2008 Atlanta Braves season

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2008  Atlanta Braves
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Turner Field
City Atlanta
Record72–90 (.444)
Divisional place4th
Owners Liberty Media
John Malone
General managers Frank Wren
Managers Bobby Cox
Television SportsSouth
FSN South
WPCH-TV (Peachtree TV)
Skip Caray through August 2, Pete Van Wieren, Chip Caray, Joe Simpson, Jon Sciambi, John Smoltz,
Radio94.9 FM WUBL
640 AM WGST
Skip Caray through August 2, Pete Van Wieren, Chip Caray, Joe Simpson, Mark Lemke
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The 2008 Atlanta Braves season was the 43rd in Atlanta and the 138th overall. The Braves attempted to reclaim a postseason berth for the first time since 2005. They were once again skippered by Bobby Cox, now in his 19th season (of his second stint) managing Atlanta. As a result of John Schuerholz taking the position of team president, the Braves entered the offseason with Frank Wren as their general manager.

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The team wore a patch on the right sleeve "BEACH" in honor of former Braves player and bench coach Jim Beauchamp, who had died after the previous season ended. [1]

2008 saw the departure of two of the team's longtime radio and television announcers. Skip Caray died on August 3, while Pete van Wieren announced his retirement on October 21. Both men had been broadcasting for the team since 1976.

Offseason

October

November

December

January

March

May

Regular season

Season standings

National League East

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9270.568—48‍–‍3344‍–‍37
New York Mets 8973.549348‍–‍3341‍–‍40
Florida Marlins 8477.5227½45‍–‍3639‍–‍41
Atlanta Braves 7290.4442043‍–‍3829‍–‍52
Washington Nationals 59102.36632½34‍–‍4625‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

2008 National League record

Source:
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona –3–52–42–415–32–74–28–102–53–33–44–310–811–73–44–26–9
Atlanta 5–3–0–63–34–310–83–34–23–611–74–142–55–12–52–56–128–7
Chicago 4–26–0–8–75–14–38–95–29–74–23–414–45–24–39–63–36–9
Cincinnati 4–23–37–8–1–56–23–121–710–83–43–56–94–35–15–104–39–6
Colorado 3–153–41–55–1–5–33–38–104–33–60–55–29–911–73–44–37–8
Florida 7–28–103–42–63–5–4–23–45–18–1010–83–24–23–32–514–35–10
Houston 2–43–39–812–33–32–4–4–37–85–23–48–83–37–17–84–27–11
Los Angeles 10–82–42–57–110–84–33–4–4–23–44–45–211–79–92–43–35–10
Milwaukee 5–26–37–98–103–41–58–72–4–2–41–514–14–36–010–56–27–8
New York 3–37–112–44–36–310–82–54–34–2–11–74–32–55–14–312–69–6
Philadelphia 4–314–44–35–35–08–104–34–45–17–11–4–24–23–35–412–64–11
Pittsburgh 3–45–24–149–62–52–38–82–51–143–42–4–3–44–210–73–46–9
San Diego 8–101–52–53–49–92–43–37–113–45–22–44–3–5–131–65–13–15
San Francisco 7–115–23–41–57–113–31–79–90–61–53–32–413–5–4–37–06–12
St. Louis 4–35–26–910–54–35–28–74–25–103–44–57–106–13–4–5–17–8
Washington 2–412–63–33–43–43–142–43–32–66–126–124–31–50–71–5–8–10

