2008 Los Angeles Angels season

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2008  Los Angeles Angels
American League West champions
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.svg
The logo of the Angels during their 2008 campaign
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Angel Stadium of Anaheim
City Anaheim, California
Record100–62 (.617)
Divisional place1st
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
Baseball 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.

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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.

Season

Standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 10062.61750315031
Texas Rangers 7983.4882140413942
Oakland Athletics 7586.46624½43383248
Seattle Mariners 61101.3773935462655

Record vs. opponents

TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore 6–124–54–44–35–33–63–37–110–58–23–154–56–1211–7
Boston 12–64–35–15–26–11–84–39–96–46–38–109–19–911–7
Chicago 5–43–411–712–612–65–59–102–55–45–14–63–31–712–6
Cleveland 4–41–57–1111–710–84–58–104–35–44–55–26–46–16–12
Detroit 3–42–56–127–117–113–67–114–23–67–33–46–33–513–5
Kansas City 3–51–66–128–1011–72–36–125–56–37–23–52–72–513–5
Los Angeles 6–38–15–55–46–33–25–37–310–914–53–612–76–310–8
Minnesota 3–33–410–910–811–712–63–54–65–55–43–35–50–614–4
New York 11–79–95–23–42–45–53–76–45–17–211–73–49–910–8
Oakland 5–04–64–54–56–33–69–105–51–5-10–93–67–124–610–8
Seattle 2–83–61–55–43–72–75–144–52–79–103–48–115–49–9
Tampa Bay 15–310–86–42–54–35–36–33–37–116–34–36–311–712–6
Texas 5–41–93–34–63–67–27–125–54–312–711–83–64–410–8
Toronto 12–69–97–11–65–35–23–66–09–96–44–57–114–48–10

Roster

2008 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

April

May

Playoffs

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.

