2008 Philadelphia Phillies

2008 Philadelphia Phillies

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The 2008 Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series by defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1, clinching their second World Series title in franchise history. It was a thrilling postseason run, and the victory in the 2008 World Series was historic, not only for the team but also for the city of Philadelphia, as it ended a 28-year championship drought for the Phillies.

Key Highlights of the 2008 World Series:

Series Outcome:

  • The Phillies won the series 4 games to 1 against the Rays, clinching the championship on October 29, 2008, in Game 5.
  • Game 5 was delayed by rain, but after the storm passed, the Phillies were able to complete the game and secure the victory with a 4-3 win.

Cole Hamels – World Series MVP:

  • Cole Hamels, the Phillies’ ace pitcher, was named World Series MVP after a stellar performance in the series.
  • Hamels was dominant, winning both Game 1 and Game 5. In Game 1, he pitched 6 strong innings and gave up just 1 earned run while striking out 5 batters. In Game 5, he came through again, pitching 5 innings and earning the win to help secure the championship.
  • Hamels’ performance throughout the postseason was exceptional, and his leadership on the mound was a critical factor in the Phillies’ success.

Key Players:

  • Ryan Howard: The powerful first baseman was a key offensive contributor in the series. Howard hit a home run and provided several important hits throughout the series, including a crucial one in Game 5.
  • Jimmy Rollins: The 2007 National League MVP and Phillies’ leadoff hitter, Rollins played a significant role in setting the tone for the team’s offense. His speed and defense were valuable assets, and he contributed offensively with timely hits.
  • Chase Utley: The Phillies’ second baseman was an offensive spark throughout the postseason and hit two home runs in the series. His powerful bat and clutch play in critical moments were key to the Phillies’ success.
  • Ryan Madson and Brad Lidge: The Phillies’ bullpen, especially closer Brad Lidge, was outstanding in the postseason. Lidge famously completed the postseason without allowing a single run and recorded the final out in the World Series, earning the save in Game 5.

Manager Charlie Manuel:

  • Charlie Manuel, the Phillies’ manager, led the team with calm leadership and strategic moves throughout the series. His ability to keep the team focused and calm in high-pressure moments was a major factor in their success.

Game 5 – The Championship Victory:

  • Game 5 was a dramatic and rain-affected game, which began on October 27 but was postponed due to weather. The game resumed on October 29 with the Phillies leading 2-1 in the series.
  • Cole Hamels pitched again in Game 5, securing the win and helping to seal the championship.
  • Pedro Feliz, the Phillies’ third baseman, played a crucial role in the victory by hitting a key home run in Game 5, giving the Phillies a lead they would hold on to.
  • Brad Lidge finished the game and secured the final out, completing his perfect postseason save streak, as he closed out the 4-3 win, and the Phillies won their second World Series title.

Legacy of the 2008 World Series:

  • The 2008 World Series victory was a significant achievement for the Phillies, ending their 28-year championship drought. It was the second World Series title in franchise history, following their first win in 1980.
  • The team was known for its balance, with strong pitching, solid defense, and timely hitting throughout the postseason.
  • The 2008 team became Philadelphia sports icons, and their success helped restore excitement and pride to the city’s baseball fans.

Notable Moments from the 2008 World Series:

  • Game 1: The Phillies won 3-2, with Cole Hamels dominating on the mound and Chase Utley contributing with a crucial home run.
  • Game 2: The Phillies lost 4-2 in a tight contest, but the series was still tied 1-1 as it moved to Philadelphia.
  • Game 3: The Phillies won 5-4, taking a 2-1 series lead with Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth each contributing key hits.
  • Game 4: The Phillies won 10-2 in an offensive explosion, with Chase Utley hitting two home runs.
  • Game 5: After the rain delay, the Phillies clinched the title with a 4-3 win, with Cole Hamels picking up the victory and Brad Lidge securing the save.

The 2008 World Series marked a special moment in Philadelphia Phillies history. With Cole Hamels named World Series MVP and the team playing great baseball all around, it was a season full of drama, emotion, and thrilling performances. Fans still remember the 2008 championship as one of the greatest achievements in Phillies history, and it remains a proud moment for the city of Philadelphia.

