2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season featured the Dodgers celebrating their Golden Anniversary in Southern California under new manager Joe Torre as they won the National League West for the first time since 2004, and returned to the postseason after missing the playoffs in 2007. The Dodgers did not peak until September when the won 17–8, which was highlighted by the acquisition of superstar outfielder Manny Ramirez. Ramirez hit .396 with 17 HRs in 53 games after the trade on July 31. They swept the Chicago Cubs in the NLDS to advance to the NLCS. It was their first playoff series win since 1988 when they went on to win the World Series. However, they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in five games in the NLCS.

2008 Los Angeles Dodgers
National League West champions
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Dodger Stadium
City	Los Angeles
Record	84–78 (.519)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Frank McCourt
President	Jamie McCourt
General managers	Ned Colletti
Managers	Joe Torre
Television	FSN Prime Ticket KCAL (9) Vin Scully, Charley Steiner, Steve Lyons
Radio	KABC Vin Scully, Rick Monday, Charley Steiner KHJ Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela
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Season standings

National League West

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NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	84	78	.519	—	48‍–‍33	36‍–‍45
Arizona Diamondbacks	82	80	.506	2	48‍–‍33	34‍–‍47
Colorado Rockies	74	88	.457	10	43‍–‍38	31‍–‍50
San Francisco Giants	72	90	.444	12	37‍–‍44	35‍–‍46
San Diego Padres	63	99	.389	21	35‍–‍46	28‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

2008 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2008
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WAS	AL
Arizona	–	3–5	2–4	2–4	15–3	2–7	4–2	8–10	2–5	3–3	3–4	4–3	10–8	11–7	3–4	4–2	6–9
Atlanta	5–3	–	0–6	3–3	4–3	10–8	3–3	4–2	3–6	11–7	4–14	2–5	5–1	2–5	2–5	6–12	8–7
Chicago	4–2	6–0	–	8–7	5–1	4–3	8–9	5–2	9–7	4–2	3–4	14–4	5–2	4–3	9–6	3–3	6–9
Cincinnati	4–2	3–3	7–8	–	1–5	6–2	3–12	1–7	10–8	3–4	3–5	6–9	4–3	5–1	5–10	4–3	9–6
Colorado	3–15	3–4	1–5	5–1	–	5–3	3–3	8–10	4–3	3–6	0–5	5–2	9–9	11–7	3–4	4–3	7–8
Florida	7–2	8–10	3–4	2–6	3–5	–	4–2	3–4	5–1	8–10	10–8	3–2	4–2	3–3	2–5	14–3	5–10
Houston	2–4	3–3	9–8	12–3	3–3	2–4	–	4–3	7–8	5–2	3–4	8–8	3–3	7–1	7–8	4–2	7–11
Los Angeles	10–8	2–4	2–5	7–1	10–8	4–3	3–4	–	4–2	3–4	4–4	5–2	11–7	9–9	2–4	3–3	5–10
Milwaukee	5–2	6–3	7–9	8–10	3–4	1–5	8–7	2–4	–	2–4	1–5	14–1	4–3	6–0	10–5	6–2	7–8
New York	3–3	7–11	2–4	4–3	6–3	10–8	2–5	4–3	4–2	–	11–7	4–3	2–5	5–1	4–3	12–6	9–6
Philadelphia	4–3	14–4	4–3	5–3	5–0	8–10	4–3	4–4	5–1	7–11	–	4–2	4–2	3–3	5–4	12–6	4–11
Pittsburgh	3–4	5–2	4–14	9–6	2–5	2–3	8–8	2–5	1–14	3–4	2–4	–	3–4	4–2	10–7	3–4	6–9
San Diego	8–10	1–5	2–5	3–4	9–9	2–4	3–3	7–11	3–4	5–2	2–4	4–3	–	5–13	1–6	5–1	3–15
San Francisco	7–11	5–2	3–4	1–5	7–11	3–3	1–7	9–9	0–6	1–5	3–3	2–4	13–5	–	4–3	7–0	6–12
St. Louis	4–3	5–2	6–9	10–5	4–3	5–2	8–7	4–2	5–10	3–4	4–5	7–10	6–1	3–4	–	5–1	7–8
Washington	2–4	12–6	3–3	3–4	3–4	3–14	2–4	3–3	2–6	6–12	6–12	4–3	1–5	0–7	1–5	–	8–10

Opening Day starters

Opening Day starters
Name	Position
Rafael Furcal	Shortstop
Andre Ethier	Left fielder
Matt Kemp	Right fielder
Jeff Kent	Second baseman
Andruw Jones	Center fielder
Russell Martin	Catcher
James Loney	First baseman
Blake DeWitt	Third baseman
Brad Penny	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

• June 6, 2008, Acquired Ángel Berroa from the Kansas City Royals for Juan Rivera and cash.
• July 28, 2008, Acquired Casey Blake from the Cleveland Indians for Carlos Santana and Jon Meloan.
• July 31, 2008, Acquired Manny Ramirez from the Boston Red Sox in a 3-team trade, Andy LaRoche and Bryan Morris went to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• August 19, 2008, Acquired Greg Maddux from the San Diego Padres for two players to be named later or cash considerations.