Game log

2008 game log
March (0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordGB
1March 31@ Twins 3–2 Hernández (1–0) Weaver (0–1) Nathan (1) HHH Metrodome 49,5960–1-1
April (18–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordGB
2April 1@ Twins 9–1 Garland (1–0) Bonser (0–1) HHH Metrodome 24,5861–10
3April 2@ Twins 1–0 Saunders (1–0) Blackburn (0–1) Rodríguez (1) HHH Metrodome 21,9322–10
4April 3@ Twins 5–4 Santana (1–0) Slowey (0–1) Rodríguez (2) HHH Metrodome 17,0843–1
5April 4 Rangers 11–6 Gabbard (1–0) Moseley (0–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,8383–2
6April 5 Rangers 2–1 Weaver (1–1) Millwood (0–2) Rodríguez (3) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,1704–2+1
7April 6 Rangers 10–4 Padilla (1–0) Garland (1–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 39,2424–3
8April 7 Indians 6–4 Shields (1–0) Borowski (0–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 35,0145–3+1
9April 8 Indians 4–3 Westbrook (1–1) Speier (0–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 37,5875–4
10April 9 Indians 9–5 Moseley (1–1) Byrd (0–2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 36,1686–4
11April 11@ Mariners 8–5 Hernández (1–0) Weaver (1–2) Lowe (1) Safeco Field 28,9156–5-1
12April 12@ Mariners 8–3 Silva (2–0) Garland (1–2) Safeco Field 34,9636–6-2
13April 13@ Mariners 10–5 Saunders (2–0) Baek (0–1) Safeco Field 30,6647–6-1
14April 14@ Rangers 7–4 Santana (2–0) Jennings (0–3) Rodríguez (4) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 16,5418–6-1
15April 15@ Rangers 7–4 Oliver (1–0) Rupe (0–1) Rodríguez (5) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 15,5959–60
16April 16 Royals 3–2 Meche (1–2) Weaver (1–3) Soria (5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,3369–70
17April 17 Royals 5–3 Garland (2–2) Tomko (1–2) Rodríguez (6) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 40,02110–7+1
18April 18 Mariners 5–4 Saunders (3–0) Dickey (0–1) Rodríguez (7) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,93911–7+1
19April 19 Mariners 4–1 Santana (3–0) Washburn (1–3) Shields (1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,95912–7+1
20April 20 Mariners 4–2 Batista (2–2) Moseley (1–2) Rowland-Smith (2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,63112–80
21April 22@ Red Sox 7–6 Timlin (2–1) Oliver (1–1) Papelbon (8) Fenway Park 37,98212–90
22April 23@ Red Sox 6–4 Garland (3–2) Hansen (0–1) Rodríguez (8) Fenway Park 38,17213–90
23April 24@ Red Sox 7–5 Saunders (4–0) Delcarmen (0–1) Rodríguez (9) Fenway Park 37,84814–90
24April 25@ Tigers 4–3 Santana (4–0) Robertson (0–3) Rodríguez (10) Comerica Park 40,38015–90
25April 26@ Tigers 6–4 López (2–0) O'Day (0–1) Jones (4) Comerica Park 42,06815–100
26April 27@ Tigers 6–2 Weaver (2–3) Verlander (1–4) Comerica Park 36,34716–100
27April 28 Athletics 14–2 Gaudin (3–1) Garland (3–3) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 37,72516–11-1
28April 29 Athletics 2–0 Saunders (5–0) Smith (1–2) Rodríguez (11) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 35,76417–110
29April 30 Athletics 6–1 Santana (5–0) Eveland (3–2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 35,30118–11+1
May (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordGB
30May 1 Athletics 15–8 Duchscherer (2–1) Moseley (1–3) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 37,39618–120
31May 2 Orioles 4–3 Guthrie (1–3) Weaver (2–4) Sherrill (11) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,51518–130
32May 3 Orioles 3–1 Garland (4–3) Cabrera (2–1) Rodríguez (12) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 37,60119–13+1
33May 4 Orioles 6–5 Saunders (6–0) Trachsel (1–4) Rodríguez (13) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 39,27320–13+1
34May 5@ Royals 4–0 Santana (6–0) R. Ramírez (0–1) Kauffman Stadium 12,15721–13+1
35May 6@ Royals 5–3 Oliver (2–1) Bannister (3–4) Rodríguez (14) Kauffman Stadium 11,35422–13+1
36May 7@ Royals 9–4 Greinke (4–1) Weaver (2–5) Kauffman Stadium 11,08422–140
37May 9@ Rays 2–0 Shields (4–2) Speier (0–2) Tropicana Field 12,03922–150
38May 10@ Rays 2–0 Kazmir (1–1) Saunders (6–1) Percival (8) Tropicana Field 25,51222–160
39May 11@ Rays 8–5 Howell (2–0) Speier (0–3) Percival (9) Tropicana Field 13,01022–17-1
40May 12 White Sox 10–7 Adenhart (1–0) Buehrle (1–5) Rodríguez (15) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,72323–17
41May 13 White Sox 2–0 Shields (2–0) Dotel (1–2) Rodríguez (16) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 35,33324–17
42May 14 White Sox 6–1 Contreras (4–3) Shields (2–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 37,05924–18
