# 2008 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 2008 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 39th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, their 11th in the National League, and their 40th overall.
The season opened with optimism as the team attempted to build on the success of the 2007 season – their first winning season since 1992.
With 12 games remaining in the regular season, manager Ned Yost was fired and replaced with bench coach Dale Sveum. Under Sveum, the team completed the regular season 7–5, finishing second place in the National League Central with a record of 90–72 and winning the NL Wild Card. With the Wild Card berth, the team clinched its first playoff berth in 26 years. The season was highlighted by the midseason trade for ace pitcher CC Sabathia, who posted a 1.65 ERA in 130.2 innings pitched and won all but two starts.
In the NLDS, the Brewers were defeated 3–1 by the Philadelphia Phillies, who went on to win the World Series.

## Regular season

The Brewers played 20 extra inning games, the most of any MLB team in 2008.

### Season standings

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 97 | 64 | .602 | — | 55‍–‍26 | 42‍–‍38 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 90 | 72 | .556 | 7½ | 49‍–‍32 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Houston Astros | 86 | 75 | .534 | 11 | 47‍–‍33 | 39‍–‍42 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 11½ | 46‍–‍35 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 88 | .457 | 23½ | 43‍–‍38 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 67 | 95 | .414 | 30½ | 39‍–‍42 | 28‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

2008 National League recordvte Source: :
| 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 |

### Roster
## Player stats

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

### Batting
#### 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 |
| C | Jason Kendall | 151 | 516 | 127 | .246 | 2 | 49 |
| 1B | Prince Fielder | 159 | 588 | 162 | .276 | 34 | 102 |
| 2B | Rickie Weeks | 129 | 475 | 111 | .234 | 14 | 46 |
| SS | J.J. Hardy | 146 | 569 | 161 | .283 | 24 | 74 |
| 3B | Bill Hall | 128 | 404 | 91 | .225 | 15 | 55 |
| LF | Ryan Braun | 151 | 611 | 174 | .285 | 37 | 106 |
| CF | Mike Cameron | 120 | 444 | 108 | .243 | 25 | 70 |
| RF | Corey Hart | 157 | 612 | 164 | .268 | 20 | 91 |

#### 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 |
| Craig Counsell | 110 | 248 | 56 | .226 | 1 | 14 |
| Gabe Kapler | 96 | 229 | 69 | .301 | 8 | 38 |
| Russell Branyan | 50 | 132 | 33 | .250 | 12 | 20 |
| Ray Durham | 41 | 107 | 30 | .280 | 3 | 13 |
| Joe Dillon | 56 | 75 | 16 | .213 | 1 | 6 |
| Mike Rivera | 21 | 62 | 19 | .306 | 1 | 14 |
| Gabe Gross | 16 | 43 | 9 | .209 | 0 | 2 |
| Tony Gwynn Jr. | 29 | 42 | 8 | .190 | 0 | 1 |
| Hernán Iribarren | 12 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Laynce Nix | 10 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Lamb | 11 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Nelson | 9 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
| Alcides Escobar | 9 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| Ángel Salomé | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mat Gamel | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinny Rottino | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Ben Sheets | 31 | 198.1 | 13 | 9 | 3.09 | 158 |
| Dave Bush | 31 | 185.0 | 9 | 10 | 4.18 | 109 |
| Jeff Suppan | 31 | 177.2 | 10 | 10 | 4.96 | 90 |
| Manny Parra | 32 | 166.0 | 10 | 8 | 4.39 | 147 |
| C.C. Sabathia | 17 | 130.2 | 11 | 2 | 1.65 | 128 |
| Yovani Gallardo | 4 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 1.88 | 20 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Carlos Villanueva | 47 | 108.1 | 4 | 7 | 4.07 | 93 |
| Seth McClung | 37 | 105.1 | 6 | 6 | 4.02 | 87 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Salomón Torres | 71 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 3.49 | 51 |
| Brian Shouse | 69 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2.81 | 33 |
| Guillermo Mota | 58 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4.11 | 50 |
| Éric Gagné | 50 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5.44 | 38 |
| David Riske | 45 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5.31 | 27 |
| Mitch Stetter | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.20 | 31 |
| Mark DiFelice | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 20 |
| Tim Dillard | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.40 | 5 |
| Todd Coffey | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 |
| Derrick Turnbow | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15.63 | 5 |
| Julián Tavárez | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.59 | 10 |
| Zach Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 1 |

