2008 Atlanta Braves season

2008 Atlanta Braves
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1876) Eastern Division (since 1994)
Location
Turner Field (since 1997) Atlanta, Georgia (since 1966)
2008 information
Owner(s)	Liberty Media John Malone
Manager(s)	Bobby Cox
Local television	SportsSouth FSN South WPCH-TV (Peachtree TV) Skip Caray through August 2, Pete Van Wieren, Chip Caray, Joe Simpson, Jon Sciambi, John Smoltz,
Local radio	94.9 FM WUBL 640 AM WGST Skip Caray through August 2, Pete Van Wieren, Chip Caray, Joe Simpson, Mark Lemke
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The Atlanta Braves' 2008 season featured the team's attempt to reclaim a postseason berth for the first time since 2005. The Braves 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.^[1]

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.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
- 3.2 Pitching
4 References

Offseason

October

October 25: Claimed RHP Chris Resop off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and designated RHP Chad Paronto for assignment.^[2]

October 29: Acquired OF Gorkys Hernandez and RHP Jair Jurrjens from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for SS Edgar Rentería and cash considerations.^[3] 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.^[4]

November 19: Signed Tom Glavine to a one-year, $8 million contract.^[5]

November 20: Designated INF Pete Orr for assignment. Orr was later released by the organization on November 28.^[6]

November 30: Designated RHP Lance Cormier for assignment.^[7]

December

December 4: Acquired LHP Will Ohman and INF Omar Infante from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for RHP José Ascanio.^[8]

December 4: Designated OF Willie Harris for assignment. Harris was released and became a free agent on December 12.^[9]

December 17: Signed C Javy López to a minor-league contract and an invitation to Spring Training.^[10]

January

January 14: Acquired CF Mark Kotsay from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for RHP Joey Devine and minor league RHP Jamie Richmond.^[11]

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.^[12]

March 26: Tyler Yates traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for minor league pitcher Todd Redmond.

March 28: Ruben Gotay claimed off of waivers from the New York Mets.^[13]

March 31: Scott Spiezio signed to minor league contract. Released April 12.^[14]

May

May 5: Acquired utility-man Greg Norton from the Seattle Mariners for cash considerations.^[15]

Regular season

Season standings

NL East	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

Roster

2008 Atlanta Braves

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

5 Brayan Peña

Manager

6 Bobby Cox

Coaches

52 Chino Cadahia (bench)
17 Glenn Hubbard (first base)
45 Roger McDowell (pitching)
9 Terry Pendleton (hitting)
12 Eddie Pérez (bullpen)
43 Brian Snitker (third base)

Game log

Legend
Braves Win	Braves Loss	Game Postponed

2008 Regular Season Game Log

March (0–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Time	Record
1	March 30	@ Nationals	2–3	Rauch (1–0)	Moylan (0–1)		39,389	2:22	0–1
2	March 31	Pirates	11–12(12)	Osoria (1–0)	Boyer (0–1)		45,269	4:28	0–2

April (12–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Time	Record
3	April 2	Pirates	10–2	Jurrjens (1–0)	Gorzelanny (0–1)		17,893	2:57	1–2
4	April 3	Pirates	3–4 (12)	Yates (1–0)	Resop (0–1)	Capps (1)	19,240	3:21	1–3
—	April 4	Mets	Rescheduled for May 20						1–3
6	April 5	Mets	11–5	Hudson (1–0)	Maine (0–1)		36,130	3:27	2–3
7	April 6	Mets	3–1	Smoltz (1–0)	Santana (1–1)	Soriano (1)	39,414	2:35	3–3
8	April 7	@ Rockies	1–2	Herges (1–0)	Boyer (0–2)	Corpas (2)	24,304	2:05	3–4
9	April 8	@ Rockies	3–4	Jiménez (1–1)	Jurrjens (1–1)	Corpas (3)	24,640	2:24	3–5
10	April 9	@ Rockies	6–12	Redman (1–1)	James (0–1)		23,210	2:44	3–6
—	April 10	@ Rockies	Rescheduled for June 16						3–6
12	April 11	@ Nationals	3–0	Hudson (2–0)	Chico (0–2)	Moylan (1)	28,051	2:15	4–6
13	April 12	@ Nationals	10–2	Smoltz (2–0)	Lannan (0–2)		32,532	2:44	5–6
14	April 13	@ Nationals	4–5	Redding (2–1)	Bennett (0–1)	Rauch (2)	29,151	3:06	5–7
15	April 15	@ Marlins	0–4	Olsen (2–0)	Jurrjens (1–2)		10,462	2:36	5–8
16	April 16	@ Marlins	5–6	Hendrickson (3–1)	Hudson (2–1)	Gregg (3)	10,712	2:41	5–9
17	April 17	@ Marlins	8–0	Smoltz (3–0)	Nolasco (1–1)		11,237	2:53	6–9
18	April 18	Dodgers	6–1	Ohman (1–0)	Lowe (1–1)		38,250	3:03	7–9
19	April 19	Dodgers	4–1	James (1–1)	Billingsley (0–3)	Acosta (1)	40,451	2:40	8–9
20	April 20	Dodgers	6–1	Jurrjens (2–2)	Kuroda (1–2)		36,772	3:11	9–9
21	April 21	Nationals	7–3	Hudson (3–1)	Chico (0–4)		16,706	2:50	10–9
22	April 22	Nationals	0–6	Lannan (1–2)	Smoltz (3–1)		23,482	2:48	10–10
23	April 23	Marlins	2–7	Miller (1–2)	Bennett (0–1)		19,852	3:05	10–11
24	April 24	Marlins	7–4	James (2–1)	Badenhop (0–2)	Acosta (2)	19,903	2:34	11–11
25	April 25	@ Mets	6–3	Jurrjens (3–2)	Pelfrey (2–1)		52,495	3:06	12–11
26	April 26	@ Mets	3–4	Maine (2–2)	Hudson (3–2)	Wagner (5)	51,339	2:56	12–12
27	April 27	@ Mets	3–6	Figueroa (2–1)	Smoltz (3–2)	Wagner (6)	53,487	2:46	12–13
28	April 29	@ Nationals	3–6	Rivera (2–1)	Boyer (0–3)	Rauch (5)	25,285	2:43	12–14
29	April 30	@ Nationals	2–3	Rivera (3–1)	Acosta (0–1)		29,473	3:17	12–15

May (17–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Time	Record
30	May 2	Reds	2–0	Hudson (4–2)	Volquez (4–1)		32,057	2:21	13–15
31	May 3	Reds	9–1	Reyes (1–0)	Belisle (1–2)		37,969	2:58	14–15
32	May 4	Reds	14–7	Ring (1–0)	Arroyo (1–4)		33,750	3:16	15–15
33	May 6	Padres	5–3	Jurrjens (4–2)	Young (2–3)	Bennett (1)	21,657	2:42	16–15
34	May 7	Padres	5–2	Hudson (5–2)	Wolf (2–2)	Acosta (2)	25,194	2:22	17–15
35	May 8	Padres	5–4	Acosta (1–1)	Thatcher (0–4)		28,337	3:19	18–15
36	May 9	@ Pirates	2–3	Grabow (2–1)	Bennett (0–2)		21,050	2:55	18–16
37	May 10	@ Pirates	2–5	Gorzelanny (3–3)	James (2–2)	Capps (9)	28,141	2:10	18–17
–	May 11	@ Pirates	Rescheduled for May 12						18–17
39	May 12	@ Pirates	0–5	Duke (2–2)	Jurrjens (4–3)				18–18
38	May 12	@ Pirates	8–1	Hudson (6–2)	Van Benschoten (0–1)		16,669	2:40	19–18
40	May 13	@ Phillies	4–5	Kendrick (3–2)	Reyes (0–1)	Lidge (10)	44,101	2:41	19–19
41	May 14	@ Phillies	8–6	Glavine (1–1)	Myers (2–4)	Boyer (1)	36,001	2:51	20–19
42	May 15	@ Phillies	0–5	Hamels (5–3)	James (2–3)		34,120	2:13	20–20
43	May 16	Athletics	3–2	Acosta (2–1)	Embree (1–2)		31,004	3:02	21–20
44	May 17	Athletics	4–5	Harden (2–0)	Hudson (6–3)		38,324	2:49	21–21
45	May 18	Athletics	5–2	Reyes (2–1)	Duchscherer (3–3)		31,025	2:47	22–21
5	May 20	Mets	6–1	Glavine (2–1)	Maine (5–3)		26,873	2:44	23–21
46	May 20	Mets	6–2	Campillo (1–0)	Vargas (0–2)	Acosta (3)	25,590	2:30	24–21
47	May 21	Mets	11–4	Jurrjens (5–3)	Pelfrey (2–5)		30,335	3:14	25–21
48	May 22	Mets	4–2	Hudson (7–3)	Santana (5–3)	Ohman (1)	30,348	2:21	26–21
49	May 23	D-backs	1–11	Davis (2–1)	Reyes (2–2)		27,263	2:33	26–22
50	May 24	D-backs	3–1	Boyer (1–3)	Slaten (0–1)		36,263	2:39	27–22
51	May 25	D-backs	3–9	Owings (6–2)	Glavine (2–2)		35,628	3:24	27–23
52	May 26	D-backs	7–3	Acosta (3–1)	Webb (9–2)		29,635	3:07	28–23
53	May 27	@ Brewers	2–3	Torres (4–1)	Bennett (0–3)		28,872	2:26	28–24
54	May 28	@ Brewers	0–1	Suppan (3–4)	Reyes (2–3)	Torres (4)	31,612	2:15	28–25
55	May 29	@ Brewers	8–1	Campillo (2–0)	McClung (2–2)		33,334	2:56	29–25
56	May 30	@ Reds	2–3 (11)	Mercker (1–0)	Ring (1–1)		37,015	3:07	29–26
57	May 31	@ Reds	7–8 (10)	Cordero (2–0)	Acosta (3–2)		38,585	3:43	29–27

June (11–16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Time	Record
58	June 1	@ Reds	2–6	Cueto (4–5)	Hudson (7–4)		35,942	2:42	29–28
59	June 2	Marlins	7 – 5 (10)	Ohman (2–0)	Kensing (3–1)		20,896	3:01	30–28
60	June 3	Marlins	5–4	Ohman (3–0)	Lindstrom (1–0)	Soriano (2)	25,476	2:59	31–28
61	June 4	Marlins	4–6	Miller (2–2)	Acosta (3–3)	Gregg (11)	26,917	3:00	31–29
62	June 5	Marlins	7–5	Jurrjens (6–3)	Nolasco (5–4)	Soriano (3)	27,238	2:53	32–29
63	June 6	Phillies	3–4 (10)	Gordon (5–2)	Acosta (3–4)	Lidge (16)	34,074	3:36	32–30
64	June 7	Phillies	2–6	Romero (4–1)	Reyes (2–4)		43,854	3:02	32–31
65	June 8	Phillies	3–6	C. Durbin (2–1)	Boyer (1–4)	Lidge (17)	33,370	3:09	32–32
66	June 10	@ Cubs	5–10	Lilly (6–5)	Glavine (2–3)		41,624	2:50	32–33
67	June 11	@ Cubs	2–7	Dempster (8–2)	Bennett (0–4)		41,497	2:25	32–34
68	June 12	@ Cubs	2–3 (11)	Wood (3–1)	Acosta (3–5)		41,517	3:22	32–35
69	June 13	@ Angels	5–2	Reyes (3–4)	Garland (6–4)	Bennett (2)	43,919	2:17	33–35
70	June 14	@ Angels	9–4	Morton (1–0)	Santana (8–3)		43,894	3:00	34–35
71	June 15	@ Angels	0–2	Saunders (10–3)	Campillo (2–1)	Rodriguez (28)	43,723	2:14	34–36
11	June 16	@ Rockies	7–1	Jurrjens (7–3)	Jiménez (1–7)		25,120	3:02	35–36
72	June 17	@ Rangers	5–7	Padilla (9–3)	Hudson (7–5)	Wilson (14)	33,558	2:40	35–37
73	June 18	@ Rangers	5–2	Bennett (1–4)	Wilson (0–2)	González (1)	38,545	2:50	36–37
74	June 19	@ Rangers	4–5	Wright (4–2)	Boyer (1–5)		28,853	3:04	36–38
75	June 20	Mariners	2–10	Rowland-Smith (1–1)	Campillo (2–2)		40,268	2:53	36–39
76	June 21	Mariners	5–4	Boyer (2–5)	Batista (3–9)		47,158	3:10	37–39
77	June 22	Mariners	8–3	Hudson (8–5)	Silva (3–9)		30,965	2:25	38–39
78	June 23	Brewers	1–4	Sheets (9–1)	Reyes (3–5)		25,661	2:14	38–40
79	June 24	Brewers	3–4	Bush (4–7)	Morton (1–1)	Torres (13)	29,224	2:31	38–41
80	June 25	Brewers	4–2	Campillo (3–2)	Suppan (4–6)	González (2)	34,829	2:29	39–41
81	June 27	@ Blue Jays	4–0	Jurrjens (8–3)	McGowan (6–6)		24,282	2:33	40–41
82	June 28	@ Blue Jays	5–9	Parrish (1–0)	Hudson (8–6)		28,518	2:58	40–42
83	June 29	@ Blue Jays	0–1	Burnett (8–7)	Reyes (3–6)	Ryan (16)	30,514	2:35	40–43

