1908 Boston Doves season

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball team season The 1908 Boston Doves season was the 38th season of the franchise.

Regular season

File:Baseball player Joe Kelley, Boston, standing on the field at West Side Grounds.jpg

Doves manager Joe Kelley

On April 29, New York Giants manager John McGraw ridiculed Doves player and former Giants player Dan McGann by calling him an ice wagon. Many former Giants were now on the Doves roster. McGraw and McGann engaged in a fight at the Copley Square Hotel.

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	Peaches Graham	75	215	59	.274	0	22
1B		135	475	114	.240	2	55
2B	Claude Ritchey	121	421	115	.273	2	36
SS	Bill Dahlen	144	524	125	.239	3	48
3B	Bill Sweeney	127	418	102	.244	0	40
OF	Ginger Beaumont	125	476	127	.267	2	52
OF	Johnny Bates	127	445	115	.258	1	29
OF	George Browne	138	536	122	.228	1	34

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 Hannifin	90	257	53	.206	2	22
Frank Bowerman	86	254	58	.228	1	25
	73	228	59	.259	2	17
Beals Becker	43	171	47	.275	0	7
Harry Smith	41	130	32	.246	1	16
Fred Stem	20	72	20	.278	0	3
Herbie Moran	8	29	8	.276	0	2
Jim Ball	6	15	1	.067	0	0
Walt Thomas	5	13	2	.154	0	1

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
	43	270.2	12	16	2.36	68
	31	244.0	12	18	3.25	50
Gus Dorner	38	216.1	8	19	3.54	41
Cecil Ferguson	37	208.0	11	11	2.47	98
Tom McCarthy	14	94.0	7	3	1.63	27
Irv Young	16	85.0	4	9	2.86	32
Tom Tuckey	8	72.0	3	3	2.50	26

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
	17	74.2	3	5	3.01	28
Bill Chappelle	13	70.1	2	4	1.79	23
Al Mattern	5	30.1	1	2	2.08	8
Harley Young	6	27.1	0	1	3.29	12

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
Big Jeff Pfeffer	4	0	0	0	12.60	3
Charlie Maloney	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

References

• 1908 Boston Doves season at Baseball Reference

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