2008 Baltimore Orioles season

The Baltimore 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.

2008 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record68–93 (.421)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Peter Angelos
General manager(s)Andy MacPhail
Manager(s)Dave Trembley
Local televisionMASN
WJZ-TV (CBS 13)
Local radioWHFS
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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.

Offseason

Transactions

New coaches

Regular season

Roster
2008 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Tampa Bay Rays 9765 0.599 — 57–24 40–41
Boston Red Sox 9567 0.586 2 56–25 39–42
New York Yankees 8973 0.549 8 48–33 41–40
Toronto Blue Jays 8676 0.531 11 47–34 39–42
Baltimore Orioles 6893 0.422 28½ 37–43 31–50

Record vs. opponents
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore–6–124–54–44–35–33–63–37–110–58–23–154–56–1211–7
Boston12–6–4–35–15–26–11–84–39–96–46–38–109–19–911–7
Chicago5–43–4–11–712–612–65–59–102–55–45–14–63–31–712–6
Cleveland4–41–57–11–11–710–84–58–104–35–44–55–26–46–16–12
Detroit3–42–56–127–11–7–113–67–114–23–67–33–46–33–513–5
Kansas City3–51–66–128–1011–7–2–36–125–56–37–23–52–72–513–5
Los Angeles6–38–15–55–46–33–2–5–37–310–914–53–612–76–310–8
Minnesota3–33–410–910–811–712–63–5–4–65–55–43–35–50–614–4
New York11–79–95–23–42–45–53–76–4–5–17–211–73–49–910–8
Oakland5–04–64–54–56–33–69–105–51–5-10–93–67–124–610–8
Seattle2–83–61–55–43–72–75–144–52–79–10–3–48–115–49–9
Tampa Bay15–310–86–42–54–35–36–33–37–116–34–3–6–311–712–6
Texas5–41–93–34–63–67–27–125–54–312–711–83–6–4–410–8
Toronto12–69–97–11–65–35–23–66–09–96–44–57–114–4–8–10

Game log
2008 Game Log

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CRamón Hernández133463119.2571565
1BKevin Millar145531124.2342072
2BBrian Roberts155611181.296957
3BMelvin Mora135513146.285.23104
SSJuan Castro5415131.205216
RFNick Markakis157595182.3062087
CFAdam Jones132477129.270957
LFLuke Scott148475122.2572365
DHAubrey Huff154598182.30432108

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jay Payton12733882.243741
Alex Cintrón6113338.286110
Brandon Fahey5810624.226012
Guillermo Quiróz5613425.187214
Freddie Bynum4011220.17908
Lou Montañez3811233.295314
Luis Hernández367919.24103
Oscar Salazar348123.284515
Omir Santos11101.10000
Eider Torres892.22200
Scott Moore481.12511

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Daniel Cabrera301808105.2595
Jeremy Guthrie30190.210123.63120
Garrett Olson26132.29106.6583
Radhames Liz1784.1666.7257

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Brian Burres31129.27106.0463
Chris Waters1164.2355.0133
Steve Trachsel1039.2258.3916
Adam Loewen721.1028.0214
Brian Bass521104.7113

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jamie Walker591306.8724
Dennis Sarfate574304.7486
George Sherrill5735314.7358
Jim Johnson542412.2338
Lance Cormier453314.0246
Randor Bierd290204.9125
Matt Albers283303.4926
Alberto Castillo281003.8123
Fernando Cabrera222105.4031
Rocky Cherry180316.3515
Greg Aquino900012.549
Kam Mickolio90105.878
Bob McCrory800015.635
Jim Miller80201.178
Ryan Bukvich40006.755
Alfredo Simón40006.238

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Norfolk Tides International League Gary Allenson
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Brad Komminsk
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Richie Hebner and Tommy Thompson
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Ramón Sambo
A-Short Season Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League Gary Kendall
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Orlando Gómez
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Jesús Alfaro

References
  • Game Logs:
1st Half: Baltimore Orioles Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: Baltimore Orioles Game Log on ESPN.com
  1. ESPN - With trade, Tejada gets change of scenery he wanted; Orioles restock roster - MLB
  2. ESPN - Orioles trade Bedard to Mariners for five prospects - MLB
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