The 2008 Mexican League season was the 84th season in the history of the Mexican League. It was contested by 16 teams, evenly divided in North and South zones. The season started on 19 March with the match between 2008 season champions Sultanes de Monterrey and Saraperos de Saltillo and ended on 24 August with the last game of the Serie del Rey, where Diablos Rojos del México defeated the Sultanes to win the championship.

899 games were played with a total attendance of 4,035,169 spectators, averaging 4,850 per game.

Starting from this season, the league established the Most Valuable Player Award, presented to the best player at the end of the season.

Standings

Rank Team W L Pct. GB STK 1 Acereros de Monclova 69 40 .633 — L1 2 Saraperos de Saltillo 66 42 .611 2.5 W1 3 Sultanes de Monterrey 64 46 .582 5.5 W8 4 Dorados de Chihuahua 54 53 .505 14.0 W1 5 Vaqueros de la Laguna 52 57 .477 17.0 L1 6 Potros de Tijuana 46 61 .430 22.0 L1 7 Pericos de Puebla 43 65 .398 25.5 W1 8 Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo 39 70 .358 30.0 L8

Rank Team W L Pct. GB STK 1 Diablos Rojos del México 66 39 .629 — L1 2 Tigres de Quintana Roo 65 44 .596 3.0 W1 3 Leones de Yucatán 64 44 .593 3.5 W5 4 Piratas de Campeche 58 49 .542 9.0 L1 5 Rojos del Águila de Veracruz 57 53 .518 11.5 W1 6 Olmecas de Tabasco 55 52 .514 12.0 L3 7 Petroleros de Minatitlán 35 73 .324 32.5 L5 8 Guerreros de Oaxaca 30 75 .286 36.0 W3

Postseason

League leaders

+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total AVG Kit Pellow Saltillo .385 HR Kit Pellow Saltillo 34 RBI Kit Pellow Saltillo 107 R Donzell McDonald Monclova 96 H Víctor Bojórquez México 151 SB Demond Smith Chihuahua 38 SLG Kit Pellow Saltillo .730

+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total ERA Juan Delgadillo Laguna 2.29 W Nerio Rodríguez Monclova 17 SV Máximo de la Rosa Chihuahua 29 IP Francisco Campos Campeche 149.2 K Francisco Campos Campeche 115 Félix Villegas Saltillo WHIP Francisco Campos Campeche 1.05

Awards + LMB Awards Award Player Team Ref. Most Valuable Player Kit Pellow Saraperos de Saltillo Rookie of the Year Alfredo Caudillo Saraperos de Saltillo Best Pitcher Nerio Rodríguez Acereros del Norte Best Relief Pitcher David Cortés Diablos Rojos del México Manager of the Year Daniel Fernández Diablos Rojos del México

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