2008 Cleveland Indians

81-81 • .500 Win% • 3rd in AL C

The 2008 Cleveland Indians went 81-81 (.500) finishing 3rd in the AL C division. The club scored 805 runs, allowed 761, and played home games at Jacobs Field. Team leaders included Grady Sizemore (33 HR, 90 RBI) and Cliff Lee (22-3, 2.54 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

81 Wins
81 Losses
.500 Win %
3rd Rank
805 R 761 RA
Diff +44

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⚡ Quick Stats

805 Runs Scored
761 Runs Allowed
+44 Run Diff
2,169K Attendance

📈 vs. 2008 AL Average

Batting Avg .262 2% below the 2008 league average (.267)
OBP .338 1% above the 2008 league average (.335)
SLG .424 1% above the 2008 league average (.420)
Team ERA 4.45 2% worse than the 2008 league average (4.35)
Runs Scored 805 4% above the 2008 league average (775 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumProgressive Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,169,760
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Avg per Game 26,787

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2008

Batting Avg

1 Shin-Soo Choo 0.309 2 Casey Blake 0.289 3 Victor Martinez 0.278 4 Jamey Carroll 0.277 5 Jhonny Peralta 0.276

Home Runs

1 Grady Sizemore 33 2 Jhonny Peralta 23 3 Kelly Shoppach 21 4 Ben Francisco 15 5 Shin-Soo Choo 14

RBI

1 Ryan Garko 90 2 Grady Sizemore 90 3 Jhonny Peralta 89 4 Shin-Soo Choo 66 5 Casey Blake 58
2008 Cleveland Indians — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Grady Sizemore 157 634 101 170 39 5 33 90 98 130 38 0.268
Jhonny Peralta 154 605 104 167 42 4 23 89 48 126 3 0.276
Ryan Garko 141 495 61 135 21 1 14 90 45 86 0 0.273
Ben Francisco 121 447 65 119 32 0 15 54 40 86 4 0.266
Franklin Gutierrez 134 399 54 99 26 2 8 41 27 87 9 0.248
Asdrubal Cabrera 114 352 48 91 20 0 6 47 46 77 4 0.259
Kelly Shoppach 112 352 67 92 27 0 21 55 36 133 0 0.261
Jamey Carroll 113 347 60 96 13 4 1 36 34 65 7 0.277
David Dellucci 113 336 41 80 19 2 11 47 24 76 3 0.238
Casey Blake 94 325 46 94 24 0 11 58 33 68 2 0.289
Shin-Soo Choo 94 317 68 98 28 3 14 66 44 78 4 0.309
Victor Martinez 73 266 30 74 17 0 2 35 24 32 0 0.278
Andy Marte 80 235 21 52 11 1 3 17 14 52 1 0.221
Travis Hafner 57 198 21 39 10 0 5 24 27 55 1 0.197
Jason Michaels 21 58 3 12 4 0 0 9 4 13 1 0.207
Sal Fasano 15 46 5 12 4 0 0 6 3 17 0 0.261
Michael Aubrey 15 45 2 9 0 0 2 3 5 5 0 0.200
Josh Barfield 12 33 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 10 0 0.182
Andy Gonzalez 10 24 3 5 0 0 1 2 6 5 0 0.208
Jorge Velandia 7 8 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.375
Paul Byrd 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Cliff Lee 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Roberto Hernandez 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
CC Sabathia 18 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0.333
Aaron Laffey 16 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Jason Tyner 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeremy Sowers 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Rick Bauer 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rafael Betancourt 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Borowski 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Craig Breslow 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bryan Bullington 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brendan Donnelly 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Elarton 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Ginter 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Zach Jackson 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jorge Julio 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Masahide Kobayashi 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jensen Lewis 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Lewis 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Mastny 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jon Meloan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Edward Mujica 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rafael Perez 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Anthony Reyes 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Juan Rincon 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Rundles 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Slocum 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jake Westbrook 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2008

