2008 Eastern League

2008 > Class AA > League History
Overall: 849 games, 12 teams, approx. 141 games in season
Attendance: 3,770,333 (4,440/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

Regular Season

142 games

Northern Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Trenton Thunder	NYY	86	54	.614	--
Portland Sea Dogs	BOS	74	66	.529	12
Binghamton Mets	NYM	73	69	.514	14
Connecticut Defenders	SFG	68	73	.482	18.5
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	64	77	.454	22.5
New Hampshire Fisher Cats	TOR	61	81	.430	26

Southern Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Bowie Baysox	BAL	84	58	.592	--
Akron Aeros	CLE	80	62	.563	4
Harrisburg Senators	WSN	73	69	.514	11
Erie SeaWolves	DET	68	74	.479	16
Altoona Curve	PIT	65	77	.458	19
Reading Phillies	PHI	53	89	.373	31

Semifinals

5 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Trenton Thunder	NYY	3	0
Portland Sea Dogs	BOS	0	3

Tm	Aff	W	L
Akron Aeros	CLE	3	1
Bowie Baysox	BAL	1	3

Finals

5 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Trenton Thunder	NYY	3	1
Akron Aeros	CLE	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
Bowie Baysox	BAL	25.8	5.17	142	5362	4749	734	1297	247	36	140	683	52	38	481	830	.273	.343	.429	.772	2036	144	53	31	48	13
Erie SeaWolves	DET	24.2	5.11	142	5432	4823	726	1309	220	47	137	684	117	49	473	1102	.271	.341	.422	.763	2034	87	59	37	40	13
Portland Sea Dogs	BOS	24.5	5.03	140	5422	4715	704	1258	284	27	112	672	54	24	577	994	.267	.351	.410	.761	1932	119	68	8	54	17
Harrisburg Senators	WSN	24.6	4.87	142	5333	4632	691	1212	233	26	138	648	117	60	546	976	.262	.342	.413	.755	1911	110	37	86	32	29
Akron Aeros	CLE	24.7	4.61	142	5389	4736	654	1269	240	41	114	597	75	31	538	895	.268	.344	.408	.752	1933	124	34	30	51	22
Trenton Thunder	NYY	23.1	4.59	140	5328	4711	642	1262	263	32	65	592	88	39	484	853	.268	.339	.379	.718	1784	128	50	35	48	32
Reading Phillies	PHI	25.0	4.54	142	5464	4811	644	1253	242	22	126	595	88	31	533	1038	.260	.338	.398	.736	1917	123	47	37	36	18
New Hampshire Fisher Cats	TOR	24.6	4.51	142	5380	4705	640	1230	265	19	135	606	33	30	558	1003	.261	.343	.412	.754	1938	126	47	23	47	11
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	23.7	4.44	141	5312	4770	626	1255	298	33	109	599	69	45	419	997	.263	.327	.408	.735	1946	85	49	40	34	16
Connecticut Defenders	SFG	25.0	4.40	141	5293	4679	620	1192	244	35	101	581	92	42	490	990	.255	.330	.387	.716	1809	119	47	48	29	22
Binghamton Mets	NYM	23.7	4.36	142	5332	4729	619	1258	245	25	106	569	109	44	448	961	.266	.333	.396	.729	1871	110	50	60	45	25
Altoona Curve	PIT	24.4	3.80	142	5183	4640	539	1182	221	35	88	499	117	57	397	876	.255	.318	.374	.693	1737	113	52	60	34	23
League Totals		24.4	4.62	1698	64230	56700	7839	14977	3002	378	1371	7325	1011	490	5944	11515	.264	.338	.403	.741	22848	1388	593	495	498	241

