2008 Boston Red Sox season

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2008 Boston Red Sox
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2008 Information
Owner(s) John Henry
Tom Werner
Larry Lucchino
Manager(s) Terry Francona
Local television NESN
Local radio WRKO
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The Boston Red Sox' 2008 season began on March 25, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan for the MLB Japan Opening Day 2008. The Red Sox are attempting to become the first repeat World Series Champions since the 1999/2000 New York Yankees and also be the first repeat Champions of the 21st century. They will also try to become World Series Champions three times in five years.

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

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AL East		 W L Pct. GB Strk. Home Road
Boston Red Sox 40 26 .606 — W2 26–6 14–20
Tampa Bay Rays 38 26 .594 1 W1 24–10 14–16
Toronto Blue Jays 33 33 .500 7 L1 16–14 17–19
New York Yankees 32 32 .500 7 L1 18–15 14–17
Baltimore Orioles 31 31 .500 7 L1 17–11 14–20

[edit] Roster

Boston Red Sox roster
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Active (25-man) roster Inactive (40-man) roster Coaches/Other
Starting rotation

Bullpen

 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated hitters

  • None specified
 Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated hitters

 Manager

Coaches

60-day disabled list


† 15-day disabled list
* Suspended list
# Bereavement list
Roster updated 2008-06-03
Transactions • Depth Chart

[edit] Record vs. Opponents

Team W-L Record
Baltimore Orioles 3–3
Chicago White Sox 0–0
Cleveland Indians 2–0
Detroit Tigers 5–2
Kansas City Royals 4–0
Los Angeles Angels 1–2
Minnesota Twins 1–3
New York Yankees 3–2
Oakland Athletics 3–4
Seattle Mariners 3–3
Tampa Bay Rays 6–3
Texas Rangers 4–0
Toronto Blue Jays 2–4
Interleague Play 3–0

[edit] Game log

2008 Game Log
March
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 March 25 @ Athletics* 6 – 5 (10) Okajima (1–0) Street (0–1) Papelbon (1) 44,628 1–0
2 March 26 @ Athletics* 5 – 1 Harden (1–0) Lester (0–1) 44,735 1–1

