# 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season featured the Dodgers celebrating 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

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 84 | 78 | .519 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 82 | 80 | .506 | 2 | 48‍–‍33 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Colorado Rockies | 74 | 88 | .457 | 10 | 43‍–‍38 | 31‍–‍50 |
| San Francisco Giants | 72 | 90 | .444 | 12 | 37‍–‍44 | 35‍–‍46 |
| San Diego Padres | 63 | 99 | .389 | 21 | 35‍–‍46 | 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 |

## 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.

## Game log

2008 Game Log :
March/April (14–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31Giants5–0Penny (1–0)Zito (0–1)56,0001–0
2April 1Giants3–2Saito (1–0)Yabu (0–1)44,0542–0
3April 2Giants2–1Lincecum (1–0)Loaiza (0–1)Wilson (1)43,2172–1
4April 4@ Padres7–1Kuroda (1–0)Thatcher (0–1)42,4743–1
5April 5@ Padres4–1Peavy (2–0)Penny (1–1)38,8193–2
6April 6@ Padres3–2Broxton (1–0)Hoffman (0–2)Saito (1)44,1654–2
7April 7@ Diamondbacks9–3Haren (1–0)Loaiza (0–2)49,5074–3
8April 8@ Diamondbacks10–5Davis (1–1)Billingsley (0–1)28,9734–4
9April 9@ Diamondbacks4–3Owings (2–0)Kuroda (0–1)Lyon (1)23,3314–5
10April 11Padres7–5Peavy (3–0)Penny (1–2)Hoffman (3)54,0524–6
11April 12Padres11–1Lowe (1–0)Young (1–1)54,9555–6
12April 13Padres1–0Maddux (2–0)Billingsley (0–2)Hoffman (4)47,3575–7
13April 14Pirates6–4Yates (2–0)Saito (1–1)Capps (4)37,3345–8
14April 15Pirates11–2Loaiza (1–2)Morris (0–2)37,8966–8
15April 16Pirates8–1Penny (2–2)Maholm (0–2)53,6297–8
16April 18@ Braves6–1Ohman (1–0)Lowe (1–1)38,2507–9
17April 19@ Braves4–1James (1–1)Billingsley (0–3)Acosta (1)40,4517–10
18April 20@ Braves6–1Jurrjens (2–2)Kuroda (1–2)36,7727–11
19April 21@ Reds9–3Penny (3–2)Belisle (0–1)Park (1)14,4468–11
20April 22@ Reds8–1Vólquez (3–0)Kuo (0–1)14,7638–12
21April 23Diamondbacks8–3Lowe (2–1)Haren (3–1)Saito (2)42,5909–12
22April 24Diamondbacks6–4González (1–1)Billingsley (0–4)Lyon (6)38,3509–13
23April 25Rockies8–7 (13)Park (1–0)Buchholz (1–2)53,20510–13
24April 26Rockies11–3Penny (4–2)Redman (2–2)50,46911–13
25April 27Rockies3–2 (10)Beimel (1–0)Corpas (0–2)50,67012–13
26April 29@ Marlins7–6Beimel (2–0)Gregg (3–1)Saito (3)11,33413–13
27April 30@ Marlins13–1Billingsley (1–4)Olsen (3–1)10,79214–13 :
May (13–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1@ Marlins5–3Beimel (3–0)Gregg (3–2)Saito (4)15,55615–13
29May 2@ Rockies11–6Penny (5–2)Francis (0–3)30,29116–13
30May 3@ Rockies12–7Kuo (1–1)de la Rosa (0–1)38,59717–13
31May 4@ Rockies7–2Cook (5–1)Lowe (2–2)Buchholz (1)43,72617–14
32May 5Mets5–1Billingsley (2–4)Pérez (2–3)44,18118–14
33May 6Mets5–4Kuo (2–1)Figueroa (2–2)Saito (5)43,92719–14
34May 7Mets12–1Maine (4–2)Penny (5–3)40,69619–15
