1908 Boston Red Sox season

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1908  Boston Red Sox
BostonRedSox1908logo.svg
League American League
Ballpark Huntington Avenue Grounds
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record75–79 (.487)
League place5th
Owners John I. Taylor
Managers
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
  1907 Seasons 1909  
Cy Young on July 23, the day of a home game against the St. Louis Browns. Cy young pitching.jpg
Cy Young on July 23, the day of a home game against the St. Louis Browns.

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+12 games behind the Detroit Tigers. The team played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

Contents

Offseason

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]

Transactions

Regular season

Prior to the regular season, the team held spring training in Little Rock, Arkansas. [8]

Transactions

Statistical leaders

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]

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9063.58844334630
Cleveland Naps 9064.584½51263938
Chicago White Sox 8864.57951253739
St. Louis Browns 8369.54646313738
Boston Red Sox 7579.48715½37403839
Philadelphia Athletics 6885.4442246302255
Washington Senators 6785.44122½43322453
New York Highlanders 51103.33139½30472156

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]

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYHPHASLBWSH
Boston 6–16–110–1211–1112–1010–1215–711–11
Chicago 16–6–18–14–19–1316–613–911–1015–6–2
Cleveland 12–1014–8–113–916–616–6–111–11–18–14
Detroit 11–1113–99–1315–714–8–112–1016–5
New York 10–126–166–167–158–14–15–179–13
Philadelphia 12–109–136–16–18–14–114–8–18–13–111–11
St. Louis 7–1510–1111–11–110–1217–513–8–115–7–1
Washington 11–116–15–214–85–1613–911–117–15–1

Opening Day lineup

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]

Roster

1908 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Managers

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Lou Criger 8423745.190025
1B Jake Stahl 7826264.244023
2B Amby McConnell 140502140.279243
SS Heinie Wagner 153526130.247146
3B Harry Lord 145560145.259237
OF Jack Thoney 109416106.255230
OF Denny Sullivan 10135585.239025
OF Doc Gessler 128435134.308363

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Gavvy Cravath 9427771.256134
Bob Unglaub 7226670.263125
Frank LaPorte 6215637.237015
Bill Carrigan 5714935.235014
Tris Speaker 3111626.22409
Pat Donahue 358617.19816
Jim McHale 216715.22407
Ed McFarland 194810.20804
Jack Hoey 13437.16303
Harry Niles 18338.24213
Walter Carlisle 3101.10000
Larry Gardner 3103.30001
Jimmy Barrett 381.12501
Harry Ostdiek 130.00000
Deacon McGuire 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Cy Young 3629921111.26150
Eddie Cicotte 39207+1311122.4395
Cy Morgan 3020514132.4699
Fred Burchell 31179+231082.9694
George Winter 22147+234143.0555
Elmer Steele 16118571.8337
Frank Arellanes 1179431.8233
King Brady 19100.003
Doc McMahon 19103.003
Jesse Tannehill 15003.602
Casey Patten 130115.000

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tex Pruiett 1358+23171.9928
Ralph Glaze 1034+23223.3813
Smoky Joe Wood 622+23112.3811

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Charlie Hartman 10004.501
Jake Thielman 100040.500

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