2008 New York Yankees

89-73 • .549 Win% • 3rd in AL E

The 2008 New York Yankees went 89-73 (.549) finishing 3rd in the AL E division. The club scored 789 runs, allowed 727, and played home games at Yankee Stadium II. Team leaders included Alex Rodriguez (35 HR, 103 RBI) and Mike Mussina (20-9, 3.37 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

89 Wins
73 Losses
.549 Win %
3rd Rank
789 R 727 RA
Diff +62

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⚡ Quick Stats

789 Runs Scored
727 Runs Allowed
+62 Run Diff
4,298K Attendance

📈 vs. 2008 AL Average

Batting Avg .271 1% above the 2008 league average (.267)
OBP .341 2% above the 2008 league average (.335)
SLG .427 2% above the 2008 league average (.420)
Team ERA 4.28 2% better than the 2008 league average (4.35)
Runs Scored 789 2% above the 2008 league average (775 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumYankee Stadium II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 4,298,655
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Avg per Game 53,069

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2008

Batting Avg

1 Johnny Damon 0.303 2 Alex Rodriguez 0.302 3 Derek Jeter 0.300 4 Bobby Abreu 0.296 5 Hideki Matsui 0.294

Home Runs

1 Alex Rodriguez 35 2 Jason Giambi 32 3 Bobby Abreu 20 4 Johnny Damon 17 5 Robinson Cano 14

RBI

1 Alex Rodriguez 103 2 Bobby Abreu 100 3 Jason Giambi 96 4 Robinson Cano 72 5 Johnny Damon 71
2008 New York Yankees — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bobby Abreu 156 609 100 180 39 4 20 100 73 109 22 0.296
Robinson Cano 159 597 70 162 35 3 14 72 26 65 2 0.271
Derek Jeter 150 596 88 179 25 3 11 69 52 85 11 0.300
Johnny Damon 143 555 95 168 27 5 17 71 64 82 29 0.303
Alex Rodriguez 138 510 104 154 33 0 35 103 65 117 18 0.302
Jason Giambi 145 458 68 113 19 1 32 96 76 111 2 0.247
Melky Cabrera 129 414 42 103 12 1 8 37 29 58 9 0.249
Hideki Matsui 93 337 43 99 17 0 9 45 38 47 0 0.294
Jose Molina 100 268 32 58 17 0 3 18 12 52 0 0.216
Xavier Nady 59 228 26 61 11 0 12 40 14 48 1 0.268
Wilson Betemit 87 189 24 50 13 0 6 25 6 56 0 0.265
Jorge Posada 51 168 18 45 13 1 3 22 24 38 0 0.268
Brett Gardner 42 127 18 29 5 2 0 16 8 30 13 0.228
Ivan Rodriguez 33 96 11 21 4 0 2 3 4 15 4 0.219
Chad Moeller 41 91 13 21 6 0 1 9 7 18 0 0.231
Morgan Ensberg 28 74 6 15 0 0 1 4 6 22 0 0.203
Shelley Duncan 23 57 7 10 3 0 1 6 7 13 0 0.175
Alberto Gonzalez 28 52 4 9 2 0 0 1 4 8 0 0.173
Cody Ransom 33 43 9 13 3 0 4 8 6 12 0 0.302
Justin Christian 24 40 6 10 3 0 0 6 3 4 7 0.250
Richie Sexson 22 28 2 7 1 0 1 6 6 10 0 0.250
Juan Miranda 5 10 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0.400
Francisco Cervelli 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Mike Mussina 34 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200
Joba Chamberlain 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Chris Stewart 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Chien-Ming Wang 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Andy Pettitte 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Sidney Ponson 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Ross Ohlendorf 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Darrell Rasner 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.000
Alfredo Aceves 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jonathan Albaladejo 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Britton 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Bruney 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Phil Coke 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kyle Farnsworth 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Giese 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
LaTroy Hawkins 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Phil Hughes 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kei Igawa 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ian Kennedy 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Damaso Marte 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Patterson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carl Pavano 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Edwar Ramirez 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mariano Rivera 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
David Robertson 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Humberto Sanchez 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Billy Traber 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Veras 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2008