2008 roster

2008 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 97 Joe Beimel 58 Chad Billingsley 43 Yhency Brazobán 51 Jonathan Broxton 57 Scott Elbert 49 Brian Falkenborg 54 Jason Johnson 54,22 Clayton Kershaw 56 Hong-Chih Kuo 18 Hiroki Kuroda 21 Esteban Loaiza 23 Derek Lowe 36 Greg Maddux 52 James McDonald 61 Chan Ho Park 31 Brad Penny 45 Scott Proctor 44 Takashi Saito 50 Eric Stults 37 Tanyon Sturtze 38 Ramón Troncoso 47 Cory Wade		Catchers 36,28 Danny Ardoin 26 Gary Bennett 49 A. J. Ellis 55 Russell Martin Infielders 13 Ángel Berroa 30 Casey Blake 33 Blake DeWitt 15 Rafael Furcal  5 Nomar Garciaparra 14,60 Chin-Lung Hu 12 Jeff Kent 28 Andy LaRoche  7 James Loney 57 Luis Maza 14 Pablo Ozuna 22,21 Mark Sweeney		Outfielders 16 Andre Ethier 25 Andruw Jones 27 Matt Kemp  9 Juan Pierre 99 Manny Ramirez 17 Jason Repko 13 Terry Tiffee 49 Delwyn Young		Manager  6 Joe Torre Coaches 10 Larry Bowa (third base) 35 Mariano Duncan (1st base) 41 Mike Easler (hitting) 40 Rick Honeycutt (pitching) 48 Ken Howell (bullpen)  8 Don Mattingly (hitting) 11 Manny Mota 46 Bob Schaefer (bench)

Game log

2008 Game Log
March/April (14–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 31 Giants 5–0 Penny (1–0) Zito (0–1) 56,000 1–0 2 April 1 Giants 3–2 Saito (1–0) Yabu (0–1) 44,054 2–0 3 April 2 Giants 2–1 Lincecum (1–0) Loaiza (0–1) Wilson (1) 43,217 2–1 4 April 4 @ Padres 7–1 Kuroda (1–0) Thatcher (0–1) 42,474 3–1 5 April 5 @ Padres 4–1 Peavy (2–0) Penny (1–1) 38,819 3–2 6 April 6 @ Padres 3–2 Broxton (1–0) Hoffman (0–2) Saito (1) 44,165 4–2 7 April 7 @ Diamondbacks 9–3 Haren (1–0) Loaiza (0–2) 49,507 4–3 8 April 8 @ Diamondbacks 10–5 Davis (1–1) Billingsley (0–1) 28,973 4–4 9 April 9 @ Diamondbacks 4–3 Owings (2–0) Kuroda (0–1) Lyon (1) 23,331 4–5 10 April 11 Padres 7–5 Peavy (3–0) Penny (1–2) Hoffman (3) 54,052 4–6 11 April 12 Padres 11–1 Lowe (1–0) Young (1–1) 54,955 5–6 12 April 13 Padres 1–0 Maddux (2–0) Billingsley (0–2) Hoffman (4) 47,357 5–7 13 April 14 Pirates 6–4 Yates (2–0) Saito (1–1) Capps (4) 37,334 5–8 14 April 15 Pirates 11–2 Loaiza (1–2) Morris (0–2) 37,896 6–8 15 April 16 Pirates 8–1 Penny (2–2) Maholm (0–2) 53,629 7–8 16 April 18 @ Braves 6–1 Ohman (1–0) Lowe (1–1) 38,250 7–9 17 April 19 @ Braves 4–1 James (1–1) Billingsley (0–3) Acosta (1) 40,451 7–10 18 April 20 @ Braves 6–1 Jurrjens (2–2) Kuroda (1–2) 36,772 7–11 19 April 21 @ Reds 9–3 Penny (3–2) Belisle (0–1) Park (1) 14,446 8–11 20 April 22 @ Reds 8–1 Vólquez (3–0) Kuo (0–1) 14,763 8–12 21 April 23 Diamondbacks 8–3 Lowe (2–1) Haren (3–1) Saito (2) 42,590 9–12 22 April 24 Diamondbacks 6–4 González (1–1) Billingsley (0–4) Lyon (6) 38,350 9–13 23 April 25 Rockies 8–7 (13) Park (1–0) Buchholz (1–2) 53,205 10–13 24 April 26 Rockies 11–3 Penny (4–2) Redman (2–2) 50,469 11–13 25 April 27 Rockies 3–2 (10) Beimel (1–0) Corpas (0–2) 50,670 12–13 26 April 29 @ Marlins 7–6 Beimel (2–0) Gregg (3–1) Saito (3) 11,334 13–13 27 April 30 @ Marlins 13–1 Billingsley (1–4) Olsen (3–1) 10,792 14–13
May (13–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 28 May 1 @ Marlins 5–3 Beimel (3–0) Gregg (3–2) Saito (4) 15,556 15–13 29 May 2 @ Rockies 11–6 Penny (5–2) Francis (0–3) 30,291 16–13 30 May 3 @ Rockies 12–7 Kuo (1–1) de la Rosa (0–1) 38,597 17–13 31 May 4 @ Rockies 7–2 Cook (5–1) Lowe (2–2) Buchholz (1) 43,726 17–14 32 May 5 Mets 5–1 Billingsley (2–4) Pérez (2–3) 44,181 18–14 33 May 6 Mets 5–4 Kuo (2–1) Figueroa (2–2) Saito (5) 43,927 19–14 34 May 7 Mets 12–1 Maine (4–2) Penny (5–3) 40,696 19–15 35 May 9 Astros 7–1 Moehler (1–0) Lowe (2–3) 52,658 19–16 36 May 10 Astros 5–0 Sampson (2–3) Billingsley (2–5) 45,212 19–17 37 May 11 Astros 8–5 Geary (1–1) Broxton (1–1) Valverde (8) 40,217 19–18 38 May 13 @ Brewers 5–3 Villanueva (2–4) Penny (5–4) Gagné (10) 26,465 19–19 39 May 14 @ Brewers 6–4 Broxton (2–1) Mota (1–2) Saito (6) 27,562 20–19 40 May 15 @ Brewers 7–2 Billingsley (3–5) Sheets (4–1) 30,444 21–19 41 May 16 @ Angels 4–2 Saunders (7–1) Kuroda (1–3) Rodríguez (17) 44,047 21–20 42 May 17 @ Angels 6–3 Kuo (3–1) Santana (6–1) 43,906 22–20 43 May 18 @ Angels 10–2 Weaver (3–5) Lowe (2–4) 44,007 22–21 44 May 19 Reds 6–5 Saito (2–1) Weathers (1–3) 34,669 23–21 45 May 20 Reds 4–1 Billingsley (4–5) Belisle (1–4) Saito (7) 34,306 24–21 46 May 21 Reds 5–2 Kuroda (2–3) Cueto (2–5) Saito (8) 33,224 25–21 47 May 23 Cardinals 2–1 Wainwright (4–2) Lowe (2–5) Franklin (3) 52,281 25–22 48 May 24 Cardinals 4–0 Lohse (4–2) Penny (5–5) 44,785 25–23 49 May 25 Cardinals 4–3 (10) Saito (3–1) Parisi (0–1) 46,566 26–23 50 May 26 @ Cubs 3–1 Dempster (6–2) Billingsley (4–6) Wood (11) 41,583 26–24 51 May 27 @ Cubs 3–1 Gallagher (2–1) Kuroda (2–4) Wood (12) 39,894 26–25 52 May 28 @ Cubs 2–1 (10) Howry (1–2) Park (1–1) 39,945 26–26 53 May 29 @ Mets 8–4 Vargas (2–2) Penny (5–6) 52,886 26–27 54 May 30 @ Mets 9–5 Park (2–1) Heilman (0–2) 52,176 27–27 55 May 31 @ Mets 3–2 Sánchez (2–0) Broxton (2–2) Wagner (11) 53,528 27–28