43May 15 White Sox 4–3 Dotel (2–2) Rodríguez (0–1) Jenks (8) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,44424–19
44May 16 Dodgers 4–2 Saunders (7–1) Kuroda (1–3) Rodríguez (17) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 44,04725–19+1½
45May 17 Dodgers 6–3 Kuo (3–1) Santana (6–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,90625–20
46May 18 Dodgers 10–2 Weaver (3–5) Lowe (2–4) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 44,00726–20+1½
47May 20@ Blue Jays 3–1 Lackey (1–0) McGowan (2–4) Rodríguez (18) Rogers Centre 31,48727–20+3
48May 21@ Blue Jays 4–3 Garland (5–3) Marcum (4–3) Rodríguez (19) Rogers Centre 20,16328–20+3
49May 22@ Blue Jays 4–3 Burnett (5–4) Santana (6–2) Ryan (10) Rogers Centre 22,00728–21+2½
50May 23@ White Sox 3–1 Saunders (8–1) Floyd (4–3) Rodríguez (20) U.S. Cellular Field 28,15629–21+2½
51May 24@ White Sox 2–0 Weaver (4–5) Danks (3–4) Rodríguez (21) U.S. Cellular Field 38,43430–21+2½
52May 25@ White Sox 3–2 Linebrink (2–0) Lackey (1–1) U.S. Cellular Field 36,19530–22+1½
53May 26 Tigers 1–0 (12) Arredondo (1–0) Dolsi (0–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,03131–22+2
54May 27 Tigers 3–2 Santana (7–2) López (2–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 36,56932–22+2
55May 28 Tigers 6–2 Galarraga (4–2) Saunders (8–2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 42,19132–23+2
56May 30 Blue Jays 10–4 McGowan (4–4) Weaver (4–6) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 42,57732–24+2½
57May 31 Blue Jays 3–2(10) Shields (3–1) Tallet (0–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,64533–24+3½
June (16–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordGB
58June 1 Blue Jays 4–3 Arredondo (2–0) Ryan (1–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 40,02634–24+3½
59June 2@ Mariners 4–2 Santana (8–2) Washburn (2–7) Rodríguez (22) Safeco Field 22,11035–24+3½
60June 3@ Mariners 5–4 Saunders (9–2) Bedard (4–4) Rodríguez (23) Safeco Field 23,35436–24+3½
61June 4@ Mariners 5–4 Weaver (5–6) Silva (3–6) Rodríguez (24) Safeco Field 32,77437–24+3½
62June 6@ Athletics 3–1 Lackey (2–1) Blanton (3–8) Rodríguez (25) McAfee Coliseum 25,12038–24+4½
63June 7@ Athletics 5–3 Garland (6–3) Smith (3–5) Rodríguez (26) McAfee Coliseum 29,29439–24+5½
64June 8@ Athletics 7–3 (12) Ziegler (1–0) Bootcheck (0–1) McAfee Coliseum 26,33239–25+4½
65June 9 Rays 13–4 Jackson (4–5) Saunders (9–3) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 42,01939–26+4
66June 10 Rays 6–1 Weaver (6–6) Shields (4–5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 37,61040–26+5
67June 11 Rays 4–2 Lackey (3–1) Kazmir (6–2) Rodríguez (27) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 36,62241–26+5
68June 13 Braves 5–2 Reyes (3–4) Garland (6–4) Bennett (2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,91941–27+4½
69June 14 Braves 9–4 Morton (1–0) Santana (8–3) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,89441–28+3½
70June 15 Braves 2–0 Saunders (10–3) Campillo (2–1) Rodríguez (28) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,72341–29+3½
71June 16 Mets 9–6 Pelfrey (3–6) Weaver (6–7) Wagner (15) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 39,22942–29+3
72June 17 Mets 6–1 Lackey (4–1) Santana (7–5) Shields (2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 40,12243–29+3
73June 18 Mets 5–4 (10) Sánchez (3–0) Speier (0–4) Wagner (16) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,13843–30+3
74June 20@ Phillies 7–1 Santana (9–3) Eaton (2–5) Citizens Bank Park 45,03344–30+3½
75June 21@ Phillies 6–2 Saunders (11–3) Myers (3–9) Rodríguez (29) Citizens Bank Park 45,19645–30+4½
76June 22@ Phillies 3–2 Weaver (7–7) Hamels (7–5) Rodríguez (30) Citizens Bank Park 44,57146–30+4½
77June 23@ Nationals 3–2 Lackey (5–1) Rivera (3–4) Rodríguez (31) Nationals Park 24,80547–30+5
78June 24@ Nationals 8–3 Garland (7–4) Hill (1–5) Nationals Park 28,35148–30+5
79June 25@ Nationals 5–4 Rauch (4–1) Shields (3–2) Nationals Park 29,18048–31+5
80June 27@ Dodgers 6–0 Park (3–2) Saunders (11–4) Dodger Stadium 50,41948–32+3½
81June 28@ Dodgers 1–0 Billingsley (7–7) Weaver (7–8) Saito (12) Dodger Stadium 55,78448–33+3½
82June 29@ Dodgers 1–0 Lackey (6–1) Lowe (5–8) Rodríguez (32) Dodger Stadium 48,15549–33+4½
83June 30 Athletics 6–1 Smith (5–6) Garland (7–5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 42,04649–34+12½
July (19–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordGB
84July 1 Athletics 6–5 Shields (4–2) Embree (1–3) Rodríguez (33) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 42,04750–34+4½
