2008 Detroit Tigers season

The Detroit Tigers 2008 season was the team's 108th season in Major League Baseball's American League. After being picked by many to win the American League Central and the World Series, the Tigers started the season a disappointing 0–7 after being swept by the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox. Their first victory of the season came against the Boston Red Sox. The Tigers did not reach a .500 winning percentage until their 80th game of the season.

2008 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Comerica Park
City	Detroit
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Mike Ilitch
General managers	Dave Dombrowski
Managers	Jim Leyland
Television	Fox Sports Detroit (Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
Radio	Detroit Tigers Radio Network (Dan Dickerson, Jim Price)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
Seasons

Although they were eliminated from the pennant race by the season's final day (September 29), they nonetheless had to play a makeup game against the White Sox (who were trailing the Minnesota Twins by half a game), which Detroit had lost 8–2. The Tigers finished the season in last place in the AL Central, trailing the White Sox (who won the division by beating Minnesota in a one-game playoff the following day) by 14.5 games.

Despite the disappointing performance, the Tigers drew a franchise-record home attendance of 3,202,645 for the season. The team ranked third in the American League and eighth in Major League Baseball for home attendance in 2008.

Offseason

Main article: 2007 Detroit Tigers season

The Tigers started the offseason by trading prospects Jair Jurrjens and Gorkys Hernández to the Atlanta Braves for shortstop Édgar Rentería. Rentería took over the everyday shortstop job with Carlos Guillén moving to first base.

Reliever Joel Zumaya underwent surgery on October 31, 2007 for an AC joint reconstruction and was expected to miss half the 2008 season.

The Tigers continued their offseason trading by acquiring Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis from the Florida Marlins in exchange for highly touted prospects Cameron Maybin and Andrew Miller, along with Mike Rabelo, Eulogio De La Cruz, Burke Badenhop and Dallas Trahern. Willis would sign a three-year, $29 million contract extension, while Cabrera would receive an eight-year, $152.3 million deal, the biggest contract in Tigers history.

During the offseason, the Tigers traded Omar Infante to the Chicago Cubs for Jacque Jones. They re-signed Todd Jones, and Kenny Rogers to one-year contracts. The Tigers also signed free agent Francisco Cruceta from the Texas Rangers organization to a one-year contract. Cruceta and Jacque Jones were eventually released during the season, and Todd Jones retired at the end of the season. The Tigers declined the option to sign Édgar Rentería at the end of the season.

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	89	74	.546	—	54‍–‍28	35‍–‍46
Minnesota Twins	88	75	.540	1	53‍–‍28	35‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians	81	81	.500	7½	45‍–‍36	36‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals	75	87	.463	13½	38‍–‍43	37‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers	74	88	.457	14½	40‍–‍41	34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	6–12	4–5	4–4	4–3	5–3	3–6	3–3	7–11	0–5	8–2	3–15	4–5	6–12	11–7
Boston	12–6	–	4–3	5–1	5–2	6–1	1–8	4–3	9–9	6–4	6–3	8–10	9–1	9–9	11–7
Chicago	5–4	3–4	–	11–7	12–6	12–6	5–5	9–10	2–5	5–4	5–1	4–6	3–3	1–7	12–6
Cleveland	4–4	1–5	7–11	–	11–7	10–8	4–5	8–10	4–3	5–4	4–5	5–2	6–4	6–1	6–12
Detroit	3–4	2–5	6–12	7–11	–	7–11	3–6	7–11	4–2	3–6	7–3	3–4	6–3	3–5	13–5
Kansas City	3–5	1–6	6–12	8–10	11–7	–	2–3	6–12	5–5	6–3	7–2	3–5	2–7	2–5	13–5
Los Angeles	6–3	8–1	5–5	5–4	6–3	3–2	–	5–3	7–3	10–9	14–5	3–6	12–7	6–3	10–8
Minnesota	3–3	3–4	10–9	10–8	11–7	12–6	3–5	–	4–6	5–5	5–4	3–3	5–5	0–6	14–4
New York	11–7	9–9	5–2	3–4	2–4	5–5	3–7	6–4	–	5–1	7–2	11–7	3–4	9–9	10–8
Oakland	5–0	4–6	4–5	4–5	6–3	3–6	9–10	5–5	1–5	-	10–9	3–6	7–12	4–6	10–8
Seattle	2–8	3–6	1–5	5–4	3–7	2–7	5–14	4–5	2–7	9–10	–	3–4	8–11	5–4	9–9
Tampa Bay	15–3	10–8	6–4	2–5	4–3	5–3	6–3	3–3	7–11	6–3	4–3	–	6–3	11–7	12–6
Texas	5–4	1–9	3–3	4–6	3–6	7–2	7–12	5–5	4–3	12–7	11–8	3–6	–	4–4	10–8
Toronto	12–6	9–9	7–1	1–6	5–3	5–2	3–6	6–0	9–9	6–4	4–5	7–11	4–4	–	8–10