35May 9Astros7–1Moehler (1–0)Lowe (2–3)52,65819–16
36May 10Astros5–0Sampson (2–3)Billingsley (2–5)45,21219–17
37May 11Astros8–5Geary (1–1)Broxton (1–1)Valverde (8)40,21719–18
38May 13@ Brewers5–3Villanueva (2–4)Penny (5–4)Gagné (10)26,46519–19
39May 14@ Brewers6–4Broxton (2–1)Mota (1–2)Saito (6)27,56220–19
40May 15@ Brewers7–2Billingsley (3–5)Sheets (4–1)30,44421–19
41May 16@ Angels4–2Saunders (7–1)Kuroda (1–3)Rodríguez (17)44,04721–20
42May 17@ Angels6–3Kuo (3–1)Santana (6–1)43,90622–20
43May 18@ Angels10–2Weaver (3–5)Lowe (2–4)44,00722–21
44May 19Reds6–5Saito (2–1)Weathers (1–3)34,66923–21
45May 20Reds4–1Billingsley (4–5)Belisle (1–4)Saito (7)34,30624–21
46May 21Reds5–2Kuroda (2–3)Cueto (2–5)Saito (8)33,22425–21
47May 23Cardinals2–1Wainwright (4–2)Lowe (2–5)Franklin (3)52,28125–22
48May 24Cardinals4–0Lohse (4–2)Penny (5–5)44,78525–23
49May 25Cardinals4–3 (10)Saito (3–1)Parisi (0–1)46,56626–23
50May 26@ Cubs3–1Dempster (6–2)Billingsley (4–6)Wood (11)41,58326–24
51May 27@ Cubs3–1Gallagher (2–1)Kuroda (2–4)Wood (12)39,89426–25
52May 28@ Cubs2–1 (10)Howry (1–2)Park (1–1)39,94526–26
53May 29@ Mets8–4Vargas (2–2)Penny (5–6)52,88626–27
54May 30@ Mets9–5Park (2–1)Heilman (0–2)52,17627–27
55May 31@ Mets3–2Sánchez (2–0)Broxton (2–2)Wagner (11)53,52827–28 :
June (11–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
56June 1@ Mets6–1Santana (7–3)Kuroda (2–5)50,26327–29
57June 2Rockies8–2Lowe (3–5)Reynolds (0–3)39,09828–29
58June 3Rockies3–0Francis (2–5)Penny (5–7)Fuentes (7)38,54828–30
59June 4Rockies2–1Cook (8–3)Kershaw (0–1)Fuentes (8)36,39328–31
60June 5Cubs5–4Howry (2-2)Saito (3–2)Wood (17)44,98828–32
61June 6Cubs3–0Kuroda (3–5)Gallagher (3–2)52,48429–32
62June 7Cubs7–3Lowe (4–5)Zambrano (8–2)50,02030–32
63June 8Cubs3–1Marquis (4–3)Penny (5–8)Wood (18)49,99430–33
64June 10@ Padres7–2Proctor (1–0)Hampson (0–1)26,86031–33
65June 11@ Padres4–1Wolf (5–4)Billingsley (4–7)Hoffman (15)29,21831–34
66June 12@ Padres9–0Peavy (5–3)Kuroda (3–6)36,35431–35
67June 13@ Tigers5–0Galarrage (6–2)Lowe (4–6)Dolsi (2)40,43031–36
68June 14@ Tigers12–7Bonine (1–0)Penny (5–9)42,34831–37
69June 15@ Tigers5–4Robertson (5–6)Park (2–2)Jones (12)41,18931–38
70June 17@ Reds3–1Billingsley (5–7)Cueto (5–7)Saito (9)26,90632–38
71June 18@ Reds6–1Lowe (5–6)Arroyo (4–6)20,05533–38
72June 19@ Reds7–4Stults (1–0)Harang (3–10)Saito (10)30,13634–38
73June 20Indians6–4 (10)Borowski (1–2)Saito (3–3)Kobayashi (4)50,66734–39
74June 21Indians7–2 (11)Kobayashi (4–3)Wade (0–1)45,03634–40
75June 22Indians4–3Billingsley (6–7)Byrd (3–8)Saito (11)39,99335–40
76June 24White Sox6–1Buehrle (5–6)Lowe (5–7)43,90035–41
77June 25White Sox5–0Stults (2–0)Floyd (8–4)40,16236–41
78June 26White Sox2–0Danks (5–4)Kershaw (0–2)Jenks (17)37,95636–42
79June 27Angels6–0Park (3–2)Saunders (11–4)50,41937–42
80June 28Angels1–0Billingsley (7–7)Weaver (7–8)Saito (12)55,78438–42
