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2008 National League  Previous Year Expanded Standings East Division Team W L WL% GB Phildlpa PHI 92 70 .568 -- NewYorkM NYM 89 73 .549 3.0 Florida FLA 84 77 .522 7.5 Atlanta ATL 72 90 .444 20.0 Washngtn WSN 59 102 .366 32.5 Central Division Team W L WL% GB ChicagoC CHC 97 64 .602 -- Milwkee MIL 90 72 .556 7.5 Houston HOU 86 75 .534 11.0 St.Louis STL 86 76 .531 11.5 Cincnnti CIN 74 88 .457 23.5 Pittsbgh PIT 67 95 .414 30.5 West Division Team W L WL% GB LosAngls LAD 84 78 .519 -- Arizona ARI 82 80 .506 2.0 Colorado COL 74 88 .457 10.0 SanFranc SFG 72 90 .444 12.0 SanDiego SDP 63 99 .389 21.0 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL | East | Central | West | Wildcard Postseason World Series (4-1):   Philadelphia Phillies over Tampa Bay Rays NL Championship Series (4-1):   Philadelphia Phillies over Los Angeles Dodgers NL Division Series (3-0):   Los Angeles Dodgers over Chicago Cubs NL Division Series (3-1):   Philadelphia Phillies over Milwaukee Brewers BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

2008 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 CHC  5.31   855  161  5588  1552  329  21  184  636  1186  .278  .354  .443   87   34 108  5.60  5.01
 NYM  4.93   799  162  5606  1491  274  38  172  619  1024  .266  .340  .420  138   36 107  4.79  5.07
 PHI  4.93   799  162  5509  1407  291  36  214  586  1117  .255  .332  .438  136   25 104  5.09  4.78
 STL  4.81   779  162  5636  1585  283  26  174  577   985  .281  .350  .433   73   32 111  4.62  5.00
 FLA  4.78   770  161  5499  1397  302  28  208  543  1371  .254  .326  .433   76   28 105  4.56  5.01
 ATL  4.65   753  162  5604  1514  316  33  130  618  1023  .270  .345  .408   58   27 104  4.74  4.56
 MIL  4.63   750  162  5535  1398  324  35  198  550  1203  .253  .325  .431  108   38 103  4.59  4.67
 COL  4.61   747  162  5557  1462  310  28  160  570  1209  .263  .336  .415  141   37  98  5.07  4.15
 PIT  4.54   735  162  5628  1454  314  21  153  474  1039  .258  .320  .403   57   19  99  4.46  4.62
 ARI  4.44   720  162  5409  1355  318  47  159  587  1287  .251  .327  .415   58   23  93  4.84  4.05
 HOU  4.42   712  161  5451  1432  284  22  167  449  1051  .263  .323  .415  114   52  99  4.59  4.26
 CIN  4.35   704  162  5465  1351  269  24  187  560  1125  .247  .321  .408   85   47  93  4.65  4.04
 LAD  4.32   700  162  5506  1455  271  29  137  543  1032  .264  .333  .399  126   43  98  4.33  4.31
 WSN  3.98   641  161  5491  1376  269  26  117  534  1095  .251  .323  .373   81   43  87  3.95  4.01
 SFG  3.95   640  162  5543  1452  311  37   94  452  1044  .262  .321  .382  108   46  88  3.88  4.02
 SDP  3.93   637  162  5568  1390  264  27  154  518  1259  .250  .317  .390   36   17  98  3.57  4.30
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.54 11741 2588 88595 23071 4729 478 2608 8816 18050  .260  .331  .413 1482  547

