2008 Detroit Tigers season

2008 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
	Central Division (since 1998);
Location
	Comerica Park (since 2000);
	Detroit (since 1894);
Other information
Owner(s)	Mike Ilitch
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	Fox Sports Detroit; (Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
Local radio	Detroit Tigers Radio Network; (Dan Dickerson, Jim Price)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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The Detroit Tigers 2008 season was the team's 108th season in Major League Baseball's American League. After being picked by many to win the AL Central Division and the World Series,^[1]^[2] the Tigers started the season a disappointing 0-7, being swept by the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox. Their first victory of the season came against the Boston Red Sox. Not until the Tigers' 80th game did the team reach a .500 record.

Although eliminated from the pennant race by the season's final day (September 29), they nonetheless had to play a makeup game against the White Sox (who were trailing the Minnesota Twins by half a game), which Detroit lost 8-2. The Tigers finished the season in last place in the AL Central, trailing the White Sox (who won the division by beating Minnesota in a one-game playoff the following day) by 14.5 games.

Despite the disappointing performance, the Tigers drew a franchise-record home attendance of 3,202,645 for the season. The team ranked third in the American League and eighth in Major League Baseball for home attendance in 2008.

Offseason

The Tigers started the offseason by trading prospects Jair Jurrjens and Gorkys Hernández to the Atlanta Braves for shortstop Edgar Rentería. Rentería took over the everyday shortstop job with Carlos Guillén moving to first base.

Reliever Joel Zumaya underwent surgery October 31, 2007 for AC joint reconstruction and is expected to miss half the 2008 season.^[3]

The Tigers continued their offseason trading by acquiring Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis from the Florida Marlins in exchange for highly touted prospects Cameron Maybin and Andrew Miller, along with Mike Rabelo, Eulogio De La Cruz, Burke Badenhop and Dallas Trahern. Willis would sign a three-year, 29-million dollar contract extension, while Cabrera would receive an eight-year, 152.3-million dollar deal, the biggest contract in Tigers history.

During the offseason, the Tigers traded Omar Infante to the Chicago Cubs for Jacque Jones, re-signed Todd Jones, and Kenny Rogers to one-year contracts. They also signed free agent Francisco Cruceta from the Texas Rangers organization to a one-year contract. Cruceta and Jacque Jones were eventually released during the season, and Todd Jones retired at the end of the season. The Tigers declined the option to sign Edgar Rentería at the end of the season.

Regular season

April

Date	Opponent	Runs	Runs Against	W/L	Pitcher W/L/S
3/31	KC	4	5	0-1	Oviedo/Bautista/Soria
4/2	KC	0	4	0-2	Bannister/Rogers
4/3	KC	1	4	0-3	Grienke/Bonderman/Soria
4/4	CHW	5	8	0-4	Logan/Grilli/Jenks
4/5	CHW	3	5	0-5	Floyd/Miner/Jenks
4/6	CHW	2	13	0-6	Buehrle/Verlander
4/8	@BOS	0	5	0-7	Matsuzaka/Rogers
4/9	@BOS	7	2	1-7	Bonderman/Lester
4/10	@BOS	6	12	1-8	Wakefield/Robertson/Papelbon
4/11	@CHW	5	2	2-8	Lopez/Contreras/Jones
4/12	@CHW	0	7	2-9	Floyd/Verlander
4/13	@CHW	0	11	2-10	Vazquez/Rogers
4/14	MIN	11	9	3-10	Beltran/Neshek/Jones
4/15	MIN	6	5	4-10	Rapada/Crain/Jones
4/16	@CLE	13	2	5-10	Galarraga/Sabathia
4/17	@CLE	1	11	5-11	Hernandez/Verlander
4/18	@TOR	8	4	6-11	Rogers/Accardo
4/19	@TOR	2	3	6-12	McGowan/Bonderman/Ryan
4/20	@TOR	3	5	6-13	Burnett/Robertson/Accardo
4/21	@TOR	5	1	7-13	Galarraga/Marcum
4/22	TEX	10	2	8-13	Verlander/Padilla
4/23	TEX	19	6	9-13	Rapada/Francisco
4/24	TEX	8	2	10-13	Miner/Jennings
4/25	LAA	3	4	10-14	Santana/Robertson/Rodriguez
4/26	LAA	6	4	11-14	Lopez/O'Day/Jones
4/27	LAA	2	6	11-15	Weaver/Verlander
4/29	@NYY	6	4	12-15	Rogers/Hughes/Jones
4/30	@NYY	6	2	13-15	Bonderman/Pettitte
Totals		142	148	13-15

