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2008 California League

2008 > Class Adv A > League History
Overall: 700 games, 10 teams, approx. 140 games in season
Attendance: 1,633,328 (2,333/game)
Other Years: 2007 / 2009
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2007 / 2009

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2007 / 2009

League Standings

First Half

70 games

North Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
San Jose Giants	SFG	43	27	.614	--
Stockton Ports	OAK	42	28	.600	1
Bakersfield Blaze	TEX	36	34	.514	7
Visalia Oaks	ARI	34	36	.486	9
Modesto Nuts	COL	34	36	.486	9

South Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Lancaster JetHawks	BOS	36	34	.514	--
Lake Elsinore Storm	SDP	32	38	.457	4
High Desert Mavericks	SEA	32	38	.457	4
Inland Empire 66ers	LAD	31	39	.443	5
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	LAA	30	40	.429	6

Second Half

70 games

North Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
San Jose Giants	SFG	42	28	.600	--
Modesto Nuts	COL	36	33	.522	5.5
Stockton Ports	OAK	34	36	.486	8
Visalia Oaks	ARI	33	36	.478	8.5
Bakersfield Blaze	TEX	26	44	.371	16

South Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Lancaster JetHawks	BOS	40	30	.571	--
Lake Elsinore Storm	SDP	39	31	.557	1
Inland Empire 66ers	LAD	38	34	.528	3
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	LAA	37	35	.514	4
High Desert Mavericks	SEA	26	44	.371	14

Quarterfinals

3 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Lake Elsinore Storm	SDP	2	0
Inland Empire 66ers	LAD	0	2

Tm	Aff	W	L
Stockton Ports	OAK	2	1
Modesto Nuts	COL	1	2

Semifinals

5 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Lancaster JetHawks	BOS	3	2
Lake Elsinore Storm	SDP	2	3

Tm	Aff	W	L
Stockton Ports	OAK	3	2
San Jose Giants	SFG	2	3

Finals

5 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Stockton Ports	OAK	3	1
Lancaster JetHawks	BOS	1	3

League Batting

Tm	Aff	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
Lake Elsinore Storm	SDP	22.6	5.85	140	5692	4965	819	1380	286	27	106	744	106	41	599	815	.278	.359	.410	.769	2038	121	58	17	53	10
Lancaster JetHawks	BOS	22.1	5.69	140	5592	4992	796	1423	274	49	154	737	58	21	465	1107	.285	.352	.452	.804	2257	95	78	5	52	5
Inland Empire 66ers	LAD	22.5	5.51	141	5567	4887	777	1346	301	59	95	707	135	70	520	1087	.275	.347	.419	.767	2050	80	48	59	53	14
Stockton Ports	OAK	22.5	5.30	140	5499	4905	742	1349	266	38	149	681	103	52	466	1079	.275	.343	.436	.778	2138	92	63	17	48	16
San Jose Giants	SFG	23.1	5.26	140	5438	4811	736	1337	262	23	106	665	205	76	439	999	.278	.345	.408	.753	1963	90	79	66	43	9
High Desert Mavericks	SEA	22.6	5.21	140	5329	4843	729	1299	272	37	111	661	198	66	334	1051	.268	.321	.408	.730	1978	85	69	35	48	8
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	LAA	22.2	4.99	141	5340	4817	703	1332	264	55	129	647	192	64	379	1044	.277	.333	.435	.767	2093	94	51	48	45	12
Bakersfield Blaze	TEX	22.3	4.77	140	5457	4899	668	1318	281	18	96	611	130	36	427	1058	.269	.333	.393	.725	1923	89	60	29	42	12
Modesto Nuts	COL	23.4	4.64	139	5396	4762	645	1257	274	41	85	578	146	63	451	1157	.264	.335	.392	.727	1868	91	78	68	37	17
Visalia Oaks	ARI	23.1	4.48	139	5316	4753	623	1233	232	34	72	573	118	59	430	994	.259	.327	.368	.695	1749	103	70	16	47	10
League Totals		22.6	5.17	1400	54626	48634	7238	13274	2712	381	1103	6604	1391	548	4510	10391	.273	.340	.412	.752	20057	940	654	360	468	113

