# 2008 Florida Marlins season

The 2008 Florida Marlins season was the 16th season for the Major League Baseball franchise. Fredi González returned for his second season as manager. Despite having the lowest payroll in the Major Leagues, the Marlins finished with a record of 84–77, the fourth best record in franchise history, however, they failed to make the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.

## Offseason

* February 15, 2008: Signed outfielder Marcell Ozuna as a non-drafted free agent.

## Regular season
### April

The season started off well for the Marlins even though they lost the opening series to the New York Mets. They go on to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, sweep the Washington Nationals in their series, and take the first game of the series vs. Houston Astros while earning their 4th straight victory and leading their division with a 7–3 record by 1 1⁄2 games the first week. They tied the franchise record for the most victories in April, with 15.

### May

The Marlins started the month with a loss to the Dodgers, but after taking two of three from the Padres they swept the Brewers and the Nationals back-to-back to eventually improve to a Major League best record on May 11, before the Reds took three in a row in Cincinnati. After a rainout the Royals handed the Marlins their fourth consecutive loss, the last two of the interleague series were split. They went on to sweep the Arizona Diamondbacks, whom at that time had the National League's best record, and in that process stopped Brandon Webb from starting the season with a 10–0 record, a feat not accomplished since World War I. After winning the homes series against the Giants and losing to the Mets at Shea Stadium the Marlins split the first two of three in Philadelphia to finish May atop their division with a half-game edge over the Phillies. They were in first place or tied for first all through the month except for May 30.

### June

After a loss in Philadelphia, the Marlins fell back to second place in the division, but they could hold the second spot despite losing three of four in Atlanta. Back in Dolphin Stadium, they split a four-game series against the Reds. In the last game of the series on June 9, Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 600th career home run off Mark Hendrickson in a 9–4 loss. The Marlins finished their home stand winning two of three against the Phillies, and narrowed the gap to their division rival to three games. An interleague road swing starting in St. Petersburg saw both teams of the Citrus Series sporting records above .500 for the first time ever. Tampa Bay took the first two games, but an outstanding performance by Ricky Nolasco earned him the win and a shared NL Player of the Week award, and let the series finish on a high note for the Fish. For the first time in Seattle at Safeco Field, they took two of three on solid outings by youngsters Andrew Miller and Ryan Tucker, before heading after a day off to another new ballpark for a three-game series against the Oakland Athletics. Despite a Marlins' long ball attack with four home runs in the first encounter, the A's won it in extra innings to take two of three. After a day off the Marlins were swept in three games by their state rival Tampa Bay Rays to finish 2008 interleague play with a 5–10 record. The first loss to the D-Backs in 2008 was the only blemish in the last four games in June. Throughout the month in second place they trailed the Phillies only half a game in the division standings on June 30.

### July

The Marlins stayed in the top three of the NL East division throughout the month. They won or split all but two — against the Rockies and the Braves — of their series in July. Though they never held first place, they neither were back more than three games and finished the month seven games over .500, trailing the first place Phillies only by 1+1⁄2 games. Remarkable was a game at Coors Field on July 4, where the Marlins were vanquished after blowing a nine run lead to finally lose 18–17. Ironically, the Marlins led the NL with 32 come-from-behind wins as of the end of the month. The rotation was shaken up with the call-up of Chris Volstad on July 6. He earned his first win that same night in two innings of relief at Colorado, then earning his first win as a starter five days later at the Dodgers with a brilliant 8+2⁄3-inning performance, helping the Marlins take three of four in L.A. Right before the All-Star break, Josh Johnson made it back to the line-up, only eleven months after having undergone Tommy John surgery. On July 31, Aníbal Sánchez also had his comeback after shoulder surgery. Both of them boosted the rotation like the acquisition of top pitchers. Before the July 31 trade deadline, there were major rumors of the Fish acquiring Manny Ramírez for the rest of the season, but he eventually was traded to the Dodgers. The multiple rumors did not impact the squad, having beaten both the Cubs at Wrigley and their division rivals Mets at home twice, before taking the first game of a four-game series against the Rockies at Dolphin Stadium.
Hanley Ramírez was elected to start at shortstop for the NL in the All-Star Game, and finished 2-for-3 with a run scored. Fellow Marlin All-Star Dan Uggla competed in a memorable Home Run Derby, and became the first player with three errors in a single All-Star Game, a not so favorable distinction, along with three strikeouts in the longest MLB All-Star Game in history.