[1]

May

Date	Opponent	Runs	Runs Against	W/L	Pitcher W/L/S
5/1	@NYY	8	4	14-15	Robertson/Albaladejo
5/2	@MIN	1	11	14-16	Hernandez/Galarraga
5/3	@MIN	1	4	14-17	Bass/Verlander/Nathan
5/4	@MIN	6	7	14-18	Guerrier/Miner/Nathan
5/5	BOS	3	6	14-19	Matsuzaka/Bonderman/Papelbon
5/6	BOS	0	5	14-20	Wakefield/Robertson
5/7	BOS	10	9	15-20	Jones/Papelbon
5/8	BOS	1	5	15-21	Beckett/Verlander
5/9	NYY	6	5	16-21	Rogers/Igawa
5/10	NYY	2	5	16-22	Rasner/Bonderman/Rivera
5/13	@KC	2	3	16-23	Oviedo/Cruceta/Soria
5/14	@KC	0	2	16-24	Hochevar/Verlander/Soria
5/15	@KC	4	8	16-25	Meche/Rogers
5/16	@ARI	3	4	16-26	Haren/Miner/Jones
5/17	@ARI	3	2	17-26	Galarraga/Scherzer/Jones
5/18	@ARI	0	4	17-27	Johnson/Robertson
5/20	SEA	12	8	18-27	Verlander/Silva/Jones
5/21	SEA	9	4	19-27	Rogers/Washburn
5/22	SEA	9	2	20-27	Bonderman/Batista/Dolsi
5/23	MIN	4	9	20-28	Slowey/Galarraga
5/24	MIN	19	3	21-28	Robertson/Bonser
5/25	MIN	1	6	21-29	Perkins/Cruceta
5/26	@LAA	0	1	21-30	Arredondo/Dolsi
5/27	@LAA	2	3	21-31	Santana/Lopez
5/28	@LAA	6	2	22-31	Galarraga/Saunders
5/30	@SEA	7	4	23-31	Robertson/Silva/Jones
5/31	@SEA	0	5	23-32	Hernandez/Verlander
Totals		119	131	10-17

[2]

June

Date	Opponent	Runs	Runs Against	W/L	Pitcher W/L/S
6/1	@SEA	7	5	24-32	Miner/Putz
6/2	@OAK	2	3	24-33	Street/Cruceta
6/3	@OAK	4	5	24-34	Gaudin/Seay
6/4	@OAK	2	10	24-35	Duchscherer/Robertson
6/6	CLE	2	4	24-36	Byrd/Verlander/Borowski
6/7	CLE	8	4	25-36	Miner/Kobayashi/Jones
6/8	CLE	5	2	26-36	Galarraga/Sowers/Jones
6/9	CLE	2	8	26-37	Lee/Willis
6/10	CHW	6	4	27-37	Robertson/Contreras/Jones
6/11	CHW	5	1	28-37	Verlander/Vazquez
6/12	CHW	2	2	29-37	Jones/Dotel
6/13	LAD	5	0	30-37	Galarraga/Lowe/Dolsi
6/14	LAD	12	7	31-37	Bonine/Penny
6/15	LAD	5	4	32-37	Robertson/Park/Jones
6/16	@SF	6	8	32-38	Yabu/Dolsi
6/17	@SF	5	1	33-38	Rogers/Sanchez
6/18	@SF	7	2	34-38	Galarraga/Zito
6/20	@SD	2	6	34-39	Bell/Rodney
6/21	@SD	7	5	35-39	Robertson/Baek/Jones
6/22	@SD	5	3	36-39	Verlander/Wolf/Jones
6/24	STL	4	8	36-40	Looper/Rogers
6/25	STL	8	7	37-40	Jones/McClellan
6/26	STL	3	2	38-40	Seay/Parisi
6/27	COL	7	1	39-40	Bonine/Jimenez
6/28	COL	7	6	40-40	Dolsi/Fuentes
6/29	COL	4	3	41-40	Rogers/Reynolds/Jones
6/30	@MIN	5	4	42-40	Fossum/Guerrier/Zumaya
Totals		137	114	19-8

[3]