* At Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, see MLB Japan Opening Day 2008
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
3 April 1 @ Athletics 2 – 1 Matsuzaka (1–0) Blanton (0–1) Papelbon (2) 36,067 2–1
4 April 2 @ Athletics 5 – 0 Lester (1–1) Embree (0–1) 21,625 3–1
5 April 4 @ Blue Jays 6 – 3 Marcum (1–0) Aardsma (0–1) Accardo (2) 50,171 3–2
6 April 5 @ Blue Jays 10 – 2 Litsch (1–0) Buchholz (0–1) 35,238 3–3
7 April 6 @ Blue Jays 7 – 4 Halladay (1–1) Beckett (0–1) Accardo (3) 30,114 3–4
8 April 8 Tigers 5 – 0 Matsuzaka (2–0) Rogers (0–2) 36,567 4–4
9 April 9 Tigers 7 – 2 Bonderman (1-1) Lester (1–2) 37,190 4–5
10 April 10 Tigers 12 – 6 Wakefield (1–0) Robertson (0–1) Papelbon (3) 37,612 5–5
11 April 11 Yankees 4 – 1 Wang (3–0) Timlin (0–1) 37,624 5–6
12 April 12 Yankees 4 – 3 Beckett (1–1) Mussina (1–2) Papelbon (4) 37,461 6–6
13 April 13 Yankees 8 – 5 Matsuzaka (3–0) Hughes (0–2) Delcarmen (1) 37,876 7–6
14 April 14 @ Indians 6 – 4 Timlin (1–1) Borowski (0–2) Papelbon (5) 21,802 8–6
15 April 15 @ Indians 5 – 3 Aardsma (1–1) Lewis (0–1) Okajima (1) 25,135 9–6
16 April 16 @ Yankees 15 – 9 Hawkins (1–0) Tavárez (0–1) Bruney (1) 54,667 9–7
17 April 17 @ Yankees 7 – 5 Beckett (2–1) Mussina (1–3) 55,088 10–7
18 April 18 Rangers 11 – 3 Matsuzaka (4–0) Mendoza (0–2) 37,902 11–7
19 April 19 Rangers 5 – 3 López (1–0) Benoit (1–1) Papelbon (6) 37,958 12–7
20 April 20 Rangers 6 – 5 Wakefield (2–0) Wilson (0–1) Papelbon (7) 37,480 13–7
21 April 21 Rangers 8 – 3 Buchholz (1–1) Nippert (1–2) 37,539 14–7
22 April 22 Angels 7 – 6 Timlin (2–1) Oliver (1–1) Papelbon (8) 37,982 15–7
23 April 23 Angels 6 – 4 Garland (3–2) Hansen (0–1) Rodriguez (8) 38,172 15–8
24 April 24 Angels 7 – 5 Saunders (4–0) Delcarmen (0–1) Rodriguez (9) 36,848 15–9
25 April 25 @ Rays 5 – 4 Dohmann (1–0) Timlin (2–2) 30,290 15–10
26 April 26 @ Rays 2 – 1 Dohmann (2–0) Buchholz (1–2) Percival (5) 36,048 15–11
27 April 27 @ Rays 3 – 0 Shields (3–1) Beckett (2–2) 32,363 15–12
28 April 29 Blue Jays 1 – 0 Papelbon (1–0) Halladay (2–4) 37,215 16–12
29 April 30 Blue Jays 2 – 1 Papelbon (2–0) Downs(0–1) 37,710 17–12
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
30 May 1 Blue Jays 3 – 0 Burnett (3–2) Wakefield (2–1) Ryan (3) 37,821 17–13
31 May 2 Rays 7 – 3 Buchholz (2–2) Jackson (2–3) 37,541 18–13
32 May 3 Rays 12 – 4 Beckett (3–2) Shields (3–2) 37,700 19–13
33 May 4 Rays 7 – 3 Lester (2–2) Kazmir (0–1) Papelbon (9) 37,091 20–13
34 May 5 @ Tigers 6 – 3 Matsuzaka (5–0) Bonderman (2–3) Papelbon (10) 39,478 21–13
35 May 6 @ Tigers 5 – 0 Wakefield (3–1) Robertson (1–4) 38,564 22–13
36 May 7 @ Tigers 10 – 9 Jones (1–0) Papelbon (2–1) 38,062 22–14
37 May 8 @ Tigers 5 – 1 Beckett (4–2) Verlander (1–6) 38,592 23–14
38 May 9 @ Twins 7 – 6 Crain (1–1) Papelbon (2–2) 25,477 23–15
39 May 10 @ Twins 5 – 2 Matsuzaka (6–0) Perkins (0–1) Papelbon (11) 33,839 24–15
40 May 11 @ Twins 9 – 8 Blackburn (3–2) Wakefield (3–2) Nathan (12) 26,511 24–16
41 May 12 @ Twins 7 – 3 Hernández (6–1) Buchholz (2–3) 18,782 24–17
42 May 13 @ Orioles 5 – 4 Guthrie (2–3) Beckett (4–3) Sherrill (14) 38,768 24–18
43 May 14 @ Orioles 6 – 3 Cabrera (4–1) Hansen (0–2) Sherrill (15) 28,939 24–19
– May 16 Brewers Postponed (rain)
44 May 17 Brewers 5 – 3 Matsuzaka (7–0) Suppan (2–3) Papelbon (12) 37,409 25–19
45 May 17 Brewers 7 – 6 Hansen (1–2) Torres (3–1) Timlin (1) 37,847 26–19
46 May 18 Brewers 11 – 7 Beckett (5–3) Villanueva (2–5) 37,204 27–19
47 May 19 Royals 7 – 0 Lester (3–2) (no-hitter) Hochevar (3–3) 37,746 28–19
48 May 20 Royals 2 – 1 Masterson (1–0) Meche (3–6) Papelbon (13) 37,486 29–19
49 May 21 Royals 6 – 3 Colón (1–0) Tomko (2–5) 37,674 30–19
50 May 22 Royals 11 – 8 Matsuzaka (8–0) Bannister (4–6) Papelbon (14) 37,613 31–19
51 May 23 @ Athletics 8 – 3 Harden (3–0) Wakefield (3–3) 29,057 31–20
52 May 24 @ Athletics 3 – 0 Duchscherer (4–3) Beckett (5–4) Street (10) 33,468 31–21
53 May 25 @ Athletics 6 – 3 Blanton (3–6) Lester (3–3) Street (11) 33,067 31–22
54 May 26 @ Mariners 5 – 3 Colón (2–0) Hernández (2–5) 35,818 32–22
55 May 27 @ Mariners 4 – 3 Putz (2–3) Timlin (2–3) 30,758 32–23
56 May 28 @ Mariners 1 – 0 Bédard (4–3) Wakefield (3–4) Putz (6) 30,752 32–24
57 May 30 @ Orioles 5 – 2 (13) Timlin (3–3) Bradford (2–2) Papelbon (15) 46,199 33–24
58 May 31 @ Orioles 6 – 3 Aardsma (2–1) Cormier (0–2) Papelbon (16) 48,281 34–24
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
59 June 1 @ Orioles 9 – 4 Colón (3–0) Burres (4–5) 45,031 35–24
60 June 2 @ Orioles 6 – 3 Johnson (1–2) Okajima (1–1) Sherrill (18) 25,711 35–25
61 June 3 Rays 7 – 4 Masterson (2–0) Garza (4–2) Papelbon (17) 37,823 36–25
62 June 4 Rays 5 – 1 Beckett (6–4) Jackson (3–5) 37,474 37–25
63 June 5 Rays 7 – 1 Lester (4–3) Shields (4–4) 37,639 38–25
64 June 6 Mariners 8 – 0 Hernández (4–5) Colón (3–1) 37,757 38–26
65 June 7 Mariners 11 – 3 Wakefield (4–4) Batista (3–7) 37,443 39–26
66 June 8 Mariners 2 – 1 Masterson (3–0) Green (1–2) Papelbon (18) 37,198 40–26
67 June 10 Orioles
68 June 11 Orioles
69 June 12 Orioles
70 June 13 @ Reds
71 June 14 @ Reds
72 June 15 @ Reds
73 June 16 @ Phillies
74 June 17 @ Phillies
75 June 18 @ Phillies
76 June 20 Cardinals
77 June 21 Cardinals
78 June 22 Cardinals
79 June 23 D-backs
80 June 24 D-backs
81 June 25 D-backs
82 June 27 @ Astros
83 June 28 @ Astros
84 June 29 @ Astros
85 June 30 @ Rays
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
86 July 1 @ Rays
87 July 2 @ Rays
88 July 3 @ Yankees
89 July 4 @ Yankees
90 July 5 @ Yankees
91 July 6 @ Yankees
92 July 7 Twins
93 July 8 Twins
94 July 9 Twins
95 July 11 Orioles
96 July 12 Orioles
97 July 13 Orioles
98 July 18 @ Angels
99 July 19 @ Angels
100 July 20 @ Angels
101 July 21 @ Mariners
102 July 22 @ Mariners
103 July 23 @ Mariners
104 July 25 Yankees
105 July 26 Yankees
106 July 27 Yankees
107 July 28 Angels
108 July 29 Angels
109 July 30 Angels
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
110 August 1 Athletics
111 August 2 Athletics
112 August 3 Athletics
113 August 4 @ Royals
114 August 5 @ Royals
115 August 6 @ Royals
116 August 8 @ White Sox
117 August 9 @ White Sox
118 August 10 @ White Sox
119 August 11 @ White Sox
120 August 12 Rangers
121 August 13 Rangers
122 August 14 Rangers
123 August 15 Blue Jays
124 August 16 Blue Jays
125 August 17 Blue Jays
126 August 18 @ Orioles
127 August 19 @ Orioles
128 August 20 @ Orioles
129 August 22 @ Blue Jays
130 August 23 @ Blue Jays
131 August 24 @ Blue Jays
132 August 26 @ Yankees
133 August 27 @ Yankees
134 August 28 @ Yankees
135 August 29 White Sox
136 August 30 White Sox
137 August 31 White Sox
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
138 September 1 Orioles
139 September 2 Orioles
140 September 3 Orioles
141 September 5 Rangers
142 September 6 Rangers
143 September 7 Rangers
144 September 8 Rays
145 September 9 Rays
146 September 10 Rays
147 September 12 Blue Jays
148 September 13 Blue Jays
149 September 14 Blue Jays
150 September 15 @ Rays
151 September 16 @ Rays
152 September 17 @ Rays
153 September 19 @ Blue Jays
154 September 20 @ Blue Jays
155 September 21 @ Blue Jays
156 September 22 Indians
157 September 23 Indians
158 September 24 Indians
159 September 25 Indians
160 September 26 Yankees
161 September 27 Yankees
162 September 28 Yankees

[edit] Player stats

Correct as of May 20, 2008

[edit] Batters

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
Sean Casey 20 62 6 22 7 0 0 8 .355 0
Kevin Cash 16 44 3 15 4 0 0 5 .341 0
Alex Cora 11 22 0 9 1 0 0 1 .409 0
Coco Crisp 33 97 12 29 7 1 2 10 .299 6
J.D. Drew 36 124 27 35 6 0 3 18 .282 1
Jacoby Ellsbury 41 134 35 37 3 2 3 16 .276 18
Mike Lowell 29 110 15 30 8 0 5 15 .273 0
Jed Lowrie 17 42 6 13 4 0 1 7 .310 0
Julio Lugo 38 132 12 37 7 0 0 10 .280 6
Brandon Moss 6 21 3 6 0 0 2 3 .286 0
David Ortiz 43 170 30 42 9 0 10 37 .247 0
Dustin Pedroia 47 195 27 59 14 0 2 23 .303 6
Manny Ramirez 44 167 27 50 12 1 8 28 .299 1
Joe Thurston 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Jonathan Van Every 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 0
Jason Varitek 37 124 13 36 11 0 5 17 .290 0
Kevin Youkilis 44 171 30 56 16 2 9 34 .327 2

[edit] Pitchers

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
David Aardsma 1 1 2.14 19 0 0 21 6 5 16 18
Josh Beckett 5 3 4.67 8 8 0 54.0 29 28 11 56
Clay Buchholz 2 3 5.53 8 8 0 42.1 27 26 20 43
Bryan Corey 0 0 10.50 7 0 0 6.0 7 7 3 4
Manny Delcarmen 0 1 5.82 20 0 0 17.0 11 11 6 15
Craig Hansen 1 2 7.11 6 0 0 6.1 8 5 3 5
Jon Lester 3 2 3.41 11 11 0 66.0 27 25 31 42
Javier Lopez 1 0 3.24 21 0 0 16.2 8 6 8 8
Justin Masterson 0 0 1.50 1 1 0 6.0 1 1 4 4
Daisuke Matsuzaka 7 0 2.15 9 9 0 54.1 15 13 32 46
Hideki Okajima 1 0 0.93 18 0 1 19.1 2 2 4 16
Jonathan Papelbon 2 2 2.61 20 0 12 20.2 8 6 2 24
David Pauley 0 0 10.38 1 0 0 4.1 5 5 2 3
Kyle Snyder 0 0 21.60 2 0 0 1.2 4 4 2 1
Julian Tavarez 0 1 6.39 9 0 0 12.2 12 9 9 6
Mike Timlin 2 2 8.18 14 0 1 11.0 10 10 3 2
Tim Wakefield 3 2 4.33 9 9 0 54.0 29 26 26 32

[edit] References

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