Game log

Legend
Tigers win	Tigers loss	Game postponed

2008 Game Log (74–88)
March (0–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 31 Royals 5 – 4 (11) Núñez (1–0) Bautista (0–1) Soria (1) 44,934 0–1
April (13–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 2 April 2 Royals 4–0 Bannister (1–0) Rogers (0–1) 32,348 0–2 3 April 3 Royals 4–1 Greinke (1–0) Bonderman (0–1) Soria (2) 32,735 0–3 4 April 4 White Sox 8–5 Logan (1–0) Grilli (0–1) Jenks (2) 34,569 0–4 5 April 5 White Sox 5–3 Floyd (1–0) Miner (0–1) Jenks (3) 42,381 0–5 6 April 6 White Sox 13–2 Buehrle (1–0) Verlander (0–1) 35,230 0–6 7 April 8 @ Red Sox 5–0 Matsuzaka (2–0) Rogers (0–2) 36,567 0–7 8 April 9 @ Red Sox 7–2 Bonderman (1–1) Lester (1–2) 37,190 1–7 9 April 10 @ Red Sox 12–6 Wakefield (1–0) Robertson (0–1) Papelbon (3) 37,612 1–8 10 April 11 @ White Sox 5–2 López (1–0) Contreras (0–1) Jones (1) 26,094 2–8 11 April 12 @ White Sox 7–0 Floyd (2–0) Verlander (0–2) 29,649 2–9 12 April 13 @ White Sox 11–0 Vázquez (2–1) Rogers (0–3) 26,294 2–10 13 April 14 Twins 11–9 Beltrán (1–0) Neskek (0–1) Jones (2) 32,002 3–10 14 April 15 Twins 6–5 Rapada (1–0) Crain (0–1) Jones (3) 30,901 4–10 15 April 16 @ Indians 13–2 Galarraga (1–0) Sabathia (0–3) 17,644 5–10 16 April 17 @ Indians 11–1 Carmona (2–1) Verlander (0–3) 21,547 5–11 17 April 18 @ Blue Jays 8–4 Rogers (1–3) Accardo (0–3) 24,294 6–11 18 April 19 @ Blue Jays 3–2 McGowan (1–1) Bonderman (1–2) Ryan (2) 31,052 6–12 19 April 20 @ Blue Jays 5–3 Burnett (2–1) Robertson (0–2) Accardo (4) 30,139 6–13 20 April 21 @ Blue Jays 5–1 Galarraga (2–0) Marcum (2–1) 25,287 7–13 21 April 22 Rangers 10–2 Verlander (1–3) Padilla (2–2) 33,629 8–13 22 April 23 Rangers 19–6 Rapada (2–0) Francisco (0–1) 34,245 9–13 23 April 24 Rangers 8–2 Miner (1–1) Jennings (0–4) 39,058 10–13 24 April 25 Angels 4–3 Santana (4–0) Robertson (0–3) Rodríguez (10) 40,380 10–14 25 April 26 Angels 6–4 López (2–0) O'Day (0–1) Jones (4) 42,068 11–14 26 April 27 Angels 6–2 Weaver (2–3) Verlander (1–4) 36,347 11–15 27 April 29 @ Yankees 6–4 Rogers (2–3) Hughes (0–4) Jones (5) 49,194 12–15 28 April 30 @ Yankees 6–2 Bonderman (2–2) Pettitte (3–3) 49,513 13–15
May (10–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 29 May 1 @ Yankees 8–4 Robertson (1–3) Albaladejo (0–1) 50,993 14–15 30 May 2 @ Twins 11–1 Hernández (4–1) Galarraga (2–1) 33,628 14–16 31 May 3 @ Twins 4–1 Bass (1–0) Verlander (1–5) Nathan (10) 28,985 14–17 32 May 4 @ Twins 7–6 Guerrier (2–1) Miner (1–2) Nathan (11) 29,821 14–18 33 May 5 Red Sox 6–3 Matsuzaka (5–0) Bonderman (2–3) Papelbon (10) 39,478 14–19 34 May 6 Red Sox 5–0 Wakefield (3–1) Robertson (1–4) 38,564 14–20 35 May 7 Red Sox 10–9 Jones (1–0) Papelbon (2–1) 38,062 15–20 36 May 8 Red Sox 5–1 Beckett (4–2) Verlander (1–6) 38,952 15–21 37 May 9 Yankees 6–5 Rogers (3–3) Igawa (0–1) 44,062 16–21 38 May 10 Yankees 5–2 Rasner (2–0) Bonderman (2–4) Rivera (10) 44,580 16–22 – May 11 Yankees Postponed (rain) – Rescheduled for September 1 39 May 13 @ Royals 3–2 Núñez (3–0) Cruceta (0–1) Soria (9) 11,703 16–23 40 May 14 @ Royals 2–0 Hochevar (3–2) Verlander (1–7) Soria (10) 14,053 16–24 41 May 15 @ Royals 8–4 Meche (3–5) Rogers (3–4) 34,734 16–25 42 May 16 @ D-backs 4–3 Haren (5–2) Miner (1–3) Peña (1) 33,531 16–26 43 May 17 @ D-backs 3–2 Galarraga (3–1) Scherzer (0–2) Jones (6) 48,804 17–26 44 May 18 @ D-backs 4–0 Johnson (4–1) Robertson (1–4) 38,793 17–27 45 May 20 Mariners 12–8 Verlander (2–7) Silva (3–3) Jones (7) 39,463 18–27 46 May 21 Mariners 9–4 Rogers (4–4) Washburn (2–6) 36,495 19–27 47 May 22 Mariners 9–2 Bonderman (3–4) Batista (3–6) Dolsi (1) 40,166 20–27 48 May 23 Twins 9–4 Slowey (1–4) Galarraga (3–2) 40,732 20–28 49 May 24 Twins 19–3 Robertson (2–4) Bonser (2–6) 41,137 21–28 50 May 25 Twins 6–1 Perkins (2–1) Cruceta (0–2) 42,413 21–29 51 May 26 @ Angels 1–0 Arredondo (1–0) Dolsi (0–1) 41,031 21–30 52 May 27 @ Angels 3–2 Santana (7–2) López (2–1) 36,569 21–31 53 May 28 @ Angels 6–2 Galarraga (4–2) Saunders (8–2) 42,191 22–31 54 May 30 @ Mariners 7–4 Robertson (3–5) Silva (3–5) Jones (8) 34,019 23–31 55 May 31 @ Mariners 5–0 Hernández (3–5) Verlander (2–8) 33,441 23–32
June (19–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 56 June 1 @ Mariners 7–5 Miner (2–3) Putz (2–3) 38,610 24–32 57 June 2 @ Athletics 3–2 Street (1–1) Cruceta (0–3) 11,772 24–33 58 June 3 @ Athletics 5–4 Gaudin (5–3) Seay (0–1) 10,871 24–34 59 June 4 @ Athletics 10–2 Duchscherer (5–4) Robertson (3–6) 19,258 24–35 60 June 6 Indians 4–2 Byrd (3–5) Verlander (2–9) Borowski (5) 40,990 24–36 61 June 7 Indians 8–4 Miner (3–3) Kobayashi (3–3) Jones (9) 42,193 25–36 62 June 8 Indians 5–2 Galarraga (5–2) Sowers (0–1) Jones (10) 39,941 26–36 63 June 9 Indians 8–2 Lee (10–1) Willis (0–1) 38,440 26–37 64 June 10 White Sox 6–4 Robertson (4–6) Contreras (6–4) Jones (11) 38,295 27–37 65 June 11 White Sox 4–1 Verlander (3–9) Vázquez (6–5) 38,693 28–37 66 June 12 White Sox 2–1 Jones (2–0) Dotel (3–3) 40,297 29–37 67 June 13 Dodgers 5–0 Galarraga (6–2) Lowe (4–6) Dolsi (2) 40,430 30–37 68 June 14 Dodgers 12–7 Bonine (1–0) Penny (5–9) 42,348 31–37 69 June 15 Dodgers 5–4 Robertson (5–6) Park (2–2) Jones (12) 41,189 32–37 70 June 16 @ Giants 8–6 Yabu (3–3) Dolsi (0–2) 33,317 32–38 71 June 17 @ Giants 5–1 Rogers (5–4) Sánchez (6–4) 33,636 33–38 72 June 18 @ Giants 7–2 Galarraga (7–2) Zito (2–11) 38,194 34–38 73 June 20 @ Padres 6–2 Bell (5–3) Rodney (0–1) 40,683 34–39 74 June 21 @ Padres 7–5 Robertson (6–6) Baek (1–2) Jones (13) 34,749 35–39 75 June 22 @ Padres 5–3 Verlander (4–9) Wolf (5–6) Jones (14) 28,779 36–39 76 June 24 Cardinals 8–4 Looper (9–5) Rogers (5–5) 44,446 36–40 77 June 25 Cardinals 8–7 Jones (3–0) McClellan (0–3) 40,091 37–40 78 June 26 Cardinals 3–2 Seay (1–1) Parisi (0–4) 41,022 38–40 79 June 27 Rockies 7–1 Bonine (2–0) Jiménez (2–8) 40,842 39–40 80 June 28 Rockies 7–6 Dolsi (1–2) Fuentes (1–3) 42,729 40–40 81 June 29 Rockies 4–3 Rogers (6–5) Reynolds (2–6) Jones (15) 41,305 41–40 82 June 30 @ Twins 5–4 Fossum (1–0) Guerrier (4–3) Zumaya (1) 22,196 42–40