### Game log

2008 Game Log (90–72) :
March (1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31@ Cubs4–3 (10)Gagné (1–0)Howry (0–1)Riske (1)41,0891–0 :
April (14–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
2April 2@ Cubs8–2Suppan (1–0)Lilly (0–1)39,4682–0
3April 3@ Cubs6–3Dempster (1–0)Bush (0–1)Wood (1)37,9732–1
4April 4Giants13–4Villanueva (1–0)Sánchez (0–1)Torres (1)45,2123–1
5April 5Giants5–4Parra (1–0)Correia (0–1)Gagné (1)30,5744–1
6April 6Giants7–0Sheets (1–0)Zito (0–1)44,0145–1
7April 8Reds3–2 (10)Torres (1–0)Weathers (0–1)27,7176–1
8April 9Reds12–4Fogg (1–1)Bush (0–2)31,3136–2
9April 10Reds4–1Harang (1–1)Villanueva (1–1)Cordero (2)25,0236–3
10April 11@ Mets4–2Figueroa (1–0)Parra (1–1)Wagner (1)46,2146–4
11April 12@ Mets5–3Sheets (2–0)Santana (1–2)Gagné (2)54,7017–4
12April 13@ Mets9–7Torres (2–0)Sosa (1–1)Gagné (3)52,7948–4
13April 15@ Cardinals6–1Looper (3–0)Bush (0–3)39,4388–5
14April 16@ Cardinals5–4Wainwright (2–1)Villanueva (1–2)Isringhausen (6)40,7128–6
15April 17@ Cardinals5–3 (10)Shouse (1–0)Thompson (1–1)Gagné (4)36,8509–6
16April 18@ Reds5–2Sheets (3–0)Arroyo (0–2)Gagné (5)32,62910–6
17April 19@ Reds5–3 (10)Mota (1–0)Weathers (0–2)Gagné (6)26,41011–6
18April 20@ Reds4–3 (10)Burton (1–1)Gagné (1–1)26,90211–7
19April 21Cardinals4–3Franklin (1–1)Turnbow (0–1)Isringhausen (7)31,24011–8
20April 22Cardinals9–8 (12)McClung (1–0)Isringhausen (1–1)23,47812–8
21April 23Phillies5–4Stetter (1–0)Hamels (2–3)Turnbow (1)30,54813–8
22April 24Phillies3–1Gordon (1–2)Riske (0–1)Lidge (5)23,90513–9
23April 25Marlins3–0Gregg (3–0)Mota (1–1)40,08813–10
24April 26Marlins4–3Torres (3–0)Pinto (1–1)Gagné (7)44,16914–10
25April 27Marlins3–2Lindstrom (1–0)McClung (1–1)Gregg (4)41,65614–11
26April 29@ Cubs10–7Sheets (4–0)Marquis (1–1)Gagné (8)39,54315–11
27April 30@ Cubs19–5Dempster (4–0)Suppan (1–1)39,90815–12 :
May (13–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1@ Cubs4–3Shouse (2–0)Wood (2–1)Gagné (9)40, 84916–12
29May 2@ Astros7–4Oswalt (3–3)Villanueva (1–3)Valverde (6)39,71516–13
30May 3@ Astros6–2Backe (2–3)Parra (1–2)35,00216–14
31May 4@ Astros8–6Byrdak (1–0)Stetter (1–1)38,30116–15
32May 6@ Marlins3–0Olsen (3–0)Suppan (1–2)Gregg (6)10,11316–16
33May 7@ Marlins6–2Badenhop (1–2)Bush (0–4)10,40516–17
34May 8@ Marlins7–2Kensing (1–0)Villanueva (1–4)12,32116–18
35May 9Cardinals4–3Shouse (3–0)Isringhausen (1–4)42,70517–18
36May 10Cardinals5–3Springer (1–0)Gagné (1–2)Franklin (2)43,38217–19
37May 11Cardinals5–3Suppan (2–2)Looper (5–2)Shouse (1)41,19718–19
38May 12Cardinals8–3Bush (1–4)Wainwright (3–2)Mota (1)25,75719–19
39May 13Dodgers5–3Villanueva (2–4)Penny (5–4)Gagné (10)26,46520–19
40May 14Dodgers6–4Broxton (2–1)Mota (1–2)Saito (6)27,56220–20
41May 15Dodgers7–2Billingsley (3–5)Sheets (4–1)30,44420–21
42May 17@ Red Sox5–3Matsuzaka (7–0)Suppan (2–3)37,40920–22
43May 17@ Red Sox7–6Hansen (1–2)Torres (3–1)Timlin (1)37,84720–23