Roster

2008 Atlanta Braves
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Legend
Braves WinBraves LossGame Postponed
2008 Regular Season Game Log
March (0–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordTVRadio
1 March 30@ Nationals 2–3 Rauch (1–0) Moylan (0–1)39,3892:220–1ESPNWGST/WUBL
2 March 31 Pirates 11–12 (12) Osoria (1–0) Boyer (0–1)45,2694:280–2WPCHWGST/WUBL
April (12–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordTVRadio
3 April 2 Pirates 10–2 Jurrjens (1–0) Gorzelanny (0–1)17,8932:571–2FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
4 April 3 Pirates 3–4 (12) Yates (1–0) Resop (0–1) Capps (1)19,2403:211–3SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
—April 4 Mets Rescheduled for May 201–3
6 April 5 Mets 11–5 Hudson (1–0) Maine (0–1)36,1303:272–3FOXWGST/WUBL
7 April 6 Mets 3–1 Smoltz (1–0) Santana (1–1) Soriano (1)39,4142:353–3SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
8 April 7@ Rockies 1–2 Herges (1–0) Boyer (0–2) Corpas (2)24,3042:053–4SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
9 April 8@ Rockies 3–4 Jiménez (1–1) Jurrjens (1–1) Corpas (3)24,6402:243–5SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
10 April 9@ Rockies 6–12 Redman (1–1) James (0–1)23,2102:443–6FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
—April 10@ Rockies Rescheduled for June 163–6
12 April 11@ Nationals 3–0 Hudson (2–0) Chico (0–2) Moylan (1)28,0512:154–6SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
13 April 12@ Nationals 10–2 Smoltz (2–0) Lannan (0–2)32,5322:445–6SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
14 April 13@ Nationals 4–5 Redding (2–1) Bennett (0–1) Rauch (2)29,1513:065–7SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
15 April 15@ Marlins 0–4 Olsen (2–0) Jurrjens (1–2)10,4622:365–8SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
16 April 16@ Marlins 5–6 Hendrickson (3–1) Hudson (2–1) Gregg (3)10,7122:415–9FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
17 April 17@ Marlins 8–0 Smoltz (3–0) Nolasco (1–1)11,2372:536–9SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
18 April 18 Dodgers 6–1 Ohman (1–0) Lowe (1–1)38,2503:037–9WPCHWGST/WUBL
19 April 19 Dodgers 4–1 James (1–1) Billingsley (0–3) Acosta (1)40,4512:408–9FOXWGST/WUBL
20 April 20 Dodgers 6–1 Jurrjens (2–2) Kuroda (1–2)36,7723:119–9SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
21 April 21 Nationals 7–3 Hudson (3–1) Chico (0–4)16,7062:5010–9SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
22 April 22 Nationals 0–6 Lannan (1–2) Smoltz (3–1)23,4822:4810–10SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
23 April 23 Marlins 2–7 Miller (1–2) Bennett (0–1)19,8523:0510–11FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
24 April 24 Marlins 7–4 James (2–1) Badenhop (0–2) Acosta (2)19,9032:3411–11SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
25 April 25@ Mets 6–3 Jurrjens (3–2) Pelfrey (2–1)52,4953:0612–11WPCHWGST/WUBL
26 April 26@ Mets 3–4 Maine (2–2) Hudson (3–2) Wagner (5)51,3392:5612–12SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
27 April 27@ Mets 3–6 Figueroa (2–1) Smoltz (3–2) Wagner (6)53,4872:4612–13SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
28 April 29@ Nationals 3–6 Rivera (2–1) Boyer (0–3) Rauch (5)25,2852:4312–14SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
29 April 30@ Nationals 2–3 Rivera (3–1) Acosta (0–1)29,4733:1712–15SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
May (17–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordTVRadio
30 May 2 Reds 2–0 Hudson (4–2) Vólquez (4–1)32,0572:2113–15WPCHWGST/WUBL
31 May 3 Reds 9–1 Reyes (1–0) Belisle (1–2)37,9692:5814–15WPCHWGST/WUBL
32 May 4 Reds 14–7 Ring (1–0) Arroyo (1–4)33,7503:1615–15SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
33 May 6 Padres 5–3 Jurrjens (4–2) Young (2–3) Bennett (1)21,6572:4216–15SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
34 May 7 Padres 5–2 Hudson (5–2) Wolf (2–2) Acosta (2)25,1942:2217–15FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
35 May 8 Padres 5–4 Acosta (1–1) Thatcher (0–4)28,3373:1918–15SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
36 May 9@ Pirates 2–3 Grabow (2–1) Bennett (0–2)21,0502:5518–16SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
37 May 10@ Pirates 2–5 Gorzelanny (3–3) James (2–2) Capps (9)28,1412:1018–17SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
–May 11@ Pirates Rescheduled for May 1218–17
39 May 12@ Pirates 0–5 Duke (2–2) Jurrjens (4–3)18–18SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
38 May 12@ Pirates 8–1 Hudson (6–2) Van Benschoten (0–1)16,6692:4019–18SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
