2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season

The Arizona Diamondbacks' 2008 season was the 11th season of the franchise in Major League Baseball. Arizona tried to defend their National League West title after winning the division the previous year. But despite a franchise-best 20–8 start in the months of March and April, they couldn't maintain the division lead late in the season and collapsed with many losing streaks and stumbled to an 82–80 record, good enough for a second-place finish, only two games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

2008 Arizona Diamondbacks
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Chase Field
City	Phoenix, Arizona
Record	82–80 (.506)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Ken Kendrick Jeff Moorad
General managers	Josh Byrnes
Managers	Bob Melvin
Television	FSN Arizona (Daron Sutton, Mark Grace, Greg Schulte, Joe Garagiola, Matt Williams)
Radio	KTAR (620 AM) (Greg Schulte, Jeff Munn, Tom Candiotti) KSUN (Spanish)
Seasons

Regular season

The 2008 season saw the best start in Diamondbacks history, going 20-8 in March/April and end up being way ahead in first place in the NL West. During the great start, Brandon Webb had his best career start by winning his first 9 decisions. The only low point was that starting pitcher Doug Davis was being diagnosed with thyroid cancer, before he could get his first start. Characteristically, Davis made his first two scheduled starts before undergoing surgery on April 8. Fortunately, his surgery was a success and was able to get back on the mound just 6 weeks later.

One of the more shining moments of April was when rookie pitcher Max Scherzer made his major league debut by pitching 4.1 perfect innings of relief, where he struck out 7 Astros. While doing this, Max passed Pete Richert of the 1962 Dodgers for the record for the number of consecutive batters retired (13) for a pitcher making his MLB debut as a reliever. Consequently, Scherzer was immediately promoted to the starting rotation, in the absence of Davis; he was relatively effective; in his four major-league outings (the aforementioned relief role against the Astros as well as three starts in Doug Davis' spot in the rotation), Scherzer had a 2.33 ERA with 23 strikeouts in 191⁄3 innings.

(Upon Davis' return, Scherzer was returned to the bullpen and optioned back to AAA Tucson in early June, and he eventually spent about a month on the Sidewinders' DL with shoulder inflammation. Davis, for his part, has had a less-than-stellar 2008 season, he is 4-7 with a 4.75 ERA as of late August.)

May was a much different month for the D-backs. The team saw a sharp decline in hitting and run production compared to April, and was their first losing month (11-17) since September 2006. The biggest disappointment had to have been the month-long slump right fielder Eric Byrnes fell into, where he hit .195 and had only 8 RBIs. Much speculation about his strained hamstring causing him to not perform well eventually led to him being put on the 15-day DL on May 27. He came back to action only to tear the left hamstring in late June, and was placed on the 60-day DL at that time.

The Diamondbacks continued to lead the NL West despite only being 47-48 at the All-Star break.

On July 17, 2008, Tony Clark was traded back to the D-backs from the San Diego Padres for a minor league pitcher, Evan Scribner.

On August 5, Dan Haren signed a four-year, $44.75 million deal with the Diamondbacks worth a guaranteed $41.25 million through 2012 and includes a $15.5 million club option for 2013 with a $3.5 million buyout.

Orlando Hudson, one of the more consistent offensive D-backs players in 2008, underwent season-ending surgery on his left wrist August 9 in the wake of a collision with catcher Brian McCann of the Atlanta Braves. Hudson became a free agent in the offseason and signed with the division rival Los Angeles Dodgers.

LF Eric Byrnes has been on the 60-day disabled list since late June, with a torn left hamstring, and was not expected to return to the lineup this season.

On August 11, 2008, Dallas Buck, RHP Micah Owings (pending clearing of waivers), and one other prospect were traded to the Reds (in last place in the NL Central at the time) in exchange for OF Adam Dunn. Dunn, who was tied for the major league lead with 32 home runs, was expected to provide a significant boost to an offense that has struggled to score runs for most of the season. Dunn seemed quite positive about being traded to a ballclub in first place in its division in August. The move was seen by some fans as a belated attempt by the D-backs to counter the trade by their division rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers, for Boston Red Sox power-hitting OF Manny Ramirez on July 31; and also to compensate for the injuries to Hudson and Byrnes, generally considered two of the more "power-hitting" Diamondbacks on a team which has relied heavily on pitching and defense in recent years.