85July 2 Athletics 7–4 Saunders (12–4) Foulke (0–3) Rodríguez (34) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,09151–34+5½
86July 4 Blue Jays 8–2 Weaver (8–8) Burnett (8–8) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 44,02152–34+5
87July 5 Blue Jays 7–5 Halladay (10–4) Lackey (6–2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,76752–35+5
88July 6 Blue Jays 7–1 Garland (8–5) Litsch (8–5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,02653–35+6
89July 7@ Rangers 9–6 Santana (10–3) Mendoza (1–3) Rodríguez (35) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 21,17054–35+6
90July 8@ Rangers 3–2 Harrison (1–0) Saunders (12–5) Wilson (22) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 18,78854–36+5
91July 9@ Rangers 5–4 Wright (5–3) Rodríguez (0–2) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 24,51554–37+5
92July 10@ Rangers 11-10 (11) Speier (1–4) Wright (5–4) Rodríguez (36) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 23,26255–37+5
93July 11@ Athletics 9–2 Gallagher (4–4) Garland (8–6) McAfee Coliseum 31,37255–38+4
94July 12@ Athletics 4–1 Santana (11–3) Eveland (7–6) Rodríguez (37) McAfee Coliseum 27,16156–38+5
95July 13@ Athletics 4–3 Arredondo (3–0) Street (2–3) Rodríguez (38) McAfee Coliseum 29,35257–38+6
July 15: All-Star Game (AL wins, 4–3) Kazmir (TB) Lidge (PHI) Yankee Stadium 55,632New York City
96July 18 Red Sox 11–3 Lackey (7–2) Buchholz (2–5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 44,26058–38+7
97July 19 Red Sox 4–2 Arredondo (4–0) Beckett (9–6) Rodríguez (39) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 44,00559–38+8
98July 20 Red Sox 5–3 Oliver (3–1) Wakefield (6–7) Rodríguez (40) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 44,16460–38+9
99July 21 Indians 5–2 Byrd (4–10) Santana (11–4) Kobayashi (6) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,03760–39+8½
100July 22 Indians 3–2 Oliver (4–1) Ginter (1–1) Rodríguez (41) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,50561–39+9
101July 23 Indians 14–11 Lackey (8–2) Laffey (5–7) Rodríguez (42) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 42,18762–39+10
102July 25@ Orioles 6–5 Saunders (13–5) Burres (7–7) Rodríguez (43) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 27,99963–39+10½
103July 26@ Orioles 11–6 Garland (9–6) Liz (4–3) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 21,81964–39+10½
104July 27@ Orioles 5–2 Olson (7–5) Santana (11–5) Sherrill (30) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 23,36564–40+10½
105July 28@ Red Sox 7–5 Weaver (9–8) Matsuzaka (11–2) Rodríguez (44) Fenway Park 37,83065–40+11½
106July 29@ Red Sox 6–2 Lackey (9–2) Buchholz (2–6) Fenway Park 38,11066–40+11½
107July 30@ Red Sox 9–2 Saunders (14–5) Beckett (9–8) Fenway Park 38,04267–40+11½
108July 31@ Yankees 12–6 Garland (10–6) Pettitte (12–8) Yankee Stadium 53,40568–40+12½
August (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordGB
109August 1@ Yankees 1–0 Santana (12–5) Rivera (4–4) Rodríguez (45) Yankee Stadium 53,99769–40+12½
110August 2@ Yankees 9–2 Mussina (14–6) Weaver (9–9) Yankee Stadium 54,17069–41+12½
111August 3@ Yankees 14–9 E. Ramírez (3–0) Shields (4–3) Yankee Stadium 54,20469–42+11½
112August 4 Orioles 6–5 Rodríguez (1–2) Sherrill (3–5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,90270–42+11½
113August 5 Orioles 3–0 Waters (1–0) Garland (10–7) Sherrill (31) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 44,02770–43+10½
114August 6 Orioles 9–4 Santana (13–5) Olson (8–6) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 40,13071–43+11½
115August 8 Yankees 10–5 Weaver (10–9) Kennedy (0–4) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 44,15872–43+13
116August 9 Yankees 11–4 Shields (5–3) E. Ramírez (3–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,91973–43+14
117August 10 Yankees 4–3 Rodríguez (2–2) Marte (4–2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 44,13874–43+14
118August 12 Mariners 7–3 Garland (11–7) Washburn (5–12) Rodríguez (46) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 42,08675–43+15
119August 13 Mariners 10–7 (12) Corcoran (3–0) Speier (1–5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 42,75475–44+15
120August 15@ Indians 3–2 Lee (17–2) Arredondo (4–1) Progressive Field 30,96275–45+15½
121August 16@ Indians 4–3 Lackey (10–2) Carmona (5–5) Rodríguez (47) Progressive Field 33,05176–45+15½
122August 17@ Indians 4–3 Sowers (2–6) Speier (1–6) Lewis (3) Progressive Field 28,35676–46+15½
123August 18@ Rays 6–4 Sonnanstine (13–6) Garland (11–8) Wheeler (6) Tropicana Field 15,89676–47+15½
124August 19@ Rays 4–2 Shields (11–7) Shields (5–4) Wheeler (7) Tropicana Field 15,90276–48+15½