ERA

1 Anthony Reyes 1.83 2 Cliff Lee 2.54 3 Jake Westbrook 3.12 4 Rafael Perez 3.54 5 Jensen Lewis 3.82

Wins

1 Cliff Lee 22 2 Roberto Hernandez 8 3 Paul Byrd 7 4 CC Sabathia 6 5 Aaron Laffey 5

Strikeouts

1 Cliff Lee 170 2 CC Sabathia 123 3 Rafael Perez 86 4 Rafael Betancourt 64 5 Jeremy Sowers 64
2008 Cleveland Indians — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Cliff Lee 22 3 2.54 31 31 0 223.1 214 63 34 170
Paul Byrd 7 10 4.53 22 22 0 131.0 146 66 24 56
CC Sabathia 6 8 3.83 18 18 0 122.1 117 52 34 123
Jeremy Sowers 4 9 5.58 22 22 0 121.0 141 75 39 64
Roberto Hernandez 8 7 5.44 22 22 0 120.2 126 73 70 58
Aaron Laffey 5 7 4.23 16 16 0 93.2 103 44 31 43
Rafael Perez 4 4 3.54 73 0 2 76.1 67 30 23 86
Rafael Betancourt 3 4 5.07 69 0 4 71.0 76 40 25 64
Jensen Lewis 0 4 3.82 51 0 13 66.0 68 28 27 52
Masahide Kobayashi 4 5 4.53 57 0 6 55.2 65 28 14 35
Zach Jackson 2 3 5.60 9 9 0 54.2 64 34 14 30
Edward Mujica 3 2 6.75 33 0 0 38.2 46 29 10 27
Jake Westbrook 1 2 3.12 5 5 0 34.2 33 12 7 19
Anthony Reyes 2 1 1.83 6 6 0 34.1 31 7 12 15
Juan Rincon 1 1 5.60 23 0 0 27.1 34 17 8 19
Scott Lewis 4 0 2.63 4 4 0 24.0 20 7 6 15
Matt Ginter 1 3 5.14 4 4 0 21.0 25 12 3 12
Tom Mastny 2 2 10.80 14 1 0 20.0 28 24 11 19
Jorge Julio 0 0 5.60 15 0 0 17.2 18 11 11 15
Joe Borowski 1 3 7.56 18 0 6 16.2 24 14 8 9
Scott Elarton 0 1 3.52 8 0 0 15.1 16 6 9 15
Bryan Bullington 0 2 4.91 3 2 0 14.2 15 8 2 12
Brendan Donnelly 1 0 8.56 15 0 0 13.2 20 13 10 8
Craig Breslow 0 0 3.24 7 0 0 8.1 10 3 5 7
Rick Bauer 0 0 13.50 4 0 0 6.0 10 9 3 4
Rich Rundles 0 0 1.80 8 0 0 5.0 5 1 3 6
Jon Meloan 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 1 2
Brian Slocum 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 2.0 8 6 0 1

👥 Roster (49)

Michael Aubrey Josh Barfield Rick Bauer Rafael Betancourt Casey Blake Joe Borowski Craig Breslow Bryan Bullington Paul Byrd Asdrubal Cabrera Jamey Carroll Shin-Soo Choo +37 more

49 players

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The 2008 Cleveland Indians in brief

The 2008 Cleveland Indians won 81 games and lost 81, ending up 3rd in the AL Central. Runs came in at 805 scored against 761 allowed (+44). Against a league average of .267, the 2008 Cleveland Indians batted .262. The Cleveland Indians staff finished with a 4.45 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.35. League clubs averaged 775 runs that year, so the Cleveland Indians scored 4% more.

Home games were played at Jacobs Field, where 2,169,760 fans came through the gates. Grady Sizemore topped the Cleveland Indians with 33 home runs. The pitching staff's wins leader was Cliff Lee (22). Jensen Lewis closed out 13 saves. In all, the roster shows 49 players. The 2007 season and the 2009 season are one click away.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2008 Cleveland Indians

What was the 2008 Cleveland Indians record?
The 2008 Cleveland Indians finished 81-81 (.500 win pct).
Who led the 2008 Cleveland Indians in home runs?
Grady Sizemore led the 2008 Cleveland Indians with 33 home runs.
What was the 2008 Cleveland Indians team ERA?
The 2008 Cleveland Indians posted a team ERA of 4.45.
Did the 2008 Cleveland Indians win the World Series?
No. The 2008 Cleveland Indians did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2008 Cleveland Indians play?
The 2008 Cleveland Indians played home games at Jacobs Field.
Who led the 2008 Cleveland Indians in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Grady Sizemore (33 HR, 90 RBI) and Cliff Lee (22-3, 2.54 ERA).
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