Owings, once considered an excellent pitching prospect for the Diamondbacks, has struggled in the 2008 campaign with a 7.09 ERA since April 21. Owings must clear waivers before being able to join the Reds, otherwise he will remain a member of the Diamondbacks through the remainder of the season.

On August 31, the Diamondbacks acquired former World Series MVP David Eckstein to fill the hole at secondbase which was opened after Orlando Hudson was placed on the disabled list. Eckstein was traded from the Toronto Blue Jays for Minor League pitcher Chad Beck.

As of September 25, the D-Backs fell out of playoff contention with a 12-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

Season standings

National League West

NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	84	78	.519	—	48‍–‍33	36‍–‍45
Arizona Diamondbacks	82	80	.506	2	48‍–‍33	34‍–‍47
Colorado Rockies	74	88	.457	10	43‍–‍38	31‍–‍50
San Francisco Giants	72	90	.444	12	37‍–‍44	35‍–‍46
San Diego Padres	63	99	.389	21	35‍–‍46	28‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

2008 National League record Source: [1]
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

Game log

Legend
Diamondbacks Win	Diamondbacks Loss	Game Postponed

2008 Game Log (82-80)
March/April (20-8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 31 @ Reds 4 – 2 Webb (1-0) Harang (0-1) Lyon (1) 42,498 1-0 2 April 2 @ Reds 6 – 5 Affeldt (1-0) Lyon (0-1) 14,016 1-1 3 April 3 @ Reds 3 – 2 Cueto (1-0) Davis (0-1) Cordero (1) 11,987 1-2 4 April 4 @ Rockies 8 – 1 Owings (1-0) Redman (0-1) 49,233 2-2 5 April 5 @ Rockies 7 – 2 Webb (2-0) Francis (0-1) 43,124 3-2 6 April 6 @ Rockies 5 – 2 (10) Lyon (1-1) Bowie (0-1) Qualls (1) 42,865 4-2 7 April 7 Dodgers 9 – 3 Haren (1-0) Loaiza (0-2) 49,057 5-2 8 April 8 Dodgers 10 – 5 Davis (1-1) Billingsley (0-1) 28,973 6-2 9 April 9 Dodgers 4 – 3 Owings (2-0) Kuroda (1-1) Lyon (2) 23,331 7-2 10 April 11 Rockies 8 – 2 Webb (3-0) Francis (0-2) 31,732 8-2 11 April 12 Rockies 10 – 3 Haren (2-0) Morales (0-1) 29,256 9-2 12 April 13 Rockies 13 – 5 Cook (1-1) González (0-1) 31,321 9-3 13 April 14 @ Giants 5 – 4 Yabu (1-1) Qualls (0-1) Wilson (4) 30,371 9-4 14 April 15 @ Giants 8 – 2 Owings (3-0) Correia (1-2) 30,068 10-4 15 April 16 @ Giants 4 – 1 Webb (4-0) Zito (0-4) Lyon (3) 30,510 11-4 16 April 18 Padres 9 – 0 Haren (3-0) Maddux (2-1) 26,783 12-4 17 April 19 Padres 10 – 3 Cruz (1-0) Thatcher (0-2) 39,726 13-4 18 April 20 Padres 9 – 4 Wolf (2-0) Johnson (0-1) 28,090 13-5 19 April 21 Giants 4 – 2 Owings (4-0) Correia (1-3) Lyon (4) 22,097 14-5 20 April 22 Giants 5 – 4 Webb (5-0) Zito (0-5) Lyon (5) 25,074 15-5 21 April 23 @ Dodgers 8 – 3 Lowe (2-1) Haren (3-1) Saito (2) 42,590 15-6 22 April 24 @ Dodgers 6 – 4 González (1-1) Billingsley (0-4) Lyon (6) 38,350 16-6 23 April 25 @ Padres 5 – 1 Johnson (1-1) Wolf (2-1) 31,340 17-6 24 April 26 @ Padres 8 – 7 (13) Rusch (1-2) Petit (0-1) 31,295 17-7 25 April 27 @ Padres 2 – 1 Webb (6-0) Peavy (3-1) Lyon (7) 40,074 18-7 26 April 28 Astros 5 – 3 Haren (4-1) Sampson (1-3) Lyon (8) 19,868 19-7 27 April 29 Astros 6 – 4 Brocail (1-0) González (1-2) Valverde (5) 20,241 19-8 28 April 30 Astros 8 – 7 Medders (1-0) Borkowski (0-2) Lyon (9) 21,519 20-8
