2008 Milwaukee Brewers season

March 2026 November 2013 Milwaukee Brewers 2008 National League Wild Card winners National League Central Miller Park Milwaukee 90–72 (.556) 2nd Mark Attanasio Doug Melvin Ned Yost Dale Sveum WMLW-CA FSN Wisconsin(Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder) 620 WTMJ(Bob Uecker, Jim Powell) mil MIL The 2008 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 39th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, their 11th in the National League, and their 40th overall. The season opened with optimism as the team attempted to build on the success of the 2007 season – their first winning season since 1992. With 12 games remaining in the regular season, manager Ned Yost was fired and replaced with bench coach Dale Sveum. Under Sveum, the team completed the regular season 7–5, finishing second place in the National League Central with a record of 90–72 and winning the NL Wild Card. With the Wild Card berth, the team clinched its first playoff berth in 26 years. The season was highlighted by the midseason trade for ace pitcher CC Sabathia, who posted a 1.65 ERA in 130.2 innings pitched and won all but two starts. In the NLDS, the Brewers were defeated 3–1 by the Philadelphia Phillies, who went on to win the World Series. Regular season The Brewers played 20 extra inning games, the most of any MLB team in 2008.Team Batting Game Finder: For 2008, Only extra-inning games, sorted by greatest number of games in a single season matching the selected criteria https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/BAAej Baseball Reference September 21, 2017 Season standings Milwaukee Brewers Record vs. opponents MIL Roster 2008 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers 31 Dave Bush 60 Todd Coffey 45 Mark DiFelice 48 Tim Dillard 38 Éric Gagné 49 Yovani Gallardo 47 Zach Jackson 73 Seth McClung 58 Guillermo Mota 43 Manny Parra 54 David Riske 52 CC Sabathia 15 Ben Sheets 51 Brian Shouse 57 Mitch Stetter 37 Jeff Suppan 50 Julián Tavárez 16 Salomón Torres 59 Derrick Turnbow 12 Carlos Villanueva Catchers 18 Jason Kendall 11 Mike Rivera Infielders 14 Russell Branyan 30 Craig Counsell 27 Joe Dillon  5 Ray Durham 21 Alcides Escobar 28 Prince Fielder 24 Mat Gamel  2 Bill Hall  7 J. J. Hardy 26 Hernán Iribarren 47 Mike Lamb 40 Brad Nelson 23 Rickie Weeks Outfielders  8 Ryan Braun 25 Mike Cameron 14 Gabe Gross 22 Tony Gwynn Jr.  1 Corey Hart 33 Gabe Kapler 20 Laynce Nix Other batters 10 Vinny Rottino 50 Ángel Salomé Manager 29 Dale Sveum  3 Ned Yost Coaches 35 Bill Castro (Bullpen) 88 Garth Iorg (third base) 36 Mike Maddux (pitching)  6 Ed Sedar (first base)  9 Ted Simmons (Bench) 32 Jim Skaalen (hitting) 29 Dale Sveum (third base) 19 Robin Yount (Bench) Player stats Note: Team leaders in batting and pitching are in bold. Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Jason Kendall 151 516 127 .246 2 49 1B Prince Fielder 159 588 162 .276 34 102 2B Rickie Weeks 129 475 111 .234 14 46 SS J.J. Hardy 146 569 161 .283 24 74 3B Bill Hall 128 404 91 .225 15 55 LF Ryan Braun 151 611 174 .285 37 106 CF Mike Cameron 120 444 108 .243 25 70 RF Corey Hart 157 612 164 .268 20 91 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Craig Counsell 110 248 56 .226 1 14 Gabe Kapler 96 229 69 .301 8 38 Russell Branyan 50 132 33 .250 12 20 Ray Durham 41 107 30 .280 3 13 Joe Dillon 56 75 16 .213 1 6 Mike Rivera 21 62 19 .306 1 14 Gabe Gross 16 43 9 .209 0 2 Tony Gwynn Jr. 29 42 8 .190 0 1 Hernán Iribarren 12 14 2 .143 0 1 Laynce Nix 10 12 1 .083 0 0 Mike Lamb 11 11 3 .273 0 0 Brad Nelson 9 7 2 .286 0 0 Alcides Escobar 9 4 2 .500 0 0 Ángel Salomé 3 3 0 .000 0 0 Mat Gamel 2 2 1 .500 0 0 Vinny Rottino 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Ben Sheets 31 198.1 13 9 3.09 158 Dave Bush 31 185.0 9 10 4.18 109 Jeff Suppan 31 177.2 10 10 4.96 90 Manny Parra 32 166.0 10 8 4.39 147 C.C. Sabathia 17 130.2 11 2 1.65 128 Yovani Gallardo 4 24.0 0 0 1.88 20 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Carlos Villanueva 47 108.1 4 7 4.07 93 Seth McClung 37 105.1 6 6 4.02 87 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Salomón Torres 71 7 5 28 3.49 51 Brian Shouse 69 5 1 2 2.81 33 Guillermo Mota 58 5 6 1 4.11 50 Éric Gagné 50 4 3 10 5.44 38 David Riske 45 1 2 2 5.31 27 Mitch Stetter 30 3 