2008 Cincinnati Reds season

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2008 Cincinnati Reds
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2008 Information
Owner(s) Robert Castellini
Manager(s) Dusty Baker
Local television FSN Ohio
Local radio WLW (700 AM)
Stats ESPN.com

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

The 2008 season is manager Dusty Baker's first with the Reds; the 19-year major league veteran outfielder from 1968 season to 1986 season 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, in 2005 season was fired.

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

The season is being 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 says "NUXY" is being 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.

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

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NL Central		 W L Pct. GB Strk. Home Road
Chicago Cubs 43 25 .632 — L1 29–8 14–17
St. Louis Cardinals 40 29 .580 3½ L2 21–14 19–15
Milwaukee Brewers 35 32 .522 7½ L1 19–11 16–21
Houston Astros 33 35 .485 10 L3 17–14 16–21
Pittsburgh Pirates 33 35 .485 10 L1 21–15 12–20
Cincinnati Reds 33 36 .478 10½ W2 21–12 12–24

[edit] Record vs. opponents

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


[edit] 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 2-4 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 4-8 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 Volquez (1-0) Myers (0-1) 26,566 4-2
7 April 7 Phillies 3-5 Hamels (1-1) Arroyo (0-1) Lidge (1) 14,674 4-3
8 April 8 @ Brewers 2-3 (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 0-1 Grabow (1-0) Burton (0-1) Capps (2) 13,603 6-5
12 April 12 @ Pirates 3-4 Snell (2-0) Lincoln (0-1) Capps (3) 18,906 6-6
13 April 13 @ Pirates 1-9 Gorzelanny (1-1) Cueto (1-1) 11,201 6-7
14 April 15 @ Cubs 5-9 Dempster (2-0) Harang (1-2) 39,130 6-8
15 April 16 @ Cubs 3-12 Zambrano (2-1) Fogg (1-2) 40,099 6-9
16 April 17 @ Cubs 9-2 Volquez (2-0) Lilly (0-3) 39,534 7-9
17 April 18 Brewers 2-5 Sheets (3-0) Arroyo (0-2) Gagne (5) 32,629 7-10
18 April 19 Brewers 3-5(10) Mota (1-0) Weathers (0-2) Gagne (6) 26,410 7-11
19 April 20 Brewers 4-3(10) Burton (1-1) Gagne (1-1) 26,902 8-11
20 April 21 Dodgers 3-9 Penny (3-2) Belisle (0-1) 14,446 8-12
21 April 22 Dodgers 8-1 Volquez (3-0) Kuo (0-1) 14,763 9-12
22 April 23 Astros 3-9 Sampson (1-2) Arroyo (0-3) 16,017 9-13
23 April 24 Astros 3 - 5 Cassel (1-0) Cueto (1-2) Valverde (3) 17,403 9-14
24 April 25 @ Giants 1-3 Sanchez (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 Volquez (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 Pineiro (2-2) Cueto (1-3) 35,356 12-16
29 April 30 @ Cardinals 2-5 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 0-2 Hudson (4-2) Volquez (4-1) 32,057 12-18
31 May 3 @ Braves 1-9 Reyes (1-0) Belisle (1-2) 37,969 12-19
32 May 4 @ Braves 7-14 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 Volquez (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 Perez (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 Volquez (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 Volquez (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 2-5 Kuroda (2-3) Cueto (2-5) Saito (8) 33,224 21-26
49 May 22 @ Padres 2-8 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 9-12 (18) Banks (1-0) Volquez (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 Volquez' (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 Volquez (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 †
72 June 15 Red Sox †
73 June 17 Dodgers
74 June 18 Dodgers
75 June 19 Dodgers
76 June 20 @ Yankees †
77 June 21 @ Yankees †
78 June 22 @ Yankees †
79 June 24 @ Blue Jays †
80 June 25 @ Blue Jays †
81 June 26 @ Blue Jays †
82 June 27 @ Indians †
83 June 28 @ Indians †
84 June 29 @ Indians †
85 June 30 Pirates
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
86 July 1 Pirates
87 July 2 Pirates
88 July 3 Nationals
89 July 4 Nationals
90 July 5 Nationals
91 July 6 Nationals
92 July 8 @ Cubs
93 July 9 @ Cubs
94 July 10 @ Cubs
95 July 11 @ Brewers
96 July 12 @ Brewers
97 July 13 @ Brewers
98 July 17 Mets
99 July 18 Mets
100 July 19 Mets
101 July 20 Mets
102 July 21 Padres
103 July 22 Padres
104 July 23 Padres
105 July 25 Rockies
106 July 26 Rockies
107 July 27 Rockies
108 July 28 @ Astros
109 July 29 @ Astros
110 July 30 @ Astros
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
111 August 1 @ Nationals
112 August 2 @ Nationals
113 August 3 @ Nationals
114 August 4 Brewers
115 August 5 Brewers
116 August 6 Brewers
117 August 7 Astros
118 August 8 Astros
119 August 9 Astros
120 August 10 Astros
121 August 12 @ Pirates
122 August 13 @ Pirates
123 August 14 @ Pirates
124 August 15 Cardinals
125 August 16 Cardinals
126 August 17 Cardinals
127 August 19 @ Cubs
128 August 20 @ Cubs
129 August 21 @ Cubs
130 August 22 @ Rockies
131 August 23 @ Rockies
132 August 24 @ Rockies
133 August 26 @Astros
134 August 27 @ Astros
135 August 28 @ Astros
136 August 29 Giants
137 August 30 Giants
138 August 31 Giants
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
139 September 2 Pirates
140 September 3 Pirates
141 September 4 Pirates
142 September 5 Cubs
143 September 6 Cubs
144 September 7 Cubs
145 September 8 @ Brewers
146 September 9 @ Brewers
147 September 10 @ Brewers
148 September 12 @ Diamondbacks
149 September 13 @ Diamondbacks
150 September 14 @ Diamondbacks
151 September 16 Cardinals
152 September 17 Cardinals
153 September 18 Cardinals
154 September 19 Brewers
155 September 20 Brewers
156 September 21 Brewers
157 September 23 @ Astros
158 September 24 @ Astros
159 September 25 @ Astros
160 September 26 @ Cardinals
161 September 27 @ Cardinals
162 September 28 @ Cardinals

