2008 Texas Rangers

79-83 • .488 Win% • 2nd in AL W

The 2008 Texas Rangers went 79-83 (.488) finishing 2nd in the AL W division. The club scored 901 runs, allowed 967, and played home games at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Team leaders included Josh Hamilton (32 HR, 130 RBI) and Vicente Padilla (14-8, 4.74 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

79 Wins
83 Losses
.488 Win %
2nd Rank
901 R 967 RA
Diff -66

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⚡ Quick Stats

901 Runs Scored
967 Runs Allowed
-66 Run Diff
1,945K Attendance

📈 vs. 2008 AL Average

Batting Avg .282 6% above the 2008 league average (.267)
OBP .353 5% above the 2008 league average (.335)
SLG .462 10% above the 2008 league average (.420)
Team ERA 5.37 24% worse than the 2008 league average (4.35)
Runs Scored 901 16% above the 2008 league average (775 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumRangers Ballpark in Arlington
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,945,677
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Avg per Game 24,020

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2008

Batting Avg

1 Nelson Cruz 0.330 2 Milton Bradley 0.321 3 Ian Kinsler 0.319 4 Josh Hamilton 0.304 5 Marlon Byrd 0.298

Home Runs

1 Josh Hamilton 32 2 Milton Bradley 22 3 Ian Kinsler 18 4 Chris Davis 17 5 David Murphy 15

RBI

1 Josh Hamilton 130 2 Michael Young 82 3 Milton Bradley 77 4 David Murphy 74 5 Ian Kinsler 71
2008 Texas Rangers — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Michael Young 155 645 102 183 36 2 12 82 55 109 10 0.284
Josh Hamilton 156 624 98 190 35 5 32 130 64 126 9 0.304
Ian Kinsler 121 518 102 165 41 4 18 71 45 67 26 0.319
David Murphy 108 415 64 114 28 3 15 74 31 70 7 0.275
Milton Bradley 126 414 78 133 32 1 22 77 80 112 5 0.321
Marlon Byrd 122 403 70 120 28 4 10 53 46 62 7 0.298
Gerald Laird 95 344 54 95 24 0 6 41 23 63 2 0.276
Ramon Vazquez 105 300 44 87 18 3 6 40 38 66 0 0.290
Chris Davis 80 295 51 84 23 2 17 55 20 88 1 0.285
Brandon Boggs 101 283 30 64 17 4 8 41 44 93 3 0.226
Hank Blalock 65 258 37 74 19 1 12 38 19 40 1 0.287
Frank Catalanotto 88 248 28 68 23 1 2 21 20 29 1 0.274
Jarrod Saltalamacchia 61 198 27 50 13 0 3 26 31 74 0 0.253
German Duran 60 143 22 33 6 1 3 16 7 32 1 0.231
Nelson Cruz 31 115 19 38 9 1 7 26 17 28 3 0.330
Joaquin Arias 32 110 15 32 7 3 0 9 7 12 4 0.291
Chris Shelton 41 97 14 21 5 0 2 11 17 33 1 0.216
Ben Broussard 26 82 8 13 0 0 3 8 5 20 0 0.159
Travis Metcalf 23 56 11 13 2 0 6 14 3 12 0 0.232
Taylor Teagarden 16 47 10 15 5 0 6 17 5 19 0 0.319
Max Ramirez 17 46 8 10 1 0 2 9 6 15 0 0.217
Jason Botts 15 38 2 6 3 0 2 5 8 18 0 0.158
Adam Melhuse 8 20 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 11 0 0.200
Jason Ellison 9 13 5 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.231
Kason Gabbard 12 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Kevin Millwood 29 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.250
Scott Feldman 28 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Eric Hurley 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Luis Mendoza 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Vicente Padilla 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ryan Roberts 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Joaquin Benoit 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Diaz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Francisco 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kazuo Fukumori 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Franklyn German 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Gordon 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eddie Guardado 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Harrison 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tommy Hunter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Jennings 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wes Littleton 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kameron Loe 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Warner Madrigal 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Mathis 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brandon McCarthy 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
A. J. Murray 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dustin Nippert 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sidney Ponson 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Elizardo Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Josh Rupe 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rob Tejeda 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill White 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
C. J. Wilson 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jamey Wright 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2008