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 LAD  4.00   648  162  3.68  1447  1381   8.5   480  3.0  123  1205    5     4    11  35 116  3.27  4.73
 CHC  4.17   671  161  3.87  1450  1329   8.3   548  3.4  160  1264    2     1     8  44 115  4.19  4.15
 MIL  4.25   689  162  3.87  1455  1415   8.7   528  3.3  175  1110   12     6    10  45 111  4.04  4.47
 PHI  4.20   680  162  3.89  1449  1444   8.9   533  3.3  160  1081    4     3    11  47 113  4.17  4.22
 ARI  4.36   706  162  3.99  1434  1403   8.7   451  2.8  147  1229    6     2     9  39 115  4.52  4.20
 NYM  4.41   715  162  4.07  1464  1415   8.7   590  3.6  163  1181    5     2    12  43 103  4.30  4.53
 STL  4.48   725  162  4.20  1454  1517   9.4   496  3.1  163   957    2     1     7  42 101  4.40  4.56
 SFG  4.69   759  162  4.38  1442  1416   8.7   652  4.0  147  1240    4     2    12  41 100  4.95  4.42
 HOU  4.61   743  161  4.39  1425  1453   9.0   492  3.1  197  1095    4     3    13  48  97  4.61  4.62
 SDP  4.72   764  162  4.41  1458  1466   9.0   561  3.5  165  1100    3     0     6  30  87  4.10  5.33
 FLA  4.76   767  161  4.44  1435  1421   8.8   586  3.6  161  1127    2     1     8  36  96  4.77  4.76
 ATL  4.80   778  162  4.47  1440  1439   8.9   586  3.6  156  1076    2     1     7  26  95  5.00  4.60
 CIN  4.94   800  162  4.55  1442  1542   9.5   557  3.4  201  1227    2     1     6  34  99  4.94  4.94
 WSN  5.12   825  161  4.66  1434  1496   9.3   588  3.7  190  1063    2     0     8  28  94  5.33  4.93
 COL  5.07   822  162  4.77  1446  1547   9.5   562  3.5  148  1041    3     1     8  36  96  5.19  4.96
 PIT  5.46   884  162  5.10  1455  1631  10.1   657  4.1  176   963    3     2     7  34  81  5.00  5.91
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.54 11976 2588  4.30 23135 23315   9.0  8867  3.4 2632 17959   61          30 608

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Est. Payroll Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------
 CHC   99  118  .983   .703  3,300,200  40,743   98-63  55-26 42-38 106 104 30.0 28.9   0   8  18 $118,345,833 Piniella
 PHI   90  142  .985   .695  3,422,583  42,254   93-69  48-33 44-37 103 102 30.1 30.6   0   2  11  $97,879,880 Manuel
 MIL  101  160  .984   .700  3,068,458  37,882   87-75  49-32 41-40 100 100 28.6 29.9   0   3  13  $80,937,499 Yost and Sveum
 NYM   83  125  .986   .699  4,042,045  49,902   89-73  48-33 41-40  99  98 30.1 29.0   0   2  19 $137,793,376 Randolph and Manuel
 HOU   67  141  .989   .697  2,779,487  34,744   77-84  47-33 39-42  98  99 31.1 30.7   0   2  21  $88,930,414 Cooper
 STL   85  156  .986   .694  3,432,917  42,382   86-76  46-35 40-41  99  99 28.8 30.2   0   2  19  $99,624,449 LaRussa
 FLA  117  122  .980   .692  1,335,076  16,482   81-80  45-36 39-41  99  99 28.0 26.6   0   2   8  $21,811,500 Gonzalez
