2008 San Francisco Giants

72-90 • .444 Win% • 4th in NL W

The 2008 San Francisco Giants went 72-90 (.444) finishing 4th in the NL W division. The club scored 640 runs, allowed 759, and played home games at AT&T Park. Team leaders included Bengie Molina (16 HR, 95 RBI) and Tim Lincecum (18-5, 2.62 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

72 Wins
90 Losses
.444 Win %
4th Rank
640 R 759 RA
Diff -119

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640 Runs Scored
759 Runs Allowed
-119 Run Diff
2,863K Attendance

📈 vs. 2008 NL Average

Batting Avg .261 1% above the 2008 league average (.260)
OBP .320 3% below the 2008 league average (.330)
SLG .382 7% below the 2008 league average (.412)
Team ERA 4.38 2% worse than the 2008 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 640 13% below the 2008 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAT&T Park
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,863,837
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Avg per Game 35,356

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2008

Batting Avg

1 Pablo Sandoval 0.345 2 Nate Schierholtz 0.320 3 Randy Winn 0.306 4 Ray Durham 0.293 5 Bengie Molina 0.292

Home Runs

1 Bengie Molina 16 2 Aaron Rowand 13 3 Rich Aurilia 10 4 John Bowker 10 5 Randy Winn 10

RBI

1 Bengie Molina 95 2 Aaron Rowand 70 3 Randy Winn 64 4 Rich Aurilia 52 5 John Bowker 43
2008 San Francisco Giants — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Randy Winn 155 598 84 183 38 2 10 64 59 88 25 0.306
Aaron Rowand 152 549 57 149 37 0 13 70 44 126 2 0.271
Bengie Molina 145 530 46 155 33 0 16 95 19 38 0 0.292
Fred Lewis 133 468 81 132 25 11 9 40 51 124 21 0.282
Rich Aurilia 140 407 33 115 21 1 10 52 30 56 1 0.283
Jose Castillo 112 394 42 96 28 4 6 35 25 71 2 0.244
John Bowker 111 326 31 83 14 3 10 43 19 74 1 0.255
Eugenio Velez 98 275 32 72 16 7 1 30 14 40 15 0.262
Omar Vizquel 92 266 24 59 10 1 0 23 24 29 5 0.222
Ray Durham 87 263 43 77 23 0 3 32 38 49 6 0.293
Emmanuel Burriss 95 240 37 68 6 1 1 18 23 24 13 0.283
Pablo Sandoval 41 145 24 50 10 1 3 24 4 14 0 0.345
Ivan Ochoa 47 120 7 24 8 0 0 3 4 28 0 0.200
Dave Roberts 52 107 18 24 2 2 0 9 20 18 5 0.224
Travis Ishikawa 33 95 12 26 6 0 3 15 9 27 1 0.274
Steve Holm 49 84 10 22 9 0 1 6 10 16 0 0.262
Brian Bocock 32 77 4 11 1 0 0 2 12 29 4 0.143
Nate Schierholtz 19 75 12 24 8 1 1 5 3 8 0 0.320
Tim Lincecum 34 70 7 11 1 1 0 5 5 32 0 0.157
Daniel Ortmeier 38 64 4 14 6 0 0 5 7 18 2 0.219
Matt Cain 34 62 3 7 1 0 2 3 4 34 0 0.113
Barry Zito 32 51 1 6 0 0 0 2 4 10 0 0.118
Jonathan Sanchez 30 49 2 5 1 0 0 4 1 22 0 0.102
Travis Denker 24 37 6 9 4 1 1 3 5 10 0 0.243
Brian Horwitz 21 36 5 8 0 0 2 4 5 10 0 0.222
Scott McClain 14 33 7 9 1 0 2 7 5 8 0 0.273
Ryan Rohlinger 21 32 2 3 1 1 0 2 1 8 0 0.094
Kevin Correia 25 27 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 12 0 0.111
Rajai Davis 12 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 0.056
Eliezer Alfonzo 5 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.091
Pat Misch 15 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.111
Brad Hennessey 18 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0.250
Conor Gillaspie 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.200
Matt Palmer 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.250
Osiris Matos 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Clay Timpner 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Kevin Frandsen 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sergio Romo 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Billy Sadler 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Keiichi Yabu 60 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Vinnie Chulk 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Geno Espineli 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alex Hinshaw 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
J. T. Snow 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Taschner 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Erick Threets 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Merkin Valdez 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tyler Walker 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Wilson 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2008

