2008 Detroit Tigers

74-88 • .457 Win% • 5th in AL C

The 2008 Detroit Tigers went 74-88 (.457) finishing 5th in the AL C division. The club scored 821 runs, allowed 857, and played home games at Comerica Park. Team leaders included Miguel Cabrera (37 HR, 127 RBI) and Armando Galarraga (13-7, 3.73 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

74 Wins
88 Losses
.457 Win %
5th Rank
821 R 857 RA
Diff -36

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⚡ Quick Stats

821 Runs Scored
857 Runs Allowed
-36 Run Diff
3,202K Attendance

📈 vs. 2008 AL Average

Batting Avg .271 1% above the 2008 league average (.267)
OBP .340 1% above the 2008 league average (.335)
SLG .443 6% above the 2008 league average (.420)
Team ERA 4.90 13% worse than the 2008 league average (4.35)
Runs Scored 821 6% above the 2008 league average (775 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComerica Park
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 3,202,654
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Avg per Game 39,538

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2008

Batting Avg

1 Magglio Ordonez 0.317 2 Placido Polanco 0.307 3 Ivan Rodriguez 0.295 4 Miguel Cabrera 0.292 5 Carlos Guillen 0.286

Home Runs

1 Miguel Cabrera 37 2 Marcus Thames 25 3 Curtis Granderson 22 4 Magglio Ordonez 21 5 Gary Sheffield 19

RBI

1 Miguel Cabrera 127 2 Magglio Ordonez 103 3 Curtis Granderson 66 4 Placido Polanco 58 5 Gary Sheffield 57
2008 Detroit Tigers — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Miguel Cabrera 160 616 85 180 36 2 37 127 56 126 1 0.292
Placido Polanco 141 580 90 178 34 3 8 58 35 43 7 0.307
Magglio Ordonez 146 561 72 178 32 2 21 103 53 76 1 0.317
Curtis Granderson 141 553 112 155 26 13 22 66 71 111 12 0.280
Edgar Renteria 138 503 69 136 22 2 10 55 37 64 6 0.270
Carlos Guillen 113 420 68 120 29 2 10 54 60 67 9 0.286
Gary Sheffield 114 418 52 94 16 0 19 57 58 83 9 0.225
Brandon Inge 113 347 41 71 16 4 11 51 43 94 4 0.205
Marcus Thames 103 316 50 76 12 0 25 56 24 95 0 0.241
Ivan Rodriguez 82 302 33 89 16 3 5 32 19 52 6 0.295
Matt Joyce 92 242 40 61 16 3 12 33 31 65 0 0.252
Ryan Raburn 92 182 26 43 10 1 4 20 16 49 3 0.236
Ramon Santiago 58 124 30 35 6 2 4 18 22 17 1 0.282
Clete Thomas 40 116 7 33 9 1 1 9 14 26 2 0.284
Jeff Larish 42 104 12 27 6 0 2 16 7 34 2 0.260
Jacque Jones 24 79 10 13 2 1 1 5 8 18 0 0.165
Dusty Ryan 15 44 6 14 2 0 2 7 5 13 0 0.318
Dane Sardinha 17 44 2 7 0 1 0 3 4 11 0 0.159
Mike Hessman 12 27 6 8 1 0 5 7 2 9 0 0.296
Brent Clevlen 11 24 4 5 0 0 0 1 3 8 0 0.208
Michael Hollimon 11 23 4 6 2 1 1 2 1 6 0 0.261
Justin Verlander 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Nate Robertson 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Eddie Bonine 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Armando Galarraga 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.000
Jeremy Bonderman 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Freddy Dolsi 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Kenny Rogers 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Denny Bautista 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Yorman Bazardo 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Francis Beltran 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Francisco Cruceta 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kyle Farnsworth 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Casey Fossum 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Freddy Garcia 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gary Glover 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Grilli 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Todd Jones 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Lambert 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Aquilino Lopez 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Zach Miner 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Clay Rapada 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fernando Rodney 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bobby Seay 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dontrelle Willis 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joel Zumaya 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2008