 LAD  101  137  .984   .690  3,730,553  46,056   87-75  48-33 36-45 100  99 28.5 29.5   0   1  18 $118,588,536 Torre
 ARI  113  136  .981   .685  2,509,924  30,987   82-80  48-33 34-47 107 107 26.7 29.4   0   2  10  $66,202,712 Melvin
 CIN  114  155  .981   .671  2,058,632  25,415   72-90  43-38 31-50 104 105 28.6 28.7   0   1   7  $74,117,695 Baker
 COL   96  176  .985   .677  2,650,218  32,719   74-88  43-38 31-50 107 107 27.5 28.5   0   2  10  $68,655,500 Hurdle
 ATL  107  149  .983   .692  2,532,834  31,270   79-83  43-38 29-52  99  99 27.1 28.6   0   2   9 $102,365,683 Cox
 SFG   96  130  .983   .685  2,863,837  35,356   68-94  37-44 35-46 102 102 29.6 27.1   0   2  16  $76,594,500 Bochy
 PIT  107  178  .983   .675  1,609,076  19,865   67-95  39-42 28-53  95  96 28.4 26.5   0   1   8  $48,689,783 Russell
 SDP   85  148  .986   .694  2,427,535  29,970   68-94  35-46 28-53  89  89 28.9 30.2   0   1  12  $73,677,616 Black
 WSN  123  141  .980   .686  2,320,400  29,005   62-99  34-46 25-56 101 102 27.8 27.4   0   1  20  $54,961,000 Acta
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Albert Pujols STL .357/.462/.653 Cy Young Award Tim Lincecum SFG 18-5  2.62 265 SO Rookie of the Year Geovany Soto CHC .285/.364/.504 Manager of the Year Lou Piniella NLCS MVP Cole Hamels PHI 2-0  1.93

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Greg Maddux Catcher Yadier Molina First Base Adrian Gonzalez Second Base Brandon Phillips Third Base David Wright Shortstop Jimmy Rollins Outfield Carlos Beltran, Nate McLouth, and Shane Victorino Silver Slugger Winners Pitcher Carlos Zambrano Catcher Brian McCann First Base Albert Pujols Second Base Chase Utley Third Base David Wright Shortstop Hanley Ramirez Outfield Ryan Braun, Matt Holliday, and Ryan Ludwick

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Jones-ATL .364 Pujols-STL .357 Holliday-COL .321 Guzman-WSN .316 Berkman-HOU .312	On-base % Jones-ATL .470 Pujols-STL .462 Berkman-HOU .420 Holliday-COL .409 Ramirez-FLA .400	Slugging % Pujols-STL .653 Ludwick-STL .591 Jones-ATL .574 Berkman-HOU .567 Braun-MIL .553	OPS Pujols-STL 1.114 Jones-ATL 1.044 Berkman-HOU .986 Ludwick-STL .966 Holliday-COL .947
Games Gonzalez-SDP 162 Howard-PHI 162 Beltran-NYM 161 Loney-LAD 161 Wright-NYM 160 Young-ARI 160	At Bats Reyes-NYM 688 Tejada-HOU 632 Cantu-FLA 628 Wright-NYM 626 Young-ARI 625	Plate Appearances (approx.) Reyes-NYM 763 Wright-NYM 735 Utley-PHI 707 Beltran-NYM 706 Gonzalez-SDP 700 Howard-PHI 700	Runs Ramirez-FLA 125 Beltran-NYM 116 Wright-NYM 115 Berkman-HOU 114 McLouth-PIT 113 Reyes-NYM 113 Utley-PHI 113
Hits Reyes-NYM 204 Wright-NYM 189 Pujols-STL 187 Guzman-WSN 183 Winn-SFG 183	Total Bases Pujols-STL 342 Braun-MIL 338 Wright-NYM 334 Howard-PHI 331 Reyes-NYM 327	Doubles Berkman-HOU 46 McLouth-PIT 46 Hart-MIL 45 Drew-ARI 44 Pujols-STL 44 Ramirez-CHC 44	Triples Reyes-NYM 19 Drew-ARI 11 Lewis-SFG 11 Rollins-PHI 9 Victorino-PHI 8
