2008 South Atlantic League

2008 > Class A > League History
Overall: 1,106 games, 16 teams, approx. 138 games in season
Attendance: 3,777,173 (3,415/game)
Other Years: 2007 / 2009
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League Standings

First Half

70 games

North Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Lake County Captains	CLE	41	29	.586	--
Delmarva Shorebirds	BAL	38	31	.551	2.5
Lakewood Blue Claws	PHI	38	32	.543	3
Greensboro Grasshoppers	FLA	38	32	.543	3
Hagerstown Suns	WSN	34	35	.493	6.5
West Virginia Power	MIL	32	37	.464	8.5
Hickory Crawdads	PIT	30	40	.429	11
Lexington Legends	HOU	21	48	.304	19.5

South Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Asheville Tourists	COL	46	24	.657	--
Charleston RiverDogs	NYY	45	25	.643	1
Augusta Greenjackets	SFG	41	28	.594	4.5
Greenville Drive	BOS	40	30	.571	6
Savannah Sand Gnats	NYM	33	37	.471	13
Kannapolis Intimidators	CHW	31	39	.443	15
Columbus Catfish	TBR	27	43	.386	19
Rome Braves	ATL	22	47	.319	23.5

Second Half

70 games

North Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
West Virginia Power	MIL	45	25	.643	--
Lakewood Blue Claws	PHI	42	28	.600	3
Delmarva Shorebirds	BAL	40	30	.571	5
Lake County Captains	CLE	34	36	.486	11
Greensboro Grasshoppers	FLA	28	40	.412	16
Hagerstown Suns	WSN	27	43	.386	18
Lexington Legends	HOU	24	45	.348	20.5
Hickory Crawdads	PIT	22	47	.319	22.5

South Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Augusta Greenjackets	SFG	47	22	.681	--
Columbus Catfish	TBR	40	26	.606	5.5
Kannapolis Intimidators	CHW	36	29	.554	9
Asheville Tourists	COL	37	32	.536	10
Charleston RiverDogs	NYY	35	34	.507	12
Rome Braves	ATL	34	34	.500	12.5
Greenville Drive	BOS	30	39	.435	17
Savannah Sand Gnats	NYM	28	39	.418	18

Semifinals

3 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
West Virginia Power	MIL	2	1
Lake County Captains	CLE	1	2

