2008 Boston Red Sox | ||
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American League Wild Card Winners | ||
League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 95–67 (.586) | |
Divisional place | 2nd (2 GB) | |
Owners | John W. Henry (New England Sports Ventures) | |
President | Larry Lucchino | |
General manager | Theo Epstein | |
Manager | Terry Francona | |
Television | NESN | |
Radio | WRKO WEEI WROL (Spanish) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 2008 Boston Red Sox season was the 108th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox, as the defending World Series champions, finished in second place in the American League East with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, two games behind the Tampa Bay Rays. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card, and defeated the American League West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ALDS. The Red Sox then lost to the Rays in the ALCS in seven games. This was the franchise's fourth appearance in the ALCS in six seasons.
In late March, the team started the regular season playing in Tokyo against the Oakland Athletics for MLB Japan Opening Day 2008. In July, seven Red Sox players were selected for the AL All-Star team, with outfielder J. D. Drew being named the game's MVP. On July 31, the Red Sox traded long-time star player Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers in a three-way blockbuster (which also included the Pirates) for Jason Bay and minor leaguer Josh Wilson. In September, the team officially retired uniform number 6 in honor of Johnny Pesky. [1]
15 | Dustin Pedroia | 2B |
20 | Kevin Youkilis | 1B |
34 | David Ortiz | DH |
24 | Manny Ramírez | LF |
25 | Mike Lowell | 3B |
44 | Brandon Moss | RF |
33 | Jason Varitek | C |
46 | Jacoby Ellsbury | CF |
23 | Julio Lugo | SS |
18 | Daisuke Matsuzaka | P |
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Tampa Bay Rays | 97 | 65 | 0.599 | — | 57–24 | 40–41 |
Boston Red Sox | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | 2 | 56–25 | 39–42 |
New York Yankees | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | 8 | 48–33 | 41–40 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 11 | 47–34 | 39–42 |
Baltimore Orioles | 68 | 93 | 0.422 | 28½ | 37–43 | 31–50 |
Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
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Baltimore | – | 6–12 | 4–5 | 4–4 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 0–5 | 8–2 | 3–15 | 4–5 | 6–12 | 11–7 |
Boston | 12–6 | – | 4–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 1–8 | 4–3 | 9–9 | 6–4 | 6–3 | 8–10 | 9–1 | 9–9 | 11–7 |
Chicago | 5–4 | 3–4 | – | 11–7 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 5–5 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 3–3 | 1–7 | 12–6 |
Cleveland | 4–4 | 1–5 | 7–11 | – | 11–7 | 10–8 | 4–5 | 8–10 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 6–4 | 6–1 | 6–12 |
Detroit | 3–4 | 2–5 | 6–12 | 7–11 | – | 7–11 | 3–6 | 7–11 | 4–2 | 3–6 | 7–3 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 3–5 | 13–5 |
Kansas City | 3–5 | 1–6 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 11–7 | – | 2–3 | 6–12 | 5–5 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 3–5 | 2–7 | 2–5 | 13–5 |
Los Angeles | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 3–2 | – | 5–3 | 7–3 | 10–9 | 14–5 | 3–6 | 12–7 | 6–3 | 10–8 |
Minnesota | 3–3 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 3–5 | – | 4–6 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 0–6 | 14–4 |
New York | 11–7 | 9–9 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 6–4 | – | 5–1 | 7–2 | 11–7 | 3–4 | 9–9 | 10–8 |
Oakland | 5–0 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 9–10 | 5–5 | 1–5 | - | 10–9 | 3–6 | 7–12 | 4–6 | 10–8 |
Seattle | 2–8 | 3–6 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 3–7 | 2–7 | 5–14 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 9–10 | – | 3–4 | 8–11 | 5–4 | 9–9 |
Tampa Bay | 15–3 | 10–8 | 6–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 6–3 | 4–3 | – | 6–3 | 11–7 | 12–6 |
Texas | 5–4 | 1–9 | 3–3 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 7–12 | 5–5 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 3–6 | – | 4–4 | 10–8 |
Toronto | 12–6 | 9–9 | 7–1 | 1–6 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 3–6 | 6–0 | 9–9 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 7–11 | 4–4 | – | 8–10 |
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Boston | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
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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; Bold Indicates team leader in category.