May (11-17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 29 May 2 Mets 7 – 2 Maine (3-2) Owings (4-1) 35,682 20-9 30 May 3 Mets 10 – 4 Webb (7-0) Pelfrey (2-2) 34,744 21-9 31 May 4 Mets 5 – 2 Sosa (4-1) Qualls (0-2) Wagner (7) 37,593 21-10 32 May 5 Phillies 11 – 4 Moyer (2-2) Scherzer (0-1) 21,266 21-11 33 May 6 Phillies 6 – 4 Johnson (2-1) Eaton (0-1) Lyon (10) 26,234 22-11 34 May 7 Phillies 5 – 4 Romero (3-0) Qualls (0-3) Lidge (8) 21,260 22-12 35 May 8 Phillies 8 – 3 Webb (8-0) Myers (2-3) 21,942 23-12 36 May 9 @ Cubs 3 – 1 Lilly (3-4) Haren (4-2) Wood (6) 40,236 23-13 37 May 10 @ Cubs 7 – 2 Eyre (1-0) Qualls (0-4) 41,597 23-14 38 May 11 @ Cubs 6 – 4 Mármol (1-0) Peña (0-1) Wood (7) 39,740 23-15 39 May 13 Rockies 8 – 4 Johnson (3-1) Francis (0-4) 27,292 24-15 40 May 14 Rockies 4 – 3 Owings (5-1) de la Rosa (1-2) Lyon (11) 23,127 25-15 41 May 15 Rockies 8 – 5 Webb (9-0) Cook (6-2) Lyon (12) 21,447 26-15 42 May 16 Tigers 4 – 3 Haren (5-2) Miner (1-3) Peña (1) 33,531 27-15 43 May 17 Tigers 3 – 2 Galarraga (3-2) Scherzer (0-2) Jones (6) 48,804 27-16 44 May 18 Tigers 4 – 0 Johnson (4-1) Robertson (1-4) 38,793 28-16 45 May 20 @ Marlins 3 – 2 Hendrickson (6-2) Owings (5-2) Gregg (8) 10,696 28-17 46 May 21 @ Marlins 3 – 1 Nolasco (3-3) Webb (9-1) Gregg (9) 11,227 28-18 47 May 22 @ Marlins 4 – 0 Miller (4-3) Haren (5-3) 13,233 28-19 48 May 23 @ Braves 11 – 1 Davis (2-1) Reyes (2-2) 27,263 29-19 49 May 24 @ Braves 3 – 1 Boyer (1-3) Slaten (0-1) 36,263 29-20 50 May 25 @ Braves 9 – 3 Owings (6-2) Glavine (2-2) 35,628 30-20 51 May 26 @ Braves 7 – 3 Acosta (3-1) Webb (9-2) 29,635 30-21 52 May 27 Giants 6 – 3 Lincecum (7-1) Haren (5-4) Wilson (15) 23,604 30-22 53 May 28 Giants 11 – 3 Sánchez (3-3) Davis (2-2) 24,336 30-23 54 May 29 Giants 4 – 3 Walker (3-3) Qualls (0-5) Wilson (16) 21,037 30-24 55 May 30 Nationals 7 – 4 Hanrahan (1-2) Owings (6-3) Rauch (12) 25,391 30-25 56 May 31 Nationals 4 – 0 Webb (10-2) Bergmann (1-2) 38,507 31-25
June (11-16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 57 June 1 Nationals 5 – 0 Haren (6-4) Hill (0-2) 28,249 32-25 58 June 2 @ Brewers 4 – 3 Mota (2-3) Slaten (0-2) Torres (6) 27,562 32-26 59 June 3 @ Brewers 7 – 1 McClung (3-2) Johnson (4-2) 29,478 32-27 60 June 4 @ Brewers 10 – 1 Parra (4-2) Owings (6-4) 27,539 32-28 61 June 6 @ Pirates 3 – 1 Webb (11-2) Snell (2-6) Lyon (13) 19,437 33-28 62 June 7 @ Pirates 4 – 3 Cruz (2-0) Grabow (4-2) Lyon (14) 20,967 34-28 63 June 8 @ Pirates 6 – 4 Dumatrait (3-3) Davis (2-3) Capps (14) 22,222 34-29 64 June 9 @ Pirates 5 – 3 Duke (4-4) Johnson (4-3) Capps (15) 10,717 34-30 65 June 10 @ Mets 9 – 5 Qualls (1-5) Smith (0-1) 45,808 35-30 66 June 11 @ Mets 5 – 3 Vargas (3-2) González (1-3) 46,503 35-31 67 June 12 @ Mets 5 – 4 Lyon (2-1) Heilman (0-3) 47,042 36-31 68 June 13 Royals 1 – 0 Buckner (1-0) Yabuta (1-2) 33,323 37-31 69 June 14 Royals 12 – 3 Hochevar (4-5) Johnson (4-4) 44,615 37-32 70 June 15 Royals 8 – 3 Meche (4-8) Owings (6-5) 39,125 37-33 71 June 17 Athletics 15 – 1 Duchscherer (7-4) Webb (11-3) 28,710 37-34 72 June 18 Athletics 11 – 1 Haren (7-4) Blanton (3-10) 28,507 38-34 73 June 19 Athletics 2 – 1 Peña (1-1) Foulke (0-2) Lyon (15) 31,997 39-34 74 June 20 @ Twins 7 – 2 Baker (3-2) Johnson (4-5) 29,069 39-35 75 June 21 @ Twins 6 – 1 Blackburn (6-4) Owings (6-6) 25,505 39-36 76 June 22 @ Twins 5 – 3 Hernández (8-4) Webb (11-4) Nathan (19) 31,497 39-37 77 June 23 @ Red Sox 2 – 1 Haren (8-4) Beckett (7-5) Lyon (16) 37,694 40-37 78 June 24 @ Red Sox 5 – 4 Smith (1-0) Qualls (1-6) Papelbon (22) 37,867 40-38 79 June 25 @ Red Sox 5 – 0 Wakefield (5-5) Johnson (4-6) Papelbon (23) 37,924 40-39 80 June 27 @ Marlins 3 – 1 Nolasco (8-4) Owings (6-7) Gregg (14) 15,291 40-40 81 June 28 @ Marlins 6 – 2 Webb (12-4) A. Miller (5-7) 27,777 41-40 82 June 29 @ Marlins 4 – 3 Nelson (1-0) Lyon (2-2) 11,327 41-41 83 June 30 Brewers 6 – 3 Davis (3-3) Bush (4-8) Lyon (17) 23,040 42-41
July (14-11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 84 July 1 Brewers 8 – 6 Suppan (5-6) Johnson (4-7) Torres (14) 21,736 42-42 85 July 2 Brewers 4 – 3 Riske (1-1) Lyon (2-3) Torres (15) 22,324 42-43 86 July 3 Brewers 6 – 5 Rosales (1-0) Torres (4-2) 23,842 43-43 87 July 4 Padres 5 – 1 Baek (2-4) Haren (8-5) 49,110 43-44 88 July 5 Padres 4 – 2 Peavy (6-5) Davis (3-4) Hoffman (16) 40,976 43-45 89 July 6 Padres 3 – 2 Johnson (5-7) Banks (2-4) Lyon (18) 28,246 44-45 90 July 8 @ Nationals 2 – 0 Webb (13-4) Pérez (2-6) Lyon (19) 26,820 45-45 91 July 9 @ Nationals 5 – 0 Lannan (5-9) Owings (6-8) 25,862 45-46 92 July 10 @ Nationals 7 – 5 (11) Qualls (2-6) Ayala (1-5) 27,330 46-46 93 July 11 @ Phillies 6 – 5 (12) Seánez (4-3) Robertson (0-1) 45,028 46-47 94 July 12 @ Phillies 10 – 4 Johnson (6-7) Eaton (3-8) 45,006 47-47 95 July 13 @ Phillies 6 – 3 Madson (2-0) Qualls (2-7) 45,277 47-48 96 July 18 Dodgers 8 – 7 (11) Wade (1-1) Slaten (0-3) Broxton (1) 38,561 47-49 97 July 19 Dodgers 3 – 2 Haren (9-5) Billingsley (9-9) Lyon (20) 41,458 48-49 98 July 20 Dodgers 6 – 5 Troncoso (1-1) Lyon (2-4) Broxton (2) 39,217 48-50 99 July 21 Cubs 2 – 0 Johnson (7-7) Harden (5-2) 34,627 49-50 100 July 22 Cubs 9 – 2 Petit (1-1) Marquis (6-6) 35,337 50-50 101 July 23 Cubs 10 – 6 Lilly (10-6) Davis (3-5) 37,301 50-51 102 July 25 @ Giants 10 – 2 Haren (10-5) Sánchez (8-6) 32,851 51-51 103 July 26 @ Giants 5 – 3 Webb (14-14) Walker (3-6) 37,094 52-51 104 July 27 @ Giants 7 – 2 Johnson (8-7) Zito (5-13) 40,071 53-51 105 July 28 @ Padres 8 – 5 Maddux (4-8) Owings(6-9) 29,302 53-52 106 July 29 @ Padres 3 – 0 Davis (4-5) Hensley (1-2) 29,131 54-52 107 July 30 @ Padres 7 – 3 Haren (11-5) Baek (3-6) 31,755 55-52 108 July 31 @ Dodgers 2 – 1 Webb (15-4) Lowe (8-9) 42,440 56-52
August (13-15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 109 August 1 @ Dodgers 2 – 1 Johnson (9-7) Park (4-3) 55,239 57-52 110 August 2 @ Dodgers 4 – 2 Kuroda (6-8) Petit (1-2) 54,544 57-53 111 August 3 @ Dodgers 9 – 3 Wade (2-1) Davis (4-6) 52,972 57-54 112 August 4 Pirates 13 – 7 Haren (12-5) Davis (1-1) 21,826 58-54 113 August 5 Pirates 3 – 1 Webb (16-4) Duke (4-10) 25,109 59-54 114 August 6 Pirates 2 – 0 Karstens (2-0) Johnson (9-8) 28,556 59-55 115 August 7 Braves 6 – 4 Morton (3-5) Petit (1-3) Gonzalez (5) 27,787 59-56 116 August 8 Braves 11 – 6 Campillo (7-4) Davis (4-7) Bennett (3) 27,996 59-57 117 August 9 Braves 11 – 4 Jurrjens (11-7) Haren (12-6) 36,613 59-58 118 August 10 Braves 6 – 1 Webb (17-4) Hampton (1-1) 35,838 60-58 119 August 12 @ Rockies 4-2 Johnson (10-8) Jiménez (8-11) Lyon (25) 31,218 61-58 120 August 