Tm	Aff	W	L
Augusta Greenjackets	SFG	2	0
Asheville Tourists	COL	0	2

Finals

5 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Augusta Greenjackets	SFG	3	0
West Virginia Power	MIL	0	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
West Virginia Power	MIL	21.4	5.37	139	5338	4757	747	1312	267	36	97	668	166	78	441	1044	.276	.343	.408	.751	1942	69	64	42	34	12
Charleston RiverDogs	NYY	20.9	5.07	139	5309	4737	705	1254	251	33	109	626	92	36	457	974	.265	.334	.401	.735	1898	105	57	19	39	7
Greensboro Grasshoppers	FLA	21.0	5.00	138	5264	4695	690	1224	218	18	161	631	48	28	422	1071	.261	.330	.418	.748	1961	119	77	40	30	11
Asheville Tourists	COL	21.7	4.99	139	5251	4676	693	1211	254	27	112	626	227	77	428	1214	.259	.328	.397	.725	1855	75	68	45	34	7
Augusta Greenjackets	SFG	21.5	4.72	138	5199	4653	651	1178	212	36	81	576	163	56	376	1010	.253	.317	.366	.683	1705	83	80	43	47	9
Columbus Catfish	TBR	22.1	4.71	136	5089	4501	641	1174	216	38	74	573	176	79	444	878	.261	.331	.375	.706	1688	106	55	41	48	6
Lakewood Blue Claws	PHI	20.8	4.65	140	5395	4768	651	1224	246	21	83	574	103	42	459	1009	.257	.327	.369	.697	1761	94	64	59	45	12
Lake County Captains	CLE	22.0	4.62	140	5162	4520	647	1146	219	31	78	577	151	62	463	991	.254	.330	.367	.698	1661	81	75	60	44	15
Greenville Drive	BOS	20.8	4.60	139	5307	4738	640	1216	241	32	96	580	121	42	468	1096	.257	.331	.382	.712	1809	121	68	8	25	6
Delmarva Shorebirds	BAL	22.5	4.58	139	5251	4678	636	1223	265	35	91	564	141	50	426	1209	.261	.331	.391	.722	1831	90	77	35	35	10
Kannapolis Intimidators	CHW	21.9	4.54	135	5036	4509	613	1169	244	26	93	549	113	48	382	1002	.259	.323	.387	.710	1744	89	63	39	43	4
Hickory Crawdads	PIT	22.4	4.42	139	5233	4703	614	1208	236	26	84	558	81	47	375	973	.257	.317	.372	.689	1748	95	60	49	46	4
Hagerstown Suns	WSN	22.2	4.37	139	5247	4650	608	1166	249	20	99	546	110	56	448	1060	.251	.323	.377	.699	1752	102	63	50	36	11
Rome Braves	ATL	20.6	4.17	137	5106	4635	571	1180	225	30	91	508	116	58	371	1045	.255	.312	.375	.687	1738	82	33	36	31	6
Lexington Legends	HOU	22.0	3.98	138	5138	4582	549	1089	219	33	95	506	151	35	393	1180	.238	.307	.362	.669	1659	100	81	43	39	8
Savannah Sand Gnats	NYM	21.2	3.94	137	5072	4600	540	1152	236	34	62	483	114	52	352	1092	.250	.308	.357	.665	1642	96	48	34	38	6
League Totals		21.6	4.61	2212	83397	74402	10196	19126	3798	476	1506	9145	2073	846	6705	16848	.257	.325	.382	.706	28394	1507	1033	643	614	134

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
Augusta Greenjackets	SFG	22.0	3.46	88	50	.638	2.95	138	138	137	1	15	46	1228.0	1098	478	402	59	315	7	1118	50	7	73	5055	1.151	8.0	0.4	2.3	8.2	3.55
Lake County Captains	CLE	21.0	3.91	75	65	.536	3.44	140	140	139	1	10	30	1202.2	1053	548	460	99	499	3	1144	78	7	104	5136	1.290	7.9	0.7	3.7	8.6	2.29
Lakewood Blue Claws	PHI	22.0	4.06	80	60	.571	3.48	140	140	137	3	10	41	1243.1	1173	569	481	56	382	11	1029	57	12	73	5241	1.251	8.5	0.4	2.8	7.4	2.69
Asheville Tourists	COL	22.1	4.19	83	56	.597	3.54	139	139	131	8	11	43	1224.1	1169	582	481	99	422	3	1150	67	6	78	5240	1.299	8.6	0.7	3.1	8.5	2.73
Charleston RiverDogs	NYY	22.3	4.23	80	59	.576	3.41	139	139	138	1	12	45	1222.1	1168	588	463	68	413	8	1123	52	15	92	5221	1.293	8.6	0.5	3.0	8.3	2.72
Delmarva Shorebirds	BAL	22.0	4.35	78	61	.561	3.66	139	139	134	4	8	40	1212.1	1083	605	493	85	442	10	992	69	11	98	5178	1.258	8.0	0.6	3.3	7.4	2.24
Kannapolis Intimidators	CHW	22.2	4.44	67	68	.496	4.06	135	135	131	4	9	37	1169.1	1114	600	527	87	434	13	1145	57	13	102	5035	1.324	8.6	0.7	3.3	8.8	2.64
Savannah Sand Gnats	NYM	21.1	4.58	61	76	.445	3.88	137	137	136	1	11	33	1200.0	1145	627	517	78	438	2	1006	72	17	121	5166	1.319	8.6	0.6	3.3	7.5	2.30
West Virginia Power	MIL	21.1	4.68	77	62	.554	4.18	139	139	139	0	4	40	1209.2	1152	650	562	103	437	10	1078	71	13	107	5199	1.314	8.6	0.8	3.3	8.0	2.47
Rome Braves	ATL	20.7	4.87	56	81	.409	4.30	137	137	133	3	6	25	1187.2	1205	667	568	64	487	0	1173	57	10	111	5233	1.425	9.1	0.5	3.7	8.9	2.41
Columbus Catfish	TBR	22.5	4.88	67	69	.493	4.51	136	136	135	1	6	36	1167.1	1192	663	585	119	380	3	878	74	6	83	5039	1.347	9.2	0.9	2.9	6.8	2.31
Greenville Drive	BOS	22.3	4.94	70	69	.504	4.30	139	139	139	0	7	42	1227.1	1233	687	586	110	409	8	1087	54	4	82	5259	1.338	9.0	0.8	3.0	8.0	2.66
Greensboro Grasshoppers	FLA	22.3	5.16	66	72	.478	4.58	138	138	137	1	5	34	1207.1	1355	712	614	122	352	25	1019	57	5	95	5312	1.414	10.1	0.9	2.6	7.6	2.89
Lexington Legends	HOU	22.6	5.18	45	93	.326	4.40	138	138	138	0	4	28	1211.2	1373	715	593	119	412	22	1059	56	9	91	5403	1.473	10.2	0.9	3.1	7.9	2.57
Hagerstown Suns	WSN	21.8	5.26	61	78	.439	4.61	139	139	137	2	6	34	1215.0	1300	731	622	89	428	6	978	97	11	95	5356	1.422	9.6	0.7	3.2	7.2	2.29
Hickory Crawdads	PIT	22.3	5.57	52	87	.374	5.02	139	139	139	0	4	29	1202.1	1313	774	670	149	455	3	869	65	13	115	5334	1.470	9.8	1.1	3.4	6.5	1.91
League Totals		21.9	4.61	1106	1106	.500	4.02	2212	2212	2180	30	128	583	19330.2	19126	10196	8624	1506	6705	134	16848	1033	159	1520	83407	1.336	8.9	0.7	3.1	7.8	2.51

