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The 2008 season of the National League was the one hundred thirty-third season of the league.

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Standings

An asterisk (*) indicates the team won its league's wild card, Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
Central Division
1	Chicago Cubs	161	97	64	0	.602	-.-	855 (5.31)	671 (4.17)	0.278	0.354	0.443	3.87	0.983
2	Milwaukee Brewers*	162	90	72	0	.556	7.5	750 (4.63)	689 (4.25)	0.253	0.325	0.431	3.85	0.984
3	Houston Astros	161	86	75	0	.534	11.0	712 (4.42)	743 (4.61)	0.263	0.323	0.415	4.36	0.989
4	St. Louis Cardinals	162	86	76	0	.531	11.5	779 (4.81)	725 (4.48)	0.281	0.350	0.433	4.19	0.986
5	Cincinnati Reds	162	74	88	0	.457	23.5	704 (4.35)	800 (4.94)	0.247	0.321	0.408	4.55	0.981
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	162	67	95	0	.414	30.5	735 (4.54)	884 (5.46)	0.258	0.320	0.403	5.08	0.983
Eastern Division
1	Philadelphia Phillies	162	92	70	0	.568	-.-	799 (4.93)	680 (4.20)	0.255	0.332	0.438	3.88	0.985
2	New York Mets	162	89	73	0	.549	3.0	799 (4.93)	715 (4.41)	0.266	0.340	0.420	4.07	0.986
3	Florida Marlins	161	84	77	0	.522	7.5	770 (4.78)	767 (4.76)	0.254	0.326	0.433	4.43	0.980
4	Atlanta Braves	162	72	90	0	.444	20.0	753 (4.65)	778 (4.80)	0.270	0.345	0.408	4.46	0.983
5	Washington Nationals	161	59	102	0	.366	32.5	641 (3.98)	825 (5.12)	0.251	0.323	0.373	4.66	0.980
Western Division
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	84	78	0	.519	-.-	700 (4.32)	648 (4.00)	0.264	0.333	0.399	3.68	0.984
2	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	82	80	0	.506	2.0	720 (4.44)	706 (4.36)	0.251	0.327	0.415	3.98	0.981
3	Colorado Rockies	162	74	88	0	.457	10.0	747 (4.61)	822 (5.07)	0.263	0.336	0.415	4.77	0.985
4	San Francisco Giants	162	72	90	0	.444	12.0	640 (3.95)	759 (4.69)	0.262	0.321	0.382	4.38	0.983
5	San Diego Padres	162	63	99	0	.389	21.0	637 (3.93)	764 (4.72)	0.250	0.317	0.390	4.41	0.986

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Adrian Gonzalez Ryan Howard	San Diego Padres Philadelphia Phillies	162
At Bats	Jose Reyes	New York Mets	688
Runs Scored	Hanley Ramirez	Florida Marlins	125
Hits	Jose Reyes	New York Mets	204
Doubles	Lance Berkman Nate McLouth	Houston Astros Pittsburgh Pirates	46
Triples	Jose Reyes	New York Mets	19
Home Runs	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	48
Total Bases	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	342
Runs Batted In	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	146
Stolen Bases	Willy Taveras	Colorado Rockies	68
Caught Stealing	Jose Reyes	New York Mets	15
Walks	Adam Dunn	Cincinnati Reds	122
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	34
Hit by Pitch	Chase Utley	Philadelphia Phillies	27
Strikeouts	Mark Reynolds	Arizona Diamondbacks	204
Sacrifice Hits	Ryan Dempster	Chicago Cubs	19
Sacrifice Flies	Benji Molina David Wright	San Francisco Giants New York Mets	11
Grounded into Double Plays	Miguel Tejada	Houston Astros	32
Batting Average	Chipper Jones	Atlanta Braves	0.364
On-Base Percentage	Chipper Jones	Atlanta Braves	0.470
Slugging Percentage	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	0.653
On-Base plus Slugging	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	1.114
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	190

