Phillies fans will measure every season against the 2008 World Series team. They’ve done it all season long, comparing fairly similar records between the two seasons all year despite the 2019 team’s struggles down the stretch.
At the 2019 July 31 trade deadline game (game 107) the Phillies were only two games off of the ’08 team’s record. The biggest difference this year? They’re seven games back of first place instead of a game ahead in the standings. The 2008 team had won five straight games, the 2019 team lost three of their last five.
In the second half of the 2008 season Philadelphia outscored their opponents by 41 runs.