The 1908 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing sixth in the American League with a record of 68 wins and 85 losses.

Preseason

1908 Philadelphia City Series

The Athletics played four games against the Philadelphia Phillies for the local championship in the pre-season city series. The Athletics defeated the Phillies 3 games to 1.

AL Philadelphia Athletics (3) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1April 3, 1908No Game - ColdPhiladelphia Ball Park--[1] 
2April 4, 1908No Game - ColdColumbia Park--[2] 
3April 6, 1908Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 0Philadelphia Ball Park1:459,108[3] 
4April 7, 1908Philadelphia Phillies – 6, Philadelphia Athletics – 7Columbia Park1:47-[4] 
5April 8, 1908No Game - RainPhiladelphia Ball Park--[5] 
6April 9, 1908Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 0Columbia Park1:425,246[6] 
7April 10, 1908No Game - RainPhiladelphia Ball Park--[7] 
8April 11, 1908Philadelphia Athletics – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 0Philadelphia Ball Park1:4510,953[8]

The A's record against the Phillies was 21–20 all time after the 1908 series.

Regular season

Shoeless Joe Jackson made his major league debut with the Athletics at Columbia Park on August 25, 1908 in a 3-2 loss to Cleveland playing centerfield and batting fourth. Jackson had hit .346 in 1908 for the Class-D Carolina Association Greenville Spinners and his appearance was anticipated by the press and fans. Jackson came to bat with one out in the first with Topsy Hartsel on third and Eddie Collins on first to face Cleveland's Heinie Berger. "The youngster was given a kindly welcome by the fans and he acknowledged it by singling past Bradley, scoring Hartsel." Jackson would finish 1 for 4 in the game.[9]

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9063 .588 — 44‍–‍33 46‍–‍30
Cleveland Naps 9064 .584 ½ 51‍–‍26 39‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox 8864 .579 1½ 51‍–‍25 37‍–‍39
St. Louis Browns 8369 .546 6½ 46‍–‍31 37‍–‍38
Boston Red Sox 7579 .487 15½ 37‍–‍40 38‍–‍39
Philadelphia Athletics 6885 .444 22 46‍–‍30 22‍–‍55
Washington Senators 6785 .441 22½ 43‍–‍32 24‍–‍53
New York Highlanders 51103 .331 39½ 30‍–‍47 21‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1908 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB 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 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
COssee Schreckengost7120746.222016
1BHarry Davis147513127.248562
2BEddie Collins10233090.273140
SSSimon Nicholls150550119.216431
3BJimmy Collins11543394.217030
OFTopsy Hartsel129460112.243429
OFRube Oldring11643496.221139
OFDanny Murphy142525139.265466

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 Coombs7822056.255123
Doc Powers6217231.18007
Jack Barry4013530.22208
Socks Seybold4813028.21503
Syd Smith4612826.203110
Frank Manush237712.15600
Herbie Moran19599.15304
Scotty Barr19568.14301
Jack Lapp13355.14301
Amos Strunk12348.23500
Frank Baker9319.29002
Jack Fox9306.20000
Shag Shaughnessy8299.31001
Joe Jackson5233.13003
Bert Blue6183.16701
Ben Egan261.16700

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
Rube Vickers53317.018192.21156
Eddie Plank34244.214162.17135
Jimmy Dygert41238.211152.87164
Jack Coombs26153.0752.0080
Chief Bender18138.2891.7585
Biff Schlitzer24131.0683.1657
Al Kellogg317.0025.828
Doc Martin12.00113.502

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
Nick Carter1460.2252.9717
Jack Flater539.1132.068
Harry Krause421.0112.5710
Gus Salve215.1014.116

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
Bert Maxwell400011.087
Eddie Files20006.006

Notes

  1. ↑ "Baseball Series to Begin Today". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 4, 1908. p. 13.
  2. ↑ "Too Much Weather Again". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 5, 1908. p. 11.
  3. ↑ "Athletics Land The First Game, Score 5-0". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 7, 1908. p. 10.
  4. ↑ "Athletics Again Win From Phillies". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 8, 1908. p. 6.
  5. ↑ "Rain Knocks Out Game". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 9, 1908. p. 10.
  6. ↑ "Phillies Get One on Third Attempt". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 10, 1908. p. 10.
  7. ↑ "Rain Again Jolts Local Ball Clubs". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 11, 1908. p. 10.
  8. ↑ "Athletics Are City Champions". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 12, 1908. p. 14.
  9. ↑ "Cleveland Copped the Final Game". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. August 26, 1908. p. 11.

References


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_Philadelphia_Athletics_season