### August

August became a rough month for the Marlins, and for the first time in the season, the team significantly lost ground in the divisional race to the Mets and the Phillies. While the Fish started the month only one and a half games back, they fell to seven games behind the then first place New York Mets on August 31. The offense struggled, as did the bullpen. The solid rotation with Josh Johnson, Chris Volstad and an outstanding Ricky Nolasco was not enough to carry the team with a lack of production at the plate. After blowing a few late leads, closer Kevin Gregg was limited in his appearances while allowing his tender knee to heal. Matt Lindstrom took over as closer. The only series wins came on the road at the Phillies and the Diamondbacks, but without any back-to-back wins in the entirety of August, the Marlins could not keep pace with the division leading teams. Highlights in August were the first complete games since September 16, 2006, thrown by Ricky Nolasco on August 19 against the Giants, and followed up by Johnson's complete game on August 27 against the Braves. Nolasco's complete game ended an MLB record set by the Marlins for most games between complete games.

### September

The hopes of climbing back to first place in the National League East were low, but the Marlins kept battling in the month of September. In the process, they accomplished an MLB-first feat. With Jorge Cantú's 25th home run of the season, the Marlins' infielders became the first starting infielder foursome in MLB history to each hit 25 or more home runs. Additionally, Hanley Ramírez's decisive home run on September 13 made him the second Marlin ever to join the 30–30 club. During the month, the Marlins tied a franchise record of nine straight wins. This put them at 4 games back in the East division and 3.5 games back in the NL Wild Card race. That late surge wasn't enough though, as the Marlins lost the next four games. In the final season series, the Marlins played spoiler, ruining the Mets playoff chances by winning two of three in New York. The Marlins ended the season with an 84–77 record. This was their best non-playoff season record in franchise history, and third best season record overall.

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 44‍–‍37 |
| New York Mets | 89 | 73 | .549 | 3 | 48‍–‍33 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Florida Marlins | 84 | 77 | .522 | 7½ | 45‍–‍36 | 39‍–‍41 |
| Atlanta Braves | 72 | 90 | .444 | 20 | 43‍–‍38 | 29‍–‍52 |
| Washington Nationals | 59 | 102 | .366 | 32½ | 34‍–‍46 | 25‍–‍56 |

