2008 Detroit Tigers Season
The Detroit Tigers 2008 season was the team's 108th season in Major League Baseball's American League. After being picked by many to win the AL Central Division and the World Series, the Tigers started the season a disappointing 0-7, being swept by the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox. Their first victory of the season came against the Boston Red Sox. Not until the Tigers' 80th game did the team reach a .500 record.
Although eliminated from the pennant race on September 29, 2008, they nonetheless had to play a makeup game against the Chicago White Sox, where the Tigers lost 8 to 2 (this game was necessary to complete the White Sox' season, since the White Sox were in second place by half a game behind the Minnesota Twins at the end of the regular season). The Tigers finished the season in last place in the AL Central, trailing the division-winning White Sox by 14.5 games.
Despite the disappointing performance, the Tigers drew a franchise-record home attendance of 3,202,645 for the season. The team ranked third in the American League and eighth in Major League Baseball for home attendance in 2008.
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