2008 Cincinnati Reds season

2008 Cincinnati Reds
2008 Cincinnati Reds
Division	Central Division
Ballpark	Great American Ball Park
City	Cincinnati
Owners	Robert Castellini
Managers	Dusty Baker
Television	FSN Ohio
Radio	WLW (700 AM); Cincinnati Bell Reds Radio Network
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference

The Cincinnati Reds' 2008 season was their 127th in total and their sixth in their present home park, Great American Ball Park. The Reds play in the National League's central division; their divisional foes were the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, and Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cubs were the defending champions. The Reds had not made the playoffs since 1995.^[1]

The 2008 season was manager Dusty Baker's first with the Reds; the 19-year major league veteran outfielder from 1968 to 1986 with the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, and Oakland Athletics, previously managed the San Francisco Giants from 1993 to 2002 and the Chicago Cubs from 2003 to 2006. He took the entire 2007 off. Baker replaced Pete Mackanin, who was named the interim manager on July 1, 2007, after Jerry Narron, coincidentally hired as an interim manager himself,was fired.

Baker was the club's first-ever African American manager.^[2]

The season was dedicated to a number of people who died prior to the beginning of the season. Primarily, former Reds left-handed pitcher and longtime announcer Joe Nuxhall, affectionately known to fans as "The Ol' Lefthander", who died on November 15, 2007 of cancer. A patch that said "NUXY" was worn on Reds uniforms.

Other Reds figures who passed were Sheldon "Chief" Bender, a former major league pitcher who developed the Reds' minor league farm system in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. Bender died on February 27, 2008. He worked with general manager Bob Howsam, who had died eight days earlier, to develop the Reds into 1970s powerhouse team nicknamed "The Big Red Machine".

Just 21 games into the 2008 season, the Reds fired 3rd year General Manager Wayne Krivsky and replaced him with former St. Louis Cardinals General Manager Walt Jocketty. The Reds had at 9–12 record, tied for 4th in the NL Central standings at the time of the firing. It was the team's worst start since the 2003 season.The Reds again stirred up controversy in Cincinnati in late July and early August by first trading right fielder Ken Griffey, Jr., who a month earlier had hit his 600th home run, to the Chicago White Sox at the trade deadline. On their next off day they sent popular left fielder Adam Dunn to the Arizona Diamondbacks for two minor leaguers and pitcher Micah Owings.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	97	64	0.602	—	55–26	42–38
Milwaukee Brewers	90	72	0.556	7½	49–32	41–40
Houston Astros	86	75	0.534	11	47–33	39–42
St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	0.531	11½	46–35	40–41
Cincinnati Reds	74	88	0.457	23½	43–38	31–50
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	95	0.414	30½	39–42	28–53

Record vs. opponents

2008 National League record v t e Source: [1]
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

Roster

2008 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

56 Micah Owings

Manager

12 Dusty Baker

Coaches

55 Mark Berry (third base)
22 Billy Hatcher (first base)
49 Brook Jacoby (hitting)
59 Juan López (bullpen)
43 Dick Pole (pitching)
35 Chris Speier (bench)

2008 game log

The following is the Reds' 2008 season game log.^[3]^[4]

2008 game log

March

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	March 31	Diamondbacks	4–2	Webb (1–0)	Harang (0–1)	Lyon (1)	42,498	0–1