### 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 |

### Game log

Legend :
| Marlins win | Marlins loss | Game postponed |
2008 Florida Marlins game log :
March: 0-1
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31Mets7–2Santana (1–0)Hendrickson (0–1)38,3080–1 :
April: 15-11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
2April 1Mets5–4J. Miller (1–0)Wise (0–1)15,1171–1
3April 2Mets13–0Pérez (1–0)A. Miller (0–1)13,7201–2
4April 4Pirates5–4Gregg (1–0)Osoria (1–1)10,0892–2
5April 5Pirates7–3Hendrickson (1–1)Maholm (0–1)15,7523–2
6April 6Pirates9–2Snell (1–0)VandenHurk (0–1)10,4313–3
7April 7@ Nationals10–7Pinto (1–0)Redding (1–1)Gregg (1)20,4874–3
8April 9@ Nationals10–4Olsen (1–0)Bergmann (0–1)23,3405–3
9April 10@ Nationals4–3Hendrickson (2–1)Pérez (0–2)Gregg (2)24,5496–3
10April 11@ Astros10–6Nolasco (1–0)Oswalt (0–3)34,1917–3
11April 12@ Astros5–0Backe (1–1)Badenhop (0–1)34,3367–4
12April 13@ Astros5–1Rodríguez (2–0)A. Miller (0–2)29,7667–5
13April 15Braves4–0Olsen (2–0)Jurrjens (1–2)10,4628–5
14April 16Braves6–5Hendrickson (3–1)Hudson (2–1)Gregg (3)10,7129–5
15April 17Braves8–0Smoltz (3–0)Nolasco (1–1)11,2379–6
16April 18Nationals6–4Redding (3–1)J. Miller (1–1)Rauch (3)13,2799–7
17April 19Nationals6–5Gregg (2–0)Rivera (1–1)18,94410–7
18April 20Nationals6–1Olsen (3–0)Ayala (0–1)11,63511–7
19April 21@ Pirates10–4Hendrickson (4–1)Morris (0–3)8,44412–7
20April 22@ Pirates3–2Maholm (1–2)Nolasco (1–2)Capps (5)10,18512–8
21April 23@ Braves7–2A. Miller (1–2)Bennett (0–1)19,85213–8
22April 24@ Braves7–4James (2–1)Badenhop (0–2)Acosta (2)19,90313–9
23April 25@ Brewers3–0Gregg (3–0)Mota (1–1)40,08814–9
24April 26@ Brewers4–3Torres (3–0)Pinto (1–1)Gagné (7)44,16914–10
25April 27@ Brewers3–2Lindstrom (1–0)McClung (1–1)Gregg (4)41,65615–10
26April 29Dodgers7–6Beimel (2–0)Gregg (3–1)Saito (3)11,33415–11
27April 30Dodgers13–1Billingsley (1–4)Olsen (3–1)10,79215–12 :
May: 16-11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1Dodgers5–3Beimel (3–0)Gregg (3–2)Saito (4)15,55615–13
29May 2Padres6–4Hendrickson (5–1)Germano (0–3)Gregg (5)14,56216–13
30May 3Padres7–2Peavy (4–1)Nolasco (1–3)37,68916–14
31May 4Padres10–3A. Miller (2–2)Maddux (2–3)11,42217–14
32May 6Brewers3–0Olsen (3–0)Suppan (1–2)Gregg (6)10,11318–14
33May 7Brewers6–2Badenhop (1–2)Bush (0–4)10,40519–14
34May 8Brewers7–2Kensing (1–0)Villanueva (1–4)12,32120–14
35May 9@ Nationals7–3Nolasco (2–3)Redding (4–3)23,37921–14
36May 10@ Nationals11–0A. Miller (3–2)O'Connor (1–1)28,66322–14
37May 11@ Nationals5–4Kensing (2–0)Ayala (1–3)Gregg (7)25,87123–14
38May 12@ Reds8–7Harang (2–5)Tankersley (0–1)Cordero (6)15,23323–15
39May 13@ Reds5–3Vólquez (6–1)Hendrickson (5–2)Cordero (7)14,01523–16
40May 14@ Reds7–6Burton (2–1)Pinto (1–2)12,75623–17
–May 15@ RedsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled September 22
41May 16Royals7–6Tomko (2–4)A. Miller (3–3)Soria (11)14,82523–18
42May 17Royals7–3Kensing (3–0)Bannister (4–5)16,21424–18
43May 18Royals9–3Greinke (5–1)Badenhop (1–3)10,61724–19
44May 20Diamondbacks3–2Hendrickson (6–2)Owings (5–2)Gregg (8)10,69625–19
45May 21Diamondbacks3–1Nolasco (3–3)Webb (9–1)Gregg (9)11,22726–19
46May 22Diamondbacks4–0A. Miller (4–3)Haren (5–3)13,23327–19
47May 23Giants8–2Zito (1–8)Olsen (4–2)15,00327–20
–May 24GiantsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled May 25, (doubleheader)
48May 25Giants8–6Hendrickson (7–2)Misch (0–1)Gregg (10)14,67428–20
49May 25Giants5–4Gregg (4–2)Walker (2–3)14,67429–20
50May 26@ Mets7–3Nolasco (4–3)Pelfrey (2–6)51,48930–20
51May 27@ Mets5–3Santana (6–3)A. Miller (4–4)47,09330–21
52May 28@ Mets7–6Sánchez (1–0)J. Miller (1–2)47,76930–22
53May 30@ Phillies12–3Myers (3–6)Hendrickson (7–3)45,11830–23
54May 31@ Phillies7–3Nolasco (5–3)Hamels (5–4)45,26131–23 :
June: 12-16
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1@ Phillies7–5Moyer (6–3)Waechter (0–1)Lidge (13)45,31231–24
56June 2@ Braves7 – 5 (10)Ohman (2–0)Kensing (3–1)20,89631–25
57June 3@ Braves5–4Ohman (3–0)Lindstrom (1–0)Soriano (2)25,47631–26
58June 4@ Braves6–4J. Miller (2–2)Acosta (3–3)Gregg (11)26,91732–26
59June 5@ Braves7–5Jurrjens (6–3)Nolasco (5–4)Soriano (3)27,23832–27
60June 6Reds11–3Cueto (5–5)A. Miller (4–5)16,08432–28
61June 7Reds8–7Badenhop (2–3)Cordero (2–1)25,28933–28
62June 8Reds9–2Tucker (1–0)Harang (2–9)12,44434–28
63June 9Reds9–4Vólquez (9–2)Hendrickson (7–4)16,00334–29
64June 10Phillies5–4Nolasco (6–4)Myers (3–8)Gregg (12)12,41135–29
65June 11Phillies6–2Gregg (5–2)Gordon (5–3)14,12236–29
66June 12Phillies3–0Moyer (7–3)Olsen (4–3)Lidge (18)15,20236–30
67June 13@ Rays7–3Sonnanstine (7–3)Tucker (1–1)19,31236–31
68June 14@ Rays4–1Garza (5–3)Hendrickson (7–4)Percival (15)31,19536–32
69June 15@ Rays9–3Nolasco (7–4)Jackson (4–6)28,88637–32
70June 16@ Mariners6–1A. Miller (5–5)Silva (3–8)21,60938–32
71June 17@ Mariners5–4Hernández (6–5)Olsen (4–4)Morrow (2)20,21438–33
72June 18@ Mariners8–3Tucker (2–1)Dickey (1–3)24,16339–33
73June 20@ Athletics7–6Brown (1–0)Waechter (0–2)15,03539–34
74June 21@ Athletics6–4Pinto (2–2)Street (1–2)Gregg (13)19,28740–34
75June 22@ Athletics7–1Duchscherer (8–4)A. Miller (5–6)22,46140–35
76June 24Rays6–4Howell (6–0)Pinto (2–3)Percival (18)12,35240–36
77June 25Rays15–3Shields (5–5)Tucker (2–2)13,16540–37
78June 26Rays6–1Garza (6–4)Hendrickson (7–6)17,10740–38
79June 27Diamondbacks3–1Nolasco (8–4)Owings (6–7)Gregg (14)15,29141–38
80June 28Diamondbacks6–2Webb (12–4)A. Miller (5–7)27,77741–39
81June 29Diamondbacks4–3Nelson (1–0)Lyon (2–2)11,32742–39
82June 30Nationals6–5Gregg (6–2)Rauch (4–2)10,88843–39 :
July: 15-12
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1Nationals9–6Balester (1–0)Hendrickson (7–7)12,16643–40
84July 2Nationals4–2Nolasco (9–4)Manning (0–2)23,62444–40
85July 3@ Rockies6 – 5 (11)Herges (3–3)Gregg (6–3)48,08444–41
86July 4@ Rockies18–17Buchholz (3–2)Gregg (6–4)48,69144–42
87July 5@ Rockies12–6de la Rosa (3–4)Tucker (2–3)35,13744–43
88July 6@ Rockies10–5Volstad (1–0)Cook (11–6)27,16845–43
89July 7@ Padres3–1Nolasco (10–4)Maddux (3–7)Gregg (16)23,84046–43
90July 8@ Padres10–1Wolf (6–8)A. Miller (5–8)24,76246–44
91July 9@ Padres5–2Olsen (5–4)Baek (2–5)Gregg (17)31,18647–44
92July 10@ Dodgers5 – 4 (11)Nelson (2–0)Falkenborg (1–2)Gregg (18)40,41748–44
93July 11@ Dodgers3–1Volstad (2–0)Stults (2–2)Gregg (19)49,54549–44
94July 12@ Dodgers5–3Waechter (1–2)Troncoso (0–1)Gregg (20)55,22050–44
95July 13@ Dodgers9–1Billingsley (9–8)A. Miller (5–9)42,21350–45
96July 18Phillies4–2Moyer (9–6)Nolasco (10–5)Lidge (21)23,12450–46
97July 19Phillies9–5Olsen (6–4)Kendrick (8–4)26,52051–46
98July 20Phillies3 – 2 (11)Waechter (2–2)Condrey (2–2)17,72452–46
99July 21Braves4–0Campillo (5–4)Volstad (2–1)14,15552–47
100July 22Braves4–0Vandenhurk (1–1)Morton (2–3)14,72153–47
101July 23Braves9–4Hudson (11–7)Nolasco (10–6)16,06853–48
102July 24@ Cubs6–3Zambrano (11–4)Olsen (6–5)Mármol (4)41,48253–49
103July 25@ Cubs3–2J. Miller (3–2)Howry (3–4)Gregg (21)41,57054–49
104July 26@ Cubs3 – 2 (12)J. Miller (4–2)Gaudin (5–4)Gregg (22)41,47155–49
105July 27@ Cubs9–6Gaudin (6–4)Hendrickson (7–8)Samardzija (1)41,01755–50
106July 28Mets7–3Waechter (3–2)Smith (1–3)23,16556–50
107July 29Mets4–1Pérez (7–6)Olsen (6–6)Wagner (27)25,03256–51
108July 30Mets7–5Johnson (1–0)Pelfrey (9–7)Gregg (23)25,90257–51
109July 31Rockies12–2A. Sánchez (1–0)de la Rosa (5–6)13,63458–51 :
August: 11-17
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
