2008 Pittsburgh Pirates

67-95 • .414 Win% • 6th in NL C

The 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates went 67-95 (.414) finishing 6th in the NL C division. The club scored 735 runs, allowed 884, and played home games at PNC Park. Team leaders included Nate McLouth (26 HR, 94 RBI) and Paul Maholm (9-9, 3.71 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

67 Wins
95 Losses
.414 Win %
6th Rank
735 R 884 RA
Diff -149

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735 Runs Scored
884 Runs Allowed
-149 Run Diff
1,609K Attendance

📈 vs. 2008 NL Average

Batting Avg .258 1% below the 2008 league average (.260)
OBP .319 3% below the 2008 league average (.330)
SLG .403 2% below the 2008 league average (.412)
Team ERA 5.08 18% worse than the 2008 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 735 equal to the 2008 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumPNC Park
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,609,076
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Avg per Game 19,865

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2008

Batting Avg

1 Xavier Nady 0.330 2 Ryan Doumit 0.318 3 Nyjer Morgan 0.294 4 Jason Bay 0.282 5 Doug Mientkiewicz 0.277

Home Runs

1 Nate McLouth 26 2 Adam LaRoche 25 3 Jason Bay 22 4 Ryan Doumit 15 5 Xavier Nady 13

RBI

1 Nate McLouth 94 2 Adam LaRoche 85 3 Ryan Doumit 69 4 Jason Bay 64 5 Xavier Nady 57
2008 Pittsburgh Pirates — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Nate McLouth 152 597 113 165 46 4 26 94 65 93 23 0.276
Freddy Sanchez 145 569 75 154 26 2 9 52 21 63 0 0.271
Adam LaRoche 136 492 66 133 32 3 25 85 54 122 1 0.270
Ryan Doumit 116 431 71 137 34 0 15 69 23 55 2 0.318
Jason Bay 106 393 72 111 23 2 22 64 59 86 7 0.282
Xavier Nady 89 327 50 108 26 1 13 57 25 55 1 0.330
Jose Bautista 107 314 38 76 15 0 12 44 38 77 1 0.242
Jack Wilson 87 305 24 83 18 1 1 22 13 27 2 0.272
Doug Mientkiewicz 125 285 37 79 19 2 2 30 44 28 0 0.277
Jason Michaels 102 228 25 52 9 1 8 44 23 52 1 0.228
Luis Rivas 79 206 25 45 6 2 3 20 13 27 3 0.218
Chris Gomez 90 183 26 50 8 0 1 20 13 30 0 0.273
Andy LaRoche 49 164 11 25 4 0 3 12 14 30 2 0.152
Nyjer Morgan 58 160 26 47 13 0 0 7 10 32 9 0.294
Brandon Moss 45 158 12 35 10 2 6 23 15 45 0 0.222
Ronny Paulino 40 118 8 25 5 0 2 18 11 24 0 0.212
Raul Chavez 42 116 12 30 4 0 1 10 4 14 0 0.259
Steve Pearce 37 109 6 27 7 0 4 15 5 22 2 0.248
Brian Bixler 50 108 16 17 2 1 0 2 6 36 1 0.157
Luis Cruz 22 67 6 15 3 0 0 3 3 2 1 0.224
Paul Maholm 31 65 4 8 0 0 0 3 6 28 0 0.123
Zach Duke 32 57 2 9 0 0 0 1 2 20 0 0.158
Ian Snell 32 48 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 18 0 0.125
Tom Gorzelanny 21 28 2 3 0 0 0 3 2 12 0 0.107
Phil Dumatrait 21 21 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.048
Jeff Karstens 9 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0.143
Jason Davis 14 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Yoslan Herrera 5 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.143
Matt Morris 5 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.286
Robinzon Diaz 2 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.500
Ross Ohlendorf 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Franquelis Osoria 43 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.333
John Van Benschoten 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Denny Bautista 35 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.200
T. J. Beam 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jimmy Barthmaier 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Sean Burnett 58 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
Ty Taubenheim 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500
Matt Capps 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
John Grabow 74 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesse Chavez 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Craig Hansen 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Damaso Marte 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Evan Meek 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Marino Salas 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Romulo Sanchez 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tyler Yates 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2008

