1908 Philadelphia Athletics season

1908 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Columbia Park (since 1901)
Philadelphia (since 1901)
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.

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	—

Roster

1908 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Chief Bender Nick Carter Jimmy Dygert Eddie Files Jack Flater Al Kellogg Harry Krause Doc Martin Bert Maxwell Eddie Plank Gus Salve Biff Schlitzer Rube Vickers		Catchers Bert Blue Ben Egan Jack Lapp Doc Powers Ossee Schreckengost Syd Smith Infielders Frank Baker Scotty Barr Jack Barry Eddie Collins Jimmy Collins Harry Davis Frank Manush Simon Nicholls		Outfielders Jack Coombs Jack Fox Topsy Hartsel Joe Jackson Herbie Moran Danny Murphy Rube Oldring Socks Seybold Shag Shaughnessy Amos Strunk		Manager Connie Mack

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
SS	Nicholls, SimonSimon Nicholls	150	550	119	.216	4	31

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
Coombs, JackJack Coombs	78	220	56	.255	1	23
Baker, FrankFrank Baker	9	31	9	.290	0	2
Jackson, JoeJoe Jackson	5	23	3	.130	0	3

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
Coombs, JackJack Coombs	26	153	7	5	2.00	80
Bender, ChiefChief Bender	18	138.2	8	9	1.75	85

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
Carter, NickNick Carter	14	60.2	2	5	2.97	17

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

References

• 1908 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1908 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com