110August 1Rockies5–2Jiménez (8–9)Volstad (2–2)Fuentes (19)16,55558–52
111August 2Rockies5–3Nolasco (11–6)de los Santos (0–1)Gregg (24)22,32459–52
112August 3Rockies3–2Buchholz (4–3)Nelson (2–1)Fuentes (20)14,31059–53
113August 5@ Phillies8–2Johnson (2–0)Moyer (10–7)44,89660–53
114August 6@ Phillies5–0Kendrick (10–5)A. Sánchez (1–1)45,07860–54
115August 7@ Phillies3–0Volstad (3–2)Hamels (9–8)Gregg (25)45,52161–54
116August 8@ Mets3–0Pérez (8–7)Nolasco (11–7)Heilman (1)50,30761–55
117August 9@ Mets8–6Schoeneweis (2–2)Olsen (6–7)Heilman (2)52,48461–56
118August 10@ Mets8–2Johnson (3–0)Pelfrey (10–8)54,24262–56
119August 11Cardinals4–2Piñeiro (5–5)A. Sánchez (1–2)Pérez (2)13,41962–57
120August 12Cardinals4–3Volstad (4–2)Lohse (13–5)Gregg (26)14,21163–57
121August 13Cardinals6–4Looper (11–9)Pinto (2–4)Pérez (3)15,22363–58
122August 14Cardinals3–0Wellemeyer (10–4)Olsen (6–8)15,60963–59
123August 15Cubs6–5Gaudin (6–4)Gregg (6–5)Kerry Wood (25)28,16363–60
124August 16Cubs2 -1A. Sánchez (2–2)Marshall (2–3)Gregg (27)39,12464–60
125August 17Cubs9–2Dempster (14–5)Pinto (2–5)19,08564–61
126August 19@ Giants6–0Nolasco (12–7)Correia (2–7)33,09865–61
127August 20@ Giants6–5Wilson (1–2)Lindstrom (1–2)30,39965–62
128August 21@ Giants4–3Wilson (2–2)Gregg (6–6)32,51565–63
129August 22@ Diamondbacks5–4Rhodes (3–1)Rauch (4–4)Gregg (28)28,20166–63
130August 23@ Diamondbacks7–1Petit (3–3)Volstad (4–3)44,29466–64
131August 24@ Diamondbacks5–2Nolasco (13–7)Davis (5–8)Gregg (29)31,51867–64
132August 26@ Braves10–9Ohman (4–0)Gregg (6–7)17,53967–65
133August 27@ Braves4–1Johnson (4–0)Hampton (2–2)19,75568–65
134August 28@ Braves4–2Morton (4–8)A. Sánchez (2–2)González (7)20,15568–66
135August 29Mets5–4Smith (2–3)Gregg (6–8)Ayala (3)20,04368–67
136August 30Mets4–3Lindstrom (2–2)Heilman (3–8)28,83069–67
137August 31Mets6–2Martínez (5–3)Olsen (6–9)16,12369–68 :
September: 15-9
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1Braves4–3Lindstrom (3–2)González (0–1)12,20970–68
139September 2Braves16–14Julio (1–0)Lindstrom (3–3)González (8)14,09270–69
140September 3Braves5–3Waechter (4–2)Ohman (4–1)Nelson (1)11,21171–69
141September 5@ Cardinals4 – 1 (11)Rhodes (4–1)Franklin (5–6)Lindstrom (1)42,63372–69
142September 6@ Cardinals5–3Wellemeyer (12–6)Olsen (6–10)Franklin (15)42,81472–70
143September 7@ Cardinals3–1Wainwright (9–3)Johnson (4–1)Pérez (7)46,04572–71
144September 8@ Phillies8–6Blanton (7–12)A. Sánchez (2–4)Lidge (35)38,92172–72
145September 9@ Phillies10–8Gregg (7–8)Kendrick (11–9)Lindstrom (2)40,55473–72
146September 10@ Phillies7–3Nolasco (14–7)Myers (9–11)38,66574–72
147September 12Nationals2–1Olsen (7–10)Martis (0–2)Lindstrom (3)12,12175–72
148September 13Nationals4–2Johnson (5–1)Redding (10–9)Lindstrom (4)16,30776–72
149September 14Nationals8–7A. Miller (6–9)Shell (2–2)Rhodes (2)12,02477–72
150September 16Astros5–1Volstad (5–3)Oswalt (15–10)12,23278–72
151September 17Astros14–2Nolasco (15–7)Backe (9–13)14,12479–72
152September 18Astros8–1Olson (8–10)Árias (1–1)14,21980–72
153September 19Phillies14–8Johnson (6–1)Myers (10–12)20,20281–72
154September 20Phillies3–2Blanton (3–0)A. Sánchez (2–5)Lidge (39)28,75781–73
155September 21Phillies5–2Moyer (15–7)Volstad (5–4)Lidge (40)28,17381–74
156September 22@ Reds7–5Harang (6–16)A. Miller (6–10)Cordero (33)13,56581–75
157September 23@ Nationals9–4Martis (1–3)Olsen (8–11)20,65781–76
158September 24@ Nationals9–4Johnson (7–1)Redding (10–11)23,29982–76
–September 25@ NationalsCancelled (rain) No make-up game was scheduled
159September 26@ Mets6–1Volstad (6–4)Pelfrey (13–11)49,54583–76
160September 27@ Mets2–0Santana (16–7)Nolasco (15–8)54,92083–77
161September 28@ Mets4–2Nelson (3–1)Schoeneweis (2–6)Lindstrom (5)56,05984–77 :