125August 20@ Rays 5–4 Arredondo (5–1) Balfour (3–2) Rodríguez (48) Tropicana Field 19,15777–48+15½
126August 21 Twins 2–1 (12) Crain (5–2) Speier (1–7) Nathan (35) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,36777–49+15
127August 22 Twins 9–0 Perkins (11–3) Saunders (14–6) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,81977–50+15
128August 23 Twins 7–5 Oliver (5–1) Blackburn (9–8) Rodríguez (49) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,90678–50+16
129August 24 Twins 5–3 Arredondo (6–1) Crain (5–3) Rodríguez (50) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 40,01179–50+17
130August 25 Athletics 2–1 Braden (4–3) Weaver (10–10) Ziegler (5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 39,58479–51+16
131August 26 Athletics 5–1 Lackey (11–2) Smith (6–13) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 37,43180–51+16
132August 27 Athletics 6–5 Street (4–5) Saunders (14–7) Ziegler (6) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,58780–52+15
133August 28 Rangers 7–5 Garland (12–8) Wright (6–6) Rodríguez (51) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 37,54181–52+16
134August 29 Rangers 3–1 Santana (14–5) Nippert (1–4) Rodríguez (52) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 40,08482–52+17
135August 30 Rangers 4–3 Arredondo (7–1) Feldman (5–6) Rodríguez (53) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,93783–52+18
136August 31 Rangers 4–3 Millwood (9–7) Lackey (11–3) Francisco (2) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 39,15383–53+17
September (17–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordGB
137September 2@ Tigers 5–4 Shields (6–4) Rodney (0–4) Rodríguez (54) Comerica Park 35,32084–53+17½
138September 3@ Tigers 9–6 Farnsworth (2–2) Arredondo (7–2) Rodney (8) Comerica Park 36,67184–54+16½
139September 4@ Tigers 7–1 Santana (15–5) Rogers (9–13) Comerica Park 37,89085–54+17
140September 5@ White Sox 10–2 Buehrle (12–11) Moseley (1–4) U.S. Cellular Field 32,50285–55+17
141September 6@ White Sox 7–6 (15) Wassermanm (1–1) Speier (1–8) U.S. Cellular Field 31,04685–56+16
142September 7@ White Sox 3–2 Saunders (15–7) H. Ramírez (1–4) Rodríguez (55) U.S. Cellular Field 26,02986–56+17
143September 8 Yankees 12–1 Garland (13–8) Pavano (2–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,02587–56+17½
144September 9 Yankees 7–1 Aceves (1–0) Santana (15–6) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,04287–57+16½
145y-September 10 Yankees 4–2 Moseley (2–4) Pettitte (13–13) Rodríguez (56) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 39,78388–57+17½
146September 11 Mariners 7–4 Weaver (11–10) Morrow (2–3) Rodríguez (57) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 38,20589–57+17½
147September 12 Mariners 5–3 Arredondo (8–2) Batista (4–13) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,74390–57+17½
148September 13 Mariners 5–2 Garland (14–8) Feierabend (1–3) Rodríguez (58) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,75791–57+18½
149September 14 Mariners 4–3 Arredondo (9–2) Corcoran (5–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 41,52892–57+19½
150September 16@ Athletics 8–1 Gallagher (5–6) Lackey (11–4) McAfee Coliseum 14,32592–58+18
151September 17@ Athletics 3–2 Ziegler (2–0) Rodríguez (2–3) McAfee Coliseum 20,10292–59+18
152September 18@ Athletics 6–4 Saunders (16–7) Outman (1–1) Rodríguez (59) McAfee Coliseum 12,64593–59+18½
153September 19@ Rangers 15–13 Oliver (6–1) Wright (7–7) Shields (3) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 23,70894–59+19½
154September 20@ Rangers 7–3 Speier (2–8) Padilla (13–8) Rodríguez (60) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 38,97395–59+20½
155September 21@ Rangers 7–3 Lackey (12–4) Feldman (5–8) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 28,39096–59+21½
156September 22@ Mariners 2–1 Santana (16–6) Rowland-Smith (4–3) Rodríguez (61) Safeco Field 19,71797–59+22
157September 23@ Mariners 9–6 Corcoran (6–2) Jepsen (0–1) Putz (14) Safeco Field 19,06597–60+21½
158September 24@ Mariners 6–5 Oliver (7–1) Lowe (1–5) Rodríguez (62) Safeco Field 19,01598–60+21½
159September 25@ Mariners 6–4 Arredondo (10–2) Putz (6–5) Shields (4) Safeco Field 16,93999–60+22
160z-September 26 Rangers 12–1 Padilla (14–8) Lackey (12–5) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,75899–61+21
161September 27 Rangers 8–4 Feldman (6–8) Santana (16–7) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,14199–62+20
162September 28 Rangers 7–0 Saunders (17–7) Millwood (9–10) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,761100–62+21

