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200892–70 (0.568)★ 2008 World Series Champions
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GM: Pat Gillick

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2008, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$98M
Surplus $M
+9
Win %
0.568
TAB
+11.5
WAB
+8.6
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
47.1
Dead money %
21%
Depth Players
10.0
Dead WAR
-1.5

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2008 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RCarlos Ruiz110
RChris Coste78
RLou Marson1

1B

LRyan Howard159
LAndy Tracy4
LGreg Dobbs2
LChase Utley2
REric Bruntlett2
RChris Coste1

2B

LChase Utley159
REric Bruntlett5
RTadahito Iguchi⇄4
RBrad Harman3

3B

RPedro Feliz129
LGreg Dobbs52
REric Bruntlett27
RMike Cervenak2
RCarlos Ruiz1
RBrad Harman1

SS

BJimmy Rollins132
REric Bruntlett35
RPedro Feliz1

LF

RPat Burrell155
RSo Taguchi38
REric Bruntlett29
RJayson Werth28
RT.J. Bohn12
LGreg Dobbs3

CF

RShane Victorino139
RJayson Werth31
RGreg Golson2
RSo Taguchi1

RF

LGeoff Jenkins90
RJayson Werth88
RSo Taguchi11
LMatt Stairs⇄10
REric Bruntlett7
RShane Victorino5
LGreg Dobbs4
RGreg Golson1

DH

LGeoff Jenkins2
LGreg Dobbs2
LRyan Howard2

Starters

LCole Hamels5.0 WAR
LJamie Moyer2.4 WAR
RBrett Myers1.4 WAR
RAdam Eaton0.6 WAR
LJ.A. Happ0.3 WAR
RJoe Blanton⇄0.1 WAR
RKyle Kendrick-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RBrad Lidge41 sv
LJ.C. Romero24 h
RRyan Madson17 h
RChad Durbin17 h
RTom Gordon13 h
LScott Eyre⇄8 h
RRudy Seanez2 h
RClay Condrey1 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 2007)

PlayerfWAR
Brad Lidge2.2
Pedro Feliz1.2
Chad Durbin0.9
Scott Eyre0.4
Geoff Jenkins0.3
T.J. Bohn0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2007)

Player2007 fWAR
Aaron Rowand5.4
Jon Lieber1.4
Michael Bourn1.0
Kyle Lohse1.0
Rod Barajas0.5
J.D. Durbin0.4

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Phillies. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2008; everyone else is shown as a 2008 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Cole Hamels 2008 +5.0 +87.2 0.5 +86.7 $0.1M 2.19× –
Chase Utley 2008 +8.2 +90.1 7.8 +82.3 $1.0M 1.38× –
Jayson Werth 2008 +5.1 +83.8 1.7 +82.1 $0.3M 2.05× –
Shane Victorino 2008 +4.3 +61.1 0.5 +60.6 $0.1M 1.79× –
Jimmy Rollins 2008 +5.0 +52.4 8.0 +44.4 $1.6M 1.32× –
Brad Lidge 2008 +2.2 +34.7 6.3 +28.4 $2.9M 1.95× –
Jamie Moyer 2008 +2.4 +29.0 6.0 +23.0 $2.5M 1.49× –
Ryan Howard 2008 +2.8 +24.3 10.0 +14.3 $3.5M 1.07× –
Chris Coste 2008 +2.1 +12.9 0.4 +12.5 $0.2M 0.76× –
Chad Durbin 2008 +0.9 +10.1 0.9 +9.2 $0.9M 1.34× –
Pat Burrell 2008 +2.4 +22.9 14.2 +8.6 $6.1M 1.22× –
Ryan Madson 2008 +1.2 +6.2 1.4 +4.8 $1.2M 0.67× –
Greg Dobbs 2008 +0.9 +4.2 0.4 +3.8 $0.5M 0.58× –
Brett Myers 2008 +1.4 +11.6 8.6 +3.0 $6.0M 1.02× –
Pedro Feliz 2008 +1.2 +5.8 3.0 +2.8 $2.4M 0.58× –
J.A. Happ 2008 +0.3 +2.6 0.4 +2.2 $1.2M 1.02× –
Matt Stairs↔ 2008 +0.2 +1.4 0.2 +1.2 $1.0M 0.83× –
Clay Condrey 2008 +0.3 +1.4 0.4 +1.0 $1.6M 0.67× –
Carlos Ruiz 2008 +0.2 +1.0 0.4 +0.6 $1.7M 0.52× –
Scott Eyre↔ 2008 +0.4 +2.0 1.9 +0.1 $5.2M 0.67× –
Eric Bruntlett 2008 +0.1 +0.4 0.6 -0.2 $7.6M 0.61× –
Tadahito Iguchi↔ 2008 -0.0 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 – 0.56× –
Joe Blanton↔ 2008 +0.1 +0.5 1.5 -1.0 $24.4M 1.02× –
Kyle Kendrick 2008 -0.2 -1.5 0.4 -2.0 – 1.02× –
Geoff Jenkins 2008 +0.3 +2.2 5.0 -2.8 $14.9M 0.83× –
Adam Eaton 2008 +0.6 +5.0 8.0 -2.9 $12.8M 1.02× –
So Taguchi 2008 -0.3 -2.3 0.9 -3.2 – 0.83× –
J.C. Romero 2008 -0.2 -2.1 3.2 -5.3 – 1.34× –
Tom Gordon 2008 +0.0 +0.2 5.5 -5.3 $180.3M 0.67× –
Andy Tracy 2008 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.56× –
Brad Harman 2008 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.56× –
Chris Snelling 2008 +0.2 +1.1 – – – 0.83× –
Drew Carpenter 2008 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Greg Golson 2008 -0.2 -1.7 – – – 0.83× –
Les Walrond 2008 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Lou Marson 2008 +0.1 +0.6 – – – 0.52× –
Mike Cervenak 2008 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.58× –
R.J. Swindle 2008 -0.2 -1.3 – – – 0.67× –
Rudy Seanez 2008 +0.2 +0.8 – – – 0.67× –
T.J. Bohn 2008 +0.3 +2.2 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+47.1+547.998.3+448.7—

Trades

Every graded 2008 deal involving the Phillies — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 6 total.

2008 · OAK / PHI
OAK · Billy Beane +$8.8M
Josh Outman, Adrian Cardenas, Matthew Spencer
PHI · Pat Gillick −$8.8M
Joe Blanton
OAK came out ahead by $8.8M
2008 · PHI / TEX
PHI · Pat Gillick +$12.0M
John Mayberry
TEX · Jon Daniels −$12.0M
Greg Golson
PHI came out ahead by $12.0M
2008 · PHI / PIT
PHI · Pat Gillick +$11.2M
Ronny Paulino
PIT · Neal Huntington −$11.2M
Jason Jaramillo
PHI came out ahead by $11.2M
2008 · TOR / PHI
TOR · JP Ricciardi +$4.0M
Fabio Castro
PHI · Pat Gillick −$4.0M
Matt Stairs
TOR came out ahead by $4.0M
2008 · PHI / CHW
PHI · Pat Gillick +$0.0M
Mike Rouse
CHW · Kenny Williams +$0.0M
Travis Dawkins
Even trade
2008 · CHC / PHI
CHC · Jim Hendry +$7.2M
Brian Schlitter
PHI · Pat Gillick −$7.2M
Scott Eyre
CHC came out ahead by $7.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

2008 payroll
$98.4M

What the front office was committed to as of 2008, 2008–2014. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2008200920102011201220132014
Pat Burrell318.000$14.2MFREE AGENT
Brett Myers276.000$8.6M$12.1MFREE AGENT
Jimmy Rollins298.000$8.0M$8.5M$8.5M$8.5M$11.0M$11.0M$11.0M
Adam Eaton308.000$8.0MFREE AGENT
Brad Lidge316.000$6.3M$12.0M$12.0M$12.0MFREE AGENT
Jamie Moyer4522.000$6.0M$6.5M$8.0MFREE AGENT
Tom Gordon4020.000$5.5MFREE AGENT
Geoff Jenkins3310.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
J.C. Romero329.000$3.2M$4.2M$4.2M$900kFREE AGENT
Pedro Feliz338.000$3.0M$5.0MFREE AGENT
Scott Eyre3611.000$1.9M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Jayson Werth296.000$1.7M$2.5M$7.5MFREE AGENT
Chad Durbin309.000$900k$1.6M$2.1MFREE AGENT$1.1M
So Taguchi386.000$900kFREE AGENT
Clay Condrey326.000$420k$650kFREE AGENT
Matt Stairs4016.000$215k$1.6MFREE AGENT
Rudy Seanez3919.000—FREE AGENT
Andy Tracy348.000—FREE AGENT
Chris Snelling266.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc2008200920102011201220132014
Ryan Howard284.000$10.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Chase Utley295.000$7.8MFREE AGENT
Joe Blanton274.000$1.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Madson275.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Eric Bruntlett305.000$600kFREE AGENT
Shane Victorino275.000$480kFREE AGENT
Greg Dobbs294.000$440kARB 3FREE AGENT
Tadahito Iguchi333.000$181kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2008200920102011201220132014
Cole Hamels242.000$500kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Kendrick231.000$445kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Ruiz292.000$425kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Coste352.000$415kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
J.A. Happ251.000$390kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Les Walrond31–—
Greg Golson220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
R.J. Swindle24–—
Mike Cervenak31–—
Lou Marson220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
T.J. Bohn28–—
Brad Harman22–—
Drew Carpenter230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2008 acquisition stacked onto Phillies's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0).
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