2008 Cincinnati Reds season

The Cincinnati Reds' 2008 season was their 127th in total and their sixth in their present home park, Great American Ball Park. The Reds play in the National League's central division; their divisional foes were the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, and Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cubs were the defending champions. The Reds had not made the playoffs since 1995.[1]

2008 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Robert Castellini
General manager(s)Wayne Krivsky, Walt Jocketty
Manager(s)Dusty Baker
Local televisionFSN Ohio
(George Grande, Thom Brennaman, Chris Welsh)
Local radioWLW (700 AM)
Cincinnati Bell Reds Radio Network
(Marty Brennaman, Thom Brennaman, Jeff Brantley, Jim Kelch)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2008 season was manager Dusty Baker's first with the Reds; the 19-year major league veteran outfielder from 1968 to 1986 with the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, and Oakland Athletics, previously managed the San Francisco Giants from 1993 to 2002 and the Chicago Cubs from 2003 to 2006. He took the entire 2007 off. Baker replaced Pete Mackanin, who was named the interim manager on July 1, 2007, after Jerry Narron, coincidentally hired as an interim manager himself, was fired.

Baker was the club's first-ever African American manager.[2]

The season was dedicated to a number of people who died prior to the beginning of the season. Primarily, former Reds left-handed pitcher and longtime announcer Joe Nuxhall, affectionately known to fans as "The Ol' Lefthander", who died on November 15, 2007 of cancer. A patch that said "NUXY" was worn on Reds uniforms.

Other Reds figures who passed were Sheldon "Chief" Bender, a former major league pitcher who developed the Reds' minor league farm system in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. Bender died on February 27, 2008. He worked with general manager Bob Howsam, who had died eight days earlier, to develop the Reds into 1970s powerhouse team nicknamed "The Big Red Machine".

Just 21 games into the 2008 season, the Reds fired 3rd year General Manager Wayne Krivsky and replaced him with former St. Louis Cardinals General Manager Walt Jocketty. The Reds had at 9–12 record, tied for 4th in the NL Central standings at the time of the firing. It was the team's worst start since the 2003 season. The Reds again stirred up controversy in Cincinnati in late July and early August by first trading right fielder Ken Griffey, Jr., who a month earlier had hit his 600th home run, to the Chicago White Sox at the trade deadline. On their next off day they sent popular left fielder Adam Dunn to the Arizona Diamondbacks for two minor leaguers and pitcher Micah Owings.

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9764 0.602 55–26 42–38
Milwaukee Brewers 9072 0.556 49–32 41–40
Houston Astros 8675 0.534 11 47–33 39–42
St. Louis Cardinals 8676 0.531 11½ 46–35 40–41
Cincinnati Reds 7488 0.457 23½ 43–38 31–50
Pittsburgh Pirates 6795 0.414 30½ 39–42 28–53

Record vs. opponents

2008 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona3–52–42–415–32–74–28–102–53–33–44–310–811–73–44–26–9
Atlanta5–30–63–34–310–83–34–23–611–74–142–55–12–52–56–128–7
Chicago4–26–08–75–14–38–95–29–74–23–414–45–24–39–63–36–9
Cincinnati4–23–37–81–56–23–121–710–83–43–56–94–35–15–104–39–6
Colorado3–153–41–55–15–33–38–104–33–60–55–29–911–73–44–37–8
Florida7–28–103–42–63–54–23–45–18–1010–83–24–23–32–514–35–10
Houston2–43–39–812–33–32–44–37–85–23–48–83–37–17–84–27–11
Los Angeles10–82–42–57–110–84–33–44–23–44–45–211–79–92–43–35–10
Milwaukee5–26–37–98–103–41–58–72–42–41–514–14–36–010–56–27–8
New York3–37–112–44–36–310–82–54–34–211–74–32–55–14–312–69–6
Philadelphia4–314–44–35–35–08–104–34–45–17–114–24–23–35–412–64–11
Pittsburgh3–45–24–149–62–52–38–82–51–143–42–43–44–210–73–46–9
San Diego8–101–52–53–49–92–43–37–113–45–22–44–35–131–65–13–15
San Francisco7–115–23–41–57–113–31–79–90–61–53–32–413–54–37–06–12
St. Louis4–35–26–910–54–35–28–74–25–103–44–57–106–13–45–17–8
Washington2–412–63–33–43–43–142–43–32–66–126–124–31–50–71–58–10

Roster

2008 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers
  • 52 Daniel Ray Herrera
Catchers

Infielders

  • 15 Jerry Hairston, Jr.
Outfielders
  •  3 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

  • 59 Juan López (bullpen)

2008 game log

The following is the Reds' 2008 season game log.[3][4]

2008 game log

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen Bases; AVG = Batting Average

Player G AB R H HR RBI SB AVG
Bako, Paul9929930656350.217
Bruce, Jay1084136310521524.254
Cabrera, Jolbert4811517293122.252
Dickerson, Chris3110220316155.304
Encarnación, Edwin1465067512726681.251
Freel, Ryan4813117390108.298
Hairston, Jr., Jerry80261478563615.326
Hanigan, Ryan3185923290.271
Hopper, Norris2650310011.200
Keppinger, Jeff121459451223433.266
Patterson, Corey1353664675103414.205
Phillips, Andy527311173100.233
Phillips, Brandon14155980146217823.261
Richar, Danny163648031.222
Valentín, Javier9412910334180.256
Votto, Joey1515266915624847.297
Castillo, Wilkin183269010.281

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games Pitched; IP = Innings Pitched; W= Wins; L = Losses; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned Run Average; WHIP = Walks + Hits Per Innings Pitched

Player G IP W L K ERA WHIP
Vólquez, Edinson33196.01762063.211.33
Harang, Aaron30184.16171534.781.38
Arroyo, Bronson34200.015111634.771.44
Cueto, Johnny31174.09141584.811.41
Fogg, Josh2278.127457.581.58
Ramírez, Ramón527.011212.671.04

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games Pitched; IP = Innings Pitched; W= Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned Run Average; WHIP = Walks + Hits Per Innings Pitched

Player G IP W L SV K ERA WHIP
Cordero, Francisco7270.15434783.331.41
Affeldt, Jeremy7478.1110803.331.31
Weathers, David7269.1460463.251.53
Bray, Bill6347.0220542.871.57
Lincoln, Mike6470.1250574.481.28
Majewski, Gary3740.0100276.531.90
Masset, Nick1017.1100112.081.21

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Bats International League Rick Sweet
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Mike Goff
A Sarasota Reds Florida State League Joe Ayrault
A Dayton Dragons Midwest League Donnie Scott
Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League Pat Kelly
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Julio Garcia

References

  1. "1995 Cincinnati Reds Statistics and Roster". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2008.
  2. Sheldon, Mark (October 14, 2007). "News: Reds hire Baker as manager". The Official Site of The Cincinnati Reds. Retrieved April 9, 2008.
  3. "The Official Site of The Cincinnati Reds: Homepage". Archived from the original on April 4, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  4. "2008 Cincinnati Reds Schedule, Box Scores and Splits". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2008.
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