Rk Player Age Pos WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1 Carlos Ruiz 29 C 0.1 117 373 320 47 70 14 0 4 31 1 2 44 38 .219 .320 .300 .620 63 .288 60 96 14 4 4 1 6 *2H/5
2 Ryan Howard* 28 1B 1.8 162 700 610 105 153 26 4 48 146 1 1 81 199 .251 .339 .543 .881 125 .370 119 331 11 3 0 6 17 *3/HD MVP-2
3 Chase Utley* 29 2B 9.0 159 707 607 113 177 41 4 33 104 14 2 64 104 .292 .380 .535 .915 136 .399 137 325 9 27 1 8 14 *4/3 AS,MVP-14,SS
4 Jimmy Rollins# 29 SS 5.5 137 625 556 76 154 38 9 11 59 47 3 58 55 .277 .349 .437 .786 104 .367 104 243 11 5 3 3 7 *6/H GG
5 Pedro Feliz 33 3B 0.6 133 463 425 43 106 19 2 14 58 0 0 33 54 .249 .302 .402 .705 82 .318 81 171 14 0 3 2 3 *5H/6
6 Pat Burrell 31 LF 2.4 157 645 536 74 134 33 3 33 86 0 0 102 136 .250 .367 .507 .875 125 .377 123 272 10 1 0 6 8 *7/H
7 Shane Victorino 27 CF 4.4 146 627 570 102 167 30 8 14 58 36 11 45 69 .293 .352 .447 .799 107 .365 111 255 8 7 5 0 2 *8/H9 GG
8 Jayson Werth 29 RF 3.7 134 482 418 73 114 16 3 24 67 20 1 57 119 .273 .363 .498 .861 122 .392 128 208 2 4 0 3 1 *987H
Rk Player Age Pos WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
9 Geoff Jenkins* 33 RF -0.2 115 322 293 27 72 16 0 9 29 1 1 24 68 .246 .301 .392 .694 79 .316 79 115 6 1 0 4 5 9H/D
10 Chris Coste 35 C 0.7 98 305 274 28 72 17 0 9 36 0 1 16 51 .263 .325 .423 .748 93 .336 95 116 7 10 3 2 1 2H/3D
11 Greg Dobbs* 29 3B 0.8 128 240 226 30 68 14 1 9 40 3 1 11 40 .301 .333 .491 .824 112 .364 113 111 4 1 0 2 1 H5/973D
12 Eric Bruntlett 30 SS 0.1 120 238 212 37 46 9 1 2 15 9 2 21 35 .217 .297 .297 .594 56 .283 52 63 7 3 2 0 3 H675/943
13 So Taguchi 38 OF -0.2 88 103 91 18 20 5 1 0 9 3 0 8 14 .220 .283 .297 .580 52 .278 45 27 2 0 4 0 0 H79/8
14 Matt Stairs* 40 RF 0.2 16 19 17 4 5 1 0 2 5 0 0 1 3 .294 .316 .706 1.022 157 .406 144 12 0 0 0 1 0 H/9
15 Mike Cervenak 31 3B -0.1 10 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .154 .308 -19 .211 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 /H5
16 Brad Harman 22 IF -0.2 6 11 10 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .100 .182 .200 .382 0 .179 -19 2 1 0 0 0 0 /H45
17 Tadahito Iguchi 33 2B 0.0 4 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714 83 .310 74 3 0 0 0 0 0 /H4
18 Greg Golson 22 CF -0.2 6 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .040 -146 0 0 0 0 0 0 /H89
19 T.J. Bohn 28 LF 0.3 14 5 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 157 .414 150 3 0 0 0 0 0 7/H
20 Lou Marson 22 C 0.1 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 1.250 1.750 337 .732 374 5 0 0 0 0 0 /2
21 Chris Snelling* 26 4 4 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 395 .818 436 6 0 0 0 0 0 /H
22 Andy Tracy* 34 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -27 .178 -19 0 0 0 0 1 0 /H
Rk Player Age Pos WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
23 Cole Hamels* 24 P 0.2 35 85 76 3 17 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 29 .224 .234 .250 .484 27 .217 -1 19 0 1 8 0 0 1/H
24 Brett Myers 27 P -0.3 30 71 58 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 19 .069 .129 .086 .215 -42 .125 -80 5 1 0 9 0 0 1/H
25 Jamie Moyer* 45 P 0.0 31 70 51 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 19 .078 .190 .098 .288 -22 .186 -37 5 0 0 12 0 0 1
26 Kyle Kendrick 23 P -0.1 31 59 50 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 24 .100 .151 .120 .271 -28 .148 -56 6 0 0 6 0 0 1/H
27 Adam Eaton 30 P 0.3 22 36 28 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 6 .179 .303 .250 .553 47 .267 39 7 0 0 3 0 0 1/H
28 Joe Blanton 27 P -0.2 13 23 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .063 .059 .063 .121 -68 .107 -130 1 0 0 6 1 0 1
29 J.A. Happ* 25 P -0.1 8 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -216 0 0 0 2 0 0 /1
30 Chad Durbin 30 P 0.0 69 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -42 .101 -74 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
31 Clay Condrey 32 P 0.1 55 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 153 .419 151 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
32 Ryan Madson* 27 P 0.0 73 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -148 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
33 R.J. Swindle* 24 P 0.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -148 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
34 Les Walrond* 31 P 0.0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 .000 -142 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
35 J.C. Romero# 32 P 0.0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
36 Rudy Seánez 39 P 0.0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
37 Brad Lidge 31 P 0.0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-4,MVP-8
38 Drew Carpenter 23 P 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
39 Tom Gordon 40 P 0.0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
40 Scott Eyre* 36 P 0.0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Team Totals 28.5 162 6273 5509 799 1407 291 36 214 762 136 25 586 1117 .255 .332 .438 .770 99 .346 97 2412 108 67 71 40 68
Non-Pitcher Totals 28.8 5895 5200 783 1367 282 36 213 750 136 25 566 998 .263 .341 .454 .794 105 .355 105 2360 107 66 25 38 68
Pitcher Totals -0.2 370 303 15 38 8 0 0 10 0 0 19 118 .125 .179 .152 .331 -12 .173 -42 46 1 1 46 1 0

