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1908 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1908 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkColumbia Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersBenjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
ManagersConnie Mack
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The 1908 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing sixth in the American League with a record of 68 wins and 85 losses.

Preseason

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1908 Philadelphia City Series

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The Athletics played four games against the Philadelphia Phillies for the local championship in the pre-season city series. The Athletics defeated the Phillies 3 games to 1.

AL Philadelphia Athletics (3) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 April 3, 1908 No Game - Cold Philadelphia Ball Park - -[1] 
2 April 4, 1908 No Game - Cold Columbia Park - -[2] 
3 April 6, 1908 Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 0 Philadelphia Ball Park 1:45 9,108[3] 
4 April 7, 1908 Philadelphia Phillies – 6, Philadelphia Athletics – 7 Columbia Park 1:47 -[4] 
5 April 8, 1908 No Game - Rain Philadelphia Ball Park - -[5] 
6 April 9, 1908 Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 0 Columbia Park 1:42 5,246[6] 
7 April 10, 1908 No Game - Rain Philadelphia Ball Park - -[7] 
8 April 11, 1908 Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 0 Philadelphia Ball Park 1:45 10,953[8]

The A's record against the Phillies was 21–20 all time after the 1908 series.

Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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 51‍–‍25 37‍–‍39
St. Louis Browns 83 69 .546 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

Record vs. opponents

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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

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1908 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Ossee Schreckengost 71 207 46 .222 0 16
1B Harry Davis 147 513 127 .248 5 62
2B Eddie Collins 102 330 90 .273 1 40
SS Simon Nicholls 150 550 119 .216 4 31
3B Jimmy Collins 115 433 94 .217 0 30
OF Topsy Hartsel 129 460 112 .243 4 29
OF Rube Oldring 116 434 96 .221 1 39
OF Danny Murphy 142 525 139 .265 4 66

Other batters

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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
Jack Coombs 78 220 56 .255 1 23
Doc Powers 62 172 31 .180 0 7
Jack Barry 40 135 30 .222 0 8
Socks Seybold 48 130 28 .215 0 3
Syd Smith 46 128 26 .203 1 10
Frank Manush 23 77 12 .156 0 0
Herbie Moran 19 59 9 .153 0 4
Scotty Barr 19 56 8 .143 0 1
Jack Lapp 13 35 5 .143 0 1
Amos Strunk 12 34 8 .235 0 0
Frank Baker 9 31 9 .290 0 2
Jack Fox 9 30 6 .200 0 0
Shag Shaughnessy 8 29 9 .310 0 1
Joe Jackson 5 23 3 .130 0 3
Bert Blue 6 18 3 .167 0 1
Ben Egan 2 6 1 .167 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rube Vickers 53 317.0 18 19 2.21 156
Eddie Plank 34 244.2 14 16 2.17 135
Jimmy Dygert 41 238.2 11 15 2.87 164
Jack Coombs 26 153.0 7 5 2.00 80
Chief Bender 18 138.2 8 9 1.75 85
Biff Schlitzer 24 131.0 6 8 3.16 57
Al Kellogg 3 17.0 0 2 5.82 8
Doc Martin 1 2.0 0 1 13.50 2

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Nick Carter 14 60.2 2 5 2.97 17
Jack Flater 5 39.1 1 3 2.06 8
Harry Krause 4 21.0 1 1 2.57 10
Gus Salve 2 15.1 0 1 4.11 6

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bert Maxwell 4 0 0 0 11.08 7
Eddie Files 2 0 0 0 6.00 6

Notes

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  1. ^ "Baseball Series to Begin Today". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 4, 1908. p. 13.
  2. ^ "Too Much Weather Again". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 5, 1908. p. 11.
  3. ^ "Athletics Land The First Game, Score 5-0". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 7, 1908. p. 10.
  4. ^ "Athletics Again Win From Phillies". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 8, 1908. p. 6.
  5. ^ "Rain Knocks Out Game". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 9, 1908. p. 10.
  6. ^ "Phillies Get One on Third Attempt". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 10, 1908. p. 10.
  7. ^ "Rain Again Jolts Local Ball Clubs". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11, 1908. p. 10.
  8. ^ "Athletics Are City Champions". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 12, 1908. p. 14.

References

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