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	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
San Jose Giants	SFG	22.1	3.79	85	55	.607	3.26	140	140	139	0	12	41	1247.0	1171	531	451	70	433	20	1128	61	5	87	5257	1.286	8.5	0.5	3.1	8.1	2.61
Modesto Nuts	COL	23.5	4.55	70	69	.504	3.96	139	139	136	3	9	36	1239.2	1267	633	545	90	376	18	968	52	9	70	5288	1.325	9.2	0.7	2.7	7.0	2.57
Visalia Oaks	ARI	22.5	4.71	67	72	.482	4.14	139	139	137	2	7	36	1234.1	1330	654	568	125	334	5	1040	51	10	86	5301	1.348	9.7	0.9	2.4	7.6	3.11
Stockton Ports	OAK	22.5	5.05	76	64	.543	4.26	140	140	140	0	8	43	1253.2	1230	707	594	107	553	20	1259	90	10	98	5553	1.422	8.8	0.8	4.0	9.0	2.28
Lancaster JetHawks	BOS	23.9	5.29	76	64	.543	4.54	140	140	140	0	6	29	1241.2	1391	740	627	109	331	6	964	61	1	72	5424	1.387	10.1	0.8	2.4	7.0	2.91
Lake Elsinore Storm	SDP	23.2	5.34	71	69	.507	4.71	140	140	140	0	1	30	1253.1	1385	747	656	114	382	13	949	51	8	73	5473	1.410	9.9	0.8	2.7	6.8	2.48
Bakersfield Blaze	TEX	22.3	5.39	62	78	.443	4.50	140	140	139	1	4	30	1242.1	1297	755	621	123	461	3	1097	60	9	79	5455	1.415	9.4	0.9	3.3	7.9	2.38
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	LAA	21.8	5.44	67	74	.475	4.89	141	141	138	3	7	36	1233.0	1345	767	670	100	500	8	929	68	6	91	5480	1.496	9.8	0.7	3.6	6.8	1.86
Inland Empire 66ers	LAD	22.8	5.58	68	73	.482	4.96	141	141	141	0	10	35	1267.0	1375	787	698	95	565	6	1072	75	7	90	5706	1.531	9.8	0.7	4.0	7.6	1.90
High Desert Mavericks	SEA	23.1	6.55	58	82	.414	5.84	140	140	140	0	1	24	1226.0	1483	917	796	170	575	14	985	85	20	108	5707	1.679	10.9	1.2	4.2	7.2	1.71
League Totals		22.8	5.17	700	700	.500	4.51	1400	1400	1390	9	65	340	12438.0	13274	7238	6226	1103	4510	113	10391	654	85	854	54644	1.430	9.6	0.8	3.3	7.5	2.30

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Attendance	Managers
San Jose Giants	SFG	140	3741	1488	138	119	.974	23	92	63	41%	183,788	Steve Decker
Lake Elsinore Storm	SDP	140	3760	1492	152	104	.972	24	180	47	21%	224,069	Carlos Lezcano
Inland Empire 66ers	LAD	141	3801	1382	152	135	.972	16	148	46	24%	183,845	John Valentin
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	LAA	141	3699	1567	156	131	.971	29	139	60	30%	286,290	Ever Magallanes
Modesto Nuts	COL	139	3719	1434	153	118	.971	19	83	55	40%	164,306	Jerry Weinstein
Stockton Ports	OAK	140	3761	1351	160	120	.970	35	133	45	25%	214,080	Darren Bush
Visalia Oaks	ARI	139	3703	1483	165	119	.969	31	120	47	28%	67,045	Mike Bell
Lancaster JetHawks	BOS	140	3725	1572	177	131	.968	11	162	39	19%	124,934	Chad Epperson
Bakersfield Blaze	TEX	140	3727	1384	171	111	.968	20	166	76	31%	67,377	Damon Berryhill
High Desert Mavericks	SEA	140	3678	1422	193	117	.964	28	168	70	29%	117,594	Jim Horner
League Totals		1400	37314	14575	1617	1205	.970	236	1391	548	28%	1,633,328

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