# 2008 Atlanta Braves season

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.
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.

## Offseason
### October

* October 25: Claimed RHP Chris Resop off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and designated RHP Chad Paronto for assignment.
* October 29: Acquired OF Gorkys Hernández and RHP Jair Jurrjens from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for SS Édgar Rentería and cash considerations. Sent RHP Chad Paronto outright to Triple-A Richmond. He refused the assignment, becoming a free agent.

### November

* November 16: Acquired OF Josh Anderson from the Houston Astros in exchange for RHP Óscar Villarreal.
* November 19: Signed Tom Glavine to a one-year, $8 million contract.
* November 20: Designated INF Pete Orr for assignment. Orr was later released by the organization on November 28.
* November 30: Designated RHP Lance Cormier for assignment.

### December

* December 4: Acquired LHP Will Ohman and INF Omar Infante from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for RHP José Ascanio.
* December 4: Designated OF Willie Harris for assignment. Harris was released and became a free agent on December 12.
* December 17: Signed C Javy López to a minor-league contract and an invitation to spring training.

### January

* January 14: Acquired CF Mark Kotsay from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for RHP Joey Devine and minor league RHP Jamie Richmond.
* January 17: Acquired LHP Jeff Ridgway from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for utility infielder Willy Aybar and minor league infielder Chase Fontaine.

### March

* March 22: Javy López announces he will retire after being told he will not make the opening day roster.
* March 26: Tyler Yates traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for minor league pitcher Todd Redmond.
* March 28: Rubén Gotay claimed off of waivers from the New York Mets.
* March 31: Scott Spiezio signed to minor league contract. Released April 12.

### May

* May 5: Acquired utility-man Greg Norton from the Seattle Mariners for cash considerations.