13 @ Rockies 6-5 Buchholz (5-3) Rauch (4-3) Fuentes (22) 30,247 61-59 121 August 14 @ Rockies 6-2 Haren (13-6) Rusch (5-4) 27,575 62-59 122 August 15 @ Astros 12-2 Webb (18-4) Rodríguez (7-5) 36,035 63-59 123 August 16 @ Astros 11-5 Petit (2-3) Backe (7-12) 39,501 64-59 124 August 17 @ Astros 3-0 Oswalt (11-8) Johnson (10-9) Valverde (31) 42,619 64-60 125 August 19 Padres 7-6 Davis (5-7) Banks (3-6) Peña (2) 24,739 65-60 126 August 20 Padres 8-6 Haren (14-6) Peavy (9-9) Rauch (18) 26,518 66-60 127 August 21 Padres 4-1 Webb (19-4) Reineke (1-1) 25,611 67-60 128 August 22 Marlins 5-4 Rhodes (1-0) Rauch (4-4) Gregg (28) 28,201 67-61 129 August 23 Marlins 7-1 Petit (3-3) Volstad (4-3) 44,294 68-61 130 August 24 Marlins 5-2 Nolasco (13-7) Davis (5-8) Gregg (29) 31,518 68-62 131 August 25 @ Padres 4-2 Hoffman (2-6) Rauch (4-5) 29,197 68-63 132 August 26 @ Padres 9-2 Reineke (2-1) Webb (19-5) 32,104 68-64 133 August 27 @ Padres 5-4 Adams (2-3) Qualls (2-8) Hoffman (27) 24,563 68-65 134 August 29 Dodgers 9-3 Davis (6-8) Kuroda (7-10) 32,610 69-65 135 August 30 Dodgers 6-2 Billingsley (13-10) Haren (14-7) 49,045 69-66 136 August 31 Dodgers 8-1 Lowe (11-11) Webb (19-6) 43,456 69-67
September (13-13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 1 Cardinals 8-6 Qualls (3-8) McClellan (2-7) Lyon (26) 35,075 70-67 138 September 2 Cardinals 8-2 Wainwright (8-3) Petit (3-4) 27,568 70-68 139 September 3 Cardinals 4-3 Qualls (4-8) Perez (2-2) 24,350 71-68 140 September 5 @ Dodgers 7-0 Lowe (12-11) Haren (14-8) 52,270 71-69 141 September 6 @ Dodgers 7-2 Billingsley (14-10) Webb (19-7) 47,543 71-70 142 September 7 @ Dodgers 5-3 Kuo (5-2) Rauch (4-6) Broxton (13) 54,137 71-71 143 September 8 @ Giants 6-2 Lincecum (16-3) Petit (3-5) 30,252 71-72 144 September 9 @ Giants 5-4 Wilson (3-2) Rauch (4-7) 30,518 71-73 145 September 10 @ Giants 4-3 Hinshaw (2-1) Lyon (2-5) 30,992 71-74 146 September 12 Reds 3-2 Webb (20-7) Harang (4-16) Qualls (3) 29,046 72-74 147 September 13 Reds 3-2 (10) Weathers (3-6) Peña (1-2) Cordero (30) 45,075 72-75 148 September 14 Reds 2-1 (10) Weathers (4-6) Rauch (4-8) Cordero (31) 27,297 72-76 149 September 15 Giants 3-1 Peña (2-2) Hennessey (1-2) Qualls (4) 25,969 73-76 150 September 16 Giants 2-0 Haren (15-8) Cain (8-13) 33,195 74-76 151 September 17 Giants 7-6 Webb (21-7) Sánchez (9-11) Peña (3) 22,616 75-76 152 September 18 Giants 3-2 Cruz (3-0) Lincecum (17-4) Qualls (5) 34,323 76-76 153 September 19 @ Rockies 3-2 de la Rosa (9-8) Scherzer (0-3) Fuentes (29) 43,137 76-77 154 September 20 @ Rockies 5-3 Peña (3-2) Fuentes (1-5) Qualls (6) 38,283 77-77 155 September 21 @ Rockies 13-4 Haren (16-8) Reynolds (2-8) 32,915 78-77 156 September 22 @ Cardinals 4-2 Webb (22-7) Wellemeyer (12-9) Qualls (7) 40,349 79-77 157 September 23 @ Cardinals 7-4 Lohse (15-6) Johnson (10-10) Franklin (16) 40,013 79-78 158 September 24 @ Cardinals 4-2 Wainwright (11-3) Scherzer (0-4) Franklin (17) 40,029 79-79 159 September 25 @ Cardinals 12-3 Piñeiro (7-7) Rosales (1-1) 40,502 79-80 160 September 26 Rockies 6-4 Cruz (4-0) Grilli (3-3) Qualls (8) 34,950 80-80 161 September 27 Rockies 6-4 Lyon (3-5) Corpas (3-4) Qualls (9) 33,234 81-80 162 September 28 Rockies 2-1 Johnson (11-10) Vizcaíno (1-2) 35,908 82-80

