MLB 1908

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season 1908
Period April 14 - October 16, 1908
Postseason
AL Champion Detroit Tigers (2)
Second AL Cleveland Naps
NL champion Chicago Cubs (9)
Second NL New York Giants
World Series
champion Chicago Cubs (2)
Playing times
◄ 1907 1909 ►Logo of the MLB

The 1908 MLB season was the seventh season of Major League Baseball (MLB).

For the third time in a row, the Chicago Cubs won the National League (NL). In 1906 and 1907 they still had a large lead over their pursuers, but in 1908 they were only able to defend the title by just one game over the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates, which were jointly in second place .

Last year's winner also won again in the American League (AL). For the Detroit Tigers the success was even closer than for the Cubs in the NL. With the same number of wins as the Cleveland Naps , which ended up second , the Tigers profited from the fact that they lost one time less and were half a game ahead of the Naps.

The World Series 1908 saw the same pairing as in 1907 and, as in the previous year, the Cubs won and thus won their second and to this day last World Series title.

Result at the end of the season

American League
Item franchise W. L. % GB
1 Detroit Tigers 90 063 58.8% -
2 Cleveland Naps 90 064 58.4% 00½
3 Chicago White Sox 88 064 57.9% 0
4th St. Louis Browns 83 069 54.6% 0
5 Boston Red Sox 75 079 48.7% 15½
6th Philadelphia Athletics 68 085 44.4% 22nd
7th Washington Senators 67 085 44.1% 22½
8th New York Highlanders 51 103 33.1% 39½
National League
Item franchise W. L. % GB
1 Chicago Cubs 99 055 64.3% -
2 New York Giants 98 056 63.6% 01
Pittsburgh Pirates 98 056 63.6% 01
4th Philadelphia Phillies 83 071 53.9% 16
5 Cincinnati Reds 73 081 47.4% 26th
6th Boston Doves 63 091 40.9% 36
7th Brooklyn superbas 53 101 34.4% 46
8th St. Louis Cardinals 49 105 31.8% 50

W = Wins (victories), L = Losses (defeats),% = Winning Percentage , GB = Games Behind (behind leaders: number of necessary defeats for the leader while simultaneously winning)

Player statistics

Hitting

American League National League
Stat player team Total Stat player team Total
AVG Ty Cobb DET .342 AVG Honus Wagner PIT .354
MR Sam Crawford DET 7th MR Tim Jordan BRO 12
RBI Ty Cobb DET 108 RBI Honus Wagner PIT 109
R. Matty McIntyre DET 105 R. Fred Tenney NYG 101
H Ty Cobb DET 188 H Honus Wagner PIT 201
SB Patsy Dougherty CHW 47 SB Honus Wagner PIT 53

Pitching

American League National League
Stat player team Total Stat player team Total
W. Ed Walsh CHW 40 W. Christy Mathewson NYG 37
WL% Ed Walsh CHW 72.7% WL% Ed Reulbach CHC 77.4%
ERA Addie Joss CLE 1.16 ERA Christy Mathewson NYG 1.43
K Ed Walsh CHW 269 K Christy Mathewson NYG 259
IP Ed Walsh CHW 464 IP Christy Mathewson NYG 390.2

World Series

game date guest Result home Total
status CHC-DET
place Playtime spectator box
Game 1 0October 8, 1908 Chicago Cubs 10-6 Detroit Tigers 1–0 Bennet Park 2:10 10,812
Game 2 0October 9, 1908 Detroit Tigers 1-6 Chicago Cubs 2–0 West Side Grounds 1:30 17,760
Game 3 October 11, 1908 Detroit Tigers 8-3 Chicago Cubs 2–1 West Side Grounds 2:10 14,543
Game 4 October 12, 1908 Chicago Cubs 3–0 Detroit Tigers 3–1 Bennet Park 1:35 12,907
Game 5 October 13, 1908 Chicago Cubs 2–0 Detroit Tigers 4–1 Bennet Park 1:25 06.210
The Chicago Cubs win the series 4-1

Web links

Commons : 1908 in Major League Baseball  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. 1908 American League Batting Leaders. baseball-reference.com, accessed June 21, 2016 .
  2. 1908 National League Batting Leaders. baseball-reference.com, accessed June 21, 2016 .
  3. 1908 American League Pitching Leaders. baseball-reference.com, accessed June 21, 2016 .
  4. 1908 National League Pitching Leaders. baseball-reference.com, accessed June 21, 2016 .
  5. 1908 World Series Game 1 - Chicago Cubs vs. Detroit Tigers . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  6. 1908 World Series Game 2 - Detroit Tigers vs. Chicago Cubs . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  7. 1908 World Series Game 3 - Detroit Tigers vs. Chicago Cubs . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  8. 1908 World Series Game 4 - Chicago Cubs vs. Detroit Tigers . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  9. 1908 World Series Game 5 - Chicago Cubs vs. Detroit Tigers . Retrosheet. Retrieved June 22, 2016.