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
Trenton Thunder	NYY	24.8	3.56	86	54	.614	3.13	140	140	137	3	16	35	1237.1	1064	498	430	94	489	11	1122	34	4	50	5171	1.255	7.7	0.7	3.6	8.2	2.29
Bowie Baysox	BAL	24.8	3.93	84	58	.592	3.54	142	142	137	5	6	37	1234.2	1128	558	485	98	470	15	1119	61	5	62	5247	1.294	8.2	0.7	3.4	8.2	2.38
Connecticut Defenders	SFG	25.2	3.98	68	73	.482	3.44	141	141	140	1	13	39	1236.1	1200	561	472	81	432	23	907	45	1	47	5265	1.320	8.7	0.6	3.1	6.6	2.10
Akron Aeros	CLE	24.1	4.25	80	62	.563	3.92	142	142	141	1	10	43	1223.2	1206	603	533	110	389	19	997	55	4	48	5211	1.303	8.9	0.8	2.9	7.3	2.56
Binghamton Mets	NYM	24.5	4.52	73	69	.514	4.17	142	142	139	3	13	41	1242.0	1273	642	575	121	471	26	901	43	1	65	5380	1.404	9.2	0.9	3.4	6.5	1.91
Portland Sea Dogs	BOS	24.5	4.63	74	66	.529	4.29	140	140	140	0	7	35	1213.1	1185	648	579	92	507	12	1061	56	6	75	5288	1.395	8.8	0.7	3.8	7.9	2.09
Harrisburg Senators	WSN	24.9	4.65	73	69	.514	4.29	142	142	140	2	6	35	1228.0	1273	661	586	128	516	38	965	40	5	51	5381	1.457	9.3	0.9	3.8	7.1	1.87
Altoona Curve	PIT	25.2	4.69	65	77	.458	4.35	142	142	140	2	6	32	1215.0	1240	666	587	110	513	25	876	40	5	69	5321	1.443	9.2	0.8	3.8	6.5	1.71
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	24.0	5.04	64	77	.454	4.71	141	141	139	1	4	40	1221.2	1353	711	640	133	520	3	975	62	4	56	5461	1.533	10.0	1.0	3.8	7.2	1.88
Erie SeaWolves	DET	24.2	5.13	68	74	.479	4.59	142	142	136	6	7	33	1224.2	1321	728	625	130	489	19	763	55	2	59	5395	1.478	9.7	1.0	3.6	5.6	1.56
New Hampshire Fisher Cats	TOR	24.9	5.32	61	81	.430	5.00	142	142	135	6	5	32	1225.1	1414	755	681	118	561	30	881	53	8	53	5568	1.612	10.4	0.9	4.1	6.5	1.57
Reading Phillies	PHI	24.7	5.69	53	89	.373	5.23	142	142	140	2	3	28	1232.1	1320	808	716	156	587	20	948	49	6	71	5567	1.547	9.6	1.1	4.3	6.9	1.62
League Totals		24.6	4.62	849	849	.500	4.22	1698	1698	1664	32	96	430	14734.1	14977	7839	6909	1371	5944	241	11515	593	51	706	64255	1.420	9.1	0.8	3.6	7.0	1.94

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Attendance	Managers
Bowie Baysox	BAL	142	3704	1332	113	125	.978	23	117	40	25%	261,459	Brad Komminsk
Akron Aeros	CLE	142	3671	1338	111	129	.978	16	52	29	36%	342,816	Mike Sarbaugh
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	141	3665	1266	115	143	.977	14	54	43	44%	365,756	Bobby Cuellar
Trenton Thunder	NYY	140	3712	1407	122	146	.977	15	107	39	27%	409,131	Tony Franklin
New Hampshire Fisher Cats	TOR	142	3676	1555	123	150	.977	13	75	40	35%	373,227	Gary Cathcart
Binghamton Mets	NYM	142	3726	1558	132	159	.976	17	94	29	24%	220,638	Mako Oliveras
Harrisburg Senators	WSN	142	3684	1470	134	143	.975	9	103	54	34%	164,182	John Stearns
Altoona Curve	PIT	142	3645	1498	134	138	.975	20	95	51	35%	346,973	Tim Leiper
Portland Sea Dogs	BOS	140	3640	1282	126	116	.975	18	79	48	38%	412,403	Arnie Beyeler
Connecticut Defenders	SFG	141	3709	1522	144	155	.973	24	82	33	29%	202,004	Bien Figueroa
Reading Phillies	PHI	142	3697	1349	138	118	.973	11	99	36	27%	436,789	P.J. Forbes
Erie SeaWolves	DET	142	3674	1549	168	171	.969	20	54	48	47%	234,955	Tom Brookens
League Totals		1698	44203	17126	1560	1693	.975	200	1011	490	33%	3,770,333

Question, Comment, Feedback or Correction?

Automatic Player Linking / Statistical Sharing Tool / Basic Player Linking / Data Coverage

See Front Page for time of last update

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Partner of USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties.