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2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season

Field	Value
name	Los Angeles Dodgers
season	2008
misc	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

KCAL (9) Vin Scully, Charley Steiner, Steve Lyons Vin Scully, Rick Monday, Charley Steiner

KHJ Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela

The 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 119th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 51st season in Los Angeles, California, and their 47th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium.

The Dodgers celebrated 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.

Season standings

National League West

Record vs. opponents

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

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Pitchers

Game log

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

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || October 1 || @ Cubs || 7–2 || Lowe (1–0) || Dempster (0–1) || || 42,099 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || October 2 || @ Cubs || 10–3 || Billingsley (1–0) || Zambrano (0–1) || || 42,136 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || October 4 || Cubs || 3–1 || Kuroda (1–0) || Harden (0–1) || Broxton (1) || 56,000 || 3–0 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || October 9 || @ Phillies || 3–2 || Hamels (1–0) || Lowe (0–1) || Lidge (1) || 45,839 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || October 10 || @ Phillies || 8–5 || Myers (1–0) || Billingsley (0–1) || Lidge (2) || 45,883 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || October 12 || Phillies || 7–2 || Kuroda (1–0) || Moyer (0–1) || || 56,800 || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || October 13 || Phillies || 7–5 || Madson (1–0) || Wade (0–1) || Lidge (3) || 56,800 || 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |}}

Game 2, October 2

Wrigley Field in Chicago |}}

Game 3, October 4

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles |}}

[[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 |}}

Game 2, October 10

Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia |}}

Game 3, October 12

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles |}}

Game 4, October 13

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles |}}

Game 5, October 15

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles |}}

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, GB
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	John Shoemaker	35	35	4th in SOU South (2nd half), 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, GB
Rookie	DSL Dodgers	Dominican Summer League	Pedro Mega	27	44	11th in DSL B.C. South, 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.

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.

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

References

2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=2008&draft_type=junreg& 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft]

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