July

Date	Opponent	Runs	Runs Against	W/L	Pitcher W/L/S
7/1	@MIN	4	6	42-41	Baker/Robertson/Nathan
7/2	@MIN	0	7	42-42	Blackburn/Bonine
7/3	@SEA	8	4	43-42	Verlander/Silva/Rodney
7/4	@SEA	1	4	43-43	Bedard/Rogers/Morrow
7/5	@SEA	2	3	43-44	Bedard/Rodney/Morrow
7/6	@SEA	2	1	44-44	Lopez/Burje/Jones
7/8	CLE	9	2	45-44	Verlander/Sowers
7/9	CLE	8	6	46-44	Jones/Lewis
7/10	MIN	6	7	46-45	Guerrier/Dolsi
7/11	MIN	2	3	46-46	Perkins/Galarraga/Nathan
7/12	MIN	5	6	46-47	Baker/Robertson/Nathan
7/13	MIN	4	2	47-47	Verlander/Blackburn/Jones
7/17	@BAL	6	5	48-47	Rogers/Olson/Jones
7/18	@BAL	4	7	48-48	Guthrie/Galarraga/Sherrill
7/19	@BAL	10	11	48-49	Sherrill/Dolsi
7/20	@BAL	5	1	49-49	Verlander/Burres
7/21	@KC	19	4	50-49	Miner/Hochevar
7/22	@KC	7	1	51-49	Rogers/Davies
7/23	@KC	7	1	52-49	Galarraga/Grienke
7/25	CHW	5	6	52-50	Carrasco/Jones/Jenks
7/26	CHW	6	7	52-51	Danks/Verlander/Jenks
7/27	CHW	6	4	53-51	Miner/Vazquez
7/28	@CLE	0	5	53-52	Byrd/Rogers
7/29	@CLE	8	5	54-52	Galarraga/Ginter
7/30	@CLE	14	12	55-52	Fossum/Rincon
7/31	@CLE	4	9	55-53	Hernandez/Verlander
Totals		152	129	13-13

[4]

Season standings

Template:MLB standings

Record vs. opponents

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	6–12	4–5	4–4	4–3	5–3	3–6	3–3	7–11	0–5	8–2	3–15	4–5	6–12	11–7
Boston	12–6	–	4–3	5–1	5–2	6–1	1–8	4–3	9–9	6–4	6–3	8–10	9–1	9–9	11–7
Chicago	5–4	3–4	–	11–7	12–6	12–6	5–5	9–10	2–5	5–4	5–1	4–6	3–3	1–7	12–6
Cleveland	4–4	1–5	7–11	–	11–7	10–8	4–5	8–10	4–3	5–4	4–5	5–2	6–4	6–1	6–12
Detroit	3–4	2–5	6–12	7–11	–	7–11	3–6	7–11	4–2	3–6	7–3	3–4	6–3	3–5	13–5
Kansas City	3–5	1–6	6–12	8–10	11–7	–	2–3	6–12	5–5	6–3	7–2	3–5	2–7	2–5	13–5
Los Angeles	6–3	8–1	5–5	5–4	6–3	3–2	–	5–3	7–3	10–9	14–5	3–6	12–7	6–3	10–8
Minnesota	3–3	3–4	10–9	10–8	11–7	12–6	3–5	–	4–6	5–5	5–4	3–3	5–5	0–6	14–4
New York	11–7	9–9	5–2	3–4	2–4	5–5	3–7	6–4	–	5–1	7–2	11–7	3–4	9–9	10–8
Oakland	5–0	4–6	4–5	4–5	6–3	3–6	9–10	5–5	1–5	-	10–9	3–6	7–12	4–6	10–8
Seattle	2–8	3–6	1–5	5–4	3–7	2–7	5–14	4–5	2–7	9–10	–	3–4	8–11	5–4	9–9
Tampa Bay	15–3	10–8	6–4	2–5	4–3	5–3	6–3	3–3	7–11	6–3	4–3	–	6–3	11–7	12–6
Texas	5–4	1–9	3–3	4–6	3–6	7–2	7–12	5–5	4–3	12–7	11–8	3–6	–	4–4	10–8
Toronto	12–6	9–9	7–1	1–6	5–3	5–2	3–6	6–0	9–9	6–4	4–5	7–11	4–4	–	8–10

Game log

2008 Game Log

March

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	March 31	Royals	5 – 4 (11)	Núñez (1–0)	Bautista (0–1)	Soria (1)	44,934	0–1

