1908 Boston Red Sox season
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Owner(s) | John I. Taylor |
Manager(s) | Deacon McGuire and Fred Lake |
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The 1908 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses.
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Regular season
- July 1, 1908: Cy Young threw a no-hitter against the New York Yankees. In the game, Young had 3 hits and 4 RBI's.[1]
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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 | — |
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 |
Notable transactions
- May 31, 1908: Jesse Tannehill was traded by the Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Casey Patten.[2]
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders
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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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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 |
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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Deacon McGuire | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
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Cy Young | 36 | 299 | 21 | 11 | 1.26 | 150 |
Cy Morgan | 30 | 205 | 14 | 13 | 2.46 | 99 |
Elmer Steele | 16 | 118 | 5 | 7 | 1.83 | 37 |
Frank Arellanes | 11 | 79 | 4 | 3 | 1.82 | 33 |
King Brady | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 |
Casey Patten | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15.00 | 0 |
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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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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Notes
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References
- 1908 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1908 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
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- ↑ Crazy ’08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 98, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1
- ↑ Case Patten page at Baseball Reference
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