July (13–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 83 July 1 @ Twins 6–4 Baker (5–2) Robertson (6–7) Nathan (23) 23,754 42–41 84 July 2 @ Twins 7–0 Blackburn (7–4) Bonine (2–1) 30,102 42–42 85 July 3 @ Mariners 8–4 Verlander (5–9) Silva (4–10) Rodney (1) 22,523 43–42 86 July 4 @ Mariners 4–1 Bédard (6–4) Rogers (6–6) Morrow (6) 30,564 43–43 87 July 5 @ Mariners 3–2 Batista (4–10) Rodney (0–2) Morrow (7) 30,373 43–44 88 July 6 @ Mariners 2 – 1 (15) López (3–1) Burke (0–1) Jones (16) 29,083 44–44 89 July 8 Indians 9–2 Verlander (6–9) Sowers (0–5) 40,443 45–44 90 July 9 Indians 8–6 Jones (4–0) Lewis (0–3) 41,062 46–44 91 July 10 Twins 7 – 6 (11) Guerrier (5–4) Dolsi (1–3) 41,952 46–45 92 July 11 Twins 3–2 Perkins (6–2) Galarraga (7–3) Nathan (26) 42,352 46–46 93 July 12 Twins 6–5 Baker (6–2) Robertson (6–8) Nathan (27) 41,301 46–47 94 July 13 Twins 4–2 Verlander (7–9) Blackburn (7–5) Jones (17) 41,453 47–47 95 July 17 @ Orioles 6–5 Rogers (7–6) Olson (6–5) Jones (18) 23,224 48–47 96 July 18 @ Orioles 7–4 Guthrie (6–7) Galarraga (7–4) Sherrill (29) 29,111 48–48 97 July 19 @ Orioles 11 – 10 (10) Sherrill (3–4) Dolsi (1–4) 31,525 48–49 98 July 20 @ Orioles 5–1 Verlander (8–9) Burres (7–6) 23,278 49–49 99 July 21 @ Royals 19–4 Miner (4–3) Hochevar (6–8) 14,137 50–49 100 July 22 @ Royals 7–1 Rogers (8–6) Davies (3–2) 22,074 51–49 101 July 23 @ Royals 7–1 Galarraga (8–4) Greinke (7–7) 16,594 52–49 102 July 25 White Sox 6–5 Carrasco (1–0) Jones (4–1) Jenks (20) 44,393 52–50 103 July 26 White Sox 7–6 Danks (8–4) Verlander (8–10) Jenks (21) 45,280 52–51 104 July 27 White Sox 6–4 Miner (5–3) Vázquez (7–9) 41,790 53–51 105 July 28 @ Indians 5–0 Byrd (5–10) Rogers (8–7) 24,689 53–52 106 July 29 @ Indians 8–5 Galarraga (9–4) Ginter (1–2) 30,625 54–52 107 July 30 @ Indians 14–12 Fossum (2–0) Rincón (2–3) 26,596 55–52 108 July 31 @ Indians 9–4 Carmona (5–3) Verlander (8–11) 34,186 55–53
August (11–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 109 August 1 @ Rays 5–2 Balfour (3–1) Miner (5–4) Percival (24) 26,403 55–54 110 August 2 @ Rays 9–3 Sonnanstine (11–6) Rogers (8–8) 36,048 55–55 111 August 3 @ Rays 6 – 5 (10) Miller (1–0) Rodney (0–3) 33,438 55–56 112 August 5 @ White Sox 10 – 8 (14) Russell (4–0) Zumaya (0–1) 35,371 55–57 113 August 6 @ White Sox 5–1 Danks (9–4) Verlander (8–12) 34,124 55–58 114 August 7 @ White Sox 8–3 Miner (6–4) Vázquez (8–10) Rodney (2) 36,383 56–58 115 August 8 Athletics 4–2 Braden (3–2) Rogers (8–9) Ziegler (1) 41,457 56–59 116 August 9 Athletics 10–2 Galarraga (10–4) Meyer (0–1) 41,308 57–59 117 August 10 Athletics 6–1 Robertson (7–8) Smith (5–11) Rodney (3) 40,743 58–59 118 August 11 Blue Jays 7–2 Marcum (7–5) Verlander (8–13) 39,718 58–60 119 August 12 Blue Jays 6–4 Burnett (15–9) Zumaya (0–2) Ryan (23) 39,790 58–61 120 August 13 Blue Jays 4–3 Purcey (2–3) Rogers (8–10) League (1) 39,073 58–62 121 August 14 Blue Jays 5–1 Galarraga (11–4) Frasor (1–2) 41,259 59–62 122 August 15 Orioles 11–2 Cormier (2–3) Robertson (7–9) 40,546 59–63 123 August 16 Orioles 5–3 Verlander (9–13) Sarfate (4–3) Rodney (4) 41,727 60–63 124 August 17 Orioles 16–8 Cabrera (2–1) Fossum (2–1) 40,586 60–64 125 August 18 @ Rangers 8–7 Rogers (9–10) Francisco (2–5) Rodney (5) 17,786 61–64 