2008 San Diego Padres season

The 2008 San Diego Padres season was the 40th season in franchise history. The Padres were attempting to win the NL West for the 3rd time in 4 years.

2008 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)John Moores
General manager(s)Kevin Towers
Manager(s)Bud Black
Local television4SD
Cablemas (Spanish)
Local radioXX Sports Radio
XEMO-AM (Spanish)
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Offseason

  • December 14, 2007: David Freese was traded by the San Diego Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Edmonds.[1]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

Player Pos
Brian Giles RF
Tadahito Iguchi 2B
Kevin Kouzmanoff 3B
Adrián González 1B
Scott Hairston CF
Khalil Greene SS
Josh Bard C
Paul McAnulty LF
Jake Peavy P
  • On April 15, Brian Giles doubled in two runs off Rockies starter Ubaldo Jiménez for RBI numbers 999 and 1,000 for his career. The Padres won 6–0.
  • Against the Colorado Rockies on April 17, at Petco Park, the Padres played the longest game in team history, in terms of innings (22), losing 2–1. The game was the second longest in team history, in terms of time, played in 6 hours, 16 minutes.
COL SD TOTAL
AT BATS 73 74 147
HITS 14 11 25
LEFT ON BASE 30 24 54
TEAM LOB 16 14 30
STRUCK OUT 20 17 37
PITCHES THROWN 321 338 659
TOTAL PLAYERS USED 21 21 42
TOTAL PITCHERS USED 8 7 15

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 8478 0.519 48–33 36–45
Arizona Diamondbacks 8280 0.506 2 48–33 34–47
Colorado Rockies 7488 0.457 10 43–38 31–50
San Francisco Giants 7290 0.444 12 37–44 35–46
San Diego Padres 6399 0.389 21 35–46 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

Game log

2008 Game Log

Roster

2008 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CNick Hundley6019847.237524
1BAdrián González162616172.27936119
2BTadahito Iguchi8130370.231224
SSKhalil Greene10538983.2131035
3BKevin Kouzmanoff154624162.2602384
LFChase Headley9133189.269938
CFJody Gerut10032897.2961443
RFBrian Giles147559171.3061263

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
OFScott Hairston11232681.2481731
2BEdgar Gonzalez11132589.274733

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Wade LeBlanc LHP

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Randy Ready
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Bill Masse
A Lake Elsinore Storm California League Carlos Lezcano
A Fort Wayne Wizards Midwest League Doug Dascenzo
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Greg Riddoch
Rookie AZL Padres Arizona League José Flores

References

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