June (11–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 56 June 1 @ Mets 6–1 Santana (7–3) Kuroda (2–5) 50,263 27–29 57 June 2 Rockies 8–2 Lowe (3–5) Reynolds (0–3) 39,098 28–29 58 June 3 Rockies 3–0 Francis (2–5) Penny (5–7) Fuentes (7) 38,548 28–30 59 June 4 Rockies 2–1 Cook (8–3) Kershaw (0–1) Fuentes (8) 36,393 28–31 60 June 5 Cubs 5–4 Howry (2-2) Saito (3–2) Wood (17) 44,988 28–32 61 June 6 Cubs 3–0 Kuroda (3–5) Gallagher (3–2) 52,484 29–32 62 June 7 Cubs 7–3 Lowe (4–5) Zambrano (8–2) 50,020 30–32 63 June 8 Cubs 3–1 Marquis (4–3) Penny (5–8) Wood (18) 49,994 30–33 64 June 10 @ Padres 7–2 Proctor (1–0) Hampson (0–1) 26,860 31–33 65 June 11 @ Padres 4–1 Wolf (5–4) Billingsley (4–7) Hoffman (15) 29,218 31–34 66 June 12 @ Padres 9–0 Peavy (5–3) Kuroda (3–6) 36,354 31–35 67 June 13 @ Tigers 5–0 Galarrage (6–2) Lowe (4–6) Dolsi (2) 40,430 31–36 68 June 14 @ Tigers 12–7 Bonine (1–0) Penny (5–9) 42,348 31–37 69 June 15 @ Tigers 5–4 Robertson (5–6) Park (2–2) Jones (12) 41,189 31–38 70 June 17 @ Reds 3–1 Billingsley (5–7) Cueto (5–7) Saito (9) 26,906 32–38 71 June 18 @ Reds 6–1 Lowe (5–6) Arroyo (4–6) 20,055 33–38 72 June 19 @ Reds 7–4 Stults (1–0) Harang (3–10) Saito (10) 30,136 34–38 73 June 20 Indians 6–4 (10) Borowski (1–2) Saito (3–3) Kobayashi (4) 50,667 34–39 74 June 21 Indians 7–2 (11) Kobayashi (4–3) Wade (0–1) 45,036 34–40 75 June 22 Indians 4–3 Billingsley (6–7) Byrd (3–8) Saito (11) 39,993 35–40 76 June 24 White Sox 6–1 Buehrle (5–6) Lowe (5–7) 43,900 35–41 77 June 25 White Sox 5–0 Stults (2–0) Floyd (8–4) 40,162 36–41 78 June 26 White Sox 2–0 Danks (5–4) Kershaw (0–2) Jenks (17) 37,956 36–42 79 June 27 Angels 6–0 Park (3–2) Saunders (11–4) 50,419 37–42 80 June 28 Angels 1–0 Billingsley (7–7) Weaver (7–8) Saito (12) 55,784 38–42 81 June 29 Angels 1–0 Lackey (6–1) Lowe (5–8) Rodríguez (32) 48,155 38–43 82 June 30 @ Astros 4–1 Oswalt (7–8) Stults (2–1) Valverde (22) 28,827 38–44
July (16–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 83 July 1 @ Astros 7–6 (11) Park (4–2) Wright (3–3) Saito (13) 31,914 39–44 84 July 2 @ Astros 4–1 Kuroda (4–6) Hernández (0–2) 34,058 40–44 85 July 3 @ Astros 5–2 Billingsley (8–7) Backe (5–9) Saito (14) 35,696 41–44 86 July 4 @ Giants 10–7 Lowe (6–8) Matos (0–1) Saito (15) 40,447 42–44 87 July 5 @ Giants 5–2 Zito (4–12) Falkenborg (0–1) Wilson (24) 40,741 42–45 88 July 6 @ Giants 5–3 Falkenborg (1–1) Cain (5–7) Saito (16) 39,290 43–45 89 July 7 Braves 3–0 Kuroda (5–6) Campillo (3–4) 39,896 44–45 90 July 8 Braves 9–3 Jurrjens (9–4) Billingsley (8–8) 39,702 44–46 91 July 9 Braves 2–1 Lowe (7–8) Hudson (9–7) Saito (17) 39,815 45–46 92 July 10 Marlins 5–4 (11) Nelson (2–0) Falkenborg (1–2) Gregg (18) 40,417 45–47 93 July 11 Marlins 3–1 Volstad (2–0) Stults (2–2) Gregg (19) 49,545 45–48 94 July 12 Marlins 5–3 (11) Waechter (1–2) Troncoso (0–1) Gregg (20) 55,220 45–49 95 July 13 Marlins 9–1 Billingsley (9–8) Miller (5–9) 42,213 46–49 96 July 18 @ Diamondbacks 8–7 (11) Wade (1–1) Slaten (0–3) Broxton (1) 38,561 47–49 97 July 19 @ Diamondbacks 3–2 Haren (9–5) Billingsley (9–9) Lyon (20) 41,458 47–50 98 July 20 @ Diamondbacks 6–5 Troncoso (1–1) Lyon (2–4) Broxton (2) 39,217 48–50 99 July 21 @ Rockies 16–10 Falkenborg (2–2) Wells (1–2) 38,291 49–50 100 July 22 @ Rockies 10–1 Jiménez (6–9) Kershaw (0–3) 41,567 49–51 101 July 23 @ Rockies 5–3 Rusch (4–3) Kuroda (5–7) Fuentes (17) 36,305 49–52 102 July 25 Nationals 3–2 Billingsley (10–9) Lannan (6–10) Broxton (3) 47,313 50–52 103 July 26 Nationals 6–0 Lowe (8–8) Pérez (3–8) 42,122 51–52 104 July 27 Nationals 2–0 Kershaw (1–3) Bergmann (1–8) Broxton (4) 38,660 52–52 105 July 28 Giants 7–6 Correia (2–5) Kuroda (5–8) Wilson (28) 37,483 52–53 106 July 29 Giants 2–0 Johnson (1–0) Cain (6–9) Broxton (5) 40,110 53–53 107 July 30 Giants 4–0 Billingsley (11–9) Sánchez (8–7) 41,282 54–53 108 July 31 Diamondbacks 2–1 Webb (15–4) Lowe (8–9) Lyon (23) 42,440 54–54