July (10–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Time	Record
84	July 1	Phillies	3–8	Kendrick (8–3)	Morton (1–2)		29,206	3:07	40–44
85	July 2	Phillies	3–7	Eaton (3–6)	Campillo (3–3)		30,138	3:14	40–45
86	July 3	Phillies	1–4	Hamels (9–5)	Jurrjens (8–4)	Gordon (2)	28,805	2:21	40–46
87	July 4	Astros	6–2	Hudson (9–6)	Moehler (4–4)		48,045	2:34	41–46
88	July 5	Astros	1–6	Sampson (4–3)	Reyes (3–7)		37,049	2:32	41–47
89	July 6	Astros	7–6 (17)	Ring (2–1)	Byrdak (2–1)		24,169	5:35	42–47
90	July 7	@ Dodgers	0–3	Kuroda (5–6)	Campillo (3–4)		39,896	2:03	42–48
91	July 8	@ Dodgers	9–3	Jurrjens (9–4)	Billingsley (8–8)		39,702	3:03	43–48
92	July 9	@ Dodgers	1–2	Lowe (7–8)	Hudson (9–7)	Saito (17)	39,815	2:00	43–49
93	July 11	@ Padres	0–4	Peavy (7–5)	Reyes (3–8)	Hoffman (17)	40,232	2:29	43–50
94	July 12	@ Padres	4–1	Morton (2–2)	Maddux (3–8)	González (3)	42,438	2:53	44–50
95	July 13	@ Padres	12–3	Campillo (4–4)	Wolf (6–9)		31,347	2:26	45–50
–	July 15	2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in New York, New York
96	July 18	Nationals	7–6	Hudson (10–7)	Redding (7–4)	González (4)	39,861	2:32	46–50
97	July 19	Nationals	2–8	Lannan (6–9)	Jurrjens (9–5)		43,285	2:46	46–51
98	July 20	Nationals	6–15	Pérez (3–7)	Reyes (3–9)		29,320	3:25	46–52
99	July 21	@ Marlins	4–0	Campillo (5–4)	Volstad (2–1)		14,155	2:24	47–52
100	July 22	@ Marlins	0–4	VandenHurk (1–1)	Morton (2–3)		14,721	2:33	47–53
101	July 23	@ Marlins	9–4	Hudson (11–7)	Nolasco (10–6)		16,068	2:52	48–53
102	July 25	@ Phillies	8–2	Jurrjens (10–5)	Kendrick (8–5)		45,114	2:50	49–53
103	July 26	@ Phillies	9–10	Eaton (4–8)	Boyer (2–6)	Lidge (23)	45,107	3:12	49–54
104	July 27	@ Phillies	10–12	Condrey (3–2)	Tavarez (0–3)	Lidge (24)	45,096	3:16	49–55
105	July 28	Cardinals	3–12	Looper (10–8)	Morton (2–4)		28,705	2:52	49–56
106	July 29	Cardinals	3–8	Franklin (4–4)	Soriano (0–1)		29,541	3:08	49–57
107	July 30	Cardinals	2–7	Thompson (4–2)	Jurrjens (10–6)	Villone (1)	35,257	3:18	49–58
108	July 31	Cardinals	9–4	Bennett (2–4)	Pineiro (3–5)		40,653	2:44	50–58

