1908 Brooklyn Superbas season

1908 Brooklyn Superbas
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Washington Park (since 1898)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Henry Medicus
Manager(s)	Patsy Donovan
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The 1908 Brooklyn Superbas suffered through another poor season, finishing in seventh place. After the season, manager Patsy Donovan was fired. The club set a Major League record which still stands, for the fewest doubles by a team in a season, with only 110.^[1]

Offseason

• December 17, 1907: Tommy Sheehan was purchased by the Superbas from the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	99	55	0.643	—	47–30	52–25
New York Giants	98	56	0.636	1	52–25	46–31
Pittsburg Pirates	98	56	0.636	1	42–35	56–21
Philadelphia Phillies	83	71	0.539	16	43–34	40–37
Cincinnati Reds	73	81	0.474	26	40–37	33–44
Boston Doves	63	91	0.409	36	35–42	28–49
Brooklyn Superbas	53	101	0.344	46	27–50	26–51
St. Louis Cardinals	49	105	0.318	50	28–49	21–56

Record vs. opponents

1908 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–10	6–16–2	8–14	6–16	10–12	7–15	14–8
Brooklyn	10–12	—	4–18	6–16	6–16	5–17	9–13	13–9
Chicago	16–6–2	18–4	—	16–6	11–11–1	9–13–1	10–12	19–3
Cincinnati	14–8	16–6	6–16	—	8–14–1	10–12	8–14	11–11
New York	16–6	16–6	11–11–1	14–8–1	—	16–6	11–11–1	14–8
Philadelphia	12–10	17–5	13–9–1	12–10	6–16	—	9–13	14–8
Pittsburg	15–7	13–9	12–10	14–8	11–11–1	13–9	—	20–2
St. Louis	8–14	9–13	3–19	11–11	8–14	8–14	2–20	—

Roster

1908 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
Pitchers George Bell Pembroke Finlayson Jim Holmes Abe Kruger Harry McIntire Jim Pastorius Nap Rucker Kaiser Wilhelm		Catchers Bill Bergen Joe Dunn Alex Farmer Lew Ritter Infielders Whitey Alperman Tim Jordan Phil Lewis Tommy McMillan Simmy Murch Harry Pattee Tommy Sheehan		Outfielders Al Burch Tom Catterson John Hummel Harry Lumley Billy Maloney		Manager Patsy Donovan

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	Bergen, BillBill Bergen	99	302	53	.175	0	15
1B	Jordan, TimTim Jordan	148	515	127	.247	12	60
2B	Pattee, HarryHarry Pattee	80	264	57	.216	0	9
3B	Sheehan, TommyTommy Sheehan	146	468	100	.214	0	29
SS	Lewis, PhilPhil Lewis
OF	Burch, AlAl Burch
OF	Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley
OF	Maloney, BillyBilly Maloney

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
Hummel, JohnJohn Hummel
Alperman, WhiteyWhitey Alperman
McMillan, TommyTommy McMillan
Ritter, LewLew Ritter
Catterson, TomTom Catterson
Dunn, JoeJoe Dunn	20	64	11	.172	0	5
Farmer, AlexAlex Farmer
Murch, SimmySimmy Murch	6	11	2	.182	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
Wilhelm, KaiserKaiser Wilhelm
McIntire, HarryHarry McIntire
Rucker, NapNap Rucker
Pastorius, JimJim Pastorius
Bell, GeorgeGeorge Bell	29	155.1	4	15	3.59	63

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
Kruger, AbeAbe Kruger

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
Holmes, JimJim Holmes	13	1	4	0	3.38	10
Finlayson, PembrokePembroke Finlayson	1	0	0	0	135.00	0

Notes

1. "Doubles Team Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
2. Tommy Sheehan page at Baseball Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1908 Brooklyn Superbas uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Dodgers page
• Retrosheet