Roster

2008 Arizona Diamondbacks
Roster
Pitchers 33 Billy Buckner 37 Juan Cruz 49 Doug Davis 31 Édgar González 15 Dan Haren 51 Randy Johnson 46 Wilfredo Ledezma 38 Brandon Lyon 52 Brandon Medders 44 Micah Owings 36 Jailen Peguero 56 Tony Peña 48 Yusmeiro Petit 50 Chad Qualls 57 Jon Rauch 41 Connor Robertson 47 Leo Rosales 39 Max Scherzer 45 Doug Slaten 17 Brandon Webb		Catchers  7 Robby Hammock 26 Miguel Montero 19 Chris Snyder Infielders  2 Chris Burke 13 Tony Clark 21 Jamie D'Antona  6 Stephen Drew  4 David Eckstein  1 Orlando Hudson 11 Augie Ojeda 27 Mark Reynolds 18 Chad Tracy 29 Josh Whitesell		Outfielders  4 Emilio Bonifacio 22 Eric Byrnes 32 Adam Dunn 34 Conor Jackson 28 Alex Romero 12 Jeff Salazar 10 Justin Upton 24 Chris Young	Manager  3 Bob Melvin Coaches 23 Kirk Gibson (bench)  5 Chip Hale (third base) 35 Bryan Price (pitching)  9 Rick Schu (hitting) 53 Glenn Sherlock (bullpen)  8 Lee Tinsley (first base)