ERA

1 John Grabow 2.84 2 Matt Capps 3.02 3 Damaso Marte 3.47 4 Paul Maholm 3.71 5 Jeff Karstens 4.03

Wins

1 Paul Maholm 9 2 Ian Snell 7 3 Tom Gorzelanny 6 4 John Grabow 6 5 Tyler Yates 6

Strikeouts

1 Paul Maholm 139 2 Ian Snell 135 3 Zach Duke 87 4 Tom Gorzelanny 67 5 Tyler Yates 63
2008 Pittsburgh Pirates — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Paul Maholm 9 9 3.71 31 31 0 206.1 201 85 63 139
Zach Duke 5 14 4.82 31 31 0 185.0 230 99 47 87
Ian Snell 7 12 5.42 31 31 0 164.1 201 99 89 135
Tom Gorzelanny 6 9 6.66 21 21 0 105.1 120 78 70 67
Phil Dumatrait 3 4 5.26 21 11 0 78.2 82 46 42 52
John Grabow 6 3 2.84 74 0 4 76.0 60 24 37 62
Tyler Yates 6 3 4.66 72 0 1 73.1 72 38 41 63
Franquelis Osoria 4 3 6.08 43 0 0 60.2 87 41 12 31
Sean Burnett 1 1 4.76 58 0 0 56.2 57 30 34 42
Matt Capps 2 3 3.02 49 0 21 53.2 47 18 5 39
Jeff Karstens 2 6 4.03 9 9 0 51.1 56 23 13 23
Damaso Marte 4 0 3.47 47 0 5 46.2 38 18 16 47
T. J. Beam 2 2 4.14 32 0 1 45.2 43 21 20 24
Denny Bautista 4 3 6.10 35 0 0 41.1 46 28 28 34
Jason Davis 2 4 5.29 14 4 0 34.0 38 20 17 13
Ross Ohlendorf 0 3 6.35 5 5 0 22.2 36 16 12 13
Matt Morris 0 4 9.67 5 5 0 22.1 41 24 7 9
John Van Benschoten 1 3 10.48 9 5 0 22.1 37 26 20 21
Yoslan Herrera 1 1 9.82 5 5 0 18.1 35 20 12 10
Marino Salas 1 0 8.47 13 0 0 17.0 25 16 14 9
Craig Hansen 1 4 7.47 16 0 1 15.2 11 13 20 7
Jesse Chavez 0 1 6.60 15 0 0 15.0 20 11 9 16
Romulo Sanchez 0 0 4.05 10 0 1 13.1 14 6 6 3
Evan Meek 0 1 6.92 9 0 0 13.0 11 10 12 7
Jimmy Barthmaier 0 2 10.45 3 3 0 10.1 16 12 8 6
Ty Taubenheim 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 6.0 7 2 3 4

👥 Roster (47)

Jimmy Barthmaier Denny Bautista Jose Bautista Jason Bay T. J. Beam Brian Bixler Sean Burnett Matt Capps Jesse Chavez Raul Chavez Luis Cruz Jason Davis +35 more

47 players

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The 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates in brief

The record for the 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates reads 67 wins and 95 losses, good for 6th in the NL Central. Runs came in at 735 scored against 884 allowed (-149). The team batting average of .258 was 1% below the 2008 league mark of .260. The staff ERA of 5.08 was 18% worse than the league average of 4.29. PNC Park was home in 2008, drawing a total attendance of 1,609,076.

The home run leader was Nate McLouth, who hit 26. Paul Maholm was the top winner, with 9 victories. Matt Capps saved 21 games. In all, the roster shows 47 players. For the seasons either side, see the 2007 season and the 2009 season.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates

What was the 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates record?
The 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates finished 67-95 (.414 win pct).
Who led the 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs?
Nate McLouth led the 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates with 26 home runs.
What was the 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates team ERA?
The 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates posted a team ERA of 5.08.
Did the 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series?
No. The 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates play?
The 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates played home games at PNC Park.
Who led the 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Nate McLouth (26 HR, 94 RBI) and Paul Maholm (9-9, 3.71 ERA).
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