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1908 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1908 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Manager(s)Connie Mack
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The 1908 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing sixth in the American League with a record of 68 wins and 85 losses.

Preseason

1908 Philadelphia City Series

The Athletics played four games against the Philadelphia Phillies for the local championship in the pre-season city series. The Athletics defeated the Phillies 3 games to 1.

AL Philadelphia Athletics (3) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 April 3, 1908 No Game - Cold Philadelphia Ball Park - -[1] 
2 April 4, 1908 No Game - Cold Columbia Park - -[2] 
3 April 6, 1908 Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 0 Philadelphia Ball Park 1:45 9,108[3] 
4 April 7, 1908 Philadelphia Phillies – 6, Philadelphia Athletics – 7 Columbia Park 1:47 -[4] 
5 April 8, 1908 No Game - Rain Philadelphia Ball Park - -[5] 
6 April 9, 1908 Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 0 Columbia Park 1:42 5,246[6] 
7 April 10, 1908 No Game - Rain Philadelphia Ball Park - -[7] 
8 April 11, 1908 Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 0 Philadelphia Ball Park 1:45 10,953[8]

The A's record against the Phillies was 21–20 all time after the 1908 series.

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 90 63 0.588 — 44–33 46–30
Cleveland Naps 90 64 0.584 ½ 51–26 39–38
Chicago White Sox 88 64 0.579 1½ 51–25 37–39
St. Louis Browns 83 69 0.546 6½ 46–31 37–38
Boston Red Sox 75 79 0.487 15½ 37–40 38–39
Philadelphia Athletics 68 85 0.444 22 46–30 22–55
Washington Senators 67 85 0.441 22½ 43–32 24–53
New York Highlanders 51 103 0.331 39½ 30–47 21–56

Record vs. opponents

1908 American League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 6–16–1 10–12 11–11 12–10 10–12 15–7 11–11
Chicago 16–6–1 — 8–14–1 9–13 16–6 13–9 11–10 15–6–2
Cleveland 12–10 14–8–1 — 13–9 16–6 16–6–1 11–11–1 8–14
Detroit 11–11 13–9 9–13 — 15–7 14–8–1 12–10 16–5
New York 10–12 6–16 6–16 7–15 — 8–14–1 5–17 9–13
Philadelphia 12–10 9–13 6–16–1 8–14–1 14–8–1 — 8–13–1 11–11
St. Louis 7–15 10–11 11–11–1 10–12 17–5 13–8–1 — 15–7–1
Washington 11–11 6–15–2 14–8 5–16 13–9 11–11 7–15–1 —

Roster

1908 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Ossee Schreckengost 71 207 46 .222 0 16
1B Harry Davis 147 513 127 .248 5 62
2B Eddie Collins 102 330 90 .273 1 40
SS Simon Nicholls 150 550 119 .216 4 31
3B Jimmy Collins 115 433 94 .217 0 30
OF Topsy Hartsel 129 460 112 .243 4 29
OF Rube Oldring 116 434 96 .221 1 39
OF Danny Murphy 142 525 139 .265 4 66

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jack Coombs 78 220 56 .255 1 23
Doc Powers 62 172 31 .180 0 7
Jack Barry 40 135 30 .222 0 8
Socks Seybold 48 130 28 .215 0 3
Syd Smith 46 128 26 .203 1 10
Frank Manush 23 77 12 .156 0 0
Herbie Moran 19 59 9 .153 0 4
Scotty Barr 19 56 8 .143 0 1
Jack Lapp 13 35 5 .143 0 1
Amos Strunk 12 34 8 .235 0 0
Frank Baker 9 31 9 .290 0 2
Jack Fox 9 30 6 .200 0 0
Shag Shaughnessy 8 29 9 .310 0 1
Joe Jackson 5 23 3 .130 0 3
Bert Blue 6 18 3 .167 0 1
Ben Egan 2 6 1 .167 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rube Vickers 53 317.0 18 19 2.21 156
Eddie Plank 34 244.2 14 16 2.17 135
Jimmy Dygert 41 238.2 11 15 2.87 164
Jack Coombs 26 153.0 7 5 2.00 80
Chief Bender 18 138.2 8 9 1.75 85
Biff Schlitzer 24 131.0 6 8 3.16 57
Al Kellogg 3 17.0 0 2 5.82 8
Doc Martin 1 2.0 0 1 13.50 2

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Nick Carter 14 60.2 2 5 2.97 17
Jack Flater 5 39.1 1 3 2.06 8
Harry Krause 4 21.0 1 1 2.57 10
Gus Salve 2 15.1 0 1 4.11 6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bert Maxwell 4 0 0 0 11.08 7
Eddie Files 2 0 0 0 6.00 6

Notes

  1. ^ "Baseball Series to Begin Today". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 4, 1908. p. 13.
  2. ^ "Too Much Weather Again". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 5, 1908. p. 11.
  3. ^ "Athletics Land The First Game, Score 5-0". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 7, 1908. p. 10.
  4. ^ "Athletics Again Win From Phillies". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 8, 1908. p. 6.
  5. ^ "Rain Knocks Out Game". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 9, 1908. p. 10.
  6. ^ "Phillies Get One on Third Attempt". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 10, 1908. p. 10.
  7. ^ "Rain Again Jolts Local Ball Clubs". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11, 1908. p. 10.
  8. ^ "Athletics Are City Champions". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 12, 1908. p. 14.

References


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