2008 Cleveland Indians season

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2008  Cleveland Indians
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Progressive Field
City Cleveland, Ohio
Owners Larry Dolan
General managers Mark Shapiro
Managers Eric Wedge
Television SportsTime Ohio
(Matt Underwood, Rick Manning, Al Pawlowski)
WKYC
(Jim Donovan, Rick Manning)
Radio WTAM  · WMMS
Cleveland Indians Radio Network
(Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus, Mike Hegan)
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The 2008 Cleveland Indians season marked the 108th season for the franchise, as the Indians attempted to defend their American League Central title. The team played all of its home games at Progressive Field (formerly known as Jacobs Field).

Contents

2008 was the final year that the Indians held spring training in Winter Haven, Florida, at Chain of Lakes Park. In 2009 the Indians would return to train in Goodyear, Arizona for the first time in 15 years at the new Goodyear Ballpark.

The Indians approached the winter of 2007–08 with the idea that tinkering at the edges was what was primarily needed to build on the previous year. Acquired in the offseason were utility infielder Jamey Carroll, [1] Japanese League reliever Masahide Kobayashi [1] and reliever Jorge Julio. [2]

Regular season

Season summary

March

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Craig Breslow

The Indians ended spring training in March with only one surprise, cutting veteran reliever Aaron Fultz in favor of pick up Craig Breslow (who was cut by the Boston Red Sox). [3] Notable contributors from 2007 to start the year in Buffalo instead of Cleveland were Aaron Laffey, Ben Francisco, Josh Barfield, and Tom Mastny. The Indians opened the regular season with a 10–8 win over the Chicago White Sox.

April

The victory in the home opener came with a price: an injury to catcher Victor Martinez. While the offense played well enough to win the opening series, Martinez's missing bat did not help the Indians on their west coast road trip, where they lost series with both the Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Martinez returned to play for the Angels series. The Indians offense continued to struggle as the team failed to win their next four series. Near the end of the month, the Indians swept the Kansas City Royals split a four-game series against the New York Yankees and appeared to be coming out of their slump. Starting pitcher Cliff Lee was named American League Pitcher of the Month for April, as he finished the month 5–0 with a 0.96 ERA.

May

The sub par offense became such a concern that on May 5, in an attempt to spark more offense, Jason Michaels was designated for assignment and Ben Francisco, the 2007 International League batting champion was called up to play outfield. [4] For the first half of the month, the starting pitching was outstanding, resulting in a 431⁄3 scoreless innings streak [5] But the hitting still hadn't turned a corner and by the end of the month the Indians were still sub .500. Making his Indians debut was highly touted but often injured first baseman Michael Aubrey. [6] The Indians swapped injured starting pitchers as Jake Westbrook came off the disabled list from an intercostal muscle injury just after Fausto Carmona went on it with a hip injury. [7] And to end the month, Travis Hafner was also placed on the disabled list with shoulder soreness. [8]

June

Westbrook's return was brief, returning to the disabled list with season ending Tommy John surgery. [9] Victor Martinez also went on the disabled list with elbow problems. [10] And Josh Barfield, called up to replace the slumping Asdrúbal Cabrera, also went on the disabled list. [11] The Indians were one of the few AL clubs not to take great advantage of interleague play, going only 6–12 against the National League.

July

After plummeting to last place to start the month, the Indians threw in the towel on the season, trading CC Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Matt LaPorta, pitchers Rob Bryson and Zach Jackson and a player to be named later. [12] They also parted ways with Joe Borowski, first designating him for assignment then releasing him. [13] Although the Indians continued to struggle, pitcher Cliff Lee and center fielder Grady Sizemore were recognized for their individual accomplishments by being named to the American League All Star team. Lee was named the starting pitcher for the American League squad, where he pitched two shutout innings. Sizemore also participated in the Home Run Derby; he hit six home runs in the opening round, but it was not enough for him to advance to the second round. The Indians swept a series against the league leading Tampa Bay Rays right before the All-Star break, but continued their relatively uneven play, even with the return of Fausto Carmona in late July. Another victim of the Indians mediocre performance was Casey Blake, who was dealt to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jon Meloan and baseball player Carlos Santana. [14]

August

The Indians continued to struggle through the first week of August. On a road trip to start the month, the team began 2–4 before sweeping the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre to finish the road trip 5–4 – the team's first winning road trip since May. The sweep of Toronto began a streak in which the Indians won 16 of 19 games, including 10 in a row to climb into third place in the division. The team clinched its first winning month of the season on August 24. Despite the turnaround, the Indians continued to trade players in order to add depth to their farm system. On August 12, they traded veteran pitcher Paul Byrd to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later. [15] Again, one of the Indians bright spots was the play of Cliff Lee, who was named the American League Pitcher of the Month for August. [16]

September

The Indians had a significant impact on the division championship this month, in as much as they both slowed the Minnesota Twins from catching the Chicago White Sox and then gave the Twins a chance to win the division outright by beating the Sox two games out of three in the final series. The Twins' losses to Kansas City at the same time, however, forced the White Sox to make up a game against the Detroit Tigers to help decide the division winner. Cliff Lee's spectacular season ended with him having the American League lead in wins and ERA. [17] This effort earned Lee the American League Comeback Player of the Year award [18] and the American League Cy Young Award. [19] Shin-Soo Choo's great September numbers earned him the American League Player of the Month. [20]

Season standings

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 89740.546—54–2835–46
Minnesota Twins 88750.540153–2835–47
Cleveland Indians 81810.5007½45–3636–45
Kansas City Royals 75870.46313½38–4337–44
Detroit Tigers 74880.45714½40–4134–47

Game log

2008 Game Log
March/April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31 White Sox 10–8 Betancourt (1–0) Dotel (0–1) Borowski (1)41,8721–0
2April 2 White Sox 7–2 Carmona (1–0) Vázquez (0–1)17,6452–0
3April 3 White Sox 2–1 Dotel (1–1) Westbrook (0–1) Jenks (1)15,7852–1
4April 4@ Athletics 6–3 Duchscherer (1–0) Byrd (0–1)13,9162–2
5April 5@ Athletics 6–1 Eveland (1–0) Sabathia (0–1)16,2792–3
6April 6@ Athletics 2–1 Lee (1–0) Blanton (0–2) Borowski (2)16,3843–3
7April 7@ Angels 6–4 Shields (1–0) Borowski (0–1)35,0143–4
8April 8@ Angels 4–3 Westbrook (1–1) Speier (0–1)37,5874–4
9April 9@ Angels 9–5 Moseley (1–1) Byrd (0–2)36,1684–5
10April 11 Athletics 9–7 Blanton (1–2) Sabathia (0–2) Street (3)17,8594–6
11April 12 Athletics 7–3 DiNardo (1–0) Carmona (1–1)19,1704–7
12April 13 Athletics 7–1 Lee (2–0) Gaudin (0–1)17,2285–7
13April 14 Red Sox 6–4 Timlin (1–1) Borowski (0–2) Papelbon (5)21,8025–8
14April 15 Red Sox 5–3 Aardsma (1–1) Lewis (0–1) Okajima (1)25,1355–9
15April 16 Tigers 13–2 Galarraga (1–0) Sabathia (0–3)17,6445–10
16April 17 Tigers 11–1 Carmona (2–1) Verlander (0–3)21,5476–10
17April 18@ Twins 4–0 Lee (3–0) Liriano (0–2)22,3667–10
18April 19@ Twins 3–0 Blackburn (1–1) Westbrook (1–2) Nathan (6)34,2107–11
19April 20@ Twins 2 – 1 (10) Guerrier (1–1) Pérez (0–1)27,7037–12
20April 22@ Royals 15–1 Sabathia (1–3) Meche (1–3)16,1658–12
–April 23@ Royals Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for April 24
21April 24@ Royals 9–6 Carmona (3–1) Tomko (1–3) Betancourt (1)11,6379–12
22April 24@ Royals 2–0 Lee (4–0) Bannister (3–2)11,63710–12
23April 25 Yankees 6–4 Byrd (1–2) Pettitte (3–2) Betancourt (2)31,46711–12
24April 26 Yankees 4–3 Kobayashi (1–0) Ohlendorf (0–1)35,76512–12
25April 27 Yankees 1–0 Wang (5–0) Sabathia (1–4) Rivera (7)31,59812–13
26April 28 Yankees 5–2 Mussina (3–3) Laffey (0–1) Rivera (8)20,68912–14
27April 29 Mariners 7–2 Lowe (1–1) Betancourt (1–1)13,82712–15
28April 30 Mariners 8–3 Lee (5–0) Washburn (1–4)15,27913–15
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
29May 1 Mariners 3 – 2 (11) Kobayashi (2–0) Green (1–2)15,72214–15