Standard Pitching

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Regular Season
Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
1 Cole Hamels* 24 SP 4.3 14 10 .583 3.09 33 33 0 2 2 0 227.1 193 89 78 28 53 7 196 1 0 0 914 141 3.72 1.082 7.6 1.1 2.1 7.8 3.70
2 Jamie Moyer* 45 SP 2.8 16 7 .696 3.71 33 33 0 0 0 0 196.1 199 85 81 20 62 4 123 11 0 3 841 117 4.32 1.329 9.1 0.9 2.8 5.6 1.98
3 Brett Myers 27 SP 0.7 10 13 .435 4.55 30 30 0 2 1 0 190.0 197 103 96 29 65 6 163 6 0 2 817 96 4.52 1.379 9.3 1.4 3.1 7.7 2.51
4 Kyle Kendrick 23 SP -1.6 11 9 .550 5.49 31 30 1 0 0 0 155.2 194 103 95 23 57 2 68 14 1 4 722 79 5.55 1.612 11.2 1.3 3.3 3.9 1.19
5 Adam Eaton 30 SP -1.0 4 8 .333 5.80 21 19 0 0 0 0 107.0 131 71 69 15 44 5 57 6 0 2 478 75 5.29 1.636 11.0 1.3 3.7 4.8 1.30
6 Joe Blanton 27 SP 0.5 4 0 1.000 4.20 13 13 0 0 0 0 70.2 66 36 33 10 31 0 49 3 0 1 305 104 5.03 1.373 8.4 1.3 3.9 6.2 1.58
Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
7 Brad Lidge 31 CL 2.4 2 0 1.000 1.95 72 0 61 0 0 41 69.1 50 17 15 2 35 4 92 1 0 5 292 224 2.41 1.226 6.5 0.3 4.5 11.9 2.63 AS,CYA-4,MVP-8
8 Chad Durbin 30 RP 1.4 5 4 .556 2.87 71 0 12 0 0 1 87.2 81 33 28 5 35 7 63 4 0 3 365 152 3.77 1.323 8.3 0.5 3.6 6.5 1.80
9 Ryan Madson 27 RP 1.4 4 2 .667 3.05 76 0 14 0 0 1 82.2 79 29 28 6 23 4 67 1 1 2 340 143 3.33 1.234 8.6 0.7 2.5 7.3 2.91
10 Clay Condrey 32 RP 0.8 3 4 .429 3.26 56 0 30 0 0 1 69.0 85 26 25 6 19 8 34 2 0 1 303 134 4.19 1.507 11.1 0.8 2.5 4.4 1.79
11 J.C. Romero* 32 RP 1.6 4 4 .500 2.75 81 0 14 0 0 1 59.0 41 18 18 5 38 5 52 5 1 2 255 159 4.66 1.339 6.3 0.8 5.8 7.9 1.37
Rk Player Age Pos WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB Awards
12 Rudy Seánez 39 -0.1 5 4 .556 3.53 42 0 14 0 0 0 43.1 38 24 17 2 25 4 30 1 0 2 189 124 4.15 1.454 7.9 0.4 5.2 6.2 1.20
13 J.A. Happ* 25 0.5 1 0 1.000 3.69 8 4 1 0 0 0 31.2 28 13 13 3 14 1 26 1 0 1 138 119 4.14 1.326 8.0 0.9 4.0 7.4 1.86
14 Tom Gordon 40 -0.7 5 4 .556 5.16 34 0 7 0 0 2 29.2 31 19 17 3 17 1 26 0 0 4 139 85 4.41 1.618 9.4 0.9 5.2 7.9 1.53
15 Scott Eyre* 36 0.5 3 0 1.000 1.88 19 0 2 0 0 0 14.1 8 3 3 1 3 1 18 1 0 0 53 236 2.36 0.767 5.0 0.6 1.9 11.3 6.00
16 Les Walrond* 31 -0.2 1 1 .500 6.10 6 0 1 0 0 0 10.1 13 7 7 0 9 4 12 0 0 2 49 74 3.42 2.129 11.3 0.0 7.8 10.5 1.33
17 R.J. Swindle* 24 -0.2 0 0 7.71 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 9 4 4 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 24 61 8.27 2.357 17.4 3.9 3.9 7.7 2.00
18 Drew Carpenter 23 0.0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 4.13 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
Team Totals 13.0 92 70 .568 3.89 162 162 158 4 3 47 1449.2 1444 680 627 160 533 64 1081 57 3 34 6229 112 4.30 1.364 9.0 1.0 3.3 6.7 2.03

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