August (13–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 109 August 1 Diamondbacks 2–1 Johnson (9–7) Park (4–3) Lyon (24) 55,239 54–55 110 August 2 Diamondbacks 4–2 Kuroda (6–8) Petit (1–2) Park (2) 54,544 55–55 111 August 3 Diamondbacks 9–3 Wade (2–1) Davis (4–6) 52,972 56–55 112 August 5 @ Cardinals 6–4 (11) García (1–1) Johnson (1–1) 40,773 56–56 113 August 6 @ Cardinals 9–6 Piñeiro (4–5) Lowe (8–10) Perez (1) 42,581 56–57 114 August 7 @ Cardinals 4–1 Kershaw (2–3) Lohse (13–4) Broxton (6) 40,500 57–57 115 August 8 @ Giants 6–2 Penny (6–9) Zito (6–14) Broxton (7) 40,142 58–57 116 August 9 @ Giants 3–2 (10) Walker (4–6) Broxton (2–3) 41,963 58–58 117 August 10 @ Giants 5–4 Taschner (3–1) Kuo (3–2) 41,804 58–59 118 August 11 Phillies 8–6 Lowe (9–10) Kendrick (10–6) Broxton (8) 45,547 59–59 119 August 12 Phillies 4–3 Kuo (4–2) Romero (4–4) 47,586 60–59 120 August 13 Phillies 7–6 Broxton (3–3) Condrey (3–3) 45,786 61–59 121 August 14 Phillies 3–1 Kuroda (7–8) Myers (5–10) Kuo (1) 51,060 62–59 122 August 15 Brewers 5–3 Billingsley (12–9) Parra (9–6) Broxton (9) 44,547 63–59 123 August 16 Brewers 4–3 (10) Torres (6–3) Broxton (3–4) Riske (2) 52,889 63–60 124 August 17 Brewers 7–5 Beimel (4–0) Villanueva (4–6) 45,267 64–60 125 August 19 Rockies 8–3 Jiménez (9–11) Kuroda (7–9) 46,687 64–61 126 August 20 Rockies 4–3 Buchholz (6–3) Broxton (3–5) Fuentes (24) 48,183 64–62 127 August 21 Rockies 3–1 Lowe (10–10) de la Rosa (6–7) Broxton (10) 44,885 65–62 128 August 22 @ Phillies 8–1 Kendrick (11–7) Maddux (6–10) 42,620 65–63 129 August 23 @ Phillies 9–2 Hamels (11–8) Kershaw (2–4) 45,019 65–64 130 August 24 @ Phillies 5–2 (11) Durbin (5–2) Beimel (4–1) 43,039 65–65 131 August 25 @ Phillies 5–0 Myers (7–10) Billingsley (12–10) 40,873 65–66 132 August 26 @ Nationals 2–1 Balester (3–6) Lowe (10–11) Hanrahan (5) 26,110 65–67 133 August 27 @ Nationals 5–4 Redding (9–8) Maddux (6–11) Hanrahan (6) 22,907 65–68 134 August 28 @ Nationals 11–2 Lannan (8–12) Kershaw (2–5) 26,338 65–69 135 August 29 @ Diamondbacks 9–3 Davis (6–8) Kuroda (7–10) 32,610 65–70 136 August 30 @ Diamondbacks 6–2 Billingsley (13–10) Haren (14–7) 49,045 66–70 137 August 31 @ Diamondbacks 8–1 Lowe (11–11) Webb (19–6) 43,456 67–70
September (17–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 138 September 1 Padres 5–2 Maddux (7–11) Young (4–5) Broxton (11) 44,087 68–70 139 September 2 Padres 8–4 Kershaw (3–5) Baek (4–10) 39,330 69–70 140 September 3 Padres 6–4 Kuroda (8–10) LeBlanc (0–1) Broxton (12) 48,822 70–70 141 September 5 Diamondbacks 7–0 Lowe (12–11) Haren (14–8) 52,270 71–70 142 September 6 Diamondbacks 7–2 Billingsley (14–10) Webb (19–7) 47,543 72–70 143 September 7 Diamondbacks 5–3 Kuo (5–2) Rauch (4–6) Broxton (13) 54,137 73–70 144 September 8 @ Padres 4–0 Baek (5-10) Maddux (7–12) 25,942 73–71 145 September 9 @ Padres 6–2 Beimel (5–1) Bell (6–6) 26,614 74–71 146 September 10 @ Padres 7–2 Lowe (13–11) Estes (2–2) 27,208 75–71 147 September 12 @ Rockies 7–2 Billingsley (15–10) Francis (4–10) 30,147 76–71 148 September 13 @ Rockies 5–1 Kershaw (4–5) de la Rosa (8–8) 40,291 77–71 149 September 14 @ Rockies 1–0 (10) Corpas (3–3) Kuo (5–3) 28,910 77–72 150 September 15 @ Pirates 8–2 Kuroda (9–10) Ohlendorf (1–3) 13,147 78–72 151 September 16 @ Pirates 6–2 Lowe (14–11) Karstens (2–6) 12,741 79–72 152 September 17 @ Pirates 15–8 Grabow (6–3) Elbert (0–1) 11,883 79–73 153 September 18 @ Pirates 4–3 (12) Proctor (2–0) Hansen (2–7) Broxton (14) 12,709 80–73 154 September 19 Giants 7–1 Zito (10–16) Maddux (7–13) 55,589 80–74 155 September 20 Giants 10–7 Saito (4–3) Walker (4–8) 55,724 81–74 156 September 21 Giants 1–0 (11) Romo (3–1) Saito (4–4) Wilson (40) 55,294 81–75 157 September 23 Padres 10–1 Billingsley (16–10) LeBlanc (1–2) 48,905 82–75 158 September 24 Padres 12–4 Kershaw (5–5) Ekstrom (0–1) 44,776 83–75 159 September 25 Padres 7–5 Peavy (10–11) Stults (2–3) Hoffman (29) 52,569 83–76 160 September 26 @ Giants 6–5 (10) Walker (5–8) Johnson (1–2) 33,920 83–77 161 September 27 @ Giants 2–1 Maddux (8–13) Cain (8–14) Saito (18) 38,673 84–77 162 September 28 @ Giants 3–1 Lincecum (18–5) Park (4–4) Wilson (41) 39,167 84–78

