⭐ Division Winner

2008 Tampa Bay Rays

97-65 • .599 Win% • 1st in AL E

The 2008 Tampa Bay Rays went 97-65 (.599) finishing 1st in the AL E division. They won the pennant but did not win the World Series. The club scored 774 runs, allowed 671, and played home games at Tropicana Field. Team leaders included Carlos Peña (31 HR, 102 RBI) and Edwin Jackson (14-11, 4.42 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

97 Wins
65 Losses
.599 Win %
1st Rank
774 R 671 RA
Diff +103

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774 Runs Scored
671 Runs Allowed
+103 Run Diff
1,785K Attendance

📈 vs. 2008 AL Average

Batting Avg .260 3% below the 2008 league average (.267)
OBP .339 1% above the 2008 league average (.335)
SLG .422 1% above the 2008 league average (.420)
Team ERA 3.82 12% better than the 2008 league average (4.35)
Runs Scored 774 equal to the 2008 league average (775 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTropicana Field
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 1,785,188
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Avg per Game 22,887

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2008

Batting Avg

1 Dioner Navarro 0.295 2 Jason Bartlett 0.286 3 Akinori Iwamura 0.274 4 Carl Crawford 0.273 5 B. J. Upton 0.273

Home Runs

1 Carlos Peña 31 2 Evan Longoria 27 3 Eric Hinske 20 4 Gabe Gross 13 5 Ben Zobrist 12

RBI

1 Carlos Peña 102 2 Evan Longoria 85 3 B. J. Upton 67 4 Eric Hinske 60 5 Carl Crawford 57
2008 Tampa Bay Rays — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Akinori Iwamura 152 627 91 172 30 9 6 48 70 131 8 0.274
B. J. Upton 145 531 85 145 37 2 9 67 97 134 44 0.273
Carlos Peña 139 490 76 121 24 2 31 102 96 166 1 0.247
Jason Bartlett 128 454 48 130 25 3 1 37 22 69 20 0.286
Evan Longoria 122 448 67 122 31 2 27 85 46 122 7 0.272
Carl Crawford 109 443 69 121 12 10 8 57 30 60 25 0.273
Dioner Navarro 120 427 43 126 27 0 7 54 34 49 0 0.295
Eric Hinske 133 381 59 94 21 1 20 60 47 88 10 0.247
Willy Aybar 95 324 33 82 17 2 10 33 32 44 2 0.253
Gabe Gross 127 302 40 73 13 3 13 38 40 75 2 0.242
Cliff Floyd 80 246 32 66 13 0 11 39 28 58 1 0.268
Ben Zobrist 62 198 32 50 10 2 12 30 25 37 3 0.253
Jonny Gomes 77 154 23 28 5 1 8 21 15 46 8 0.182
Shawn Riggans 44 135 21 30 7 0 6 24 12 30 0 0.222
Rocco Baldelli 28 80 12 21 5 0 4 13 7 25 0 0.263
Justin Ruggiano 45 76 9 15 4 0 2 7 4 27 2 0.197
Fernando Perez 23 60 18 15 2 0 3 8 8 16 5 0.250
Nathan Haynes 20 44 3 10 0 0 0 3 3 12 4 0.227
Dan Johnson 10 25 3 5 0 0 2 4 3 7 0 0.200
Mike Difelice 7 20 1 6 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0.300
Elliot Johnson 7 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.158
Michel Hernandez 5 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.200
Reid Brignac 4 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.000
John Jaso 5 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Andy Sonnanstine 32 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.400
Matt Garza 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Edwin Jackson 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
James Shields 34 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.250
Scott Kazmir 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Grant Balfour 51 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Andy Cannizaro 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
J. P. Howell 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Kurt Birkins 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chad Bradford 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Dohmann 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gary Glover 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Hammel 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Trever Miller 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Niemann 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Troy Percival 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
David Price 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alberto Reyes 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jae Kuk Ryu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Juan Salas 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mitch Talbot 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Wheeler 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2008

