josh Hamilton led the position players at 5.8 WAR, and Kevin Millwood the rotation at a 5.07 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL West, 21 games back. They spent 1 of 184 days in first place and were as far as 22.5 games back on September 22. Their best month was May at 19-10, their worst March/April at 10-18. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from May 6 to May 10 and a 7-game losing streak from April 18 to April 24. They were 40-41 at home and 39-42 on the road, 28-18 in one-run games and 37-54 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-1 at the Angels on September 26; the heaviest defeat, 19-6 at the Tigers on April 23.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
18
.357
130
177
-47
May
19
10
.655
170
131
+39
June
14
13
.519
158
160
-2
July
13
12
.520
152
176
-24
August
11
18
.379
146
176
-30
Sept/Oct
12
12
.500
145
147
-2
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
28-18
.609
Extra innings
5-6
.455
Within the division
30-27
.526
Against .500+ clubs
37-54
.407
Decided by 5+ runs
24-30
.444
Last 10
4-6
.400
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
80
24,324
21,773
12,882
48,808
Night
64
24,423
21,773
13,536
44,603
Day
16
23,927
22,225
12,882
48,808
Weekend
39
27,063
28,003
14,956
39,209
Weekday
41
21,718
17,975
12,882
48,808
On the road
80
29,766
32,120
10,511
55,438
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
21,796
May
12
25,414
Jun
14
25,047
Jul
11
24,045
Aug
16
25,906
Sep
15
21,862
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
2:58
151 games
All games
3:02
Extra innings
3:53
11 of them
Longest
4:23
2008-07-10, 11 inn
Shortest
2:10
2008-05-01
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
3:02
2:58
2:10
4:53
Regulation
151
2:58
2:56
2:10
4:09
Extra innings
11
3:53
3:56
2:57
4:53
Home
81
3:05
3:01
2:10
4:23
Road
81
2:59
2:54
2:20
4:53
Day
41
3:01
3:00
2:10
4:01
Night
121
3:03
2:57
2:15
4:53
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:04
May
12
3:00
Jun
14
3:11
Jul
11
3:09
Aug
16
3:07
Sep
15
3:01
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 178 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
Texas Rangers are 79-83, a .488 win rate, while their -66 run differential implies .468. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