44May 18@ Red Sox11–7Beckett (5–3)Villanueva (2–5)37, 20420–24
45May 20@ Pirates7–2Parra (2–2)Maholm (2–5)11,76121–24
46May 21@ Pirates4–1Sheets (5–1)Snell (2–3)8,80522–24
47May 22@ Pirates8–4Gorzelanny (4–4)Bush (1–5)12,88722–25
48May 23@ Nationals5–1Sanches (1–0)Suppan (2–4)28,00722–26
49May 24@ Nationals5–2McClung (2–1)Lannan (4–5)Torres (2)30,02923–26
50May 25@ Nationals7–6Rauch (3–1)Mota (1–3)35,56723–27
51May 26@ Nationals4–3Villanueva (3–5)Rivera (3–2)Torres (3)28,55224–27
52May 27Braves3–2Torres (4–1)Bennett (0–3)28,87225–27
53May 28Braves1–0Suppan (3–4)Reyes (2–3)Torres (4)31,61226–27
54May 29Braves8–1Campillo (2–0)McClung (2–2)33,33426–28
55May 30Astros5–1Parra (3–2)Backe 4–632,03927–28
56May 31Astros4–1Sheets (6–1)Moehler (2–2)Torres (5)42,91328–28 :
June (16–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
57June 1Astros10–1Bush (2–5)Chacón (2–1)44,61329–28
58June 2D-backs4–3Mota (2–3)Slaten (0–2)Torres (6)27,56230–28
59June 3D-backs7–1McClung (3–2)Johnson (4–2)Shouse (2)29,47831–28
60June 4D-backs10–1Parra (4–2)Owings (6–4)27,53932–28
61June 6@ Rockies6–4Corpas (1–3)Mota (2–4)Fuentes (9)30,55832–29
62June 7@ Rockies7–2Reynolds (1–3)Bush (2–6)37,28332–30
63June 8@ Rockies3–2Suppan (4–4)Francis (2–6)Torres (7)32,25633–30
64June 10@ Astros6–1Oswalt (5–6)McClung (3–3)35,05833–31
65June 11@ Astros10–6Parra (5–2)Backe (4–8)33,80634–31
66June 12@ Astros9–6Sheets (7–1)Moehler (3–3)35,70935–31
67June 13Twins10–2Slowey (3–6)Bush (2–7)38,58635–32
68June 14Twins9–4Bass (3–2)Tavárez (0–1)43,81235–33
69June 15Twins4–2McClung (4–3)Baker (2–2)Torres (8)41,69336–33
70June 17Blue Jays7–0Parra (6–2)McGowan (5–5)37,06537–33
71June 18Blue Jays5–4Sheets (8–1)Marcum (5–4)34,44238–33
72June 19Blue Jays8–7Bush (3–7)Burnett (6–7)Torres (10)35,17339–33
73June 20Orioles8–5Cormier (1–2)Suppan (4–5)Sherrill (25)36,52639–34
74June 21Orioles3–2McClung (5–3)Cabrera (5–3)Torres (11)42,52140–34
75June 22Orioles7–3Parra (7–2)Olson (5–3)Torres (12)43,51741–34
76June 23@ Braves4–1Sheets (9–1)Reyes (3–5)25,66142–34
77June 24@ Braves4–3Bush (4–7)Morton (1–1)Torres (13)29,22443–34
78June 25@ Braves4–2Campillo (3–2)Suppan (4–6)González (2)34,82943–35
79June 27@ Twins7–6Guerrier (4–2)Mota (2–5)Nathan (22)30,10443–36
80June 28@ Twins5–1Parra (8–2)Hernández (8–5)38,96344–36
81June 29@ Twins5–0Slowey (5–6)Sheets (9–2)30,65544–37
82June 30@ D-backs6–3Davis (3–3)Bush (4–8)Lyon (17)23,04044–38 :
July (16–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1@ D-backs8–6Suppan (5–6)Johnson (4–7)Torres (14)21,73645–38
84July 2@ D-backs4–3Riske (1–1)Lyon (2–3)Torres (15)22,32446–38
85July 3@ D-backs6–5Rosales (1–0)Torres (4–2)23,84246–39
86July 4Pirates9–1Sheets (10–2)Gorzelanny (6–7)Villanueva (1)41,46347–39
87July 5Pirates2–1Gagné (2–2)Yates (3–2)39,17648–39
88July 6Pirates11–6Stetter (2–1)Bautista (1–2)42,16349–39
89July 7Rockies4–3Jiménez (4–8)McClung (5–4)Fuentes (14)35,16149–40