ERA

1 Frank Francisco 3.13 2 Kameron Loe 3.23 3 Eddie Guardado 3.65 4 Sidney Ponson 3.88 5 Vicente Padilla 4.74

Wins

1 Vicente Padilla 14 2 Matt Harrison 9 3 Kevin Millwood 9 4 Jamey Wright 8 5 Scott Feldman 6

Strikeouts

1 Vicente Padilla 127 2 Kevin Millwood 125 3 Frank Francisco 83 4 Scott Feldman 74 5 Jamey Wright 60
2008 Texas Rangers — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Vicente Padilla 14 8 4.74 29 29 0 171.0 185 90 65 127
Kevin Millwood 9 10 5.07 29 29 0 168.2 220 95 49 125
Scott Feldman 6 8 5.29 28 25 0 151.1 161 89 56 74
Josh Rupe 3 1 5.14 46 0 0 89.1 93 51 46 53
Jamey Wright 8 7 5.12 75 0 0 84.1 93 48 35 60
Matt Harrison 9 3 5.49 15 15 0 83.2 100 51 31 42
Dustin Nippert 3 5 6.40 20 6 0 71.2 92 51 37 55
Frank Francisco 3 5 3.13 58 0 5 63.1 47 22 26 83
Luis Mendoza 3 8 8.67 25 11 1 63.1 97 61 25 35
Kason Gabbard 2 3 4.82 12 12 0 56.0 64 30 39 33
Sidney Ponson 4 1 3.88 9 9 0 55.2 71 24 16 25
Eddie Guardado 3 3 3.65 55 0 4 49.1 38 20 17 28
C. J. Wilson 2 2 6.02 50 0 24 46.1 49 31 27 41
Joaquin Benoit 3 2 5.00 44 0 1 45.0 40 25 35 43
Warner Madrigal 0 2 4.75 31 1 1 36.0 36 19 14 22
Kameron Loe 1 0 3.23 14 0 0 30.2 36 11 8 20
Jason Jennings 0 5 8.56 6 6 0 27.1 35 26 18 12
Eric Hurley 1 2 5.47 5 5 0 24.2 26 15 9 13
Doug Mathis 2 1 6.85 8 4 0 22.1 37 17 14 9
Brandon McCarthy 1 1 4.09 5 5 0 22.0 20 10 8 10
Franklyn German 1 3 2.08 17 0 0 21.2 18 5 13 15
Wes Littleton 0 0 6.00 12 0 0 18.0 18 12 8 14
Tommy Hunter 0 2 16.36 3 3 0 11.0 23 20 3 9
A. J. Murray 1 0 3.52 2 2 0 7.2 12 3 3 5
Rob Tejeda 0 0 9.00 4 0 0 6.0 5 6 5 4
Kazuo Fukumori 0 0 20.25 4 0 0 4.0 11 9 4 1
Brian Gordon 0 0 2.25 3 0 0 4.0 4 1 0 1
Bill White 0 0 20.25 8 0 0 4.0 7 9 11 1
Elizardo Ramirez 0 1 30.38 1 0 0 2.2 8 9 2 1
Jose Diaz 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 2

👥 Roster (55)

Joaquin Arias Joaquin Benoit Hank Blalock Brandon Boggs Jason Botts Milton Bradley Ben Broussard Marlon Byrd Frank Catalanotto Nelson Cruz Chris Davis Jose Diaz +43 more

55 players

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The 2008 Texas Rangers in brief

In 2008 the Texas Rangers posted a 79-83 mark (.488) and finished 2nd in the AL West. Runs came in at 901 scored against 967 allowed (-66). Against a league average of .267, the 2008 Texas Rangers batted .282. The staff ERA of 5.37 was 24% worse than the league average of 4.35. The 901 runs scored compare with a league average of 775 per club, 16% more.

The home park, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, recorded 1,945,677 in attendance, about 24,020 a game. The home run leader was Josh Hamilton, who hit 32. Vicente Padilla led the pitchers with 14 wins. C. J. Wilson saved 24 games. The roster section lists 55 players who appeared for the club. Neighboring pages cover the 2007 season and the 2009 season.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2008 Texas Rangers

What was the 2008 Texas Rangers record?
The 2008 Texas Rangers finished 79-83 (.488 win pct).
Who led the 2008 Texas Rangers in home runs?
Josh Hamilton led the 2008 Texas Rangers with 32 home runs.
What was the 2008 Texas Rangers team ERA?
The 2008 Texas Rangers posted a team ERA of 5.37.
Did the 2008 Texas Rangers win the World Series?
No. The 2008 Texas Rangers did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2008 Texas Rangers play?
The 2008 Texas Rangers played home games at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
Who led the 2008 Texas Rangers in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Josh Hamilton (32 HR, 130 RBI) and Vicente Padilla (14-8, 4.74 ERA).
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