1908 Detroit Tigers season

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.

1908 Detroit Tigers
1908 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersWilliam H. Yawkey and Frank Navin
ManagersHughie Jennings
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Some members of the team, shown on baseball cards. Sheet of eight postcards featuring Detroit baseball players: Summers (Pitcher); Willett (Pitcher). McIntyre (Left Field); Downs (Second Base); Schmidt (Catcher); Schaefer (Third Base); Rossman (First Base) and O'Leary (Short Stop).

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 9063 0.588 — 44–33 46–30
Cleveland Naps 9064 0.584 ½ 51–26 39–38
Chicago White Sox 8864 0.579 1½ 51–25 37–39
St. Louis Browns 8369 0.546 6½ 46–31 37–38
Boston Red Sox 7579 0.487 15½ 37–40 38–39
Philadelphia Athletics 6885 0.444 22 46–30 22–55
Washington Senators 6785 0.441 22½ 43–32 24–53
New York Highlanders 51103 0.331 39½ 30–47 21–56

Record vs. opponents
1908 American League record

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

Roster
1908 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CBoss Schmidt122419111.265138
1BClaude Rossman138524154.294271
2BRed Downs8428964.221135
SSGermany Schaefer153584151.259352
3BBill Coughlin11940587.215023
OFSam Crawford152591184.311780
OFMatty McIntyre151569168.295028
OFTy Cobb150581188.3244108

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
Charley O'Leary6521153.251017
Davy Jones5612125.207010
Ira Thomas4010131.307010
Red Killefer287516.213011
Donie Bush206820.29004
Fred Payne20453.06702
Clay Perry7172.11800

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
Ed Summers40301.024121.64103
George Mullin39290.217133.10121
Bill Donovan29242.21872.08141
Ed Willett30197.11582.2877
Ed Killian27180.21292.9947
Ed Siever1161.2263.5023
George Winter756.1151.6025

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
George Suggs627.0111.678
Herm Malloy317.0023.718

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

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