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The Philadelphia Phillies' 2008 season was the 126th in the history of the franchise. The team finished with a regular season record of 92–70, first in the National League East. In the postseason, the Phillies won the World Series; this was the first major sports championship for Philadelphia since the 76ers swept the 1983 NBA Finals.
The postseason began on October 1, 2008, and ended on October 29, 2008, with the Phillies defeating the Rays in five games in the 2008 World Series. It was the first championship won by the Phillies since 1980.
The Phillies have thrice surpassed the century mark for wins in a season: in 1976 with 101 wins, [11] when they made their first playoff appearance in twenty-six seasons; again the next season when they matched that mark; [12] and in 2011, when they set the franchise single-season record for wins with 102 victories and clinched a playoff ...
The 2008 Major League Baseball season began on March 25, 2008, in Tokyo, Japan with the 2007 World Series champion Boston Red Sox defeating the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome 6–5 (in 10 innings) in the first game of a two-game series, [1] [2] and ended on September 30 with the host Chicago White Sox defeating the Minnesota Twins in a one-game playoff to win the AL Central.
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 1930 Phillies, who went 52–102, set two more National League records, allowing 1,993 hits and 1,193 runs in the regular season. [ 6 ] Mike Schmidt is the Phillies all-time leader in home runs and RBIs
A crowd of 46,208, the largest in the five-year history of Citizens Bank Park, came out to watch Brett Myers pitch seven innings giving up two hits and two runs while striking out four and walking three to lead the Phillies to victory, giving them their first 2–0 playoff series lead since the 1980 World Series against the Kansas City Royals ...
The Phillies didn't expect this type of ending after Girardi joined the team following a successful 10-year stint with the New York Yankees from 2008-17. Girardi had a 910-710 regular-season ...