April

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
2	April 2	Royals	4 – 0	Bannister (1–0)	Rogers (0–1)		32,348	0–2
3	April 3	Royals	4 – 1	Greinke (1–0)	Bonderman (0–1)	Soria (2)	32,735	0–3
4	April 4	White Sox	8 – 5	Logan (1–0)	Grilli (0–1)	Jenks (2)	34,569	0–4
5	April 5	White Sox	5 – 3	Floyd (1–0)	Miner (0–1)	Jenks (3)	42,381	0–5
6	April 6	White Sox	13 – 2	Buehrle (1–0)	Verlander (0–1)		35,230	0–6
7	April 8	@ Red Sox	5 – 0	Matsuzaka (2–0)	Rogers (0–2)		36,567	0–7
8	April 9	@ Red Sox	7 – 2	Bonderman (1–1)	Lester (1–2)		37,190	1–7
9	April 10	@ Red Sox	12 – 6	Wakefield (1–0)	Robertson (0–1)	Papelbon (3)	37,612	1–8
10	April 11	@ White Sox	5 – 2	López (1–0)	Contreras (0–1)	Jones (1)	26,094	2–8
11	April 12	@ White Sox	7 – 0	Floyd (2–0)	Verlander (0–2)		29,649	2–9
12	April 13	@ White Sox	11 – 0	Vázquez (2–1)	Rogers (0–3)		26,294	2–10
13	April 14	Twins	11 – 9	Beltrán (1–0)	Neskek (0–1)	Jones (2)	32,002	3–10
14	April 15	Twins	6 – 5	Rapada (1–0)	Crain (0–1)	Jones (3)	30,901	4–10
15	April 16	@ Indians	13 – 2	Galarraga (1–0)	Sabathia (0–3)		17,644	5–10
16	April 17	@ Indians	11 – 1	Carmona (2–1)	Verlander (0–3)		21,547	5–11
17	April 18	@ Blue Jays	8 – 4	Rogers (1–3)	Accardo (0–3)		24,294	6–11
18	April 19	@ Blue Jays	3 – 2	McGowan (1–1)	Bonderman (1–2)	Ryan (2)	31,052	6–12
19	April 20	@ Blue Jays	5 – 3	Burnett (2–1)	Robertson (0–2)	Accardo (4)	30,139	6–13
20	April 21	@ Blue Jays	5 – 1	Galarraga (2–0)	Marcum (2–1)		25,287	7–13
21	April 22	Rangers	10 – 2	Verlander (1–3)	Padilla (2–2)		33,629	8–13
22	April 23	Rangers	19 – 6	Rapada (2–0)	Francisco (0–1)		34,245	9–13
23	April 24	Rangers	8 – 2	Miner (1–1)	Jennings (0–4)		39,058	10–13
24	April 25	Angels	4 – 3	Santana (4–0)	Robertson (0–3)	Rodríguez (10)	40,380	10–14
25	April 26	Angels	6 – 4	López (2–0)	O'Day (0–1)	Jones (4)	42,068	11–14
26	April 27	Angels	6 – 2	Weaver (2–3)	Verlander (1–4)		36,347	11–15
27	April 29	@ Yankees	6 – 4	Rogers (2–3)	Hughes (0–4)	Jones (5)	49,194	12–15
28	April 30	@ Yankees	6 – 2	Bonderman (2–2)	Pettitte (3–3)		49,513	13–15