Playoffs

2008 Post-Season
National League Division Series (3–0) Game Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series 1 October 1 @ Cubs 7–2 Lowe (1–0) Dempster (0–1) 42,099 1–0 2 October 2 @ Cubs 10–3 Billingsley (1–0) Zambrano (0–1) 42,136 2–0 3 October 4 Cubs 3–1 Kuroda (1–0) Harden (0–1) Broxton (1) 56,000 3–0
National League Championship Series (1–4) Game Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series 1 October 9 @ Phillies 3–2 Hamels (1–0) Lowe (0–1) Lidge (1) 45,839 0–1 2 October 10 @ Phillies 8–5 Myers (1–0) Billingsley (0–1) Lidge (2) 45,883 0–2 3 October 12 Phillies 7–2 Kuroda (1–0) Moyer (0–1) 56,800 1–2 4 October 13 Phillies 7–5 Madson (1–0) Wade (0–1) Lidge (3) 56,800 1–3 5 October 15 Phillies 5–1 Hamels (2–0) Billingsley (0–2) 56,800 1–4

Player stats

Note: Team batting and pitching leaders in each category are in bold.

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; TB = Total bases; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen bases; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; Avg. = Batting average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	OBP	SLG	AVG
Matt Kemp	155	606	93	176	38	5	18	76	278	46	153	35	.340	.459	.290
James Loney	161	595	66	172	35	6	13	90	258	45	85	7	.338	.434	.289
Russell Martin	155	553	87	155	25	0	13	69	219	90	83	18	.385	.396	.280
Andre Ethier	141	525	90	160	38	5	20	77	268	59	88	6	.375	.510	.305
Jeff Kent	121	440	42	123	23	1	12	59	184	25	52	0	.327	.418	.280
Juan Pierre	119	375	44	106	10	2	1	28	123	22	24	40	.327	.328	.283
Blake DeWitt	117	368	45	97	13	2	9	52	141	45	68	3	.344	.383	.264
Ángel Berroa	84	226	26	52	13	1	1	16	70	20	41	0	.304	.310	.230
Casey Blake	58	211	25	53	12	1	10	23	97	16	52	1	.313	.460	.251
Andruw Jones	75	209	21	33	8	1	3	14	52	27	76	0	.256	.249	.158
Manny Ramirez	53	187	36	74	14	0	17	53	139	35	38	2	.489	.743	.396
Nomar Garciaparra	55	163	24	43	9	0	8	28	76	15	11	1	.326	.466	.264
Rafael Furcal	36	143	34	51	12	2	5	16	82	20	17	8	.439	.573	.357
Delwyn Young	83	126	10	31	9	0	1	7	43	14	34	0	.321	.341	.246
Chin-Lung Hu	65	116	16	21	2	2	0	9	27	11	23	2	.252	.233	.181
Mark Sweeney	98	92	2	12	3	0	0	5	15	15	28	0	.250	.163	.130
Luis Maza	45	79	7	18	1	0	1	4	22	5	11	0	.282	.278	.228
Andy LaRoche	27	59	6	12	1	0	2	6	19	10	7	0	.319	.322	.203
Danny Ardoin	24	51	3	12	1	0	1	4	16	2	10	1	.278	.314	.235
Pablo Ozuna	36	32	6	7	0	1	1	3	12	1	5	1	.242	.375	.219
Gary Bennett	10	21	1	4	1	0	1	4	8	2	0	0	.261	.381	.190
Jason Repko	22	18	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	2	9	1	.250	.222	.167
Terry Tiffee	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.400	.250	.250
A. J. Ellis	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	304	15	39	2	0	0	16	41	16	115	0	.171	.135	.128
Team Totals	162	5506	700	1455	271	29	137	659	2195	543	1032	126	.333	.399	.264