40 May 13@ Phillies 4–5 Kendrick (3–2) Reyes (0–1) Lidge (10)44,1012:4119–19SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
41 May 14@ Phillies 8–6 Glavine (1–1) Myers (2–4) Boyer (1)36,0012:5120–19FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
42 May 15@ Phillies 0–5 Hamels (5–3) James (2–3)34,1202:1320–20SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
43 May 16 Athletics 3–2 Acosta (2–1) Embree (1–2)31,0043:0221–20WPCHWGST/WUBL
44 May 17 Athletics 4–5 Harden (2–0) Hudson (6–3)38,3242:4921–21WPCHWGST/WUBL
45 May 18 Athletics 5–2 Reyes (2–1) Duchscherer (3–3)31,0252:4722–21SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
5 May 20 Mets 6–1 Glavine (2–1) Maine (5–3)26,8732:4423–21WPCHWGST/WUBL
46 May 20 Mets 6–2 Campillo (1–0) Vargas (0–2) Acosta (3)25,5902:3024–21SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
47 May 21 Mets 11–4 Jurrjens (5–3) Pelfrey (2–5)30,3353:1425–21FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
48 May 22 Mets 4–2 Hudson (7–3) Santana (5–3) Ohman (1)30,3482:2126–21WPCHWGST/WUBL
49 May 23 D-backs 1–11 Davis (2–1) Reyes (2–2)27,2632:3326–22WPCHWGST/WUBL
50 May 24 D-backs 3–1 Boyer (1–3) Slaten (0–1)36,2632:3927–22FOXWGST/WUBL
51 May 25 D-backs 3–9 Owings (6–2) Glavine (2–2)35,6283:2427–23SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
52 May 26 D-backs 7–3 Acosta (3–1) Webb (9–2)29,6353:0728–23SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
53 May 27@ Brewers 2–3 Torres (4–1) Bennett (0–3)28,8722:2628–24SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
54 May 28@ Brewers 0–1 Suppan (3–4) Reyes (2–3) Torres (4)31,6122:1528–25FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
55 May 29@ Brewers 8–1 Campillo (2–0) McClung (2–2)33,3342:5629–25SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
56 May 30@ Reds 2–3 (11) Mercker (1–0) Ring (1–1)37,0153:0729–26SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
57 May 31@ Reds 7–8 (10) Cordero (2–0) Acosta (3–2)38,5853:4329–27FOXWGST/WUBL
June (11–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordTVRadio
58 June 1@ Reds 2–6 Cueto (4–5) Hudson (7–4)35,9422:4229–28SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
59 June 2 Marlins 7–5 (10) Ohman (2–0) Kensing (3–1)20,8963:0130–28SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
60 June 3 Marlins 5–4 Ohman (3–0) Lindstrom (1–0) Soriano (2)25,4762:5931–28WPCHWGST/WUBL
61 June 4 Marlins 4–6 Miller (2–2) Acosta (3–3) Gregg (11)26,9173:0031–29WPCHWGST/WUBL
62 June 5 Marlins 7–5 Jurrjens (6–3) Nolasco (5–4) Soriano (3)27,2382:5332–29WPCHWGST/WUBL
63 June 6 Phillies 3–4 (10) Gordon (5–2) Acosta (3–4) Lidge (16)34,0743:3632–30WPCHWGST/WUBL
64 June 7 Phillies 2–6 Romero (4–1) Reyes (2–4)43,8543:0232–31WPCHWGST/WUBL
65 June 8 Phillies 3–6 C. Durbin (2–1) Boyer (1–4) Lidge (17)33,3703:0932–32SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
66 June 10@ Cubs 5–10 Lilly (6–5) Glavine (2–3)41,6242:5032–33WPCHWGST/WUBL
67 June 11@ Cubs 2–7 Dempster (8–2) Bennett (0–4)41,4972:2532–34FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
68 June 12@ Cubs 2–3 (11) Wood (3–1) Acosta (3–5)41,5173:2232–35WPCHWGST/WUBL
69 June 13@ Angels 5–2 Reyes (3–4) Garland (6–4) Bennett (2)43,9192:1733–35SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
70 June 14@ Angels 9–4 Morton (1–0) Santana (8–3)43,8943:0034–35SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
71 June 15@ Angels 0–2 Saunders (10–3) Campillo (2–1) Rodríguez (28)43,7232:1434–36ESPNWGST/WUBL
11 June 16@ Rockies 7–1 Jurrjens (7–3) Jiménez (1–7)25,1203:0235–36SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
72 June 17@ Rangers 5–7 Padilla (9–3) Hudson (7–5) Wilson (14)33,5582:4035–37WPCHWGST/WUBL
73 June 18@ Rangers 5–2 Bennett (1–4) Wilson (0–2) González (1)38,5452:5036–37FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
74 June 19@ Rangers 4–5 Wright (4–2) Boyer (1–5)28,8533:0436–38WPCHWGST/WUBL
75 June 20 Mariners 2–10 Rowland-Smith (1–1) Campillo (2–2)40,2682:5336–39WPCHWGST/WUBL
76 June 21 Mariners 5–4 Boyer (2–5) Batista (3–9)47,1583:1037–39WPCHWGST/WUBL
77 June 22 Mariners 8–3 Hudson (8–5) Silva (3–9)30,9652:2538–39SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
78 June 23 Brewers 1–4 Sheets (9–1) Reyes (3–5)25,6612:1438–40FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
79 June 24 Brewers 3–4 Bush (4–7) Morton (1–1) Torres (13)29,2242:3138–41WPCHWGST/WUBL
80 June 25 Brewers 4–2 Campillo (3–2) Suppan (4–6) González (2)34,8292:2939–41WPCHWGST/WUBL
81 June 27@ Blue Jays 4–0 Jurrjens (8–3) McGowan (6–6)24,2822:3340–41SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
82 June 28@ Blue Jays 5–9 Parrish (1–0) Hudson (8–6)28,5182:5840–42SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