1 0 3.20 31 Mark DiFelice 15 1 0 0 2.84 20 Tim Dillard 13 0 0 0 4.40 5 Todd Coffey 9 1 0 0 0.00 7 Derrick Turnbow 8 0 1 1 15.63 5 Julián Tavárez 7 0 1 0 8.59 10 Zach Jackson 2 0 0 0 4.91 1 Game log #CBA140 #fff 2008 90 72 #00285D #fff y March 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || March 31 || @ Cubs || 4–3 (10) || Gagné (1–0) || Howry (0–1) ||Riske (1) || 41,089 || 1–0 |- #00285D #fff y April 14–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 2 || @ Cubs || 8–2 || Suppan (1–0) || Lilly (0–1) || || 39,468 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || April 3 || @ Cubs || 6–3 || Dempster (1–0) || Bush (0–1) || Wood (1) || 37,973 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 4 || Giants || 13–4 || Villanueva (1–0) || Sánchez (0–1) || Torres (1) || 45,212 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 5 || Giants || 5–4 || Parra (1–0) || Correia (0–1) || Gagné (1) || 30,574 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 6 || Giants || 7–0 || Sheets (1–0) || Zito (0–1) || || 44,014 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || April 8 || Reds || 3–2 (10) || Torres (1–0) || Weathers (0–1) || || 27,717 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 9 || Reds || 12–4 || Fogg (1–1) || Bush (0–2) || || 31,313 || 6–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 10 || Reds || 4–1 || Harang (1–1) || Villanueva (1–1) || Cordero (2) || 25,023 || 6–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 11 || @ Mets || 4–2 || Figueroa (1–0) || Parra (1–1) || Wagner (1) || 46,214 || 6–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 12 || @ Mets || 5–3 || Sheets (2–0) || Santana (1–2) || Gagné (2)|| 54,701 || 7–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || April 13 || @ Mets || 9–7 || Torres (2–0)|| Sosa (1–1)|| Gagné (3) || 52,794 || 8–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 15 || @ Cardinals || 6–1 || Looper (3–0) || Bush (0–3) || || 39,438|| 8–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || April 16 || @ Cardinals || 5–4 || Wainwright (2–1) || Villanueva (1–2) || Isringhausen (6) || 40,712 || 8–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || April 17 || @ Cardinals || 5–3 (10) || Shouse (1–0) || Thompson (1–1) || Gagné (4) || 36,850 || 9–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || April 18 || @ Reds || 5–2 || Sheets (3–0) || Arroyo (0–2) || Gagné (5) || 32,629 || 10–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || April 19 || @ Reds || 5–3 (10) || Mota (1–0) || Weathers (0–2) || Gagné (6) || 26,410 || 11–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || April 20 || @ Reds || 4–3 (10) || Burton (1–1) || Gagné (1–1) || || 26,902 || 11–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || April 21 || Cardinals || 4–3 ||Franklin (1–1) || Turnbow (0–1) || Isringhausen (7) ||31,240 || 11–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || April 22 || Cardinals || 9–8 (12) ||McClung (1–0) ||Isringhausen (1–1) || ||23,478 || 12–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || April 23 || Phillies || 5–4 ||Stetter (1–0) ||Hamels (2–3)||Turnbow (1)||30,548 || 13–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 24 || Phillies || 3–1 ||Gordon (1–2) ||Riske (0–1)||Lidge (5) ||23,905 ||13–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || April 25 || Marlins || 3–0 || Gregg (3–0) || Mota (1–1) || || 40,088 || 13–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || April 26 || Marlins || 4–3 || Torres (3–0) ||Pinto (1–1) ||Gagné (7) || 44,169 ||14–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || April 27 || Marlins || 3–2 || Lindstrom (1–0) ||McClung (1–1)||Gregg (4)||41,656|| 14–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || April 29 || @ Cubs || 10–7 ||Sheets (4–0) ||Marquis (1–1)|| Gagné (8)||39,543 || 15–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || April 30 || @ Cubs || 19–5 || Dempster (4–0) || Suppan (1–1) || || 39,908 || 15–12 |- #00285D #fff y May 13–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || May 1 || @ Cubs || 4–3 || Shouse (2–0) || Wood (2–1) || Gagné (9) || 40, 849 || 16–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || May 2 || @ Astros || 7–4 || Oswalt (3–3) || Villanueva (1–3) || Valverde (6) || 39,715 || 