2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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2008 Los Angeles Dodgers
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2008 Information
Owner(s) Frank McCourt
General Manager(s) Ned Colletti
Manager(s) Joe Torre
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The 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season features the Dodgers celebrating their Golden Anniversary in Southern California under new manager Joe Torre as they attempt to win the National League West for the first time since 2004, and return to postseason, after missing the playoffs in 2007.

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[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

 v • d • e 
NL West		 W L Pct. GB Strk. Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 50 50 .500 — W2 30–21 20–29
Los Angeles Dodgers 49 51 .490 1 L1 25–24 24–27
Colorado Rockies 44 58 .431 7 W1 29–22 14–36
San Francisco Giants 41 58 .414 8½ W1 18–31 23–27
San Diego Padres 38 63 .376 12½ L1 23–30 15–33

[edit] Record vs. opponents

Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WAS AL
Diamondbacks – 2-2 0-3 1-2 8-1 1-5 2-1 5-3 2-5 3-3 3-4 2-2 5-4 4-4 0-0 4-2 6-9
Braves 2-2 – 0-3 3-3 1-3 6-4 2-1 4-2 2-4 7-2 1-8 2-5 5-1 0-0 0-0 4-7 8-7
Cubs 3-0 3-0 – 5-4 5-1 0-0 4-5 5-2 2-4 2-0 1-2 9-3 5-2 4-3 3-3 1-2 6-9
Reds 2-1 3-3 4-5 – 0-0 5-2 0-2 1-7 5-4 3-4 3-5 3-6 2-2 2-1 2-4 4-0 9-6
Rockies 1-8 3-1 1-5 0-0 – 3-1 2-1 3-6 4-3 3-6 0-5 4-0 5-4 4-5 3-4 0-0 7-8
Marlins 5-1 4-6 0-0 2-5 1-3 – 1-2 3-4 5-1 2-4 5-4 3-2 4-2 2-1 0-0 10-2 5-10
Astros 1-2 1-2 5-4 2-0 1-2 2-1 – 4-3 4-5 0-0 3-4 2-4 3-3 3-1 4-8 4-2 7-11
Dodgers 3-5 2-4 2-5 7-1 6-3 4-3 3-4 – 2-1 3-4 0-0 2-1 4-5 4-2 1-2 0-0 5-10
Brewers 5-2 4-2 4-2 4-5 3-4 1-5 5-4 1-2 – 2-1 1-1 5-1 0-0 6-0 5-4 2-2 7-8
Mets 3-3 2-7 0-2 4-3 6-3 4-2 0-0 4-3 1-2 – 7-3 1-1 0-4 5-1 2-2 5-4 9-6
Phillies 4-3 8-1 2-1 5-3 5-0 4-5 4-3 0-0 1-1 3-7 – 2-1 2-1 3-3 3-3 3-3 4-11
Pirates 2-2 5-2 3-9 6-3 0-4 2-3 4-2 1-2 1-5 1-1 1-2 – 0-0 3-0 6-6 3-4 6-9
Padres 4-5 1-5 2-5 2-2 4-5 2-4 3-3 5-4 0-0 4-0 1-2 0-0 – 3-5 1-6 2-1 3-15
Giants 4-4 0-0 3-4 1-2 5-4 1-2 1-3 2-4 0-6 1-5 3-3 0-3 5-3 – 4-3 4-0 6-12
Cardinals 0-0 0-0 3-3 4-2 4-3 0-0 8-4 2-1 4-5 2-2 3-3 6-6 6-1 3-4 – 5-1 7-8
Nationals 2-4 7-4 2-1 0-4 0-0 2-10 2-4 0-0 2-2 4-5 3-3 4-3 1-2 0-4 1-5 – 8-10
AL 9-6 7-8 9-6 6-9 8-7 10-5 11-7 10-5 8-7 6-9 11-4 9-6 15-3 12-6 8-7 10-8 –
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As of July 21, 2008.