81June 29Angels1–0Lackey (6–1)Lowe (5–8)Rodríguez (32)48,15538–43
82June 30@ Astros4–1Oswalt (7–8)Stults (2–1)Valverde (22)28,82738–44 :
July (16–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1@ Astros7–6 (11)Park (4–2)Wright (3–3)Saito (13)31,91439–44
84July 2@ Astros4–1Kuroda (4–6)Hernández (0–2)34,05840–44
85July 3@ Astros5–2Billingsley (8–7)Backe (5–9)Saito (14)35,69641–44
86July 4@ Giants10–7Lowe (6–8)Matos (0–1)Saito (15)40,44742–44
87July 5@ Giants5–2Zito (4–12)Falkenborg (0–1)Wilson (24)40,74142–45
88July 6@ Giants5–3Falkenborg (1–1)Cain (5–7)Saito (16)39,29043–45
89July 7Braves3–0Kuroda (5–6)Campillo (3–4)39,89644–45
90July 8Braves9–3Jurrjens (9–4)Billingsley (8–8)39,70244–46
91July 9Braves2–1Lowe (7–8)Hudson (9–7)Saito (17)39,81545–46
92July 10Marlins5–4 (11)Nelson (2–0)Falkenborg (1–2)Gregg (18)40,41745–47
93July 11Marlins3–1Volstad (2–0)Stults (2–2)Gregg (19)49,54545–48
94July 12Marlins5–3 (11)Waechter (1–2)Troncoso (0–1)Gregg (20)55,22045–49
95July 13Marlins9–1Billingsley (9–8)Miller (5–9)42,21346–49
96July 18@ Diamondbacks8–7 (11)Wade (1–1)Slaten (0–3)Broxton (1)38,56147–49
97July 19@ Diamondbacks3–2Haren (9–5)Billingsley (9–9)Lyon (20)41,45847–50
98July 20@ Diamondbacks6–5Troncoso (1–1)Lyon (2–4)Broxton (2)39,21748–50
99July 21@ Rockies16–10Falkenborg (2–2)Wells (1–2)38,29149–50
100July 22@ Rockies10–1Jiménez (6–9)Kershaw (0–3)41,56749–51
101July 23@ Rockies5–3Rusch (4–3)Kuroda (5–7)Fuentes (17)36,30549–52
102July 25Nationals3–2Billingsley (10–9)Lannan (6–10)Broxton (3)47,31350–52
103July 26Nationals6–0Lowe (8–8)Pérez (3–8)42,12251–52
104July 27Nationals2–0Kershaw (1–3)Bergmann (1–8)Broxton (4)38,66052–52
105July 28Giants7–6Correia (2–5)Kuroda (5–8)Wilson (28)37,48352–53
106July 29Giants2–0Johnson (1–0)Cain (6–9)Broxton (5)40,11053–53
107July 30Giants4–0Billingsley (11–9)Sánchez (8–7)41,28254–53
108July 31Diamondbacks2–1Webb (15–4)Lowe (8–9)Lyon (23)42,44054–54 :
August (13–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1Diamondbacks2–1Johnson (9–7)Park (4–3)Lyon (24)55,23954–55
110August 2Diamondbacks4–2Kuroda (6–8)Petit (1–2)Park (2)54,54455–55
111August 3Diamondbacks9–3Wade (2–1)Davis (4–6)52,97256–55
112August 5@ Cardinals6–4 (11)García (1–1)Johnson (1–1)40,77356–56
113August 6@ Cardinals9–6Piñeiro (4–5)Lowe (8–10)Perez (1)42,58156–57
114August 7@ Cardinals4–1Kershaw (2–3)Lohse (13–4)Broxton (6)40,50057–57
115August 8@ Giants6–2Penny (6–9)Zito (6–14)Broxton (7)40,14258–57
116August 9@ Giants3–2 (10)Walker (4–6)Broxton (2–3)41,96358–58
117August 10@ Giants5–4Taschner (3–1)Kuo (3–2)41,80458–59
118August 11Phillies8–6Lowe (9–10)Kendrick (10–6)Broxton (8)45,54759–59
119August 12Phillies4–3Kuo (4–2)Romero (4–4)47,58660–59
120August 13Phillies7–6Broxton (3–3)Condrey (3–3)45,78661–59
121August 14Phillies3–1Kuroda (7–8)Myers (5–10)Kuo (1)51,06062–59