16–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || May 3 || @ Astros || 6–2 || Backe (2–3) || Parra (1–2) || || 35,002 || 16–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || May 4 || @ Astros || 8–6 || Byrdak (1–0) || Stetter (1–1) || || 38,301 || 16–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || May 6 || @ Marlins || 3–0 || Olsen (3–0) || Suppan (1–2)|| Gregg (6) || 10,113 || 16–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 7 || @ Marlins || 6–2 || Badenhop (1–2) || Bush (0–4)|| || 10,405 || 16–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || May 8 || @ Marlins || 7–2 || Kensing (1–0) || Villanueva (1–4)|| || 12,321 || 16–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 9 || Cardinals || 4–3 || Shouse (3–0) || Isringhausen (1–4) || || 42,705 || 17–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 36 || May 10 || Cardinals || 5–3 || Springer (1–0) || Gagné (1–2) || Franklin (2) || 43,382 || 17–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 || May 11 || Cardinals || 5–3 || Suppan (2–2) || Looper (5–2) || Shouse (1) || 41,197 || 18–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 12 || Cardinals || 8–3 || Bush (1–4) || Wainwright (3–2) || Mota (1) ||25,757 || 19–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || May 13 || Dodgers || 5–3 || Villanueva (2–4) || Penny (5–4) ||Gagné (10) ||26,465 ||20–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || May 14 || Dodgers || 6–4 || Broxton (2–1) || Mota (1–2) || Saito (6) || 27,562 ||20–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 41 || May 15 || Dodgers || 7–2 || Billingsley (3–5) || Sheets (4–1) || ||30,444 ||20–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 42 || May 17 || @ Red Sox || 5–3 || Matsuzaka (7–0) || Suppan (2–3) || ||37,409 || 20–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 17 || @ Red Sox || 7–6 || Hansen (1–2) || Torres (3–1) || Timlin (1) ||37,847 ||20–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 44 || May 18 || @ Red Sox || 11–7 || Beckett (5–3) || Villanueva (2–5) || ||37, 204 ||20–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || May 20 || @ Pirates || 7–2 || Parra (2–2) || Maholm (2–5)|| || 11,761 || 21–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || May 21 || @ Pirates || 4–1 || Sheets (5–1) || Snell (2–3)|| || 8,805 ||22–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 47 || May 22 || @ Pirates || 8–4 || Gorzelanny (4–4) || Bush (1–5)|| || 12,887 || 22–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="FFBBBB" | 48 || May 23 || @ Nationals || 5–1 || Sanches (1–0) || Suppan (2–4)|| || 28,007 || 22–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || May 24 || @ Nationals || 5–2 || McClung (2–1) || Lannan (4–5) || Torres (2) || 30,029 || 23–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || May 25 || @ Nationals || 7–6 || Rauch (3–1) || Mota (1–3) || || 35,567 || 23–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 51 || May 26 || @ Nationals || 4–3 || Villanueva (3–5) || Rivera (3–2) ||Torres (3)||28,552||24–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 52 || May 27 || Braves || 3–2 || Torres (4–1) || Bennett (0–3) || || 28,872 || 25–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 53 || May 28 || Braves || 1–0 || Suppan (3–4) || Reyes (2–3) || Torres (4) || 31,612 || 26–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 54 || May 29 || Braves || 8–1 || Campillo (2–0) || McClung (2–2) || || 33,334 || 26–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || May 30 || Astros || 5–1 || Parra (3–2) || Backe 4–6 || || 32,039 ||27–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 || May 31 || Astros || 4–1 || Sheets (6–1) || Moehler (2–2)|| Torres (5) || 42,913 || 28–28 |- #00285D #fff y June 16–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 57 || June 1 || Astros || 10–1 || Bush (2–5) || Chacón (2–1) || || 44,613 || 29–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 58 || June 2 || D-backs || 4–3 || Mota (2–3) || Slaten (0–2) || Torres (6) ||27,562|| 30–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59 || June 3 || D-backs || 7–1 || McClung (3–2) || Johnson (4–2) || Shouse (2) || 29,478 || 31–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || June 4 || D-backs || 10–1 || Parra (4–2) || Owings (6–4) || ||27,539 || 32–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="FFBBBB" | 61 || June 6 || @ Rockies || 6–4 || Corpas (1–3) || Mota (2–4) || Fuentes (9) ||30,558 || 32–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="FFBBBB" | 62 || June 7 || @ Rockies || 7–2 || Reynolds (1–3) || Bush (2–6) || ||37,283 ||32–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 63 || June 8 || @ Rockies || 3–2 || Suppan (4–4) || Francis (2–6) || Torres (7) ||32,256 ||33–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 64 || June 10 || @ Astros || 6–1 || Oswalt (5–6) || McClung (3–3) || ||35,058 ||33–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65 || June 11 || @ Astros || 10–6 || Parra (5–2) || Backe (4–8) || ||33,806 ||34–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 || June 12 || @ Astros || 9–6 || Sheets (7–1) || Moehler (3–3)|| ||35,709 ||35–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 67 || June 13 || Twins || 10–2 || Slowey (3–6) || Bush (2–7) || || 38,586 ||35–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || June 14 || Twins || 9–4 || Bass (3–2) || Tavárez (0–1) || ||43,812 || 35–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 69 || June 15 || Twins || 4–2 || McClung (4–3) || Baker (2–2) || Torres (8) ||41,693 || 36–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || June 17 || Blue Jays || 7–0 || Parra (6–2) || McGowan (5–5)|| || 37,065 || 37–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71 || June 18 || Blue Jays ||5–4 || Sheets (8–1) || Marcum (5–4) || ||34,442 ||38–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 72 || June 19 || Blue Jays ||8–7 || Bush (3–7) || Burnett (6–7) || Torres (10) || 35,173 || 39–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 73 || June 20 || Orioles || 8–5 || Cormier (1–2) || Suppan (4–5) || Sherrill (25) || 36,526 || 39–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || June 21 || Orioles || 3–2 || McClung (5–3) || Cabrera (5–3) || Torres (11) || 42,521 || 40–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 75 || June 22 || Orioles || 7–3 || Parra (7–2) || Olson (5–3) || Torres (12) || 43,517 || 41–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 76 || June 23 || @ Braves || 4–1 || Sheets (9–1) || Reyes (3–5) || || 25,661 || 42–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 77 || June 24 || @ Braves || 4–3 || Bush (4–7) || Morton (1–1) || Torres (13) || 29,224 ||43–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 78 || June 25 || @ Braves || 4–2 || Campillo (3–2) || Suppan (4–6) || González (2) || 34,829 || 43–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 79 || June 27 || @ Twins || 7–6 || Guerrier (4–2) || Mota (2–5) || Nathan (22) || 30,104 || 43–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 80 || June 28 || @ Twins || 5–1 || Parra (8–2) || Hernández (8–5) || || 38,963 || 44–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 81 || June 29 || @ Twins || 5–0 || Slowey (5–6) || Sheets (9–2)|| || 30,655 || 44–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 82 || June 30 || @ D-backs || 6–3 || Davis (3–3) || Bush (4–8) || Lyon (17) || 23,040 || 44–38 |- #00285D #fff y July 16–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 83 || July 1 || @ D-backs || 8–6 || Suppan (5–6) || Johnson (4–7) || Torres (14) || 21,736 || 45–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 84 || July 2 || @ D-backs || 4–3 || Riske (1–1) || Lyon (2–3) || Torres (15) || 22,324 || 46–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 85 || July 3 || @ D-backs || 6–5 || Rosales (1–0) || Torres (4–2) || || 23,842 || 46–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 86 || July 4 || Pirates || 9–1 ||Sheets (10–2) || Gorzelanny (6–7)|| Villanueva (1) || 41,463 || 47–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 87 || July 5 || Pirates || 2–1 ||Gagné (2–2) || Yates (3–2) || || 39,176 || 48–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 88 || July 6 || Pirates || 11–6 || Stetter (2–1) || Bautista (1–2) || || 42,163 || 49–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 89 || July 7 || Rockies || 4–3 || Jiménez (4–8) || McClung (5–4) || Fuentes (14) || 35,161 || 49–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 90 || July 8 || Rockies || 7–3 || Sabathia (7–8) || Redman (2–4) || || 