–May 2 Royals Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 13
30May 3 Royals 4–2 Hochevar (2–1) Sabathia (1–5) Soria (7)27,27214–16
31May 4 Royals 2–0 Meche (2–4) Laffey (0–2) Soria (8)27,83614–17
32May 6@ Yankees 5–3 Pérez (1–1) Chamberlain (1–2) Betancourt (3)50,71315–17
33May 7@ Yankees 3–0 Lee (6–0) Wang (6–1) Betancourt (4)50,19916–17
34May 8@ Yankees 6–3 Mussina (5–3) Byrd (1–3) Rivera (9)53,22716–18
35May 9 Blue Jays 6–1 Sabathia (2–6) Halladay (3–5)26,47217–18
36May 10 Blue Jays 12–0 Laffey (1–2) McGowan (2–3)38,14118–18
–May 11 Blue Jays Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 12
37May 12 Blue Jays 3–0 Carmona (4–1) Burnett (3–4)16,04519–18
38May 12 Blue Jays 3 – 0 (10) Ryan (1–0) Betancourt (1–2) Downs (4)16,04519–19
39May 13 Athletics 4–0 Byrd (2–3) Duchscherer (3–2) Kobayashi (1)16,97420–19
40May 14 Athletics 2–0 Sabathia (3–6) Blanton (2–6)18,18821–19
41May 15 Athletics 4–2 Laffey (2–2) Smith (2–3) Kobayashi (2)26,76422–19
42May 16@ Reds 4–3 Weathers (1–2) Lewis (0–2) Cordero (8)33,43322–20
43May 17@ Reds 4–2 Bray (1–0) Kobayashi (2–1)42,02322–21
44May 18@ Reds 6–4 Vólquez (7–1) Lee (6–1) Cordero (9)34,61222–22
45May 20@ White Sox 4–1 Contreras (5–3) Sabathia (3–6) Jenks (11)27,53322–23
46May 21@ White Sox 7–2 Vázquez (5–3) Byrd (2–4)38,51822–24
47May 22@ White Sox 3–1 Linebrink (1–0) Laffey (2–3) Jenks (12)28,04022–25
48May 23 Rangers 13–9 Loe (1–0) Carmona (4–2)39,94722–26
49May 24 Rangers 5–2 Lee (7–1) Feldman (1–2) Borowski (3)40,50423–26
50May 25 Rangers 2 – 1 (10) Wright (3–1) Kobayashi (2–1) Wilson (10)35,46423–27
51May 26 White Sox 6 – 3 (12) Logan (2–1) Elarton (0–1) Jenks (13)30,00623–28
52May 27 White Sox 8–2 Laffey (3–3) Buehrle (2–6)25,42624–28
53May 28 White Sox 6–5 Floyd (5–3) Betancourt (1–3) Jenks (14)31,74024–29
54May 30@ Royals 5–4 Lee (8–1) Tomko (2–7) Borowski (4)25,24325–29
55May 31@ Royals 4–2 Davies (1–0) Sabathia (3–7) Soria (12)23,92325–30
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
56June 1@ Royals 6–1 Bannister (5–6) Byrd (2–5)22,34525–31
57June 2@ Rangers 13–9 Kobayashi (3–2) Guardado (0–1)17,24726–31
58June 3@ Rangers 12–7 Francisco (1–1) Mastny (0–1)16,37326–32
59June 4@ Rangers 15–9 Lee (9–1) Ramírez (0–1)19,67627–32
60June 5@ Rangers 9–4 Millwood (4–3) Sabathia (3–8)17,79527–33
61June 6@ Tigers 4–2 Byrd (3–5) Verlander (2–9) Borowski (5)40,99028–33
62June 7@ Tigers 8–4 Miner (3–3) Kobayashi (3–3) Jones (9)42,19328–34
63June 8@ Tigers 5–2 Galarraga (5–2) Sowers (0–1) Jones (10)39,94128–35
64June 9@ Tigers 8–2 Lee (10–1) Willis (0–1)38,44029–35
65June 10 Twins 1–0 Sabathia (4–8) Baker (2–1)26,87430–35
66June 11 Twins 8–5 Blackburn (5–4) Byrd (3–6) Nathan (17)18,74230–36
67June 12 Twins 12–2 Laffey (4–3) Hernández (6–4)21,71631–36
68June 13 Padres 9–5 Betancourt (2–3) Meredith (0–2) Kobayashi (3)31,39932–36
69June 14 Padres 8 – 3 (10) Bell (4–3) Mujica (0–1)37,48432–37
70June 15 Padres 7–3 Sabathia (5–8) Maddux (3–5)33,01733–37
71June 17@ Rockies 10–2 Reynolds (2–4) Byrd (3–7)28,14633–38
72June 18@ Rockies 4–2 Francis (3–6) Laffey (4–4) Fuentes (12)28,33933–39