126 August 19 @ Rangers 11–3 Galarraga (12–4) Padilla (12–7) 18,470 62–64 127 August 20 @ Rangers 9–1 Millwood (7–7) Robertson (7–10) 19,403 62–65 128 August 22 @ Royals 4–3 Verlander (10–13) Bannister (7–13) Rodney (6) 18,361 63–65 129 August 23 @ Royals 4–0 Miner (7–4) Davies (5–5) 27,346 64–65 130 August 24 @ Royals 7–3 Duckworth (1–0) Rogers (9–11) 16,663 64–66 131 August 25 Indians 4 – 3 (10) Donnelly (1–0) Glover (1–3) Lewis (7) 39,196 64–67 132 August 26 Indians 10–4 Lee (19–2) Lambert (0–1) 38,774 64–68 133 August 27 Indians 9–7 Carmona (7–5) Verlander (10–14) 38,519 64–69 134 August 29 Royals 6–3 Miner (8–4) Davies (5–6) 40,206 65–69 135 August 30 Royals 13–3 Duckworth (2–0) Rogers (9–12) 40,623 65–70 136 August 31 Royals 4–2 Glover (2–3) Wells (0–1) Rodney (7) 39,782 66–70
September (8–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 1 Yankees 13–9 Bruney (2–0) Verlander (10–15) 44,336 66–71 138 September 2 Angels 5–4 Shields (6–4) Rodney (0–4) Rodríguez (54) 35,320 66–72 139 September 3 Angels 9–6 Farnsworth (2–2) Arredondo (7–2) Rodney (8) 36,671 67–72 140 September 4 Angels 7–1 Santana (15–5) Rogers (9–13) 37,890 67–73 141 September 5 @ Twins 10–2 Liriano (5–3) Galarraga (12–5) 24,424 67–74 142 September 6 @ Twins 6–4 Rapada (3–0) Guerrier (6–7) Rodney (9) 42,606 68–74 143 September 7 @ Twins 7–5 Lambert (1–1) Perkins (12–4) Rodney (10) 31,236 69–74 144 September 8 Athletics 14–8 Fossum (3–1) Gonzalez (1–4) 37,981 70–74 145 September 9 Athletics 3–2 Devine (5–1) Rodney (0–5) Ziegler (7) 37,240 70–75 146 September 10 Athletics 5–2 Street (6–5) Galarraga (12–6) Ziegler (8) 37,194 70–76 – September 12 @ White Sox Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 13 – September 13 @ White Sox Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 14 – September 13 @ White Sox Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 29 147 September 14 @ White Sox 4–2 Vázquez (12–13) Verlander (10–16) N/A 70–77 148 September 14 @ White Sox 11–7 Thornton (5–3) Seay (1–2) 28,238 70–78 149 September 15 @ Rangers 11–8 Francisco (3–5) Farnsworth (2–3) 13,536 70–79 150 September 16 @ Rangers 5–4 Wright (7–6) Rodney (0–6) 14,659 70–80 151 September 17 @ Rangers 17–4 García (1–0) Nippert (3–5) 17,808 71–80 152 September 19 @ Indians 6–5 Perez (4–3) Dolsi (1–5) 33,733 71–81 153 September 20 @ Indians 6–3 Sowers (4–8) Verlander (10–17) Lewis (11) 36,869 71–82 154 September 21 @ Indians 10–5 Lewis (3–0) Willis (0–2) 36,957 71–83 155 September 22 Royals 6–2 Meche (13–11) Miner (8–5) 36,428 71–84 156 September 23 Royals 5–0 Greinke (13–10) García (1–1) 35,121 71–85 157 September 24 Royals 10–4 Bannister (9–16) Robertson (7–11) 35,899 71–86 158 September 25 Rays 7–5 Galarraga (13–6) Kazmir (12–8) Rodney (11) 36,259 72–86 159 September 26 Rays 6–4 Verlander (11–17) Sonnanstine (13–9) Rodney (12) 39,617 73–86 160 September 27 Rays 4–3 López (4–1) Niemann (2–2) Rodney (13) 40,756 74–86 161 September 28 Rays 8 – 7 (11) Jackson (14–11) Lambert (1–2) Hammel (2) 40,373 74–87 162 September 29 @ White Sox 8–2 Floyd (17–8) Galarraga (13–7) 35,923 74–88

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos. = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	Pos.	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dusty Ryan	C	15	44	14	.318	2	7
Magglio Ordóñez	RF	146	561	178	.317	21	103
Plácido Polanco	2B	141	580	178	.307	8	58
Mike Hessman	3B	12	27	8	.296	5	7
Iván Rodríguez *	C	82	302	89	.295	5	32
Miguel Cabrera	1B, 3B	160	616	180	.292	37	127
Carlos Guillén	3B, 1B, LF	113	420	120	.286	10	54
Clete Thomas	LF, CF, RF	40	116	33	.284	1	9
Ramón Santiago	SS, 2B, 3B	58	124	35	.282	4	18
Curtis Granderson	CF	141	553	155	.280	22	66
Édgar Rentería	SS	138	503	136	.270	10	55
Michael Hollimon	2B, SS	11	23	6	.261	1	2
Jeff Larish	DH, 1B, 3B	42	104	27	.260	2	16
Matt Joyce	LF, RF	92	242	61	.252	12	33
Marcus Thames	LF, DH, 1B	103	316	76	.241	25	56
Ryan Raburn	LF, RF, 2B, 3B, CF	92	182	43	.236	4	20
Gary Sheffield	DH, LF	114	418	94	.225	19	57
Brent Clevlen	LF, CF, RF	11	24	5	.208	0	1
Brandon Inge	C, 3B, CF, LF	113	347	71	.205	11	51
Jacque Jones *	LF	24	79	13	.165	1	5
Dane Sardinha	C	17	44	7	.159	0	3
Pitcher Totals	—	162	16	0	.000	0	0
Team Totals	—	162	5641	1529	.271	200	780

