2008 Atlanta Braves | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Turner Field | |
City | Atlanta | |
Record | 72–90 (.444) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Liberty Media John Malone | |
General managers | Frank Wren | |
Managers | Bobby Cox | |
Television | SportsSouth FSN South WPCH-TV (Peachtree TV) Skip Caray through August 2, Pete Van Wieren, Chip Caray, Joe Simpson, Jon Sciambi, John Smoltz, | |
Radio | 94.9 FM WUBL 640 AM WGST Skip Caray through August 2, Pete Van Wieren, Chip Caray, Joe Simpson, Mark Lemke | |
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The 2008 Atlanta Braves season was the 43rd in Atlanta and the 138th overall. The Braves attempted to reclaim a postseason berth for the first time since 2005. They were once again skippered by Bobby Cox, now in his 19th season (of his second stint) managing Atlanta. As a result of John Schuerholz taking the position of team president, the Braves entered the offseason with Frank Wren as their general manager.
The team wore a patch on the right sleeve "BEACH" in honor of former Braves player and bench coach Jim Beauchamp, who had died after the previous season ended. [1]
2008 saw the departure of two of the team's longtime radio and television announcers. Skip Caray died on August 3, while Pete van Wieren announced his retirement on October 21. Both men had been broadcasting for the team since 1976.
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | — | 48–33 | 44–37 |
New York Mets | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | 3 | 48–33 | 41–40 |
Florida Marlins | 84 | 77 | 0.522 | 7½ | 45–36 | 39–41 |
Atlanta Braves | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 20 | 43–38 | 29–52 |
Washington Nationals | 59 | 102 | 0.366 | 32½ | 34–46 | 25–56 |
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | 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 |
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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Jeff Francoeur | 155 | 599 | 70 | 143 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 71 | .239 | 0 |
Kelly Johnson | 150 | 547 | 86 | 157 | 39 | 6 | 11 | 71 | .239 | 11 |
Brian McCann | 145 | 509 | 68 | 153 | 42 | 1 | 23 | 87 | .301 | 5 |
Gregor Blanco | 144 | 430 | 52 | 108 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 38 | .251 | 13 |
Yunel Escobar | 136 | 514 | 71 | 148 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 60 | .288 | 2 |
Chipper Jones | 128 | 439 | 82 | 160 | 24 | 1 | 22 | 75 | .364 | 4 |
Greg Norton | 111 | 171 | 27 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 31 | .246 | 0 |
Mark Teixeira | 103 | 381 | 63 | 108 | 27 | 0 | 20 | 78 | .283 | 0 |
Omar Infante | 96 | 317 | 45 | 93 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 40 | .293 | 0 |
Mark Kotsay | 88 | 318 | 39 | 92 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 37 | .289 | 2 |
Rubén Gotay | 88 | 102 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .235 | 1 |
Will Ohman | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Martin Prado | 78 | 228 | 36 | 73 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 33 | .320 | 3 |
Blaine Boyer | 72 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Jeff Bennett | 68 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | 0 |
Buddy Carlyle | 45 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | 0 |
Casey Kotchman | 43 | 152 | 18 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | .237 | 0 |
Matt Diaz | 43 | 135 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .244 | 4 |
Manny Acosta | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Brandon Jones | 41 | 116 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .267 | 1 |
Josh Anderson | 40 | 136 | 21 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 | .294 | 10 |
Royce Ring | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Jorge Campillo | 38 | 45 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .178 | 0 |
Julián Tavárez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Jair Jurrjens | 36 | 58 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .103 | 0 |
Mike Gonzalez | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Corky Miller | 31 | 60 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .083 | 0 |
Brent Lillibridge | 29 | 80 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .200 | 2 |
Clint Sammons | 23 | 54 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .148 | 0 |
Vladimir Nunez | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Jo-Jo Reyes | 22 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .133 | 0 |
Tim Hudson | 21 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .146 | 0 |
Chris Resop | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Charlie Morton | 14 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | 0 |
Brayan Peña | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | 0 |
Tom Glavine | 14 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .105 | 0 |
Rafael Soriano | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Mike Hampton | 13 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .208 | 0 |
Jorge Julio | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Jeff Ridgway | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Peter Moylan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Chuck James | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
James Parr | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 0 |
Phil Stockman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
John Smoltz | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
Elmer Dessens | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Jason Perry | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .118 | 0 |
Matt DeSalvo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Francisley Bueno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5604 | 753 | 1514 | 316 | 33 | 130 | 721 | .270 | 58 |
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
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Manny Acosta | 3 | 5 | 3.57 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 53.0 | 25 | 21 | 26 | 31 |
Jeff Bennett | 3 | 7 | 3.70 | 72 | 4 | 3 | 97.1 | 44 | 40 | 47 | 68 |
Blaine Boyer | 2 | 6 | 5.88 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 72.0 | 51 | 47 | 25 | 67 |
Jorge Campillo | 8 | 7 | 3.91 | 39 | 25 | 0 | 158.2 | 74 | 69 | 38 | 107 |
Buddy Carlyle | 2 | 0 | 3.59 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 62.2 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 59 |
Tom Glavine | 2 | 4 | 5.54 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 63.1 | 40 | 39 | 37 | 37 |
Mike Gonzalez | 0 | 3 | 4.28 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 33.2 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 44 |
Mike Hampton | 3 | 4 | 4.85 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 78.0 | 45 | 42 | 28 | 38 |
Tim Hudson | 11 | 7 | 3.17 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 142.0 | 53 | 50 | 40 | 85 |
Chuck James | 2 | 5 | 9.10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 29.2 | 30 | 30 | 20 | 22 |
Jair Jurrjens | 13 | 10 | 3.68 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 144.1 | 87 | 77 | 51 | 139 |
Charlie Morton | 4 | 8 | 6.15 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 74.2 | 56 | 51 | 41 | 48 |
Peter Moylan | 0 | 1 | 1.59 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Vladimir Núñez | 1 | 2 | 3.86 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 32.2 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 24 |
Will Ohman | 4 | 1 | 3.68 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 58.2 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 53 |
Chris Resop | 0 | 1 | 5.89 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 |
Jo-Jo Reyes | 3 | 11 | 5.81 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 113.0 | 77 | 73 | 52 | 78 |
James Parr | 1 | 0 | 4.84 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22.1 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 14 |
Jeff Ridgway | 1 | 0 | 3.72 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
Royce Ring | 2 | 1 | 8.46 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 16 |
John Smoltz | 3 | 2 | 2.57 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 28.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 36 |
Rafael Soriano | 0 | 1 | 2.57 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 14.0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
Phil Stockman | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
Julián Tavárez | 1 | 4 | 4.71 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 30 | 22 | 19 | 45 |
Team Totals | 72 | 90 | 4.47 | 118 | 162 | 26 | 1048.2 | 519 | 714 | 586 | 1076 |
See also: Minor League Baseball |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Richmond Braves | International League | Dave Brundage |
AA | Mississippi Braves | Southern League | Phillip Wellman |
A | Myrtle Beach Pelicans | Carolina League | Rocket Wheeler |
A | Rome Braves | South Atlantic League | Randy Ingle |
Rookie | Danville Braves | Appalachian League | Paul Runge |
Rookie | GCL Braves | Gulf Coast League | Luis Ortiz |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mississippi