## Player stats
### Batting

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 |
| Jorge Cantú | 155 | 628 | 92 | 174 | 41 | 0 | 29 | 95 | .277 | 6 |
| Hanley Ramírez | 153 | 589 | 125 | 177 | 34 | 4 | 33 | 67 | .301 | 35 |
| Dan Uggla | 146 | 531 | 97 | 138 | 37 | 1 | 32 | 92 | .260 | 5 |
| Cody Ross | 145 | 461 | 59 | 120 | 29 | 5 | 22 | 73 | .260 | 6 |
| Jeremy Hermida | 142 | 502 | 74 | 125 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 61 | .249 | 6 |
| Mike Jacobs | 141 | 477 | 67 | 118 | 27 | 2 | 32 | 93 | .247 | 1 |
| Luis Gonzalez | 136 | 341 | 30 | 89 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 47 | .261 | 1 |
| Wes Helms | 132 | 251 | 28 | 61 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 31 | .243 | 0 |
| Alfredo Amezaga | 125 | 311 | 41 | 82 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 32 | .264 | 8 |
| Josh Willingham | 102 | 351 | 54 | 89 | 21 | 5 | 15 | 51 | .254 | 3 |
| Kevin Gregg | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Matt Lindstrom | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Matt Treanor | 65 | 206 | 18 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .238 | 1 |
| Renyel Pinto | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| John Baker | 61 | 197 | 32 | 59 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 32 | .299 | 0 |
| Joe Nelson | 55 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Logan Kensing | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Doug Waechter | 44 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | 0 |
| Robert Andino | 44 | 63 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .206 | 0 |
| Justin Miller | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Mark Hendrickson | 35 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .257 | 0 |
| Mike Rabelo | 34 | 109 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .202 | 0 |
| Scott Olsen | 33 | 62 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .129 | 0 |
| Ricky Nolasco | 32 | 63 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | 0 |
| Andrew Miller | 27 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .067 | 0 |
| Brett Carroll | 26 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .059 | 0 |
| Arthur Rhodes | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Taylor Tankersley | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Paul Lo Duca | 21 | 34 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .294 | 0 |
| Jacque Jones | 18 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .108 | 0 |
| Chris Volstad | 15 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .115 | 0 |
| Josh Johnson | 14 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .133 | 0 |
| Paul Hoover | 13 | 40 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | 0 |
| Burke Badenhop | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | 0 |
| Dallas McPherson | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | 0 |
| Ryan Tucker | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Cameron Maybin | 8 | 32 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | 4 |
| Lee Gardner | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Eulogio De La Cruz | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Gaby Sánchez | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 | 0 |
| Rick VandenHurk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jason Wood | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jesus Delgado | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jai Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5499 | 770 | 1397 | 302 | 28 | 208 | 741 | .254 | 76 |

