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The 2008 National League Championship Series (NLCS), the second round of the National League side in Major League Baseball’s 2008 postseason, was a best-of-seven baseball game series. The series matched the NL West Champion and third-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers against the NL East Champion and second-seeded Philadelphia Phillies , who had home ...
The 2008 team won the Commissioner's Trophy for its World Series title [81] [82] [83] and the Warren C. Giles Trophy as National League champions. It was also named "Team of the Year" by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association and received the Pride of Philadelphia Award from the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.
Hall of Famer and two-time MVP Hank Greenberg was the first player to win the award at two different fielding positions (1B and OF). Jim Konstanty, to date the only National League relief pitcher to be named MVP, won it in 1950. Hall of Famer Willie Mays won the award in 1954 and 1965 with the same team in different cities.
This is a category of Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award winners of the National League. Pages in category "National League Most Valuable Player Award winners" The following 75 pages are in this category, out of 75 total.
The 2008 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 2008 National League playoffs, began on Wednesday, October 1 and ended on Sunday, October 5, with the champions of the three NL divisions and one wild card team participating in two best-of-five series. They were:
In 1994, the Expos led the National League East and had the best win–loss record in the league when the season was cut short by a labor dispute. [183] l The Brewers were members of the American League through the 1997 season after which they switched to the National League. [188] This table records only the Brewers' National League ...
The Arizona Diamondbacks and Miami Marlins were baseball's big overachievers in 2023. The Diamondbacks and Marlins both made the postseason last year despite negative run differentials — Arizona ...
The Nationals drew 2,320,400 fans at Nationals Park in 2008, placing them 13th in attendance for the season among the 16 National League teams. Boosted by the opening of Nationals Park at the beginning of the season, it was their second-best attendance total in their short history in Washington, exceeded only by the 2,731,993 they drew in 2005 ...