ERA

1 Sergio Romo 2.12 2 Tim Lincecum 2.62 3 Alex Hinshaw 3.40 4 Keiichi Yabu 3.57 5 Matt Cain 3.76

Wins

1 Tim Lincecum 18 2 Barry Zito 10 3 Jonathan Sanchez 9 4 Matt Cain 8 5 Tyler Walker 5

Strikeouts

1 Tim Lincecum 265 2 Matt Cain 186 3 Jonathan Sanchez 157 4 Barry Zito 120 5 Brian Wilson 67
2008 San Francisco Giants — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tim Lincecum 18 5 2.62 34 33 0 227.0 182 66 84 265
Matt Cain 8 14 3.76 34 34 0 217.2 206 91 91 186
Barry Zito 10 17 5.15 32 32 0 180.0 186 103 102 120
Jonathan Sanchez 9 12 5.01 29 29 0 158.0 154 88 75 157
Kevin Correia 3 8 6.05 25 19 0 110.0 141 74 47 66
Keiichi Yabu 3 6 3.57 60 0 0 68.0 63 27 32 48
Brian Wilson 3 2 4.62 63 0 41 62.1 62 32 28 67
Tyler Walker 5 8 4.56 65 0 0 53.1 47 27 21 49
Pat Misch 0 3 5.68 15 7 0 52.1 56 33 15 38
Jack Taschner 3 2 4.88 67 0 0 48.0 57 26 24 39
Billy Sadler 0 1 4.06 33 0 0 44.1 34 20 27 42
Brad Hennessey 1 2 7.81 17 4 0 40.1 63 35 15 21
Alex Hinshaw 2 1 3.40 48 0 0 39.2 31 15 29 47
Sergio Romo 3 1 2.12 29 0 0 34.0 16 8 8 33
Vinnie Chulk 0 3 4.83 27 0 0 31.2 33 17 8 16
Osiris Matos 1 2 4.79 20 0 0 20.2 26 11 9 16
Geno Espineli 2 0 5.06 15 0 0 16.0 17 9 8 8
Merkin Valdez 1 0 1.69 17 1 0 16.0 14 3 7 13
Matt Palmer 0 2 8.53 3 3 0 12.2 17 12 13 3
Erick Threets 0 1 3.60 7 0 0 10.0 11 4 9 6

👥 Roster (49)

Eliezer Alfonzo Rich Aurilia Brian Bocock John Bowker Emmanuel Burriss Matt Cain Jose Castillo Vinnie Chulk Kevin Correia Rajai Davis Travis Denker Ray Durham +37 more

49 players

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The 2008 San Francisco Giants in brief

The record for the 2008 San Francisco Giants reads 72 wins and 90 losses, good for 4th in the NL West. The San Francisco Giants scored 640 runs and allowed 759, a run differential of -119. The team batting average of .261 was 1% above the 2008 league mark of .260. The staff ERA of 4.38 was 2% worse than the league average of 4.29. Measured against the 734-run league average, the offense was 13% behind.

AT&T Park was home in 2008, drawing a total attendance of 2,863,837. For power, Bengie Molina led the way with 16 homers. Randy Winn collected the most hits, 183. Tim Lincecum led the pitchers with 18 wins. Brian Wilson closed out 41 saves. In all, the roster shows 49 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2008 San Francisco Giants

What was the 2008 San Francisco Giants record?
The 2008 San Francisco Giants finished 72-90 (.444 win pct).
Who led the 2008 San Francisco Giants in home runs?
Bengie Molina led the 2008 San Francisco Giants with 16 home runs.
What was the 2008 San Francisco Giants team ERA?
The 2008 San Francisco Giants posted a team ERA of 4.38.
Did the 2008 San Francisco Giants win the World Series?
No. The 2008 San Francisco Giants did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2008 San Francisco Giants play?
The 2008 San Francisco Giants played home games at AT&T Park.
Who led the 2008 San Francisco Giants in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Bengie Molina (16 HR, 95 RBI) and Tim Lincecum (18-5, 2.62 ERA).
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