## Regular season
### Season standings
#### National League East

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 :
| Braves Win | Braves Loss | Game Postponed |
2008 Regular Season Game Log :
March (0–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordTVRadio
1March 30@ Nationals2–3Rauch (1–0)Moylan (0–1)39,3892:220–1ESPNWGST/WUBL
2March 31Pirates11–12 (12)Osoria (1–0)Boyer (0–1)45,2694:280–2WPCHWGST/WUBL :
April (12–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordTVRadio
3April 2Pirates10–2Jurrjens (1–0)Gorzelanny (0–1)17,8932:571–2FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
4April 3Pirates3–4 (12)Yates (1–0)Resop (0–1)Capps (1)19,2403:211–3SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
—April 4MetsRescheduled for May 201–3
6April 5Mets11–5Hudson (1–0)Maine (0–1)36,1303:272–3FOXWGST/WUBL
7April 6Mets3–1Smoltz (1–0)Santana (1–1)Soriano (1)39,4142:353–3SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
8April 7@ Rockies1–2Herges (1–0)Boyer (0–2)Corpas (2)24,3042:053–4SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
9April 8@ Rockies3–4Jiménez (1–1)Jurrjens (1–1)Corpas (3)24,6402:243–5SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
10April 9@ Rockies6–12Redman (1–1)James (0–1)23,2102:443–6FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
—April 10@ RockiesRescheduled for June 163–6
12April 11@ Nationals3–0Hudson (2–0)Chico (0–2)Moylan (1)28,0512:154–6SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
13April 12@ Nationals10–2Smoltz (2–0)Lannan (0–2)32,5322:445–6SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
14April 13@ Nationals4–5Redding (2–1)Bennett (0–1)Rauch (2)29,1513:065–7SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
15April 15@ Marlins0–4Olsen (2–0)Jurrjens (1–2)10,4622:365–8SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
16April 16@ Marlins5–6Hendrickson (3–1)Hudson (2–1)Gregg (3)10,7122:415–9FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
17April 17@ Marlins8–0Smoltz (3–0)Nolasco (1–1)11,2372:536–9SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
18April 18Dodgers6–1Ohman (1–0)Lowe (1–1)38,2503:037–9WPCHWGST/WUBL
19April 19Dodgers4–1James (1–1)Billingsley (0–3)Acosta (1)40,4512:408–9FOXWGST/WUBL
20April 20Dodgers6–1Jurrjens (2–2)Kuroda (1–2)36,7723:119–9SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
21April 21Nationals7–3Hudson (3–1)Chico (0–4)16,7062:5010–9SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
22April 22Nationals0–6Lannan (1–2)Smoltz (3–1)23,4822:4810–10SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
23April 23Marlins2–7Miller (1–2)Bennett (0–1)19,8523:0510–11FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
24April 24Marlins7–4James (2–1)Badenhop (0–2)Acosta (2)19,9032:3411–11SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
25April 25@ Mets6–3Jurrjens (3–2)Pelfrey (2–1)52,4953:0612–11WPCHWGST/WUBL
26April 26@ Mets3–4Maine (2–2)Hudson (3–2)Wagner (5)51,3392:5612–12SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
27April 27@ Mets3–6Figueroa (2–1)Smoltz (3–2)Wagner (6)53,4872:4612–13SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
28April 29@ Nationals3–6Rivera (2–1)Boyer (0–3)Rauch (5)25,2852:4312–14SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
29April 30@ Nationals2–3Rivera (3–1)Acosta (0–1)29,4733:1712–15SportsSouthWGST/WUBL :
May (17–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordTVRadio
30May 2Reds2–0Hudson (4–2)Vólquez (4–1)32,0572:2113–15WPCHWGST/WUBL
31May 3Reds9–1Reyes (1–0)Belisle (1–2)37,9692:5814–15WPCHWGST/WUBL
32May 4Reds14–7Ring (1–0)Arroyo (1–4)33,7503:1615–15SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
33May 6Padres5–3Jurrjens (4–2)Young (2–3)Bennett (1)21,6572:4216–15SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
34May 7Padres5–2Hudson (5–2)Wolf (2–2)Acosta (2)25,1942:2217–15FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
35May 8Padres5–4Acosta (1–1)Thatcher (0–4)28,3373:1918–15SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
36May 9@ Pirates2–3Grabow (2–1)Bennett (0–2)21,0502:5518–16SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
37May 10@ Pirates2–5Gorzelanny (3–3)James (2–2)Capps (9)28,1412:1018–17SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
–May 11@ PiratesRescheduled for May 1218–17
39May 12@ Pirates0–5Duke (2–2)Jurrjens (4–3)18–18SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
38May 12@ Pirates8–1Hudson (6–2)Van Benschoten (0–1)16,6692:4019–18SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
40May 13@ Phillies4–5Kendrick (3–2)Reyes (0–1)Lidge (10)44,1012:4119–19SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