ERA

1 Mariano Rivera 1.40 2 Brian Bruney 1.83 3 Alfredo Aceves 2.40 4 Joba Chamberlain 2.60 5 Mike Mussina 3.37

Wins

1 Mike Mussina 20 2 Andy Pettitte 14 3 Chien-Ming Wang 8 4 Mariano Rivera 6 5 Edwar Ramirez 5

Strikeouts

1 Andy Pettitte 158 2 Mike Mussina 150 3 Joba Chamberlain 118 4 Mariano Rivera 77 5 Darrell Rasner 67
2008 New York Yankees — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Andy Pettitte 14 14 4.54 33 33 0 204.0 233 103 55 158
Mike Mussina 20 9 3.37 34 34 0 200.1 214 75 31 150
Darrell Rasner 5 10 5.40 24 20 0 113.1 135 68 39 67
Joba Chamberlain 4 3 2.60 42 12 0 100.1 87 29 39 118
Chien-Ming Wang 8 2 4.07 15 15 0 95.0 90 43 35 54
Sidney Ponson 4 4 5.85 16 15 0 80.0 99 52 32 33
Mariano Rivera 6 5 1.40 64 0 39 70.2 41 11 6 77
Jose Veras 5 3 3.59 60 0 0 57.2 52 23 29 63
Edwar Ramirez 5 1 3.90 55 0 1 55.1 44 24 24 63
Kyle Farnsworth 1 2 3.65 45 0 1 44.1 43 18 17 43
Dan Giese 1 3 3.53 20 3 0 43.1 39 17 14 29
LaTroy Hawkins 1 1 5.71 33 0 0 41.0 42 26 17 23
Ross Ohlendorf 1 1 6.53 25 0 0 40.0 50 29 19 36
Ian Kennedy 0 4 8.17 10 9 0 39.2 50 36 26 27
Brian Bruney 3 0 1.83 32 1 1 34.1 18 7 16 33
Carl Pavano 4 2 5.77 7 7 0 34.1 41 22 10 15
Phil Hughes 0 4 6.62 8 8 0 34.0 43 25 15 23
David Robertson 4 0 5.34 25 0 0 30.1 29 18 15 36
Alfredo Aceves 1 0 2.40 6 4 0 30.0 25 8 10 16
Chris Britton 0 0 5.09 15 0 0 23.0 28 13 11 12
Damaso Marte 1 3 5.40 25 0 0 18.1 14 11 10 24
Billy Traber 0 0 7.02 19 0 0 16.2 23 13 7 11
Phil Coke 1 0 0.61 12 0 0 14.2 8 1 2 14
Jonathan Albaladejo 0 1 3.95 7 0 0 13.2 15 6 6 13
Kei Igawa 0 1 13.50 2 1 0 4.0 13 6 0 0
Humberto Sanchez 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 2.0 1 1 2 1
Scott Patterson 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 1.1 1 1 2 2

👥 Roster (51)

Bobby Abreu Alfredo Aceves Jonathan Albaladejo Wilson Betemit Chris Britton Brian Bruney Melky Cabrera Robinson Cano Francisco Cervelli Joba Chamberlain Justin Christian Phil Coke +39 more

51 players

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The 2008 New York Yankees in brief

The 2008 New York Yankees finished 89-73, a .549 winning percentage, placing 3rd in the AL East. The run column shows 789 for and 727 against. The team batting average of .271 was 1% above the 2008 league mark of .267. The staff ERA of 4.28 was 2% better than the league average of 4.35. The 789 runs scored compare with a league average of 775 per club, 2% more. Attendance at Yankee Stadium II totaled 4,298,655 for the year.

Alex Rodriguez topped the New York Yankees with 35 home runs. The hits leader was Bobby Abreu with 180. Mike Mussina was the top winner, with 20 victories. The strikeout leader was Andy Pettitte with 158. Mariano Rivera closed out 39 saves. The 2008 roster runs to 51 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2008 New York Yankees

What was the 2008 New York Yankees record?
The 2008 New York Yankees finished 89-73 (.549 win pct).
Who led the 2008 New York Yankees in home runs?
Alex Rodriguez led the 2008 New York Yankees with 35 home runs.
What was the 2008 New York Yankees team ERA?
The 2008 New York Yankees posted a team ERA of 4.28.
Did the 2008 New York Yankees win the World Series?
No. The 2008 New York Yankees did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2008 New York Yankees play?
The 2008 New York Yankees played home games at Yankee Stadium II.
Who led the 2008 New York Yankees in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Alex Rodriguez (35 HR, 103 RBI) and Mike Mussina (20-9, 3.37 ERA).
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