2008 Los Angeles Angels | ||
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American League West Champions | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Angel Stadium of Anaheim | |
City | Anaheim, California | |
Record | 100–62 (.617) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | Arte Moreno | |
General managers | Tony Reagins | |
Managers | Mike Scioscia | |
Television | FSN West KCOP (My 13) | |
Radio | KLAA (AM 830) KWKW (AM 1330—Spanish) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 2008 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season was the 48th season for the franchise. The regular season ended with the Angels winning their seventh American League West title and setting a franchise record for single-season wins. In the postseason, they were once again defeated by the Boston Red Sox in the American League Division Series, the same team that defeated them in the 2004 and 2007 ALDS, as well as the 1986 ALCS.
General manager Bill Stoneman retired at the end of the 2007 season and was replaced by relative newcomer Tony Reagins. Reagins quickly made two headline roster moves, trading shortstop Orlando Cabrera to the Chicago White Sox for starting pitcher Jon Garland, and signing free agent outfielder Torii Hunter. Partway through the season the Angels traded first baseman Casey Kotchman to the Atlanta Braves for Mark Teixeira.
On September 10, the Angels clinched the American League West division title, their seventh in franchise history, and became the earliest team to clinch the division in its history. Three days later, closing pitcher Francisco Rodríguez broke the single-season save record with his 58th save.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 100 | 62 | 0.617 | — | 50–31 | 50–31 |
Texas Rangers | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 21 | 40–41 | 39–42 |
Oakland Athletics | 75 | 86 | 0.466 | 24½ | 43–38 | 32–48 |
Seattle Mariners | 61 | 101 | 0.377 | 39 | 35–46 | 26–55 |
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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The Angels beat the New York Yankees 4 to 2 on September 10, 2008, and about an hour later Seattle beat Texas which clinched the division for the Angels. With the Boston Red Sox securing the AL Wild Card, the Angels would have to face their old foes in the first round of the playoffs once again. The Red Sox swept the Angels in the division series in 2007 and 2004, but failed to do so in 2008.
John Lackey gave up a 2-run homer to Jason Bay in the top of the sixth letting Boston take a lead they would not relinquish. Boston went on to win 4 to 2 marking the 10th straight playoff game the Angels lost to Boston. People now refer to this as the curse of Donnie Moore.
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Includes those who qualify for the batting title .
Only includes statistics obtained while playing for LAA. Casey Kotchman was traded to the Atlanta Braves for Mark Teixeira on July 28.
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Mark Teixeira | 54 | 193 | 69 | .358 | 13 | 43 |
Vladimir Guerrero | 143 | 541 | 164 | .303 | 27 | 91 |
Garret Anderson | 145 | 557 | 163 | .293 | 15 | 84 |
Casey Kotchman | 100 | 373 | 107 | .287 | 12 | 54 |
Torii Hunter | 146 | 551 | 153 | .278 | 21 | 78 |
Chone Figgins | 116 | 453 | 125 | .276 | 1 | 22 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Howie Kendrick | 92 | 340 | 104 | .306 | 3 | 37 |
Erick Aybar | 98 | 346 | 96 | .277 | 3 | 39 |
Mike Napoli | 78 | 227 | 62 | .273 | 20 | 49 |
Maicer Izturis | 79 | 290 | 78 | .269 | 3 | 37 |
Robb Quinlan | 68 | 164 | 43 | .262 | 1 | 11 |
Juan Rivera | 89 | 256 | 63 | .246 | 12 | 45 |
Gary Matthews, Jr. | 127 | 426 | 103 | .242 | 8 | 46 |
Kendry Morales | 27 | 61 | 13 | .213 | 3 | 8 |
Sean Rodriguez | 59 | 167 | 34 | .204 | 3 | 10 |
Brandon Wood | 55 | 150 | 30 | .200 | 5 | 13 |
Jeff Mathis | 94 | 283 | 55 | .194 | 9 | 42 |
Reggie Willits | 82 | 108 | 21 | .194 | 0 | 7 |
Freddy Sandoval | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Wilson | 7 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Matthew Brown | 11 | 19 | 1 | .053 | 0 | 3 |
Ryan Budde | 8 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jon Garland | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Saunders | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jered Weaver | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
John Lackey | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ervin Santana | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Total Batting | 162 | 5540 | 1486 | .268 | 159 | 721 |
Note: Pitchers batting data included above
Note: GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Joe Saunders | 31 | 198.0 | 17 | 7 | 3.41 | 103 |
Ervin Santana | 32 | 219.0 | 16 | 7 | 3.49 | 214 |
John Lackey | 24 | 163.1 | 12 | 5 | 3.75 | 130 |
Jered Weaver | 30 | 176.2 | 11 | 10 | 4.33 | 152 |
Jon Garland | 32 | 196.2 | 14 | 8 | 4.90 | 90 |
Dustin Moseley | 12 (10 starts) | 50.1 | 2 | 4 | 6.79 | 37 |
Nick Adenhart | 3 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 |
Combined totals | 162 | 1012.0 | 73 | 40 | 4.14 | 727 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; H = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | H | ERA | SO |
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Alex Serrano | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
José Arredondo | 52 | 61.0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1.62 | 55 |
Francisco Rodríguez | 76 | 68.1 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 2.24 | 77 |
Scot Shields | 64 | 63.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 2.70 | 64 |
Shane Loux | 7 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.81 | 4 |
Darren Oliver | 54 | 72.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2.88 | 48 |
Kevin Jepsen | 9 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4.32 | 7 |
Darren O'Day | 30 | 43.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.57 | 29 |
Justin Speier | 62 | 68.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 5.03 | 56 |
Jason Bulger | 14 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.31 | 20 |
Chris Bootcheck | 10 | 16.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.13 | 14 |
Rich Thompson | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 1 |
Combined totals | 383 | 439.1 | 27 | 22 | 66 | 74 | 3.69 | 379 |
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Jeff Mathis | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Kendry Morales | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Vladimir Guerrero | 4 | 15 | 7 | .467 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Teixeira | 4 | 15 | 7 | .467 | 0 | 1 |
Torii Hunter | 4 | 18 | 7 | .389 | 0 | 5 |
Chone Figgins | 4 | 21 | 7 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Mike Napoli | 4 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 2 | 4 |
Garret Anderson | 4 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 0 |
Juan Rivera | 3 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
Howie Kendrick | 4 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
Erick Aybar | 4 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
Reggie Willits | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Matthews, Jr. | 3 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Total hitting | 46 | 154 | 42 | .273 | 2 | 13 |
Note: GS = Games Started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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John Lackey | 2 | 13.2 | 0 | 1 | 2.63 | 6 |
Joe Saunders | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 |
Ervin Santana | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 8.44 | 3 |
Combined totals | 4 | 23.2 | 0 | 1 | 4.94 | 11 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; H = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | H | ERA | SO |
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José Arredondo | 3 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 |
Jered Weaver | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
Darren Oliver | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Scot Shields | 4 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 7 |
Francisco Rodríguez | 2 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 |
Combined totals | 12 | 15.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 17 |
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