83 June 29@ Blue Jays 0–1 Burnett (8–7) Reyes (3–6) Ryan (16)30,5142:3540–43SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
July (10–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordTVRadio
84 July 1 Phillies 3–8 Kendrick (8–3) Morton (1–2)29,2063:0740–44WPCHWGST/WUBL
85 July 2 Phillies 3–7 Eaton (3–6) Campillo (3–3)30,1383:1440–45FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
86 July 3 Phillies 1–4 Hamels (9–5) Jurrjens (8–4) Gordon (2)28,8052:2140–46WPCHWGST/WUBL
87 July 4 Astros 6–2 Hudson (9–6) Moehler (4–4)48,0452:3441–46WPCHWGST/WUBL
88 July 5 Astros 1–6 Sampson (4–3) Reyes (3–7)37,0492:3241–47WPCHWGST/WUBL
89 July 6 Astros 7–6 (17) Ring (2–1) Byrdak (2–1)24,1695:3542–47SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
90 July 7@ Dodgers 0–3 Kuroda (5–6) Campillo (3–4)39,8962:0342–48SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
91 July 8@ Dodgers 9–3 Jurrjens (9–4) Billingsley (8–8)39,7023:0343–48SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
92 July 9@ Dodgers 1–2 Lowe (7–8) Hudson (9–7) Saito (17)39,8152:0043–49FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
93 July 11@ Padres 0–4 Peavy (7–5) Reyes (3–8) Hoffman (17)40,2322:2943–50SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
94 July 12@ Padres 4–1 Morton (2–2) Maddux (3–8) González (3)42,4382:5344–50SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
95 July 13@ Padres 12–3 Campillo (4–4) Wolf (6–9)31,3472:2645–50SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
–July 15 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in New York
96 July 18 Nationals 7–6 Hudson (10–7) Redding (7–4) González (4)39,8612:3246–50WPCHWGST/WUBL
97 July 19 Nationals 2–8 Lannan (6–9) Jurrjens (9–5)43,2852:4646–51WPCHWGST/WUBL
98 July 20 Nationals 6–15 Pérez (3–7) Reyes (3–9)29,3203:2546–52SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
99 July 21@ Marlins 4–0 Campillo (5–4) Volstad (2–1)14,1552:2447–52SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
100 July 22@ Marlins 0–4 VandenHurk (1–1) Morton (2–3)14,7212:3347–53SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
101 July 23@ Marlins 9–4 Hudson (11–7) Nolasco (10–6)16,0682:5248–53FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
102 July 25@ Phillies 8–2 Jurrjens (10–5) Kendrick (8–5)45,1142:5049–53WPCHWGST/WUBL
103 July 26@ Phillies 9–10 Eaton (4–8) Boyer (2–6) Lidge (23)45,1073:1249–54FOXWGST/WUBL
104 July 27@ Phillies 10–12 Condrey (3–2) Tavárez (0–3) Lidge (24)45,0963:1649–55SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
105 July 28 Cardinals 3–12 Looper (10–8) Morton (2–4)28,7052:5249–56SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
106 July 29 Cardinals 3–8 Franklin (4–4) Soriano (0–1)29,5413:0849–57WPCHWGST/WUBL
107 July 30 Cardinals 2–7 Thompson (4–2) Jurrjens (10–6) Villone (1)35,2573:1849–58FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
108 July 31 Cardinals 9–4 Bennett (2–4) Piñeiro (3–5)40,6532:4450–58WPCHWGST/WUBL
August (9–20)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordTVRadio
109 August 1 Brewers 0–9 Suppan (6–7) James (2–4)32,2382:4450–59WPCHWGST/WUBL
110 August 2 Brewers 2–4 Sabathia (11–8) Morton (2–5) Torres (21)42,0962:3250–60FOXWGST/WUBL
111 August 3 Brewers 5–0 Campillo (6–4) Sheets (10–5)29,1772:3451–60SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
112 August 4@ Giants 2–4 Cain (7–9) Jurrjens (10–7) Wilson (31)37,4732:4051–61SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
113 August 5@ Giants 11–4 Hampton (1–0) Sánchez (8–8)36,0982:5552–61SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
114 August 6@ Giants 2–3 Lincecum (12–3) James (2–5) Wilson (32)39,9552:1452–62FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
115 August 7@ D-backs 6–4 Morton (3–5) Petit (1–3) Gonzalez (5)27,7982:4953–62SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
116 August 8@ D-backs 11–6 Campillo (7–4) Davis (4–7) Bennett (3)27,9773:0554–62SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
117 August 9@ D-backs 11–4 Jurrjens (11–7) Haren (12–6)36,2693:1655–62SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
118 August 10@ D-backs 1–6 Webb (17–4) Hampton (1–1)35,8622:2955–63SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
–August 12 Cubs Rescheduled for August 1355–63
119 August 13 Cubs 2–10 Marquis (8–7) Morton (3–6)27,2203:2455–64WPCHWGST/WUBL
120 August 13 Cubs 0–8 Harden (7–2) Campillo (7–5)33,7142:5355–65FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
121 August 14 Cubs 7–11 Lilly (12–6) Glavine (2–4)36,3653:1055–66FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
122 August 15 Giants 1–5 Cain (8–9) Jurrjens (11–8)30,6822:4455–67WPCHWGST/WUBL
123 August 16 Giants 11–5 Hampton (2–1) Palmer (0–1)41,8933:1856–67WPCHWGST/WUBL