[edit] Current roster

Cincinnati Reds roster
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Roster updated 2008-06-10
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[edit] Player stats

[edit] 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 44 139 15 33 4 15 0 .237
Bruce, Jay 10 37 12 16 3 7 2 0.432
Dunn, Adam 57 177 31 44 15 39 1 .249
Encarnacion, Edwin 58 209 30 49 10 25 1 .234
Freel, Ryan 48 131 17 39 0 10 8 .298
Griffey, Jr., Ken 57 208 27 53 6 27 0 .255
Hairston, Jerry 36 111 16 35 1 11 10 .315
Hopper, Norris 15 25 2 6 0 0 1 .240
Janish, Paul 16 29 1 8 0 5 0 .276
Keppinger, Jeff 39 148 17 48 3 21 2 .324
Patterson, Corey 47 150 21 29 4 13 8 .193
Phillips, Andy 5 6 1 1 0 0 0 .167
Phillips, Brandon 59 234 38 65 11 32 11 .278
Ross, David 21 54 4 13 1 6 0 .241
Valentin, Javier 27 42 3 10 0 3 0 .238
Votto, Joey 57 184 28 52 10 31 3 .283

[edit] 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
Harang, Aaron 14 88.2 2 8 78 3.86 1.29
Arroyo, Bronson 13 69.0 4 5 65 5.61 1.68
Cueto, Johnny 12 68.2 4 5 62 5.11 1.30
Bailey, Homer 1 6.1 0 1 1 2.84 1.26
Volquez, Edinson 13 75.0 8 2 91 1.32 1.16

[edit] 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
Burton, Jared 27 30.2 2 1 0 33 2.93 1.34
Weathers, David 22 19.2 2 3 0 14 4.58 1.83
Cordero, Francisco 26 27.0 2 0 12 31 2.00 1.15
Affeldt, Jeremy 30 26.1 1 0 0 30 4.10 1.48
Lincoln, Mike 22 27.0 0 1 0 21 5.33 1.11
Bray, Bill 19 16.1 1 0 0 14 2.76 1.53

[edit] References

  1. ^ 1995 Cincinnati Reds Statistics and Roster (English). Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  2. ^ Sheldon, Mark (2007-10-14). News: Reds hire Baker as manager (English). The Official Site of The Cincinnati Reds. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
  3. ^ The Official Site of The Cincinnati Reds: Homepage. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
  4. ^ 2008 Cincinnati Reds Schedule, Box Scores and Splits (English). Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.
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