2008 Cincinnati Reds season

2008 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Great American Ball Park (since 2003)
Cincinnati (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Robert Castellini
General manager(s)	Wayne Krivsky, Walt Jocketty
Manager(s)	Dusty Baker
Local television	FSN Ohio
Local radio	WLW (700 AM) Cincinnati Bell Reds Radio Network
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The Cincinnati Reds' 2008 season was their 127th in total and their sixth in their present home park, Great American Ball Park. The Reds play in the National League's central division; their divisional foes were the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, and Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cubs were the defending champions. The Reds had not made the playoffs since 1995.^[1]

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

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

The season was 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 said "NUXY" was 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.The Reds again stirred up controversy in Cincinnati in late July and early August by first trading right fielder Ken Griffey, Jr., who a month earlier had hit his 600th home run, to the Chicago White Sox at the trade deadline. On their next off day they sent popular left fielder Adam Dunn to the Arizona Diamondbacks for two minor leaguers and pitcher Micah Owings.

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	97	64	0.602	—	55–26	42–38
Milwaukee Brewers	90	72	0.556	7½	49–32	41–40
Houston Astros	86	75	0.534	11	47–33	39–42
St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	0.531	11½	46–35	40–41
Cincinnati Reds	74	88	0.457	23½	43–38	31–50
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	95	0.414	30½	39–42	28–53

Record vs. opponents

2008 National League Records Source:
Team	ARI	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

Roster

2008 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers 64 Jon Adkins 41 Jeremy Affeldt 61 Bronson Arroyo 34 Homer Bailey 31 Matt Belisle 45 Bill Bray 51 Jared Burton 56 Todd Coffey 48 Francisco Cordero 47 Johnny Cueto 33 Josh Fogg 39 Aaron Harang 52 Daniel Ray Herrera 57 Mike Lincoln 38 Gary Majewski 40 Nick Masset 50 Kent Mercker 63 Adam Pettyjohn 58 Ramón Ramírez 65 Josh Roenicke 53 Daryl Thompson 36 Edinson Vólquez 25 David Weathers		Catchers  9 Paul Bako 29 Ryan Hanigan 26 David Ross 17 Javier Valentín Infielders  7 Juan Castro 28 Edwin Encarnación 15 Jerry Hairston, Jr. 21 Scott Hatteberg  7 Paul Janish 27 Jeff Keppinger 46 Andy Phillips  4 Brandon Phillips 62 Danny Richar 60 Adam Rosales 19 Joey Votto		Outfielders 32 Jay Bruce 54 Jolbert Cabrera 26 Wilkin Castillo 21 Chris Dickerson 44 Adam Dunn  6 Ryan Freel  3 Ken Griffey, Jr. 30 Norris Hopper 23 Corey Patterson Other batters 56 Micah Owings		Manager 12 Dusty Baker Coaches 55 Mark Berry (third base) 22 Billy Hatcher (first base) 49 Brook Jacoby (hitting) 59 Juan López (bullpen) 43 Dick Pole (pitching) 35 Chris Speier (bench)

