1908 Chicago White Sox season

Major League Baseball team season
1908 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSouth Side Park
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersCharles Comiskey
ManagersFielder Jones
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The 1908 season was the eighth in Chicago White Sox history and its eighth as a major league team. Owner Charles Comiskey optioned land in the summer of 1908 for what would become Comiskey Park.[1] Despite ace pitcher Ed Walsh going an incredible 40–15 in 1908,[2] the Sox could only muster a third-place finish in the American League standings, behind Detroit and Cleveland, ultimately finishing 88–64. The White Sox hit only three home runs for the entire season, the lowest total for a major league team in the modern era (since 1901).

Regular season

Season standings

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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 record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1908 Chicago White Sox
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
C Billy Sullivan 137 430 82 .191 0 29
1B Jiggs Donahue 93 304 62 .204 0 22
2B George Davis 128 419 91 .217 0 26
SS Freddy Parent 119 391 81 .207 0 35
3B Lee Tannehill 141 482 104 .216 0 35
OF Ed Hahn 122 447 112 .251 0 21
OF Patsy Dougherty 138 482 134 .278 0 45
OF Fielder Jones 149 529 134 .253 1 50

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
John Anderson 123 355 93 .262 0 47
Frank Isbell 84 320 79 .247 1 49
Jake Atz 83 206 40 .194 0 27
Billy Purtell 26 69 9 .130 0 3
Al Shaw 32 49 4 .082 0 2
Art Weaver 15 35 7 .200 0 1
Ossee Schreckengost 6 16 3 .188 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
Ed Walsh 66 464.0 40 15 1.42 269
Frank Smith 41 297.2 16 17 2.03 129
Doc White 41 296.0 18 13 2.55 126
Lou Fiene 1 9.0 0 1 4.00 3

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
Frank Owen 25 140.0 6 7 3.41 48
Nick Altrock 23 136.0 5 7 2.71 21
Moxie Manuel 18 60.1 3 4 3.28 25
Andy Nelson 2 9.0 0 0 2.00 1

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
Fred Olmstead 1 0 0 0 13.50 1

Notes

  1. ^ Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 105, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1
  2. ^ "Ed Walsh Stats".

References

  • 1908 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
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