[edit] Scoring by inning

(through June 19)

INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 TOTAL
OPPONENTS 39 36 38 36 52 20 37 30 13 1 0 0 0 303
DODGERS 47 28 25 36 38 33 50 25 23 2 0 0 1 308

[edit] Game log

[edit] Opening Day starters

Opening Day Starters
Name Position
Rafael Furcal Shortstop
Andre Ethier Leftfielder
Matt Kemp Rightfielder
Jeff Kent Second Baseman
Andruw Jones Centerfielder
Russell Martin Catcher
James Loney First Baseman
Blake DeWitt Third Baseman
Brad Penny Starting Pitcher

[edit] Player stats (Through July 2)

[edit] 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
James Loney 84 309 38 93 18 4 6 42 137 28 45 3 .359 .443 .301
Matt Kemp 78 291 39 82 19 3 7 44 128 22 84 17 .332 .440 .282
Russell Martin 82 289 44 89 15 0 9 40 131 46 39 8 .405 .453 .308
Juan Pierre (DL) 73 274 30 76 9 1 0 24 87 17 17 35 .327 .318 .277
Andre Ethier 74 265 38 73 19 0 8 33 116 23 39 2 .337 .438 .275
Jeff Kent 71 257 27 68 14 1 9 38 111 14 31 0 .313 .432 .265
Blake DeWitt 74 238 30 62 10 2 5 32 91 21 47 3 .324 .382 .261
Rafael Furcal (DL) 32 134 34 49 12 2 5 16 80 19 15 8 .448 .597 .366
Andruw Jones 43 133 18 22 6 1 2 7 36 20 45 0 .273 .271 .165
Chin-Lung Hu 49 107 13 17 1 2 0 7 22 9 21 1 .224 .206 .159
Delwyn Young 55 89 6 24 6 0 1 4 33 9 20 0 .337 .371 .270
Luis Maza 37 67 6 16 1 0 1 3 20 4 8 0 .282 .299 .239
Mark Sweeney (DL) 59 63 1 6 2 0 0 3 8 7 19 0 .183 .127 .095
Ángel Berroa 22 60 4 11 2 0 0 0 13 5 13 0 .246 .217 .183
Nomar Garciaparra 9 31 6 7 0 0 1 5 10 4 1 1 .314 .323 .226
Andy LaRoche 12 30 1 6 1 0 1 1 10 4 4 0 .294 .333 .200
Gary Bennett (DL) 10 21 1 4 1 0 1 4 8 2 0 0 .261 .381 .190
Danny Ardoin 6 16 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 .235 .188 .188
Jason Repko 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .000 .000 .000
Terry Tiffee 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .400 .250 .250

[edit] 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 18 18 111.1 5 8 0 3.88 29 82 112 55 48
Chad Billingsley 18 16 96.0 7 7 0 3.38 45 102 84 38 36
Hiroki Kuroda 15 15 89.1 4 6 0 3.73 28 51 89 43 37
Brad Penny (DL) 15 15 85.2 5 9 0 5.88 36 47 101 58 56
Chan Ho Park 23 3 55.0 4 2 1 2.45 20 41 53 16 15
Hong-Chih Kuo 19 3 46.1 3 1 0 1.94 12 56 35 10 10
Clayton Kershaw 8 8 38.2 0 2 0 4.42 24 33 39 19 19
Jonathan Broxton 35 0 35.1 2 2 0 3.57 14 44 29 15 14
Takashi Saito 33 0 34.2 3 3 13 2.34 11 48 30 10 9
Cory Wade 26 0 33.0 0 1 0 2.45 5 21 28 13 9
Scott Proctor (DL) 33 0 31.2 1 0 0 6.82 22 36 36 28 24
Joe Beimel 38 0 25.2 3 0 0 1.05 10 18 25 3 3
Esteban Loaiza (released) 7 3 24.0 1 2 0 5.63 5 9 24 15 15
Eric Stults 3 3 20.1 2 1 0 2.21 5 11 15 7 5
Ramon Troncoso 11 0 11.0 0 0 0 4.91 6 11 10 6 6
Brian Falkenborg 4 0 3.1 0 0 0 2.70 1 3 1 1 1
Yhency Brazobán 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 6.00 3 3 4 2 2

[edit] Current roster

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Infielders

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† 15-day disabled list
* Suspended list
# Bereavement list
Roster updated 2008-07-22
Transactions • Depth Chart

[edit] Transactions

[edit] December 2007

On December 5, OF Andruw Jones agreed to a 2 year deal worth $44.3 million.