90July 8Rockies7–3Sabathia (7–8)Redman (2–4)42,53350–40
91July 9Rockies8–3Rusch (2–3)Sheets (10–3)37,09250–41
92July 10Rockies11–1Bush (5–8)de la Rosa (3–5)43,38951–41
93July 11Reds6–5Lincoln (1–2)Shouse (3–1)Cordero (19)41,22951–42
94July 12Reds8–2Vólquez (12–3)McClung (5–5)43,55651–43
95July 13Reds3–2Sabathia (8–8)Weathers (2–5)42,10852–43
96July 18@ Giants9–1Sabathia (9–8)Cain (5–8)40,88253–43
97July 19@ Giants8–5Villanueva (4–5)Matos (0–2)Torres (16)36,85254–43
98July 20@ Giants7–4Parra (9–2)Lincecum (11–3)Torres (17)37,50755–43
99July 21@ Cardinals6–3Torres (5–2)Franklin (3–3)41,00656–43
100July 22@ Cardinals4–3Shouse (4–1)McClellan(2–5)Torres (18)41,95557–43
101July 23@ Cardinals3–0Sabathia (10–8)Looper (9–8)41,51358–43
102July 24@ Cardinals4–3Gagné (3–2)Franklin(3–4)Torres (19)41,23359–43
103July 25Astros3–1Rodríguez (6–3)Parra (9–3)Valverde (26)41,35759–44
104July 26Astros6–4Gagné (4–2)Brocail (4–5)Torres (20)43,48960–44
105July 27Astros11–6Sampson (5–3)Suppan (5–7)41,56560–45
106July 28Cubs6–4Gaudin (7–4)Torres (5–3)Mármol (5)45,31160–46
107July 29Cubs7–1Zambrano (12–4)Sheets (10–4)45,06960–47
108July 30Cubs7–2Dempster (12–4)Parra (9–4)44,87160–48
109July 31Cubs11–4Harden (1–1)Bush (5–9)45,34660–49 :
August (20–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
110August 1@ Braves9–0Suppan (6–7)James (2–4)32,23861–49
111August 2@ Braves4–2Sabathia (5–0)Morton (2–5)Torres (21)42,09662–49
112August 3@ Braves5–0Campillo (6–4)Sheets (10–5)21,99762–50
113August 4@ Reds6–3Arroyo (10–8)Parra (9–5)Cordero (22)24,70662–51
114August 5@ Reds8–1Bush (6–9)Vólquez (13–5)24,73963–51
115August 6@ Reds6–3Suppan (7–7)Bailey (0–6)Torres (22)26,60264–51
116August 8Nationals5–0Sabathia (6–0)Balester (2–4)43,20965–51
117August 9Nationals6–0Sheets (11–5)Redding (8–7)42,97466–51
118August 10Nationals5–4Mota (3–5)Ayala (1–8)42,42367–51
119August 11Nationals7–1Bush (7–9)Mock (0–3)42,19668–51
120August 12@ Padres5–2Suppan (8–7)Baek (4–6)Torres (23)28,37369–51
121August 13@ Padres7–1Sabathia (7–0)Banks (3–5)32,77170–51
122August 14@ Padres3–2Peavy (9–8)Sheets (11–6)Hoffman (26)30,14570–52
123August 15@ Dodgers5–3Billingsley (12–9)Parra (9–6)Broxton (9)44,54770–53
124August 16@ Dodgers4–3 (10)Torres (6–3)Broxton (3–4)Riske (2)52,88971–53
125August 17@ Dodgers7–5Beimel (4–0)Villanueva (4–6)45,26771–54
126August 18Astros9–3Sabathia (8–0)Wolf (8–11)41,99172–54
127August 19Astros5–2Moehler (9–4)Sheets (11–7)Valverde (32)41,62272–55
128August 20Astros5–2Parra (10–6)Rodríguez (7–6)Torres (24)41,41973–55
129August 22Pirates10–4Bush (8–9)Duke (4–12)41,63774–55
130August 23Pirates6–3Suppan (9–7)Gorzelanny (6–8)Torres (25)43,29375–55
131August 24Pirates4–3 (12)Mota (4–5)Davis (1–4)45,16376–55
132August 26@ Cardinals12–0Sheets (12–7)Wellemeyer (11–5)41,12177–55
133August 27@ Cardinals5–3Franklin (5–5)Riske (1–2)Perez (6)41,43377–56
134August 29@ Pirates3–1Bush (9–9)Gorzelanny (6–9)Torres (26)18,08678–56
