2008 Florida Marlins season

The Florida Marlins' 2008 season was the 16th season for the Major League Baseball franchise. Fredi González returned for his second season as manager. Despite having the lowest payroll in the Major Leagues, the Marlins finished with a record of 84–77, the 4th best record in franchise history, however, they failed to make the playoffs for the 5th consecutive season.

2008 Florida Marlins
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1993) Eastern Division (since 1993)
Location
Dolphin Stadium (since 1993) Miami Gardens, Florida (since 1993)
Results
Record	84–77 (.522)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Jeffrey Loria
General manager(s)	Michael Hill
Manager(s)	Fredi González
Local television	FSN Florida Sun Sports Rich Waltz, Tommy Hutton
Local radio	WAXY (English) Dave Van Horne, Glenn Geffner WQBA (Spanish)
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Offseason

• February 15, 2008: Signed outfielder Marcell Ozuna as a non-drafted free agent.^[1]

Regular season

April

The season started off well for the Marlins even though they lost the opening series to the New York Mets. They go on to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, sweep the Washington Nationals in their series, and take the first game of the series vs. Houston Astros while earning their 4th straight victory and leading their division with a 7–3 record by 1 ½ games the first week. They tied the franchise record for the most victories in April, with 15.

May

The Marlins started the month with a loss to the Dodgers, but after taking two of three from the Padres they swept the Brewers and the Nationals back-to-back to eventually improve to a Major League best record on May 11, before the Reds took three in a row in Cincinnati. After a rainout the Royals handed the Marlins their fourth consecutive loss, the last two of the interleague series were split. They went on to sweep the Arizona Diamondbacks, whom at that time had the National League's best record, and in that process stopped Brandon Webb from starting the season with a 10–0 record, a feat not accomplished since World War I.^[2] After winning the homes series against the Giants and losing to the Mets at Shea Stadium the Marlins split the first two of three in Philadelphia to finish May atop their division with a half-game edge over the Phillies. They were in first place or tied for first all through the month except for May 30.

June

After a loss in Philadelphia, the Marlins fell back to second place in the division, but they could hold the second spot despite losing three of four in Atlanta. Back in Dolphin Stadium, they split a four-game series against the Reds. In the last game of the series on June 9, Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 600th career home run off Mark Hendrickson in a 9–4 loss. The Marlins finished their home stand winning two of three against the Phillies, and narrowed the gap to their division rival to three games. An interleague road swing starting in St. Petersburg saw both teams of the Citrus Series sporting records above .500 for the first time ever. Tampa Bay took the first two games, but an outstanding performance by Ricky Nolasco earned him the win and a shared NL Player of the Week award,^[3] and let the series finish on a high note for the Fish. For the first time in Seattle at Safeco Field, they took two of three on solid outings by youngsters Andrew Miller and Ryan Tucker, before heading after a day off to another new ballpark for a three-game series against the Oakland Athletics. Despite a Marlins' long ball attack with four home runs in the first encounter, the A's won it in extra innings to take two of three. After a day off the Marlins were swept in three games by their state rival Tampa Bay Rays to finish 2008 interleague play with a 5–10 record. The first loss to the D-Backs in 2008 was the only blemish in the last four games in June. Throughout the month in second place they trailed the Phillies only half a game in the division standings on June 30.

July

The Marlins stayed in the top three of the NL East division throughout the month. They won or split all but two — against the Rockies and the Braves — of their series in July. Though they never held first place, they neither were back more than three games and finished the month seven games over .500, trailing the first place Phillies only by 1½ games. Remarkable was a game at Coors Field on July 4, where the Marlins were vanquished after blowing a nine run lead to finally lose 18–17.^[4] Ironically, the Marlins led the NL with 32 come-from-behind wins as of the end of the month. The rotation was shaken up with the call-up of Chris Volstad on July 6. He earned his first win that same night in two innings of relief at Colorado, then earning his first win as a starter five days later at the Dodgers with a brilliant 8⅔ inning performance, helping the Marlins take three of four in L.A. Right before the All-Star break, Josh Johnson made it back to the line-up, only eleven months after having undergone Tommy John surgery. On July 31, Aníbal Sánchez also had his comeback after shoulder surgery. Both of them boosted the rotation like the acquisition of top pitchers. Before the July 31 trade deadline, there were major rumors of the Fish acquiring Manny Ramírez for the rest of the season, but he eventually was traded to the Dodgers. The multiple rumors did not impact the squad, having beaten both the Cubs at Wrigley and their division rivals Mets at home twice, before taking the first game of a four-game series against the Rockies at Dolphin Stadium.

Hanley Ramírez was elected to start at shortstop for the NL in the All-Star Game, and finished 2-for-3 with a run scored. Fellow Marlin All-Star Dan Uggla competed in a memorable Home Run Derby, and became the first player with three errors in a single All-Star Game, a not so favorable distinction, along with three strikeouts in the longest MLB All-Star Game in history.^[5]

August

August became a rough month for the Marlins, and for the first time in the season, the team significantly lost ground in the divisional race to the Mets and the Phillies. While the Fish started the month only one and a half games back, they fell to seven games behind the then first place New York Mets on August 31. The offense struggled, as did the bullpen. The solid rotation with Josh Johnson, Chris Volstad and an outstanding Ricky Nolasco was not enough to carry the team with a lack of production at the plate. After blowing a few late leads, closer Kevin Gregg was limited in his appearances while allowing his tender knee to heal. Matt Lindstrom took over as closer. The only series wins came on the road at the Phillies and the Diamondbacks, but without any back-to-back wins in the entirety of August, the Marlins could not keep pace with the division leading teams. Highlights in August were the first complete games since September 16, 2006, thrown by Ricky Nolasco on August 19 against the Giants, and followed up by Johnson's complete game on August 27 against the Braves. Nolasco's complete game ended an MLB record set by the Marlins for most games between complete games.

September

The hopes of climbing back to first place in the National League East were low, but the Marlins kept battling in the month of September. In the process, they accomplished an MLB-first feat. With Jorge Cantú's 25th home run of the season, the Marlins' infielders became the first starting infielder foursome in MLB history to each hit 25 or more home runs. Additionally, Hanley Ramírez's decisive home run on September 13 made him the second Marlin ever to join the 30–30 club. During the month, the Marlins tied a franchise record of nine straight wins. This put them at 4 games back in the East division and 3.5 games back in the NL Wild Card race. That late surge wasn't enough though, as the Marlins lost the next four games. In the final season series, the Marlins played spoiler, ruining the Mets playoff chances by winning two of three in New York. The Marlins ended the season with an 84–77 record. This was their best non-playoff season record in franchise history, and third best season record overall.

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	92	70	0.568	—	48–33	44–37
New York Mets	89	73	0.549	3	48–33	41–40
Florida Marlins	84	77	0.522	7½	45–36	39–41
Atlanta Braves	72	90	0.444	20	43–38	29–52
Washington Nationals	59	102	0.366	32½	34–46	25–56

Record vs. opponents

2008 National League record v t e Source: [1]
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 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers 66 Burke Badenhop 45 Eulogio de la Cruz 61 Jesus Delgado 48 Lee Gardner 63 Kevin Gregg 30 Mark Hendrickson 55 Josh Johnson 19 Logan Kensing 22 Matt Lindstrom 23 Andrew Miller 32 Justin Miller 46 Joe Nelson 47 Ricky Nolasco 34 Scott Olsen 37 Renyel Pinto 53 Arthur Rhodes 36 Aníbal Sánchez 57 Taylor Tankersley 39 Ryan Tucker 56 Rick van den Hurk 41 Chris Volstad 35 Doug Waechter		Catchers 53, 21 John Baker 13 Paul Hoover 16 Paul Lo Duca 58 Mike Rabelo 20 Matt Treanor Infielders 11 Robert Andino  3 Jorge Cantú 39,18 Wes Helms 17 Mike Jacobs  8 Dallas McPherson  2 Hanley Ramírez 29 Gaby Sánchez  6 Dan Uggla		Outfielders  4 Alfredo Amézaga 25 Brett Carroll 26 Luis Gonzalez 27 Jeremy Hermida 29 Jacque Jones 24 Cameron Maybin 65 Jai Miller 12 Cody Ross 14 Josh Willingham Other batters 28 Jason Wood		Manager 33 Fredi González Coaches 67 Pierre Arsenault (bullpen coordinator) 54 Steve Foster (bullpen)  9 Andy Fox (first base/infield) 16, 31 Bo Porter (third base) 40 Jim Presley (hitting) 10 Carlos Tosca (bench) 28 Mark Wiley (pitching)