### Pitching

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 |
| Ricky Nolasco | 15 | 8 | 3.52 | 34 | 32 | 0 | 212.1 | 88 | 83 | 42 | 186 |
| Scott Olsen | 8 | 11 | 3.41 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 201.2 | 106 | 94 | 69 | 113 |
| Kevin Gregg | 7 | 8 | 3.41 | 72 | 0 | 29 | 68.2 | 30 | 26 | 37 | 58 |
| Mark Hendrickson | 7 | 8 | 5.45 | 36 | 19 | 0 | 133.2 | 87 | 81 | 48 | 81 |
| Josh Johnson | 7 | 1 | 3.61 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 87.1 | 78 | 70 | 56 | 89 |
| Andrew Miller | 6 | 10 | 5.87 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 107.1 | 78 | 70 | 56 | 89 |
| Chris Volstad | 6 | 4 | 2.88 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 84.1 | 30 | 27 | 36 | 52 |
| Justin Miller | 4 | 2 | 4.24 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 46.2 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 43 |
| Doug Waechter | 4 | 2 | 3.69 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 63.1 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 46 |
| Matt Lindstrom | 3 | 3 | 3.14 | 66 | 0 | 5 | 57.1 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 43 |
| Joe Nelson | 3 | 1 | 2.00 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 54.0 | 16 | 12 | 22 | 60 |
| Logan Kensing | 3 | 1 | 4.23 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 55.1 | 56 | 56 | 33 | 55 |
| Ryan Tucker | 2 | 3 | 8.27 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 37.0 | 34 | 34 | 23 | 28 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | 2 | 5 | 5.57 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 51.2 | 35 | 32 | 27 | 50 |
| Renyel Pinto | 2 | 5 | 4.45 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 64.2 | 33 | 32 | 39 | 56 |
| Arthur Rhodes | 2 | 0 | 0.68 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 13.1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| Burke Badenhop | 2 | 3 | 6.08 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 47.1 | 34 | 32 | 21 | 35 |
| Rick VandenHurk | 1 | 1 | 7.71 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14.0 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 20 |
| Jesus Delgado | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Taylor Tankersley | 0 | 1 | 8.15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 13 |
| Lee Gardner | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Eulogio De La Cruz | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 84 | 77 | 4.44 | 161 | 161 | 36 | 1435.3 | 767 | 708 | 586 | 1127 |

## Draft
### Players selected

| Year | Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 | Kyle Skipworth | Catcher | United States | Patriot HS (California) |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Albuquerque Isotopes | Pacific Coast League | Dean Treanor |
| AA | Carolina Mudcats | Southern League | Matt Raleigh |
| A | Jupiter Hammerheads | Florida State League | Brandon Hyde |
| A | Greensboro Grasshoppers | South Atlantic League | Edwin Rodríguez |
| A-Short Season | Jamestown Jammers | New York–Penn League | Darin Everson |
| Rookie | GCL Marlins | Gulf Coast League | Steve Watson |