41May 14@ Phillies8–6Glavine (1–1)Myers (2–4)Boyer (1)36,0012:5120–19FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
42May 15@ Phillies0–5Hamels (5–3)James (2–3)34,1202:1320–20SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
43May 16Athletics3–2Acosta (2–1)Embree (1–2)31,0043:0221–20WPCHWGST/WUBL
44May 17Athletics4–5Harden (2–0)Hudson (6–3)38,3242:4921–21WPCHWGST/WUBL
45May 18Athletics5–2Reyes (2–1)Duchscherer (3–3)31,0252:4722–21SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
5May 20Mets6–1Glavine (2–1)Maine (5–3)26,8732:4423–21WPCHWGST/WUBL
46May 20Mets6–2Campillo (1–0)Vargas (0–2)Acosta (3)25,5902:3024–21SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
47May 21Mets11–4Jurrjens (5–3)Pelfrey (2–5)30,3353:1425–21FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
48May 22Mets4–2Hudson (7–3)Santana (5–3)Ohman (1)30,3482:2126–21WPCHWGST/WUBL
49May 23D-backs1–11Davis (2–1)Reyes (2–2)27,2632:3326–22WPCHWGST/WUBL
50May 24D-backs3–1Boyer (1–3)Slaten (0–1)36,2632:3927–22FOXWGST/WUBL
51May 25D-backs3–9Owings (6–2)Glavine (2–2)35,6283:2427–23SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
52May 26D-backs7–3Acosta (3–1)Webb (9–2)29,6353:0728–23SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
53May 27@ Brewers2–3Torres (4–1)Bennett (0–3)28,8722:2628–24SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
54May 28@ Brewers0–1Suppan (3–4)Reyes (2–3)Torres (4)31,6122:1528–25FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
55May 29@ Brewers8–1Campillo (2–0)McClung (2–2)33,3342:5629–25SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
56May 30@ Reds2–3 (11)Mercker (1–0)Ring (1–1)37,0153:0729–26SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
57May 31@ Reds7–8 (10)Cordero (2–0)Acosta (3–2)38,5853:4329–27FOXWGST/WUBL :
June (11–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordTVRadio
58June 1@ Reds2–6Cueto (4–5)Hudson (7–4)35,9422:4229–28SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
59June 2Marlins7–5 (10)Ohman (2–0)Kensing (3–1)20,8963:0130–28SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
60June 3Marlins5–4Ohman (3–0)Lindstrom (1–0)Soriano (2)25,4762:5931–28WPCHWGST/WUBL
61June 4Marlins4–6Miller (2–2)Acosta (3–3)Gregg (11)26,9173:0031–29WPCHWGST/WUBL
62June 5Marlins7–5Jurrjens (6–3)Nolasco (5–4)Soriano (3)27,2382:5332–29WPCHWGST/WUBL
63June 6Phillies3–4 (10)Gordon (5–2)Acosta (3–4)Lidge (16)34,0743:3632–30WPCHWGST/WUBL
64June 7Phillies2–6Romero (4–1)Reyes (2–4)43,8543:0232–31WPCHWGST/WUBL
65June 8Phillies3–6C. Durbin (2–1)Boyer (1–4)Lidge (17)33,3703:0932–32SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
66June 10@ Cubs5–10Lilly (6–5)Glavine (2–3)41,6242:5032–33WPCHWGST/WUBL
67June 11@ Cubs2–7Dempster (8–2)Bennett (0–4)41,4972:2532–34FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
68June 12@ Cubs2–3 (11)Wood (3–1)Acosta (3–5)41,5173:2232–35WPCHWGST/WUBL
69June 13@ Angels5–2Reyes (3–4)Garland (6–4)Bennett (2)43,9192:1733–35SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
70June 14@ Angels9–4Morton (1–0)Santana (8–3)43,8943:0034–35SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
71June 15@ Angels0–2Saunders (10–3)Campillo (2–1)Rodríguez (28)43,7232:1434–36ESPNWGST/WUBL
11June 16@ Rockies7–1Jurrjens (7–3)Jiménez (1–7)25,1203:0235–36SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
72June 17@ Rangers5–7Padilla (9–3)Hudson (7–5)Wilson (14)33,5582:4035–37WPCHWGST/WUBL
73June 18@ Rangers5–2Bennett (1–4)Wilson (0–2)González (1)38,5452:5036–37FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
74June 19@ Rangers4–5Wright (4–2)Boyer (1–5)28,8533:0436–38WPCHWGST/WUBL
75June 20Mariners2–10Rowland-Smith (1–1)Campillo (2–2)40,2682:5336–39WPCHWGST/WUBL
76June 21Mariners5–4Boyer (2–5)Batista (3–9)47,1583:1037–39WPCHWGST/WUBL
77June 22Mariners8–3Hudson (8–5)Silva (3–9)30,9652:2538–39SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
78June 23Brewers1–4Sheets (9–1)Reyes (3–5)25,6612:1438–40FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
79June 24Brewers3–4Bush (4–7)Morton (1–1)Torres (13)29,2242:3138–41WPCHWGST/WUBL
80June 25Brewers4–2Campillo (3–2)Suppan (4–6)González (2)34,8292:2939–41WPCHWGST/WUBL
81June 27@ Blue Jays4–0Jurrjens (8–3)McGowan (6–6)24,2822:3340–41SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
82June 28@ Blue Jays5–9Parrish (1–0)Hudson (8–6)28,5182:5840–42SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
83June 29@ Blue Jays0–1Burnett (8–7)Reyes (3–6)Ryan (16)30,5142:3540–43SportsSouthWGST/WUBL :
July (10–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordTVRadio
84July 1Phillies3–8Kendrick (8–3)Morton (1–2)29,2063:0740–44WPCHWGST/WUBL
85July 2Phillies3–7Eaton (3–6)Campillo (3–3)30,1383:1440–45FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
86July 3Phillies1–4Hamels (9–5)Jurrjens (8–4)Gordon (2)28,8052:2140–46WPCHWGST/WUBL
87July 4Astros6–2Hudson (9–6)Moehler (4–4)48,0452:3441–46WPCHWGST/WUBL
88July 5Astros1–6Sampson (4–3)Reyes (3–7)37,0492:3241–47WPCHWGST/WUBL
89July 6Astros7–6 (17)Ring (2–1)Byrdak (2–1)24,1695:3542–47SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
90July 7@ Dodgers0–3Kuroda (5–6)Campillo (3–4)39,8962:0342–48SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
91July 8@ Dodgers9–3Jurrjens (9–4)Billingsley (8–8)39,7023:0343–48SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
92July 9@ Dodgers1–2Lowe (7–8)Hudson (9–7)Saito (17)39,8152:0043–49FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
93July 11@ Padres0–4Peavy (7–5)Reyes (3–8)Hoffman (17)40,2322:2943–50SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
94July 12@ Padres4–1Morton (2–2)Maddux (3–8)González (3)42,4382:5344–50SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
95July 13@ Padres12–3Campillo (4–4)Wolf (6–9)31,3472:2645–50SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
–July 152008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in New York
96July 18Nationals7–6Hudson (10–7)Redding (7–4)González (4)39,8612:3246–50WPCHWGST/WUBL
97July 19Nationals2–8Lannan (6–9)Jurrjens (9–5)43,2852:4646–51WPCHWGST/WUBL
98July 20Nationals6–15Pérez (3–7)Reyes (3–9)29,3203:2546–52SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
99July 21@ Marlins4–0Campillo (5–4)Volstad (2–1)14,1552:2447–52SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
100July 22@ Marlins0–4VandenHurk (1–1)Morton (2–3)14,7212:3347–53SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
101July 23@ Marlins9–4Hudson (11–7)Nolasco (10–6)16,0682:5248–53FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
102July 25@ Phillies8–2Jurrjens (10–5)Kendrick (8–5)45,1142:5049–53WPCHWGST/WUBL
103July 26@ Phillies9–10Eaton (4–8)Boyer (2–6)Lidge (23)45,1073:1249–54FOXWGST/WUBL
104July 27@ Phillies10–12Condrey (3–2)Tavárez (0–3)Lidge (24)45,0963:1649–55SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
105July 28Cardinals3–12Looper (10–8)Morton (2–4)28,7052:5249–56SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
106July 29Cardinals3–8Franklin (4–4)Soriano (0–1)29,5413:0849–57WPCHWGST/WUBL
107July 30Cardinals2–7Thompson (4–2)Jurrjens (10–6)Villone (1)35,2573:1849–58FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
108July 31Cardinals9–4Bennett (2–4)Piñeiro (3–5)40,6532:4450–58WPCHWGST/WUBL :
August (9–20)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordTVRadio
109August 1Brewers0–9Suppan (6–7)James (2–4)32,2382:4450–59WPCHWGST/WUBL
110August 2Brewers2–4Sabathia (11–8)Morton (2–5)Torres (21)42,0962:3250–60FOXWGST/WUBL
111August 3Brewers5–0Campillo (6–4)Sheets (10–5)29,1772:3451–60SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
112August 4@ Giants2–4Cain (7–9)Jurrjens (10–7)Wilson (31)37,4732:4051–61SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
113August 5@ Giants11–4Hampton (1–0)Sánchez (8–8)36,0982:5552–61SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
114August 6@ Giants2–3Lincecum (12–3)James (2–5)Wilson (32)39,9552:1452–62FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
115August 7@ D-backs6–4Morton (3–5)Petit (1–3)Gonzalez (5)27,7982:4953–62SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
116August 8@ D-backs11–6Campillo (7–4)Davis (4–7)Bennett (3)27,9773:0554–62SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
117August 9@ D-backs11–4Jurrjens (11–7)Haren (12–6)36,2693:1655–62SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
118August 10@ D-backs1–6Webb (17–4)Hampton (1–1)35,8622:2955–63SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
–August 12CubsRescheduled for August 1355–63
119August 13Cubs2–10Marquis (8–7)Morton (3–6)27,2203:2455–64WPCHWGST/WUBL
120August 13Cubs0–8Harden (7–2)Campillo (7–5)33,7142:5355–65FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
121August 14Cubs7–11Lilly (12–6)Glavine (2–4)36,3653:1055–66FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
122August 15Giants1–5Cain (8–9)Jurrjens (11–8)30,6822:4455–67WPCHWGST/WUBL
123August 16Giants11–5Hampton (2–1)Palmer (0–1)41,8933:1856–67WPCHWGST/WUBL
124August 17Giants1–3Lincecum (13–3)Morton (3–7)Wilson (33)30,5033:0456–68SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
125August 18Giants0–5Zito (7–15)Campillo (7–6)18,1132:3356–69SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
