2008 Major League Baseball season

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Major League Baseball season sports season

The 2008 Major League Baseball season was the 109th MLB season, highlighted by the Philadelphia Phillies’ World Series championship and notable individual performances and milestones across both the American and National Leagues.

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2008 Major League Baseball season canonical 5

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instanceOf Major League Baseball season ⓘ
sports season ⓘ
allStarGameDate 2008-07-15 ⓘ
allStarGameFinalScore 4–3 ⓘ
allStarGameHostCity New York City ⓘ
allStarGameInnings 15 ⓘ
allStarGameLeagueWinner American League ⓘ
allStarGameMVP J.D. Drew ⓘ
allStarGameSignificance final All-Star Game at original Yankee Stadium ⓘ
allStarGameStadium Yankee Stadium ⓘ
alsoPlayedIn Canada ⓘ
americanLeagueChampion Tampa Bay Rays ⓘ
americanLeagueCyYoungAwardWinner Cliff Lee ⓘ
americanLeagueManagerOfTheYear Joe Maddon ⓘ
americanLeagueMVP Dustin Pedroia ⓘ
americanLeagueRookieOfTheYear Evan Longoria ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
divisionChampion Chicago Cubs ⓘ
Chicago White Sox ⓘ
Los Angeles Angels ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ
Philadelphia Phillies ⓘ
Tampa Bay Rays ⓘ
endDate 2008-10-29 ⓘ
followedBy 2009 Major League Baseball season ⓘ
homeRunDerbyChampion Justin Morneau ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
nationalLeagueChampion Philadelphia Phillies ⓘ
nationalLeagueCyYoungAwardWinner Tim Lincecum ⓘ
nationalLeagueManagerOfTheYear Lou Piniella ⓘ
nationalLeagueMVP Albert Pujols ⓘ
nationalLeagueRookieOfTheYear Geovany Soto ⓘ
notableEvent final season at Shea Stadium ⓘ
final season at original Yankee Stadium ⓘ
notablePerformance Josh Hamilton 28 home runs in first round of Home Run Derby ⓘ
notableTeam Tampa Bay Rays ⓘ
numberOfGamesPerTeam 162 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 30 ⓘ
openingSeriesLocation Tokyo ⓘ
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
openingSeriesTeams Boston Red Sox ⓘ
Oakland Athletics ⓘ
precededBy 2007 Major League Baseball season ⓘ
seasonNumber 109 ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
startDate 2008-03-25 ⓘ
tampaBayRaysNote first American League pennant in franchise history ⓘ
wildCardTeam Boston Red Sox ⓘ
Milwaukee Brewers ⓘ
worldSeriesChampion Philadelphia Phillies ⓘ
worldSeriesMVP Cole Hamels ⓘ
worldSeriesResult 4–1 ⓘ
worldSeriesRunnerUp Tampa Bay Rays ⓘ
year 2008 ⓘ

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2008 National League pennant → season → 2008 Major League Baseball season ⓘ
2008 National League Championship Series → season → 2008 Major League Baseball season ⓘ
104th World Series → seasonOfLeague → 2008 Major League Baseball season ⓘ
2007 Major League Baseball season → nextSeason → 2008 Major League Baseball season ⓘ
2009 Major League Baseball season → precededBy → 2008 Major League Baseball season ⓘ