1908 St. Louis Browns season
Appearance
1908 St. Louis Browns | ||
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Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 83–69 (.546) | |
Owners | Robert Hedges | |
Managers | Jimmy McAleer | |
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The 1908 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 83 wins and 69 losses.
Offseason
- October 5, 1907: Ollie Pickering was traded by the Browns to the Washington Senators for Charlie Jones.[1]
Regular season
- In April 1908, the Browns played the St. Louis Cardinals in an exhibition game to raise money for former Cardinals owner Chris von der Ahe. The clubs raised $4,300.[2]
Season standings
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 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 | Tubby Spencer | 91 | 286 | 60 | .210 | 0 | 28 |
1B | Tom Jones | 155 | 549 | 135 | .246 | 1 | 50 |
2B | Jimmy Williams | 148 | 539 | 127 | .236 | 4 | 53 |
SS | Bobby Wallace | 137 | 487 | 123 | .253 | 1 | 60 |
3B | Hobe Ferris | 148 | 555 | 150 | .270 | 2 | 74 |
OF | Roy Hartzell | 115 | 422 | 112 | .265 | 2 | 32 |
OF | George Stone | 148 | 588 | 165 | .281 | 5 | 31 |
OF | Danny Hoffman | 99 | 363 | 91 | .251 | 1 | 25 |
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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Charlie Jones | 74 | 263 | 61 | .232 | 0 | 17 |
Al Schweitzer | 64 | 182 | 53 | .291 | 1 | 14 |
Jim Stephens | 47 | 150 | 30 | .200 | 0 | 6 |
Emmet Heidrick | 26 | 93 | 20 | .215 | 1 | 6 |
Dode Criss | 64 | 82 | 28 | .341 | 0 | 14 |
Syd Smith | 27 | 76 | 14 | .184 | 0 | 5 |
Bert Blue | 11 | 24 | 9 | .375 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Yeager | 10 | 15 | 5 | .333 | 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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Harry Howell | 41 | 324.1 | 18 | 18 | 1.89 | 117 |
Rube Waddell | 43 | 285.2 | 19 | 14 | 1.89 | 232 |
Jack Powell | 33 | 256.0 | 16 | 13 | 2.11 | 85 |
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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Bill Dinneen | 27 | 167.0 | 14 | 7 | 2.10 | 39 |
Barney Pelty | 20 | 122.0 | 7 | 4 | 1.99 | 36 |
Bill Grahame | 21 | 117.1 | 6 | 7 | 2.30 | 47 |
Bill Bailey | 22 | 106.2 | 3 | 5 | 3.04 | 42 |
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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Dode Criss | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.50 | 9 |
Notes
- ^ Charlie Jones page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 164, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1
References
- 1908 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
- 1908 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com