Home Runs Howard-PHI 48 Dunn-TOT 40 Delgado-NYM 38 Braun-MIL 37 Ludwick-STL 37 Pujols-STL 37	RBI Howard-PHI 146 Wright-NYM 124 Gonzalez-SDP 119 Pujols-STL 116 Delgado-NYM 115	Bases on Balls Dunn-TOT 122 Pujols-STL 104 Burrell-PHI 102 Berkman-HOU 99 Wright-NYM 94	Strikeouts Reynolds-ARI 204 Howard-PHI 199 Uggla-FLA 171 Young-ARI 165 Dunn-TOT 164
Stolen Bases Taveras-COL 68 Reyes-NYM 56 Rollins-PHI 47 Bourn-HOU 41 Pierre-LAD 40	Singles Theriot-CHC 154 Guzman-WSN 134 Winn-SFG 133 Reyes-NYM 132 Schumaker-STL 128	Adjusted OPS+ Pujols-STL 190 Jones-ATL 174 Berkman-HOU 159 Ludwick-STL 150 Ramirez-FLA 146	Runs Created Pujols-STL 160 Berkman-HOU 137 Ramirez-FLA 136 Wright-NYM 135 Utley-PHI 130
Adjusted Batting Runs Pujols-STL 77 Jones-ATL 54 Berkman-HOU 53 Ramirez-FLA 42 Wright-NYM 41	Batting Wins Pujols-STL 7.1 Jones-ATL 5.0 Berkman-HOU 4.9 Ramirez-FLA 3.9 Wright-NYM 3.9	Extra-Base Hits Braun-MIL 83 Pujols-STL 81 Ludwick-STL 80 Berkman-HOU 79 Howard-PHI 78 Utley-PHI 78	Times on Base Pujols-STL 296 Wright-NYM 287 Berkman-HOU 279 Ramirez-FLA 277 Reyes-NYM 271
Offensive Win% Pujols-STL .833 Jones-ATL .818 Berkman-HOU .757 Holliday-COL .752 Ramirez-FLA .729	Hit By Pitch Utley-PHI 27 Kouzmanoff-SDP 15 Iannetta-COL 14 Milledge-WSN 14 Rowand-SFG 14 Weeks-MIL 14 Willingham-FLA 14	Sac. Hits Dempster-CHC 19 Cook-COL 16 Taveras-COL 15 Looper-STL 13 Redding-WSN 13 Webb-ARI 13	Sac. Flies Molina-SFG 11 Wright-NYM 11 Atkins-COL 10 Fielder-MIL 10 Hart-MIL 9 Winn-SFG 9
Intentional Walks Pujols-STL 34 Delgado-NYM 19 Fielder-MIL 19 Berkman-HOU 18 Gonzalez-SDP 18	Grounded into Double Plays Tejada-HOU 32 Lee-CHC 27 Loney-LAD 25 Escobar-ATL 24 Gonzalez-SDP 24	Caught Stealing Reyes-NYM 15 Theriot-CHC 13 Pierre-LAD 12 Ramirez-FLA 12 Kemp-LAD 11 Victorino-PHI 11	Power/Speed Number Ramirez-FLA 34.0 Holliday-COL 26.4 Beltran-NYM 26.0 Reyes-NYM 24.9 McLouth-PIT 24.4
At Bats per Strikeout Keppinger-CIN 19.1 Molina-SFG 13.9 Kendall-MIL 11.5 Giles-SDP 10.8 Guzman-WSN 10.2	At Bats per Home Run Howard-PHI 12.7 Dunn-TOT 12.9 Pujols-STL 14.2 Ludwick-STL 14.5 Jacobs-FLA 14.9	Outs Reyes-NYM 516 Tejada-HOU 496 Young-ARI 496 Hart-MIL 485 Kouzmanoff-SDP 482	ERA Santana-NYM 2.53 Lincecum-SFG 2.62 Peavy-SDP 2.85 Dempster-CHC 2.96 Hamels-PHI 3.09 Sheets-MIL 3.09
Wins Webb-ARI 22 Lincecum-SFG 18 Dempster-CHC 17 Lilly-CHC 17 Oswalt-HOU 17 Volquez-CIN 17	Won-Loss % Wainwright-STL .786 Lincecum-SFG .783 Webb-ARI .759 Dempster-CHC .739 Volquez-CIN .739	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hamels-PHI 1.082 Nolasco-FLA 1.102 Haren-ARI 1.130 Lowe-LAD 1.133 Bush-MIL 1.141	Hits Allowed/9IP Lincecum-SFG 7.22 Peavy-SDP 7.57 Dempster-CHC 7.58 Hamels-PHI 7.64 Volquez-CIN 7.67
Bases on Balls/9IP Maddux-TOT 1.39 Haren-ARI 1.67 Nolasco-FLA 1.78 Lowe-LAD 1.92 Oswalt-HOU 2.03	Strikeouts/9IP Lincecum-SFG 10.51 Volquez-CIN 9.46 Billingsley-LAD 9.01 Peavy-SDP 8.60 Haren-ARI 8.58	Games Feliciano-NYM 86 Ohman-ATL 83 Marmol-CHC 82 Smith-NYM 82 Ayala-TOT 81 Romero-PHI 81	Saves Valverde-HOU 44 Lidge-PHI 41 Wilson-SFG 41 Cordero-CIN 34 Wood-CHC 34