Game log

Legend
Marlins Win	Marlins Loss	Game Postponed

2008 Florida Marlins Game Log
March # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 31 Mets 7–2 Santana (1–0) Hendrickson (0–1) 38,308 0–1
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 2 April 1 Mets 5–4 J. Miller (1–0) Wise (0–1) 15,117 1–1 3 April 2 Mets 13–0 Pérez (1–0) A. Miller (0–1) 13,720 1–2 4 April 4 Pirates 5–4 Gregg (1–0) Osoria (1–1) 10,089 2–2 5 April 5 Pirates 7–3 Hendrickson (1–1) Maholm (0–1) 15,752 3–2 6 April 6 Pirates 9–2 Snell (1–0) VandenHurk (0–1) 10,431 3–3 7 April 7 @ Nationals 10–7 Pinto (1–0) Redding (1–1) Gregg (1) 20,487 4–3 8 April 9 @ Nationals 10–4 Olsen (1–0) Bergmann (0–1) 23,340 5–3 9 April 10 @ Nationals 4–3 Hendrickson (2–1) Pérez (0–2) Gregg (2) 24,549 6–3 10 April 11 @ Astros 10–6 Nolasco (1–0) Oswalt (0–3) 34,191 7–3 11 April 12 @ Astros 5–0 Backe (1–1) Badenhop (0–1) 34,336 7–4 12 April 13 @ Astros 5–1 Rodríguez (2–0) A. Miller (0–2) 29,766 7–5 13 April 15 Braves 4–0 Olsen (2–0) Jurrjens (1–2) 10,462 8–5 14 April 16 Braves 6–5 Hendrickson (3–1) Hudson (2–1) Gregg (3) 10,712 9–5 15 April 17 Braves 8–0 Smoltz (3–0) Nolasco (1–1) 11,237 9–6 16 April 18 Nationals 6–4 Redding (3–1) J. Miller (1–1) Rauch (3) 13,279 9–7 17 April 19 Nationals 6–5 Gregg (2–0) Rivera (1–1) 18,944 10–7 18 April 20 Nationals 6–1 Olsen (3–0) Ayala (0–1) 11,635 11–7 19 April 21 @ Pirates 10–4 Hendrickson (4–1) Morris (0–3) 8,444 12–7 20 April 22 @ Pirates 3–2 Maholm (1–2) Nolasco (1–2) Capps (5) 10,185 12–8 21 April 23 @ Braves 7–2 A. Miller (1–2) Bennett (0–1) 19,852 13–8 22 April 24 @ Braves 7–4 James (2–1) Badenhop (0–2) Acosta (2) 19,903 13–9 23 April 25 @ Brewers 3–0 Gregg (3–0) Mota (1–1) 40,088 14–9 24 April 26 @ Brewers 4–3 Torres (3–0) Pinto (1–1) Gagné (7) 44,169 14–10 25 April 27 @ Brewers 3–2 Lindstrom (1–0) McClung (1–1) Gregg (4) 41,656 15–10 26 April 29 Dodgers 7–6 Beimel (2–0) Gregg (3–1) Saito (3) 11,334 15–11 27 April 30 Dodgers 13–1 Billingsley (1–4) Olsen (3–1) 10,792 15–12
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 28 May 1 Dodgers 5–3 Beimel (3–0) Gregg (3–2) Saito (4) 15,556 15–13 29 May 2 Padres 6–4 Hendrickson (5–1) Germano (0–3) Gregg (5) 14,562 16–13 30 May 3 Padres 7–2 Peavy (4–1) Nolasco (1–3) 37,689 16–14 31 May 4 Padres 10–3 A. Miller (2–2) Maddux (2–3) 11,422 17–14 32 May 6 Brewers 3–0 Olsen (3–0) Suppan (1–2) Gregg (6) 10,113 18–14 33 May 7 Brewers 6–2 Badenhop (1–2) Bush (0–4) 10,405 19–14 34 May 8 Brewers 7–2 Kensing (1–0) Villanueva (1–4) 12,321 20–14 35 May 9 @ Nationals 7–3 Nolasco (2–3) Redding (4–3) 23,379 21–14 36 May 10 @ Nationals 11–0 A. Miller (3–2) O'Connor (1–1) 28,663 22–14 37 May 11 @ Nationals 5–4 Kensing (2–0) Ayala (1–3) Gregg (7) 25,871 23–14 38 May 12 @ Reds 8–7 Harang (2–5) Tankersley (0–1) Cordero (6) 15,233 23–15 39 May 13 @ Reds 5–3 Vólquez (6–1) Hendrickson (5–2) Cordero (7) 14,015 23–16 40 May 14 @ Reds 7–6 Burton (2–1) Pinto (1–2) 12,756 23–17 – May 15 @ Reds Postponed (rain) Rescheduled September 22 41 May 16 Royals 7–6 Tomko (2–4) A. Miller (3–3) Soria (11) 14,825 23–18 42 May 17 Royals 7–3 Kensing (3–0) Bannister (4–5) 16,214 24–18 43 May 18 Royals 9–3 Greinke (5–1) Badenhop (1–3) 10,617 24–19 44 May 20 Diamondbacks 3–2 Hendrickson (6–2) Owings (5–2) Gregg (8) 10,696 25–19 45 May 21 Diamondbacks 3–1 Nolasco (3–3) Webb (9–1) Gregg (9) 11,227 26–19 46 May 22 Diamondbacks 4–0 A. Miller (4–3) Haren (5–3) 13,233 27–19 47 May 23 Giants 8–2 Zito (1–8) Olsen (4–2) 15,003 27–20 – May 24 Giants Postponed (rain) Rescheduled May 25, (doubleheader) 48 May 25 Giants 8–6 Hendrickson (7–2) Misch (0–1) Gregg (10) 14,674 28–20 49 May 25 Giants 5–4 Gregg (4–2) Walker (2–3) 14,674 29–20 50 May 26 @ Mets 7–3 Nolasco (4–3) Pelfrey (2–6) 51,489 30–20 51 May 27 @ Mets 5–3 Santana (6–3) A. Miller (4–4) 47,093 30–21 52 May 28 @ Mets 7–6 Sánchez (1–0) J. Miller (1–2) 47,769 30–22 53 May 30 @ Phillies 12–3 Myers (3–6) Hendrickson (7–3) 45,118 30–23 54 May 31 @ Phillies 7–3 Nolasco (5–3) Hamels (5–4) 45,261 31–23
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 55 June 1 @ Phillies 7–5 Moyer (6–3) Waechter (0–1) Lidge (13) 45,312 31–24 56 June 2 @ Braves 7 – 5 (10) Ohman (2–0) Kensing (3–1) 20,896 31–25 57 June 3 @ Braves 5–4 Ohman (3–0) Lindstrom (1–0) Soriano (2) 25,476 31–26 58 June 4 @ Braves 6–4 J. Miller (2–2) Acosta (3–3) Gregg (11) 26,917 32–26 59 June 5 @ Braves 7–5 Jurrjens (6–3) Nolasco (5–4) Soriano (3) 27,238 32–27 60 June 6 Reds 11–3 Cueto (5–5) A. Miller (4–5) 16,084 32–28 61 June 7 Reds 8–7 Badenhop (2–3) Cordero (2–1) 25,289 33–28 62 June 8 Reds 9–2 Tucker (1–0) Harang (2–9) 12,444 34–28 63 June 9 Reds 9–4 Vólquez (9–2) Hendrickson (7–4) 16,003 34–29 64 June 10 Phillies 5–4 Nolasco (6–4) Myers (3–8) Gregg (12) 12,411 35–29 65 June 11 Phillies 6–2 Gregg (5–2) Gordon (5–3) 14,122 36–29 66 June 12 Phillies 3–0 Moyer (7–3) Olsen (4–3) Lidge (18) 15,202 36–30 67 June 13 @ Rays 7–3 Sonnanstine (7–3) Tucker (1–1) 19,312 36–31 68 June 14 @ Rays 4–1 Garza (5–3) Hendrickson (7–4) Percival (15) 31,195 36–32 69 June 15 @ Rays 9–3 Nolasco (7–4) Jackson (4–6) 28,886 37–32 70 June 16 @ Mariners 6–1 A. Miller (5–5) Silva (3–8) 21,609 38–32 71 June 17 @ Mariners 5–4 Hernández (6–5) Olsen (4–4) Morrow (2) 20,214 38–33 72 June 18 @ Mariners 8–3 Tucker (2–1) Dickey (1–3) 24,163 39–33 73 June 20 @ Athletics 7–6 Brown (1–0) Waechter (0–2) 15,035 39–34 74 June 21 @ Athletics 6–4 Pinto (2–2) Street (1–2) Gregg (13) 19,287 40–34 75 June 22 @ Athletics 7–1 Duchscherer (8–4) A. Miller (5–6) 22,461 40–35 76 June 24 Rays 6–4 Howell (6–0) Pinto (2–3) Percival (18) 12,352 40–36 77 June 25 Rays 15–3 Shields (5–5) Tucker (2–2) 13,165 40–37 78 June 26 Rays 6–1 Garza (6–4) Hendrickson (7–6) 17,107 40–38 79 June 27 Diamondbacks 3–1 Nolasco (8–4) Owings (6–7) Gregg (14) 15,291 41–38 80 June 28 Diamondbacks 6–2 Webb (12–4) A. Miller (5–7) 27,777 41–39 81 June 29 Diamondbacks 4–3 Nelson (1–0) Lyon (2–2) 11,327 42–39 82 June 30 Nationals 6–5 Gregg (6–2) Rauch (4–2) 10,888 43–39