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
Emilio Bonifacio	8	12	3	2	1	0	0	2	.167	1
Billy Buckner*	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Chris Burke	86	165	20	32	5	1	2	12	.194	5
Eric Byrnes	52	206	28	43	13	1	6	23	.209	4
Tony Clark	38	63	7	13	2	0	2	13	.206	0
Jamie D'Antona	18	17	2	3	0	0	0	1	.176	0
Doug Davis*	25	42	0	4	0	0	0	3	.095	0
Stephen Drew	152	611	91	178	44	11	21	67	.291	3
Adam Dunn	44	144	21	35	9	0	8	26	.243	1
David Eckstein	18	64	5	14	3	0	1	4	.219	0
Édgar González*	17	10	0	1	1	0	0	2	.100	0
Robby Hammock	18	42	4	8	1	0	0	2	.190	0
Dan Haren*	33	76	8	16	7	0	0	6	.211	0
Orlando Hudson	107	407	54	124	29	3	8	41	.305	4
Conor Jackson	144	540	87	162	31	6	12	75	.300	10
Randy Johnson*	28	50	2	7	1	0	0	5	.140	0
Miguel Montero	70	184	24	47	16	1	5	18	.255	0
Augie Ojeda	105	231	27	56	9	2	0	17	.242	0
Micah Owings*	35	52	7	15	2	0	1	3	.288	0
Yusmeiro Petit*	19	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Chad Qualls*	75	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Mark Reynolds	152	539	87	129	28	3	28	97	.239	11
Alex Romero	78	135	13	31	8	2	1	12	.230	4
Jeff Salazar	90	128	17	27	5	3	2	12	.211	0
Max Scherzer*	17	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Chris Snyder	115	334	47	79	22	1	16	64	.237	0
Chad Tracy	88	273	25	73	16	0	8	39	.267	0
Justin Upton	108	356	52	89	19	6	15	42	.250	1
Brandon Webb*	33	67	2	10	4	0	0	11	.149	0
Josh Whitesell	7	7	1	2	0	0	1	1	.286	0
Chris Young	160	625	85	155	42	7	22	85	.248	14
Team Totals	162	5409	720	1355	318	47	159	683	.251	58

*Note: Only pitchers noted with an asterisk who officially batted during the season are included above.

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
Billy Buckner	1	0	3.21	10	0	0	14.0	5	5	4	11
Juan Cruz	4	0	2.61	57	0	0	51.2	17	15	31	71
Doug Davis	6	8	4.32	26	26	0	146.0	76	70	64	112
Édgar González	1	3	6.00	17	6	0	48.0	34	32	21	32
Dan Haren	16	8	3.33	33	33	0	216.0	86	80	40	206
Randy Johnson	11	10	3.91	30	30	0	184.0	92	80	44	173
Wilfredo Ledezma	0	2	4.17	28	6	0	58.1	29	27	41	53
Brandon Lyon	3	5	4.70	61	0	26	59.1	34	31	13	44
Brandon Medders	1	0	4.58	18	0	0	19.2	11	10	11	8
Micah Owings	6	9	5.93	22	18	0	104.2	73	69	41	87
Jailen Peguero	0	0	4.82	7	0	0	9.1	6	5	4	5
Tony Peña	3	2	4.33	72	0	3	72.2	38	35	17	52
Yusmeiro Petit	3	5	4.31	19	8	0	56.1	29	27	14	42
Chad Qualls	4	8	2.81	77	0	9	73.2	29	23	18	71
Jon Rauch	4	8	4.14	74	0	1	71.2	36	33	16	66
Connor Robertson	0	1	5.14	6	0	0	7.0	4	4	2	2
Leo Rosales	1	1	4.20	27	0	0	30.0	15	14	15	18
Max Scherzer	0	4	3.05	16	7	0	56.0	24	19	21	66
Doug Slaten	0	3	4.73	45	0	0	32.1	20	17	14	20
Brandon Webb	22	7	3.30	34	34	0	226.2	95	83	65	183
Team Totals	82	80	3.98	162	162	39	1434.2	706	635	451	1229

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tucson Sidewinders	Pacific Coast League	Bill Plummer
AA	Mobile BayBears	Southern League	Héctor de la Cruz
A	Visalia Oaks	California League	Mike Bell
A	South Bend Silver Hawks	Midwest League	Mark Haley
A-Short Season	Yakima Bears	Northwest League	Bob Didier
Rookie	Missoula Osprey	Pioneer League	Audo Vicente

External links

• 2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season at Baseball Reference
• Batting Statistics: Arizona Diamondbacks Batting Stats on ESPN.com
• Pitching Statistics: Arizona Diamondbacks Pitching Stats on ESPN.com