Pitching

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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO	H	R	ER
Derek Lowe	34	34	211.0	14	11	0	3.24	45	147	194	84	76
Chad Billingsley	35	32	200.2	16	10	0	3.14	80	201	188	76	70
Hiroki Kuroda	31	31	183.1	9	10	0	3.73	42	116	181	85	76
Clayton Kershaw	22	21	107.2	5	5	0	4.26	52	100	109	51	51
Chan Ho Park	54	5	95.1	4	4	2	3.40	36	79	97	43	36
Brad Penny	19	17	94.2	6	9	0	6.27	42	51	112	68	66
Hong-Chih Kuo	42	3	80.0	5	3	1	2.14	21	96	60	21	19
Cory Wade	55	0	71.1	2	1	0	2.27	15	51	51	22	18
Jonathan Broxton	70	0	69.0	3	5	14	3.13	27	88	54	29	24
Joe Beimel	71	0	49.0	5	1	0	2.02	21	32	50	11	11
Takashi Saito	45	0	47.0	4	4	18	2.49	16	60	40	14	13
Greg Maddux	7	7	40.2	2	4	0	5.09	4	18	43	25	23
Scott Proctor	41	0	38.2	2	0	0	6.05	24	46	41	30	26
Eric Stults	7	7	38.2	2	3	0	3.49	13	30	38	18	15
Ramón Troncoso	32	0	38.0	1	1	0	4.26	12	38	37	19	18
Jason Johnson	16	2	29.1	1	2	0	4.26	12	20	32	19	17
Esteban Loaiza	7	3	24.0	1	2	0	5.63	5	9	24	15	15
Scott Elbert	10	0	24.0	0	1	0	12.00	4	8	9	8	8
Brian Falkenborg	16	0	11.2	2	2	0	6.17	4	9	11	8	8
James McDonald	4	0	6.0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	5	0	0
Yhency Brazobán	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	6.00	3	3	4	2	2
Tanyon Sturtze	3	0	2.1	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	162	162	1447.1	84	78	35	3.68	480	1205	1381	648	591

2008 National League Division Series

The Dodgers advanced to the 2008 NLDS to play the Central Division champion Chicago Cubs. They wound up sweeping the Cubs in three games, taking the first two at Wrigley Field and then ending the series in Game 3 at home. This was the Dodgers first post season series victory since the 1988 World Series and first post season sweep since the 1963 World Series.

Game 1, October 1

Wrigley Field in Chicago

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	7	8	1
Chicago	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1
WP: Derek Lowe (1-0)   LP: Ryan Dempster (0-1) Home runs: LAD: James Loney (1), Manny Ramírez (1), Russell Martin (1) CHC: Mark DeRosa (1)

Game 2, October 2

Wrigley Field in Chicago

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	10	12	0
Chicago	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	8	4
WP: Chad Billingsley (1-0)   LP: Carlos Zambrano (0-1) Home runs: LAD: Manny Ramírez (2) CHC: None

Game 3, October 4

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	1
Los Angeles	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3	6	0
WP: Hiroki Kuroda (1-0)   LP: Rich Harden (0-1)   Sv: Jonathan Broxton (1)

2008 National League Championship Series

The Dodgers advanced to the NLCS for the first time since 1988 to play the Philadelphia Phillies, in the fourth National League Championship Series meeting between the two teams.

Game 1, October 9

Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	1
Philadelphia	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	X	3	7	0
WP: Cole Hamels (1-0)   LP: Derek Lowe (0-1)   Sv: Brad Lidge (1) Home runs: LAD: None PHI: Chase Utley (1), Pat Burrell (1)

Game 2, October 10

Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	1
Philadelphia	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	X	8	11	1
WP: Brett Myers (1-0)   LP: Chad Billingsley (0-1)   Sv: Brad Lidge (2) Home runs: LAD: Manny Ramírez (1) PHI: None

Game 3, October 12

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	0
Los Angeles	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	7	10	0
WP: Hiroki Kuroda (1-0)   LP: Jamie Moyer (0-1) Home runs: PHI: None LAD: Rafael Furcal (1)

Game 4, October 13

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	7	12	1
Los Angeles	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	5	11	0
WP: Ryan Madson (1-0)   LP: Cory Wade (0-1)   Sv: Brad Lidge (3) Home runs: PHI: Shane Victorino (1), Matt Stairs (1) LAD: Casey Blake (1)

Game 5, October 15

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	8	0
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	3
WP: Cole Hamels (2-0)   LP: Chad Billingsley (0-2) Home runs: PHI: Jimmy Rollins (1) LAD: Manny Ramírez (2)

2008 Awards

• 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Russell Martin reserve
• Gold Glove Award
  • Greg Maddux
• Player of the Month
  • Manny Ramirez August
• Player of the Week
  • Matt Kemp April 28 – May 4
  • Andre Ethier September 1–7