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 83 July 1 Nationals 9–6 Balester (1–0) Hendrickson (7–7) 12,166 43–40 84 July 2 Nationals 4–2 Nolasco (9–4) Manning (0–2) 23,624 44–40 85 July 3 @ Rockies 6 – 5 (11) Herges (3–3) Gregg (6–3) 48,084 44–41 86 July 4 @ Rockies 18–17 Buchholz (3–2) Gregg (6–4) 48,691 44–42 87 July 5 @ Rockies 12–6 de la Rosa (3–4) Tucker (2–3) 35,137 44–43 88 July 6 @ Rockies 10–5 Volstad (1–0) Cook (11–6) 27,168 45–43 89 July 7 @ Padres 3–1 Nolasco (10–4) Maddux (3–7) Gregg (16) 23,840 46–43 90 July 8 @ Padres 10–1 Wolf (6–8) A. Miller (5–8) 24,762 46–44 91 July 9 @ Padres 5–2 Olsen (5–4) Baek (2–5) Gregg (17) 31,186 47–44 92 July 10 @ Dodgers 5 – 4 (11) Nelson (2–0) Falkenborg (1–2) Gregg (18) 40,417 48–44 93 July 11 @ Dodgers 3–1 Volstad (2–0) Stults (2–2) Gregg (19) 49,545 49–44 94 July 12 @ Dodgers 5–3 Waechter (1–2) Troncoso (0–1) Gregg (20) 55,220 50–44 95 July 13 @ Dodgers 9–1 Billingsley (9–8) A. Miller (5–9) 42,213 50–45 96 July 18 Phillies 4–2 Moyer (9–6) Nolasco (10–5) Lidge (21) 23,124 50–46 97 July 19 Phillies 9–5 Olsen (6–4) Kendrick (8–4) 26,520 51–46 98 July 20 Phillies 3 – 2 (11) Waechter (2–2) Condrey (2–2) 17,724 52–46 99 July 21 Braves 4–0 Campillo (5–4) Volstad (2–1) 14,155 52–47 100 July 22 Braves 4–0 Vandenhurk (1–1) Morton (2–3) 14,721 53–47 101 July 23 Braves 9–4 Hudson (11–7) Nolasco (10–6) 16,068 53–48 102 July 24 @ Cubs 6–3 Zambrano (11–4) Olsen (6–5) Mármol (4) 41,482 53–49 103 July 25 @ Cubs 3–2 J. Miller (3–2) Howry (3–4) Gregg (21) 41,570 54–49 104 July 26 @ Cubs 3 – 2 (12) J. Miller (4–2) Gaudin (5–4) Gregg (22) 41,471 55–49 105 July 27 @ Cubs 9–6 Gaudin (6–4) Hendrickson (7–8) Samardzija (1) 41,017 55–50 106 July 28 Mets 7–3 Waechter (3–2) Smith (1–3) 23,165 56–50 107 July 29 Mets 4–1 Pérez (7–6) Olsen (6–6) Wagner (27) 25,032 56–51 108 July 30 Mets 7–5 Johnson (1–0) Pelfrey (9–7) Gregg (23) 25,902 57–51 109 July 31 Rockies 12–2 A. Sánchez (1–0) de la Rosa (5–6) 13,634 58–51
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 110 August 1 Rockies 5–2 Jiménez (8–9) Volstad (2–2) Fuentes (19) 16,555 58–52 111 August 2 Rockies 5–3 Nolasco (11–6) de los Santos (0–1) Gregg (24) 22,324 59–52 112 August 3 Rockies 3–2 Buchholz (4–3) Nelson (2–1) Fuentes (20) 14,310 59–53 113 August 5 @ Phillies 8–2 Johnson (2–0) Moyer (10–7) 44,896 60–53 114 August 6 @ Phillies 5–0 Kendrick (10–5) A. Sánchez (1–1) 45,078 60–54 115 August 7 @ Phillies 3–0 Volstad (3–2) Hamels (9–8) Gregg (25) 45,521 61–54 116 August 8 @ Mets 3–0 Pérez (8–7) Nolasco (11–7) Heilman (1) 50,307 61–55 117 August 9 @ Mets 8–6 Schoeneweis (2–2) Olsen (6–7) Heilman (2) 52,484 61–56 118 August 10 @ Mets 8–2 Johnson (3–0) Pelfrey (10–8) 54,242 62–56 119 August 11 Cardinals 4–2 Piñeiro (5–5) A. Sánchez (1–2) Pérez (2) 13,419 62–57 120 August 12 Cardinals 4–3 Volstad (4–2) Lohse (13–5) Gregg (26) 14,211 63–57 121 August 13 Cardinals 6–4 Looper (11–9) Pinto (2–4) Pérez (3) 15,223 63–58 122 August 14 Cardinals 3–0 Wellemeyer (10–4) Olsen (6–8) 15,609 63–59 123 August 15 Cubs 6–5 Gaudin (6–4) Gregg (6–5) Kerry Wood (25) 28,163 63–60 124 August 16 Cubs 2 -1 A. Sánchez (2–2) Marshall (2–3) Gregg (27) 39,124 64–60 125 August 17 Cubs 9–2 Dempster (14–5) Pinto (2–5) 19,085 64–61 126 August 19 @ Giants 6–0 Nolasco (12–7) Correia (2–7) 33,098 65–61 127 August 20 @ Giants 6–5 Wilson (1–2) Lindstrom (1–2) 30,399 65–62 128 August 21 @ Giants 4–3 Wilson (2–2) Gregg (6–6) 32,515 65–63 129 August 22 @ Diamondbacks 5–4 Rhodes (3–1) Rauch (4–4) Gregg (28) 28,201 66–63 130 August 23 @ Diamondbacks 7–1 Petit (3–3) Volstad (4–3) 44,294 66–64 131 August 24 @ Diamondbacks 5–2 Nolasco (13–7) Davis (5–8) Gregg (29) 31,518 67–64 132 August 26 @ Braves 10–9 Ohman (4–0) Gregg (6–7) 17,539 67–65 133 August 27 @ Braves 4–1 Johnson (4–0) Hampton (2–2) 19,755 68–65 134 August 28 @ Braves 4–2 Morton (4–8) A. Sánchez (2–2) González (7) 20,155 68–66 135 August 29 Mets 5–4 Smith (2–3) Gregg (6–8) Ayala (3) 20,043 68–67 136 August 30 Mets 4–3 Lindstrom (2–2) Heilman (3–8) 28,830 69–67 137 August 31 Mets 6–2 Martínez (5–3) Olsen (6–9) 16,123 69–68
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 138 September 1 Braves 4–3 Lindstrom (3–2) González (0–1) 12,209 70–68 139 September 2 Braves 16–14 Julio (1–0) Lindstrom (3–3) González (8) 14,092 70–69 140 September 3 Braves 5–3 Waechter (4–2) Ohman (4–1) Nelson (1) 11,211 71–69 141 September 5 @ Cardinals 4 – 1 (11) Rhodes (4–1) Franklin (5–6) Lindstrom (1) 42,633 72–69 142 September 6 @ Cardinals 5–3 Wellemeyer (12–6) Olsen (6–10) Franklin (15) 42,814 72–70 143 September 7 @ Cardinals 3–1 Wainwright (9–3) Johnson (4–1) Pérez (7) 46,045 72–71 144 September 8 @ Phillies 8–6 Blanton (7–12) A. Sánchez (2–4) Lidge (35) 38,921 72–72 145 September 9 @ Phillies 10–8 Gregg (7–8) Kendrick (11–9) Lindstrom (2) 40,554 73–72 146 September 10 @ Phillies 7–3 Nolasco (14–7) Myers (9–11) 38,665 74–72 147 September 12 Nationals 2–1 Olsen (7–10) Martis (0–2) Lindstrom (3) 12,121 75–72 148 September 13 Nationals 4–2 Johnson (5–1) Redding (10–9) Lindstrom (4) 16,307 76–72 149 September 14 Nationals 8–7 A. Miller (6–9) Shell (2–2) Rhodes (2) 12,024 77–72 150 September 16 Astros 5–1 Volstad (5–3) Oswalt (15–10) 12,232 78–72 151 September 17 Astros 14–2 Nolasco (15–7) Backe (9–13) 14,124 79–72 152 September 18 Astros 8–1 Olson (8–10) Árias (1–1) 14,219 80–72 153 September 19 Phillies 14–8 Johnson (6–1) Myers (10–12) 20,202 81–72 154 September 20 Phillies 3–2 Blanton (3–0) A. Sánchez (2–5) Lidge (39) 28,757 81–73 155 September 21 Phillies 5–2 Moyer (15–7) Volstad (5–4) Lidge (40) 28,173 81–74 156 September 22 @ Reds 7–5 Harang (6–16) A. Miller (6–10) Cordero (33) 13,565 81–75 157 September 23 @ Nationals 9–4 Martis (1–3) Olsen (8–11) 20,657 81–76 158 September 24 @ Nationals 9–4 Johnson (7–1) Redding (10–11) 23,299 82–76 – September 25 @ Nationals Cancelled (rain) No make-up game was scheduled 159 September 26 @ Mets 6–1 Volstad (6–4) Pelfrey (13–11) 49,545 83–76 160 September 27 @ Mets 2–0 Santana (16–7) Nolasco (15–8) 54,920 83–77 161 September 28 @ Mets 4–2 Nelson (3–1) Schoeneweis (2–6) Lindstrom (5) 56,059 84–77

