2008 Atlantic League

2008 > Class Independent > League History
Overall: 560 games, 8 teams, approx. 140 games in season
Attendance: 1,871,345 (3,341/game)
Other Years: 2007 / 2009
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League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2007 / 2009

League Standings

First Half

Freedom Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Somerset Patriots	40	30	.571	--
Newark Bears	39	31	.557	1
York Revolution	30	40	.429	10
Lancaster Barnstormers	30	40	.429	10

Liberty Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Camden Riversharks	40	30	.571	--
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs	36	34	.514	4
Bridgeport Bluefish	33	37	.471	7
Long Island Ducks	32	38	.457	8

Second Half

Freedom Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
York Revolution	41	29	.586	--
Somerset Patriots	34	36	.486	7
Lancaster Barnstormers	34	36	.486	7
Newark Bears	33	37	.471	8

Liberty Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Long Island Ducks	39	31	.557	--
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs	38	32	.543	1
Bridgeport Bluefish	34	36	.486	5
Camden Riversharks	27	43	.386	12

Semifinals

2 games

Tm	W	L
Camden Riversharks	2	0
Long Island Ducks	0	2

Tm	W	L
Somerset Patriots	2	0
York Revolution	0	2

Finals

4 games

Tm	W	L
Somerset Patriots	3	1
Camden Riversharks	1	3

League Batting

Tm	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Newark Bears	29.5	6.02	140	5531	4967	843	1504	295	24	157	783	85	19	427	757	.303	.363	.467	.830	2318	142	65	30	42	13
Bridgeport Bluefish	29.5	5.61	140	5539	4851	786	1413	274	31	113	725	104	35	505	891	.291	.362	.430	.793	2088	125	72	43	68	11
York Revolution	28.1	5.50	140	5522	4805	770	1366	276	31	140	715	80	33	566	895	.284	.364	.442	.806	2124	103	61	45	45	17
Long Island Ducks	30.4	5.49	140	5499	4843	769	1386	250	21	151	719	93	32	495	765	.286	.359	.440	.799	2131	130	78	40	43	22
Somerset Patriots	28.3	5.46	140	5419	4724	765	1325	290	29	174	716	120	57	534	839	.280	.359	.465	.824	2195	125	69	49	43	21
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs	28.9	5.24	140	5527	4788	734	1277	230	40	149	696	90	42	583	1013	.267	.351	.425	.776	2034	99	65	38	53	20
Lancaster Barnstormers	27.6	5.15	140	5491	4813	721	1300	257	40	159	682	89	38	526	1056	.270	.347	.439	.786	2114	102	60	50	42	19
Camden Riversharks	27.7	5.05	140	5377	4777	707	1353	264	33	102	666	103	36	466	897	.283	.349	.416	.766	1989	124	40	53	41	10
League Totals	28.7	5.44	1120	43905	38568	6095	10924	2136	249	1145	5702	764	292	4102	7113	.283	.357	.441	.797	16993	950	510	348	377	133

League Pitching

Tm	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Somerset Patriots	29.0	4.73	74	66	.529	4.35	140	140	133	7	5	33	1213.2	1272	662	587	140	437	12	908	61	5	52	5281	1.408	9.4	1.0	3.2	6.7	2.08
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs	29.3	4.76	74	66	.529	4.27	140	140	128	12	5	30	1241.2	1351	666	589	117	495	21	866	62	4	102	5496	1.487	9.8	0.8	3.6	6.3	1.75
York Revolution	30.3	5.16	71	69	.507	4.62	140	140	137	3	8	29	1221.1	1350	723	627	137	501	10	1024	59	3	94	5495	1.516	9.9	1.0	3.7	7.5	2.04
Camden Riversharks	28.0	5.28	67	73	.479	4.84	140	140	138	2	1	33	1213.1	1299	739	653	115	480	18	929	74	4	74	5399	1.466	9.6	0.9	3.6	6.9	1.94
Lancaster Barnstormers	28.0	5.68	64	76	.457	5.13	140	140	137	3	6	27	1230.2	1325	795	701	159	549	24	846	68	7	59	5533	1.523	9.7	1.2	4.0	6.2	1.54
Long Island Ducks	29.5	5.69	71	69	.507	5.10	140	140	134	6	5	33	1223.1	1461	796	693	143	438	13	822	55	6	49	5543	1.552	10.7	1.1	3.2	6.0	1.88
Newark Bears	28.7	5.81	72	68	.514	5.45	140	140	131	9	5	37	1218.2	1389	814	738	184	565	22	961	59	0	49	5542	1.603	10.3	1.4	4.2	7.1	1.70
Bridgeport Bluefish	28.6	6.43	67	73	.479	6.00	140	140	135	5	5	34	1206.2	1477	900	804	150	637	13	757	72	4	98	5622	1.752	11.0	1.1	4.8	5.6	1.19
League Totals	28.9	5.44	560	560	.500	4.97	1120	1120	1073	47	40	256	9769.1	10924	6095	5392	1145	4102	133	7113	510	33	577	43911	1.538	10.1	1.1	3.8	6.6	1.73

League Fielding

Tm	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Attendance	Managers
Newark Bears	140	3656	1398	122	140	.976	19	84	38	31%		Wayne Krenchicki
Somerset Patriots	140	3641	1459	127	162	.976	11	92	27	23%	347,735	Sparky Lyle
Bridgeport Bluefish	140	3620	1584	126	185	.976	18	91	45	33%		Tommy John
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs	140	3725	1562	143	142	.974	23	89	52	37%	226,086	Butch Hobson
Camden Riversharks	140	3640	1404	143	144	.972	12	97	21	18%	236,526	Joe Ferguson
Long Island Ducks	140	3670	1378	152	118	.971	13	85	26	23%	416,752	Dave LaPoint
Lancaster Barnstormers	140	3692	1409	157	131	.970	12	118	43	27%	343,720	Von Hayes
York Revolution	140	3664	1281	156	115	.969	27	108	40	27%	300,526	Chris Hoiles
League Totals	1120	29308	11475	1126	1137	.973	135	764	292	28%	1,871,345

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