1908 Chicago White Sox season

The 1908 season was the ninth 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 3rd-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).

1908 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)Fielder Jones
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Regular season

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 Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL 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 Chicago White Sox
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
CBilly Sullivan13743082.191029
1BJiggs Donahue9330462.204022
2BGeorge Davis12841991.217026
SSFreddy Parent11939181.207035
3BLee Tannehill141482104.216035
OFEd Hahn122447112.251021
OFPatsy Dougherty138482134.278045
OFFielder Jones149529134.253150

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 Anderson12335593.262047
Frank Isbell8432079.247149
Jake Atz8320640.194027
Billy Purtell26699.13003
Al Shaw32494.08202
Art Weaver15357.20001
Ossee Schreckengost6163.18800

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 Walsh6646440151.42269
Frank Smith41297.216172.03129
Doc White4129618132.55126
Lou Fiene19014.003

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 Owen25140673.4148
Nick Altrock23136572.7121
Moxie Manuel1860.1343.2825
Andy Nelson29002.001

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 Olmstead100013.501

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

References


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