May

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
29	May 1	@ Yankees	8 – 4	Robertson (1–3)	Albaladejo (0–1)		50,993	14–15
30	May 2	@ Twins	11 – 1	Hernández (4–1)	Galarraga (2–1)		33,628	14–16
31	May 3	@ Twins	4 – 1	Bass (1–0)	Verlander (1–5)	Nathan (10)	28,985	14–17
32	May 4	@ Twins	7 – 6	Guerrier (2–1)	Miner (1–2)	Nathan (11)	29,821	14–18
33	May 5	Red Sox	6 – 3	Matsuzaka (5–0)	Bonderman (2–3)	Papelbon (10)	39,478	14–19
34	May 6	Red Sox	5 – 0	Wakefield (3–1)	Robertson (1–4)		38,564	14–20
35	May 7	Red Sox	10 – 9	Jones (1–0)	Papelbon (2–1)		38,062	15–20
36	May 8	Red Sox	5 – 1	Beckett (4–2)	Verlander (1–6)		38,952	15–21
37	May 9	Yankees	6 – 5	Rogers (3–3)	Igawa (0–1)		44,062	16–21
38	May 10	Yankees	5 – 2	Rasner (2–0)	Bonderman (2–4)	Rivera (10)	44,580	16–22
–	May 11	Yankees	Postponed (rain) – Rescheduled for September 1
39	May 13	@ Royals	3 – 2	Núñez (3–0)	Cruceta (0–1)	Soria (9)	11,703	16–23
40	May 14	@ Royals	2 – 0	Hochevar (3–2)	Verlander (1–7)	Soria (10)	14,053	16–24
41	May 15	@ Royals	8 – 4	Meche (3–5)	Rogers (3–4)		34,734	16–25
42	May 16	@ D-backs	4 – 3	Haren (5–2)	Miner (1–3)	Peña (1)	33,531	16–26
43	May 17	@ D-backs	3 – 2	Galarraga (3–1)	Scherzer (0–2)	Jones (6)	48,804	17–26
44	May 18	@ D-backs	4 – 0	Johnson (4–1)	Robertson (1–4)		38,793	17–27
45	May 20	Mariners	12 – 8	Verlander (2–7)	Silva (3–3)	Jones (7)	39,463	18–27
46	May 21	Mariners	9 – 4	Rogers (4–4)	Washburn (2–6)		36,495	19–27
47	May 22	Mariners	9 – 2	Bonderman (3–4)	Batista (3–6)	Dolsi (1)	40,166	20–27
48	May 23	Twins	9 – 4	Slowey (1–4)	Galarraga (3–2)		40,732	20–28
49	May 24	Twins	19 – 3	Robertson (2–4)	Bonser (2–6)		41,137	21–28
50	May 25	Twins	6 – 1	Perkins (2–1)	Cruceta (0–2)		42,413	21–29
51	May 26	@ Angels	1 – 0	Arredondo (1–0)	Dolsi (0–1)		41,031	21–30
52	May 27	@ Angels	3 – 2	Santana (7–2)	López (2–1)		36,569	21–31
53	May 28	@ Angels	6 – 2	Galarraga (4–2)	Saunders (8–2)		42,191	22–31
54	May 30	@ Mariners	7 – 4	Robertson (3–5)	Silva (3–5)	Jones (8)	34,019	23–31
55	May 31	@ Mariners	5 – 0	Hernández (3–5)	Verlander (2–8)		33,441	23–32

June

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
56	June 1	@ Mariners	7 – 5	Miner (2–3)	Putz (2–3)		38,610	24–32
57	June 2	@ Athletics	3 – 2	Street (1–1)	Cruceta (0–3)		11,772	24–33
58	June 3	@ Athletics	5 – 4	Gaudin (5–3)	Seay (0–1)		10,871	24–34
59	June 4	@ Athletics	10 – 2	Duchscherer (5–4)	Robertson (3–6)		19,258	24–35
60	June 6	Indians	4 – 2	Byrd (3–5)	Verlander (2–9)	Borowski (5)	40,990	24–36
61	June 7	Indians	8 – 4	Miner (3–3)	Kobayashi (3–3)	Jones (9)	42,193	25–36
62	June 8	Indians	5 – 2	Galarraga (5–2)	Sowers (0–1)	Jones (10)	39,941	26–36
63	June 9	Indians	8 – 2	Lee (10–1)	Willis (0–1)		38,440	26–37
64	June 10	White Sox	6 – 4	Robertson (4–6)	Contreras (6–4)	Jones (11)	38,295	27–37
65	June 11	White Sox	4 – 1	Verlander (3–9)	Vázquez (6–5)		38,693	28–37
66	June 12	White Sox	2 – 1	Jones (2–0)	Dotel (3–3)		40,297	29–37
67	June 13	Dodgers	5 – 0	Galarraga (6–2)	Lowe (4–6)	Dolsi (2)	40,430	30–37
68	June 14	Dodgers	12 – 7	Bonine (1–0)	Penny (5–9)		42,348	31–37
69	June 15	Dodgers	5 – 4	Robertson (5–6)	Park (2–2)	Jones (12)	41,189	32–37
70	June 16	@ Giants	8 – 6	Yabu (3–3)	Dolsi (0–2)		33,317	32–38
71	June 17	@ Giants	5 – 1	Rogers (5–4)	Sánchez (6–4)		33,636	33–38
72	June 18	@ Giants	7 – 2	Galarraga (7–2)	Zito (2–11)		38,194	34–38
73	June 20	@ Padres	6 – 2	Bell (5–3)	Rodney (0–1)		40,683	34–39
74	June 21	@ Padres	7 – 5	Robertson (6–6)	Baek (1–2)	Jones (13)	34,749	35–39
75	June 22	@ Padres	5 – 3	Verlander (4–9)	Wolf (5–6)	Jones (14)	28,779	36–39
76	June 24	Cardinals	8 – 4	Looper (9–5)	Rogers (5–5)		44,446	36–40
77	June 25	Cardinals	8 – 7	Jones (3–0)	McClellan (0–3)		40,091	37–40
78	June 26	Cardinals	3 – 2	Seay (1–1)	Parisi (0–4)		41,022	38–40
79	June 27	Rockies	7 – 1	Bonine (2–0)	Jiménez (2–8)		40,842	39–40
80	June 28	Rockies	7 – 6	Dolsi (1–2)	Fuentes (1–3)		42,729	40–40
81	June 29	Rockies	4 – 3	Rogers (6–5)	Reynolds (2–6)	Jones (15)	41,305	41–40
82	June 30	@ Twins	5 – 4	Fossum (1–0)	Guerrier (4–3)	Zumaya (1)	22,196	42–40

July

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
83	July 1	@ Twins	6 – 4	Baker (5–2)	Robertson (6–7)	Nathan (23)	23,754	42–41
84	July 2	@ Twins	7 – 0	Blackburn (7–4)	Bonine (2–1)		30,102	42–42
85	July 3	@ Mariners	8 – 4	Verlander (5–9)	Silva (4–10)	Rodney (1)	22,523	43–42
86	July 4	@ Mariners	4 – 1	Bédard (6–4)	Rogers (6–6)	Morrow (6)	30,564	43–43
87	July 5	@ Mariners	3 – 2	Batista (4–10)	Rodney (0–2)	Morrow (7)	30,373	43–44
88	July 6	@ Mariners	2 – 1 (15)	López (3–1)	Burke (0–1)	Jones (16)	29,083	44–44
89	July 8	Indians	9 – 2	Verlander (6–9)	Sowers (0–5)		40,443	45–44
90	July 9	Indians	8 – 6	Jones (4–0)	Lewis (0–3)		41,062	46–44
91	July 10	Twins	7 – 6 (11)	Guerrier (5–4)	Dolsi (1–3)		41,952	46–45
92	July 11	Twins	3 – 2	Perkins (6–2)	Galarraga (7–3)	Nathan (26)	42,352	46–46
93	July 12	Twins	6 – 5	Baker (6–2)	Robertson (6–8)	Nathan (27)	41,301	46–47
94	July 13	Twins	4 – 2	Verlander (7–9)	Blackburn (7–5)	Jones (17)	41,453	47–47
95	July 17	@ Orioles	6 – 5	Rogers (7–6)	Olson (6–5)	Jones (18)	23,224	48–47
96	July 18	@ Orioles	7 – 4	Guthrie (6–7)	Galarraga (7–4)	Sherrill (29)	29,111	48–48
97	July 19	@ Orioles	11 – 10 (10)	Sherrill (3–4)	Dolsi (1–4)		31,525	48–49
98	July 20	@ Orioles	5 – 1	Verlander (8–9)	Burres (7–6)		23,278	49–49
99	July 21	@ Royals	19 – 4	Miner (4–3)	Hochevar (6–8)		14,137	50–49
100	July 22	@ Royals	7 – 1	Rogers (8–6)	Davies (3–2)		22,074	51–49
101	July 23	@ Royals	7 – 1	Galarraga (8–4)	Greinke (7–7)		16,594	52–49
102	July 25	White Sox	6 – 5	Carrasco (1–0)	Jones (4–1)	Jenks (20)	44,393	52–50
103	July 26	White Sox	7 – 6	Danks (8–4)	Verlander (8–10)	Jenks (21)	45,280	52–51
104	July 27	White Sox	6 – 4	Miner (5–3)	Vázquez (7–9)		41,790	53–51
105	July 28	@ Indians	5 – 0	Byrd (5–10)	Rogers (8–7)		24,689	53–52
106	July 29	@ Indians	8 – 5	Galarraga (9–4)	Ginter (1–2)		30,625	54–52
107	July 30	@ Indians	14 – 12	Fossum (2–0)	Rincón (2–3)		26,596	55–52
108	July 31	@ Indians	9 – 4	Carmona (5–3)	Verlander (8–11)		34,186	55–53