73June 19@ Rockies 6–3 de la Rosa (2–3) Sowers (0–2) Fuentes (13)33,17433–40
74June 20@ Dodgers 6 – 4 (10) Borowski (1–2) Saito (3–3) Kobayashi (4)50,66734–40
75June 21@ Dodgers 7 – 2 (11) Kobayashi (4–3) Wade (0–1)45,03635–40
76June 22@ Dodgers 4–3 Billingsley (6–7) Byrd (3–8) Saito (11)39,99335–41
77June 24 Giants 3–2 Sánchez (7–4) Betancourt (2–4) Wilson (20)29,02435–42
78June 25 Giants 4–1 Zito (3–11) Sowers (0–3) Wilson (21)25,65435–43
79June 26 Giants 4–1 Lee (11–1) Cain (4–6) Borowski (6)25,25736–43
80June 27 Reds 6–0 Sabathia (6–8) Thompson (0–1)34,84437–43
81June 28 Reds 5–0 Cueto (6–8) Byrd (3–9)39,50637–44
82June 29 Reds 9–5 Arroyo (5–7) Laffey (4–5)37,07937–45
83June 30@ White Sox 9–7 Floyd (9–4) Sowers (0–4) Thornton (1)38,46637–46
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
84July 1@ White Sox 3 – 2 (10) Russell (1–0) Borowski (1–3)25,50237–47
85July 2@ White Sox 6 – 5 (10) Russell (2–0) Kobayashi (4–4)23,52237–48
86July 4@ Twins 12–3 Hernández (9–5) Byrd (3–10)22,63437–49
87July 5@ Twins 9–6 Slowey (6–6) Mastny (0–2) Nathan (24)31,88737–50
88July 6@ Twins 4–3 Perkins (5–2) Lee (11–2) Nathan (25)30,25837–51
89July 8@ Tigers 9–2 Verlander (6–9) Sowers (0–5)40,44337–52
90July 9@ Tigers 8–6 Jones (4–0) Lewis (0–3)41,06237–53
91July 10 Rays 13–2 Laffey (5–5) Sonnanstine (10–4)22,66538–53
92July 11 Rays 5–0 Lee (12–2) Shields (7–6)33,66339–53
93July 12 Rays 8–4 Ginter (1–0) Garza (7–5)35,70640–53
94July 13 Rays 5–2 Mastny (1–2) Kazmir (7–5) Kobayashi (5)29,70041–53
95July 18@ Mariners 8–2 Hernández (7–6) Laffey (5–6)42,57041–54
96July 19@ Mariners 9–6 Sowers (1–5) Batista (4–11)37,86942–54
97July 20@ Mariners 6–2 Lee (13–2) Silva (4–12)32,23043–54
98July 21@ Angels 5–2 Byrd (4–10) Santana (11–4) Kobayashi (6)43,03744–54
99July 22@ Angels 3–2 Oliver (4–1) Ginter (1–1) Rodríguez (41)43,50544–55
100July 23@ Angels 14–11 Lackey (8–2) Laffey (5–7) Rodríguez (42)42,18744–56
101July 25 Twins 5–4 Lee (14–2) Hernández (10–7) Perez (1)33,51245–56
102July 26 Twins 11–4 Baker (7–3) Carmona (4–3)35,39045–57
103July 27 Twins 4–2 Guerrier (6–4) Perez (1–2) Nathan (28)31,56245–58
104July 28 Tigers 5–0 Byrd (5–10) Rogers (8–7)24,68946–58
105July 29 Tigers 8–5 Galarraga (9–4) Ginter (1–2)30,62546–59
106July 30 Tigers 14 – 12 (13) Fossum (2–0) Rincón (0–1)26,59646–60
107July 31 Tigers 9–4 Carmona (5–3) Verlander (8–11)34,18647–60
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Twins 4–1 Blackburn (8–6) Sowers (1–6) Nathan (30)33,70947–61
109August 2@ Twins 5–1 Byrd (6–10) Slowey (7–8)40,93748–61
110August 3@ Twins 6–2 Liriano (1–3) Ginter (1–3)39,61848–62
111August 4@ Rays 5–2 Lee (15–2) Garza (9–7) Perez (2)17,04949–62
112August 5@ Rays 8–4 Jackson (8–7) Carmona (5–4)20,06349–63
113August 6@ Rays 10–7 Percival (2–0) Kobayashi (4–5)27,53349–64
114August 8@ Blue Jays 5–2 Reyes (1–0) Purcey (1–3) Lewis (1)31,62750–64
115August 9@ Blue Jays 4–2 Byrd (7–10) Halladay (13–9)39,62351–64
116August 10@ Blue Jays 4–0 Lee (16–2) Richmond (0–2)36,44752–64
117August 11 Orioles 13–8 Mujica (1–1) Cherry (0–1)23,40853–64
118August 12 Orioles 7–5 Perez (2–2) Johnson (2–4) Lewis (2)21,14354–64
119August 13 Orioles 6–1 Guthrie (10–8) Reyes (1–1)21,29954–65