122August 15Brewers5–3Billingsley (12–9)Parra (9–6)Broxton (9)44,54763–59
123August 16Brewers4–3 (10)Torres (6–3)Broxton (3–4)Riske (2)52,88963–60
124August 17Brewers7–5Beimel (4–0)Villanueva (4–6)45,26764–60
125August 19Rockies8–3Jiménez (9–11)Kuroda (7–9)46,68764–61
126August 20Rockies4–3Buchholz (6–3)Broxton (3–5)Fuentes (24)48,18364–62
127August 21Rockies3–1Lowe (10–10)de la Rosa (6–7)Broxton (10)44,88565–62
128August 22@ Phillies8–1Kendrick (11–7)Maddux (6–10)42,62065–63
129August 23@ Phillies9–2Hamels (11–8)Kershaw (2–4)45,01965–64
130August 24@ Phillies5–2 (11)Durbin (5–2)Beimel (4–1)43,03965–65
131August 25@ Phillies5–0Myers (7–10)Billingsley (12–10)40,87365–66
132August 26@ Nationals2–1Balester (3–6)Lowe (10–11)Hanrahan (5)26,11065–67
133August 27@ Nationals5–4Redding (9–8)Maddux (6–11)Hanrahan (6)22,90765–68
134August 28@ Nationals11–2Lannan (8–12)Kershaw (2–5)26,33865–69
135August 29@ Diamondbacks9–3Davis (6–8)Kuroda (7–10)32,61065–70
136August 30@ Diamondbacks6–2Billingsley (13–10)Haren (14–7)49,04566–70
137August 31@ Diamondbacks8–1Lowe (11–11)Webb (19–6)43,45667–70 :
September (17–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1Padres5–2Maddux (7–11)Young (4–5)Broxton (11)44,08768–70
139September 2Padres8–4Kershaw (3–5)Baek (4–10)39,33069–70
140September 3Padres6–4Kuroda (8–10)LeBlanc (0–1)Broxton (12)48,82270–70
141September 5Diamondbacks7–0Lowe (12–11)Haren (14–8)52,27071–70
142September 6Diamondbacks7–2Billingsley (14–10)Webb (19–7)47,54372–70
143September 7Diamondbacks5–3Kuo (5–2)Rauch (4–6)Broxton (13)54,13773–70
144September 8@ Padres4–0Baek (5-10)Maddux (7–12)25,94273–71
145September 9@ Padres6–2Beimel (5–1)Bell (6–6)26,61474–71
146September 10@ Padres7–2Lowe (13–11)Estes (2–2)27,20875–71
147September 12@ Rockies7–2Billingsley (15–10)Francis (4–10)30,14776–71
148September 13@ Rockies5–1Kershaw (4–5)de la Rosa (8–8)40,29177–71
149September 14@ Rockies1–0 (10)Corpas (3–3)Kuo (5–3)28,91077–72
150September 15@ Pirates8–2Kuroda (9–10)Ohlendorf (1–3)13,14778–72
151September 16@ Pirates6–2Lowe (14–11)Karstens (2–6)12,74179–72
152September 17@ Pirates15–8Grabow (6–3)Elbert (0–1)11,88379–73
153September 18@ Pirates4–3 (12)Proctor (2–0)Hansen (2–7)Broxton (14)12,70980–73
154September 19Giants7–1Zito (10–16)Maddux (7–13)55,58980–74
155September 20Giants10–7Saito (4–3)Walker (4–8)55,72481–74
156September 21Giants1–0 (11)Romo (3–1)Saito (4–4)Wilson (40)55,29481–75
157September 23Padres10–1Billingsley (16–10)LeBlanc (1–2)48,90582–75
158September 24Padres12–4Kershaw (5–5)Ekstrom (0–1)44,77683–75
159September 25Padres7–5Peavy (10–11)Stults (2–3)Hoffman (29)52,56983–76
160September 26@ Giants6–5 (10)Walker (5–8)Johnson (1–2)33,92083–77
161September 27@ Giants2–1Maddux (8–13)Cain (8–14)Saito (18)38,67384–77
162September 28@ Giants3–1Lincecum (18–5)Park (4–4)Wilson (41)39,16784–78 :

