1908 St. Louis Browns season

The 1908 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 83 wins and 69 losses.

1908 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record83–69 (.546)
League place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Robert Hedges
Manager(s)Jimmy McAleer
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Offseason

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 St. Louis Browns
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
CTubby Spencer9128660.210028
1BTom Jones155549135.246150
2BJimmy Williams148539127.236453
SSBobby Wallace137487123.253160
3BHobe Ferris148555150.270274
OFRoy Hartzell115422112.265232
OFGeorge Stone148588165.281531
OFDanny Hoffman9936391.251125

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
Charlie Jones7426361.232017
Al Schweitzer6418253.291114
Jim Stephens4715030.20006
Emmet Heidrick269320.21516
Dode Criss648228.341014
Syd Smith277614.18405
Bert Blue11249.37501
Joe Yeager10155.33301

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
Harry Howell41324.118181.89117
Rube Waddell43285.219141.89232
Jack Powell3325616132.1185

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
Bill Dinneen271671472.1039
Barney Pelty20122741.9936
Bill Grahame21117.1672.3047
Bill Bailey22106.2353.0442

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
Dode Criss90106.509

Notes
  1. Charlie Jones page at Baseball Reference
  2. Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 164, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1

References


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