⭐ Division Winner

2008 Tampa Bay Rays

97-65 • 0.599 Win% • 1st in AL E

📊 Season Record

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

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⚡ Quick Stats

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 .335 1% above the 2008 league average (.331)
SLG .357 1% above the 2008 league average (.354)
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

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
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Akinori Iwamura 152 627 91 172 0 0 6 48 70 131 8 0.274
B. J. Upton 145 531 85 145 0 0 9 67 97 134 44 0.273
Carlos Peña 139 490 76 121 0 0 31 102 96 166 1 0.247
Jason Bartlett 128 454 48 130 0 0 1 37 22 69 20 0.286
Evan Longoria 122 448 67 122 0 0 27 85 46 122 7 0.272
Carl Crawford 109 443 69 121 0 0 8 57 30 60 25 0.273
Dioner Navarro 120 427 43 126 0 0 7 54 34 49 0 0.295
Eric Hinske 133 381 59 94 0 0 20 60 47 88 10 0.247
Willy Aybar 95 324 33 82 0 0 10 33 32 44 2 0.253
Gabe Gross 127 302 40 73 0 0 13 38 40 75 2 0.242
Cliff Floyd 80 246 32 66 0 0 11 39 28 58 1 0.268
Ben Zobrist 62 198 32 50 0 0 12 30 25 37 3 0.253
Jonny Gomes 77 154 23 28 0 0 8 21 15 46 8 0.182
Shawn Riggans 44 135 21 30 0 0 6 24 12 30 0 0.222
Rocco Baldelli 28 80 12 21 0 0 4 13 7 25 0 0.263
Justin Ruggiano 45 76 9 15 0 0 2 7 4 27 2 0.197
Fernando Perez 23 60 18 15 0 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 0 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

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