### Playoffs

2008 Post-Season :
National League Division Series (3–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceSeries
1October 1@ Cubs7–2Lowe (1–0)Dempster (0–1)42,0991–0
2October 2@ Cubs10–3Billingsley (1–0)Zambrano (0–1)42,1362–0
3October 4Cubs3–1Kuroda (1–0)Harden (0–1)Broxton (1)56,0003–0 :
National League Championship Series (1–4)
GameDateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceSeries
1October 9@ Phillies3–2Hamels (1–0)Lowe (0–1)Lidge (1)45,8390–1
2October 10@ Phillies8–5Myers (1–0)Billingsley (0–1)Lidge (2)45,8830–2
3October 12Phillies7–2Kuroda (1–0)Moyer (0–1)56,8001–2
4October 13Phillies7–5Madson (1–0)Wade (0–1)Lidge (3)56,8001–3
5October 15Phillies5–1Hamels (2–0)Billingsley (0–2)56,8001–4 :

## 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
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| Chicago | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| WP: Derek Lowe (1-0) LP: Ryan Dempster (0-1) Home runs: LAD: James Loney (1), Manny Ramírez (1), Russell Martin (1) CHC: Mark DeRosa (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2, October 2

Wrigley Field in Chicago
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Los Angeles | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 0 |
| Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| WP: Chad Billingsley (1-0) LP: Carlos Zambrano (0-1) Home runs: LAD: Manny Ramírez (2) CHC: None |||||||||||||

### Game 3, October 4

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Los Angeles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Hiroki Kuroda (1-0) LP: Rich Harden (0-1) Sv: Jonathan Broxton (1) |||||||||||||

## 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
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Cole Hamels (1-0) LP: Derek Lowe (0-1) Sv: Brad Lidge (1) Home runs: LAD: None PHI: Chase Utley (1), Pat Burrell (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2, October 10

Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Los Angeles | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| Philadelphia | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| WP: Brett Myers (1-0) LP: Chad Billingsley (0-1) Sv: Brad Lidge (2) Home runs: LAD: Manny Ramírez (1) PHI: None |||||||||||||

### Game 3, October 12

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Philadelphia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Los Angeles | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Hiroki Kuroda (1-0) LP: Jamie Moyer (0-1) Home runs: PHI: None LAD: Rafael Furcal (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 4, October 13

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Philadelphia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 1 |
| Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| WP: Ryan Madson (1-0) LP: Cory Wade (0-1) Sv: Brad Lidge (3) Home runs: PHI: Shane Victorino (1), Matt Stairs (1) LAD: Casey Blake (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 5, October 15

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| WP: Cole Hamels (2-0) LP: Chad Billingsley (0-2) Home runs: PHI: Jimmy Rollins (1) LAD: Manny Ramírez (2) |||||||||||||

## 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, 8+1⁄2 GB |
| AA | Jacksonville Suns | Southern League | John Shoemaker | 35 | 35 | 4th in SOU South (2nd half), 8+1⁄2 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, 3+1⁄2 GB |
| Rookie | DSL Dodgers | Dominican Summer League | Pedro Mega | 27 | 44 | 11th in DSL B.C. South, 23+1⁄2 GB |

## 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.
2008 Draft Picks :
| 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 |