ERA

1 Aquilino Lopez 3.55 2 Armando Galarraga 3.73 3 Freddy Dolsi 3.97 4 Zach Miner 4.27 5 Jeremy Bonderman 4.29

Wins

1 Armando Galarraga 13 2 Justin Verlander 11 3 Kenny Rogers 9 4 Zach Miner 8 5 Nate Robertson 7

Strikeouts

1 Justin Verlander 163 2 Armando Galarraga 126 3 Nate Robertson 108 4 Kenny Rogers 82 5 Zach Miner 62
2008 Detroit Tigers — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Justin Verlander 11 17 4.84 33 33 0 201.0 195 108 87 163
Armando Galarraga 13 7 3.73 30 28 0 178.2 152 74 61 126
Kenny Rogers 9 13 5.70 30 30 0 173.2 212 110 71 82
Nate Robertson 7 11 6.35 32 28 0 168.2 218 119 62 108
Zach Miner 8 5 4.27 45 13 0 118.0 118 56 46 62
Aquilino Lopez 4 1 3.55 48 0 0 78.2 86 31 22 61
Jeremy Bonderman 3 4 4.29 12 12 0 71.1 75 34 36 44
Bobby Seay 1 2 4.47 60 0 0 56.1 59 28 25 58
Freddy Dolsi 1 5 3.97 42 0 2 47.2 50 21 28 29
Todd Jones 4 1 4.97 45 0 18 41.2 50 23 18 14
Casey Fossum 3 1 5.66 31 0 0 41.1 44 26 18 28
Fernando Rodney 0 6 4.91 38 0 13 40.1 34 22 30 49
Eddie Bonine 2 1 5.40 5 5 0 26.2 36 16 5 9
Dontrelle Willis 0 2 9.38 8 7 0 24.0 18 25 35 18
Joel Zumaya 0 2 3.47 21 0 1 23.1 24 9 22 22
Clay Rapada 3 0 4.22 25 0 0 21.1 19 10 14 15
Chris Lambert 1 2 5.66 8 3 0 20.2 31 13 7 15
Gary Glover 1 1 4.43 18 0 0 20.1 22 10 4 15
Denny Bautista 0 1 3.32 16 0 0 19.0 15 7 14 10
Kyle Farnsworth 1 1 6.75 16 0 0 16.0 27 12 5 18
Freddy Garcia 1 1 4.20 3 3 0 15.0 11 7 6 12
Jason Grilli 0 1 3.29 9 0 0 13.2 12 5 7 10
Francis Beltran 1 0 4.85 11 0 0 13.0 13 7 6 9
Francisco Cruceta 0 3 5.40 13 0 0 11.2 13 7 10 11
Yorman Bazardo 0 0 24.00 3 0 0 3.0 7 8 5 3

👥 Roster (46)

Denny Bautista Yorman Bazardo Francis Beltran Jeremy Bonderman Eddie Bonine Miguel Cabrera Brent Clevlen Francisco Cruceta Freddy Dolsi Kyle Farnsworth Casey Fossum Armando Galarraga +34 more

46 players

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The 2008 Detroit Tigers in brief

In 2008 the Detroit Tigers posted a 74-88 mark (.457) and finished 5th in the AL Central. Runs came in at 821 scored against 857 allowed (-36). Against a league average of .267, the 2008 Detroit Tigers batted .271. Pitchers allowed 4.90 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.35. The 2008 Detroit Tigers outscored the average club by 6% (821 against 775).

Home games were played at Comerica Park, where 3,202,654 fans came through the gates. For power, Miguel Cabrera led the way with 37 homers. Armando Galarraga was the top winner, with 13 victories. Justin Verlander struck out 163, the most on the club. Todd Jones saved 18 games. The 2008 roster runs to 46 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2008 Detroit Tigers

What was the 2008 Detroit Tigers record?
The 2008 Detroit Tigers finished 74-88 (.457 win pct).
Who led the 2008 Detroit Tigers in home runs?
Miguel Cabrera led the 2008 Detroit Tigers with 37 home runs.
What was the 2008 Detroit Tigers team ERA?
The 2008 Detroit Tigers posted a team ERA of 4.90.
Did the 2008 Detroit Tigers win the World Series?
No. The 2008 Detroit Tigers did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2008 Detroit Tigers play?
The 2008 Detroit Tigers played home games at Comerica Park.
Who led the 2008 Detroit Tigers in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Miguel Cabrera (37 HR, 127 RBI) and Armando Galarraga (13-7, 3.73 ERA).
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