Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan raunin gwiwa ga Andruw Jones, Kemp ya zama Dodgers na tsakiya na tsakiya, yana motsawa daga filin dama. Mafi kyawun watan sa na kakar wasa shi ne a watan Yuli, wanda a ciki yana da matsakaicin.324 batting,.402 a kan kashi kashi,.537 slugging kashi don tafiya tare da gida biyar, 14 RBIs, da kuma 10 sata. Wannan watan kuma ya haifar da aikin Kemp mafi girma na wasanni 19, wanda ya kasance daga Yuli 9 zuwa Agusta 1, ya ƙare tare da wasan kwaikwayo a ranar 2 ga Agusta. Duk da haka, Kemp ya dawo a kan hanya a dare na gaba ta hanyar samun wasa uku don tafiya tare da gida. Ya gama kakar wasa tare da.290 matsakaici, 18 homers da 76 RBI. Ya kuma kasance na biyu a kan tawagar a sace bases tare da 35. Bugu da kari, ya kafa rikodin Dodgers tare da cin kwallo 153 a kakar wasa daya. A wasan farko na wasan sa na farko, Kemp ya tafi 1 zuwa 4 tare da sau biyu. Duk da haka, ya buga kawai.154 a cikin 2008 National League Division Series (NLDS) a kan Chicago Cubs. Dukkanin wasanninsa biyu sun kai na biyu. A gasar zakarun Turai ta 2008
(NLCS), a kan Philadelphia Phillies, Kemp ya fi kyau, yana buga.333 yayin da Dodgers suka rasa jerin zuwa ga masu cin nasarar gasar cin kofin duniya.