1908 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Huntington Avenue Grounds | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 75–79 (.487) | |
League place | 5th | |
Owners | John I. Taylor | |
Managers |
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Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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The 1908 Boston Red Sox season was the eighth season for the Major League Baseball franchise previously known as the Boston Americans. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League (AL) with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, 15+1⁄2 games behind the Detroit Tigers. The team played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.
On December 18, 1907, Boston Americans owner, John I. Taylor, seeing that the Boston Nationals had dropped wearing red and instead wore white for the 1907 season, chose to dress his team in red uniform for the 1908 season, further deciding to name his team the Red Sox. [2]
Prior to the regular season, the team held spring training in Little Rock, Arkansas. [8]
The offense was led by Doc Gessler who had 63 RBIs, three home runs, and a .308 batting average. The pitching staff was led by Cy Young, who made 36 appearances (33 starts) and pitched 30 complete games with a 21–11 record and 1.26 ERA, while striking out 150 in 299 innings. Cy Morgan had a 14–13 record with 2.46 ERA in 30 games (26 starts). Smoky Joe Wood, who would go on to win 34 games in 1912, made his major league debut on August 24. [26]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Tigers | 90 | 63 | .588 | — | 44–33 | 46–30 |
Cleveland Naps | 90 | 64 | .584 | ½ | 51–26 | 39–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 88 | 64 | .579 | 1½ | 51–25 | 37–39 |
St. Louis Browns | 83 | 69 | .546 | 6½ | 46–31 | 37–38 |
Boston Red Sox | 75 | 79 | .487 | 15½ | 37–40 | 38–39 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 68 | 85 | .444 | 22 | 46–30 | 22–55 |
Washington Senators | 67 | 85 | .441 | 22½ | 43–32 | 24–53 |
New York Highlanders | 51 | 103 | .331 | 39½ | 30–47 | 21–56 |
The team had one game end in a tie; September 28 at Chicago White Sox. [27] Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted. [28]
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | 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 | — |
Jack Thoney | LF |
Harry Lord | 3B |
Jim McHale | CF |
Doc Gessler | RF |
Frank LaPorte | 2B |
Bob Unglaub | 1B |
Heinie Wagner | SS |
Lou Criger | C |
Cy Young | P |
Source: [29]
1908 Boston Red Sox | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders
Other batters | Managers | ||||||
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 | Lou Criger | 84 | 237 | 45 | .190 | 0 | 25 |
1B | Jake Stahl | 78 | 262 | 64 | .244 | 0 | 23 |
2B | Amby McConnell | 140 | 502 | 140 | .279 | 2 | 43 |
SS | Heinie Wagner | 153 | 526 | 130 | .247 | 1 | 46 |
3B | Harry Lord | 145 | 560 | 145 | .259 | 2 | 37 |
OF | Jack Thoney | 109 | 416 | 106 | .255 | 2 | 30 |
OF | Denny Sullivan | 101 | 355 | 85 | .239 | 0 | 25 |
OF | Doc Gessler | 128 | 435 | 134 | .308 | 3 | 63 |
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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Gavvy Cravath | 94 | 277 | 71 | .256 | 1 | 34 |
Bob Unglaub | 72 | 266 | 70 | .263 | 1 | 25 |
Frank LaPorte | 62 | 156 | 37 | .237 | 0 | 15 |
Bill Carrigan | 57 | 149 | 35 | .235 | 0 | 14 |
Tris Speaker | 31 | 116 | 26 | .224 | 0 | 9 |
Pat Donahue | 35 | 86 | 17 | .198 | 1 | 6 |
Jim McHale | 21 | 67 | 15 | .224 | 0 | 7 |
Ed McFarland | 19 | 48 | 10 | .208 | 0 | 4 |
Jack Hoey | 13 | 43 | 7 | .163 | 0 | 3 |
Harry Niles | 18 | 33 | 8 | .242 | 1 | 3 |
Walter Carlisle | 3 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Gardner | 3 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 1 |
Jimmy Barrett | 3 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
Harry Ostdiek | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Deacon McGuire | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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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Cy Young | 36 | 299 | 21 | 11 | 1.26 | 150 |
Eddie Cicotte | 39 | 207+1⁄3 | 11 | 12 | 2.43 | 95 |
Cy Morgan | 30 | 205 | 14 | 13 | 2.46 | 99 |
Fred Burchell | 31 | 179+2⁄3 | 10 | 8 | 2.96 | 94 |
George Winter | 22 | 147+2⁄3 | 4 | 14 | 3.05 | 55 |
Elmer Steele | 16 | 118 | 5 | 7 | 1.83 | 37 |
Frank Arellanes | 11 | 79 | 4 | 3 | 1.82 | 33 |
King Brady | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
Doc McMahon | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 |
Jesse Tannehill | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 |
Casey Patten | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15.00 | 0 |
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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Tex Pruiett | 13 | 58+2⁄3 | 1 | 7 | 1.99 | 28 |
Ralph Glaze | 10 | 34+2⁄3 | 2 | 2 | 3.38 | 13 |
Smoky Joe Wood | 6 | 22+2⁄3 | 1 | 1 | 2.38 | 11 |
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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Charlie Hartman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
Jake Thielman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.50 | 0 |
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