August (9–20)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Time	Record
109	August 1	Brewers	0–9	Suppan (6–7)	James (2–4)		32,238	2:44	50–59
110	August 2	Brewers	2–4	Sabathia (11–8)	Morton (2–5)	Torres (21)	42,096	2:32	50–60
111	August 3	Brewers	5–0	Campillo (6–4)	Sheets (10–5)		29,177	2:34	51–60
112	August 4	@ Giants	2–4	Cain (7–9)	Jurrjens (10–7)	Wilson (31)	37,473	2:40	51–61
113	August 5	@ Giants	11–4	Hampton (1–0)	Sánchez (8–8)		36,098	2:55	52–61
114	August 6	@ Giants	2–3	Lincecum (12–3)	James (2–5)	Wilson (32)	39,955	2:14	52–62
115	August 7	@ D-backs	6–4	Morton (3–5)	Petit (1–3)	Gonzalez (5)	27,798	2:49	53–62
116	August 8	@ D-backs	11–6	Campillo (7–4)	Davis (4–7)	Bennett (3)	27,977	3:05	54–62
117	August 9	@ D-backs	11–4	Jurrjens (11–7)	Haren (12–6)		36,269	3:16	55–62
118	August 10	@ D-backs	1–6	Webb (17–4)	Hampton (1–1)		35,862	2:29	55–63
–	August 12	Cubs	Rescheduled for August 13						55–63
119	August 13	Cubs	2–10	Marquis (8–7)	Morton (3–6)		27,220	3:24	55–64
120	August 13	Cubs	0–8	Harden (7–2)	Campillo (7–5)		33,714	2:53	55–65
121	August 14	Cubs	7–11	Lilly (12–6)	Glavine (2–4)		36,365	3:10	55–66
122	August 15	Giants	1–5	Cain (8–9)	Jurrjens (11–8)		30,682	2:44	55–67
123	August 16	Giants	11–5	Hampton (2–1)	Palmer (0–1)		41,893	3:18	56–67
124	August 17	Giants	1–3	Lincecum (13–3)	Morton (3–7)	Wilson (33)	30,503	3:04	56–68
125	August 18	Giants	0–5	Zito (7–15)	Campillo (7–6)		18,113	2:33	56–69
126	August 19	@ Mets	3–7	Heilman (3–7)	Bennett (2–5)		50,589	2:57	56–70
127	August 20	@ Mets	3–6	Pelfrey (12–8)	Jurrjens (11–9)		50,178	2:08	56–71
128	August 21	@ Mets	4–5	Ayala (2–8)	Núñez (0–1)		51,952	2:58	56–72
129	August 22	@ Cardinals	3–18	Wainwright (7–3)	Morton (3–8)	Piñeiro (1)	43,926	3:08	56–73
130	August 23	@ Cardinals	8–4	Carlyle (1–0)	McClellan (2–6)	Gonzalez (6)	44,074	3:13	57–73
131	August 24	@ Cardinals	3–6	Looper (12–10)	Reyes (3–10)	Perez (5)	43,361	2:35	57–74
132	August 26	Marlins	10–9	Ohman (4–0)	Gregg (6–7)		17,539	3:31	58–74
133	August 27	Marlins	1–4	Johnson (4–0)	Hampton (2–2)		19,755	2:16	58–75
134	August 28	Marlins	4–2	Morton (4–8)	Sánchez (2–3)	Gonzalez (7)	20,155	2:27	59–75
135	August 29	@ Nationals	3–7	Pérez (6–10)	Campillo (7–7)	Hanrahan (7)	22,737	2:59	59–76
136	August 30	@ Nationals	8–9(10)	Shell (1–1)	Núñez (0–2)		30,326	3:46	59–77
137	August 31	@ Nationals	4–8	Mock (1–3)	Dessens (0–1)		31,090	2:48	59–78

