2008 Baltimore Orioles season

2008 Baltimore Orioles
2008 Baltimore Orioles
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City	Baltimore
Record	68–93 (.421)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Peter Angelos
General managers	Andy MacPhail
Managers	Dave Trembley
Television	MASN; WJZ-TV (CBS 13)
Radio	WHFS

The 2008 Baltimore Orioles season was the 108th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 55th in Baltimore, and the 17th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

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The Orioles entered the 2008 season led by Dave Trembley, now starting his first full season as manager. President of Baseball Operations Andy MacPhail continued the rebuilding process. Superstars Miguel Tejada and Érik Bédard were traded for younger talent and there were talks of Brian Roberts, but he was not traded.

The Baltimore Orioles posted a record of 68–93 and finished in last place in the AL East for the first time since the 1988 season.

Closer Chris Ray missed the entire season after Tommy John surgery, and so did his replacement Danys Báez. Left-hander George Sherrill, acquired from the Mariners, was named the team's closer for the 2008 season and became the lone representative for the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, while Jeremy Guthrie was the Opening Day starter after an impressive rookie season and several solid spring training outings.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Tampa Bay Rays	97	65	.599	—	57‍–‍24	40‍–‍41
Boston Red Sox	95	67	.586	2	56‍–‍25	39‍–‍42
New York Yankees	89	73	.549	8	48‍–‍33	41‍–‍40
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	.531	11	47‍–‍34	39‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles	68	93	.422	28½	37‍–‍43	31‍–‍50

2008 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2008 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Ramón Hernández	133	463	119	.257	15	65
1B	Kevin Millar	145	531	124	.234	20	72
2B	Brian Roberts	155	611	181	.296	9	57
3B	Melvin Mora	135	513	146	.285	.23	104
SS	Juan Castro	54	151	31	.205	2	16
RF	Nick Markakis	157	595	182	.306	20	87
CF	Adam Jones	132	477	129	.270	9	57
LF	Luke Scott	148	475	122	.257	23	65
DH	Aubrey Huff	154	598	182	.304	32	108

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jay Payton	127	338	82	.243	7	41
Guillermo Quiróz	56	134	25	.187	2	14
Alex Cintrón	61	133	38	.286	1	10
Freddie Bynum	40	112	20	.179	0	8
Lou Montañez	38	112	33	.295	3	14
Brandon Fahey	58	106	24	.226	0	12
Oscar Salazar	34	81	23	.284	5	15
Luis Hernández	36	79	19	.241	0	3
Omir Santos	11	10	1	.100	0	0
Eider Torres	8	9	2	.222	0	0
Scott Moore	4	8	1	.125	1	1

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jeremy Guthrie	30	190.2	10	12	3.63	120
Daniel Cabrera	30	180.0	8	10	5.25	95
Garrett Olson	26	132.2	9	10	6.65	83
Radhames Liz	17	84.1	6	6	6.72	57

2008 Baltimore Orioles season

Offseason

Transactions

New coaches

Regular season

Roster

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system

References

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Brian Burres	31	129.2	7	10	6.04	63
Chris Waters	11	64.2	3	5	5.01	33
Steve Trachsel	10	39.2	2	5	8.39	16
Adam Loewen	7	21.1	0	2	8.02	14
Brian Bass	5	21.0	1	0	4.71	13

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
George Sherrill	57	3	5	31	4.73	58
Jamie Walker	59	1	3	0	6.87	24
Dennis Sarfate	57	4	3	0	4.74	86
Jim Johnson	54	2	4	1	2.23	38
Chad Bradford	47	3	3	0	2.45	13
Lance Cormier	45	3	3	1	4.02	46
Randor Bierd	29	0	2	0	4.91	25
Matt Albers	28	3	3	0	3.49	26
Alberto Castillo	28	1	0	0	3.81	23
Fernando Cabrera	22	2	1	0	5.40	31
Rocky Cherry	18	0	3	1	6.35	15
Greg Aquino	9	0	0	0	12.54	9
Kam Mickolio	9	0	1	0	5.87	8
Bob McCrory	8	0	0	0	15.63	5
Jim Miller	8	0	2	0	1.17	8
Ryan Bukvich	4	0	0	0	6.75	5
Alfredo Simón	4	0	0	0	6.23	8