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Attendance	Managers
Kannapolis Intimidators	CHW	135	3508	1348	134	112	.973	28	116	40	26%	119,668	Chris Jones and Nick Capra
Columbus Catfish	TBR	136	3502	1422	136	112	.973	21	93	51	35%	61,290	Matt Quatraro
Lake County Captains	CLE	140	3608	1435	147	126	.972	27	130	57	30%	316,572	Aaron Holbert
Lakewood Blue Claws	PHI	140	3730	1648	167	123	.970	24	122	68	36%	425,166	Steve Roadcap
Greenville Drive	BOS	139	3682	1422	161	112	.969	28	137	67	33%	349,116	Kevin Boles
Hagerstown Suns	WSN	139	3645	1469	165	123	.969	24	121	54	31%	137,283	Darnell Coles
Rome Braves	ATL	137	3563	1341	159	105	.969	34	179	58	24%	222,168	Randy Ingle
West Virginia Power	MIL	139	3629	1474	162	111	.969	18	133	48	27%	213,030	Jeff Isom
Charleston RiverDogs	NYY	139	3667	1471	170	116	.968	32	189	50	21%	279,606	Torre Tyson
Savannah Sand Gnats	NYM	137	3600	1424	169	112	.967	36	163	53	25%	105,537	Donovan Mitchell
Asheville Tourists	COL	139	3673	1457	173	128	.967	11	72	52	42%	175,892	Joe Mikulik
Augusta Greenjackets	SFG	138	3684	1484	174	121	.967	18	89	65	42%	200,222	Andy Skeels
Hickory Crawdads	PIT	139	3607	1510	174	143	.967	19	138	36	21%	133,512	Gary Green
Greensboro Grasshoppers	FLA	138	3622	1443	185	111	.965	17	164	34	17%	440,787	Edwin Rodriguez
Lexington Legends	HOU	138	3635	1389	181	117	.965	22	107	60	36%	370,570	Gregg Langbehn
Delmarva Shorebirds	BAL	139	3637	1588	202	111	.963	35	120	53	31%	226,754	Ramon Sambo
League Totals		2212	57992	23325	2659	1883	.968	394	2073	846	29%	3,777,173

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