April

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
2	April 2	Diamondbacks	6–5	Affeldt (1–0)	Lyon (0–1)		14,016	1–1
3	April 3	Diamondbacks	3–2	Cueto (1–0)	Davis (0–1)	Cordero (1)	11,987	2–1
4	April 4	Phillies	8–4	Kendrick (1–0)	Fogg (0–1)		17,905	2–2
5	April 5	Phillies	4–3	Cordero (1–0)	Durbin (0–1)		23,069	3–2
6	April 6	Phillies	8–2	Vólquez (1–0)	Myers (0–1)		26,566	4–2
7	April 7	Phillies	5–3	Hamels (1–1)	Arroyo (0–1)	Lidge (1)	14,674	4–3
8	April 8	@ Brewers	3 – 2 (10)	Torres (1–0)	Weathers (0–1)		27,717	4–4
9	April 9	@ Brewers	12–4	Fogg (1–1)	Bush (0–2)		31,313	5–4
10	April 10	@ Brewers	4–1	Harang (1–1)	Villanueva (1–1)	Cordero (2)	25,023	6–4
11	April 11	@ Pirates	1–0	Grabow (1–0)	Burton (0–1)	Capps (2)	13,603	6–5
12	April 12	@ Pirates	4–3	Snell (2–0)	Lincoln (0–1)	Capps (3)	18,906	6–6
13	April 13	@ Pirates	9–1	Gorzelanny (1–1)	Cueto (1–1)		11,201	6–7
14	April 15	@ Cubs	9–5	Dempster (2–0)	Harang (1–2)		39,130	6–8
15	April 16	@ Cubs	12–3	Zambrano (2–1)	Fogg (1–2)		40,099	6–9
16	April 17	@ Cubs	9–2	Vólquez (2–0)	Lilly (0–3)		39,534	7–9
17	April 18	Brewers	5–2	Sheets (3–0)	Arroyo (0–2)	Gagné (5)	32,629	7–10
18	April 19	Brewers	5 – 3 (10)	Mota (1–0)	Weathers (0–2)	Gagné (6)	26,410	7–11
19	April 20	Brewers	4 – 3 (10)	Burton (1–1)	Gagné (1–1)		26,902	8–11
20	April 21	Dodgers	9–3	Penny (3–2)	Belisle (0–1)		14,446	8–12
21	April 22	Dodgers	8–1	Vólquez (3–0)	Kuo (0–1)		14,763	9–12
22	April 23	Astros	9–3	Sampson (1–2)	Arroyo (0–3)		16,017	9–13
23	April 24	Astros	5–3	Cassel (1–0)	Cueto (1–2)	Valverde (3)	17,403	9–14
24	April 25	@ Giants	3–1	Sánchez (2–1)	Harang (1–3)	Wilson (8)	34,657	9–15
25	April 26	@ Giants	10–9	Belisle (1–1)	Hennessy (1–1)	Cordero (3)	34,215	10–15
26	April 27	@ Giants	10–1	Vólquez (4–0)	Zito (0–6)		39,050	11–15
27	April 28	@ Cardinals	4–3	Arroyo (1–3)	Wellemeyer (2–1)	Cordero (4)	37,229	12–15
28	April 29	@ Cardinals	7–2	Piñeiro (2–2)	Cueto (1–3)		35,356	12–16
29	April 30	@ Cardinals	5–2	Looper (4–1)	Harang (1–4)	Isringhausen (9)	40,629	12–17

May

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
30	May 2	@ Braves	2–0	Hudson (4–2)	Vólquez (4–1)		32,057	12–18
31	May 3	@ Braves	9–1	Reyes (1–0)	Belisle (1–2)		37,969	12–19
32	May 4	@ Braves	14–7	Ring (1–0)	Arroyo (1–4)		33,750	12–20
33	May 5	Cubs	5–3	Cueto (2–3)	Dempster (4–1)	Cordero (5)	20,289	13–20
34	May 6	Cubs	3–0	Zambrano (5–1)	Harang (1–5)	Wood (5)	21,153	13–21
35	May 7	Cubs	9–0	Vólquez (5–1)	Lieber (2–2)		28,418	14–21
—	May 9	@ Mets	Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 10
36	May 10	@ Mets	12–6	Santana (4–2)	Belisle (1–3)		55,186	14–22
37	May 10	@ Mets	7–1	Arroyo (2–4)	Pelfrey (2–3)		47,673	15–22
38	May 11	@ Mets	8–3	Pérez (3–3)	Cueto (2–4)		49,264	15–23
39	May 12	Marlins	8–7	Harang (2–5)	Tankersley (0–1)	Cordero (6)	15,233	16–23
40	May 13	Marlins	5–3	Vólquez (6–1)	Hendrickson (5–2)	Cordero (7)	14,015	17–23
41	May 14	Marlins	7 – 6 (10)	Burton (2–1)	Pinto (1–2)		12,756	18–23
42	May 15	Marlins	Postponed (rain)
43	May 16	Indians †	4–3	Weathers (1–2)	Lewis (0–2)	Cordero (8)	33,433	19–23
44	May 17	Indians †	4–2	Bray (1–0)	Kobayashi (1–2)		42,023	20–23
45	May 18	Indians †	6–4	Vólquez (7–1)	Lee (6–1)	Cordero (9)	34,612	21–23
46	May 19	@ Dodgers	6–5	Saito (2–1)	Weathers (1–3)		34,669	21–24
47	May 20	@ Dodgers	4–1	Billingsley (4–5)	Belisle (1–4)	Saito (7)	34,306	21–25
48	May 21	@ Dodgers	5–2	Kuroda (2–3)	Cueto (2–5)	Saito (8)	33,224	21–26
49	May 22	@ Padres	8–2	Wolf (3–4)	Harang (2–6)		22,047	21–27
50	May 23	@ Padres	3–2	Weathers (2–3)	Hoffman (0–3)	Cordero (10)	26,422	22–27
51	May 24	@ Padres	7–2	Arroyo (3–4)	Ledezma (0–2)		27,499	23–27
52	May 25	@ Padres	12 – 9 (18)	Banks (1–0)	Vólquez (7–2)		36,508	23–28
53	May 27	Pirates	9–6	Cueto (3–5)	Snell (2–4)	Cordero (11)	17,694	24–28
54	May 28	Pirates	9–1	Arroyo (4–4)	Gorzelanny (4–5)		15,797	25–28
55	May 29	Pirates	7–2	Dumatrait (2–2)	Harang (2–7)		18,142	25–29
56	May 30	Braves	3 – 2 (11)	Mercker (1–0)	Ring (1–1)		37,015	26–29
57	May 31	Braves	8 – 7 (10)	Cordero (2–0)	Acosta (3–2)		38,585	27–29

June

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
58	June 1	Braves	6–2	Cueto (4–5)	Hudson (7–4)		35,942	28–29
59	June 2	@ Phillies	5–4	Kendrick (5–2)	Arroyo (4–5)	Lidge (14)	38,530	28–30
60	June 3	@ Phillies	3–2	Eaton (2–3)	Harang (2–8)	Lidge (15)	45,096	28–31
61	June 4	@ Phillies	2–0	Vólquez (8–2)	Myers (3–7)	Cordero (12)	45,223	29–31
62	June 5	@ Phillies	5–0	Hamels (6–4)	Bailey (0–1)		45,492	29–32
63	June 6	@ Marlins	11–3	Cueto (5–5)	Miller (4–5)		16,084	30–32
64	June 7	@ Marlins	8–7	Badenhop (2–3)	Cordero (2–1)		25,289	30–33
65	June 8	@ Marlins	9–2	Tucker (1–0)	Harang (2–9)		12,444	30–34
66	June 9	@ Marlins	9–4	Vólquez (9–2)	Hendrickson (7–4)		16,003	31–34
67	June 10	Cardinals	7–2	Boggs (1–0)	Bailey (0–2)		34,234	31–35
68	June 11	Cardinals	10–0	Looper (8–5)	Cueto (5–6)		19,851	31–36
69	June 12	Cardinals	6–2	Burton (3–1)	Worrell (0–1)		22,121	32–36
70	June 13	Red Sox †	3–1	Harang (3–9)	Masterson (3–1)	Cordero (13)	38,855	33–36
71	June 14	Red Sox †	6 – 4 (10)	Papelbon (3–2)	Lincoln (0–2)	Hansen (1)	40,947	33–37
72	June 15	Red Sox †	9–0	Beckett (7–4)	Bailey (0–3)		39,958	33–38
73	June 17	Dodgers	3–1	Billingsley (5–7)	Cueto (5–7)	Saito (9)	26,906	33–39
74	June 18	Dodgers	6–1	Lowe (5–6)	Arroyo (4–6)		20,055	33–40
75	June 19	Dodgers	7–4	Stults (1–0)	Harang (3–10)	Saito (10)	30,136	33–41
76	June 20	@ Yankees †	4–2	Vólquez (10–2)	Mussina (10–5)	Cordero (14)	53,421	34–41
77	June 21	@ Yankees †	6–0	Bray (2–0)	Giese (1–2)		54,509	35–41
78	June 22	@ Yankees †	4–1	Pettitte (8–5)	Cueto (5–8)	Rivera (21)	54,234	35–42
79	June 24	@ Blue Jays †	14–1	Burnett (7–7)	Arroyo (4–7)		28,153	35–43
80	June 25	@ Blue Jays †	6–5	Burton (4–1)	Wolfe (0–2)	Cordero (15)	25,437	36–43
81	June 26	@ Blue Jays †	7–1	Litsch (8–4)	Vólquez (10–3)		25,129	36–44
82	June 27	@ Indians †	6–0	Sabathia (6–8)	Thompson (0–1)		34,844	36–45
83	June 28	@ Indians †	5–0	Cueto (6–8)	Byrd (3–9)		39,506	37–45
84	June 29	@ Indians †	9–5	Arroyo (5–7)	Laffey (4–5)		37,079	38–45
85	June 30	Pirates	4–3	Cordero (3–1)	Capps (1–3)		20,745	39–45

July

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
86	July 1	Pirates	6–5 (11)	Capps (2–3)	Weathers (2–4)	Sánchez (1)	19,345	39–46
87	July 2	Pirates	9–5	Bautista (1–1)	Thompson (0–2)		16,890	39–47
88	July 3	Nationals	5–3	Cueto (7–8)	Colomé (2–2)	Cordero (16)	23,259	40–47
89	July 4	Nationals	3–0	Arroyo (6–7)	Bergmann (1–6)	Cordero (17)	22,626	41–47
90	July 5	Nationals	3–2	Cordero (4–1)	Hanrahan (5–3)		37,121	42–47
91	July 6	Nationals	6–5	Vólquez (11–3)	Balester (1–1)	Cordero (18)	28,814	43–47
92	July 8	@ Cubs	7–3	Dempster (10–3)	Harang (3–11)		41,360	43–48
93	July 9	@ Cubs	5–1	Zambrano (10–3)	Cueto (7–9)	Wood (23)	41,605	43–49
94	July 10	@ Cubs	12–7	Arroyo (7–7)	Lilly (9–6)		41,459	44–49
95	July 11	@ Brewers	6–5	Lincoln (1–2)	Shouse (3–1)	Cordero (19)	41,229	45–49
96	July 12	@ Brewers	8–2	Vólquez (12–3)	McClung (5–5)		43,556	46–49
97	July 13	@ Brewers	3–2	Sabathia (8–8)	Weathers (2–5)		42,108	46–50
98	July 17	Mets	10–8	Sánchez (4–1)	Cordero (4–2)	Wagner (23)	23,681	46–51
99	July 18	Mets	5–2	Arroyo (8–7)	Maine (8–7)	Cordero (20)	31,922	47–51
100	July 19	Mets	7–2	Fogg (2–2)	Pérez (6–6)		41,959	48–51
101	July 20	Mets	7–5	Sánchez (5–1)	Bray (2–1)	Wagner (24)	31,195	48–52
102	July 21	Padres	6–4	Hensley (1–0)	Cordero (4–3)	Hoffman (18)	18,177	48–53
103	July 22	Padres	4 – 3 (11)	Majewski (1–0)	Corey (1–3)		21,233	49–53
104	July 23	Padres	9–5	Arroyo (9–7)	Meredith (0–3)	Cordero (21)	22,970	50–53
105	July 25	Rockies	7–2	Cook (13–6)	Vólquez (12–4)		27,501	50–54
106	July 26	Rockies	5–1	de la Rosa (5–5)	Bailey (0–4)		33,981	50–55
107	July 27	Rockies	11–0	Jiménez (7–9)	Fogg (2–3)		28,246	50–56
108	July 28	@ Astros	5–4	Oswalt (8–8)	Cueto (7–10)	Valverde (27)	31,783	50–57
109	July 29	@ Astros	6–2	Moehler (6–4)	Arroyo (9–8)	Wright (1)	34,015	50–58
110	July 30	@ Astros	9–5	Vólquez (13–4)	Rodríguez (6–4)		30,272	51–58

August

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
111	August 1	@ Nationals	5–2	Pérez (4–8)	Bailey (0–5)		30,572	51–59
112	August 2	@ Nationals	10–6	Manning (1–2)	Lincoln (1–3)		30,970	51–60
113	August 3	@ Nationals	4–2	Balester (2–3)	Cueto (7–11)	Hanrahan (1)	32,939	51–61
114	August 4	Brewers	6–3	Arroyo (10–8)	Parra (9–5)	Cordero (22)	24,706	52–61
115	August 5	Brewers	8–1	Bush (6–9)	Vólquez		24,739	52–62
116	August 6	Brewers	6–3	Suppan (7–7)	Bailey (0–6)	Torres (22)	26,602	52–63
117	August 7	Astros	7–4	Oswalt (9–8)	Josh Fogg (2–4)		27,378	52–64
118	August 8	Astros	9 – 5 (10)	Sampson (6–4)	Cordero (4–4)		25,652	52–65
119	August 9	Astros	3–1	Moehler (8–4)	Arroyo (10–9)	Valverde (28)	26,044	52–66
120	August 10	Astros	13–4	Rodríguez (7–4)	Harang (3–12)		30,789	52–67
121	August 12	@ Pirates	5–1	Vólquez (14–5)	Karstens (2–1)		23.686	53–67
122	August 13	@ Pirates	5–2	Maholm (8–7)	Fogg (2–5)	Grabow (3)	15,787	53–68
123	August 14	@ Pirates	3–1	Cueto (8–11)	Snell (4–10)	Cordero (23)	35,439	54–68
124	August 15	Cardinals	5–3	Thompson (5–2)	Arroyo (10–10)	Perez (4)	26,234	54–69
125	August 16	Cardinals	9–3	Piñeiro (6–5)	Harang (3–13)		30,713	54–70
126	August 17	Cardinals	7–3	Vólquez (15–5)	Lohse (13–10)		37,468	55–70
127	August 19	@ Cubs	5–0	Harden (3–1)	Cueto (8–12)		41,208	55–71
128	August 20	@ Cubs	2–1	Arroyo (11–10)	Lilly (12–7)		40,509	56–71
129	August 21	@ Cubs	3–2	Zambrano (13–5)	Fogg (2–6)	Wood (26)	40,730	56–72
130	August 22	@ Rockies	8–5	Harang (4–13)	Hernández (11–10)	Cordero (25)	30,337	57–72
131	August 23	@ Rockies	7–6	Vizcaíno (1–0)	Lincoln (1–4)	Fuentes (25)	42,282	57–73
132	August 24	@ Rockies	4–3 (12)	Speier (2–1)	Lincoln (1–5)		31,173	57–74
133	August 26	@Astros	2–1	Arroyo (12–10)	Geary (2–3)		30,395	58–74
134	August 27	@ Astros	4–1	Oswalt (12–9)	Fogg (2–7)	Valverde (34)	30,741	58–75
135	August 28	@ Astros	3–2	Backe (9–12)	Harang (4–14)	Valverde (35)	30,028	58–76
136	August 29	Giants	11–7	Vólquez (16–5)	Zito (8–16)		25,445	59–76
137	August 30	Giants	7–6	Lincoln (2–5)	Taschner (3–2)	Cordero (26)	21,729	60–76
138	August 31	Giants	9–3	Arroyo (13–10)	Cain (8–11)		26,519	61–76

September

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
139	September 2	Pirates	3–2	Snell (6–10)	Harang (4–15)	Capps (18)	18,024	61–77
140	September 3	Pirates	6–5	Yates (5–3)	Affeldt (1–1)	Capps (19)	18,561	61–78
141	September 4	Pirates	8–6	Masset (2–0)	Hansen (1–6)	Cordero (27)	20,626	62–78
142	September 5	Cubs	10–2	Arroyo (14–10)	Lilly (13–9)		31,213	63–78
143	September 6	Cubs	14–9	Marquis (10–8)	Cueto (8–13)		41,204	63–79
144	September 7	Cubs	4–3	Cordero (5–4)	Wood (4–4)		37,540	64–79
145	September 8	@ Brewers	5–4	Burton (5–1)	Torres (6–5)	Cordero (28)	30,867	65–79
146	September 9	@ Brewers	5–4	Adkins (1–0)	McClung (5–6)	Cordero (29)	30,312	66–79
147	September 10	@ Brewers	4–3	Mota (5–5)	Weathers (2–6)	Torres (27)	30,124	66–80
148	September 12	@ Diamondbacks	3–2	Webb (20–7)	Harang (4–16)	Qualls (3)	29,046	66–81
149	September 13	@ Diamondbacks	3–2	Weathers (3–6)	Peña (1–2)	Cordero (30)	45,075	67–81
150	September 14	@ Diamondbacks	2–1	Weathers (4–6)	Rauch (4–8)	Cordero (31)	27,297	68–81
151	September 16	Cardinals	7–2	Arroyo (15–10)	Looper (12–13)		19,708	69–81
152	September 17	Cardinals	3–0	Harang (5–16)	Wellemeyer (12–8)		14,850	70–81
153	September 18	Cardinals	5–4	Lohse (14–6)	Vólquez (16–6)	Motte (1)	14,041	70–82
154	September 19	Brewers	11–2	Ramírez (1–0)	Suppan (10–10)		20,855	71–82
155	September 20	Brewers	4–3	Cueto (9–13)	Sabathia (9–2)	Cordero (32)	24,440	72–82
156	September 21	Brewers	8–1	Coffey (1–0)	Arroyo (15–11)		22,624	72–83
42	September 22	Marlins	7–5	Harang (6–16)	Miller (6–10)	Cordero (33)	13,565	73–83
157	September 23	@ Astros	2–1	Vólquez (17–6)	Rodríguez (8–7)	Cordero (34)	27,361	74–83
158	September 24	@ Astros	5–0	Wolf (12–12)	Ramírez (1–1)		26,103	74–84
159	September 25	@ Astros	8–6	Roy Oswalt (17–10)	Cueto (9–14)	Valverde (43)	31,204	74–85
160	September 26	@ Cardinals	7–6	Franklin (6–6)	Bray (2–2)		44,709	74–86
161	September 27	@ Cardinals	8–5	Wellemeyer (13–9)	Harang (6–17)		43,682	74–87
162	September 28	@ Cardinals	11–4	Thompson (6–3)	Pettyjohn (0–1)		43,300	74–88