120August 14 Orioles 11–6 Cabrera (1–1) Perez (2–3)22,14054–66
121August 15 Angels 3–2 Lee (17–2) Arredondo (4–1)30,96255–66
122August 16 Angels 4–3 Lackey (10–2) Carmona (5–5) Rodríguez (47)33,05155–67
123August 17 Angels 4–3 Sowers (2–6) Speier (1–6) Lewis (3)28,35656–67
124August 19 Royals 9–4 Reyes (2–1) Hochevar (6–12)18,94657–67
125August 20 Royals 8–5 Rincón (1–1) Soria (1–3) Lewis (4)23,92058–67
126August 21 Royals 10–3 Lee (18–2) Greinke (9–9)21,39159–67
127August 22@ Rangers 7–5 Carmona (6–5) Harrison (5–3) Lewis (5)20,53560–67
128August 23@ Rangers 8–7 Perez (3–3) Wright (6–5) Lewis (6)29,90061–67
129August 24@ Rangers 4–3 Betancourt (3–4) Guardado (3–3)14,95662–67
130August 25@ Tigers 4 – 3 (10) Donnelly (1–0) Glover (1–3) Lewis (7)39,19663–67
131August 26@ Tigers 10–4 Lee (19–2) Lambert (0–1)38,77464–67
132August 27@ Tigers 9–7 Carmona (7–5) Verlander (10–14)38,51965–67
133August 29 Mariners 3–2 Hernández (9–8) Sowers (2–7) Putz (10)26,04765–68
134August 30 Mariners 4 – 3 (10) Putz (6–4) Lewis (0–4) Messenger (1)33,38765–69
135August 31 Mariners 6–4 Rowland-Smith (4–2) Jackson (0–1) Corcoran (2)35,37665–70
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1 White Sox 5–0 Lee (20–2) Richard (2–3)23,31766–70
137September 2 White Sox 9–3 Carmona (8–5) Danks (10–8)20,98067–70
138September 3 White Sox 4–2 Vázquez (11–12) Sowers (2–8) Jenks (28)20,32867–71
139September 5@ Royals 9–3 Mujica (2–1) Duckworth (2–1)21,10768–71
140September 6@ Royals 3–1 Meche (11–10) Jackson (0–2) Soria (35)18,79568–72
141September 7@ Royals 3–1 Lee (21–2) Greinke (10–10) Lewis (8)15,02369–72
142September 8@ Orioles 14–3 Olson (9–7) Carmona (8–6)11,18169–73
143September 9@ Orioles 6–1 Sowers (3–8) Liz (5–5)14,90070–73
144September 10@ Orioles 7–1 Lewis (1–0)Waters (2–3)12,43871–73
145September 11@ Orioles 6–3 Cormier (3–3) Jackson (0–3) Miller (1)12,52671–74
146September 12 Royals 12–5 Lee (22–2) Meche (11–11)32,84372–74
147September 13 Royals 8–3 Greinke (11–10) Carmona (8–7)25,78372–75
148September 13 Royals 8–4 Tejeda (2–2) Bullington (0–1) Soria (37)25,48572–76
149September 14 Royals 13–3 Bannister (8–15) Mujica (2–2)29,53072–77
150September 15 Twins 3–1 Lewis (2–0) Slowey (12–10) Lewis (9)19,60773–77
151September 16 Twins 12 – 9 (11) Mastny (2–2) Nathan (0–2)21,29574–77
152September 17 Twins 6–4 Mujica (3–2) Mijares (0–1) Lewis (10)22,90475–77
153September 19 Tigers 6–5 Perez (4–3) Dolsi (1–5)33,73376–77
154September 20 Tigers 6–3 Sowers (4–8) Verlander (10–17) Lewis (11)36,86977–77
155September 21 Tigers 10–5 Lewis (3–0) Willis (0–2)36,95778–77
156September 22@ Red Sox 4–3 Jackson (1–3) Beckett (12–10) Lewis (12)37,82879–77
157September 23@ Red Sox 5–4 Wakefield (10–11) Lee (22–3) Papelbon (41)37,88279–78
158September 24@ Red Sox 5–4 Aardsma (4–2) Perez (4–4) Delcarmen (2)37,71979–79
159September 25@ Red Sox 6–1 Lester (16–6) Sowers (4–9)37,72679–80
160September 26@ White Sox 11–8 Lewis (4–0) Danks (11–9) Lewis (13)36,49480–80
161September 27@ White Sox 12–6 Jackson (2–3) Vázquez (12–16)36,03181–80
162September 28@ White Sox 5–1 Buehrle (15–12) Bullington (0–2)33,39681–81