124 August 17 Giants 1–3 Lincecum (13–3) Morton (3–7) Wilson (33)30,5033:0456–68SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
125 August 18 Giants 0–5 Zito (7–15) Campillo (7–6)18,1132:3356–69SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
126 August 19@ Mets 3–7 Heilman (3–7) Bennett (2–5)50,5892:5756–70WPCHWGST/WUBL
127 August 20@ Mets 3–6 Pelfrey (12–8) Jurrjens (11–9)50,1782:0856–71FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
128 August 21@ Mets 4–5 Ayala (2–8) Núñez (0–1)51,9522:5856–72WPCHWGST/WUBL
129 August 22@ Cardinals 3–18 Wainwright (7–3) Morton (3–8) Piñeiro (1)43,9263:0856–73SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
130 August 23@ Cardinals 8–4 Carlyle (1–0) McClellan (2–6) Gonzalez (6)44,0743:1357–73FOXWGST/WUBL
131 August 24@ Cardinals 3–6 Looper (12–10) Reyes (3–10) Perez (5)43,3612:3557–74SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
132 August 26 Marlins 10–9 Ohman (4–0) Gregg (6–7)17,5393:3158–74SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
133 August 27 Marlins 1–4 Johnson (4–0) Hampton (2–2)19,7552:1658–75FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
134 August 28 Marlins 4–2 Morton (4–8) Sánchez (2–3) Gonzalez (7)20,1552:2759–75SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
135 August 29@ Nationals 3–7 Pérez (6–10) Campillo (7–7) Hanrahan (7)22,7372:5959–76SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
136 August 30@ Nationals 8–9 (10) Shell (1–1) Núñez (0–2)30,3263:4659–77SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
137 August 31@ Nationals 4–8 Mock (1–3) Dessens (0–1)31,0902:4859–78SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
September (13–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordTVRadio
138 September 1@ Marlins 3–4 Lindstrom (3–2) Gonzalez (0–1)12,2092:4459–79SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
139 September 2@ Marlins 16–14 Julio (1–0) Lindstrom (3–3) Gonzalez (8)14,0923:4460–79SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
140 September 3@ Marlins 3–5 Waechter (4–2) Ohman (4–1) Nelson (1)11,2112:4860–80FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
141 September 4 Nationals 2–0 Parr (1–0) Martis (0–1) Gonzalez (9)18,7082:3161–80FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
142 September 5 Nationals 10–5 Jurrjens (12–9) Bergmann (2–11)25,0642:5562–80WPCHWGST/WUBL
143 September 6 Nationals 5–8 (10) Hanrahan (6–3) Gonzalez (0–2) Shell (2)34,3692:5362–81SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
144 September 7 Nationals 4–7 (14) Shell (2–1) Bennett (2–6)30,7534:3462–82SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
145 September 9 Rockies 5–4 (10) Tavárez (1–3) Buchholz (6–6)21,8213:1063–82WPCHWGST/WUBL
146 September 10 Rockies 9–5 Bennett (3–6) Vizcaíno (1–1)19,6933:0564–82FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
147 September 11 Rockies 8–4 Jurrjens (13–9) Rusch (5–5)20,0392:5065–82WPCHWGST/WUBL
–September 12@ Mets Rescheduled for September 1365–82
149 September 13@ Mets 3–2 Ridgway (1–0) Schoeneweis (2–4) Gonzalez (10)66–82FOXWGST/WUBL
148 September 13@ Mets 0–5 Niese (1–0) Reyes (3–11)54,7052:4466–83WGST/WUBL
150 September 14@ Mets 7–4 Julio (2–0) Ayala (2–9) Gonzalez (11)56,0393:2967–83SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
151 September 16 Phillies 7–8 Madson (4–2) Gonzalez (0–3) Lidge (37)30,3193:4167–84SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
152 September 17 Phillies 1–6 Happ (1–0) Jurrjens (13–10)32,8212:4967–85FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
153 September 18 Phillies 3–4 Hamels (14–9) Hampton (2–3) Lidge (38)39,0702:4267–86WPCHWGST/WUBL
154 September 19 Mets 5–9 Feliciano (3–4) Tavárez (1–4)42,8033:2567–87WPCHWGST/WUBL
155 September 20 Mets 4–2 Campillo (8–7) Martínez (5–6) Gonzalez (12)50,1242:3868–87SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
156 September 21 Mets 7–6 Julio (3–0) Schoeneweis (2–5) Gonzalez (13)49,2223:2069–87SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
157 September 22@ Phillies 2–6 Eyre (5–0) Bennett (3–7)36,7962:3769–88WPCHWGST/WUBL
158 September 23@ Phillies 3–2 Hampton (3–3) Hamels (14–10) Gonzalez (14)39,3222:4670–88WPCHWGST/WUBL
159 September 24@ Phillies 10–4 Carlyle (2–0) Myers (10–13)41,4303:1671–88FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
160 September 26@ Astros 4–5 Valverde (6–3) Tavárez (1–5)33,4772:5771–89SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
161 September 27@ Astros 11–5 Núñez (1–2) Backe (9–14)37,4912:5772–89SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
162 September 28@ Astros 1–3 Rodríguez (10–7) Hampton (3–5) Valverde (45)37,1132:1972–90SportsSouthWGST/WUBL