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen Bases; AVG = Batting Average

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
Bako, Paul	99	299	30	65	6	35	0	.217
Bruce, Jay	108	413	63	105	21	52	4	.254
Cabrera, Jolbert	48	115	17	29	3	12	2	.252
Dickerson, Chris	31	102	20	31	6	15	5	.304
Encarnación, Edwin	146	506	75	127	26	68	1	.251
Freel, Ryan	48	131	17	39	0	10	8	.298
Hairston, Jr., Jerry	80	261	47	85	6	36	15	.326
Hanigan, Ryan	31	85	9	23	2	9	0	.271
Hopper, Norris	26	50	3	10	0	1	1	.200
Keppinger, Jeff	121	459	45	122	3	43	3	.266
Patterson, Corey	135	366	46	75	10	34	14	.205
Phillips, Andy	52	73	11	17	3	10	0	.233
Phillips, Brandon	141	559	80	146	21	78	23	.261
Richar, Danny	16	36	4	8	0	3	1	.222
Valentín, Javier	94	129	10	33	4	18	0	.256
Votto, Joey	151	526	69	156	24	84	7	.297
Castillo, Wilkin	18	32	6	9	0	1	0	.281

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games Pitched; IP = Innings Pitched; W= Wins; L = Losses; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned Run Average; WHIP = Walks + Hits Per Innings Pitched

Player	G	IP	W	L	K	ERA	WHIP
Vólquez, Edinson	33	196.0	17	6	206	3.21	1.33
Harang, Aaron	30	184.1	6	17	153	4.78	1.38
Arroyo, Bronson	34	200.0	15	11	163	4.77	1.44
Cueto, Johnny	31	174.0	9	14	158	4.81	1.41
Fogg, Josh	22	78.1	2	7	45	7.58	1.58
Ramírez, Ramón	5	27.0	1	1	21	2.67	1.04

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games Pitched; IP = Innings Pitched; W= Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned Run Average; WHIP = Walks + Hits Per Innings Pitched

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	K	ERA	WHIP
Cordero, Francisco	72	70.1	5	4	34	78	3.33	1.41
Affeldt, Jeremy	74	78.1	1	1	0	80	3.33	1.31
Weathers, David	72	69.1	4	6	0	46	3.25	1.53
Bray, Bill	63	47.0	2	2	0	54	2.87	1.57
Lincoln, Mike	64	70.1	2	5	0	57	4.48	1.28
Majewski, Gary	37	40.0	1	0	0	27	6.53	1.90
Masset, Nick	10	17.1	1	0	0	11	2.08	1.21

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville Bats	International League	Rick Sweet
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Mike Goff
A	Sarasota Reds	Florida State League	Joe Ayrault
A	Dayton Dragons	Midwest League	Donnie Scott
Rookie	GCL Reds	Gulf Coast League	Pat Kelly
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Julio Garcia

References

2008 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

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^ Sheldon, Mark (October 14, 2007). "News: Reds hire Baker as manager". The Official Site of The Cincinnati Reds. Retrieved April 9, 2008.
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[2] Sheldon, Mark (October 14, 2007). "News: Reds hire Baker as manager". The Official Site of The Cincinnati Reds. Retrieved April 9, 2008.

[3] "The Official Site of The Cincinnati Reds: Homepage". Archived from the original on April 4, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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