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Brandon Webb	Arizona Diamondbacks	22
Losses	Barry Zito Aaron Harang	San Francisco Giants Cincinnati Reds	17
Win-Loss Percentage	Tim Lincecum	San Francisco Giants	0.783
Appearances	Pedro Feliciano	New York Mets	86
Games Started	8 tied with		34
Complete Games	CC Sabathia	Milwaukee Brewers	7
Shutouts	CC Sabathia Ben Sheets	Milwaukee Brewers Milwaukee Brewers	3
Games Finished	Jose Valverde	Houston Astros	71
Saves	Jose Valverde	Houston Astros	44
Innings Pitched	Johan Santana	New York Mets	234.1
Batters Faced	Johan Santana	New York Mets	964
Hits Allowed	Aaron Cook	Colorado Rockies	236
Home Runs Allowed	Brandon Backe	Houston Astros	36
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Oliver Perez	New York Mets	105
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Scott Olsen	Florida Marlins	13
Hit Batsmen	Kyle Kendrick Edinson Volquez Johnny Cueto	Philadelphia Phillies Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Reds	14
Strikeouts	Tim Lincecum	San Francisco Giants	265
Wild Pitches	Manny Parra Tim Lincecum	Milwaukee Brewers San Francisco Giants	17
Balks	Ted Lilly	Chicago Cubs	4
Runs Allowed	Bronson Arroyo	Cincinnati Reds	116
Earned Runs Allowed	Brandon Backe	Houston Astros	112
Earned Run Average	Johan Santana	New York Mets	2.53
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Cole Hamels	Philadelphia Phillies	1.082

All-Star Game

The National League lost the 2008 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium in New York, NY on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 by a score of 4 to 3 in 15 innings. The league's manager was Clint Hurdle.

Postseason

The 2008 National League playoffs featured the champions of the league's three divisions along with a wild card team. The teams competed in a best-of-five Division Series, followed by a best-of-seven League Championship Series. The winner of the League Championship Series represented the league in the World Series.

	Division Series					Championship Series
	Cent.	Chicago Cubs	0
	West.	Los Angeles Dodgers	3
						West.	Los Angeles Dodgers	1
						East.	Philadelphia Phillies	4
	East.	Philadelphia Phillies	3
	WC.	Milwaukee Brewers	1

In the World Series, the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies defeated the American League's Tampa Bay Rays, 4 games to 1.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Albert Pujols, a first baseman with the St. Louis Cardinals. In the award's voting, he had 369 out of a possible 448 points and 18 first-place votes.

The winner of the league's Cy Young Award, given its best pitcher, was Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants. In the award's voting, he had 137 out of a possible 140 points and 23 first-place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Geovany Soto, a catcher with the Chicago Cubs. In the award's voting, he had 158 out of a possible 160 points and 31 first-place votes.

Gold Gloves

The following players won the Gold Glove Award, given to the league's best fielders as voted upon by its managers and coaches, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
P	Greg Maddux	San Diego Padres/Los Angeles Dodgers
C	Yadier Molina	St. Louis Cardinals
1B	Adrian Gonzalez	San Diego Padres
2B	Brandon Phillips	Cincinnati Reds
3B	David Wright	New York Mets
SS	Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia Phillies
OF	Nate McLouth	Pittsburgh Pirates
	Carlos Beltran	New York Mets
	Shane Victorino	Philadelphia Phillies

Silver Sluggers

The following players won the Silver Slugger Award, given to the league's best hitters as voted upon by its managers and coaches, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
C	Brian McCann	Atlanta Braves
1B	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals
2B	Chase Utley	Philadelphia Phillies
3B	David Wright	New York Mets
SS	Hanley Ramirez	Florida Marlins
OF	Ryan Braun	Milwaukee Brewers
	Matt Holliday	Colorado Rockies
	Ryan Ludwick	St. Louis Cardinals
P	Carlos Zambrano	Chicago Cubs

Monthly Awards

• Player of the Month Award
  • April: Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies
  • May: Lance Berkman, Houston Astros
  • June: Hanley Ramirez, Florida Marlins
  • July: Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers
  • August: Manny Ramirez, Los Angeles Dodgers
  • September: Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies

• Pitcher of the Month Award
  • April: Brandon Webb, Arizona Diamondbacks
  • May: Todd Wellemeyer, St. Louis Cardinals
  • June: Dan Haren, Arizona Diamondbacks
  • July: C.C. Sabathia, Milwaukee Brewers
  • August: C.C. Sabathia, Milwaukee Brewers
  • September: Johan Santana, New York Mets

• Rookie of the Month Award
  • April: Geovany Soto, Chicago Cubs
  • May: Blake DeWitt, Los Angeles Dodgers
  • June: Jair Jurrjens, Atlanta Braves
  • July: Ian Stewart, Colorado Rockies
  • August: Geovany Soto, Chicago Cubs
  • September: Joey Votto. Cincinnati Reds

Hall of Fame Game

The sixty-second annual Hall of Fame Game was to be played on May 16 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame, between the Chicago Cubs and the San Diego Padres, but it was rained out. It was the last time the game was scheduled.

Umpires

See 2008 Major League Baseball