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2008 MLB AL East standings
The Tampa Bay Rays won the 2008 MLB AL East division race at 97-65, 2 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox.
🏆How the 2008 playoffs went
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AL East standings, 2008
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| Tampa Bay Rays (TB) | 97 | 65 | .599 | - | 6-4 | W1 |
| Boston Red Sox (BOS) | 95 | 67 | .586 | 2 | 6-4 | W1 |
| New York Yankees (NYY) | 89 | 73 | .549 | 8 | 8-2 | L1 |
| Toronto Blue Jays (TOR) | 86 | 76 | .531 | 11 | 5-5 | W1 |
| Baltimore Orioles (BAL) | 68 | 93 | .422 | 28.5 | 1-9 | L1 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 16 times.
- The Tampa Bay Rays trailed by as many as 5 games on April 21, 2008.
- The Tampa Bay Rays took first place for good on July 18, 2008.
- The Toronto Blue Jays won 10 games in a row from August 30, 2008 to September 9, 2008, the longest run of the race.
- The Boston Red Sox led by 3.5 games as late as May 8, 2008.
- The Tampa Bay Rays led by as many as 5.5 games on August 23, 2008.
- The Tampa Bay Rays went 15-3 from June 15, 2008 to July 6, 2008, turning a deficit of 2.5 games into a lead of 5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 72 of the 181 days played.
- The Tampa Bay Rays spent 115 of the season's 190 charted days in first place.