1908 Boston Doves season
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Record | 63–91 (.409) |
League place | 6th |
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Owner(s) | George Dovey, John Dovey |
Manager(s) | Joe Kelley |
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The 1908 Boston Doves season was the 38th season of the franchise.
Regular season[]
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On April 29, New York Giants manager John McGraw ridiculed Doves player and former Giants player Dan McGann by calling him an ice wagon. Many former Giants were now on the Doves roster. McGraw and McGann engaged in a fight at the Copley Square Hotel.[1]
Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 99 | 55 | 0.643 | — | 47–30 | 52–25 |
New York Giants | 98 | 56 | 0.636 | 1 | 52–25 | 46–31 |
Pittsburgh 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[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BKN | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | SLC | |||||
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 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 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[]
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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 |
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C | Peaches Graham | 75 | 215 | 59 | .274 | 0 | 22 |
1B | Dan McGann | 135 | 475 | 114 | .240 | 2 | 55 |
2B | Claude Ritchey | 121 | 421 | 115 | .273 | 2 | 36 |
SS | Bill Dahlen | 144 | 524 | 125 | .239 | 3 | 48 |
3B | Bill Sweeney | 127 | 418 | 102 | .244 | 0 | 40 |
OF | Ginger Beaumont | 125 | 476 | 127 | .267 | 2 | 52 |
OF | Johnny Bates | 127 | 445 | 115 | .258 | 1 | 29 |
OF | George Browne | 138 | 536 | 122 | .228 | 1 | 34 |
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 |
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Jack Hannifin | 90 | 257 | 53 | .206 | 2 | 22 |
Frank Bowerman | 86 | 254 | 58 | .228 | 1 | 25 |
Joe Kelley | 73 | 228 | 59 | .259 | 2 | 17 |
Beals Becker | 43 | 171 | 47 | .275 | 0 | 7 |
Harry Smith | 41 | 130 | 32 | .246 | 1 | 16 |
Fred Stem | 20 | 72 | 20 | .278 | 0 | 3 |
Herbie Moran | 8 | 29 | 8 | .276 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Ball | 6 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 0 |
Walt Thomas | 5 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
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Vive Lindaman | 43 | 270.2 | 12 | 16 | 2.36 | 68 |
Patsy Flaherty | 31 | 244 | 12 | 18 | 3.25 | 50 |
Gus Dorner | 38 | 216.1 | 8 | 19 | 3.54 | 41 |
Cecil Ferguson | 37 | 208 | 11 | 11 | 2.47 | 98 |
Tom McCarthy | 14 | 94 | 7 | 3 | 1.63 | 27 |
Irv Young | 16 | 85 | 4 | 9 | 2.86 | 32 |
Tom Tuckey | 8 | 72 | 3 | 3 | 2.50 | 26 |
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 |
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Jake Boultes | 17 | 74.2 | 3 | 5 | 3.01 | 28 |
Bill Chappelle | 13 | 70.1 | 2 | 4 | 1.79 | 23 |
Al Mattern | 5 | 30.1 | 1 | 2 | 2.08 | 8 |
Harley Young | 6 | 27.1 | 0 | 1 | 3.29 | 12 |
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 |
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Big Jeff Pfeffer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.60 | 3 |
Charlie Maloney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
Notes[]
- ^ Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p.65, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1
References[]
- Boston Doves seasons
- 1908 Major League Baseball season
- 1908 in sports in Massachusetts
- 1900s in Boston
- Atlanta Braves season stubs
- Boston sport stubs