September (13–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Time	Record
138	September 1	@ Marlins	3–4	Lindstrom (3–2)	Gonzalez (0–1)		12,209	2:44	59–79
139	September 2	@ Marlins	16–14	Julio (1–0)	Lindstrom (3–3)	Gonzalez (8)	14,092	3:44	60–79
140	September 3	@ Marlins	3–5	Waechter (4–2)	Ohman (4–1)	Nelson (1)	11,211	2:48	60–80
141	September 4	Nationals	2–0	Parr (1–0)	Martis (0–1)	Gonzalez (9)	18,708	2:31	61–80
142	September 5	Nationals	10–5	Jurrjens (12–9)	Bergmann (2–11)		25,064	2:55	62–80
143	September 6	Nationals	5–8(10)	Hanrahan (6–3)	Gonzalez (0–2)	Shell (2)	34,369	2:53	62–81
144	September 7	Nationals	4–7(14)	Shell (2–1)	Bennett (2–6)		30,753	4:34	62–82
145	September 9	Rockies	5–4(10)	Tavárez (1–3)	Buchholz (6–6)		21,821	3:10	63–82
146	September 10	Rockies	9–5	Bennett (3–6)	Vizcaino (1–1)		19,693	3:05	64–82
147	September 11	Rockies	8–4	Jurrjens (13–9)	Rusch (5–5)		20,039	2:50	65–82
–	September 12	@ Mets	Rescheduled for September 13						65–82
149	September 13	@ Mets	3–2	Ridgway (1–0)	Schoeneweis (2–4)	Gonzalez (10)			66–82
148	September 13	@ Mets	0–5	Niese (1–0)	Reyes (3–11)		54,705	2:44	66–83
150	September 14	@ Mets	7–4	Julio (2–0)	Ayala (2–9)	Gonzalez (11)	56,039	3:29	67–83
151	September 16	Phillies	7–8	Madson (4–2)	Gonzalez (0–3)	Lidge (37)	30,319	3:41	67–84
152	September 17	Phillies	1–6	Happ (1–0)	Jurrjens (13–10)		32,821	2:49	67–85
153	September 18	Phillies	3–4	Hamels (14–9)	Hampton (2–3)	Lidge (38)	39,070	2:42	67–86
154	September 19	Mets	5–9	Feliciano (3–4)	Tavárez (1–4)		42,803	3:25	67–87
155	September 20	Mets	4–2	Campillo (8–7)	Martínez (5–6)	Gonzalez (12)	50,124	2:38	68–87
156	September 21	Mets	7–6	Julio (3–0)	Schoeneweis (2–5)	Gonzalez (13)	49,222	3:20	69–87
157	September 22	@ Phillies	2–6	Eyre (5–0)	Bennett (3–7)		36,796	2:37	69–88
158	September 23	@ Phillies	3–2	Hampton (3–3)	Hamels (14–10)	Gonzalez (14)	39,322	2:46	70–88
159	September 24	@ Phillies	10–4	Carlyle (2–0)	Myers (10–13)		41,430	3:16	71–88
160	September 26	@ Astros	4–5	Valverde (6–3)	Tavárez (1–5)		33,477	2:57	71–89
161	September 27	@ Astros	11–5	Núñez (1–2)	Backe (9–14)		37,491	2:57	72–89
162	September 28	@ Astros	1–3	Rodríguez (10–7)	Hampton (3–5)	Valverde (45)	37,113	2:19	72–90

