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The2008 Chicago Cubs season was the 137th season of theChicago Cubs franchise, the 133rd in theNational League and the 93rd atWrigley Field. The season began at home on March 31 against theMilwaukee Brewers. The Cubs were champions of theNational League Central for the second year in a row, accumulating 97 regular season wins—the most since1945. It was the first time since 1908 that the Cubs made postseason appearances in consecutive seasons.^[1]

At theAll-Star break in July, the Cubs led the NL Central and were tied with theLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim for the best record in the major leagues.^[2] They tied a National League record with eight players selected to the All-Star team.^[3]

On September 20, the Cubs clinched the NL Central championship with a 5–4 win over theSt. Louis Cardinals.^[4] Despite their regular season success, the team did not advance past the first round of the playoffs; they were swept 3–0 by theLos Angeles Dodgers in theNLDS.

Lou Piniella, in his second year as the Cubs' manager, won the National League'sManager of the Year Award in 2008. In addition, catcherGeovany Soto won the 2008 National LeagueRookie of the Year Award.^[1]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	97	64	.602	—	55‍–‍26	42‍–‍38
Milwaukee Brewers	90	72	.556	7½	49‍–‍32	41‍–‍40
Houston Astros	86	75	.534	11	47‍–‍33	39‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	.531	11½	46‍–‍35	40‍–‍41
Cincinnati Reds	74	88	.457	23½	43‍–‍38	31‍–‍50
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	95	.414	30½	39‍–‍42	28‍–‍53

2008 National League record v t e Source:MLB Standings Grid – 2008
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WAS	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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	7	8	1
Chicago	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1
WP:Derek Lowe (1–0) LP:Ryan Dempster (0–1) Home runs: LAD:James Loney (1),Manny Ramírez (1),Russell Martin (1) CHC:Mark DeRosa (1) Attendance: 42,099

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	10	12	0
Chicago	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	8	4
WP:Chad Billingsley (1–0) LP:Carlos Zambrano (0–1) Home runs: LAD:Manny Ramírez (2) CHC: None Attendance: 42,136

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	1
Los Angeles	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3	6	0
WP:Hiroki Kuroda (1–0) LP:Rich Harden (0–1) Sv:Jonathan Broxton (1) Home runs: CHC: None LAD: None Attendance: 56,000

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Derrek Lee	155	623	181	.291	20	90
Alfonso Soriano	109	453	127	.280	29	75
Ryan Theriot	149	580	178	.307	1	38
Aramis Ramírez	149	554	160	.289	27	111
Mark DeRosa	149	505	144	.285	21	87
Kosuke Fukudome	150	501	129	.257	10	58
Geovany Soto	141	494	141	.285	23	86
Reed Johnson	109	333	101	.303	6	50
Jim Edmonds	85	250	64	.256	19	49
Mike Fontenot	119	243	74	.305	9	40
Ronny Cedeño	99	216	58	.269	2	28
Henry Blanco	58	120	35	.292	3	12
Daryle Ward	89	102	22	.216	4	17
Félix Pie	43	83	20	.241	1	10
Micah Hoffpauir	33	73	25	.342	2	8
Matt Murton	19	40	10	.250	0	6
Eric Patterson	13	38	9	.237	1	7
Casey McGehee	9	24	4	.167	0	5
Koyie Hill	10	21	2	.095	0	1
Pitcher Totals	161	335	68	.203	6	33
Team Totals	161	5588	1552	.278	184	811

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
José Ascanio	0	0	7.94	6	0	0	5.2	5	5	4	3
Neal Cotts	0	2	4.29	50	0	0	35.2	17	17	13	43
Ryan Dempster	17	6	2.96	33	33	0	206.2	75	68	76	187
Scott Eyre	2	0	7.15	19	0	0	11.1	9	9	4	14
Chad Fox	0	1	5.40	3	0	0	3.1	2	2	3	1
Sean Gallagher	3	4	4.45	12	10	0	58.2	31	29	22	49
Chad Gaudin	4	2	6.26	24	0	0	27.1	20	19	10	27
Ángel Guzmán	0	0	5.59	6	1	0	9.2	6	6	4	10
Rich Harden	5	1	1.77	12	12	0	71.0	15	14	30	89
Kevin Hart	2	2	6.51	21	0	0	27.2	24	20	18	23
Rich Hill	1	0	4.12	5	5	0	19.2	9	9	18	15
Bob Howry	7	5	5.35	72	0	1	70.2	44	42	13	59
Jon Lieber	2	3	4.05	26	1	0	46.2	24	21	6	27
Ted Lilly	17	9	4.09	34	34	0	204.2	97	93	64	184
Carlos Mármol	2	4	2.68	82	0	7	87.1	30	26	41	114
Jason Marquis	11	9	4.53	29	28	0	167.0	88	84	70	91
Sean Marshall	3	5	3.86	34	7	1	65.1	29	28	23	58
Carmen Pignatiello	0	0	13.50	2	0	0	0.2	1	1	2	0
Jeff Samardzija	1	0	2.28	26	0	1	27.2	7	7	15	25
Randy Wells	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	4.1	0	0	2	1
Kerry Wood	5	4	3.26	65	0	34	66.1	25	24	18	84
Michael Wuertz	1	1	3.63	45	0	0	44.2	23	18	20	30
Carlos Zambrano	14	6	3.91	30	30	0	188.2	88	82	72	130
Team Totals	97	64	3.87	161	161	44	1450.2	669	624	548	1264

November 12, 2007	ToDetroit Tigers Jacque Jones	ToChicago Cubs Omar Infante
November 13, 2007	ToMinnesota Twins Craig Monroe	ToChicago Cubs Clay Rapada
December 4, 2007	ToAtlanta Braves Will Ohman Omar Infante	ToChicago Cubs José Ascanio
December 6, 2007	ToTampa Bay Rays Cash considerations	ToChicago Cubs Tim Lahey
January 5, 2008	ToNew York Mets Ángel Pagán	ToChicago Cubs Ryan Meyers Corey Coles
July 8, 2008	ToOakland Athletics Sean Gallagher Matt Murton Eric Patterson Josh Donaldson	ToChicago Cubs Rich Harden Chad Gaudin

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Pat Listach
AA	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	Buddy Bailey
A	Daytona Cubs	Florida State League	Jody Davis
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	Ryne Sandberg
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Tom Beyers
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League	Franklin Font

v t e 2008 Major League Baseball postseason
World Series
American League Championship Series National League Championship Series
American League Division Series National League Division Series
American League teams	Boston Red Sox Chicago White Sox Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Tampa Bay Rays
National League teams	Chicago Cubs Los Angeles Dodgers Milwaukee Brewers Philadelphia Phillies

v t e National League Central champions
1990s	1995:Cincinnati Reds 1996:St. Louis Cardinals 1997:Houston Astros 1998:Houston Astros 1999:Houston Astros
2000s	2000:St. Louis Cardinals 2001:Houston Astros 2002:St. Louis Cardinals 2003:Chicago Cubs 2004:St. Louis Cardinals 2005:St. Louis Cardinals 2006:St. Louis Cardinals 2007:Chicago Cubs 2008:Chicago Cubs 2009:St. Louis Cardinals
2010s	2010:Cincinnati Reds 2011:Milwaukee Brewers 2012:Cincinnati Reds 2013:St. Louis Cardinals 2014:St. Louis Cardinals 2015:St. Louis Cardinals 2016:Chicago Cubs 2017:Chicago Cubs 2018:Milwaukee Brewers 2019:St. Louis Cardinals
2020s	2020:Chicago Cubs 2021:Milwaukee Brewers 2022:St. Louis Cardinals 2023:Milwaukee Brewers 2024:Milwaukee Brewers 2025:Milwaukee Brewers

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Season standings

National League Central

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Playoffs

NLDS vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Game 1, October 1

Game 2, October 2

Game 3, October 4

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Pitching

2007 post-season changes

Trades

Free agent acquisitions

Players lost to free agency

Other news

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References

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