2008 Southern League

2008 > Class AA > League History
Overall: 694 games, 10 teams, approx. 138 games in season
Attendance: 2,471,285 (3,560/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

North Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Carolina Mudcats	FLA	80	60	.571	--
Huntsville Stars	MIL	73	67	.521	7
West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	SEA	70	68	.507	9
Chattanooga Lookouts	CIN	67	72	.482	12.5
Tennessee Smokies	CHC	62	77	.446	17.5

South Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Birmingham Barons	CHW	74	63	.540	--
Mississippi Braves	ATL	73	66	.525	2
Montgomery Biscuits	TBD	69	70	.496	6
Jacksonville Suns	LAD	68	72	.486	7.5
Mobile Bay Bears	ARI	58	79	.423	16

This league's standings, if available, are based on full season team pitching records. Leagues may have have split season and postseason results that are not currently available. See note at the bottom of the page on how to volunteer to add this information.

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
Huntsville Stars	MIL	22.9	5.24	140	5405	4760	733	1358	269	36	119	669	127	43	447	933	.285	.352	.432	.784	2056	99	65	90	43	23
Chattanooga Lookouts	CIN	23.8	4.90	139	5311	4679	681	1258	273	29	115	630	88	50	469	993	.269	.340	.413	.754	1934	97	62	53	48	18
West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	SEA	24.8	4.86	138	5241	4551	671	1210	273	34	126	621	86	47	512	1028	.266	.348	.424	.772	1929	110	81	64	33	19
Montgomery Biscuits	TBR	25.3	4.83	139	5394	4666	671	1225	239	37	104	616	74	39	586	949	.263	.350	.396	.746	1850	136	64	37	41	12
Carolina Mudcats	FLA	24.2	4.74	140	5309	4565	664	1188	270	35	104	603	175	76	573	1063	.260	.348	.403	.751	1840	85	68	57	46	23
Tennessee Smokies	CHC	24.1	4.74	139	5412	4689	659	1228	251	34	100	603	66	38	521	968	.262	.341	.394	.735	1847	102	65	88	49	23
Jacksonville Suns	LAD	24.5	4.61	140	5423	4720	646	1249	239	22	94	587	128	39	541	951	.265	.345	.384	.729	1814	125	58	62	42	21
Mississippi Braves	ATL	24.8	4.52	139	5232	4559	628	1163	210	52	88	582	120	63	520	974	.255	.338	.382	.720	1741	87	64	60	29	14
Birmingham Barons	CHW	25.2	4.39	137	5105	4562	602	1182	230	34	110	540	111	69	427	869	.259	.327	.397	.724	1810	89	45	45	26	18
Mobile Bay Bears	ARI	24.2	4.07	137	5089	4501	557	1147	240	23	85	506	64	63	444	874	.255	.330	.375	.705	1688	101	79	27	38	14
League Totals		24.4	4.69	1388	52921	46252	6512	12208	2494	336	1045	5957	1039	527	5040	9602	.264	.342	.400	.742	18509	1031	651	583	395	185

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
Birmingham Barons	CHW	24.3	4.16	74	63	.540	3.70	137	137	135	2	12	43	1208.2	1183	570	497	62	470	8	910	65	3	53	5168	1.368	8.8	0.5	3.5	6.8	1.94
Carolina Mudcats	FLA	24.4	4.34	80	60	.571	3.86	140	140	137	3	10	43	1220.2	1184	607	523	85	481	16	968	48	6	72	5251	1.364	8.7	0.6	3.5	7.1	2.01
Huntsville Stars	MIL	25.1	4.41	73	67	.521	3.97	140	140	133	7	9	41	1223.0	1189	618	539	118	519	13	874	60	6	65	5290	1.397	8.7	0.9	3.8	6.4	1.68
Mississippi Braves	ATL	24.0	4.63	73	66	.525	4.28	139	139	138	1	12	42	1208.1	1204	643	574	89	486	15	1032	68	5	67	5247	1.399	9.0	0.7	3.6	7.7	2.12
Mobile Bay Bears	ARI	24.1	4.64	58	79	.423	4.30	137	137	134	3	6	33	1180.2	1237	635	564	119	437	13	907	63	7	54	5149	1.418	9.4	0.9	3.3	6.9	2.08
Montgomery Biscuits	TBR	25.1	4.81	69	70	.496	4.28	139	139	137	1	4	37	1218.2	1231	668	579	117	528	31	977	70	7	60	5341	1.443	9.1	0.9	3.9	7.2	1.85
Jacksonville Suns	LAD	24.4	4.91	68	72	.486	4.34	140	140	137	1	6	38	1234.0	1227	688	595	116	554	20	981	58	7	108	5424	1.443	8.9	0.8	4.0	7.2	1.77
West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	SEA	25.5	4.93	70	68	.507	4.34	138	138	134	4	7	31	1198.2	1239	680	578	84	515	20	944	88	12	70	5305	1.463	9.3	0.6	3.9	7.1	1.83
Chattanooga Lookouts	CIN	23.9	4.93	67	72	.482	4.32	139	139	137	2	8	35	1213.1	1243	685	582	102	499	34	1063	68	7	71	5341	1.436	9.2	0.8	3.7	7.9	2.13
Tennessee Smokies	CHC	23.6	5.17	62	77	.446	4.66	139	139	138	0	6	30	1224.1	1271	718	634	153	551	15	946	63	7	71	5421	1.488	9.3	1.1	4.1	7.0	1.72
League Totals		24.4	4.69	694	694	.500	4.20	1388	1388	1360	24	80	373	12130.1	12208	6512	5665	1045	5040	185	9602	651	67	691	52937	1.422	9.1	0.8	3.7	7.1	1.91

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Attendance	Managers
Mississippi Braves	ATL	139	3625	1278	101	111	.980	19	212,107	Phil Wellman
Birmingham Barons	CHW	137	3626	1523	114	164	.978	17	302,012	Carlos Subero
Mobile Bay Bears	ARI	137	3542	1382	112	132	.978	8	232,235	Hector De La Cruz
Huntsville Stars	MIL	140	3669	1562	127	136	.976	18	160,080	Don Money
Jacksonville Suns	LAD	140	3702	1365	124	123	.976	33	364,365	John Shoemaker
Carolina Mudcats	FLA	140	3662	1475	134	129	.975	12	281,012	Matt Raleigh
Montgomery Biscuits	TBR	139	3656	1437	133	130	.975	14	292,181	Billy Gardner
Tennessee Smokies	CHC	139	3673	1431	134	131	.974	19	250,209	Buddy Bailey
West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	SEA	138	3596	1428	151	132	.971	25	140,445	Scott Steinmann
Chattanooga Lookouts	CIN	139	3639	1352	150	115	.971	4	236,639	Mike Goff
League Totals		1388	36390	14233	1280	1303	.975	169	2,471,285

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