Note: Individual pitchers' batting statistics not included

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Armando Galarraga	30	178+2⁄3	13	7	3.73	126
Freddy García	3	15	1	1	4.20	12
Jeremy Bonderman	12	71+1⁄3	3	4	4.29	44
Justin Verlander	33	201	11	17	4.84	163
Eddie Bonine	5	26+2⁄3	2	1	5.40	9
Kenny Rogers	30	173+2⁄3	9	13	5.70	82
Nate Robertson	28	168+2⁄3	7	11	6.35	108
Dontrelle Willis	8	24	0	2	9.38	3

Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	HLD	ERA	SO
Jason Grilli *	9	13+2⁄3	0	1	0	1	3.29	10
Denny Bautista *	16	19	0	1	0	3	3.32	10
Joel Zumaya	21	23+1⁄3	0	2	1	5	3.47	22
Aquilino López	48	78+2⁄3	4	1	0	4	3.55	61
Freddy Dolsi	42	47+2⁄3	1	5	2	7	3.97	29
Clay Rapada	25	21+1⁄3	3	0	0	2	4.22	15
Zach Miner (13 starts)	45	118	8	5	0	6	4.27	62
Gary Glover *	18	20+1⁄3	1	1	0	3	4.43	15
Bobby Seay	60	56+1⁄3	1	2	0	13	4.47	58
Francis Beltrán	11	13	1	0	0	2	4.85	9
Fernando Rodney	38	40+1⁄3	0	6	13	5	4.91	49
Todd Jones	45	41+2⁄3	4	1	18	0	4.97	14
Francisco Cruceta	13	11+2⁄3	0	3	0	1	5.40	11
Casey Fossum	31	41+1⁄3	3	1	0	6	5.66	28
Chris Lambert (3 starts)	8	20+2⁄3	1	2	0	0	5.66	15
Kyle Farnsworth *	16	16	0	1	1	3	6.75	18
Yorman Bazardo	3	3	0	0	0	0	24.00	3
Team Pitching Totals	162	1445	74	88	34	61	4.90	991

* Statistics only include games with Tigers

Roster

2008 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 52 Denny Bautista 40 Yorman Bazardo 53 Francis Beltrán 38 Jeremy Bonderman 49 Eddie Bonine 41 Francisco Cruceta 32 Freddy Dolsi 48 Kyle Farnsworth 49 Casey Fossum 58 Armando Galarraga 34 Freddy García 41 Gary Glover 49 Jason Grilli 59 Todd Jones 40 Chris Lambert 45 Aquilino López 31 Zach Miner 50 Clay Rapada 29 Nate Robertson 56 Fernando Rodney 37 Kenny Rogers 44 Bobby Seay 35 Justin Verlander 21 Dontrelle Willis 54 Joel Zumaya		Catchers 15 Brandon Inge  7 Iván Rodríguez 52 Dusty Ryan 57 Dane Sardinha Infielders 24 Miguel Cabrera  9 Carlos Guillén 26 Mike Hessman 46 Mike Hollimon 19 Jeff Larish 14 Plácido Polanco  8 Édgar Rentería 39 Ramón Santiago		Outfielders 27 Brent Clevlen 28 Curtis Granderson 19 Jacque Jones 20 Matt Joyce 30 Magglio Ordóñez 25 Ryan Raburn  3 Gary Sheffield 33 Marcus Thames 36 Clete Thomas		Manager 10 Jim Leyland Coaches 17 Rafael Belliard (infield) 55 Chuck Hernandez (pitching) 51 Jeff Jones (bullpen) 22 Gene Lamont (third base) 12 Lloyd McClendon (hitting) 18 Andy Van Slyke (first base)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	Larry Parrish
AA	Erie SeaWolves	Eastern League	Tom Brookens
A	Lakeland Flying Tigers	Florida State League	Andy Barkett
A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midwest League	Joe DePastino
A-Short Season	Oneonta Tigers	New York–Penn League	Ryan Newman
Rookie	GCL Tigers	Gulf Coast League	Basilio Cabrera

External links

• Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference