1908 Detroit Tigers | ||
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American League Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Ballpark | Bennett Park | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | William H. Yawkey and Frank Navin | |
Managers | 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.
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.
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 |
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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 | — |
1908 Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 | Boss Schmidt | 122 | 419 | 111 | .265 | 1 | 38 |
1B | Claude Rossman | 138 | 524 | 154 | .294 | 2 | 71 |
2B | Red Downs | 84 | 289 | 64 | .221 | 1 | 35 |
SS | Germany Schaefer | 153 | 584 | 151 | .259 | 3 | 52 |
3B | Bill Coughlin | 119 | 405 | 87 | .215 | 0 | 23 |
OF | Sam Crawford | 152 | 591 | 184 | .311 | 7 | 80 |
OF | Matty McIntyre | 151 | 569 | 168 | .295 | 0 | 28 |
OF | Ty Cobb | 150 | 581 | 188 | .324 | 4 | 108 |
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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Charley O'Leary | 65 | 211 | 53 | .251 | 0 | 17 |
Davy Jones | 56 | 121 | 25 | .207 | 0 | 10 |
Ira Thomas | 40 | 101 | 31 | .307 | 0 | 10 |
Red Killefer | 28 | 75 | 16 | .213 | 0 | 11 |
Donie Bush | 20 | 68 | 20 | .290 | 0 | 4 |
Fred Payne | 20 | 45 | 3 | .067 | 0 | 2 |
Clay Perry | 7 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 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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Ed Summers | 40 | 301.0 | 24 | 12 | 1.64 | 103 |
George Mullin | 39 | 290.2 | 17 | 13 | 3.10 | 121 |
Bill Donovan | 29 | 242.2 | 18 | 7 | 2.08 | 141 |
Ed Willett | 30 | 197.1 | 15 | 8 | 2.28 | 77 |
Ed Killian | 27 | 180.2 | 12 | 9 | 2.99 | 47 |
Ed Siever | 11 | 61.2 | 2 | 6 | 3.50 | 23 |
George Winter | 7 | 56.1 | 1 | 5 | 1.60 | 25 |
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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George Suggs | 6 | 27.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.67 | 8 |
Herm Malloy | 3 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 3.71 | 8 |
October 10, 1908, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Chicago (NL) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 2 |
Detroit (AL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
W: Mordecai Brown (1–0) L: Ed Summers (0–1) |
October 11, 1908, at West Side Park in Chicago, Illinois
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Detroit (AL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Chicago (NL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | x | 6 | 7 | 0 |
W: Orval Overall (1–0) L: Bill Donovan (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: CHC – Joe Tinker (1) |
October 12, 1908, at West Side Park in Chicago, Illinois
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Detroit (AL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
Chicago (NL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
W: George Mullin (1–0) L: Jack Pfiester (0–1) |
October 13, 1908, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Chicago (NL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
Detroit (AL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
W: Mordecai Brown (2–0) L: Ed Summers (0–2) |
October 14, 1908, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Chicago (NL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
W: Orval Overall (2–0) L: Bill Donovan (0–2) |
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