Player stats

Batting

Main hitters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Mark Teixeira 5419369.3581343
Vladimir Guerrero 143541164.3032791
Garret Anderson 145557163.2931584
Casey Kotchman 100373107.2871254
Torii Hunter 146551153.2782178
Chone Figgins 116453125.276122

Other hitters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Howie Kendrick 92340104.306337
Erick Aybar 9834696.277339
Mike Napoli 7822762.2732049
Maicer Izturis 7929078.269337
Robb Quinlan 6816443.262111
Juan Rivera 8925663.2461245
Gary Matthews, Jr. 127426103.242846
Kendry Morales 276113.21338
Sean Rodriguez 5916734.204310
Brandon Wood 5515030.200513
Jeff Mathis 9428355.194942
Reggie Willits 8210821.19407
Freddy Sandoval 661.16700
Bobby Wilson 761.16701
Matthew Brown 11191.05303
Ryan Budde 820.00000
Jon Garland 120.00001
Joe Saunders 230.00000
Jered Weaver 240.00000
John Lackey 260.00000
Ervin Santana 260.00000
Total Batting16255401486.268159721

Note: Pitchers batting data included above

Starting pitchers

Note: GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGSIPWLERASO
Joe Saunders 31198.01773.41103
Ervin Santana 32219.01673.49214
John Lackey 24163.11253.75130
Jered Weaver 30176.211104.33152
Jon Garland 32196.21484.9090
Dustin Moseley 12 (10 starts)50.1246.7937
Nick Adenhart 312.0109.004
Combined totals1621012.073404.14727

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; H = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLSVHERASO
Alex Serrano 11.000000.001
José Arredondo 5261.01020161.6255
Francisco Rodríguez 7668.1236202.2477
Scot Shields 6463.1644312.7064
Shane Loux 716.000002.814
Darren Oliver 5472.0710122.8848
Kevin Jepsen 98.101034.327
Darren O'Day 3043.101014.5729
Justin Speier 6268.0280105.0356
Jason Bulger 1416.000007.3120
Chris Bootcheck 1016.0010110.1314
Rich Thompson 22.0000022.501
Combined totals383439.1272266743.69379

Playoffs

Division Series

Game log

2008 postseason game log
American League Division Series (1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordBox
1October 1 Red Sox 4–1 Lester (1–0) Lackey (0–1) Papelbon (1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 44,9960–1
2October 3 Red Sox 7–5 Papelbon (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,3540–2
3October 5@ Red Sox 5–4 (12) Weaver (1–0) López (0–1) Fenway Park 39,0671–2
4October 6@ Red Sox 3–2 Delcarmen (1–0) Shields (0–1) Fenway Park 38,7851–3

Statistics

Postseason batting and pitching statistics

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jeff Mathis 121.50000
Kendry Morales 442.50000
Vladimir Guerrero 4157.46700
Mark Teixeira 4157.46701
Torii Hunter 4187.38905
Chone Figgins 4217.33301
Mike Napoli 4123.25024
Garret Anderson 4193.15800
Juan Rivera 381.12501
Howie Kendrick 4172.11800
Erick Aybar 4182.11101
Reggie Willits 300.00000
Gary Matthews, Jr. 350.00000
Total hitting4615442.273213

Starting pitchers

Note: GS = Games Started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGSIPWLERASO
John Lackey 213.2012.636
Joe Saunders 14.2007.712
Ervin Santana 15.1008.443
Combined totals423.2014.9411

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; H = Holds; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLSVHERASO
José Arredondo 33.200000.004
Jered Weaver 12.010000.003
Darren Oliver 21.100000.001
Scot Shields 45.201004.767
Francisco Rodríguez 22.101007.712
Combined totals1215.012003.0017

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Salt Lake Bees Pacific Coast League Bobby Mitchell
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Bobby Magallanes
A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes California League Ever Magallanes
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Keith Johnson
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League Tyrone Boykin
Rookie Orem Owlz Pioneer League Tom Kotchman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Arkansas

See also

Other Anaheim-based teams in 2008

References