42,533 || 50–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 91 || July 9 || Rockies || 8–3 || Rusch (2–3) || Sheets (10–3) || || 37,092 || 50–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 92 || July 10 || Rockies || 11–1 || Bush (5–8) || de la Rosa (3–5) || || 43,389 || 51–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 93 || July 11 || Reds || 6–5 || Lincoln (1–2) || Shouse (3–1) || Cordero (19) || 41,229 || 51–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 94 || July 12 || Reds || 8–2 || Vólquez (12–3) || McClung (5–5) || || 43,556 || 51–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 95 || July 13 || Reds || 3–2 || Sabathia (8–8) || Weathers (2–5) || || 42,108 || 52–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 96 || July 18 || @ Giants || 9–1 || Sabathia (9–8) || Cain (5–8) || || 40,882 || 53–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 97 || July 19 || @ Giants || 8–5 || Villanueva (4–5) || Matos (0–2) || Torres (16) || 36,852 || 54–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || July 20 || @ Giants || 7–4 || Parra (9–2) || Lincecum (11–3) || Torres (17) || 37,507 || 55–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 99 || July 21 || @ Cardinals || 6–3 || Torres (5–2) || Franklin (3–3) || || 41,006 || 56–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 100 || July 22 || @ Cardinals || 4–3 || Shouse (4–1) || McClellan(2–5) || Torres (18) || 41,955 || 57–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 101 || July 23 || @ Cardinals || 3–0 || Sabathia (10–8) || Looper (9–8) || || 41,513 || 58–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 102 || July 24 || @ Cardinals || 4–3 || Gagné (3–2) || Franklin(3–4) || Torres (19) || 41,233 || 59–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 103 || July 25 || Astros || 3–1 || Rodríguez (6–3) || Parra (9–3) || Valverde (26) || 41,357 || 59–44 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 104 || July 26 || Astros || 6–4 || Gagné (4–2) || Brocail (4–5) || Torres (20) || 43,489 || 60–44 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 105 || July 27 || Astros || 11–6 || Sampson (5–3) || Suppan (5–7) || || 41,565 || 60–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 106 || July 28 || Cubs || 6–4 || Gaudin (7–4) || Torres (5–3) || Mármol (5) || 45,311 || 60–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 107 || July 29 || Cubs || 7–1 || Zambrano (12–4) || Sheets (10–4) || || 45,069 || 60–47 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 108 || July 30 || Cubs || 7–2 || Dempster (12–4) || Parra (9–4) || || 44,871 || 60–48 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 109 || July 31 || Cubs || 11–4 || Harden (1–1) || Bush (5–9) || || 45,346 || 60–49 |- #00285D #fff y August 20–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 110 || August 1 || @ Braves || 9–0 || Suppan (6–7) || James (2–4) || || 32,238 || 61–49 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 111 || August 2 || @ Braves || 4–2 || Sabathia (5–0) || Morton (2–5) || Torres (21) || 42,096 || 62–49 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 112 || August 3 || @ Braves || 5–0 || Campillo (6–4) || Sheets (10–5) || || 21,997 || 62–50 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 113 || August 4 || @ Reds || 6–3 || Arroyo (10–8) || Parra (9–5) || Cordero (22) || 24,706 || 62–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 114 || August 5 || @ Reds || 8–1 || Bush (6–9)|| Vólquez (13–5) || || 24,739 || 63–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 115 || August 6 || @ Reds || 6–3 || Suppan (7–7) || Bailey (0–6) || Torres (22) || 26,602 || 64–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 116 || August 8 || Nationals || 5–0 || Sabathia (6–0) || Balester (2–4) || || 43,209 || 65–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 117 || August 9 || Nationals || 6–0 || Sheets (11–5) || Redding (8–7) || || 42,974 || 66–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 118 || August 10 || Nationals || 5–4 || Mota (3–5) || Ayala (1–8) || || 42,423 || 67–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 119 || August 11 || Nationals || 7–1 || Bush (7–9) || Mock (0–3) || || 42,196 || 68–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 120 || August 12 || @ Padres || 5–2 || Suppan (8–7) || Baek (4–6) || Torres (23) || 28,373 || 69–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 121 || August 13 || @ Padres || 7–1 || Sabathia (7–0) || Banks (3–5) || || 32,771 || 70–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 122 || August 14 || @ Padres || 3–2 || Peavy (9–8) || Sheets (11–6) || Hoffman (26) || 30,145 || 70–52 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 123 || August 15 || @ Dodgers || 5–3 || Billingsley (12–9) || Parra (9–6) || Broxton (9) || 44,547 || 70–53 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 124 || August 16 || @ Dodgers || 4–3 (10) || Torres (6–3) || Broxton (3–4) || Riske (2) || 52,889 || 71–53 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 125 || August 17 || @ Dodgers || 7–5 || Beimel (4–0) || Villanueva (4–6) || || 45,267 || 71–54 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 126 || August 18 || Astros || 9–3 || Sabathia (8–0) || Wolf (8–11) || || 41,991 || 72–54 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || August 19 || Astros || 5–2 || Moehler (9–4) || Sheets (11–7) || Valverde (32) || 41,622 || 72–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 128 || August 20 || Astros || 5–2 || Parra (10–6) || Rodríguez (7–6) || Torres (24) || 41,419 || 73–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 129 || August 22 || Pirates || 10–4 || Bush (8–9) || Duke (4–12) || || 41,637 || 74–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 130 || August 23 || Pirates || 6–3 || Suppan (9–7) || Gorzelanny (6–8) || Torres (25) || 43,293 || 75–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 131 || August 24 || Pirates || 4–3 (12) || Mota (4–5) || Davis (1–4) || || 45,163 || 76–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 132 || August 26 || @ Cardinals || 12–0 || Sheets (12–7) || Wellemeyer (11–5) || || 41,121 || 77–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 133 || August 27 || @ Cardinals || 5–3 || Franklin (5–5) || Riske (1–2) || Perez (6) || 41,433 || 77–56 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 134 || August 29 || @ Pirates || 3–1 || Bush (9–9) || Gorzelanny (6–9) || Torres (26) || 18,086 || 78–56 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 135 || August 30 || @ Pirates || 11–3 || Suppan (10–7) || Maholm (8–8) || || 21,931 || 79–56 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 136 || August 31 || @ Pirates || 7–0 || Sabathia (9–0) || Karstens (2–4) || || 21,293 || 80–56 |- #00285D #fff y September 10–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 137 || September 1 || Mets || 4–2 || Figueroa (3–3) || Gagné (4–3) || Ayala (4) || 41,476 || 80–57 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 138 || September 2 || Mets || 6–5 (10) || Smith (3–3) || Torres (6–4) || Ayala (5) || 36,587 || 80–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 139 || September 3 || Mets || 9–2 || Pérez (10–7) || Bush (9–10) || || 26,236 || 80–59 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 140 || September 4 || Padres || 5–2 || Estes (2–1) || Suppan (10–8) || Hoffman (28) || 33,182 || 80–60 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 141 || September 5 || Padres || 3–2 (11) || Shouse (5–1) || Falkenborg (2–3) || || 41,519 || 81–60 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 142 || September 6 || Padres || 1–0 || Sheets (13–7) || Peavy (9–10) || || 42,667 || 82–60 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 143 || September 7 || Padres || 10–1 || Young (5–5) || Parra (10–7) || || 44,568 || 82–61 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 144 || September 8 || Reds || 5–4 || Burton (5–1) || Torres (6–5) || Cordero (28) || 30,867 || 82–62 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 145 || September 9 || Reds || 5–4 (11) || Adkins (1–0) || McClung (5–6) || Cordero (29) || 30,312 || 82–63 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 146 || September 10 || Reds || 4–3 || Mota (5–5) || Weathers (2–6) || Torres (27) || 30,124 || 83–63 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 147 || September 11 || @ Phillies || 6–3 || Moyer (14–7) || Sheets (13–8) || Lidge (36) || 39,994 || 83–64 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 148 || September 13 || @ Phillies || 7–3 || Hamels (13–9) || Parra (10–8) || || 45,105 || 83–65 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 149 || September 14 || @ Phillies || 7–3 || Eyre (4–0) || Mota (5–6) || || 43,950 || 83–66 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 150 || September 14 || @ Phillies || 6–1 || Myers (10–11) || Suppan (10–9) || || 39,776 || 83–67 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 151 || September 16 || @ Cubs || 5–4 || Dempster (16–6) || Sabathia (9–1) || Wood (31) || 40,738 || 83–68 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 152 || September 17 || @ Cubs || 6–2 || DiFelice (1–0) || Marquis (10–9) || || 41,200 || 84–68 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 153 || September 18 || @ Cubs || 7–6 (12) || Wood (5–4) || Villanueva (4–7) || || 40,678 || 84–69 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 154 || September 19 || @ Reds || 11–2 || Ramírez (1–0) || Suppan (10–10) || || 20,855 || 84–70 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 155 || September 20 || @ Reds || 4–3 || Cueto (9–13) || Sabathia (9–2) || Cordero (32) || 24,440 || 84–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 156 || September 21 || @ Reds || 8–1 || Coffey (1–0) || Arroyo (15–11) || || 22,624 || 85–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 157 || September 23 || Pirates || 7–5 || Torres (7–5) || Beam (2–2) || || 36,612 || 86–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 158 || September 24 || Pirates || 4–2 || Sabathia (10–2) || Maholm (9–9) || Torres (28) || 31,164 || 87–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 159 || September 25 || Pirates || 5–1 (10) || Stetter (3–1) || Chavez (0–1) || || 40,102 || 88–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 160 || September 26 || Cubs || 5–1 || McClung (6–6) || Marshall (3–5) || || 44,084 || 89–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 161 || September 27 || Cubs || 7–3 || Lilly (17–9) || Sheets (13–9) || || 45,288 || 89–72 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 162 || September 28 || Cubs || 3–1 || Sabathia (11–2) || Howry (7–5) || || 45,299 || 90–72 |- Postseason For the first time in 26 years (since 1982) the Brewers reached the playoffs. They lost 3 games to 1 to the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS. #CBA140 #fff 2008 y 1 3 #00285D #fff y NLDS 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || October 1 || @ Phillies || 1–3 || Hamels (1–0) || Gallardo (0–1) || Lidge (1) || 45,929 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || October 2 || @ Phillies || 2–5 || Myers (1–0) || Sabathia (0–1) || Lidge (2) || 46,208 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || October 4 || Phillies || 4–1 || Bush (1–0) || Moyer (0–1) || Torres (1) || 43,992 || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || October 5 || Phillies || 2–6 || Blanton (1–0) || Suppan (0–1) || – || 43,934 || 1–3 |- Farm system Minor League Baseball The Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 2008.https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIL&year=2008 2008 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates Baseball-Reference Sports Reference December 30, 2020 Triple-A Nashville Sounds Pacific Coast League Frank Kremblas Double-A Huntsville Stars Southern League Don Money Class A-Advanced Brevard County Manatees Florida State League Mike Guerrero Class A West Virginia Power South Atlantic League Jeff Isom Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Rene Gonzales Rookie AZL Brewers Arizona League Tony Diggs References Footnotes General Game logs: 1st half: Milwaukee Brewers Game Log on ESPN.com 2nd half: Milwaukee Brewers Game Log on ESPN.com Batting statistics: Milwaukee Brewers Batting Stats on ESPN.com Pitching statistics: Milwaukee Brewers Pitching Stats on ESPN.com 2008 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference Further reading Kepner Tyler 2025-07-07 How CC Sabathia’s 2008 Milwaukee summer smoothed a path to Cooperstown https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6476239/2025/07/07/cc-sabathia-milwaukee-brewers-trade-cooperstown/ 2025-07-07 The Athletic en-US 53em Category:Milwaukee Brewers seasons Milwaukee Brewers season Milwaukee Brew Category:National League Wild Card winner seasons