August

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Date

Opponent

Score

Win

Loss

Save

Attendance

Record

September

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos. = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	Pos.	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dusty Ryan	C	15	44	14	.318	2	7
Magglio Ordóñez	RF	146	561	178	.317	21	103
Plácido Polanco	2B	141	580	178	.307	8	58
Mike Hessman	3B	12	27	8	.296	5	7
Iván Rodríguez *	C	82	302	89	.295	5	32
Miguel Cabrera	1B, 3B	160	616	180	.292	37	127
Carlos Guillén	3B, 1B, LF	113	420	120	.286	10	54
Clete Thomas	LF, CF, RF	40	116	33	.284	1	9
Ramón Santiago	SS, 2B, 3B	58	124	35	.282	4	18
Curtis Granderson	CF	141	553	155	.280	22	66
Edgar Rentería	SS	138	503	136	.270	10	55
Michael Hollimon	2B, SS	11	23	6	.261	1	2
Jeff Larish	DH, 1B, 3B	42	104	27	.260	2	16
Matt Joyce	LF, RF	92	242	61	.252	12	33
Marcus Thames	LF, DH, 1B	103	316	76	.241	25	56
Ryan Raburn	LF, RF, 2B, 3B, CF	92	182	43	.236	4	20
Gary Sheffield	DH, LF	114	418	94	.225	19	57
Brent Clevlen	LF, CF, RF	11	24	5	.208	0	1
Brandon Inge	C, 3B, CF, LF	113	347	71	.205	11	51
Jacque Jones *	LF	24	79	13	.165	1	5
Dane Sardinha	C	17	44	7	.159	0	3

Note: Pitchers' batting statistics not included

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Armando Galarraga	30	178⅔	13	7	3.73	126
Freddy García	3	15	1	1	4.20	12
Jeremy Bonderman	12	71⅓	3	4	4.29	44
Justin Verlander	33	201	11	17	4.84	163
Eddie Bonine	5	26⅔	2	1	5.40	9
Kenny Rogers	30	173⅔	9	13	5.70	82
Nate Robertson	28	168⅔	7	11	6.35	108
Dontrelle Willis	8	24	0	2	9.38	3

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	HLD	ERA	SO
Jason Grilli *	9	0	1	0	0	3.29	10
Denny Bautista *	16	0	1	0	3	3.32	10
Joel Zumaya	21	0	2	1	5	3.47	22
Aquilino López	48	4	1	0	4	3.55	61
Freddy Dolsi	42	1	5	2	7	3.97	29
Clay Rapada	25	3	0	0	2	4.22	15
Zach Miner	45	8	5	0	6	4.27	62
Gary Glover *	18	1	1	0	3	4.43	15
Bobby Seay	60	1	2	0	13	4.47	58
Francis Beltrán	11	1	0	0	2	4.85	9
Fernando Rodney	38	0	6	13	5	4.91	49
Todd Jones	45	4	1	18	0	4.97	14	Francisco Cruceta	13	0	3	0	1	5.40	11
Casey Fossum	31	3	1	0	6	5.66	28
Chris Lambert	8	1	2	0	0	5.66	15
Kyle Farnsworth *	16	0	1	1	3	6.75	18
Yorman Bazardo	3	0	0	0	0	24.00	3

* Statistics only include games with Tigers

Roster

2008 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

10 Jim Leyland

Coaches

17 Rafael Belliard (infield)
55 Chuck Hernandez (pitching)
51 Jeff Jones (bullpen)
22 Gene Lamont (third base)
12 Lloyd McClendon (hitting)
18 Andy Van Slyke (first base)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

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References

[1] ttp://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/preview08/news/story?page=08expertpicks

[2] ttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/specials/spring_training/2008/previews/tigers.html

[3] Zumaya expected to miss half of '08 season after shoulder surgery

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2008 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1998)
Location
Comerica Park (since 2000)
Detroit (since 1894)
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Owner(s)	Mike Ilitch
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	Fox Sports Detroit (Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
Local radio	Detroit Tigers Radio Network (Dan Dickerson, Jim Price)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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