[edit] January 2008

On January 20, Signed RHP Scott Proctor to a one-year contract.

[edit] February 2008

On February 4, Signed RHP Rudy Seanez to a one-year contract.

On February 12, Re-signed free agent 1B Mark Sweeney to a one-year contract.

[edit] March 2008

On March 26, Released RHP Rudy Seanez.

On March 31, Purchased the contracts of INF Blake DeWitt and INF Angel Chavez and placed INF Tony Abreu on the 15-day disabled list.

[edit] April 2008

On April 3, Purchased the contract of RHP Chan Ho Park from Triple-A Las Vegas and designated INF Angel Chavez for assignment.

On April 8, Sent RHP Eric Hull to the Boston Red Sox for SS Christian Lara and cash.

On April 24, Optioned INF Blake DeWitt to Triple-A Las Vegas and recalled RHP Cory Wade from Double-A Jacksonville.

On April 26, Placed INF Nomar Garciaparra on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left calf and recalled INF Blake DeWitt from Triple-A Las Vegas.

[edit] May 2008

On May 3, Reinstated 3B Andy LaRoche from the disabled list and optioned him to Triple-A Las Vegas.

On May 8, Placed RHP Esteban Loaiza on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 4, with tightness and spasms in his right shoulder.

On May 9, Recalled RHP Yhency Brazobán from Triple-A Las Vegas.

On May 13, Placed SS Rafael Furcal on the 15-day disabled list and purchased the contract of INF Luis Maza from Triple-A Las Vegas. Placed Tony Abreu on the 60-day disabled list, retroactive to opening day.

On May 20, Placed C Gary Bennett on the 15-day disabled list and purchased the contract of C Danny Ardoin from Triple-A Las Vegas. Moved Jason Schmidt to the 60-day disabled list, retroactive to opening day.

On May 24, Recalled LHP Clayton Kershaw from Double-A Jacksonville; activated RHP Esteban Loaiza from the DL, and designated him for assignment; optioned RHP Yhency Brazobán to Triple-A Las Vegas.

On May 25, Placed OF Andruw Jones on the 15-day disabled list with torn cartilage in right knee; purchased the contract of OF/IF Terry Tiffee from Triple-A Las Vegas, transferred IF Nomar Garciaparra from 15-day to 60-day disabled list.

[edit] June 2008

On June 2, Released RHP Esteban Loaiza.

On June 6, Acquired non-roster INF Ángel Berroa from the Kansas City Royals for non-roster INF Juan Rivera and cash.

On June 7, Purchased the contract of SS Ángel Berroa from Triple-A Las Vegas; designated INF Terry Tiffee for assignment.

On June 9, Optioned SS Chin-Lung Hu to Triple-A Las Vegas.

On June 10, Recalled INF Andy LaRoche from Triple-A Las Vegas.

On June 17, Placed RHP Brad Penny on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 15, with right shoulder tendinitis; Recalled LHP Eric Stults from Triple-A Las Vegas.

On June 20, Placed RHP Hiroki Kuroda on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder soreness; recalled RHP Ramon Troncoso from triple-A Las Vegas.

On June 25, Placed RHP Scott Proctor on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow tendinitis; purchased the contract of RHP Brian Falkenborg from Triple-A Las Vegas; Transfered C Gary Bennett to the 60-day disabled list.

[edit] 2008 Minor League Teams

Level		 Team League Manager W L Position
AAA Las Vegas 51s Pacific Coast League Lorenzo Bundy 41 34 2nd in PCL Pacific South, 3½ GB
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League John Shoemaker 2 1 tied for 1st in SOU South (2nd half), 0 GB
High A Inland Empire 66ers California League John Valentin 2 2 3rd in CAL South (2nd half), 1 GB
A Great Lakes Loons Midwest League Juan Bustabad 0 1 tied for 4th in MID Eastern, 1 GB
Rookie Ogden Raptors Pioneer League Mike Brumley 0 3 last in PIO South, 3 GB
Rookie Gulf Coast Dodgers Gulf Coast League Jeff Carter 1 0 tied for 1st in GCL East, 0 GB
Rookie DSL Dodgers Dominican Summer League Pedro Mega 9 7 4th in DSL B.C. South, 2 GB

[edit] References