Roster

2008 Cleveland Indians
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
Michael Aubrey 1545290023.2000
Josh Barfield 1233361002.1820
Rick Bauer 10000000.0000
Rafael Betancourt 30000000.0000
Casey Blake 9432546942401158.2892
Joe Borowski 20000000.0000
Paul Byrd 25000000.0000
Asdrúbal Cabrera 1143524891200647.2594
Fausto Carmona 13000000.0000
Jamey Carroll 1133476096134136.2777
Shin-Soo Choo 9431768982831466.3094
David Dellucci 11333641801921147.2383
Scott Elarton 20000000.0000
Sal Fasano 15465124006.2610
Ben Francisco 121447651193201554.2664
Ryan Garko 141495611352111490.2730
Andy González 1024350012.2080
Franklin Gutierrez 1343995499262841.2489
Travis Hafner 571982139100524.1971
Jorge Julio 20000000.0000
Masahide Kobayashi 40000000.0000
Aaron Laffey 12010000.5000
Cliff Lee 25000000.0000
Jensen Lewis 20000000.0000
Andy Marte 802352152111317.2211
Víctor Martínez 732663074170235.2780
Jason Michaels 21583124009.2071
Jhonny Peralta 1546051041674242389.2763
Rafael Perez 60000000.0000
CC Sabathia 13110011.3330
Kelly Shoppach 11235267922702155.2610
Grady Sizemore 1576341011703953390.26838
Jeremy Sowers 21000000.0000
Jason Tyner 12000000.0000
Jorge Velandia 1015131000.2000
Team Totals1625543805145533922171772.26277

Pitching

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBK
Rick Bauer 0013.504006.0109934
Rafael Betancourt 345.07690471.07641402564
Joe Borowski 137.56180616.224141489
Craig Breslow 003.247008.1103357
Paul Byrd 7104.5322220131.014670662456
Bryan Bullington 024.9132014.21598212
Fausto Carmona 875.4422220120.212680737058
Brendan Donnelly 108.56150013.2201313108
Scott Elarton 013.5280015.11676915
Matt Ginter 135.1444021.0251212312
Zach Jackson 235.6099054.26436341430
Jorge Julio 005.60150017.21811111115
Masahide Kobayashi 454.53570655.26530281435
Aaron Laffey 574.231616093.210352443143
Cliff Lee 2232.5431310223.1214686334170
Jensen Lewis 043.825101366.06829282752
Scott Lewis 402.6344024.02097615
Tom Mastny 2210.80141020.02824241119
John Meloan 000.002002.000012
Edward Mujica 326.75330038.24629291027
Rafael Perez 443.54730276.16732302386
Anthony Reyes 211.8366034.131771215
Juan Rincón 115.60230027.1341817819
Rich Rundles 001.808005.051136
CC Sabathia 683.8318180122.1117545234123
Brian Slocum 0027.002002.086601
Jeremy Sowers 495.5822220121.014184753964
Jake Westbrook 123.1255034.2331312719
Team Totals81814.45162162311437.01530761711444986

Minor league affiliates

Classification levelTeamLeagueSeason article
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League 2008 Buffalo Bisons season
AA Akron Aeros Eastern League 2008 Akron Aeros season
Advanced A Kinston Indians Carolina League
A Lake County Captains South Atlantic League
Short Season A Mahoning Valley Scrappers New York–Penn League
Rookie Gulf Coast Indians Gulf Coast League
Rookie DSL Indians Dominican Summer League

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