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
Francoeur, JeffJeff Francoeur	155	599	70	143	33	3	11	71	.239	0
Johnson, KellyKelly Johnson	150	547	86	157	39	6	11	71	.239	11
McCann, BrianBrian McCann	145	509	68	153	42	1	23	87	.301	5
Blanco, GregorGregor Blanco	144	430	52	108	14	4	1	38	.251	13
Escobar, YunelYunel Escobar	136	514	71	148	24	2	10	60	.288	2
Jones, ChipperChipper Jones	128	439	82	160	24	1	22	75	.364	4
Norton, GregGreg Norton	111	171	27	42	10	0	7	31	.246	0
Teixeira, MarkMark Teixeira	103	381	63	108	27	0	20	78	.283	0
Infante, OmarOmar Infante	96	317	45	93	24	3	3	40	.293	0
Kotsay, MarkMark Kotsay	88	318	39	92	17	3	6	37	.289	2
Gotay, RubenRuben Gotay	88	102	10	24	5	0	2	8	.235	1
Ohman, WillWill Ohman	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Prado, MartinMartin Prado	78	228	36	73	18	4	2	33	.320	3
Boyer, BlaineBlaine Boyer	72	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Bennett, JeffJeff Bennett	68	9	0	2	1	0	0	1	.222	0
Carlyle, BuddyBuddy Carlyle	45	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	.222	0
Kotchman, CaseyCasey Kotchman	43	152	18	36	4	1	2	20	.237	0
Diaz, MattMatt Diaz	43	135	9	33	2	0	2	14	.244	4
Acosta, MannyManny Acosta	43	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jones, BrandonBrandon Jones	41	116	16	31	10	1	1	17	.267	1
Anderson, JoshJosh Anderson	40	136	21	40	7	1	3	12	.294	10
Ring, RoyceRoyce Ring	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Campillo, JorgeJorge Campillo	38	45	4	8	1	0	0	2	.178	0
Tavarez, JulianJulian Tavarez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jurrjens, JairJair Jurrjens	36	58	7	6	0	1	0	0	.103	0
Gonzalez, MikeMike Gonzalez	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Miller, CorkyCorky Miller	31	60	4	5	0	0	1	5	.083	0
Lillibridge, BrentBrent Lillibridge	29	80	9	16	6	1	1	8	.200	2
Sammons, ClintClint Sammons	23	54	2	8	0	0	1	4	.148	0
Nunez, VladimirVladimir Nunez	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Reyes, Jo-JoJo-Jo Reyes	22	30	2	4	2	0	0	2	.133	0
Hudson, TimTim Hudson	21	41	2	6	1	0	0	2	.146	0
Resop, ChrisChris Resop	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Morton, CharlieCharlie Morton	14	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	.059	0
Pena, BrayanBrayan Pena	14	14	3	4	1	0	0	0	.286	0
Glavine, TomTom Glavine	14	19	2	2	0	0	0	1	.105	0
Soriano, RafaelRafael Soriano	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Hampton, MikeMike Hampton	13	24	3	5	2	0	0	4	.208	0
Julio, JorgeJorge Julio	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ridgway, JeffJeff Ridgway	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Moylan, PeterPeter Moylan	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
James, ChuckChuck James	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Parr, JamesJames Parr	6	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	.250	0
Stockman, PhilPhil Stockman	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Smoltz, JohnJohn Smoltz	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Dessens, ElmerElmer Dessens	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Perry, JasonJason Perry	4	17	0	2	0	1	0	1	.118	0
DeSalvo, MattMatt DeSalvo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Bueno, FrancisleyFrancisley Bueno	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
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
Acosta, MannyManny Acosta	3	5	3.57	46	0	3	53.0	25	21	26	31
Bennett, JeffJeff Bennett	3	7	3.70	72	4	3	97.1	44	40	47	68
Boyer, BlaineBlaine Boyer	2	6	5.88	76	0	1	72.0	51	47	25	67
Campillo, JorgeJorge Campillo	8	7	3.91	39	25	0	158.2	74	69	38	107
Carlyle, BuddyBuddy Carlyle	2	0	3.59	45	0	0	62.2	26	25	26	59
Glavine, TomTom Glavine	2	4	5.54	13	13	0	63.1	40	39	37	37
Gonzalez, MikeMike Gonzalez	0	3	4.28	36	0	14	33.2	21	16	14	44
Hampton, MikeMike Hampton	3	4	4.85	13	13	0	78.0	45	42	28	38
Hudson, TimTim Hudson	11	7	3.17	23	22	0	142.0	53	50	40	85
James, ChuckChuck James	2	5	9.10	7	7	0	29.2	30	30	20	22
Jurrjens, JairJair Jurrjens	13	10	3.68	23	23	0	144.1	87	77	51	139
Morton, CharlieCharlie Morton	4	8	6.15	16	15	0	74.2	56	51	41	48
Moylan, PeterPeter Moylan	0	1	1.59	7	0	1	5.2	1	1	1	5
Nunez, VladimirVladimir Nunez	1	2	3.86	23	0	0	32.2	14	14	19	24
Ohman, WillWill Ohman	4	1	3.68	83	0	1	58.2	27	24	22	53
Resop, ChrisChris Resop	0	1	5.89	16	0	0	18.1	12	12	10	13
Reyes, Jo-JoJo-Jo Reyes	3	11	5.81	23	22	0	113.0	77	73	52	78
Parr, JamesJames Parr	1	0	4.84	5	5	0	22.1	13	12	9	14
Ridgway, JeffJeff Ridgway	1	0	3.72	10	0	0	9.2	4	4	1	8
Ring, RoyceRoyce Ring	2	1	8.46	42	0	0	22.1	25	21	10	16
Smoltz, JohnJohn Smoltz	3	2	2.57	6	5	0	28.0	8	8	8	36
Soriano, RafaelRafael Soriano	0	1	2.57	14	0	3	14.0	5	4	9	16
Stockman, PhilPhil Stockman	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	7.1	0	0	4	9
Tavarez, JulianJulian Tavarez	1	4	4.71	43	0	0	42.0	30	22	19	45
Totals	72	90	4.47	118	162	26	1048.2	519	714	586	1076

References

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