1908 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1908 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 27th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 17th season in the National League. The Cardinals had a 49–105 win-loss record during the season and finished 8th (last) in the National League. The season's attendance of 185,377, an average of less than 2,500 a game, which remains the lowest peacetime attendance level since 1901. The Cardinals set a Major League record which stills stands for the fewest base on balls by a team in a season, with 282.[1] Additionally, they hold the MLB record for fewest runs scored in a season with 372, only 2.42 runs per contest.

1908 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record49–105 (.318)
League place8th
Other information
Owner(s)Frank Robison and Stanley Robison
Manager(s)John McCloskey
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Regular season

Season summary

The Cardinals ranked last in three categories in the National League: runs scored (only 371), runs allowed (626), and errors committed (348).[2] The team was shut out a record 33 times. Three lineup regulars batted below.200. Only three drove in more than 20 runs, and the team lost more than 100 games for the second and last time in franchise history. The Cards set a club record with 105 losses and a league record for most defeats in a month when they went 7–27 in September (Brooklyn went 6–27 that same month[3]).

One team member, Bugs Raymond, ranked among the league leaders in fewest hits per nine innings, resulting in a 2.03 ERA. However, the Cardinals were shut out 11 times on days Raymond took the hill, leading to his league-high 25 losses. His 15 wins accounted for almost a third of the team's wins. Of note, he gave up fewer hits per game than Christy Mathewson, and threw five shutouts.[4]

In April 1908, the Cardinals played the St. Louis Browns in an exhibition game to raise money for former Cardinals owner Chris von der Ahe. The clubs raised $4,300.[5]

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9955 0.643 — 47–30 52–25
New York Giants 9856 0.636 1 52–25 46–31
Pittsburgh Pirates 9856 0.636 1 42–35 56–21
Philadelphia Phillies 8371 0.539 16 43–34 40–37
Cincinnati Reds 7381 0.474 26 40–37 33–44
Boston Doves 6391 0.409 36 35–42 28–49
Brooklyn Superbas 53101 0.344 46 27–50 26–51
St. Louis Cardinals 49105 0.318 50 28–49 21–56

Record vs. opponents
1908 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BKN CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT SLC
Boston —12–106–16–28–146–1610–127–1514–8
Brooklyn 10–12—4–186–166–165–179–1313–9
Chicago 16–6–218–4—16–611–11–19–13–110–1219–3
Cincinnati 14–816–66–16—8–14–110–128–1411–11
New York 16–616–611–11–114–8–1—16–611–11–114–8
Philadelphia 12–1017–513–9–112–106–16—9–1314–8
Pittsburgh 15–713–912–1014–811–11–113–9—20–2
St. Louis 8–149–133–1911–118–148–142–20—

Roster
1908 St. Louis Cardinals
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
CBill Ludwig6618734.18204

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
Jack Bliss4413629.21315
Doc Marshall6141.07101

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
Bugs Raymond48324.115252.03145
Orson Baldwin414.2136.145

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
Fred Beebe29174.15132.6372

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

References
  1. "Single Season Bases on Balls Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  2. Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 160, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1
  3. 1908 Brooklyn Superbas at Baseball Reference
  4. Crazy '08, p. 166
  5. Crazy '08, p. 164
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