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, ,
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[]

v t 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 v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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
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	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	7	5	2.00	80
Chief Bender	18	138.2	8	9	1.75	85
Biff Schlitzer	24	131	6	8	3.16	57
Al Kellogg	3	17	0	2	5.82	8
Doc Martin	1	2	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	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[]

References[]

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