2008 San Francisco Giants season
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The 2008 San Francisco Giants season was the
Pre-season
On September 21, 2007, Giants' ownership announced that Bonds would not return after the 2007 season.[1] The Giants did not resign Ryan Klesko and Pedro Feliz. On December 12, 2007, the Giants signed Aaron Rowand to a five-year and $60 million contract.[2]
The Giants finished spring training with a record of 9–23–2, the worst spring training in their recorded history. The Giants had the highest ERA and the lowest batting average among teams whose spring training was in Arizona. The team lead the majors with 40 errors.
Giants spring training included injuries and competitions for several roster positions.
won the competition to be the team's 5th starter.The Giants were widely expected to miss the playoffs in 2008, according to numerous sports writers.[7][8]
Regular season
On May 16, 2008, Peter Magowan, the owner who brought Barry Bonds to San Francisco, built a new ballpark and kept major league baseball in the city, announced he would be stepping down as the managing partner of the Giants. Effective October 1, 2008 Bill Neukom would be the new managing partner of the Giants.[9]
Season standings
NL West | W
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | — | 48–33 | 36–45 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 2 | 48–33 | 34–47 |
Colorado Rockies | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 10 | 43–38 | 31–50 |
San Francisco Giants | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 12 | 37–44 | 35–46 |
San Diego Padres | 63 | 99 | 0.389 | 21 | 35–46 | 28–53 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 |
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September
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Roster
Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging percentage
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
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Randy Winn | 155 | 598 | 84 | 183 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 64 | 25 | 59 | .306 | .426 |
Aaron Rowand | 152 | 549 | 57 | 149 | 37 | 0 | 13 | 70 | 2 | 44 | .271 | .410 |
Bengie Molina | 145 | 530 | 46 | 155 | 33 | 0 | 16 | 95 | 0 | 19 | .292 | .445 |
Fred Lewis | 133 | 468 | 81 | 132 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 21 | 51 | .282 | .440 |
Rich Aurilia | 140 | 407 | 33 | 115 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 52 | 1 | 30 | .283 | .413 |
José Castillo | 112 | 394 | 42 | 96 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 2 | 25 | .244 | .381 |
John Bowker | 111 | 326 | 31 | 83 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 1 | 19 | .255 | .408 |
Eugenio Vélez | 98 | 275 | 32 | 72 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 14 | .262 | .382 |
Omar Vizquel | 92 | 266 | 24 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 24 | .222 | .267 |
Ray Durham | 87 | 263 | 43 | 77 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 6 | 38 | .293 | .414 |
Emmanuel Burriss | 94 | 240 | 37 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 23 | .283 | .329 |
Pablo Sandoval | 41 | 145 | 24 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 4 | .345 | .490 |
Iván Ochoa | 47 | 120 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .267 |
Dave Roberts | 52 | 107 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 20 | .224 | .280 |
Travis Ishikawa | 33 | 95 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 9 | .274 | .432 |
Steve Holm | 49 | 84 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | .262 | .405 |
Brian Bocock | 32 | 77 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | .143 | .156 |
Nate Schierholtz | 19 | 75 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .320 | .493 |
Daniel Ortmeier | 38 | 64 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .219 | .313 |
Travis Denker | 24 | 37 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .243 | .486 |
Brian Horwitz | 21 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | .222 | .389 |
Scott McClain | 14 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | .273 | .485 |
Ryan Rohlinger | 21 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .094 | .188 |
Rajai Davis | 12 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .056 | .056 |
Eliézer Alfonzo | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 |
Conor Gillaspie | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 |
Clay Timpner | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Kevin Frandsen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
J.T. Snow |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .--- | .--- |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 285 | 16 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 18 | .126 | .168 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5543 | 640 | 1452 | 311 | 37 | 94 | 606 | '108 | 452 | .262 | .382 |
Source:[2]
Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Tim Lincecum | 18 | 5 | 2.62 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 227.0 | 182 | 72 | 66 | 84 | 265 |
Matt Cain | 8 | 14 | 3.76 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 217.2 | 206 | 95 | 91 | 91 | 186 |
Barry Zito | 10 | 17 | 5.15 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 180.0 | 186 | 115 | 103 | 102 | 120 |
Jonathan Sánchez | 9 | 12 | 5.01 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 158.0 | 154 | 90 | 88 | 75 | 157 |
Kevin Correia | 3 | 8 | 6.05 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 110.0 | 141 | 80 | 74 | 47 | 66 |
Keiichi Yabu | 3 | 6 | 3.57 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 63 | 33 | 27 | 32 | 48 |
Brian Wilson | 3 | 2 | 4.62 | 63 | 0 | 41 | 62.1 | 62 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 67 |
Tyler Walker | 5 | 8 | 4.56 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 53.1 | 47 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 49 |
Pat Misch | 0 | 3 | 5.68 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 52.1 | 56 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 38 |
Jack Taschner | 3 | 2 | 4.88 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 57 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 39 |
Billy Sadler | 0 | 1 | 4.06 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 44.1 | 34 | 21 | 20 | 27 | 42 |
Brad Hennessey | 1 | 2 | 7.81 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 40.1 | 63 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 21 |
Alex Hinshaw | 2 | 1 | 3.40 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 39.2 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 29 | 47 |
Sergio Romo | 3 | 1 | 2.12 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 33 |
Vinnie Chulk | 0 | 3 | 4.83 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 31.2 | 33 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 16 |
Osiris Matos | 1 | 2 | 4.79 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20.2 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 16 |
Geno Espineli | 2 | 0 | 5.06 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Merkin Valdez | 1 | 0 | 1.69 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
Matt Palmer | 0 | 2 | 8.53 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12.2 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 3 |
Erick Threets | 0 | 1 | 3.60 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
Team Totals | 72 | 90 | 4.38 | 162 | 162 | 41 | 1442.0 | 1416 | 759 | 701 | 652 | 1240 |
Source:[3]
Awards and honors
- Bengie Molina C,[10] Willie Mac Award
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Fresno Grizzlies | Pacific Coast League | Dan Rohn |
AA | Connecticut Defenders | Eastern League
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Bien Figueroa |
A
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San Jose Giants | California League | Steve Decker |
A
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Augusta GreenJackets | South Atlantic League | Andy Skeels |
A-Short Season
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Salem-Keizer Volcanoes | Northwest League | Tom Trebelhorn |
Rookie
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AZL Giants
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Arizona League
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Dave Machemer |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Augusta, AZL Giants
References
- ^ Curry, Jack (September 22, 2007). "Bonds Goes From Out of the Park to Out of a Job". The New York Times. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
- The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
- The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
- The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
- The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
- The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
- The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
- ^ "ESPN predicts the 2008 season". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
- ^ Hayes, A.J.(July 31, 2008). "Giants Rookie is First Full-Blooded Filipino in Big Leagues" Archived October 25, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.AsianWeek. Retrieved on 2008-08-01.
- ^ Benjie Molina, 2008 recipient