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 4–2 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 8–4 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 Vólquez (1–0) Myers (0–1) 26,566 4–2 7 April 7 Phillies 5–3 Hamels (1–1) Arroyo (0–1) Lidge (1) 14,674 4–3 8 April 8 @ Brewers 3 – 2 (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 1–0 Grabow (1–0) Burton (0–1) Capps (2) 13,603 6–5 12 April 12 @ Pirates 4–3 Snell (2–0) Lincoln (0–1) Capps (3) 18,906 6–6 13 April 13 @ Pirates 9–1 Gorzelanny (1–1) Cueto (1–1) 11,201 6–7 14 April 15 @ Cubs 9–5 Dempster (2–0) Harang (1–2) 39,130 6–8 15 April 16 @ Cubs 12–3 Zambrano (2–1) Fogg (1–2) 40,099 6–9 16 April 17 @ Cubs 9–2 Vólquez (2–0) Lilly (0–3) 39,534 7–9 17 April 18 Brewers 5–2 Sheets (3–0) Arroyo (0–2) Gagné (5) 32,629 7–10 18 April 19 Brewers 5 – 3 (10) Mota (1–0) Weathers (0–2) Gagné (6) 26,410 7–11 19 April 20 Brewers 4 – 3 (10) Burton (1–1) Gagné (1–1) 26,902 8–11 20 April 21 Dodgers 9–3 Penny (3–2) Belisle (0–1) 14,446 8–12 21 April 22 Dodgers 8–1 Vólquez (3–0) Kuo (0–1) 14,763 9–12 22 April 23 Astros 9–3 Sampson (1–2) Arroyo (0–3) 16,017 9–13 23 April 24 Astros 5–3 Cassel (1–0) Cueto (1–2) Valverde (3) 17,403 9–14 24 April 25 @ Giants 3–1 Sánchez (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 Vólquez (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 Piñeiro (2–2) Cueto (1–3) 35,356 12–16 29 April 30 @ Cardinals 5–2 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 2–0 Hudson (4–2) Vólquez (4–1) 32,057 12–18 31 May 3 @ Braves 9–1 Reyes (1–0) Belisle (1–2) 37,969 12–19 32 May 4 @ Braves 14–7 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 Vólquez (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 Pérez (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 Vólquez (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 Vólquez (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 5–2 Kuroda (2–3) Cueto (2–5) Saito (8) 33,224 21–26 49 May 22 @ Padres 8–2 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 12 – 9 (18) Banks (1–0) Vólquez (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 Vólquez (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 Vólquez (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 † 6 – 4 (10) Papelbon (3–2) Lincoln (0–2) Hansen (1) 40,947 33–37 72 June 15 Red Sox † 9–0 Beckett (7–4) Bailey (0–3) 39,958 33–38 73 June 17 Dodgers 3–1 Billingsley (5–7) Cueto (5–7) Saito (9) 26,906 33–39 74 June 18 Dodgers 6–1 Lowe (5–6) Arroyo (4–6) 20,055 33–40 75 June 19 Dodgers 7–4 Stults (1–0) Harang (3–10) Saito (10) 30,136 33–41 76 June 20 @ Yankees † 4–2 Vólquez (10–2) Mussina (10–5) Cordero (14) 53,421 34–41 77 June 21 @ Yankees † 6–0 Bray (2–0) Giese (1–2) 54,509 35–41 78 June 22 @ Yankees † 4–1 Pettitte (8–5) Cueto (5–8) Rivera (21) 54,234 35–42 79 June 24 @ Blue Jays † 14–1 Burnett (7–7) Arroyo (4–7) 28,153 35–43 80 June 25 @ Blue Jays † 6–5 Burton (4–1) Wolfe (0–2) Cordero (15) 25,437 36–43 81 June 26 @ Blue Jays † 7–1 Litsch (8–4) Vólquez (10–3) 25,129 36–44 82 June 27 @ Indians † 6–0 Sabathia (6–8) Thompson (0–1) 34,844 36–45 83 June 28 @ Indians † 5–0 Cueto (6–8) Byrd (3–9) 39,506 37–45 84 June 29 @ Indians † 9–5 Arroyo (5–7) Laffey (4–5) 37,079 38–45 85 June 30 Pirates 4–3 Cordero (3–1) Capps (1–3) 20,745 39–45
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 86 July 1 Pirates 6–5 (11) Capps (2–3) Weathers (2–4) Sánchez (1) 19,345 39–46 87 July 2 Pirates 9–5 Bautista (1–1) Thompson (0–2) 16,890 39–47 88 July 3 Nationals 5–3 Cueto (7–8) Colomé (2–2) Cordero (16) 23,259 40–47 89 July 4 Nationals 3–0 Arroyo (6–7) Bergmann (1–6) Cordero (17) 22,626 41–47 90 July 5 Nationals 3–2 Cordero (4–1) Hanrahan (5–3) 37,121 42–47 91 July 6 Nationals 6–5 Vólquez (11–3) Balester (1–1) Cordero (18) 28,814 43–47 92 July 8 @ Cubs 7–3 Dempster (10–3) Harang (3–11) 41,360 43–48 93 July 9 @ Cubs 5–1 Zambrano (10–3) Cueto (7–9) Wood (23) 41,605 43–49 94 July 10 @ Cubs 12–7 Arroyo (7–7) Lilly (9–6) 41,459 44–49 95 July 11 @ Brewers 6–5 Lincoln (1–2) Shouse (3–1) Cordero (19) 41,229 45–49 96 July 12 @ Brewers 8–2 Vólquez (12–3) McClung (5–5) 43,556 46–49 97 July 13 @ Brewers 3–2 Sabathia (8–8) Weathers (2–5) 42,108 46–50 98 July 17 Mets 10–8 Sánchez (4–1) Cordero (4–2) Wagner (23) 23,681 46–51 99 July 18 Mets 5–2 Arroyo (8–7) Maine (8–7) Cordero (20) 31,922 47–51 100 July 19 Mets 7–2 Fogg (2–2) Pérez (6–6) 41,959 48–51 101 July 20 Mets 7–5 Sánchez (5–1) Bray (2–1) Wagner (24) 31,195 48–52 102 July 21 Padres 6–4 Hensley (1–0) Cordero (4–3) Hoffman (18) 18,177 48–53 103 July 22 Padres 4 – 3 (11) Majewski (1–0) Corey (1–3) 21,233 49–53 104 July 23 Padres 9–5 Arroyo (9–7) Meredith (0–3) Cordero (21) 22,970 50–53 105 July 25 Rockies 7–2 Cook (13–6) Vólquez (12–4) 27,501 50–54 106 July 26 Rockies 5–1 de la Rosa (5–5) Bailey (0–4) 33,981 50–55 107 July 27 Rockies 11–0 Jiménez (7–9) Fogg (2–3) 28,246 50–56 108 July 28 @ Astros 5–4 Oswalt (8–8) Cueto (7–10) Valverde (27) 31,783 50–57 109 July 29 @ Astros 6–2 Moehler (6–4) Arroyo (9–8) Wright (1) 34,015 50–58 110 July 30 @ Astros 9–5 Vólquez (13–4) Rodríguez (6–4) 30,272 51–58
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 111 August 1 @ Nationals 5–2 Pérez (4–8) Bailey (0–5) 30,572 51–59 112 August 2 @ Nationals 10–6 Manning (1–2) Lincoln (1–3) 30,970 51–60 113 August 3 @ Nationals 4–2 Balester (2–3) Cueto (7–11) Hanrahan (1) 32,939 51–61 114 August 4 Brewers 6–3 Arroyo (10–8) Parra (9–5) Cordero (22) 24,706 52–61 115 August 5 Brewers 8–1 Bush (6–9) Vólquez 24,739 52–62 116 August 6 Brewers 6–3 Suppan (7–7) Bailey (0–6) Torres (22) 26,602 52–63 117 August 7 Astros 7–4 Oswalt (9–8) Josh Fogg (2–4) 27,378 52–64 118 August 8 Astros 9 – 5 (10) Sampson (6–4) Cordero (4–4) 25,652 52–65 119 August 9 Astros 3–1 Moehler (8–4) Arroyo (10–9) Valverde (28) 26,044 52–66 120 August 10 Astros 13–4 Rodríguez (7–4) Harang (3–12) 30,789 52–67 121 August 12 @ Pirates 5–1 Vólquez (14–5) Karstens (2–1) 23.686 53–67 122 August 13 @ Pirates 5–2 Maholm (8–7) Fogg (2–5) Grabow (3) 15,787 53–68 123 August 14 @ Pirates 3–1 Cueto (8–11) Snell (4–10) Cordero (23) 35,439 54–68 124 August 15 Cardinals 5–3 Thompson (5–2) Arroyo (10–10) Perez (4) 26,234 54–69 125 August 16 Cardinals 9–3 Piñeiro (6–5) Harang (3–13) 30,713 54–70 126 August 17 Cardinals 7–3 Vólquez (15–5) Lohse (13–10) 37,468 55–70 127 August 19 @ Cubs 5–0 Harden (3–1) Cueto (8–12) 41,208 55–71 128 August 20 @ Cubs 2–1 Arroyo (11–10) Lilly (12–7) 40,509 56–71 129 August 21 @ Cubs 3–2 Zambrano (13–5) Fogg (2–6) Wood (26) 40,730 56–72 130 August 22 @ Rockies 8–5 Harang (4–13) Hernández (11–10) Cordero (25) 30,337 57–72 131 August 23 @ Rockies 7–6 Vizcaíno (1–0) Lincoln (1–4) Fuentes (25) 42,282 57–73 132 August 24 @ Rockies 4–3 (12) Speier (2–1) Lincoln (1–5) 31,173 57–74 133 August 26 @Astros 2–1 Arroyo (12–10) Geary (2–3) 30,395 58–74 134 August 27 @ Astros 4–1 Oswalt (12–9) Fogg (2–7) Valverde (34) 30,741 58–75 135 August 28 @ Astros 3–2 Backe (9–12) Harang (4–14) Valverde (35) 30,028 58–76 136 August 29 Giants 11–7 Vólquez (16–5) Zito (8–16) 25,445 59–76 137 August 30 Giants 7–6 Lincoln (2–5) Taschner (3–2) Cordero (26) 21,729 60–76 138 August 31 Giants 9–3 Arroyo (13–10) Cain (8–11) 26,519 61–76
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 139 September 2 Pirates 3–2 Snell (6–10) Harang (4–15) Capps (18) 18,024 61–77 140 September 3 Pirates 6–5 Yates (5–3) Affeldt (1–1) Capps (19) 18,561 61–78 141 September 4 Pirates 8–6 Masset (2–0) Hansen (1–6) Cordero (27) 20,626 62–78 142 September 5 Cubs 10–2 Arroyo (14–10) Lilly (13–9) 31,213 63–78 143 September 6 Cubs 14–9 Marquis (10–8) Cueto (8–13) 41,204 63–79 144 September 7 Cubs 4–3 Cordero (5–4) Wood (4–4) 37,540 64–79 145 September 8 @ Brewers 5–4 Burton (5–1) Torres (6–5) Cordero (28) 30,867 65–79 146 September 9 @ Brewers 5–4 Adkins (1–0) McClung (5–6) Cordero (29) 30,312 66–79 147 September 10 @ Brewers 4–3 Mota (5–5) Weathers (2–6) Torres (27) 30,124 66–80 148 September 12 @ Diamondbacks 3–2 Webb (20–7) Harang (4–16) Qualls (3) 29,046 66–81 149 September 13 @ Diamondbacks 3–2 Weathers (3–6) Peña (1–2) Cordero (30) 45,075 67–81 150 September 14 @ Diamondbacks 2–1 Weathers (4–6) Rauch (4–8) Cordero (31) 27,297 68–81 151 September 16 Cardinals 7–2 Arroyo (15–10) Looper (12–13) 19,708 69–81 152 September 17 Cardinals 3–0 Harang (5–16) Wellemeyer (12–8) 14,850 70–81 153 September 18 Cardinals 5–4 Lohse (14–6) Vólquez (16–6) Motte (1) 14,041 70–82 154 September 19 Brewers 11–2 Ramírez (1–0) Suppan (10–10) 20,855 71–82 155 September 20 Brewers 4–3 Cueto (9–13) Sabathia (9–2) Cordero (32) 24,440 72–82 156 September 21 Brewers 8–1 Coffey (1–0) Arroyo (15–11) 22,624 72–83 42 September 22 Marlins 7–5 Harang (6–16) Miller (6–10) Cordero (33) 13,565 73–83 157 September 23 @ Astros 2–1 Vólquez (17–6) Rodríguez (8–7) Cordero (34) 27,361 74–83 158 September 24 @ Astros 5–0 Wolf (12–12) Ramírez (1–1) 26,103 74–84 159 September 25 @ Astros 8–6 Roy Oswalt (17–10) Cueto (9–14) Valverde (43) 31,204 74–85 160 September 26 @ Cardinals 7–6 Franklin (6–6) Bray (2–2) 44,709 74–86 161 September 27 @ Cardinals 8–5 Wellemeyer (13–9) Harang (6–17) 43,682 74–87 162 September 28 @ Cardinals 11–4 Thompson (6–3) Pettyjohn (0–1) 43,300 74–88

Player stats

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	99	299	30	65	6	35	0	.217
Bruce, Jay	108	413	63	105	21	52	4	.254
Cabrera, Jolbert	48	115	17	29	3	12	2	.252
Dickerson, Chris	31	102	20	31	6	15	5	.304
Encarnación, Edwin	146	506	75	127	26	68	1	.251
Freel, Ryan	48	131	17	39	0	10	8	.298
Hairston, Jr., Jerry	80	261	47	85	6	36	15	.326
Hanigan, Ryan	31	85	9	23	2	9	0	.271
Hopper, Norris	26	50	3	10	0	1	1	.200
Keppinger, Jeff	121	459	45	122	3	43	3	.266
Patterson, Corey	135	366	46	75	10	34	14	.205
Phillips, Andy	52	73	11	17	3	10	0	.233
Phillips, Brandon	141	559	80	146	21	78	23	.261
Richar, Danny	16	36	4	8	0	3	1	.222
Valentín, Javier	94	129	10	33	4	18	0	.256
Votto, Joey	151	526	69	156	24	84	7	.297
Castillo, Wilkin	18	32	6	9	0	1	0	.281

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
Vólquez, Edinson	33	196.0	17	6	206	3.21	1.33
Harang, Aaron	30	184.1	6	17	153	4.78	1.38
Arroyo, Bronson	34	200.0	15	11	163	4.77	1.44
Cueto, Johnny	31	174.0	9	14	158	4.81	1.41
Fogg, Josh	22	78.1	2	7	45	7.58	1.58
Ramírez, Ramón	5	27.0	1	1	21	2.67	1.04

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
Cordero, Francisco	72	70.1	5	4	34	78	3.33	1.41
Affeldt, Jeremy	74	78.1	1	1	0	80	3.33	1.31
Weathers, David	72	69.1	4	6	0	46	3.25	1.53
Bray, Bill	63	47.0	2	2	0	54	2.87	1.57
Lincoln, Mike	64	70.1	2	5	0	57	4.48	1.28
Majewski, Gary	37	40.0	1	0	0	27	6.53	1.90
Masset, Nick	10	17.1	1	0	0	11	2.08	1.21

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville Bats	International League	Rick Sweet
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Mike Goff
A	Sarasota Reds	Florida State League	Joe Ayrault
A	Dayton Dragons	Midwest League	Donnie Scott
Rookie	GCL Reds	Gulf Coast League	Pat Kelly
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Julio Garcia

References

• 2008 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

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