1908 Brooklyn Superbas season

1908 Brooklyn Superbas
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Location
Other information
Owner(s) Charles Ebbets, Henry Medicus
Manager(s) Patsy Donovan
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The 1908 Brooklyn Superbas suffered through another poor season, finishing in seventh place. After the season, manager Patsy Donovan was fired. The club set a Major League record which still stands, for the fewest doubles by a team in a season, with only 110.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9955 0.643 — 47–30 52–25
New York Giants 9856 0.636 1 52–25 46–31
Pittsburgh Pirates 9856 0.636 1 42–35 56–21
Philadelphia Phillies 8371 0.539 16 43–34 40–37
Cincinnati Reds 7381 0.474 26 40–37 33–44
Boston Doves 6391 0.409 36 35–42 28–49
Brooklyn Superbas 53101 0.344 46 27–50 26–51
St. Louis Cardinals 49105 0.318 50 28–49 21–56

Record vs. opponents

1908 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BKN CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT SLC
Boston —12–106–16–28–146–1610–127–1514–8
Brooklyn 10–12—4–186–166–165–179–1313–9
Chicago 16–6–218–4—16–611–11–19–13–110–1219–3
Cincinnati 14–816–66–16—8–14–110–128–1411–11
New York 16–616–611–11–114–8–1—16–611–11–114–8
Philadelphia 12–1017–513–9–112–106–16—9–1314–8
Pittsburgh 15–713–912–1014–811–11–113–9—20–2
St. Louis 8–149–133–1911–118–148–142–20—

Roster

1908 Brooklyn Superbas
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
CBill Bergen9930253.175015
1BTim Jordan148515127.2471260
2BHarry Pattee8026457.21609
3BTommy Sheehan146468100.214029
SSPhil Lewis
OFAl Burch
OFHarry Lumley
OFBilly Maloney

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
John Hummel
Whitey Alperman
Tommy McMillan
Lew Ritter
Tom Catterson
Joe Dunn206411.17205
Alex Farmer
Simmy Murch6112.18200

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
Kaiser Wilhelm
Harry McIntire
Nap Rucker
Jim Pastorius
George Bell29155.14153.5963

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
Abe Kruger

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
Jim Holmes131403.3810
Pembroke Finlayson1000135.000

Notes

  1. ↑ "Doubles Team Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ Tommy Sheehan page at Baseball Reference

References


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