1908 Chicago White Sox season

Summary

The 1908 season was the eighth in Chicago White Sox history and its eighth as a major league team. Owner Charles Comiskey optioned land in the summer of 1908 for what would become Comiskey Park.[1] Despite ace pitcher Ed Walsh going an incredible 40–15 in 1908,[2] the Sox could only muster a third-place finish in the American League standings, behind Detroit and Cleveland, ultimately finishing 88–64. The White Sox hit only three home runs for the entire season, the lowest total for a major league team in the modern era (since 1901).

1908 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSouth Side Park
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersCharles Comiskey
ManagersFielder Jones
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Regular season edit

Season standings edit

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 90 63 0.588 44–33 46–30
Cleveland Naps 90 64 0.584 ½ 51–26 39–38
Chicago White Sox 88 64 0.579 51–25 37–39
St. Louis Browns 83 69 0.546 46–31 37–38
Boston Red Sox 75 79 0.487 15½ 37–40 38–39
Philadelphia Athletics 68 85 0.444 22 46–30 22–55
Washington Senators 67 85 0.441 22½ 43–32 24–53
New York Highlanders 51 103 0.331 39½ 30–47 21–56

Record vs. opponents edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston 6–16–1 10–12 11–11 12–10 10–12 15–7 11–11
Chicago 16–6–1 8–14–1 9–13 16–6 13–9 11–10 15–6–2
Cleveland 12–10 14–8–1 13–9 16–6 16–6–1 11–11–1 8–14
Detroit 11–11 13–9 9–13 15–7 14–8–1 12–10 16–5
New York 10–12 6–16 6–16 7–15 8–14–1 5–17 9–13
Philadelphia 12–10 9–13 6–16–1 8–14–1 14–8–1 8–13–1 11–11
St. Louis 7–15 10–11 11–11–1 10–12 17–5 13–8–1 15–7–1
Washington 11–11 6–15–2 14–8 5–16 13–9 11–11 7–15–1

Roster edit

1908 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 Billy Sullivan 137 430 82 .191 0 29
1B Jiggs Donahue 93 304 62 .204 0 22
2B George Davis 128 419 91 .217 0 26
SS Freddy Parent 119 391 81 .207 0 35
3B Lee Tannehill 141 482 104 .216 0 35
OF Ed Hahn 122 447 112 .251 0 21
OF Patsy Dougherty 138 482 134 .278 0 45
OF Fielder Jones 149 529 134 .253 1 50

Other batters edit

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
John Anderson 123 355 93 .262 0 47
Frank Isbell 84 320 79 .247 1 49
Jake Atz 83 206 40 .194 0 27
Billy Purtell 26 69 9 .130 0 3
Al Shaw 32 49 4 .082 0 2
Art Weaver 15 35 7 .200 0 1
Ossee Schreckengost 6 16 3 .188 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Walsh 66 464.0 40 15 1.42 269
Frank Smith 41 297.2 16 17 2.03 129
Doc White 41 296.0 18 13 2.55 126
Lou Fiene 1 9.0 0 1 4.00 3

Other pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Frank Owen 25 140.0 6 7 3.41 48
Nick Altrock 23 136.0 5 7 2.71 21
Moxie Manuel 18 60.1 3 4 3.28 25
Andy Nelson 2 9.0 0 0 2.00 1

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Fred Olmstead 1 0 0 0 13.50 1

Notes edit

  1. ^ Crazy '08: How a cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads and Magnates created the Greatest Year in Baseball History, p. 105, by Cait Murphy, Smithsonian Books, a Division of Harper Collins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-088937-1
  2. ^ "Ed Walsh Stats".

References edit

  • 1908 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference