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The Philadelphia Phillies ' 2008 season was the 126th in the history of the franchise. The team finished with a regular season record of 92–70, first in the National League East. In the postseason, the Phillies won the World Series; this was the first major sports championship for Philadelphia since the 76ers swept the 1983 NBA Finals.
The 2008 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2008 season. The 104th edition of the World Series, [2] it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies and the American League (AL) champion Tampa Bay Rays ; the Phillies won the series, four games to one.
With the Phillies, Victorino won three Gold Glove Awards, was named to two MLB All-Star Games, and was a member of the 2008 World Series champions. With the Red Sox, Victorino won his fourth Gold Glove Award and was a member of the 2013 World Series champions. He also won the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award in 2008 and the Branch Rickey Award in 2011.
The 2008 World Series Champion with the Philadelphia Phillies is a co-owner of Dornoch, ... He was a member of the Phillies' 2008 World Series team, a season where he hit 24 home runs and batted ...
Thus, the Phillies became the last of the 16 teams that made up the major leagues from 1903 to 1960 to win a World Series, doing so 14 years after the Baltimore Orioles (formerly the St. Louis Browns) became the last original American League team to win a World Series. By comparison, the other 15 teams had each appeared in at least three World ...
The 2008 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2008 season. The winners of the Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series . In the American League, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim returned to ...
Cole Hamels led the Phillies to a World Series championship in 2008. ... He pitched in a total of five games during the team's World Series run and gave up seven earned runs over 35 innings, good ...
Charlie Manuel, managed from 2005–2013, and won the 2008 World Series. Ryne Sandberg managed the Phillies from 2013 to 2015. Pete Mackanin was the Phillies manager from 2015 to 2017. Joe Girardi was the manager of the Phillies from 2020 to 2022. Rob Thomson has managed the Phillies since 2022.