Player stats

Batting

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
Jorge Cantú	155	628	92	174	41	0	29	95	.277	6
Hanley Ramírez	153	589	125	177	34	4	33	67	.301	35
Dan Uggla	146	531	97	138	37	1	32	92	.260	5
Cody Ross	145	461	59	120	29	5	22	73	.260	6
Jeremy Hermida	142	502	74	125	22	3	17	61	.249	6
Mike Jacobs	141	477	67	118	27	2	32	93	.247	1
Luis Gonzalez	136	341	30	89	26	1	8	47	.261	1
Wes Helms	132	251	28	61	11	0	5	31	.243	0
Alfredo Amezaga	125	311	41	82	13	5	3	32	.264	8
Josh Willingham	102	351	54	89	21	5	15	51	.254	3
Kevin Gregg	69	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Matt Lindstrom	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Matt Treanor	65	206	18	49	7	0	2	23	.238	1
Renyel Pinto	62	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
John Baker	61	197	32	59	14	0	5	32	.299	0
Joe Nelson	55	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Logan Kensing	46	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Doug Waechter	44	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	0
Robert Andino	44	63	7	13	2	0	2	9	.206	0
Justin Miller	42	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Mark Hendrickson	35	35	4	9	2	1	0	1	.257	0
Mike Rabelo	34	109	9	22	1	0	3	10	.202	0
Scott Olsen	33	62	1	8	0	0	0	3	.129	0
Ricky Nolasco	32	63	1	9	2	0	0	5	.143	0
Andrew Miller	27	30	1	2	0	0	0	3	.067	0
Brett Carroll	26	17	5	1	0	1	0	1	.059	0
Arthur Rhodes	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Taylor Tankersley	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Paul Lo Duca	21	34	3	10	2	0	0	3	.294	0
Jacque Jones	18	37	5	4	0	0	0	2	.108	0
Chris Volstad	15	26	2	3	2	0	0	0	.115	0
Josh Johnson	14	30	1	4	2	0	0	2	.133	0
Paul Hoover	13	40	1	8	1	0	0	2	.200	0
Burke Badenhop	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	.083	0
Dallas McPherson	11	11	3	2	2	0	0	0	.182	0
Ryan Tucker	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Aníbal Sánchez	10	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Cameron Maybin	8	32	9	16	2	0	0	2	.500	4
Lee Gardner	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Eulogio De La Cruz	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Gaby Sánchez	5	8	0	3	2	0	0	1	.375	0
Rick VandenHurk	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jason Wood	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jesus Delgado	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jai Miller	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Team Totals	162	5499	770	1397	302	28	208	741	.254	76