135August 30@ Pirates11–3Suppan (10–7)Maholm (8–8)21,93179–56
136August 31@ Pirates7–0Sabathia (9–0)Karstens (2–4)21,29380–56 :
September (10–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1Mets4–2Figueroa (3–3)Gagné (4–3)Ayala (4)41,47680–57
138September 2Mets6–5 (10)Smith (3–3)Torres (6–4)Ayala (5)36,58780–58
139September 3Mets9–2Pérez (10–7)Bush (9–10)26,23680–59
140September 4Padres5–2Estes (2–1)Suppan (10–8)Hoffman (28)33,18280–60
141September 5Padres3–2 (11)Shouse (5–1)Falkenborg (2–3)41,51981–60
142September 6Padres1–0Sheets (13–7)Peavy (9–10)42,66782–60
143September 7Padres10–1Young (5–5)Parra (10–7)44,56882–61
144September 8Reds5–4Burton (5–1)Torres (6–5)Cordero (28)30,86782–62
145September 9Reds5–4 (11)Adkins (1–0)McClung (5–6)Cordero (29)30,31282–63
146September 10Reds4–3Mota (5–5)Weathers (2–6)Torres (27)30,12483–63
147September 11@ Phillies6–3Moyer (14–7)Sheets (13–8)Lidge (36)39,99483–64
148September 13@ Phillies7–3Hamels (13–9)Parra (10–8)45,10583–65
149September 14@ Phillies7–3Eyre (4–0)Mota (5–6)43,95083–66
150September 14@ Phillies6–1Myers (10–11)Suppan (10–9)39,77683–67
151September 16@ Cubs5–4Dempster (16–6)Sabathia (9–1)Wood (31)40,73883–68
152September 17@ Cubs6–2DiFelice (1–0)Marquis (10–9)41,20084–68
153September 18@ Cubs7–6 (12)Wood (5–4)Villanueva (4–7)40,67884–69
154September 19@ Reds11–2Ramírez (1–0)Suppan (10–10)20,85584–70
155September 20@ Reds4–3Cueto (9–13)Sabathia (9–2)Cordero (32)24,44084–71
156September 21@ Reds8–1Coffey (1–0)Arroyo (15–11)22,62485–71
157September 23Pirates7–5Torres (7–5)Beam (2–2)36,61286–71
158September 24Pirates4–2Sabathia (10–2)Maholm (9–9)Torres (28)31,16487–71
159September 25Pirates5–1 (10)Stetter (3–1)Chavez (0–1)40,10288–71
160September 26Cubs5–1McClung (6–6)Marshall (3–5)44,08489–71
161September 27Cubs7–3Lilly (17–9)Sheets (13–9)45,28889–72
162September 28Cubs3–1Sabathia (11–2)Howry (7–5)45,29990–72 :

## Postseason

For the first time in 26 years (since 1982) the Brewers reached the playoffs.
They lost 3 games to 1 to the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS.
2008 Playoff Game Log (1–3) :
NLDS (1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 1@ Phillies1–3Hamels (1–0)Gallardo (0–1)Lidge (1)45,9290–1
2October 2@ Phillies2–5Myers (1–0)Sabathia (0–1)Lidge (2)46,2080–2
3October 4Phillies4–1Bush (1–0)Moyer (0–1)Torres (1)43,9921–2
4October 5Phillies2–6Blanton (1–0)Suppan (0–1)–43,9341–3 :

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 2008.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | Nashville Sounds | Pacific Coast League | Frank Kremblas |
| Double-A | Huntsville Stars | Southern League | Don Money |
| Class A-Advanced | Brevard County Manatees | Florida State League | Mike Guerrero |
| Class A | West Virginia Power | South Atlantic League | Jeff Isom |
| Rookie | Helena Brewers | Pioneer League | Rene Gonzales |
| Rookie | AZL Brewers | Arizona League | Tony Diggs |