ERA

1 Grant Balfour 1.54 2 J. P. Howell 2.22 3 Dan Wheeler 3.12 4 Scott Kazmir 3.49 5 James Shields 3.56

Wins

1 Edwin Jackson 14 2 James Shields 14 3 Andy Sonnanstine 13 4 Scott Kazmir 12 5 Matt Garza 11

Strikeouts

1 Scott Kazmir 166 2 James Shields 160 3 Matt Garza 128 4 Andy Sonnanstine 124 5 Edwin Jackson 108
2008 Tampa Bay Rays — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
James Shields 14 8 3.56 33 33 0 215.0 208 85 40 160
Andy Sonnanstine 13 9 4.38 32 32 0 193.1 212 94 37 124
Matt Garza 11 9 3.70 30 30 0 184.2 170 76 59 128
Edwin Jackson 14 11 4.42 32 31 0 183.1 199 90 77 108
Scott Kazmir 12 8 3.49 27 27 0 152.1 123 59 70 166
J. P. Howell 6 1 2.22 64 0 3 89.1 62 22 39 92
Jason Hammel 4 4 4.60 40 5 2 78.1 83 40 35 44
Dan Wheeler 5 6 3.12 70 0 13 66.1 44 23 22 53
Grant Balfour 6 2 1.54 51 0 4 58.1 28 10 24 82
Troy Percival 2 1 4.53 50 0 28 45.2 29 23 27 38
Trever Miller 2 0 4.15 68 0 2 43.1 39 20 20 44
Gary Glover 1 2 5.82 29 0 0 34.0 42 22 18 22
Alberto Reyes 2 2 4.37 26 0 0 22.2 21 11 10 19
Chad Bradford 1 0 1.42 21 0 0 19.0 18 3 8 4
Jeff Niemann 2 2 5.06 5 2 0 16.0 18 9 8 14
Scott Dohmann 2 0 6.14 12 0 0 14.2 18 10 7 12
David Price 0 0 1.93 5 1 0 14.0 9 3 4 12
Kurt Birkins 0 0 0.90 6 0 0 10.0 5 1 5 7
Mitch Talbot 0 0 11.17 3 1 0 9.2 16 12 11 5
Juan Salas 0 0 7.11 5 0 0 6.1 5 5 4 8
Jae Kuk Ryu 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 1 1

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship
TBA def. BOS 4-3
AL Division Series
TBA def. CHA 3-1
World Series
Lost to PHI 4-1

👥 Roster (46)

Willy Aybar Rocco Baldelli Grant Balfour Jason Bartlett Kurt Birkins Chad Bradford Reid Brignac Andy Cannizaro Carl Crawford Mike Difelice Scott Dohmann Cliff Floyd +34 more

46 players

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The 2008 Tampa Bay Rays in brief

The record for the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays reads 97 wins and 65 losses, good for 1st in the AL East. The club won the pennant and took the division title. The Tampa Bay Rays scored 774 runs and allowed 671, a run differential of +103. The team batting average of .260 was 3% below the 2008 league mark of .267. The Tampa Bay Rays staff finished with a 3.82 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.35.

Carlos Peña topped the Tampa Bay Rays with 31 home runs. The pitching staff's wins leader was James Shields (14). The AL Championship Series ended in a win against BOS 4-3. The AL Division Series ended in a win against CHA 3-1. The World Series ended in a loss against PHI 4-1.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays

What was the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays record?
The 2008 Tampa Bay Rays finished 97-65 (.599 win pct).
Did the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays make the playoffs?
The 2008 Tampa Bay Rays finished first in their division.
Who led the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays in home runs?
Carlos Peña led the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays with 31 home runs.
What was the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays team ERA?
The 2008 Tampa Bay Rays posted a team ERA of 3.82.
Did the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays win the World Series?
No. The 2008 Tampa Bay Rays did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays play?
The 2008 Tampa Bay Rays played home games at Tropicana Field.
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