1908 Philadelphia Phillies season

1908 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
National League Park (since 1887) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Shettsline
Manager(s)	Billy Murray
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The 1908 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished fourth in the National League with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t 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
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[]

1908 National League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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[]

1908 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Buster Brown Frank Corridon Harry Coveleski Bill Foxen Harry Hoch George McQuillan Earl Moore Lew Moren Lew Richie Tully Sparks		Catchers Red Dooin Fred Jacklitsch Infielders Kitty Bransfield Ernie Courtney Mickey Doolan Kid Gleason Eddie Grant Otto Knabe Dave Shean		Outfielders Wally Clement Pep Deininger Charlie Johnson Sherry Magee Moose McCormick Fred Osborn Roy Thomas John Titus		Manager Billy Murray

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	Red Dooin	133	435	108	.248	0	41
1B	Kitty Bransfield	144	527	160	.304	3	71
2B	Otto Knabe	151	555	121	.218	0	27
SS	Mickey Doolin	129	445	104	.234	2	49
3B	Eddie Grant	147	598	146	.244	0	32
OF	Fred Osborn	152	555	148	.267	2	44
OF	Sherry Magee	143	508	144	.283	2	57
OF	John Titus	149	539	154	.286	2	48

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
Ernie Courtney	60	160	29	.181	0	6
Fred Jacklitsch	37	86	19	.221	0	7
Dave Shean	14	48	7	.146	0	2
Wally Clement	16	36	8	.222	0	1
Roy Thomas	6	24	4	.167	0	0
Moose McCormick	11	22	2	.091	0	2
Charlie Johnson	6	16	4	.250	0	2
Kid Gleason	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Pep Deininger	1	0	0	---	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
George McQuillan	48	359.2	23	17	1.53	114
Tully Sparks	33	263.1	16	15	2.60	85
Frank Corridon	27	208.1	14	10	2.51	50
Bill Foxen	22	147.1	7	7	1.95	52
Harry Coveleski	6	43.2	4	1	1.24	22
Harry Hoch	3	26	2	1	2.77	4
Earl Moore	3	26	2	1	0.00	16

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
Lew Richie	25	157.2	7	10	1.83	58
Lew Moren	28	154	8	9	2.92	72

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
Buster Brown	3	0	0	0	2.57	3

References[]

• 1908 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference