1908 Boston Red Sox season

1908 Boston Red Sox
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Owner(s) John I. Taylor
Manager(s) Deacon McGuire and Fred Lake
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The 1908 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses.

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:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL 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 —

Opening Day lineup

Jack Thoney LF
Harry Lord 3B
Jim McHale CF
Doc Gessler RF
Frank LaPorte 2B
Bob Unglaub 1B
Heinie Wagner SS
Lou Criger C
Cy Young P

Notable transactions

Roster

1908 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Managers

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
3B Lord, HarryHarry Lord 145 560 145 .259 2 37
OF Thoney, JackJack Thoney 109 416 106 .255 2 30
OF Sullivan, DennyDenny Sullivan 101 355 85 .239 0 25
OF Gessler, DocDoc Gessler 128 435 134 .308 3 63

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
McGuire, DeaconDeacon McGuire 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Cy Young on July 23, the day of a home game against the Browns.[3]

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
Young, CyCy Young 36 299 21 11 1.26 150
Morgan, CyCy Morgan 30 205 14 13 2.46 99
Steele, ElmerElmer Steele 16 118 5 7 1.83 37
Arellanes, FrankFrank Arellanes 11 79 4 3 1.82 33
Brady, KingKing Brady 1 9 1 0 3.00 3
Patten, CaseyCasey Patten 1 3 0 1 15.00 0

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

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

Notes

  1. ↑ Crazy ’08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 98, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1
  2. ↑ Case Patten page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "Boston Red Sox Schedule". baseball-almanac.com. 1908. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

References


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