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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David Aardsma | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Jeff Bailey | 27 | 50 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .280 | 0 |
Jason Bay | 49 | 184 | 39 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 37 | .293 | 3 |
Josh Beckett | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Chris Carter | 9 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | 0 |
Sean Casey | 69 | 199 | 14 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .322 | 1 |
Kevin Cash | 61 | 142 | 11 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .225 | 0 |
Bartolo Colón | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Alex Cora | 75 | 152 | 14 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 9 | .270 | 1 |
Coco Crisp | 118 | 361 | 55 | 102 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 41 | .283 | 20 |
Manny Delcarmen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
J. D. Drew | 109 | 368 | 79 | 103 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 64 | .280 | 4 |
Jacoby Ellsbury | 145 | 554 | 98 | 155 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 47 | .280 | 50* |
Craig Hansen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Mark Kotsay | 22 | 84 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .226 | 0 |
George Kottaras | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
Jon Lester | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Javier Lopez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Mike Lowell | 113 | 419 | 58 | 115 | 27 | 0 | 17 | 73 | .274 | 2 |
Jed Lowrie | 81 | 260 | 34 | 67 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 46 | .258 | 1 |
Julio Lugo | 82 | 261 | 27 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .268 | 1 |
Justin Masterson | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Daisuke Matsuzaka | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Brandon Moss | 34 | 78 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .295 | 1 |
Hideki Okajima | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
David Ortiz | 109 | 416 | 74 | 110 | 30 | 1 | 23 | 89 | .264 | 1 |
Jonathan Papelbon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Dustin Pedroia | 157 | 653 | 118* | 213** | 54** | 2 | 17 | 83 | .326 | 20 |
Manny Ramirez | 100 | 365 | 66 | 109 | 22 | 1 | 20 | 68 | .299 | 1 |
David Ross | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | 0 |
Joe Thurston | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Mike Timlin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Jonathan Van Every | 11 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .235 | 0 |
Jason Varitek | 131 | 423 | 37 | 93 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 43 | .220 | 0 |
Gil Velazquez | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | 0 |
Tim Wakefield | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Kevin Youkilis | 145 | 538 | 91 | 168 | 43 | 4 | 29 | 115 | .312 | 3 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5596 | 845 | 1565 | 353 | 33 | 173 | 807 | .280 | 120 |
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
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
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David Aardsma | 4 | 2 | 5.55 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 48.2 | 32 | 30 | 35 | 49 |
Josh Beckett | 12 | 10 | 4.03 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 174.1 | 80 | 78 | 34 f | 172 |
Michael Bowden | 1 | 0 | 3.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Clay Buchholz | 2 | 9 | 6.75 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 76.0 | 63 | 57 | 41 | 72 |
Paul Byrd | 4 | 2 | 4.78 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 49.0 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 26 |
Bartolo Colón | 4 | 2 | 3.92 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 39.0 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 27 |
Bryan Corey | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Manny Delcarmen | 1 | 2 | 3.27 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 74.1 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 72 |
Devern Hansack | 1 | 0 | 4.05 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Craig Hansen | 1 | 3 | 5.58 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 30.2 | 23 | 19 | 23 | 25 |
Jon Lester | 16 | 6 | 3.21 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 210.1 | 78 | 75 | 66 | 152 |
Javier López | 2 | 0 | 2.43 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 59.1 | 18 | 16 | 27 | 38 |
Justin Masterson | 6 | 5 | 3.16 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 88.1 | 31 | 31 | 40 | 68 |
Daisuke Matsuzaka | 18 | 3 | 2.90 a | 29 | 29 | 0 | 167.2 | 58 c | 54 | 94 | 154 |
Hideki Okajima | 3 | 2 | 2.61 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 62.0 | 18 d | 18 | 23 | 60 |
Jonathan Papelbon | 5 | 4 | 2.34 | 67 | 0 | 41 | 69.1 | 24 | 18 | 8 e | 77 |
David Pauley | 0 | 1 | 11.68 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12.1 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 11 |
Chris Smith | 1 | 0 | 7.85 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 13 |
Kyle Snyder | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Julián Tavárez | 0 | 1 | 6.39 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
Mike Timlin | 4 | 4 | 5.66 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 49.1 | 32 | 31 | 20 | 32 |
Tim Wakefield | 10 | 11 | 4.13 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 181.0 | 89 | 83 | 60 | 117 |
Charlie Zink | 0 | 0 | 16.62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
Team Totals | 95 | 67 | 4.01 | 162 | 162 | 47 | 1446.1 | 694 | 645 | 548 | 1185 |
* indicates player led their respectable league in that certain category ** indicates player led all of baseball in that certain category
^a Led team in starters ERA ^b Led in team ERA ^c Allowed fewest runs as a starter for the Red Sox ^d Led team in runs allowed. ^e Led team in walks allowed. ^f Led starters in walks allowed.
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