1908 Detroit Tigers season
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The 1908 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team won the American League championship by means of a scheduling quirk, finishing just one-half game ahead of the Cleveland Naps. The two teams won the same number of games, but the Tigers completed and lost one fewer. They then lost to the Chicago Cubs in the 1908 World Series.
Regular season
The early part of the season was defined in part by Ty Cobb's contract dispute with the team. He claimed that the owners have too much power. Eventually Cobb settled for a $4,800 contract.[1] After opening day, the Tigers averaged only 4,400 fans per game.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
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Roster
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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 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 122 | 419 | 111 | .265 | 1 | 38 |
| 1B | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 138 | 524 | 154 | .294 | 2 | 71 |
| 2B | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 84 | 289 | 64 | .221 | 1 | 35 |
| SS | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 153 | 584 | 151 | .259 | 3 | 52 |
| 3B | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 119 | 405 | 87 | .215 | 0 | 23 |
| OF | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 152 | 591 | 184 | .311 | 7 | 80 |
| OF | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 151 | 569 | 168 | .295 | 0 | 28 |
| OF | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 150 | 581 | 188 | .324 | 4 | 108 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 65 | 211 | 53 | .251 | 0 | 17 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 56 | 121 | 25 | .207 | 0 | 10 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 40 | 101 | 31 | .307 | 0 | 10 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 28 | 75 | 16 | .213 | 0 | 11 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 20 | 68 | 20 | .290 | 0 | 4 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 20 | 45 | 3 | .067 | 0 | 2 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 7 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 40 | 301.0 | 24 | 12 | 1.64 | 103 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 39 | 290.2 | 17 | 13 | 3.10 | 121 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 29 | 242.2 | 18 | 7 | 2.08 | 141 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 30 | 197.1 | 15 | 8 | 2.28 | 77 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 27 | 180.2 | 12 | 9 | 2.99 | 47 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 11 | 61.2 | 2 | 6 | 3.50 | 23 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 7 | 56.1 | 1 | 5 | 1.60 | 25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 6 | 27.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.67 | 8 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 3 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 3.71 | 8 |
1908 World Series
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Game 1
October 10, 1908, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago (NL) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 2 |
| Detroit (AL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| W: Mordecai Brown (1–0) L: Ed Summers (0–1) | ||||||||||||
Game 2
October 11, 1908, at West Side Park in Chicago, Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit (AL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Chicago (NL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | x | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| W: Orval Overall (1–0) L: Bill Donovan (0–1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: CHC – Joe Tinker (1) | ||||||||||||
Game 3
October 12, 1908, at West Side Park in Chicago, Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit (AL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| Chicago (NL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| W: George Mullin (1–0) L: Jack Pfiester (0–1) | ||||||||||||
Game 4
October 13, 1908, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago (NL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Detroit (AL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| W: Mordecai Brown (2–0) L: Ed Summers (0–2) | ||||||||||||
Game 5
October 14, 1908, at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago (NL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| W: Orval Overall (2–0) L: Bill Donovan (0–2) | ||||||||||||
Notes
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- ↑ Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 71, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, Template:ISBN
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References
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- 1908 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference
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