Innings Santana-NYM 234.3 Hamels-PHI 227.3 Lincecum-SFG 227.0 Webb-ARI 226.7 Cain-SFG 217.7	Strikeouts Lincecum-SFG 265 Haren-ARI 206 Santana-NYM 206 Volquez-CIN 206 Billingsley-LAD 201	Games Started Arroyo-CIN 34 Cain-SFG 34 Jimenez-COL 34 Lilly-CHC 34 Lowe-LAD 34 Perez-NYM 34 Santana-NYM 34 Webb-ARI 34	Comp. Games Sabathia-MIL 7 Sheets-MIL 5 Oswalt-HOU 3 Santana-NYM 3 Webb-ARI 3
Shutouts Sabathia-MIL 3 Sheets-MIL 3 Hamels-PHI 2 Kuroda-LAD 2 Oswalt-HOU 2 Santana-NYM 2	Home Runs Allow. Backe-HOU 36 Harang-CIN 35 Lilly-CHC 32 Olsen-FLA 30 Suppan-MIL 30	Bases On Balls Allow. Perez-NYM 105 Jimenez-COL 103 Zito-SFG 102 Volquez-CIN 93 Cain-SFG 91	Hits Allowed Cook-COL 236 Duke-PIT 230 Arroyo-CIN 219 Looper-STL 216 Lohse-STL 211
SO to Walk Haren-ARI 5.15 Nolasco-FLA 4.43 Johnson-ARI 3.93 Hamels-PHI 3.70 Oswalt-HOU 3.51	Losses Harang-CIN 17 Zito-SFG 17 Lannan-WSN 15 Backe-HOU 14 Cain-SFG 14 Cueto-CIN 14 Duke-PIT 14 Looper-STL 14	Earned Runs Allow. Backe-HOU 112 Arroyo-CIN 106 Zito-SFG 103 Redding-WSN 100 Duke-PIT 99 Snell-PIT 99	Wild Pitches Lincecum-SFG 17 Parra-MIL 17 Jimenez-COL 16 de la Rosa-COL 14 Haren-ARI 11
Hit Batsmen Cueto-CIN 14 Kendrick-PHI 14 Volquez-CIN 14 Pelfrey-NYM 13 Owings-ARI 12 Webb-ARI 12 Wolf-TOT 12	Batters Faced Santana-NYM 964 Webb-ARI 944 Cain-SFG 933 Lincecum-SFG 928 Hamels-PHI 914	Games Finished Valverde-HOU 71 Cordero-CIN 63 Lidge-PHI 61 Gregg-FLA 59 Wood-CHC 56	Adjusted ERA+ Lincecum-SFG 167 Santana-NYM 166 Dempster-CHC 151 Hamels-PHI 142 Volquez-CIN 140
Salary Beltran-NYM $18,622,809 Santana-NYM $16,984,216 Helton-COL $16,600,000 Delgado-NYM $16,000,000 Zambrano-CHC $16,000,000	Oldest Player Moyer-PHI 1962-11-18 (45) Johnson-ARI 1963-09-10 (44) Glavine-ATL 1966-03-25 (42) Maddux-TOT 1966-04-14 (42) Alou-NYM 1966-07-03 (41)	Youngest Player Kershaw-LAD 1988-03-19 (20) Upton-ARI 1987-08-25 (20) Gillaspie-SFG 1987-07-18 (20) Maybin-FLA 1987-04-04 (21) Bruce-CIN 1987-04-03 (21)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Ben Sheets (MIL) C. Geovany Soto (CHC) 1B. Lance Berkman (HOU) 2B. Chase Utley (PHI) 3B. Chipper Jones (ATL) SS. Hanley Ramirez (FLA) LF. Ryan Braun (MIL) CF. Kosuke Fukudome (CHC) RF. Matt Holliday (COL) DH. Albert Pujols (STL)		Aaron Cook* (COL) Ryan Dempster* (CHC) Adrian Gonzalez* (SDP) Cristian Guzman* (WSN) Danny Haren* (ARI) Corey Hart* (MIL) Brad Lidge* (PHI) Tim Lincecum (SFG) Ryan Ludwick* (STL)		Carlos Marmol* (CHC) Russell Martin* (LAD) Brian McCann* (ATL) Nate McLouth* (PIT) Aramis Ramirez* (CHC) Alfonso Soriano (CHC) Miguel Tejada* (HOU) Dan Uggla* (FLA) Edinson Volquez* (CIN)		Billy Wagner* (NYM) Brandon Webb* (ARI) Brian Wilson* (SFG) Kerry Wood (CHC) David Wright* (NYM) Carlos Zambrano* (CHC)

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