1908 Detroit Tigers season

1908 Detroit Tigers
1908 American League Champions
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Owner(s) Frank Navin
Manager(s) Hughie Jennings
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The 1908 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team won the American League championship by means of a scheduling quirk, finishing just one-half game ahead of the Cleveland Naps. The two teams won the same number of games, but the Tigers completed and lost one fewer. They then lost to the Chicago Cubs in the 1908 World Series.

Regular season

The early part of the season was defined in part by Ty Cobb's contract dispute with the team. He claimed that the owners have too much power. Eventually Cobb settled for a $4,800 contract.[1] After opening day, the Tigers averaged only 4,400 fans per game.

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

Sources:

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 —

Roster

1908 Detroit Tigers
Roster
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
OF Crawford, SamSam Crawford 152 591 184 .311 7 80
OF McIntyre, MattyMatty McIntyre 151 569 168 .295 0 28
OF Cobb, TyTy Cobb 150 581 188 .324 4 108

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
O'Leary, CharleyCharley O'Leary 65 211 53 .251 0 17
Jones, DavyDavy Jones 56 121 25 .207 0 10
Bush, DonieDonie Bush 20 68 20 .290 0 4
Perry, ClayClay Perry 7 17 2 .118 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
Summers, EdEd Summers 40 301 24 12 1.64 103
Mullin, GeorgeGeorge Mullin 39 290.2 17 13 3.10 121
Donovan, BillBill Donovan 29 242.2 18 7 2.08 141
Willett, EdEd Willett 30 197.1 15 8 2.28 77
Killian, EdEd Killian 27 180.2 12 9 2.99 47
Siever, EdEd Siever 11 61.2 2 6 3.50 23
Winter, GeorgeGeorge Winter 7 56.1 1 5 1.60 25

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
Suggs, GeorgeGeorge Suggs 6 27 1 1 1.67 8
Malloy, HermHerm Malloy 3 17 0 2 3.71 8

1908 World Series

Main article: 1908 World Series

Game 1

October 10, 1908, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago (NL) 004 000 105 10142
Detroit (AL) 100 000 320 6103
W: Mordecai Brown (1–0)  L: Ed Summers (0–1)

Game 2

October 11, 1908, at West Side Park in Chicago, Illinois

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit (AL) 000 000 001 141
Chicago (NL) 000 000 06x 670
W: Orval Overall (1–0)  L: Bill Donovan (0–1)
HR: CHC – Joe Tinker (1)

Game 3

October 12, 1908, at West Side Park in Chicago, Illinois

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit (AL) 100 005 020 8124
Chicago (NL) 000 300 000 370
W: George Mullin (1–0)  L: Jack Pfiester (0–1)

Game 4

October 13, 1908, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago (NL) 002 000 001 3100
Detroit (AL) 000 000 000 041
W: Mordecai Brown (2–0)  L: Ed Summers (0–2)

Game 5

October 14, 1908, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago (NL) 100 010 000 2100
Detroit 000 000 000 030
W: Orval Overall (2–0)  L: Bill Donovan (0–2)

Notes

  1. ↑ Crazy ’08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 71, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1

References

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