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Jeff Francoeur 155599701433331171.2390
Kelly Johnson 150547861573961171.23911
Brian McCann 145509681534212387.3015
Gregor Blanco 14443052108144138.25113
Yunel Escobar 136514711482421060.2882
Chipper Jones 128439821602412275.3644
Greg Norton 1111712742100731.2460
Mark Teixeira 103381631082702078.2830
Omar Infante 963174593243340.2930
Mark Kotsay 883183992173637.2892
Rubén Gotay 8810210245028.2351
Will Ohman 800000000.0000
Martin Prado 782283673184233.3203
Blaine Boyer 722000000.0000
Jeff Bennett 689021001.2220
Buddy Carlyle 459120000.2220
Casey Kotchman 43152183641220.2370
Matt Diaz 4313593320214.2444
Manny Acosta 435000000.0000
Brandon Jones 411161631101117.2671
Josh Anderson 40136214071312.29410
Royce Ring 390000000.0000
Jorge Campillo 3845481002.1780
Julián Tavárez 00000000.0000
Jair Jurrjens 3658760100.1030
Mike Gonzalez 341000000.0000
Corky Miller 3160450015.0830
Brent Lillibridge 29809166118.2002
Clint Sammons 2354280014.1480
Vladimir Nunez 231000000.0000
Jo-Jo Reyes 2230242002.1330
Tim Hudson 2141261002.1460
Chris Resop 160000000.0000
Charlie Morton 1417011000.0590
Brayan Peña 1414341000.2860
Tom Glavine 1419220001.1050
Rafael Soriano 140000000.0000
Mike Hampton 1324352004.2080
Jorge Julio 120000000.0000
Jeff Ridgway 80000000.0000
Peter Moylan 70000000.0000
Chuck James 78000000.0000
James Parr 68121000.2500
Phil Stockman 60000000.0000
John Smoltz 68000001.0000
Elmer Dessens 40000000.0000
Jason Perry 417020101.1180
Matt DeSalvo 20000000.0000
Francisley Bueno 10000000.0000
Team Totals1625604753151431633130721.27058