126August 19@ Mets3–7Heilman (3–7)Bennett (2–5)50,5892:5756–70WPCHWGST/WUBL
127August 20@ Mets3–6Pelfrey (12–8)Jurrjens (11–9)50,1782:0856–71FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
128August 21@ Mets4–5Ayala (2–8)Núñez (0–1)51,9522:5856–72WPCHWGST/WUBL
129August 22@ Cardinals3–18Wainwright (7–3)Morton (3–8)Piñeiro (1)43,9263:0856–73SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
130August 23@ Cardinals8–4Carlyle (1–0)McClellan (2–6)Gonzalez (6)44,0743:1357–73FOXWGST/WUBL
131August 24@ Cardinals3–6Looper (12–10)Reyes (3–10)Perez (5)43,3612:3557–74SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
132August 26Marlins10–9Ohman (4–0)Gregg (6–7)17,5393:3158–74SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
133August 27Marlins1–4Johnson (4–0)Hampton (2–2)19,7552:1658–75FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
134August 28Marlins4–2Morton (4–8)Sánchez (2–3)Gonzalez (7)20,1552:2759–75SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
135August 29@ Nationals3–7Pérez (6–10)Campillo (7–7)Hanrahan (7)22,7372:5959–76SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
136August 30@ Nationals8–9 (10)Shell (1–1)Núñez (0–2)30,3263:4659–77SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
137August 31@ Nationals4–8Mock (1–3)Dessens (0–1)31,0902:4859–78SportsSouthWGST/WUBL :
September (13–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceTimeRecordTVRadio
138September 1@ Marlins3–4Lindstrom (3–2)Gonzalez (0–1)12,2092:4459–79SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
139September 2@ Marlins16–14Julio (1–0)Lindstrom (3–3)Gonzalez (8)14,0923:4460–79SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
140September 3@ Marlins3–5Waechter (4–2)Ohman (4–1)Nelson (1)11,2112:4860–80FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
141September 4Nationals2–0Parr (1–0)Martis (0–1)Gonzalez (9)18,7082:3161–80FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
142September 5Nationals10–5Jurrjens (12–9)Bergmann (2–11)25,0642:5562–80WPCHWGST/WUBL
143September 6Nationals5–8 (10)Hanrahan (6–3)Gonzalez (0–2)Shell (2)34,3692:5362–81SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
144September 7Nationals4–7 (14)Shell (2–1)Bennett (2–6)30,7534:3462–82SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
145September 9Rockies5–4 (10)Tavárez (1–3)Buchholz (6–6)21,8213:1063–82WPCHWGST/WUBL
146September 10Rockies9–5Bennett (3–6)Vizcaíno (1–1)19,6933:0564–82FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
147September 11Rockies8–4Jurrjens (13–9)Rusch (5–5)20,0392:5065–82WPCHWGST/WUBL
–September 12@ MetsRescheduled for September 1365–82
149September 13@ Mets3–2Ridgway (1–0)Schoeneweis (2–4)Gonzalez (10)66–82FOXWGST/WUBL
148September 13@ Mets0–5Niese (1–0)Reyes (3–11)54,7052:4466–83WGST/WUBL
150September 14@ Mets7–4Julio (2–0)Ayala (2–9)Gonzalez (11)56,0393:2967–83SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
151September 16Phillies7–8Madson (4–2)Gonzalez (0–3)Lidge (37)30,3193:4167–84SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
152September 17Phillies1–6Happ (1–0)Jurrjens (13–10)32,8212:4967–85FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
153September 18Phillies3–4Hamels (14–9)Hampton (2–3)Lidge (38)39,0702:4267–86WPCHWGST/WUBL
154September 19Mets5–9Feliciano (3–4)Tavárez (1–4)42,8033:2567–87WPCHWGST/WUBL
155September 20Mets4–2Campillo (8–7)Martínez (5–6)Gonzalez (12)50,1242:3868–87SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
156September 21Mets7–6Julio (3–0)Schoeneweis (2–5)Gonzalez (13)49,2223:2069–87SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
157September 22@ Phillies2–6Eyre (5–0)Bennett (3–7)36,7962:3769–88WPCHWGST/WUBL
158September 23@ Phillies3–2Hampton (3–3)Hamels (14–10)Gonzalez (14)39,3222:4670–88WPCHWGST/WUBL
159September 24@ Phillies10–4Carlyle (2–0)Myers (10–13)41,4303:1671–88FSN SouthWGST/WUBL
160September 26@ Astros4–5Valverde (6–3)Tavárez (1–5)33,4772:5771–89SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
161September 27@ Astros11–5Núñez (1–2)Backe (9–14)37,4912:5772–89SportsSouthWGST/WUBL
162September 28@ Astros1–3Rodríguez (10–7)Hampton (3–5)Valverde (45)37,1132:1972–90SportsSouthWGST/WUBL :

## 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 |
| 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 |

### 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 |
| 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 |
Source:2008 Atlanta Braves at Baseball Reference

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| 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 |
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