Pitching

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
Ricky Nolasco	15	8	3.52	34	32	0	212.1	88	83	42	186
Scott Olsen	8	11	3.41	33	33	0	201.2	106	94	69	113
Kevin Gregg	7	8	3.41	72	0	29	68.2	30	26	37	58
Mark Hendrickson	7	8	5.45	36	19	0	133.2	87	81	48	81
Josh Johnson	7	1	3.61	14	14	0	87.1	78	70	56	89
Andrew Miller	6	10	5.87	29	20	0	107.1	78	70	56	89
Chris Volstad	6	4	2.88	15	14	0	84.1	30	27	36	52
Justin Miller	4	2	4.24	46	0	0	46.2	26	22	20	43
Doug Waechter	4	2	3.69	48	0	0	63.1	29	26	21	46
Matt Lindstrom	3	3	3.14	66	0	5	57.1	21	20	26	43
Joe Nelson	3	1	2.00	59	0	1	54.0	16	12	22	60
Logan Kensing	3	1	4.23	49	0	0	55.1	56	56	33	55
Ryan Tucker	2	3	8.27	13	6	0	37.0	34	34	23	28
Aníbal Sánchez	2	5	5.57	10	10	0	51.2	35	32	27	50
Renyel Pinto	2	5	4.45	67	0	0	64.2	33	32	39	56
Arthur Rhodes	2	0	0.68	25	0	1	13.1	1	1	3	14
Burke Badenhop	2	3	6.08	13	8	0	47.1	34	32	21	35
Rick VandenHurk	1	1	7.71	4	4	0	14.0	12	12	10	20
Jesus Delgado	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	2.0	1	1	3	0
Taylor Tankersley	0	1	8.15	25	0	0	17.2	16	16	8	13
Lee Gardner	0	0	10.80	7	0	0	6.2	8	8	4	4
Eulogio De La Cruz	0	0	18.00	6	1	0	9.0	20	18	11	4
Team Totals	84	77	4.44	161	161	36	1435.3	767	708	586	1127

Draft

Players selected

Year	Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School
2008	1	6	Kyle Skipworth[2]	Catcher	United States	Patriot HS (California)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pacific Coast League	Dean Treanor
AA	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	Matt Raleigh
A	Jupiter Hammerheads	Florida State League	Brandon Hyde
A	Greensboro Grasshoppers	South Atlantic League	Edwin Rodríguez
A-Short Season	Jamestown Jammers	New York–Penn League	Darin Everson
Rookie	GCL Marlins	Gulf Coast League	Steve Watson

References

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2008 Florida Marlins season.

1. Goold, Derrick (December 16, 2017). "Ozuna and Fowler consider Barry Bonds their mentor". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
2. "Nolasco, Marlins deny Webb 10th win". Major League Baseball. May 22, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008.
3. . Major League Baseball. June 16, 2008. Archived from the original on June 19, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
4. "ESPN – Marlins vs. Rockies – Recap – July 04, 2008". ESPN Star Sports. July 4, 2008. Retrieved July 31, 2008.
5. "Uggla delivers a big stinker in National League's loss". ESPN Star Sports. July 15, 2008. from the original on July 30, 2008. Retrieved July 31, 2008.

External links

• 2008 Florida Marlins season at Baseball Reference