2008 Minor League Teams

Level	Team	League	Manager	W	L	Position
AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pacific Coast League	Lorenzo Bundy	75	69	2nd in PCL Pacific South, 8+1⁄2 GB
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	John Shoemaker	35	35	4th in SOU South (2nd half), 8+1⁄2 GB
High A	Inland Empire 66ers	California League	John Valentin	38	34	3rd in CAL South (2nd half), 3 GB
A	Great Lakes Loons	Midwest League	Juan Bustabad	24	46	Last in MID Eastern, 19 GB
Rookie	Ogden Raptors	Pioneer League	Mike Brumley	22	12	2nd in PIO South, 3 GB
Rookie	Gulf Coast Dodgers	Gulf Coast League	Jeff Carter	30	26	3rd in GCL East, 3+1⁄2 GB
Rookie	DSL Dodgers	Dominican Summer League	Pedro Mega	27	44	11th in DSL B.C. South, 23+1⁄2 GB

Major League Baseball draft

Main article: 2008 Major League Baseball draft

The Dodgers selected 45 players in this draft. Of those, eleven of them would eventually play Major League baseball.

Dee Gordon was selected in the fourth round of the 2008 draft.

The first round pick was right handed pitcher Ethan Martin from Stephens County School in Toccoa, Georgia. He was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in 2012 (along with this year's second round pick, pitcher Josh Lindblom) and made his Major league debut for the Phillies in 2013. The fourth round pick, shortstop Dee Gordon became an All-Star as the Dodgers second baseman in 2014, when he also led the league in steals.

2008 draft picks

Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 Ethan Martin RHP Stephens County School Yes 2009–2015 MLB 2 Josh Lindblom RHP Purdue University Yes 2008–2022 MLB 3 Kyle Russell OF University of Texas at Austin Yes 2008–2013 AAA 4 Dee Gordon SS Seminole Community College Yes 2008–2022 MLB 5 John Michael Redding RHP Florida College Yes 2008–2013 AA 6 Tony Delmonico SS Florida State University Yes 2008–2015 A+ 7 Cole St. Clair LHP Rice University Yes 2008–2012 AAA 8 Nick Buss OF University of Southern California Yes 2008–2018 MLB 9 Steven Caseres 1B James Madison University Yes 2008–2012 A+ 10 Chris Joyce LHP Dos Pueblos High School No Reds-2011 2011–2012 A+ 11 Nathan Eovaldi RHP Alvin High School Yes 2008–present MLB 12 Austin Yount 3B Stanford University Yes 2008–2011 A+ 13 Lenell McGee OF Oakton Community College Yes 2008–2010 A 14 Clay Calfee OF Angelo State University Yes 2008–2011 A+ 15 Albie Goulder 1B Louisiana Tech University Yes 2008 Rookie 16 Kyle Conley OF University of Washington No Cardinals-2009 2009–2012 AA 17 Daniel Coulombe LHP Chaparral High School No Dodgers-2012 2012–present MLB 18 Allen Webster RHP McMichael High School Yes 2008–2019 MLB 19 David Rollins LHP First Baptist Academy No Blue Jays-2011 2011–2018 MLB 20 Zack Cox 3B Pleasure Ridge Park High School No Cardinals-2010 2010–2017 AAA 21 Dave Sever RHP St. Louis University No Blue Jays-2009 2009–2010 A 22 Matt Smith RHP Wichita State University Yes 2008–2014 A+ 23 Brian Ruggiano 2B Texas A&M University Yes 2008–2011 A 24 Fabian Feliciano LHP Puerto Rico Baseball Academy Yes 2008–2014 A 25 Jerry Sands OF Catawba College Yes 2008–2021 MLB 26 Cody Weiss RHP Parkland High School No Mariners-2011 2011–2012 A- 27 Clayton Allison RHP California State University, Fresno Yes 2008 AA 28 Jordan Roberts LHP Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University Yes 2008–2013 A+ 29 Jonathan Runnels LHP Rice University Yes 2008–2010 Rookie 30 Garett Green 2B San Diego State University Yes 2008–2009 AAA 31 Matt Magill RHP Royal High School Yes 2008–2020 MLB 32 Shan Sullivan 3B Angelo State University Yes 2008–2009 Rookie 33 Melvin Ray OF North Florida Christian High School Yes 2008–2010 Rookie 34 Andrew Darwin OF San Jacinto High School No 35 Adam Westmoreland LHP Brookland-Cayce High School No Marlins-2013 2013 Rookie 36 Jake New OF Tennessee Technological University Yes 2008 Rookie 37 Will Clinard RHP East Robertson High School No Tigers-2012 2012 AA 38 Tommy Nurre 1B Miami University of Ohio No Reds-2009 2009–2010 A 39 Matt Murray RHP Owen J. Roberts High School No Royals-2011 2011–2016 AAA 40 Jimmy Parque OF Skyline Junior College No Cardinals-2013 2012–2013 A+ 41 Jett Bandy C Thousand Oaks High School No Angels-2011 2011–2021 MLB 42 Adam Moskowitz 2B Valley High School No 43 Greg Zebrack OF Campbell Hall School No Nationals-2013 2013–2014 A 44 Matthew Reed LHP West Stanley High School No 45 Ryan Arp C University of Iowa Yes 2008–2009 AAA [1]