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBK
Manny Acosta 353.57460353.025212631
Jeff Bennett 373.70724397.144404768
Blaine Boyer 265.88760172.051472567
Jorge Campillo 873.9139250158.2746938107
Buddy Carlyle 203.59450062.226252659
Tom Glavine 245.541313063.140393737
Mike Gonzalez 034.283601433.221161444
Mike Hampton 344.851313078.045422838
Tim Hudson 1173.1723220142.053504085
Chuck James 259.1077029.230302022
Jair Jurrjens 13103.6823230144.1877751139
Charlie Morton 486.151615074.256514148
Peter Moylan 011.597015.21115
Vladimir Núñez 123.86230032.214141924
Will Ohman 413.68830158.227242253
Chris Resop 015.89160018.112121013
Jo-Jo Reyes 3115.8123220113.077735278
James Parr 104.8455022.11312914
Jeff Ridgway 103.7210009.24418
Royce Ring 218.46420022.125211016
John Smoltz 322.5765028.088836
Rafael Soriano 012.57140314.054916
Phil Stockman 000.006007.10049
Julián Tavárez 144.71430042.030221945
Team Totals72904.47118162261048.25197145861076

Source:2008 Atlanta Braves at Baseball Reference

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Dave Brundage
AA Mississippi Braves Southern League Phillip Wellman
A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Rocket Wheeler
A Rome Braves South Atlantic League Randy Ingle
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League Paul Runge
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Luis Ortiz

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