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Season Almanac

2008 MLB Season

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Ryan Howard (HR, RBI)

Home Runs
  1. 1Ryan HowardPHI48
  2. 2Adam DunnCIN40
  3. 3Carlos DelgadoNYM38
Hits
  1. 1Dustin PedroiaBOS213
  2. 2Ichiro SuzukiSEA213
  3. 3José ReyesNYM204
Runs Batted In
  1. 1Ryan HowardPHI146
  2. 2Josh HamiltonTEX130
  3. 3Justin MorneauMIN129
Runs
  1. 1Hanley RamirezMIA125
  2. 2Dustin PedroiaBOS118
  3. 3Carlos BeltránNYM116
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Willy TaverasCOL68
  2. 2José ReyesNYM56
  3. 3Jacoby EllsburyBOS50
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1Tim LincecumSF265
  2. 2CC SabathiaMIL251
  3. 3A.J. BurnettTOR231
Pitching Wins
  1. 1Brandon WebbAZ22
  2. 2Cliff LeeCLE22
  3. 3Mike MussinaNYY20
Saves
  1. 1Francisco RodríguezLAA62
  2. 2Jose ValverdeHOU44
  3. 3Joakim SoriaKC42

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Albert PujolsBAT19.3
  2. 2Manny RamirezBAT17.1
  3. 3Mariano RiveraPITCH17.1
  4. 4Lance BerkmanBAT16.5
  5. 5Hanley RamirezBAT16.3
  6. 6David WrightBAT16.2
  7. 7Ryan LudwickBAT16.1
  8. 8Alex RodriguezBAT16
  9. 9Joey DevinePITCH15.7
  10. 10Grant BalfourPITCH15.6
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Max ScherzerP180
  2. 2Clayton KershawP175.3
  3. 3David RobertsonP162.5
  4. 4Sergio RomoP157.1
  5. 5Evan Longoria3B155.1
  6. 6Jay BruceRF130.1
  7. 7David PriceP128.1
  8. 8Darren O'DayP125.9

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Greg MadduxP256.3
  2. 2Frank ThomasDH246.8
  3. 3Tom GlavineP206.2
  4. 4Luis GonzalezLF202.1
  5. 5Jeff Kent2B197.2
  6. 6Mike MussinaP186
  7. 7Mike TimlinP177.7
  8. 8Moises AlouLF174.6

Teams · 30

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
Los Angeles Angels100-62245.9Jose ArredondoPlayoffs
Chicago Cubs97-64319.5Aramis RamirezPlayoffs
Tampa Bay Rays97-65295.5Grant BalfourPlayoffs
Boston Red Sox95-67274.4Kevin YoukilisPlayoffs
Philadelphia Phillies92-70289Ryan HowardPlayoffs
Milwaukee Brewers90-72289.4Ryan BraunPlayoffs
New York Mets89-73300.5David Wright
New York Yankees89-73249Mariano Rivera
Chicago White Sox89-74269.4Carlos QuentinPlayoffs
Minnesota Twins88-75228.4Joe Nathan
Houston Astros86-75280.9Lance Berkman
St. Louis Cardinals86-76312.2Albert Pujols
Toronto Blue Jays86-76263.7Roy Halladay
Miami Marlins84-77320.3Hanley Ramirez
Los Angeles Dodgers84-78300Hung-Chih KuoPlayoffs
Arizona Diamondbacks82-80267.4Chad Qualls
Cleveland Indians81-81192.1Grady Sizemore
Texas Rangers79-83222.3Josh Hamilton
Athletics75-86205Joey Devine
Kansas City Royals75-87220.4Joakim Soria
Cincinnati Reds74-88253.5Joey Votto
Colorado Rockies74-88253.2Matt Holliday
Detroit Tigers74-88240.4Miguel Cabrera
Atlanta Braves72-90276.5Chipper Jones
San Francisco Giants72-90260.6Tim Lincecum
Baltimore Orioles68-93220.9Aubrey Huff
Pittsburgh Pirates67-95224.2Nate McLouth
San Diego Padres63-99209.7Adrián González
Seattle Mariners61-101247.8Brandon Morrow
Washington Nationals59-102241.1Steven Shell

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.